2008 Gamba Osaka season

ManagerAkira Nishino

StadiumOsaka Expo '70 Stadium

J. League 18th

Emperor's CupChampions

Gamba Osaka

2008 season

Manager

Akira Nishino

Stadium

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium

8th

Champions

Semifinals

Champions

3rd

Pan-Pacific Championship

Champions

Suruga Bank Championship

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

Baré (10)

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Away colours

International colours

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2008 Gamba Osaka season

Competitions	Position
J. League 1	8th / 18 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Champions
J. League Cup	Semifinals

Domestic results

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	FC Tokyo	34	16	7	11	50	46	+4	55
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	8	11	50	42	+8	53
8	Gamba Osaka	34	14	8	12	46	49	−3	50	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage^[a]
9	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	9	12	43	32	+11	48
10	Vissel Kobe	34	12	11	11	39	38	+1	47

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International results

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gamba Osaka	6	4	2	0	14	8	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage
2	Melbourne Victory	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7
3	Chunnam Dragons	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	6
4	Chonburi	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Naoki Matsuyo	(1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (aged 33)	cm / kg	9	0
2	DF	Sota Nakazawa	(1982-10-26)October 26, 1982 (aged 25)	cm / kg	30	3
3	DF	Mineiro	(1981-12-05)December 5, 1981 (aged 26)	cm / kg	2	0
4	DF	Hiroki Mizumoto	(1985-09-12)September 12, 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	7	0
5	DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi	(1978-04-17)April 17, 1978 (aged 29)	cm / kg	34	5
6	DF	Yohei Fukumoto	(1987-04-12)April 12, 1987 (aged 20)	cm / kg	5	0
7	MF	Yasuhito Endō	(1980-01-28)January 28, 1980 (aged 28)	cm / kg	27	6
8	MF	Shinichi Terada	(1985-06-10)June 10, 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	13	2
9	FW	Lucas Severino	(1979-01-03)January 3, 1979 (aged 29)	cm / kg	31	8
10	MF	Takahiro Futagawa	(1980-06-27)June 27, 1980 (aged 27)	cm / kg	29	1
11	FW	Ryūji Bando	(1979-08-02)August 2, 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	15	1
13	DF	Michihiro Yasuda	(1987-12-20)December 20, 1987 (aged 20)	cm / kg	26	0
14	FW	Shoki Hirai	(1987-12-04)December 4, 1987 (aged 20)	cm / kg	8	0
16	MF	Hayato Sasaki	(1982-11-29)November 29, 1982 (aged 25)	cm / kg	19	1
17	MF	Tomokazu Myojin	(1978-01-24)January 24, 1978 (aged 30)	cm / kg	32	3
18	FW	Baré	(1982-01-18)January 18, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	18	10
18	FW	Rôni	(1977-04-28)April 28, 1977 (aged 30)	cm / kg	9	2
19	DF	Takumi Shimohira	(1988-10-06)October 6, 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	15	0
20	MF	Shu Kurata	(1988-11-26)November 26, 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	13	0
21	DF	Akira Kaji	(1980-01-13)January 13, 1980 (aged 28)	cm / kg	26	0
22	GK	Yosuke Fujigaya	(1981-02-13)February 13, 1981 (aged 27)	cm / kg	28	0
23	MF	Takuya Takei	(1986-01-25)January 25, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	3	0
24	FW	Kenta Hoshihara	(1988-05-01)May 1, 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
25	FW	Hideya Okamoto	(1987-05-18)May 18, 1987 (aged 20)	cm / kg	3	0
26	GK	Masaki Kinoshita	(1989-06-22)June 22, 1989 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
27	MF	Hideo Hashimoto	(1979-05-21)May 21, 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	34	0
28	DF	Ryujiro Ueda	(1988-01-29)January 29, 1988 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
29	GK	Atsushi Kimura	(1984-05-01)May 1, 1984 (aged 23)	cm / kg	0	0
30	FW	Masato Yamazaki	(1981-12-04)December 4, 1981 (aged 26)	cm / kg	30	4
31	MF	Kodai Yasuda	(1989-08-08)August 8, 1989 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0

16 November 2008 (2008-11-16) 4th Round	Gamba Osaka	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ventforet Kofu	Osaka
13:00	Yamaguchi 80' Sasaki 104'	Report	Maranhão 1'	Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium Attendance: 3,694

26 November 2008 (2008-11-26) 5th Round	Júbilo Iwata	1–3	Gamba Osaka	Iwata
19:00	Nishi 1'	Report	Sasaki 15' Yamaguchi 55' Yamazaki 74'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 2,648

25 December 2008 (2008-12-25) Quarter-finals	Gamba Osaka	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
19:05	Lucas 13' Nakazawa 22'	Report	Nakamura 10' Masukawa 33' Yoshida 50' Sugimoto 70' Magnum 78'	Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,955 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

29 December 2008 (2008-12-29) Semi-finals	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka	Tokyo
15:05	Shimizu 82' 102' Tanaka 89'	Report	Yamazaki 116'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 19,843 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

1 January 2009 (2009-01-01) Final	Gamba Osaka	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kashiwa Reysol	Tokyo
14:02	Nakazawa 43' Kaji 63' Bando 116'	Report	Koga 43' Ota 44' Otani 95'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 44,066 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

2008 Gamba Osaka season

Domestic results

J. League 1

Emperor's Cup

J. League Cup

International results

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Knockout stage

FIFA Club World Cup

Pan-Pacific Championship

Suruga Bank Championship

Player statistics

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8 October 2008 (2008-10-08) 1st leg	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka, Japan
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22 October 2008 (2008-10-22) 2nd leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–3 (2–4 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Saitama, Japan
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12 November 2008 (2008-11-12) 2ng leg	Adelaide United	0–2 (0–5 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 UTC+10:30	Cristiano 38' Valkanis 42'	Report	Lucas 4', 14' Endō 67' Shimohira 83'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

14 December 2008 (2008-12-14) Quarter-finals	Adelaide United	0–1	Gamba Osaka	Toyota, Japan
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18 December 2008 (2008-12-18) Semi-finals	Gamba Osaka	3–5	Manchester United	Yokohama, Japan
19:30	Yamazaki 74' Endō 85' (pen.) Hashimoto 90+1' Yamaguchi 90+3'	Report	Vidić 28' Ronaldo 45+1' Rooney 75', 79' 82' Fletcher 78'	Stadium: International Stadium Attendance: 67,618 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

20 February 2008 (2008-02-20) Semifinals	Gamba Osaka	1–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Honolulu, United States
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23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) Final	Gamba Osaka	6–1	Houston Dynamo	Honolulu, United States
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30 July 2008 (2008-07-30) Final	Gamba Osaka	0–1	Arsenal de Sarandí	Osaka, Japan
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