2019 Gamba Osaka season

Prior to the end of 2018, Gamba completed the signing of Kwansei Gakuin University fullback, Ryu Takao, who impressed in his side's shock win over Gamba in the Emperor's Cup in June. He was joined by young midfielder Kohei Okuno, who signed a full-time deal after spending 2 years with Gamba's Under-23 side in J3 League. It was also announced that Kansai University left-back Keisuke Kurokawa would join the club as a designated special player before signing permanently once he concluded his university studies in 2020.

Roasso Kumamoto wide midfielder / wing-back, Tatsuya Tanaka was next to join, having performed well in a team that was relegated from J2 the previous season. Central midfielder Shinya Yajima returned from a loan spell with Vegalta Sendai where he spent the second half of the 2018 campaign while forward Hiroto Goya came back from J2 side Tokushima Vortis having only played 7 games due to injury. Goalkeeper Ken Tajiri also returned to the club following an 18 month loan spell with Zweigen Kanazawa.

In a surprise move, defender Naoyaki Aoyama joined the club following 4 seasons in Thailand with Muangthong United. Aoyama previously played with Shimizu S-Pulse, Yokohama F. Marinos and Ventforet Kofu in Japan. After his country's elimination from the 2019 AFC Asian Cup it was announced that South Korean defender Kim Young-gwon would sign from Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande. He previously had spells in Japan with FC Tokyo and Omiya Ardija between 2010 and 2012.

At half time of the week 3 J.League fixture at home to Nagoya Grampus, it was announced that Spanish winger David Concha would join the club on loan from Real Sociedad. He was handed the number 11 jersey.

In mid-December, it was announced that defenders Fabio and Takaharu Nishino as well as midfielders Naoya Senoo and Yuto Mori had been released. Fabio played 31 times in J1 League during 2018, however Nishino, Senoo and Mori spent the majority of the season with Gamba U-23 in J3. Later on in December versatile full-back Ryo Hatsuse left for Vissel Kobe, he had filled in at left back during Hiroki Fujiharu's injury during the previous season but saw out the campaign playing J3 football with Gamba U-23. Attacking midfielder Haruya Ide left for J2 outfit, Montedio Yamagata, after 2 indifferent seasons in Osaka while young Korean defender Bae Soo-yong was again loaned out, this time to J3 side Kamatamare Sanuki. Giant forward Shun Nagasawa, who spent the second half of 2018 on loan at Vissel Kobe, left permanently for Vegalta Sendai at the end of December. On the same day, it was also announced that the versatile So Hirao, who had been with Avispa Fukuoka on loan in 2018 had signed a permanent deal with J2 side Machida Zelvia.

The beginning of 2019 brought with it the surprising news that attacking midfielder Jin Izumisawa, who'd spent the second half of 2018 on loan at J2 side Tokyo Verdy, would take the next step in his career in Poland with Pogoń Szczecin. A couple of days later it was announced that 4th choice goalkeeper, Ryota Suzuki, would join J2 side JEF United Chiba on a season-long loan. On the same day, promising forward Kazunari Ichimi, who was top scorer for Gamba U-23 in 2017 and 2018 joined Kyoto Sanga on loan for 2019. Club legend Takahiro Futagawa finally departed the club permanently in mid January. The 38 year-old had spent the previous 2 seasons out on loan in J2 with Tokyo Verdy and Tochigi.

Early on in the season young forward Hiroto Goya, who found himself well down the pecking order for a starting berth, was loaned out to J2 side V-Varen Nagasaki while Gamba U-23 captain Mizuki Ichimaru headed to FC Gifu on loan at the beginning of May. At the end of May another Gamba U-23 stalwart, centre-back Hiroki Noda also left on loan, this time to J2 outfit Montedio Yamagata.

Gamba kicked off the summer transfer window with the announcement that attacking midfielder Takashi Usami would return for a third spell at the club. The 27-times capped Japanese international had spent the 2018-2019 European season on loan at Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan from Augsburg. Right-sided midfielder Yuto Suzuki also came in on loan from Kawasaki Frontale in mid-July and his arrival was followed by the loan signing of Patric from Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The striker previously enjoyed 4 seasons with Gamba and scored 9 times in their title-winning season in 2014. Continuing the theme of returns, midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi also rejoined the club after an injury plagued 18 months in Europe. The following week, Renofa Yamaguchi attacker, Daisuke Takagi, became the fifth arrival of the summer.

In terms of summer departures, veteran full-back Oh Jae-suk left on loan to once again link up with former Gamba head-coach Kenta Hasegawa at FC Tokyo. Wing back Tatsuya Tanaka also left for fellow J1 side Oita Trinita, a mere 7 months after joining Gamba from Roasso Kumamoto. A few days later Korean forward Hwang Ui-jo departed for Bordeaux in France and he was followed out the exit door the following day by veteran attacking midfielder Jungo Fujimoto who joined J2 promotion chasers Kyoto Sanga on loan until the end of the season. Youngster Keito Nakamura who'd recently broken into the team playing on the left side of midfield earned a 2-year loan move to Dutch side FC Twente in mid July following in the footsteps of Ritsu Doan who joined Groningen in the Netherlands two years previously. The exodus continued when veteran midfielder Yasuyuki Konno, who had fallen out of favour in 2019, moved to J1 rivals Jubilo Iwata on a permanent deal. Young striker Akito Takagi, who bagged 11 goals in just 17 J3 games for Gamba U23 joined former team-mate Hiroki Noda on loan at J2 side Montedio Yamagata. A few days later, right full-back Koki Yonekura returned to his former club, JEF United Chiba, on loan until the end of the season. Young attacker Ryotaro Meshino later made the surprise move to English side Manchester City on a permanent deal and the following week central-midfielder, Takahiro Ko, joined J2 outfit Renofa Yamaguchi on loan until the end of the season.

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
27	DF	Ryu Takao	Kwansei Gakuin University	unknown	22 Jun 2018	[1]
26	MF	Kohei Okuno	Gamba Osaka Youth	promotion	18 Oct 2018	[2]
24	DF	Keisuke Kurokawa	Kansai University	designated special player	5 Dec 2018	[3][4]
6	MF	Tatsuya Tanaka	Roasso Kumamoto	unknown	14 Dec 2018	[5]
21	MF	Shinya Yajima	Vegalta Sendai	return from loan	23 Dec 2018	[6]
20	FW	Hiroto Goya	Tokushima Vortis	return from loan	27 Dec 2018	[7]
31	GK	Ken Tajiri	Zweigen Kanazawa	return from loan	7 Jan 2019	[8]
30	DF	Naoaki Aoyama	Muangthong United	unknown	7 Jan 2019	[9]
19	DF	Kim Young-gwon	Guangzhou Evergrande	unknown	26 Jan 2019	[10]
11	MF	David Concha	Real Sociedad	loan	9 Mar 2019	[11]
33	FW	Takashi Usami	Augsburg	unknown	24 June 2019	[12]
17	MF	Yuto Suzuki	Kawasaki Frontale	loan	18 July 2019	[13]
18	FW	Patric	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	loan	25 July 2019	[14]
15	MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	Leeds United	unknown	5 Aug 2019	[15]
20	FW	Daisuke Takagi	Renofa Yamaguchi	unknown	13 Aug 2019	[16]
28	MF	Yuki Yamamoto	Kwansei Gakuin University	designated special player	6 Sept 2019	[17]
14	MF	Markel Susaeta	unattached	unknown	9 Sept 2019	[18]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Takaharu Nishino	Kamatamare Sanuki	free	11 Dec 2018	[19][20]
3	DF	Fábio	released	N/A	11 Dec 2018	[21]
26	MF	Naoya Senoo	Nagano Parceiro	free	11 Dec 2018	[22][23]
27	MF	Yuto Mori	Mito HollyHock	free	11 Dec 2018	[24][25]
6	DF	Ryo Hatsuse	Vissel Kobe	unknown	17 Dec 2018	[26]
24	MF	Haruya Ide	Montedio Yamagata	unknown	27 Dec 2018	[27]
42	DF	Bae Soo-yong	Kamatamare Sanuki	loan	27 Dec 2018	[28]
20	FW	Shun Nagasawa	Vegalta Sendai	unknown	29 Dec 2018	[29]
30	FW	So Hirao	FC Machida Zelvia	unknown	29 Dec 2018	[30]
39	MF	Jin Izumisawa	Pogoń Szczecin	free	5 Jan 2019	[31]
31	GK	Ryota Suzuki	JEF United Chiba	loan	7 Jan 2019	[32]
19	FW	Kazunari Ichimi	Kyoto Sanga FC	loan	7 Jan 2019	[33]
N/A	MF	Takahiro Futagawa	FC TIAMO Hirakata	unknown	18 Jan 2019	[34]
20	FW	Hiroto Goya	V-Varen Nagasaki	loan	22 Mar 2019	[35]
17	MF	Mizuki Ichimaru	FC Gifu	loan	1 May 2019	[36]
2	DF	Hiroki Noda	Montedio Yamagata	loan	30 May 2019	[37]
22	DF	Oh Jae-suk	FC Tokyo	loan	8 July 2019	[38]
6	MF	Tatsuya Tanaka	Oita Trinita	unknown	10 July 2019	[39]
16	FW	Hwang Ui-jo	Bordeaux	unknown	14 July 2019	[40]
25	MF	Jungo Fujimoto	Kyoto Sanga FC	loan	15 July 2019	[41]
38	FW	Keito Nakamura	FC Twente	loan	16 July 2019	[42]
15	MF	Yasuyuki Konno	Júbilo Iwata	unknown	17 July 2019	[43]
18	FW	Akito Takagi	Montedio Yamagata	loan	25 July 2019	[44]
14	DF	Koki Yonekura	JEF United Chiba	loan	29 July 2019	[45]
40	FW	Ryotaro Meshino	Manchester City	unknown	9 August 2019	[46]
28	MF	Takahiro Ko	Renofa Yamaguchi	loan	15 Aug 2019	[47]

The Coaching Staff for the 2019 J1 League season;[48]

Position	Staff
First-team Manager	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Head Coach	Satoshi Yamaguchi
Goalkeeper Coach	Naoki Matsuyo
Coach	Arata Kodama
Physical Coach	Toni Gil Puerto

Appearances and goals as of the beginning of the 2019 season.[48]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	Since	Previous Club	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Masaaki Higashiguchi		GK	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986	184	78	2014	Albirex Niigata	219	0
23	Mizuki Hayashi		GK	(1996-09-04) 4 September 1996	182	74	2015	Gamba Osaka Youth	13	0
31	Ken Tajiri		GK	(1993-06-11) 11 June 1993	182	76	2019	Zweigen Kanazawa*	1	0
41	Kosei Tani		GK	(2000-11-22) 22 November 2000	187	78	2018	Gamba Osaka Youth	1	0
Defenders
4	Hiroki Fujiharu		LB	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988	175	60	2011	Osaka University of H&SS	312	12
5	Genta Miura (captain)		CB / RB	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995	183	77	2017	Shimizu S-Pulse	86	4
13	Shunya Suganuma		CB	(1990-05-17) 17 May 1990	182	78	2018	Montedio Yamagata	17	0
19	Kim Young-gwon		CB	(1990-02-27) 27 February 1990	186	74	2019	Guangzhou Evergrande	0	0
24	Keisuke Kurokawa		LB	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997	173	70	2019	Kansai University	0	0
27	Ryu Takao		RB / CB	(1996-11-09) 9 November 1996	181	67	2019	Kwansei Gakuin University	0	0
30	Naoaki Aoyama		CB	(1986-07-18) 18 July 1986	182	75	2019	Muangthong United	0	0
35	Tatsuya Yamaguchi		LB	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000	171	70	2018	Sagami Senior High School	0	0
36	Riku Matsuda		RB / CB	(1999-05-03) 3 May 1999	175	60	2018	Maebashi Ikuei High School	0	0
Midfielders
7	Yasuhito Endō		CM / AM	(1980-01-28) 28 January 1980	178	75	2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga	742	124
8	Kosuke Onose		RW / LW	(1993-04-22) 22 April 1993	176	65	2018	Renofa Yamaguchi FC	16	3
10	Shu Kurata		RW / LW / CM	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988	172	68	2012	Cerezo Osaka*	332	50
11	David Concha		RW / CF	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996	178	70	2019	Real Sociedad	0	0
14	Markel Susaeta		RW / LW	(1987-12-14) 14 December 1987	179	68	2019	Athletic Bilbao	0	0
15	Yosuke Ideguchi		CM	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996	171	69	2019	Leeds United	95	9
17	Yuto Suzuki		RW / CF	(1993-12-07) 7 December 1993	182	76	2019	Kawasaki Frontale	0	0
21	Shinya Yajima		DM / CM	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994	171	67	2019	Vegalta Sendai*	4	0
26	Kohei Okuno		CM	(2000-04-03) 3 April 2000	174	63	2019	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
28	Yuki Yamamoto		AM	(1997-11-06) 6 November 1997	173	64	2019	Kwansei Gakuin University	0	0
29	Leo Takae		CM	(1998-06-27) 27 June 1998	171	60	2017	Higashi Fukuoka High School	16	0
32	Ren Shibamoto		CM / DM	(1999-07-22) 22 July 1999	172	59	2018	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
34	Yuya Fukuda		RM / LM	(1999-04-04) 4 April 1999	176	70	2018	Higashi Fukuoka High School	5	0
Strikers
9	Ademilson		AM / CF	(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994	176	74	2016	São Paulo	93	24
18	Patric		CF	(1987-10-26) 26 October 1987	189	82	2019	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	111	38
20	Daisuke Takagi		RW / LW / CF	(1995-10-14) 14 October 1995	170	64	2019	Renofa Yamaguchi	0	0
33	Takashi Usami		LW / CF	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992	178	69	2019	Augsburg	195	92
37	Haruto Shirai		CF / RW	(1999-10-23) 23 October 1999	170	60	2018	Gamba Osaka Youth	0	0
39	Kazuma Watanabe		CF	(1986-08-10) 10 August 1986	182	79	2018	Vissel Kobe	12	3

On 11 January, Gamba's first 2 fixtures for the season were announced, at home to Yokohama F. Marinos and away to Shimizu S-Pulse.[49] The dates for the remaining games were revealed on 23 January.[50]

* = all times Japan Standard Time.

Match Day Line-Ups

The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2019 J1 League:

Player Appearances – 2019 J1 League
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	CM	CM	RW	LW	CF	CF
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Endō	Ko	Onose	Kurata	Ademilson	Hwang	Tanaka	Yajima	Watanabe
2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Endō	Konno	Onose	Kurata	Ademilson	Hwang	Yajima	Fujimoto	Watanabe
3	Nagoya Grampus	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Endō	Konno	Onose	Kurata	Ademilson	Hwang	Yonekura	Yajima	Watanabe
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	DM	DM	AM	RW	LW	CF
4	Kawasaki Frontale	Higashiguchi	Miura	Fujiharu	Suganuma	Kim	Ko	Kurata	Endō	Onose	Ademilson	Hwang	Yonekura	Watanabe
5	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Miura	Fujiharu	Suganuma	Kim	Ko	Kurata	Endō	Onose	Ademilson	Hwang	Tanaka	Yonekura	Watanabe
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashiguchi	Miura	Fujiharu	Suganuma	Kim	Ko	Kurata	Endō	Onose	Ademilson	Hwang	Yonekura	Yajima	Watanabe
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	CM	CM	RW	LW	CF	CF
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Endō	Konno	Onose	Kurata	Ademilson	Hwang	Yonekura	Takae	Nakamura
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	CM	CM	RW	LW	CF
8	Oita Trinita	Higashiguchi	Suganuma	Kim	Miura	Tanaka	Oh	Endō	Konno	Fujimoto	Kurata	Watanabe	Onose	Ademilson	Hwang
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	DM	DM	RW	LW	AM	CF
9	Vegalta Sendai	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Miura	Kim	Konno	Yajima	Onose	Kurata	Ademilson	Hwang	Tanaka	Endō	Meshino
10	FC Tokyo	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Suganuma	Kim	Ko	Kurata	Onose	Ademilson	Endō	Hwang	Konno
11	Sagan Tosu	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Suganuma	Kim	Konno	Kurata	Onose	Ademilson	Endō	Hwang	Yajima	Kurokawa	Meshino
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	DM	CM	CM	CF	CF
12	Cerezo Osaka	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Suganuma	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Takae	Kurata	Hwang	Ademilson	Endō	Konno	Meshino
13	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Suganuma	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Takae	Kurata	Hwang	Ademilson	Tanaka	Konno	Meshino
14	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Takae	Kurata	Meshino	Ademilson	Tanaka	Konno	Hwang
15	Júbilo Iwata	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Fukuda	Nakamura	Yajima	Takae	Kurata	Hwang	Meshino	Endō	Ademilson
16	Shonan Bellmare	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Tanaka	Nakamura	Yajima	Takae	Fukuda	Hwang	Ademilson	Endō	Watanabe	Meshino
17	Matsumoto Yamaga	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Tanaka	Nakamura	Endō	Kurata	Yajima	Hwang	Meshino	Fujiharu	Ademilson	Takae
18	FC Tokyo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Nakamura	Yajima	Takae	Kurata	Hwang	Ademilson	Endō	Fukuda	Meshino
19	Shimizu S-Pulse	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Fukuda	Nakamura	Yajima	Onose	Kurata	Hwang	Meshino	Endō	Ademilson	Ko
20	Nagoya Grampus	Higashiguchi	Takao	Suganuma	Kim	Fukuda	Nakamura	Yajima	Endō	Kurata	Ademilson	Usami	Onose	Watanabe	Meshino
21	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Kurata	Usami	Patric	Ademilson	Endō	Suzuki	Meshino
22	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Takae	Kurata	Ademilson	Usami	Ideguchi	Suzuki	Watanabe
23	Júbilo Iwata	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Suzuki	Endō	Takae	Kurata	Patric	Usami	Suganuma	Ideguchi	Yajima
24	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Ideguchi	Kurata	Usami	Patric	Ademilson	D. Takagi	Yajima	Watanabe
25	Yokohama F. Marinos	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Ideguchi	Yajima	Kurata	Ademilson	Usami	Endō	Patric	Watanabe
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	CM	CM	RW	LW	CF	CF
26	Sagan Tosu	Higashiguchi	Takao	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Ideguchi	Endō	Onose	Kurata	Patric	Usami	Ademilson	Susaeta	Watanabe
27	Cerezo Osaka	Higashiguchi	Takao	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Ideguchi	Endō	Susaeta	Kurata	Usami	Watanabe	Ademilson	Concha	Patric
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	CM	CM	AM	AM	CF
28	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Ideguchi	Usami	Kurata	Ademilson	Fujiharu	Patric	Watanabe
29	Kawasaki Frontale	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Kim	Fukuda	Fujiharu	Yajima	Ideguchi	Onose	Kurata	Watanabe	Susaeta	Patric	Takae
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	DM	CM	CM	CF	CF
30	Shonan Bellmare	Higashiguchi	Suganuma	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fujiharu	Endō	Ideguchi	Yajima	Ademilson	Usami	Concha	Patric	Watanabe
31	Oita Trinita	Higashiguchi	Suganuma	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fujiharu	Endō	Ideguchi	Yajima	Ademilson	Usami	Susaeta	Patric	Fukuda
32	Vegalta Sendai	Higashiguchi	Suganuma	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fujiharu	Endō	Ideguchi	Yajima	Ademilson	Usami	Kurata	Susaeta	Patric
33	Matsumoto Yamaga	Higashiguchi	Suganuma	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fujiharu	Endō	Ideguchi	Yajima	Ademilson	Usami	Kurata	Fukuda	Watanabe
34	Urawa Reds	Higashiguchi	Suganuma	Miura	Kim	Onose	Fujiharu	Endō	Kurata	Yajima	Ademilson	Usami	Patric	Takagi	Fukuda

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

Gamba entered the 2019 Emperor's Cup at the 2nd round stage where they were drawn at home to J3 League side Kamatamare Sanuki on 3 July. A 7-1 thrashing of the Kagawa-based outfit set up a 3rd round tie with Hosei University who saw off J2 side Tokyo Verdy in the previous round. For the second year in a row Gamba were defeated by university opposition as the students recorded a 2-0 win in Tokyo.

Match Day Line-Ups

Player Appearances – 2019 Emperor's Cup
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	DM	CM	CM	CF	CF
R2	Kamatamare Sanuki	Higashiguchi	Takao	Aoyama	Suganuma	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Takae	Concha	Nakamura	Meshino	Tanaka	Ademilson	Takagi
R3	Hosei University	Higashiguchi	Miura	Suganuma	Kim	Onose	Fukuda	Endō	Ideguchi	Yajima	Suzuki	Watanabe	Ademilson	Kurata	Usami

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

On 23 January, Gamba's fixtures for the group stage of the 2019 J.League Cup were announced.[50] Gamba were drawn alongside fellow J1 clubs; Jubilo Iwata, Matsumoto Yamaga and Shimuzu S-Pulse and after accumulating 11 points from 6 games they topped their group and reached the playoff round where they were paired with J2 League side V-Varen Nagasaki. A 4-1 victory in the first leg away from home ended the tie as a contest and although Nagasaki snatched a 2-0 win at the Panasonic Stadium it wasn't enough and Gamba progressed to the quarter-finals where they were paired with FC Tokyo. A 1-0 home home preceded a 2-1 reverse in the second leg and meant Gamba headed to the semi-finals on the away goals rule. In the last 4 they were drawn against Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. Gamba followed up a 5-0 win in the league 5 days previously with a 2-1 home leg victory, however this time they were the ones eliminated by the away goals rule as Musashi Suzuki's thunderbolt in the second leg in Sapporo sent Consadole through to their first ever final against Kawasaki Frontale.

* = all times Japan Standard Time.

Match Day Line-Ups

Player Appearances – 2019 J.League Cup
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	CM	CM	RM	LM	CF	CF
1	Júbilo Iwata	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Tanaka	Suganuma	Miura	Ko	Yajima	Fujimoto	Onose	Watanabe	Goya	Fujiharu	Ademilson	Nakamura
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	DM	DM	AM	RW	LW	CF
2	Matsumoto Yamaga	Higashiguchi	Miura	Fujiharu	Suganuma	Kim	Ko	Kurata	Endō	Onose	Ademilson	Hwang	Konno	Fujimoto	Watanabe
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	CM	CM	RM	LM	CF	CF
3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hayashi	Oh	Fujiharu	Miura	Kim	Takae	Konno	Fujimoto	Kurata	Watanabe	Ademilson	Tanaka	Yonekura	Nakamura
4	Júbilo Iwata	Hayashi	Yonekura	Kurokawa	Suganuma	Aoyama	Ko	Yajima	Onose	Tanaka	Hwang	Meshino	Takae	Fukuda	Nakamura
5	Shimizu S-Pulse	Tajiri	Takao	Kurokawa	Miura	Aoyama	Ko	Yajima	Fujimoto	Tanaka	Ademilson	Meshino	Hwang	Fukuda	Nakamura
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	DM	DM	AM	RW	LW	CF
6	Matsumoto Yamaga	Hayashi	Yonekura	Oh	Aoyama	Kim	Konno	Ko	Endō	Meshino	Tanaka	Takagi	Concha	Shibamoto
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	DM	CM	CM	CF	CF
PO	V-Varen Nagasaki	Hayashi	Suganuma	Aoyama	Oh	Yonekura	Tanaka	Endō	Konno	Kurata	Watanabe	Ademilson	Miura	Fujimoto	Nakamura
PO	V-Varen Nagasaki	Hayashi	Suganuma	Aoyama	Oh	Yonekura	Concha	Ko	Konno	Kurata	Watanabe	Ademilson	Fujiharu	Fujimoto	Meshino
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	CM	CM	AM	AM	CF
QF	FC Tokyo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Suganuma	Onose	Suzuki	Ideguchi	Endō	Takae	Kurata	Patric	Yajima	Usami	Watanabe
QF	FC Tokyo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Suganuma	Onose	Suzuki	Ideguchi	Endō	Takae	Kurata	Patric	Ademilson	Aoyama	Usami
Round	Opponent	GK	CB	CB	CB	RWB	LWB	DM	CM	CM	CF	CF
SF	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Suganuma	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Ideguchi	Kurata	Ademilson	Usami	Fujiharu	Susaeta	Patric
SF	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Higashiguchi	Takao	Miura	Suganuma	Onose	Fukuda	Yajima	Ideguchi	Kurata	Ademilson	Usami	Susaeta	Patric	Watanabe

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

No.	Pos.	Name	J1 League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	34	0	2	0	6	0	42	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Hiroki Fujiharu	15(2)	2	0	0	2(3)	0	17(5)	2	0	0	0
5	DF	Genta Miura (c)	31	1	1	0	8(1)	2	40(1)	3	2	0	0
7	MF	Yasuhito Endō	20(8)	1	1	0	5	0	26(8)	1	0	0	0
8	MF	Kosuke Onose	28(2)	7	2	0	7	1	37(2)	8	5	0	0
9	FW	Ademilson	26(6)	10	0(2)	1	7(2)	1	33(10)	12	4	0	0
10	MF	Shu Kurata	29(2)	7	0(1)	0	8	3	37(3)	10	7	0	1
11	MF	David Concha	0(2)	0	1	0	1(1)	0	2(3)	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Shunya Suganuma	14(1)	0	2	0	9	0	25(1)	0	3	0	0
14	MF	Markel Susaeta	1(4)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	1(6)	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	10(2)	2	1	0	4	0	15(2)	2	0	0	0
17	MF	Yuto Suzuki	1(2)	0	1	0	2	0	4(2)	0	2	0	0
18	FW	Patric	4(8)	2	0	0	2(2)	1	6(10)	3	1	0	0
19	DF	Kim Young-gwon	32	1	1	0	3	0	36	1	7	0	0
20	FW	Daisuke Takagi	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Shinya Yajima	20(7)	1	2	0	5(1)	0	27(8)	1	1	0	0
23	GK	Mizuki Hayashi	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	2	0	0
24	GK	Keisuke Kurokawa	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0	2(1)	0	0	0	0
26	MF	Kohei Okuno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Ryu Takao	18	0	1	0	5	0	24	0	3	0	0
28	MF	Yuki Yamamoto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Leo Takae	8(3)	0	1	0	3(1)	0	12(4)	0	2	0	0
30	DF	Naoaki Aoyama	0	0	1	0	5(1)	0	6(1)	0	1	0	0
31	GK	Ken Tajiri	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Ren Shibamoto	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	0
33	FW	Takashi Usami	14	7	0(1)	0	2(2)	1	16(3)	8	0	0	0
34	MF	Yuya Fukuda	13(4)	1	2	0	2(2)	0	17(6)	1	2	0	0
35	DF	Tatsuya Yamaguchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Riku Matsuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Haruto Shirai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Kazuma Watanabe	3(15)	3	1	0	4(3)	0	7(18)	3	0	0	0
41	GK	Kosei Tani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	—	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	–	–
Mid-season Departures
2	DF	Hiroki Noda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Tatsuya Tanaka	3(5)	0	0(1)	0	5(1)	2	8(7)	2	0	0	0
14	DF	Koki Yonekura	3(5)	0	0	0	5(1)	0	8(6)	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Yasuyuki Konno	6(4)	0	0	0	4(1)	0	10(5)	0	1	0	0
16	FW	Hwang Ui-jo	17(2)	4	0	0	2(1)	3	19(3)	7	1	0	0
17	MF	Mizuki Ichimaru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Akito Takagi	0	0	0(1)	2	1	0	1(1)	2	0	0	0
20	FW	Hiroto Goya	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Oh Jae-suk	8	0	0	0	4	0	12	0	3	0	0
25	MF	Jungo Fujimoto	1(1)	0	0	0	3(3)	0	4(4)	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Takahiro Ko	5(1)	0	0	0	6	0	11(1)	0	3	0	0
38	FW	Keito Nakamura	6(1)	0	1	3	0(5)	3	7(6)	6	0	0	0
40	FW	Ryotaro Meshino	4(8)	3	1	1	3(1)	1	8(9)	5	0	0	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 December 2019

Goalscorers

As of 7 December 2019

Rank	Position	Name	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	FW	Ademilson	10	1	1	12
2	MF	Shu Kurata	7	0	3	10
3	MF	Kosuke Onose	7	0	1	8
	FW	Takashi Usami	7	0	1	8
5	FW	Hwang Ui-jo	4	0	3	7
6	FW	Keito Nakamura	0	3	3	6
7	FW	Ryotaro Meshino	3	1	1	5
8	DF	Genta Miura	1	0	2	3
	FW	Patric	2	0	1	3
	FW	Kazuma Watanabe	3	0	0	3
11	DF	Hiroki Fujiharu	2	0	0	2
	MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	2	0	0	2
	FW	Akito Takagi	0	2	0	2
	MF	Tatsuya Tanaka	0	0	2	2
15	MF	Yasuhito Endō	1	0	0	1
	MF	Yuya Fukuda	1	0	0	1
	DF	Kim Young-gwon	1	0	0	1
	MF	Shinya Yajima	1	0	0	1
	N/A	Own goal	1	0	0	1
Total			54	7	18	79

Assists

As of 7 December 2019

Rank	Position	Name	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	FW	Ademilson	8	1	2	11
2	MF	Kosuke Onose	4	0	2	6
3	MF	Yasuhito Endō	5	0	0	5
	MF	Shinya Yajima	4	0	1	5
5	FW	Keito Nakamura	1	2	1	4
6	DF	Hiroki Fujiharu	3	0	0	3
	FW	Hwang Ui-jo	1	0	2	3
8	MF	Jungo Fujimoto	0	0	2	2
	DF	Genta Miura	2	0	0	2
	MF	Leo Takae	1	0	1	2
	FW	Takashi Usami	1	0	1	2
	DF	Koki Yonekura	0	0	2	2
13	MF	David Concha	0	1	0	1
	MF	Yuya Fukuda	0	1	0	1
	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	1	0	0	1
	DF	Kim Young-gwon	1	0	0	1
	MF	Takahiro Ko	0	0	1	1
	MF	Shu Kurata	1	0	0	1
	DF	Keisuke Kurokawa	0	0	1	1
	FW	Ryotaro Meshino	1	0	0	1
	DF	Oh Jae-suk	1	0	0	1
	FW	Patric	1	0	0	1
	DF	Shunya Suganuma	1	0	0	1
	FW	Akito Takagi	0	1	0	1
	MF	Tatsuya Tanaka	1	0	0	1
Total			38	6	16	60

Gamba Osaka's Under-23 side compete in the J3 League where they are allowed to name 3 overage players of which one must be a goalkeeper. On January 11, their opening home and away fixtures for the 2019 J3 League season were announced against Vanraure Hachinohe and Azul Claro Numazu.[49] The schedule for the remaining games was announced on January 23.[50]

* = all times Japan Standard Time.