is a
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the
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word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita,
Osakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, the team's home stadium is
Osaka Expo '70 Stadiumis an athletic stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70. The stadium is the home ground of J. League club Gamba Osaka.The stadium's north end is terraced and is used by Gamba's most vocal supporters....
. Gamba are one of only five teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception in 1993.
History
Founded in 1980 as
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (which was renamed "Panasonic Corporation" on October 1st, 2008) soccer club in
Nara Prefectureis a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....
and a member of the
Japan Soccer League, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
. It was mostly made of remaining players and staff of the defunct Yanmar Club, the former B-team of Yanmar Diesel F.C., later to be known as
Cerezo Osakais a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city....
. Gamba Osaka was an original member of the J. League in 1993 and has remained one of five sides to never be relegated from the top division since then. The closest they came to relegation was in 1997, when they finished
below Consadole Sapporois a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
who despite finishing 14th in the overall table lost all their playout matches and had to form the new
J. League Division 2The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
with clubs from the former Japan Football League.
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 Frontaleis a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:...
4–2, while victory was snatched from Cerezo by a last minute FC Tokyo equalizer. In an
AFC Champions LeagueThe 2006 AFC Champions League was the 25th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 4th edition under the current AFC Champions League title....
match in 2006, Gamba Osaka defeated Vietnamese side Da Nang FC in a record equaling victory of 15–0. In the
2008The 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J...
Pan-Pacific ChampionshipThe Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League , Chinese Super League , J...
final, Gamba Osaka destroyed
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club
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6-1 to win the tournament, with
BareJader Volnei Spindler, more commonly known as Baré, is a Brazilian football player, currently associated with Al-Jazira in the United Arab Emirates. While playing for Japan's J. League Division 2 side Ventforet Kofu in 2005, he scored a double hat-trick in the 2nd leg of the J...
scoring 4 of the goals.
In October 2008, Gamba for the first time in their history, reached the
finalThe 2008 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2008 champions of Asian club football. Gamba Osaka defeated Adelaide United 5-0 on aggregate to take the title...
of the 2008 AFC Champions League when they defeated fellow Japanese and league rivals
Urawa Redsare a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
4–2 on aggregate after a 1–1 draw at home in the first leg, Gamba registered one of the most historic comebacks in Champions League history when they came back from being behind 1–0 before half time to win 1–3 with all goals scored in the second half at Saitama. Gamba Osaka went on to win the 2008 AFC Champions League title after winning 5–0 on aggregate against the giant-killing
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n team Adelaide United in the Final. They became the fifth Japanese club to win the maximum Asian title, after Urawa,
Júbilo Iwatais a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
, and then-company-affiliated Yomiuri (Tokyo Verdy) and Furukawa Electric (
JEF United Ichihara Chibais a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
).
In December 2008, Gamba made it to the semi finals of the
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after beating Australian club Adelaide United 1–0. They were beaten in the semi finals by Premier League and
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winners
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. On the 21st December 2008 they played for third place against
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side C.F. Pachuca with Pachuca winning the match 1–0.
On January 1, 2009,
Ryuji Bandois a Japanese football player. He is a forward and currently plays for Cerezo Osaka.-Career:After the graduation from Kotogaoka High School, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1998. He was transferred to Consadole Sapporo in 2000 and helped them to promote to J. League Division 1. He moved to...
scored in extra time to lift Gamba Osaka to a 1–0 win over
Kashiwa Reysolis a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
and take the 88th Emperor's Cup in
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. The victory secured Gamba a place in the 2010 AFC Champions League, where it will defend the title it won last year. This was the team's second ever Emperor's Cup win, with the last
18 years before-Overview:It was contested by 32 teams, and Matsushita Electric won the championship.-1st Round:*Nissan Motors 10-0 Sapporo Mazda*Mazda 2-1 Hitachi*Toshiba 5-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals*三菱化成黒崎 0-2 NKK...
in its previous incarnation as Matsushita Electric Industrial Soccer Club.
Stadium
The club has used the
Osaka Expo '70 Stadiumis an athletic stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Expo Commemoration Park, the site of Expo '70. The stadium is the home ground of J. League club Gamba Osaka.The stadium's north end is terraced and is used by Gamba's most vocal supporters....
in the Expo Commemoration Park as its home stadium. The capacity of this tracked stadium is about 20,000. The club plans to build a new
soccer-specific stadiumSoccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia and South Korea coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multipurpose...
in the same park.
Record as J. League member
| Season |
Div. |
Tms. |
Pos. |
Attendance/G |
J. League CupJ. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...
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Emperor's Cup, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
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Asia |
| 1992 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Group Stage |
Quarter-final |
- |
- |
| 1993 |
J1 |
10 |
7 |
21,571 |
Semi-final |
2nd Round |
- |
- |
| 1994 |
J1 |
12 |
10 |
22,367 |
Semi-final |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 1995 |
J1 |
14 |
14 |
13,310 |
- |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 1996 |
J1 |
16 |
12 |
8,004 |
Group Stage |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 1997 |
J1 |
17 |
4 |
8,443 |
Group Stage |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 1998 |
J1 |
18 |
15 |
8,723 |
Group Stage |
3rd Round |
- |
- |
| 1999 |
J1 |
16 |
11 |
7,996 |
2nd Round |
4th Round |
- |
- |
| 2000 |
J1 |
16 |
6 |
9,794 |
2nd Round |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 2001 |
J1 |
16 |
7 |
11,723 |
2nd Round |
Quarter-final |
- |
- |
| 2002 |
J1 |
16 |
3 |
12,762 |
Semi-final |
4th Round |
- |
- |
| 2003 |
J1 |
16 |
10 |
10,222 |
Quarter-final |
4th Round |
- |
- |
| 2004 |
J1 |
16 |
3 |
12,517 |
Quarter-final |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 2005 |
J1 |
18 |
1 |
15,966 |
Runners-up |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 2006 |
J1 |
18 |
3 |
16,259 |
Quarter-final |
Runners-up |
CL |
Group Stage |
| 2007 |
J1 |
18 |
3 |
17,439 |
Winners |
Semi-final |
- |
- |
| 2008 |
J1 |
18 |
8 |
16,128 |
Semi-final |
Winners |
CL |
Winners |
| 2009 |
J1 |
18 |
3 |
17,712 |
Quarter-final |
Winners |
CL |
Round of 16 |
| 2010 The 2010 J. League Division 1 season was the 46th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4....
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J1 |
18 |
2 |
16,654 |
Quarter-final |
Semi-final |
CL |
Round of 16 |
Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Current squad
As of July 17, 2011
Out on loan
Noted Players
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- Japan Masahiro Ando Ryuji Bando
is a Japanese football player. He is a forward and currently plays for Cerezo Osaka.-Career:After the graduation from Kotogaoka High School, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1998. He was transferred to Consadole Sapporo in 2000 and helped them to promote to J. League Division 1. He moved to...
Yasuhito Endois a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka. His older brother Akihiro, who retired in 2008, was also a professional footballer.-Career:...
Takahiro Futagawais a Japanese footballer who plays for Japanese club Gamba Osaka. He is a playmaker who is noted for his exceptional skills and scoring spectacular goals.-Team honors:*AFC Champions League - 2008*Pan-Pacific Championship - 2008*J. League Division 1 - 2005...
Hideo Hashimotois a Japanese football player. His place of birth is Osaka. He is a defensive midfielder who plays for Gamba Osaka. Hashimoto is an Osaka City University graduate.-Career:...
Kenji HonnamiKenji Honnami is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.Honnami finished his playing career with Tokyo Verdy in the J...
Akihiro Ienagais a Japanese footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca.-Professional career:Ienaga began his career as a trainee with Gamba Osaka, one of the leading clubs in Japan's J...
Junichi Inamotois a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kawasaki Frontale.-Playing career:Inamoto played for Japanese club Gamba Osaka during his last year of high school, signing with the club in 1998. He was then one of many high profile transfers of Asian players to Europe, signing with Arsenal...
Hiromitsu Isogai Akira Kaji Tomoyuki Kajino Hiromi Kojima Koji Kondo Katsuhiro Kusaki Yoshiyuki Matsuyama Tsuneyasu Miyamotois a Japanese soccer player. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe but spent his career to date at Gamba Osaka in the J.League.-Career:He continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies...
Hiroki Mizumotois a Japanese football player who currently plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. After graduating from Mie High School, he joind J. League Division 1 side JEF United Ichihara. His first appearance in J. League came on May 20, 2004 against Oita Trinita. He scored his first professional goal on July 22,...
Tomokazu Myojinis a Japanese football midfielder.He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Japanese 2000 Summer Olympics squad.-Statistics:...
Akihiro Nagashima Masashi Ogurois a Japanese football player from Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He plays the forward position.-Club career:Oguro joined the J-league in 1999, with Gamba Osaka...
Yoshiaki Sato Kazumichi TakagiKazumichi Takagi is a Japanese football defender currently playing for J1 team Gamba Osaka.-Career:...
Ryota Tsuzukiis a retired Japanese footballer player. who played as a Goalkeeper.-Playing career:After graduating from Kunimi High School in Nagasaki, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1997. He made his professional debut on November 11, 1998 at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium...
Satoshi Yamaguchiis a Japanese footballer from Takaoka in Kōchi, Japan. He plays the defender position. Yamaguchi joined the J. League Division 1 in 1996, with JEF United Ichihara...
Toshihiro Yamaguchi Michihiro Yasudais a Japanese footballer who plays for Vitesse in the Eredivisie.-Career:He played for Japan at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. He was also a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. On January 5 2011 a deal was announced between Gamba Osaka and Dutch side Vitesse...
Kota Yoshihara |
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AFC Jia Xiuquan Jia Xiuquan is a Chinese former international footballer and head coach.-Club career:As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time at Bayi, he saw them win two league titles, his first title in 1981 and his second in the 1986...
Ricky YacobiRicky Yacobi is a former Indonesian football player. He was born 1963 in Medan. He normally plays as a striker and used to be Indonesian football star in 1980s. His nickname is "Indonesian Paul Breitner". He marked his name is 1986 Asian Games when led Indonesian team...
Cho Jae-JinCho Jae-Jin is a retired South Korean football player. He was a member of national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Career:...
Lee Keun-HoLee Keun-ho is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Japanese club Gamba Osaka in the J. League Division 1.-Personal life:...
Park Dong-Hyuk Witthaya HloaguneWitthaya Hloagune or Witthaya Laohakul nickname "Heng" is a football Midfielder from Thailand. Between 1975 and 1985. He is the first thai footballer who play for a European club at German Bundesliga side Hertha BSC.-Clubs:...
CAF Patrick Mboma
CONCACAF Claude Dambury |
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CONMEBOL Araújo Clemerson de Araújo Soares, best known as Araújo is a Brazilian footballer. Currently playing for Fluminense in Brazil after recently moving from Al-Gharafa ....
EdivaldoEdivaldo Martíns da Fonseca, best known as Edivaldo was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward....
LucasLucas Severino is a former Brazilian U-23 international football striker. He played for the Brazilian national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia. In 2000, he moved to French side Stade Rennais FC with the transfer fee of 21 million euros. In 2004, after an unsuccessful period in...
Magno AlvesMagno Alves de Araújo is a Brazilian football player, currently associated with Atlético Mineiro.- Career :...
Marcelinho CariocaMarcelinho is a former Brazilian soccer player. An attacking midfielder, he is noted for his free kick abilities, earning the nickname "Pé-de-Anjo" ....
Roni Francisco ArceFrancisco Javier "Chiqui" Arce Rolón is a retired Paraguayan footballer and coach. He played at the right defender position, competing a total of 61 times for the Paraguay national team between 1995 and 2002.-As player:...
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UEFA Sergei Aleinikov Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov is a former football player from Belarus, now coach.-Career:He played for the USSR national football team, making 77 appearances for the USSR, scoring six goals, from 1984–91, when USSR made the final of Euro 88, losing to the Netherlands 0-2...
Kiril Metkov Nino BuleNino Bule is a Croatian footballer who plays as a striker. His current club is NK Lokomotiva of the Prva HNL in Croatia.-International career:...
Mladen MladenovićMladen Mladenović is a former Croatian football player in midfielder role.During his career he played for NK Rijeka, NK Zadar, NK Dinamo Zagreb and HNK Hajduk Split, in Spain for CD Castellón, in Austria with SV Austria Salzburg, and in Japan J-League with Gamba Osaka.He won 19 international caps...
Boban BabunskiBoban Babunski is a former Yugoslav and Macedonian football central defender, and also a coach...
Anto Drobnjak Hans GillhausJohannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...
Akhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
Amir KarićAmir Karić is a Bosnian-Slovenian footballer.-Club career:After the Euro 2000 was brought to English football by Ipswich Town in September 2000 for £700k....
Oleh Protasov |
World Cup players
World Cup 1998The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
Patrick Mboma
World Cup 2002The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
Tsuneyasu Miyamotois a Japanese soccer player. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe but spent his career to date at Gamba Osaka in the J.League.-Career:He continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies...
World Cup 2006The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
Yasuhito Endois a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka. His older brother Akihiro, who retired in 2008, was also a professional footballer.-Career:...
Akira Kaji Tsuneyasu Miyamotois a Japanese soccer player. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe but spent his career to date at Gamba Osaka in the J.League.-Career:He continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies...
Masashi Ogurois a Japanese football player from Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He plays the forward position.-Club career:Oguro joined the J-league in 1999, with Gamba Osaka...
Cho Jae-JinCho Jae-Jin is a retired South Korean football player. He was a member of national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Career:...
World Cup 2010The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
Yasuhito Endois a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka. His older brother Akihiro, who retired in 2008, was also a professional footballer.-Career:...
Japanese Competitions
Matsushita (Amateur era)
- All Japan Senior Football Championship
The All Japan Senior Football Championship is a football cup competition in Japan. It is run by the Japan Football Association. As it only involves non-league teams The All Japan Senior Football Championship (Zenkoku Shakaijin Sakkā Senshuken Taikai, 全国社会人サッカー選手権大会) is a football (soccer) cup...
- Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
Division 2
- Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
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- Winners (1) : 1990
-Overview:It was contested by 32 teams, and Matsushita Electric won the championship.-1st Round:*Nissan Motors 10-0 Sapporo Mazda*Mazda 2-1 Hitachi*Toshiba 5-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals*三菱化成黒崎 0-2 NKK...
Gamba Osaka (Professional era)
- J. League
The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...
Division 1
- Champions (1) : 2005
- Runners-up (1) : 2010
- Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...
- Winners (2) : 2008, 2009
The 89th Emperor's Cup began on September 19, 2009 and ended on January 1, 2010 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. won the title for two years in a row. Since Gamba already confirmed 2010 AFC Champions League berth, the last spot of ACL for J. League club is awarded to , which...
- Runners-up (1) : 2006
- J. League Cup
J. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...
- Winners (1) : 2007
- Runners-up (1) : 2005
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- Xerox Super Cup
- Winners (1) : 2007
- Runners-up (2) : 2006, 2009, 2010
Asia
- AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
- Winners (1) : 2008
The 2008 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged football tie to determine the 2008 champions of Asian club football. Gamba Osaka defeated Adelaide United 5-0 on aggregate to take the title...
Minor International Competitions
- Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup is an annual football cup competition in Thailand. Run by the Football Association of Thailand, it was first contested in 1970. It is named after Queen Sirikit....
- A3 Champions Cup
A3 Champions Cup was an annual football tournament sanctioned by the East Asian Football Federation. It began in 2003, involving the league champions of China, Japan and South Korea. The host nation also invited an additional team, making this a four team tournament. South Korea was the most...
- Runners-up (1) : 2006
The fourth edition of the A3 Champions Cup took place in Tokyo, Japan, between 2 and 8 August 2006. It was won by Korean team Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, who came back strongly from their defeat in the opening match to win the following two by margins of 6–0 and 4–0...
- Pan-Pacific Championship
The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League , Chinese Super League , J...
- Winners (1) : 2008
The 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J...
Managers
| Manager | Nat. | Tenure |
| Kunishige Kamamoto Kunishige Kamamoto is a former association football player from Japan, who won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals...
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1992-94 |
| Siegfried Held Sigfried "Siggi" Held is a former German football player and now a football coach. He played as a centre-forward.Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland , his first football club was Kickers Offenbach. In 1965 he became a player in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund...
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1995 |
| Josip Kuže Josip Kuže is a Croatian football coach and former player. He was a player and later coach of Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1971-1981 making a total of 384 appearances and scoring 14 goals.-Playing career:...
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1996-97 |
| Friedrich Koncilia Friedrich Koncilia is a former Austrian football goalkeeper.-Club career:Born in Klagenfurt, Koncilia made his debut for local side Austria Klagenfurt at 17, moving to SV Wattens in 1969. After two seasons there he enjoyed his longest and most successful spell at FC Wacker Innsbruck, staying there...
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1997-98 |
| Frédéric Antonetti Frédéric Antonetti is a football manager, currently managing Ligue 1 side Stade Rennais.-Manager:-References:...
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1998-99 |
| Hiroshi Hayano Hiroshi Hayano is a former Japanese football player and manager.Hayano last managed Yokohama F. Marinos, his second spell as manager of the club. He had previously led Marinos to their first J. League title in 1995....
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1999-01 |
| Kazuhiko Takemoto Kazuhiko Takemoto is a former Japanese football manager.-References:*...
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2001 |
Akira Nishinois a former Japanese footballer and currently a football manager. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently manages J.League club Gamba Osaka. Nishino became the first coach here to have won four different titles—the AFC Champions League in 2008, the Emperor's Cup twice in 2008 and...
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2002-11 |
External links
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