2012 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka

2012 season

Chairman

Kikuo Kanamori

Manager

José Carlos Serrão
Masanobu Matsunami(from 26 March)

Group stage

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The 2012 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 20th season in the J. League Division 1 and 26th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2012 J. League Cup, 2012 Emperor's Cup, and the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2012 J. League Division 1

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	19	7	8	63	34	+29	64	Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	34	15	12	7	59	43	+16	57	Qualification to 2013 Champions League
3	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	10	9	47	42	+5	55	Qualification to 2013 Champions League
4	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	14	7	44	33	+11	53
5	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53
6	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	34	15	7	12	57	52	+5	52	Qualification to 2013 Champions League ¹
7	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	34	15	7	12	46	47	−1	52
8	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	34	14	8	12	51	50	+1	50
9	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	34	14	7	13	39	40	−1	49
10	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	34	14	6	14	47	44	+3	48
11	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	34	12	10	12	50	43	+7	46
12	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata	34	13	7	14	57	53	+4	46
13	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	34	11	11	12	38	45	−7	44
14	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	42
15	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	10	10	14	29	34	−5	40
16	Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe (R)	34	11	6	17	41	50	−9	39	Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17	Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (R)	34	9	11	14	67	65	+2	38
18	Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo (R)	34	4	2	28	25	88	−63	14

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

10 March 2012 1	Gamba Osaka	2 - 3	Vissel Kobe	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 14:04	Paulinho 34' Rafinha 90+2'	Report	17', 76' Okubo 59' Hashimoto	Attendance: 17,066 Referee: Takayama

17 March 2012 2	Cerezo Osaka	2 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Osaka Nagai Stadium
Saturday 14:04	Branquinho 19' Kempes 90+4'	Report	27' Paulinho	Attendance: 30,764 Referee: Yoshida

25 March 2012 3	Gamba Osaka	1 - 2	Jubilo Iwata	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Sunday 19:03	Kurata 84'	Report	23' Yamamoto 60' Maeda	Attendance: 15,072 Referee: Iemoto

31 March 2012 4	Albirex Niigata	1 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Saturday 16:03	Alan Mineiro 5'	Report	22' Rafinha	Attendance: 16,836 Referee: Ogiya

7 April 2012 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 20:00 JST	Satō 10' 33' (pen.) Hirashige 85', 88'	Report	Sato 48'	Attendance: 12,318 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

14 April 2012 6	Gamba Osaka	3 - 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Endō 32' Nakazawa 45+1' Sato 68' Hiroyuki Abe 85' Kaji 89'	Report	Tasaka 1' 90+3' Kobayashi 30' Morishita 36' Komiyama 45' Jeci 84'	Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

22 April 2012 7	Gamba Osaka	3 - 1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Takei 20' Rafinha 27' (pen.) Sato 57' 81'	Report	Akihiro Hayashi 26' Lee Ki-Je 42' Ono 54' Brosque 90+3'	Attendance: 8,548 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

28 April 2012 8	Kashima Antlers	5 - 0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 16:30 JST	Endo 42' Koroki 54' Osako 72', 90+3' Aoki 87' Motoyama 90'	Report	Endō 50' Kurata 70' Paulinho 85' Lee Seung-Yeoul 88'	Attendance: 17,583 Referee: Ryuji Sato

6 May 2012 9	Omiya Ardija	1 - 0	Gamba Osaka	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Saturday 18:00 JST	Fukaya 7' Aoki 57' Cho Young-Cheol 74'	Report	Terada 15'	Attendance: 11,554 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

12 May 2012 10	Gamba Osaka	1 - 1	Vegalta Sendai	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Paulinho 18' Kurata 62'	Report	Kamata 16' Uemoto 64' Tamura 65' Akamine 78'	Attendance: 15,253 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

19 May 2012 11	Yokohama F. Marinos	0 - 0	Gamba Osaka	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 15:00 JST	Ono 89'	Report	Paulinho 45+2' Niwa 60'	Attendance: 25,241 Referee: Jumpei Iida

25 May 2012 12	Gamba Osaka	2 - 3	Sagan Tosu	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Friday 20:00 JST	Futagawa 3' Sato 67'	Report	Okamoto 9' Hayasaka 10' Tozin 40' Toyoda 68' Fujita 86', 90+4'	Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Takuto Okabe

16 June 2012 13	Gamba Osaka	1 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 16'	Report	Haraguchi 29' Umesaki 90+2'	Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

23 June 2012 14	Consadole Sapporo	0 - 4	Gamba Osaka	Sapporo Dome
Saturday 15:00 JST	Hidaka 31' Kawai 83'	Report	Paulinho 16' Kurata 26' Endō 35' (pen.) Uchida 37' Takei 90+3'	Attendance: 14,759 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

27 June 2012 15	Gamba Osaka	2 - 2	Nagoya Grampus	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 JST	Nakazawa 25' Futagawa 73'	Report	Nagai 8', 18'	Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

30 June 2012 16	Gamba Osaka	2 - 6	Kashiwa Reysol	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Endō 35' Sato 45+1' Kurata 90+5'	Report	Sawa 3', 7', 68' 26' Kudo 20' Masushima 48' Domingues 56' Tanaka 90+2'	Attendance: 14,006 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

7 July 2012 17	FC Tokyo	3 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Ajinomoto Stadium
Saturday 19:30 JST	Nakamura 3' Lucas 17', 44' Gonda 30'	Report	31' (pen.) Endō 35' Takei 59' Kim 62' 77' Sato 67' Abe	Attendance: 24,633 Referee: Jumpei Iida

14 July 2012 18	Gamba Osaka	1 - 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Endō 56' Niwa 74' Paulinho 88'	Report	Kurihara 22' Tomisawa 44' Nakazawa 47' Nakamura 60' Saito 90+4'	Attendance: 14,966 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

28 July 2012 19	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Home's Stadium Kobe
Saturday 20:00 JST	Ōkubo 77'	Report	Futagawa 69'	Attendance: 17,471 Referee: Itaru Hirose

4 August 2012 20	Gamba Osaka	3 - 1	Omiya Ardija	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Kurata 58' 71' Leandro 64' (pen.) 66'	Report	Carlinhos Paraíba 38' Hasegawa 52' 64' Ezumi 62' Ljubijankič 72'	Attendance: 12,964 Referee: Minoru Tojo

11 August 2012 21	Gamba Osaka	2 - 2	Cerezo Osaka	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 53', 62'	Report	Kempes 13' Edamura 28', 50' Fábio Simplício 38' Sakemoto 45' Yokoyama 82'	Attendance: 18,578 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

18 August 2012 22	Nagoya Grampus	0 - 5	Gamba Osaka	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Daniel 11' Masukawa 42'	Report	Niwa 14' Leandro 38' Endō 43' (pen.) Myojin 50' Konno 68' Sato 70' Paulinho 83'	Attendance: 30,354 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

25 August 2012 23	Gamba Osaka	7 - 2	Consadole Sapporo	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 16' Leandro 26', 45', 57' Konno 68' Ienaga 90+3'	Report	Hidaka 18' Kim Jae-Hoan 53' Uehara 71'	Attendance: 15,056 Referee: Itaru Hirose

1 September 2012 24	Sagan Tosu	4 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Tosu Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Fujita 2' Okamoto 34' Kim Min-Woo 44' Toyoda 45', 52' Kobayashi 89'	Summary	Myojin 74'	Attendance: 19,729 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

15 September 2012 25	Gamba Osaka	1 - 1	Albirex Niigata	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
20:00	Leandro 15' 17'	Summary	Michael 40' Bruno Lopes 90+1' 90+5'	Attendance: 17,381 Referee: Ryuji Sato

22 September 2012 26	Urawa Red Diamonds	0 - 5	Gamba Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
17:00	Makino 40' Suzuki 55'	Summary	Abe 19' Ienaga 26' Leandro 37', 60' Omori 69' Paulinho 86', 90+2'	Attendance: 46,046 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

29 September 2012 27	Gamba Osaka	2 - 2	Kashima Antlers	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
17:00 JST	Abe 7' Leandro 25', 90+2'	Summary	Renato Cajá 10' 64' Dutra 15' 39' Iwamasa 62'	Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

6 October 2012 28	Vegalta Sendai	2 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00	Wilson 18' Sugai 51' Ryang Yong-Gi 76' Nakahara 82'	Summary	Sato 62' Paulinho 90'	Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

20 October 2012 29	Kawasaki Frontale	2 - 3	Gamba Osaka	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
16:00	Kusukami 58' Tanaka 62' Nakamura 72'	Summary	Ienaga 21', 76' Kurata 37' Konno 52' Fujiharu 64' Sasaki 90+3'	Attendance: 18,779 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

27 October 2012 30	Gamba Osaka	1 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
15:00	Fujiharu 21' Endō 56' Futagawa 71'	Summary	Kazuyuki Morisaki 76'	Attendance: 17,617 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

7 November 2012 31	Kashiwa Reysol	2 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
19:00	Kudo 12', 45' Otani 31' Fujita 34' Masushima 43'	Summary	Leandro 37', 90' 70'	Attendance: 10,389 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

17 November 2012 32	Shimizu S-Pulse	-	Gamba Osaka	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira

24 November 2012 33	Gamba Osaka	-	FC Tokyo	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

1 December 2012 34	Júbilo Iwata	-	Gamba Osaka	Yamaha Stadium

Quarter Finals

25 July 2012 First Leg	Gamba Osaka	1 - 3	Kashiwa Reysol	Osaka
20:00	Konno 12' Kurata 53' Daiki Niwa 83'	Report	Kudo 47' Kurisawa 60' Leandro Domingues 76', 90+5' Sawa 82' Barada 90' Sugeno 90+5'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 7,083 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

8 August 2012 Second Leg	Kashiwa Reysol	2 - 1 (5 - 2 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Kashiwa, Chiba
19:00	Leandro Domingues 17' Kudo 60'	Report	Sato 30' Leandro 77'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Emperor's Cup

8 September 2012 Round 2	Gamba Osaka	3 - 0	Kansai University	Suita
13:00	Yokotani 2' Myojin 39' Abe 47'	Report		Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 2,227 Referee: Junpei Iida

10 October 2012 Round 3	Gamba Osaka	1 - 0	Mito HollyHock	Suita
19:00	Leandro 62'	Report		Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 2,537 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13
Bunyodkor	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
Pohang Steelers	6	3	0	3	6	4	+2	9
Gamba Osaka	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3

6 March 2012 Group stage	Gamba Osaka	0 – 3	Pohang Steelers	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
19:00 UTC+09:00		Report	Kim Tae-Su 19' Rendulić 22' Asamoah 76'	Attendance: 9,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

20 March 2012 Group stage	Adelaide United	2 – 0	Gamba Osaka	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Mullen 17', 24'	Report		Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarooni (UAE)

3 April 2012 Group stage	Gamba Osaka	3 - 1	Bunyodkor	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
19:00 UTC+09:00	Endo 14' Rafinha 58' ((pen.)), (pen.)'		Soliev 89'	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Chaiya Mahabap (Thailand)

18 April 2012 Group stage	Bunyodkor	3 - 2	Gamba Osaka	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
17:00 UTC+05:00	Murzoev 14' Turaev 42' Filiposyan 60' Soliev 85'	Report	Kurata 18' Hiroyuki Abe (footballer) 90+4'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

2 May 2012 Group stage	Pohang Steelers	2 - 0	Gamba Osaka	Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
19:30 UTC+09:00	Park Hee-Chul 21' Kim Jin-Yong 45+1' Shin Kwang-Hoon 71' Asamoah 78' 78'	Report	Niwa 74'	Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Mohammadreza Abolfazli

16 May 2012 Group stage	Gamba Osaka	0 - 2	Adelaide United	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
19:00 UTC+09:00		Report	van Dijk 65' Djite 80' Sato 87' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,294 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla

References

Gamba Osaka

Suita, Osaka

The Club	History Players All articles

Stadium	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium (1980–2015) Suita City Football Stadium (2016–present)

Rivalries	Osaka derby

J. League

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Website: www.gamba-osaka.net

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Related to national teams

Men	Summary Qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Women	Summer Olympics Algarve Cup

Youth	Summer Olympics (U-23) (Qualification) AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification AFC U-19 Championship AFC U-16 Championship FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Consadole Sapporo Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Ehime F.C. Fagiano Okayama F.C. Gifu Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu JEF United Chiba Kataller Toyama Kyoto Sanga F.C. Machida Zelvia Matsumoto Yamaga Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Roasso Kumamoto Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tochigi S.C. Tokushima Vortis Tokyo Verdy Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

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