2023 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka
2023 season
Chairman	Takashi Yamauchi
Head coach	Dani Poyatos
Stadium	Panasonic Stadium Suita
J1 League	18th
Emperor's Cup	Qualified
J.League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Takashi Usami and; Dawhan (3 goals); All: Dawhan; (4 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,517 vs Cerezo Osaka; (3 May; J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	6,757 vs FC Tokyo; (5 April; J.League Cup)
Average home league attendance	22,168
Biggest win	3–0 vs FC Tokyo; (5 April; J.League Cup)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Vissel Kobe; (4 March; J1 League); 0–4 vs Kashima Antlers; (29 April; J1 League)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 14 May 2023.

The 2023 Gamba Osaka season is the club's 43rd season in existence and the tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Gamba Osaka are participating in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

Players

Season squad

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Masaaki Higashiguchi	GK	(1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 36)
25	Kei Ishikawa	GK	(1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 30)
99	Kosei Tani	GK	(2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 22)
-	Aolin Zhang ^{Type 2}	GK	(2005-05-25)25 May 2005 (aged 17)
Defenders
2	Shota Fukuoka	CB	(1995-10-24)24 October 1995 (aged 27)
3	Riku Handa	RB	(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 21)
4	Hiroki Fujiharu	LB	(1988-11-24)24 November 1988 (aged 34)
5	Genta Miura	CB	(1995-03-01)1 March 1995 (aged 27)
13	Ryu Takao	RB / CB	(1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 26)
16	Yota Sato	CB	(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 24)
19	Ibuki Konno ^DSP	DF	(2001-05-10)10 May 2001 (aged 21)
20	Kwon Kyung-won	CB	(1992-01-31)31 January 1992 (aged 31)
24	Keisuke Kurokawa	LB / LM	(1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (aged 25)
26	Ko Yanagisawa	RB	(1996-06-28)28 June 1996 (aged 26)
34	Yusei Egawa	CB	(2000-10-24)24 October 2000 (aged 22)
Midfielders
6	Rihito Yamamoto	DM	(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 21)
7	Takashi Usami (c)	AM / SS / FW	(1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 30)
8	Ryotaro Meshino	LW / AM	(1998-06-08)8 June 1998 (aged 24)
10	Shu Kurata	LM / RM	(1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 34)
14	Yuya Fukuda	LM / RM	(1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 23)
18	Neta Lavi	DM / CM	(1996-08-25)25 August 1996 (aged 26)
21	Dai Tsukamoto	LM / FW	(2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 21)
23	Dawhan	DM / CM	(1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 26)
27	Rin Mito ^DSP	LM	(2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 21)
28	Naohiro Sugiyama	RW / AM	(1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 24)
29	Yuki Yamamoto	CM	(1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 25)
41	Jiro Nakamura	RM / AM	(2003-08-22)22 August 2003 (aged 19)
47	Juan Alano	RM / AM	(1996-09-02)2 September 1996 (aged 26)
48	Hideki Ishige	AM / RM / LM	(1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 28)
-	Daiki Miyagawa ^{Type 2}	MF	(2006-03-24)24 March 2006 (aged 16)
Forwards
9	Musashi Suzuki	FW	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 29)
11	Issam Jebali	FW	(1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 31)
37	Hiroto Yamami	FW / LW	(1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 23)

Last updated: 10 March 2023.
Source: Gamba Osaka website

Transfers

Transfers in[1]
Join on	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer type
Pre-season	GK	Kosei Tani	Shonan Bellmare	Loan return
Pre-season	DF	Riku Handa	Montedio Yamagata	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yusei Egawa	V-Varen Nagasaki	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yota Sato	Vegalta Sendai	Loan return
Pre-season	DF	Ibuki Konno	Hosei University	Loan transfer; DSP
Pre-season	MF	Neta Lavi	Maccabi Haifa	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Naohiro Sugiyama	Roasso Kumamoto	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Dawhan	Santa Rita	Loan transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season	MF	Rin Mito	Kwansei Gakuin University	Loan transfer; DSP
Pre-season	MF	Dai Tsukamoto	Zweigen Kanazawa	Loan return
Pre-season	FW	Issam Jebali	Odense Boldklub	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Harumi Minamino	Gamba Osaka U18s	Promotion

Transfers out
Leave on	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Transfer type
10 Mar	MF	Kohei Okuno	Shonan Bellmare	Loan transfer
Pre-season	GK	Taichi Kato	–	Contract expiration
Pre-season	DF	Gen Shoji	Kashima Antlers	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Kosuke Onose	Shonan Bellmare	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ren Shibamoto	Tiamo Hirakata	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ju Se-jong	Daejeon Hana Citizen	Full transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season	MF	Ryuta Takahashi	Nara Club	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Mitsuki Saito	Shonan Bellmare	Loan expiration
Pre-season	FW	Wellington Silva	Cuiabá	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Leandro Pereira	Persepolis	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Patric	Kyoto Sanga	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Isa Sakamoto	Fagiano Okayama	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Harumi Minamino	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	Loan transfer

Competitions

J1 League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Kyoto Sanga	13	4	1	8	15	20	−5	13
15	Shonan Bellmare	12	2	5	5	21	22	−1	11
16	Kashiwa Reysol	13	2	5	6	8	16	−8	11
17	Yokohama FC	13	2	3	8	10	30	−20	9
18	Gamba Osaka	13	1	4	8	13	28	−15	7	Relegation to the J2 League

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2023. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	9	11	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 February 1	Kashiwa Reysol	2–2	Gamba Osaka	Kashiwa
15:03 JST	Katayama 39' 42' Nakamura 79' Hosoya 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Handa 18' Usami 49' Dawhan 54' Kurokawa 88' Kwon 90+6'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 12,334 Referee: Koei Koya

25 February 2	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Sagan Tosu	Suita
15:03 JST	Suzuki 9'	Report	Kabayama 64'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 25,865 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

4 March 3	Vissel Kobe	4–0	Gamba Osaka	Kobe
14:03 JST	Osako 3' Osaki 14' Sakai 47', 73' Muto 66'	Report	Egawa 13'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 17,781 Referee: Masuya Ueda

12 March 4	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Suita
16:03 JST	Lavi 31' Usami 70'	Report	Ben Khalifa 2' Sotiriou 19' Mitsuta 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 18,765 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

18 March 5	Gamba Osaka	2–2	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Suita
15:03 JST	Ishige 59' Juan Alano 61' Handa 66'	Report	Kobayashi 6' Ogashiwa 32' Nakamura 86'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 18,550 Referee: Tom Bramall

1 April 6	Shonan Bellmare	4–1	Gamba Osaka	Hiratsuka
15:03 JST	Machino 21', 38', 40', 42'	Report	Jebali 63'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 11,966 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

9 April 7	Gamba Osaka	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita
15:03 JST	Lavi 15' Dawhan 29' Jebali 47' Alano 50'	Report	Kurumaya 52' 60'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 20,734 Referee: Jumpei Iida

15 April 8	Kyoto Sanga	2–1	Gamba Osaka	Kameoka
16:03 JST	Toyokawa 22' Ichimi 48' Shirai 74' Patric 82'	Report	Ishige 37' Kwon Kyung-won 88'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 13,463 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

23 April 9	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Yokohama FC	Suita
16:03 JST	Usami 13' Handa 44'	Report	Nduka 43' Mita 72'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 14,577 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

29 April 10	Kashima Antlers	4–0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
19:03 JST	Nakama 48' Suzuki 64' Doi 86', 87'	Report	Kwon Kyung-won 32' Lavi 90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 20,525 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

3 May 11	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Cerezo Osaka	Suita
14:03 JST	Jebali 33' Meshino 52' Dawhan 56' Usami 64'	Report	Matsuda 22' Léo Ceará 28' Kato 90'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 34,517 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

6 May 12	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
19:03 JST	Izumi 63' Inagaki 67'	Report	Dawhan 33' Juan Alano 39' Ishige 56' Usami 78' Fukuoka 87' Kurokawa 90+5'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 28,613 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

14 May 13	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	Gamba Osaka	Saitama
16:03 JST	Scholz 45+2' (pen.) Okubo 54' Yasui 59'	Report	Jebali 2' 23' Usami 29'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 31,440 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

20 May 14	Gamba Osaka	v	Yokohama F. Marinos	Suita
19:03 JST				Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita

28 May 15	Albirex Niigata	v	Gamba Osaka	Niigata
14:03 JST				Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium

3 June 16	Avispa Fukuoka	v	Gamba Osaka	Fukuoka
18:03 JST				Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

11 June 17	Gamba Osaka	v	FC Tokyo	Suita
18:03 JST				Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita

24 June 18	Gamba Osaka	v	Kashima Antlers	Suita
19:03 JST				Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita

Emperor's Cup

Gamba starts the competition in the second round, as every J1 and J2 League club earns a bye from prefectural qualification.

7 June Second round	Gamba Osaka	v	Belugarosso Iwami or Kochi United	Suita
19:00				Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita

J.League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gamba Osaka	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	FC Tokyo	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6[lower-alpha 1]	Possible knockout stage
3	Kyoto Sanga	4	2	0	2	7	8	−1	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Cerezo Osaka	4	1	1	2	2	7	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2023. Source: JLeague.co (EN), JLeague.jp (JA)
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head: FC Tokyo 5–0 Kyoto Sanga.

8 March	Kyoto Sanga	1–3	Gamba Osaka	Kameoka
19:03	Yamasaki 34'	Report	Fukuda 30' Dawhan 42' Ishige 79'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 6,598 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

26 March	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Cerezo Osaka	Suita
15:00	Egawa 38' Dawhan 61' Suzuki 76' Juan Alano 83' Meshino 90+1'	Report	Matsuda 15' Léo Ceará 21' Maikuma 58' Jonjić 69'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 26,110 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

5 April	Gamba Osaka	3–0	FC Tokyo	Suita
19:00	Sugiyama 43', 90+1' Fukuda 87'	Report		Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 6,757 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

19 April	FC Tokyo	1–0	Gamba Osaka	Tokyo
19:00	Nagatomo 60' Tsukagawa 74' Trevisan 89'	Report	Yamamoto 71'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,117 Referee: Takuto Okabe

24 May	Gamba Osaka	v	Kyoto Sanga	Suita
19:00		Report		Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita

18 June	Cerezo Osaka	v	Gamba Osaka	Osaka
18:00		Report		Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium

Goalscorers

As of 14 May 2023.[2]

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	J1 League	J.League Cup	Total
1	MF	23	Dawhan	3	1	4
2	FW	7	Takashi Usami	3	0	3
2	MF	48	Hideki Ishige	2	1	3
4	FW	11	Issam Jebali	2	0	2
	MF	14	Yuya Fukuda	0	2	2
	MF	28	Naohiro Sugiyama	0	2	2
	MF	47	Juan Alano	2	0	2
8	MF	8	Ryotaro Meshino	0	1	1
8	FW	9	Musashi Suzuki	1	0	1
Total				13	7	20

References

"2023シーズン移籍情報". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
"Goal count". J.League. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

External links

Official website (in Japanese and English)

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[table_hth_TOK0.38336199819267-2] Head-to-head: FC Tokyo 5–0 Kyoto Sanga.

[1] "2023シーズン移籍情報". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[3] "Goal count". J.League. Retrieved 11 March 2023.