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Gamba Osaka

2021 season
Chairman	Takashi Yamauchi
Head coach	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (until 14 May) Masanobu Matsunami (from 15 May)
Stadium	Panasonic Stadium Suita
J1 League	13th
Emperor's Cup	Quarter-finals
J.League Cup	Quarter-finals
Japanese Super Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Patric (13 goals) All: Patric (23 goals)
Highest home attendance	16,699 v Shonan Bellmare 4 December 2021 (J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	2,874 v Shonan Bellmare 22 September 2021 (Emperor's Cup)
Average home league attendance	7,255
Biggest win	8–1 v Tampines Rovers 7 July 2021 (AFC Champions League)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Cerezo Osaka 5 September 2021 (J.League Cup) 1–5 v Consadole Sapporo 2 October 2021 (J1 League)
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The 2021 Gamba Osaka season is the club's 41st season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Gamba Osaka participated in the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Japanese Super Cup.

Background

After finishing runners-up in both the league and the Emperor's Cup in 2020, Gamba Osaka started the season competing in the Japanese Super Cup but narrowly lost to stoppage time winning goal. Their league campaign was then heavily disrupted by an outbreak of COVID-19 in the squad. After losing their first league game of the season on 27 February, they did not play another game until 4 April. They started the league campaign extremely poorly, winning only one of their first ten games and only scoring three goals in the process. This run led to the dismissal of manager Tsuneyasu Miyamoto following their 2–1 home defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Head of the academy Masanobu Matsunami took over on an interim basis, until in June it was announced he would be taking over the managerial role for the remainder of the season. In spite of being in the relegation places for the first half of the season and being one of the league's lowest scorers, Gamba managed to string some results together in the second half of the season and finished in 13th place, eight points clear of relegation.

Gamba did fare slightly better in the cup competitions, reaching the quarter-finals of the Emperor's Cup before a home defeat to Urawa Red Diamonds. They also reached the quarter-finals of the J.League Cup, but this was the round they entered the competition at due to their commitments in the AFC Champions League.

Competing in the continental competition for the first time since 2017, Gamba went out at the group stage despite only losing one game out of their six matches. This included an 8–1 victory over Singapore's Tampines Rovers.

Patric was the stand-out performer for Gamba throughout the season, scoring 23 goals in all competitions, 38% of all goals that they scored. He finished joint 5th in the overall league scoring charts.

Players

Season squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Masaaki Higashiguchi		(1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 34)
22	Jun Ichimori		(1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 29)
23	Mizuki Hayashi		(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 24)
25	Kei Ishikawa		(1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 28)
31	Taichi Kato		(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 23)
Defenders
3	Gen Shoji		(1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 28)
4	Hiroki Fujiharu		(1988-11-24)24 November 1988 (aged 32)
5	Genta Miura		(1995-03-01)1 March 1995 (aged 25)
13	Shunya Suganuma		(1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 30)
16	Yota Sato		(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 22)
19	Kim Young-gwon		(1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 31)
24	Keisuke Kurokawa		(1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (aged 23)
26	Ko Yanagisawa		(1996-06-28)28 June 1996 (aged 24)
27	Ryu Takao		(1996-11-09)9 November 1996 (aged 24)
40	Shin Won-ho		(2001-05-19)19 May 2001 (aged 19)
Midfielders
6	Ju Se-jong		(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 30)
8	Kosuke Onose		(1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 27)
10	Shu Kurata		(1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 32)
14	Yuya Fukuda		(1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 21)
15	Yosuke Ideguchi		(1996-08-23)23 August 1996 (aged 24)
17	Kohei Okuno		(2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 20)
21	Shinya Yajima		(1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 27)
29	Yuki Yamamoto		(1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 23)
39	Takashi Usami		(1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 28)
41	Jiro Nakamura		(2003-08-22)22 August 2003 (aged 17)
Forwards
9	Leandro Pereira		(1991-07-13)13 July 1991 (aged 29)
11	Yuji Ono		(1992-12-22)22 December 1992 (aged 28)
18	Patric		(1987-10-26)26 October 1987 (aged 33)
20	Kazunari Ichimi		(1997-11-10)10 November 1997 (aged 23)
28	Wellington Silva		(1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 28)
30	Dai Tsukamoto		(2001-06-23)23 June 2001 (aged 19)
32	Tiago Alves		(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 28)
33	Haruto Shirai		(1999-10-23)23 October 1999 (aged 21)
34	Shuhei Kawasaki		(2001-04-28)28 April 2001 (aged 19)
37	Hiroto Yamami		(1998-08-16)16 August 1998 (aged 22)

Last updated: End of 2021 season.
Source: Soccer-DB

Transfers

Arrivals

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
21 December 2020	DF	Yota Sato	Meiji University	Full
4 January 2021	GK	Mizuki Hayashi	Renofa Yamaguchi	Return from loan
4 January 2021	FW	Kazunari Ichimi	Yokohama FC	Return from loan
6 January 2021	MF	Ju Se-jong	FC Seoul	Full
22 January 2021	FW	Leandro Pereira	Matsumoto Yamaga	Full
23 January 2021	FW	Tiago Alves	Sagan Tosu	Full
24 March 2021	GK	Taichi Kato	Ehime FC	Loan
25 March 2021	FW	Wellington Silva	Fluminense	Full
26 July 2021	DF	Ko Yanagisawa	Mito Hollyhock	Full

Departures

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
5 October 2020	MF	Yasuhito Endo	Júbilo Iwata	Loan
28 December 2020	FW	Ademilson		Contract terminated
4 January 2021	GK	Kosei Tani	Shonan Bellmare	Loan extension
4 January 2021	MF	Takahiro Ko	Albirex Niigata	Full
4 January 2021	FW	Kazuma Watanabe	Yokohama FC	Full
4 January 2021	FW	Daisuke Takagi	Renofa Yamaguchi	Full
5 January 2021	MF	Mizuki Ichimaru	FC Ryukyu	Full
6 January 2021	DF	Riku Matsuda	Zweigen Kanazawa	Full
6 January 2021	DF	Tatsuya Yamaguchi	Tokyo Verdy	Full
7 January 2021	DF	Ryo Shinzato	V-Varen Nagasaki	End of loan
7 January 2021	FW	Akito Takagi	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Full
8 January 2021	MF	Ren Shibamoto	SC Sagamihara	Loan
9 January 2021	MF	Leo Takae	Machida Zelvia	Full
8 February 2021	FW	Keito Nakamura	FC Juniors OÖ	Loan
27 April 2021	FW	Shoji Toyama	Ehime FC	Loan
11 August 2021	FW	Kazunari Ichimi	Tokushima Vortis	Full
11 August 2021	FW	Keito Nakamura	LASK	Full
10 September 2021	FW	Shuhei Kawasaki	Portimonense	Full

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

J1 League

League table

Results summary

Source: J.League Data Site

Results by round

Matches

Due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the team after the first league game, Gamba did not play another game until the seventh game week.

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Due to their involvement in the 2021 AFC Champions League, Gamba received a bye for the group and playoff stages of the competition. However, they were knocked out at their first hurdle, the quarter-final stage, by Osaka rivals Cerezo Osaka.

Quarter-finals

1 September Quarter-final Leg 1	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Gamba Osaka	Osaka
19:03 JST		Report	Yamami 89'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 4,205 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Cerezo Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate.

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Gamba Osaka were drawn into Group H, alongside two-time winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of South Korea, Tampines Rovers of Singapore and Australia's Sydney FC. In June 2021, it was announced that all Australian teams would not be participating in the 2021 AFC Champions League due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Sydney FC were replaced in Group H by Thailand's Chiangrai United.

The games in Group H all took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 25 June and 10 July. All matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	5	1	0	22	5	+17	16	Advance to Round of 16
2	Gamba Osaka	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9
3	Chiangrai United	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
4	Tampines Rovers	6	0	0	6	1	27	−26	0

25 June 1	Tampines Rovers	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Tashkent
19:00 UZT (UTC+5)		Report	Patric 26' Pereira 88'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

28 June 2	Gamba Osaka	2–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Tashkent
21:00 UZT (UTC+5)	Patric 27', 31'	Report	Iljutcenko 2' Kunimoto 17'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

1 July 3	Chiangrai United	1–1	Gamba Osaka	Tashkent
21:00 UZT (UTC+5)	Bill 90+4'	Report	Pereira 88'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

4 July 4	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Chiangrai United	Tashkent
21:00 UZT (UTC+5)	Brinner 54' (o.g.)	Report	Felipe Amorim 6'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

7 July 5	Gamba Osaka	8–1	Tampines Rovers	Tashkent
19:00 UZT (UTC+5)	Kurata 21' Kawasaki 25', 53', 80' Ichimi 28' Wellington 75' Patric 78', 87'	Report	Bennett 27'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

10 July 6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Gamba Osaka	Tashkent
19:00 UZT (UTC+5)	Gustavo 6' (pen.) Barrow 88'	Report	Patric 53'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Japanese Super Cup

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Name	J1 League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC CL		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Masaaki Higashiguchi	38	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	46	0
25	Kei Ishikawa	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
Defenders
3	Gen Shoji	26+2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	36	0
4	Hiroki Fujiharu	16+3	0	0+2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	25	0
5	Genta Miura	25+1	0	0+1	0	2	0	4+1	0	1	0	35	0
13	Shunya Suganuma	19	1	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	28	1
16	Yota Sato	7+1	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
19	Kim Young-gwon	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	0
24	Keisuke Kurokawa	15+4	0	3	0	1	0	1+5	0	0	0	29	0
26	Ko Yanagisawa	7+8	0	3	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	20	1
27	Ryu Takao	11+8	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	25	0
40	Shin Won-ho	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	Ju Se-jong	12+10	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
8	Kosuke Onose	22+9	0	3+1	1	1+1	0	4+1	0	1	0	43	1
10	Shu Kurata	26+11	1	0+3	1	1+2	0	3+3	1	1	0	49	3
14	Yuya Fukuda	8+6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
15	Yosuke Ideguchi	24+5	0	2+1	1	2	0	5+1	0	1	0	41	1
17	Kohei Okuno	16+10	0	4	0	1	0	3+2	0	0	0	36	0
21	Shinya Yajima	17+9	2	0+1	0	1+2	0	4	0	1	1	34	3
29	Yuki Yamamoto	20+8	0	1+2	0	1+2	0	2+1	0	1	0	36	0
39	Takashi Usami	28+10	6	2+2	0	1+2	0	5	0	0	0	49	6
41	Jiro Nakamura	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	Leandro Pereira	15+9	5	0+1	0	1+2	0	2+4	2	0+1	0	34	7
11	Yuji Ono	2+5	1	1+2	0	1	0	1+2	0	0	0	13	1
18	Patric	22+11	13	2+1	3	1+1	0	3+3	6	1	1	45	23
20	Kazunari Ichimi	6+12	1	1	0	0	0	1+2	1	0+1	0	23	2
28	Wellington Silva	8+13	0	3	2	0	0	1+4	1	0	0	29	3
30	Dai Tsukamoto	4+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
32	Tiago Alves	6+11	2	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	21	2
33	Haruto Shirai	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	Shuhei Kawasaki	1+2	0	2	0	0	0	2+1	3	1	0	9	3
37	Hiroto Yamami	0+5	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	7	2
Players loaned or transferred out during the season
7	Juan Alano	5+7	1	2+1	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
18	Ayase Ueda	17+1	10	0+1	1	2+2	3	0	0	0	0	25	14
19	Itsuki Someno	0+12	1	1	1	2+6	2	0	0	0	0	21	4

Last updated: 12 June 2023.
Source: jleague.co, Soccer D.B.

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	J1	EC	JLC	AFC	JSC	Total
1	FW	18	Patric	13	3	0	6	1	23
2	FW	9	Leandro Pereira	5	0	0	2	0	7
3	MF	39	Takashi Usami	6	0	0	0	0	6
4	MF	10	Shu Kurata	1	1	0	1	0	3
	MF	21	Shinya Yajima	2	0	0	0	1	3
	FW	28	Wellington Silva	0	2	0	1	0	3
	FW	34	Shuhei Kawasaki	0	0	0	3	0	3
8	MF	20	Kazunari Ichimi	1	0	0	1	0	2
	FW	32	Tiago Alves	2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW	37	Hiroto Yamami	1	0	1	0	0	2
11	MF	8	Kosuke Onose	0	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	11	Yuji Ono	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	13	Shunya Suganuma	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	15	Yosuke Ideguchi	0	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	26	Ko Yanagisawa	0	1	0	0	0	1
	–	–	Own goal	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				33	9	1	15	2	60

Last updated: 13 June 2023.
Source: jleague.co, besoccer.com

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	J1	EC	JLC	AFC	JSC	Total
1	1	Masaaki Higashiguchi	14	0	1	1	0	16
2	25	Kei Ishikawa	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS			14	1	1	1	0	17

Last updated: 13 June 2023.
Source: fbref.com

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External links

• Official website (in Japanese and English)

• Gamba Osaka seasons
• Japanese football clubs 2021 season