2012 Gamba Osaka season

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.

Gamba Osaka
2012 season
ChairmanKikuo Kanamori
ManagerJosé Carlos Serrão
Masanobu Matsunami(from 26 March)
J. League-
Emperor's Cup-
J. League Cup-
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage

Players

Competitions

J. League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) 34 19 7 8 63 34 +29 64 Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34 15 12 7 59 43 +16 57 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 10 9 47 42 +5 55
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 14 7 44 33 +11 53
5 Sagan Tosu 34 15 8 11 48 39 +9 53
6 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 7 12 57 52 +5 52 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
7 Nagoya Grampus 34 15 7 12 46 47 −1 52
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 50 +1 50
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 39 40 −1 49
10 FC Tokyo 34 14 6 14 47 44 +3 48
11 Kashima Antlers 34 12 10 12 50 43 +7 46
12 Júbilo Iwata 34 13 7 14 57 53 +4 46
13 Omiya Ardija 34 11 11 12 38 45 −7 44
14 Cerezo Osaka 34 11 9 14 47 53 −6 42
15 Albirex Niigata 34 10 10 14 29 34 −5 40
16 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 11 6 17 41 50 −9 39 Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17 Gamba Osaka (R) 34 9 11 14 67 65 +2 38
18 Consadole Sapporo (R) 34 4 2 28 25 88 −63 14
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches
10 March 2012 1Gamba Osaka2 - 3Vissel KobeExpo '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 2Cerezo Osaka2 - 1Gamba OsakaOsaka Nagai Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Branquinho  19'
Kempes  90+4'		 Report  27' Paulinho Attendance: 30,764
Referee: Yoshida
25 March 2012 3Gamba Osaka1 - 2Jubilo IwataExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Sunday 19:03 Kurata  84' Report  23' Yamamoto
 60' Maeda		 Attendance: 15,072
Referee: Iemoto
31 March 2012 4Albirex Niigata1 - 1Gamba OsakaTohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Saturday 16:03 Alan Mineiro  5' Report  22' Rafinha Attendance: 16,836
Referee: Ogiya
7 April 2012 5Sanfrecce Hiroshima4 - 1Gamba OsakaHiroshima 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 6Gamba Osaka3 - 2Kawasaki FrontaleExpo '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 7Gamba Osaka3 - 1Shimizu S-PulseExpo '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 8Kashima Antlers5 - 0Gamba OsakaKashima 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 9Omiya Ardija1 - 0Gamba OsakaNACK5 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 10Gamba Osaka1 - 1Vegalta SendaiExpo '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 11Yokohama F. Marinos0 - 0Gamba OsakaNissan Stadium
Saturday 15:00 JST Ono  89' Report Paulinho  45+2'
Niwa  60'		 Attendance: 25,241
Referee: Jumpei Iida
25 May 2012 12Gamba Osaka2 - 3Sagan TosuExpo '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 13Gamba Osaka1 - 2Urawa Red DiamondsExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST Sato  16' Report Haraguchi  29'
Umesaki  90+2'		 Attendance: 14,977
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
23 June 2012 14Consadole Sapporo0 - 4Gamba OsakaSapporo 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 15Gamba Osaka2 - 2Nagoya GrampusExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 JST Nakazawa  25'
Futagawa  73'		 Report Nagai  8', 18' Attendance: 10,840
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
30 June 2012 16Gamba Osaka2 - 6Kashiwa ReysolExpo '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 17FC Tokyo3 - 2Gamba OsakaAjinomoto 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 18Gamba Osaka1 - 2Yokohama F. MarinosExpo '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 19Vissel Kobe1 - 1Gamba OsakaHome's Stadium Kobe
Saturday 20:00 JST Ōkubo  77' Report Futagawa  69' Attendance: 17,471
Referee: Itaru Hirose
4 August 2012 20Gamba Osaka3 - 1Omiya ArdijaExpo '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 21Gamba Osaka2 - 2Cerezo OsakaExpo '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 22Nagoya Grampus0 - 5Gamba OsakaMizuho 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 23Gamba Osaka7 - 2Consadole SapporoExpo '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 24Sagan Tosu4 - 1Gamba OsakaTosu 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 25Gamba Osaka1 - 1Albirex NiigataExpo '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 26Urawa Red Diamonds0 - 5Gamba OsakaSaitama 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 27Gamba Osaka2 - 2Kashima AntlersExpo '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 28Vegalta Sendai2 - 1Gamba OsakaYurtec 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 29Kawasaki Frontale2 - 3Gamba OsakaTodoroki 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 30Gamba Osaka1 - 1Sanfrecce HiroshimaExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
15:00 Fujiharu  21'
Endō  56'
Futagawa  71'		 Summary Kazuyuki Morisaki  76' Attendance: 17,617
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
7 November 2012 31Kashiwa Reysol2 - 2Gamba OsakaHitachi 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 32Shimizu S-Pulse1-3Gamba OsakaOutsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
15:00 Omae 48' Summary Kurata 24', 64'
Leandro 52'		 Attendance: 12,391
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
24 November 2012 33Gamba Osaka2-2FC TokyoExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
1 December 2012 34Júbilo Iwata2-1Gamba OsakaYamaha Stadium

J. League Cup

Quarter Finals
25 July 2012 First LegGamba Osaka1 - 3Kashiwa ReysolOsaka
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 LegKashiwa Reysol2 - 1
(5 - 2 agg.)		Gamba OsakaKashiwa, 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
Main article: 2012 Emperor's Cup
8 September 2012 Round 2Gamba Osaka3 - 0Kansai UniversitySuita
13:00 Yokotani  2'
Myojin  39'
Abe  47'		 Report Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 2,227
Referee: Junpei Iida
10 October 2012 Round 3Gamba Osaka1 - 0Mito HollyHockSuita
19:00 Leandro  62' Report Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 2,537
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida
15 December 2012 Round 4Gamba Osaka3 - 2Machida ZelviaSuita
13:00 Kurata  38'
Iwashita  65'
Endõ  80'		 Report Kitai  27'
Suzuki  56'		 Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 4,576
Referee: Yamamoto
23 December 2012 Quarter FinalCerezo Osaka1 - 2 (a.e.t.)Gamba OsakaOsaka
13:00 Kakitani  49' Report Endō  19'
Ienaga  112'		 Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 21,407
Referee: Matsuo

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ADE BYD POH GMB
1 Adelaide United 6 4 1 1 7 2 +5 13 Advanced to Round of 16 — 0–0 1–0 2–0
2 Bunyodkor 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 1–2 — 1–0 3–2
3 Pohang Steelers 6 3 0 3 6 4 +2 9 1–0 0–2 — 2–0
4 Gamba Osaka 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3 0–2 3–1 0–3 —
Source: WorldFootball.net
6 March 2012 Group stageGamba Osaka 0 – 3 Pohang SteelersOsaka 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 stageAdelaide United 2 – 0 Gamba OsakaHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Mullen  17', 24' Report Attendance: 5,112
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarooni (UAE)
3 April 2012 Group stageGamba Osaka 3 - 1 BunyodkorOsaka 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 stageBunyodkor 3 - 2 Gamba OsakaJAR 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 stagePohang Steelers 2 - 0 Gamba OsakaPohang 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 stageGamba Osaka 0 - 2 Adelaide UnitedOsaka 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

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