2011 Gamba Osaka season

The 2011 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 19th season in the J.League Division 1 and 25th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2011 J.League Cup, 2011 Emperor's Cup, and the 2011 AFC Champions League.

Gamba Osaka
2011 season
ManagerAkira Nishino
J.League Division 13rd
Emperor's CupThird round
J.League CupSemi-finals
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
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Players

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No. Name GP (J1) GS (J1)
1 Yosuke Fujigaya 34 0
29 Atsushi Kimura 0 0
2 Sota Nakazawa 27 5
3 Jung-Ya Kim 2 0
4 Kazumichi Takagi 8 1
5 Satoshi Yamaguchi 30 2
6 Takumi Shimohira 21 1
15 Hiroki Fujiharu 9 1
21 Akira Kaji 28 0
28 Shunya Suganuma 0 0
30 Tatsuya Uchida 3 0
7 Yasuhito Endō 31 4
8 Hayato Sasaki 3 1
10 Takahiro Futagawa 28 5
11 Takashi Usami 13 4
13 Seung-Yong Kim 14 4
17 Tomokazu Myojin 25 2
23 Takuya Takei 30 2
25 Shigeru Yokotani 1 0
27 Hideo Hashimoto 1 0
31 Kotaro Omori 0 0
9 Adriano 8 9
9 Rafinha 15 11
14 Shoki Hirai 11 5
16 Shohei Otsuka 0 1
18 Shota Kawanishi 1 4
22 Keun-Ho Lee 31 15
24 Kenta Hoshihara 0 0
33 Afonso 0 0

Competitions

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J.League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashiwa Reysol (C) 34 23 3 8 65 42 +23 72 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Nagoya Grampus 34 21 8 5 67 36 +31 71
3 Gamba Osaka 34 21 7 6 78 51 +27 70
4 Vegalta Sendai 34 14 14 6 39 25 +14 56
5 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 16 8 10 46 40 +6 56
Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2011. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw. If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared.
(C) Champions
Notes:
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Matches

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5 March 2011 Round 1 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Cerezo Osaka Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 14:00 Adriano   65',
Endō   76'
Report   73' Kurata Attendance: 20,055
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
2 July 2011 Round 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 18:03
10 July 2011 Round 3 Omiya Ardija 2–3 Gamba Osaka
Sunday 19:03
13 July 2011 Round 4 Gamba Osaka 3–2 Vissel Kobe
Wednesday 19:03
16 July 2011 Round 5 Ventforet Kofu 4–3 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 18:34
23 July 2011 Round 6 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Júbilo Iwata
Saturday 19:03
24 April 2011 Round 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Gamba Osaka
Sunday 13:05
29 April 2011 Round 8 Gamba Osaka 3–2 Montedio Yamagata
Friday 18:03
17 August 2011 Round 9 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Nagoya Grampus
Wednesday 19:03
27 July 2011 Round 10 Kashima Antlers 1–4 Gamba Osaka
Wednesday 19:04
15 May 2011 Round 11 Avispa Fukuoka 2–3 Gamba Osaka
Sunday 15:03
21 May 2011 Round 12 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Albirex Niigata
Saturday 19:04
29 May 2011 Round 13 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Gamba Osaka
Sunday 16:03
11 June 2011 Round 14 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Shimizu S-Pulse
Saturday 19:04
15 June 2011 Round 15 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Gamba Osaka
Wednesday 14:03
18 June 2011 Round 16 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Yokohama F. Marinos
Saturday 18:03
22 June 2011 Round 17 Kashiwa Reysol 2–4 Gamba Osaka
Wednesday 19:05
26 June 2011 Round 18 Gamba Osaka 5–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sunday 18:03
30 July 2011 Round 19 Júbilo Iwata 1–2 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 19:04
7 August 2011 Round 20 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Avispa Fukuoka
Sunday 18:03
13 August 2011 Round 21 Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 19:04
20 August 2011 Round 22 Gamba Osaka 6–3 Kawasaki Frontale
Saturday 18:03
24 August 2011 Round 23 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Kashiwa Reysol
Wednesday 19:04
28 August 2011 Round 24 Vissel Kobe 0–4 Gamba Osaka
Sunday 18:04
10 September 2011 Round 25 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Omiya Ardija
Saturday 19:04
18 September 2011 Round 26 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 Gamba Osaka
Sunday 18:03
24 September 2011 Round 27 Gamba Osaka 0–2 Ventforet Kofu
Saturday 18:03
2 October 2011 Round 28 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
Sunday 17:04
15 October 2011 Round 29 Nagoya Grampus 4–1 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 16:04
22 October 2011 Round 30 Montedio Yamagata 0–5 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 14:04
3 November 2011 Round 31 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Kashima Antlers
Thursday 14:04
19 November 2011 Round 32 Albirex Niigata 2–2 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 14:04
26 November 2011 Round 33 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Vegalta Sendai
Saturday 14:04
3 December 2011 Round 34 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–3 Gamba Osaka
Saturday 15:33

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultWDWWLDLWDWWWLDLWWWWWDWWWWDLWLWWDWW
Position4
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2011. Source: "World-Football.net".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

J.League Cup

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2011-10-05 Quarter-finals Gamba Osaka 3–1 Júbilo Iwata Expo'70 Stadium, Suita, Osaka
19:03 Sasaki   43'
Rafinha   67'
  76' (o.g.)
Nasu   7' Attendance: 4,112
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
2011-10-09 Semi-finals Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Gamba Osaka Saitama Stadium, Saitama
17:00 Umesaki   21'
Escudero   38'
Otsuka   90+3' Attendance: 23,879
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Emperor's Cup

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2011-10-12 Second Round Gamba Osaka 2–0 Sagawa Shiga Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:00 Kawanishi  
Kim  
Report Attendance: 2,932[1]
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
2011-11-16 Third Round Gamba Osaka 2–3 (a.e.t.) Mito HollyHock Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:00 Kim   40'
Sasaki   65'
Report Ozawa   50'
Suzuki   76'
Koike   99'
Attendance: 2,938[2]
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Gamba Osaka 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 10
  Tianjin Teda 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
  Jeju United 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
  Melbourne Victory 6 1 3 2 7 11 −4 6
Tiebreakers
  • Gamba Osaka and Tianjin Teda are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Gamba Osaka 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
  Tianjin Teda 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
1 March 2011 Group Stage Gamba Osaka   5–1   Melbourne Victory Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:00 UTC+09:00 Takei   4'
Adriano   7' (pen.)
Lee Keun-Ho   10'
Futagawa   62'
Kim Seung-Yong   90+1'
Report Muscat   21' (pen.) Attendance: 12,949[3]
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi (UAE)
15 March 2011 Group Stage Tianjin Teda   2–1   Gamba Osaka TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
19:30 UTC+08:00 Chen Tao   25'
Cao Yang   53' (pen.)
Report Lee Keun-Ho   31' Attendance: 26,866[4]
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
5 April 2011 Group Stage Jeju United   2–1   Gamba Osaka Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju
19:30 UTC+09:00 Shin Young-Rok   53'
Bae Ki-Jong   64'
Report Nakazawa   23' Attendance: 2,167[5]
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
20 April 2011 Group Stage Gamba Osaka   3–1   Jeju United Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:00 UTC+09:00 Adriano   26', 48'
Takei   88'
Report Shin Young-Rok   67' Attendance: 11,398[6]
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
11 May 2011 Group Stage Gamba Osaka   2–0   Tianjin Teda Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:00 UTC+09:00 Endō   74'
Usami   90+4' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 7,939[8]
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

Knock-out stage

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24 May 2011 Round of 16 Gamba Osaka   0–1   Cerezo Osaka Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
19:00 UTC+09:00 Report Takahashi   88' Attendance: 16,463[9]
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

References

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