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is a Japanese professional soccer (football) club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. ''Gamba'' means "leg" in Italian and "prawn" in Spanish; in Japanese it represents , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70 Stadium.

Contents

History

Team Record

J.League

Other domestic competitions

Major International Competitions

Players

Current squad

Notable Players

World Cup players

Titles

Matsushita

Gamba Osaka

Managers

External links

History

Founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. soccer club in Nara Prefecture and a member of the Japan Soccer League, Gamba joined the J. League in 1992.
In 2005 the club claimed its first J. League championship on a dramatic final day during which any of five clubs could have claimed the championship. Gamba needed to win, and have cross town rivals Cerezo Osaka draw or lose. Gamba defeated a valiant Kawasaki Frontale 4-2, while victory was snatched from Cerezo by a last minute FC Tokyo equalizer. Recently in an AFC Champions League match, Gamba Osaka defeated Vietnamese side Da Nang FC in a record equalling victory of 15-0.

Team Record

J.League

Season	League	Place	GP	Pts	Win	Draw	Lose	Average Crowd
'1993'	J1 1st stage	8 / 10	18	-	8	-	10	21,571
	J1 2nd stage	6 / 10	18	-	8	-	10
	J1 Total	'7 / 10'	36	-	16	-	20
'1994'	J1 1st stage	10 / 12	22	-	7	-	15	22,367
	J1 2nd stage	10 / 12	22	-	8	-	14
	J1 Total	'10 / 12'	44	-	15	-	29
'1995'	J1 1st stage	11 / 14	26	31	10	-	16	13,310
	J1 2nd stage	13 / 14	26	26	8	-	18
	J1 Total	'14 / 14'	52	57	18	-	34
'1996'	J1	'12 / 16'	30	33	11	-	19	8,004
'1997'	J1 1st stage	8 / 17	16	24	8	-	8	8,443
	J1 2nd stage	Runners-up / 17	16	34	12	-	4
	J1 Total	'4 / 17'	32	58	20	-	12
'1998'	J1 1st stage	14 / 18	17	17	7	-	10	8,723
	J1 2nd stage	16 / 18	17	13	5	-	12
	J1 Total	'15 / 18'	34	30	12	-	22
'1999'	J1 1st stage	10 / 16	15	17	6	0	9	7,996
	J1 2nd stage	13 / 16	15	15	5	1	9
	J1 Total	'11 / 16'	30	32	11	1	18
'2000'	J1 1st stage	13 / 16	15	17	5	2	8	9,794
	J1 2nd stage	4 / 16	15	28	10	0	5
	J1 Total	'6 / 16'	30	45	15	2	13
'2001'	J1 1st stage	5 / 16	15	25	9	0	6	11,723
	J1 2nd stage	11 / 16	15	17	5	2	8
	J1 Total	'7 / 16'	30	42	14	2	14
'2002'	J1 1st stage	4 / 16	15	27	9	1	5	12,762
	J1 2nd stage	Runners-up / 16	15	27	10	0	5
	J1 Total	'3 / 16'	30	54	19	1	10
'2003'	J1 1st stage	12 / 16	15	16	4	4	7	10,222
	J1 2nd stage	7 / 16	15	23	6	5	4
	J1 Total	'10 / 16'	30	39	10	9	11
'2004'	J1 1st stage	4 / 16	15	24	7	3	5	12,517
	J1 2nd stage	3 / 16	15	27	8	3	4
	J1 Total	'3 / 16'	30	51	15	6	9
'2005'	J1	'Champions / 18'	34	60	18	6	10	15,966
'2006'	J1	'3 / 18'	34	66	20	6	8	16,259
'2007'	J1

Other domestic competitions

Emperor's Cup Season Result 1992 Quarter-finals 1993 2nd Round 1994 Semi-finals 1995 Semi-finals 1996 Semi-finals 1997 Quarter-finals 1998 3rd Round 1999 3rd Round 2000 Semi-finals 2001 Quarter-finals 2002 4th Round 2003 4th Round 2004 Semi-finals 2005 Quarter-finals 2006 Runners-up 2007

J. League Cup Season Result 1992 Group Stage 1993 Semi-finals 1994 Semi-finals 1995 ''Not Held'' 1996 Group Stage 1997 Group Stage 1998 Group Stage 1999 2nd Round 2000 2nd Round 2001 2nd Round 2002 Semi-finals 2003 Quarter-finals 2004 Quarter-finals 2005 Runners-up 2006 Quarter-finals 2007

Super Cup Season Result 2006 Runners-up 2007 Winners

Major International Competitions

Season	Competition	Result	Average Crowd
'2006'	'AFC Champions League'	Round 1	?
'2006'	A3 Champions Cup	Runners-up	?

Players

Current squad

''As of August 11, 2007''

Notable Players

★ Akihiro Nagashima 1983 - 1993

★ Hiromitsu Isogai 1992 - 1996

★ Edivaldo 1992

★ Jia Xiuquan 1993

★ Sergei Aleinikov 1993 - 1995

★ Oleg Protasov 1994 - 1995

★ Akhric Tsveiba 1994 - 1996

★ Hans Gillhaus 1995 - 1996

★ Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 1995 - 2007

★ Boban Babunski 1996 - 1998

★ Mladen Mladenović 1996 - 1997

★ Junichi Inamoto 1997 - 2001

★ Nebojša Krupniković 1997 - 1998

★ Amir Karič 1997 - 1998

★ Patrick Mboma 1997 - 1998

★ Ryota Tsuzuki 1997 - 2002

★ Yuji Hironaga 1998 - 1999

★ Anto Drobnjak 1998 - 1999

★ Piotr Swierczewski 1998

★ Masashi Oguro 1999 - 2005

★ Nino Bule 2000-2001

★ Mirko Hrgović 2001

★ Magrão 2002-2004

★ Marcelinho Carioca 2002

★ Fabinho 2002

★ Francisco Arce 2003

★ Araújo 2005

★ Kazuki Teshima 2006

World Cup players

'World Cup 1998

★ 'Patrick Mboma'
'World Cup 2002

★ 'Tsuneyasu Miyamoto'
'World Cup 2006

★ 'Yasuhito Endo'

★ 'Akira Kaji'

★ 'Tsuneyasu Miyamoto'

Titles

Matsushita

★ Emperor's Cup: (1) 1990

★ Queen's Cup (Thailand): (1) 1992

Gamba Osaka

★ J. League: (1) 2005

★ Japanese Super Cup (1): 2007

Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Kunishige Kamamoto		1992-1994
Siegfried Held		1995
Josip Kuže		1996-1997
Friedrich Koncilia		1997-1998
Frédéric Antonetti		1998-1999
Hiroshi Hayano		1999-2001
Kazuhiko Takemoto		2001
Akira Nishino		2002-

External links

★ Official Web Site

★ Schedule on ESPN