2016 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka

2016 season
Chairman	Teruhisa Noro
Manager	Kenta Hasegawa
J1 League	-
Emperor's Cup	-
J. League Cup	-
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Japanese Super Cup	Runner Up
Top goalscorer	League: - All: -
Highest home attendance	-
Lowest home attendance	-
Average home league attendance	-
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The 2016 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 23rd season in the J1 League and 29th overall in the Japanese top flight. Like the previous season, the 2016 campaign was split into two stages, with the first stage running from February to June, the second stage being held between July and November and finally a Championship stage in late November. With city-rivals Cerezo Osaka failing to gain promotion from J2, Gamba's main rivalry match will be the Hanshin derby against Vissel Kobe with an away game in round 4 on the 19th March and the return home match in round 26 on August 20.^[1][2]

Gamba's position as runner-up in the 2015 J1 League Championship saw them automatically qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League, their 8th appearance in the competition. Looking to improve on their run to the semi-finals in 2015, they were drawn into the tough looking Group G along with Australian side Melbourne Victory, South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings and big-spending Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG. The group stage will kick off on Wednesday 24 February and conclude on Tuesday 3rd May with all sides in the group playing each other home and away in a round-robin basis.^[3]

As winners of the 2015 Emperor's Cup, Gamba competed in the season opening Japanese Super Cup, held in Yokohama on 20 February. The annually held match pitted Gamba against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the side who defeated them in the final of the 2015 J1 League Championship. This was Gamba's 6th appearance in the Super Cup, however they were unable to build on their previous victories in 2007 and 2015 and went down 3-1. Trailing 2-0 due to early second half goals from Satō and Asano, top scorer of the previous 3 campaigns Takashi Usami pulled one back, however Utaka added a third for Hiroshima shortly afterwards to seal the win.^[4]

Later on in the season, Gamba will enter the 2016 J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup and 2016 Emperor's Cup. Due to their AFC Champions League commitments, they are given a bye past the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup group stage and will enter at the quarter-final phase.^[5] Similarly they will enter the Emperor's Cup in the 4th round.^[6]

It should also be noted that this was Gamba's first season playing at the newly opened Suita City Football Stadium which was built in the same park as Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, their home from 1980-2015.^[7] The first official game to be held in the new stadium was on 14 February 2016, the pre-season Panasonic Cup match between Gamba and Nagoya Grampus which the home side won 3-1.^[8] The first league match will be held on 28 February against Kashima Antlers.^[1]

Transfers

Coming off the back of a draining 2015 season which saw them play 60 games in all competitions, Gamba sought to add depth to their squad. In came experienced former Shimizu S-Pulse, Nagoya Grampus, Yokohama F. Marinos and Japan national team midfielder Jungo Fujimoto to compete for a right-wing slot with Hiroyuki Abe and Kotaro Omori.^[9] Ademilson who had spent the previous campaign as Fujimoto's team-mate in Yokohama, moved west to Osaka on a season-long loan deal from São Paulo FC in his homeland. He is expected to battle with Shu Kurata for a place playing just off target-man Patric.^[10] In addition, Hiroto Goya, a prolific scorer at varsity level for Kwansei Gakuin University signed up for his first shot at professional football and two youngsters, Hiroki Noda and Kazunari Ichimi joined from Otsu High School in Kumamoto Prefecture. Noda, a native of Kumamoto has actually turned out for his local side Roasso Kumamoto on 5 occasions over the previous 2 seasons despite his tender age of just 18.^[11]

There were fewer departures than arrivals during the close season and crucially no starting-eleven members from the previous year were amongst those to leave. Veteran midfielder Tomokazu Myojin made a surprising move to Nagoya Grampus at the ripe-old age of 38 following 10 years of sterling service to the club.^[12] Brazilian attacker Lins was also released. A promising debut season in 2014 which saw him net 8 times in 39 games including several crucial late winners gave way to a disappointing 2015 in which he started only 8 games and could only net 4 goals in 36 games in all competitions, therefore it was no surprise when his departure was announced.^[13] Finally, Shingo Akamine a close-season signing from Vegalta Sendai the previous year and who, like Lins had endured a frustrating 2015, announced he would be joining J2 side Fagiano Okayama on loan for 2016.^[14]

In addition to those main transfers; Kenya Okazaki, Naoki Ogawa and Shōhei Ogura rejoined the club following loan spells at Ehime FC, Fujieda MYFC and Montedio Yamagata respectively^[11] while Yuto Uchida who spent the 2015 season with Tokushima Vortis made his loan move into a permanent one.^[15]

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Ademilson	São Paulo	Loan	8 Jan	[10]
17	MF	Kenya Okazaki	Ehime FC	Loan Return	17 Jan	[11]
23	FW	Hiroto Goya	Kwansei Gakuin University	Unknown	17 Jan	[11]
24	FW	Naoki Ogawa	Fujieda MYFC	Loan Return	17 Jan	[11]
25	MF	Jungo Fujimoto	Yokohama F. Marinos	Unknown	11 Jan	[9]
32	DF	Hiroki Noda	Otsu High School	Unknown	17 Jan	[11]
33	FW	Kazunari Ichimi	Otsu High School	Unknown	17 Jan	[11]
40	MF	Shōhei Ogura	Montedio Yamagata	Loan Return	17 Jan	[11]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Lins	Released	Free	2 Jan	[13]
MF	Tomokazu Myojin	Nagoya Grampus	Unknown	6 Jan	[12]
DF	Yuto Uchida	Tokushima Vortis	Unknown	6 Jan	[15]
FW	Shingo Akamine	Fagiano Okayama	Loan	7 Jan	[14]

First team squad

As of the beginning of 2016 season.^[11]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	Since	Previous Club	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Masaaki Higashiguchi		GK	12 May 1986	184	78	2014	Albirex Niigata	105	0
16	Ken Tajiri		GK	11 June 1993	182	76	2013	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
18	Yōsuke Fujigaya		GK	13 February 1981	185	78	2015	Júbilo Iwata	342	0
31	Mizuki Hayashi		GK	4 September 1996	182	74	2015	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
Defenders
3	Takaharu Nishino		CB	14 September 1993	187	73	2012	Gamba Osaka Youth	66	6
4	Hiroki Fujiharu		LB	28 November 1988	175	60	2011	Osaka University of H&SS	199	8
5	Daiki Niwa		CB	16 January 1986	180	76	2012	Avispa Fukuoka*	137	6
6	Kim Jung-ya	/	CB	17 May 1988	183	74	2014	Sagan Tosu*	58	0
8	Keisuke Iwashita		CB	24 September 1986	181	76	2012	Shimizu S-Pulse	117	5
14	Koki Yonekura		RB / RM	17 May 1988	176	68	2014	JEF United	84	7
22	Oh Jae-suk		RB / LB	4 January 1990	178	74	2013	Gangwon FC	64	0
30	So Hirao		RB	1 July 1996	170	68	2015	Gamba Osaka Youth	2	0
32	Hiroki Noda		CB	27 July 1997	181	73	2016	Otsu High School	0	0
35	Ryo Hatsuse		RB / LB	10 July 1997	175	64	2015	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
Midfielders
7	Yasuhito Endō		CM / AM	28 January 1980	178	75	2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga	614	118
10	Takahiro Futagawa		RM / LM	27 June 1980	168	63	1999	Gamba Osaka Youth	598	87
11	Shu Kurata		LW / AM	26 November 1988	172	68	2012	Cerezo Osaka*	204	36
13	Hiroyuki Abe		RM	5 July 1989	170	69	2012	Kwansei Gakuin University	154	26
15	Yasuyuki Konno		CB / DM	25 January 1983	178	73	2012	F.C. Tokyo	173	14
17	Kenya Okazaki		CM / RM / LM	31 May 1990	173	62	2016	Ehime F.C.*	29	2
19	Kotaro Omori		RW / LW	28 April 1992	167	63	2011	Gamba Osaka Youth	111	14
21	Yōsuke Ideguchi		CM	23 August 1996	171	69	2014	Gamba Osaka Youth	22	0
25	Jungo Fujimoto		RW	24 March 1984	173	69	2016	Yokohama F. Marinos	0	0
26	Naoya Senoo		LB / LM	15 August 1996	172	60	2015	Gamba Osaka Youth	1	0
27	Tatsuya Uchida		CB / DM	8 February 1992	177	70	2011	Gamba Osaka Youth	70	1
28	Shota Yomesaka		CB / LM	19 October 1996	177	67	2014	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
36	Mizuki Ichimaru		CM / RM	8 May 1997	174	66	2016	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
38	Ritsu Doan		RM / LM	16 June 1998	172	70	2015	Gamba Osaka Youth	4	0
40	Shōhei Ogura		RB / CB / DM	8 September 1985	174	67	2015	Yokohama F. Marinos	10	0
Strikers
9	Ademilson		AM / CF	9 January 1994	176	74	2016	São Paulo (loan)	0	0
20	Shun Nagasawa		CF	25 August 1988	192	82	2015	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	5
23	Hiroto Goya		CF	2 January 1994	177	68	2016	Kwansei Gakuin University	0	0
24	Naoki Ogawa		AM / CF	3 July 1995	168	62	2016	Fujieda MYFC*	3	1
29	Patric		CF	26 October 1987	189	82	2014	Atlético Goianiense	82	36
33	Kazunari Ichimi		CF	10 November 1997	183	74	2016	Otsu High School	0	0
37	Akito Takagi		CF	4 August 1997	175	68	2016	Gamba Osaka Youth	1	0
39	Takashi Usami		LW / AM / CF	6 May 1992	178	69	2013	Hoffenheim*	172	86

* indicates player returned to Gamba Osaka from a loan spell with this club.

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F-A	Scorers	Attendance
14 February 2016	Nagoya Grampus	H	3-1	o.g. 26', Konno 36', Niwa 66'	35,231

Japanese Super Cup

As winners of the 2015 Emperor's Cup, Gamba squared off against reigning J1 League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Nissan Stadium, Yokohama. The match ended up in a 3-1 defeat for Gamba, with Hisato Satō opening the scoring for Sanfrecce in the 52nd minute and Takuma Asano adding a second from the penalty spot 5 minutes later. Takashi Usami pulled a goal back for Gamba in the 68th minute but it wasn't enough as Sanfrecce's new Nigerian signing Peter Utaka wrapped up the game with 17 minutes remaining. The result means that Gamba have now won just 2 of their 6 appearances in the Japanese Super Cup with victories in 2007 and 2015 and defeats in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2016. One other point to note is that this game saw the competitive debuts in a Gamba shirt for attacking midfielders Ademilson and Jungo Fujimoto, both of whom joined from Yokohama F. Marinos in the close season.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F-A	Scorers	Attendance
20 February 2016	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	N	1-3	Usami 68'	33,805

J1 League First Stage

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
1	28 February 2016	Kashima Antlers	H	0-1		32,463	13th
2	6 March 2016	Ventforet Kofu	A	1-0	Nagasawa 36'	14,103	12th
3	11 March 2016	Omiya Ardija	H	2-1	Konno 49', Abe 60'	20,535	4th
4	19 March 2016	Vissel Kobe	A	1-2	Kim 84'	16,026	7th
5	2 April 2016	Yokohama F. Marinos	H	1-2	Ademilson 19'	34,231	12th
6	10 April 2016	Vegalta Sendai	A	3-1	Nagasawa 5', Usami 14', Ademilson 15'	18,011	8th
7	15 April 2016	Kashiwa Reysol	H	0-1		13,731	8th
8	24 April 2016	Avispa Fukuoka	A	1-0	Usami 79'	18,508	8th
9	29 April 2016	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0-1		33,941	9th
10	8 May 2016	Albirex Niigata	A
11	13 May 2016	Júbilo Iwata	H
12	21 May 2016	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A
13	29 May 2016	F.C. Tokyo	A
14	11 June 2016	Shonan Bellmare	H
15	15 June 2016	Urawa Red Diamonds	H
16	18 June 2016	Sagan Tosu	A
17	25 June 2016	Nagoya Grampus	H

Match Day Line-Ups

The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2016 J1 League First Stage:

Player Appearances – 2016 J1 League First Stage
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	DM	DM	RW	LW	AM	CF
1	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Endō	Konno	Fujimoto	Omori	Ademilson	Nagasawa	Kurata	Ideguchi	Usami
2	Ventforet Kofu	Higashiguchi	Oh	Hatsuse	Konno	Kim	Endō	Uchida	Abe	Usami	Kurata	Nagasawa	Omori	Ideguchi	Goya
3	Omiya Ardija	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Konno	Kim	Endō	Ideguchi	Abe	Omori	Usami	Nagasawa	Kurata	Goya	Fujimoto
4	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Hatsuse	Fujiharu	Konno	Kim	Endō	Uchida	Abe	Usami	Kurata	Nagasawa	Ademilson	Ideguchi	Patric
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Konno	Kim	Endō	Ideguchi	Ademilson	Usami	Kurata	Patric	Goya	Hatsuse
6	Vegalta Sendai	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Endō	Konno	Abe	Usami	Ademilson	Nagasawa	Kurata	Omori	Ogura
7	Kashiwa Reysol	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Endō	Konno	Abe	Usami	Ademilson	Nagasawa	Kurata	Omori	Patric
8	Avispa Fukuoka	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Endō	Konno	Abe	Kurata	Goya	Patric	Fujimoto	Usami
9	Kawasaki Frontale	Higashiguchi	Hatsuse	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Endō	Konno	Abe	Usami	Kurata	Patric	Nagasawa	Goya	Fujimoto

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

J1 League Second Stage

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
1	2 July 2016	Kashima Antlers	A
2	9 July 2016	Vegalta Sendai	H
3	13 July 2016	Omiya Ardija	A
4	17 July 2016	Avispa Fukuoka	H
5	23 July 2016	Kashiwa Reysol	A
6	30 July 2016	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H
7	6 August 2016	Sagan Tosu	H
8	13 August 2016	Júbilo Iwata	A
9	20 August 2016	Vissel Kobe	H
10	27 August 2016	Shonan Bellmare	A
11	10 September 2016	Ventforet Kofu	H
12	17 September 2016	Nagoya Grampus	A
13	25 September 2016	F.C. Tokyo	H
14	1 October 2016	Urawa Red Diamonds	A
15	22 October 2016	Yokohama F. Marinos	A
16	29 October 2016	Albirex Niigata	H
17	3 November 2016	Kawasaki Frontale	A

AFC Champions League

Gamba were drawn in Group G along with Australian side Melbourne Victory, Korean outfit Suwon Samsung Bluewings and China's Shanghai SIPG. It was to prove a disappointing campaign for them culminating in an exit at the group stage, a strong contrast with the previous season's run to the semi-finals. An inability to find the back of the net which had plagued their early form in J1 also proved to be their downfall in the Champions League with only 4 goals scored in 6 games.

Draws in their opening two games away to Samsung and at home to Melbourne were to prove the high points as they were followed by a run of four defeats in a row, three of which came by a solitary goal. As it happened, Sven-Göran Eriksson's Shanghai side ran out group winners with 12 points, 3 ahead of both Melbourne and Samsung on 9. It was Melbourne who advanced with them, with their final round win over a largely second string Gamba side giving them the points they required to overtake Suwon due to having a better head-to-head record in matches played between the two sides. Gamba finished fourth and last in the group.

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
1	24 February 2016	Samsung Bluewings	A	0-0		9,947	2nd=
2	2 March 2016	Melbourne Victory	H	1-1	Endō 57'	14,270	3rd
3	15 March 2016	Shanghai SIPG	A	1-2	Patric 60'	29,005	3rd
4	6 April 2016	Shanghai SIPG	H	0-2		14,756	4th
5	19 April 2016	Samsung Bluewings	H	1-2	Konno 89'	10,846	4th
6	3 May 2016	Melbourne Victory	A	1-2	Ademilson 84'	10,147	4th

Match Day Line-Ups

The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2016 AFC Champions League:

Player Appearances – 2016 AFC Champions League
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	DM	DM	RW	LW	AM	CF
1	Samsung Bluewings	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Ideguchi	Konno	Abe	Usami	Kurata	Patric	Endō	Yonekura	Nagasawa
2	Melbourne Victory	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Konno	Kim	Ideguchi	Endō	Abe	Usami	Kurata	Patric	Ademilson	Omori
3	Shanghai SIPG	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Konno	Kim	Ideguchi	Endō	Abe	Omori	Usami	Patric	Kurata	Yonekura	Fujimoto
4	Shanghai SIPG	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Konno	Kim	Ideguchi	Endō	Ademilson	Usami	Kurata	Patric	Nishino	Nagasawa	Fujimoto
5	Samsung Bluewings	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Konno	Endō	Fujimoto	Usami	Ademilson	Nagasawa	Kurata	Yonekura	Patric
6	Melbourne Victory	Fujigaya	Yonekura	Hatsuse	Niwa	Iwashita	Ideguchi	Uchida	Fujimoto	Omori	Ademilson	Nagasawa	Futagawa	Goya	Doan

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Champions League		Super Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	15	0	0	0
3	DF	Takaharu Nishino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
4	DF	Hiroki Fujiharu	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	14	0	0	0
5	DF	Daiki Niwa	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	9	0	2	0
6	DF	Kim Jung-ya	9	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	14	1	0	0
7	MF	Yasuhito Endō (c)	9	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	1	1	0	14(1)	1	1	0
8	DF	Keisuke Iwashita	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	Ademilson	4(1)	2	0	0	0	0	3(1)	1	1	0	8(2)	3	0	0
10	MF	Takahiro Futagawa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
11	MF	Shu Kurata	5(4)	0	0	0	0	0	3(2)	0	0(1)	0	8(7)	0	2	0
13	MF	Hiroyuki Abe	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	11	1	0	0
14	DF	Koki Yonekura	2	0	0	0	0	0	3(2)	0	0	0	5(2)	0	2	0
15	MF	Yasuyuki Konno	9	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	15	2	1	0
16	GK	Ken Tajiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Kenya Okazaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Yōsuke Fujigaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	Kotaro Omori	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0	4(4)	0	0	0
20	FW	Shun Nagasawa	6(1)	2	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0(1)	0	8(4)	2	3	0
21	MF	Yōsuke Ideguchi	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	8(3)	0	3	0
22	DF	Oh Jae-suk	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	10	0	0	0
23	FW	Hiroto Goya	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(5)	0	0	0
24	FW	Naoki Ogawa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Jungo Fujimoto	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0(1)	0	3(6)	0	0	0
26	MF	Naoya Senoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Tatsuya Uchida	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
28	MF	Shota Yomesaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Patric	3(2)	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	1	1	0	8(3)	1	3	0
30	DF	So Hirao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Mizuki Hayashi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	Hiroki Noda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	Kazunari Ichimi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	Ryo Hatsuse	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0	0
36	MF	Mizuki Ichimaru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Akito Takagi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	Ritsu Doan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
39	FW	Takashi Usami	7(2)	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	13(2)	3	0	0
40	MF	Shōhei Ogura	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
—	—	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Statistics accurate as of match played on 3 May 2016.^[16][17]

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