2012 Gamba Osaka season

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The 2012 Gamba Osaka season is

2012 J. League Cup, 2012 Emperor's Cup, and the 2012 AFC Champions League

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Competitions

J. League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Cerezo Osaka	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	42
15	Albirex Niigata	34	10	10	14	29	34	−5	40
16	Vissel Kobe (R)	34	11	6	17	41	50	−9	39	Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17	Gamba Osaka (R)	34	9	11	14	67	65	+2	38
18	Consadole Sapporo (R)	34	4	2	28	25	88	−63	14

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

10 March 2012 1	Gamba Osaka	2–3	Vissel Kobe	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 14:04	Rafinha 90+2'	Report	17', 76' Okubo 59' Hashimoto	Attendance: 17,066 Referee: Takayama

17 March 2012 2	Osaka Nagai Stadium
Saturday 14:04	Branquinho 19' Kempes 90+4'	Report	27' Paulinho	Attendance: 30,764 Referee: Yoshida

25 March 2012 3	Jubilo Iwata	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Sunday 19:03	Kurata 84'	Report	23' Yamamoto 60' Maeda	Attendance: 15,072 Referee: Iemoto

31 March 2012 4	Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Saturday 16:03	Alan Mineiro 5'	Report	22' Rafinha	Attendance: 16,836 Referee: Ogiya

7 April 2012 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–1	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 20:00 JST	Satō 10' 33' (pen.) Hirashige 85', 88'	Report	Sato 48'	Attendance: 12,318 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

14 April 2012 6	Gamba Osaka	3–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 68' Hiroyuki Abe 85' Kaji 89'	Report	Tasaka 1' 90+3' Kobayashi 30' Morishita 36' Komiyama 45' Jeci 84'	Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

22 April 2012 7	Gamba Osaka	3–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 57' 81'	Report	Akihiro Hayashi 26' Lee Ki-Je 42' Ono 54' Brosque 90+3'	Attendance: 8,548 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

28 April 2012 8	Kashima Antlers	5–0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 16:30 JST	Endo 42' Koroki 54' Osako 72', 90+3' Aoki 87' Motoyama 90'	Report	Lee Seung-Yeoul 88'	Attendance: 17,583 Referee: Ryuji Sato

6 May 2012 9	Omiya Ardija	1–0	Gamba Osaka	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Saturday 18:00 JST	Cho Young-Cheol 74'	Report	Terada 15'	Attendance: 11,554 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

12 May 2012 10	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Paulinho 18' Kurata 62'	Report	Kamata 16' Uemoto 64' Tamura 65' Akamine 78'	Attendance: 15,253 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

19 May 2012 11	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 15:00 JST	Ono 89'	Report	Paulinho 45+2' Niwa 60'	Attendance: 25,241 Referee: Jumpei Iida

25 May 2012 12	Gamba Osaka	2–3	Sagan Tosu	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Friday 20:00 JST	Sato 67'	Report	Okamoto 9' Hayasaka 10' Tozin 40' Toyoda 68' Fujita 86', 90+4'	Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Takuto Okabe

16 June 2012 13	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 16'	Report	Haraguchi 29' Umesaki 90+2'	Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

23 June 2012 14	Consadole Sapporo	0–4	Gamba Osaka	Sapporo Dome
Saturday 15:00 JST	Hidaka 31' Kawai 83'	Report	Paulinho 16' Kurata 26' Endō 35' (pen.) Uchida 37' Takei 90+3'	Attendance: 14,759 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

27 June 2012 15	Gamba Osaka	2–2	Nagoya Grampus	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 JST	Nakazawa 25' Futagawa 73'	Report	Nagai 8', 18'	Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

30 June 2012 16	Gamba Osaka	2–6	Kashiwa Reysol	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 45+1' Kurata 90+5'	Report	Tanaka 90+2'	Attendance: 14,006 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

7 July 2012 17	FC Tokyo	3–2	Gamba Osaka	Ajinomoto Stadium
Saturday 19:30 JST	Gonda 30'	Report	31' ( Sato 67' Abe	Attendance: 24,633 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Gamba Osaka v Yokohama F. Marinos

14 July 2012 18	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Paulinho 88'	Report	Saito 90+4'	Attendance: 14,966 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

28 July 2012 19	Home's Stadium Kobe
Saturday 20:00 JST	Ōkubo 77'	Report	Futagawa 69'	Attendance: 17,471 Referee: Itaru Hirose

4 August 2012 20	Gamba Osaka	3–1	Omiya Ardija	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Leandro 64' (pen. ) 66'	Report	Ljubijankič 72'	Attendance: 12,964 Referee: Minoru Tojo

11 August 2012 21	Gamba Osaka	2–2	Cerezo Osaka	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Sato 53', 62'	Report	Kempes 13' Edamura 28', 50' Fábio Simplício 38' Sakemoto 45' Yokoyama 82'	Attendance: 18,578 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

18 August 2012 22	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Daniel 11' Masukawa 42'	Report	Paulinho 83'	Attendance: 30,354 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

25 August 2012 23	Consadole Sapporo	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Leandro 26', 45', 57' Konno 68' Ienaga 90+3'	Report	Kim Jae-Hoan 53' Uehara 71'	Attendance: 15,056 Referee: Itaru Hirose

1 September 2012 24	Tosu Stadium
Saturday 20:00 JST	Kim Min-Woo 44' Toyoda 45', 52' Kobayashi 89'	Summary	Myojin 74'	Attendance: 19,729 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

15 September 2012 25	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Albirex Niigata	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
20:00	Leandro 15' 17'	Summary	Bruno Lopes 90+1' 90+5'	Attendance: 17,381 Referee: Ryuji Sato

22 September 2012 26	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–5	Gamba Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
17:00	Makino 40' Suzuki 55'	Summary	Paulinho 86', 90+2'	Attendance: 46,046 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

29 September 2012 27	Gamba Osaka	2–2	Kashima Antlers	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
17:00 JST	Leandro 25', 90+2'	Summary	Dutra 15' 39' Iwamasa 62'	Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

6 October 2012 28	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Gamba Osaka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00	Ryang Yong-Gi 76' Nakahara 82'	Summary	Paulinho 90'	Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

20 October 2012 29	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
16:00	Tanaka 62' Nakamura 72'	Summary	Ienaga 21', 76' Kurata 37' Konno 52' Fujiharu 64' Sasaki 90+3'	Attendance: 18,779 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

27 October 2012 30	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
15:00	Fujiharu 21' Endō 56' Futagawa 71'	Summary	Kazuyuki Morisaki 76'	Attendance: 17,617 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

7 November 2012 31	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
19:00	Kudo 12', 45' Otani 31' Fujita 34' Masushima 43'	Summary	Leandro 37', 90' 70'	Attendance: 10,389 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

17 November 2012 32	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
15:00	Omae 48'	Summary	Leandro 52'	Attendance: 12,391 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

24 November 2012 33

FC Tokyo

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium

1 December 2012 34

Júbilo Iwata

2–1

Gamba Osaka

Yamaha Stadium

J. League Cup

Quarter-finals

25 July 2012 First leg	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Osaka
20:00	Konno 12' Kurata 53' Daiki Niwa 83'	Report	Kudo 47' Kurisawa 60' Leandro Domingues 76', 90+5' Sawa 82' Barada 90' Sugeno 90+5'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 7,083 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

8 August 2012 Second leg	Kashiwa, Chiba
19:00	Leandro Domingues 17' Kudo 60'	Report	Leandro 77'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Emperor's Cup

8 September 2012 Round 2	Gamba Osaka	3–0	Kansai University	Suita
13:00	Yokotani 2' Myojin 39' Abe 47'	Report		Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 2,227 Referee: Junpei Iida

10 October 2012 Round 3	Gamba Osaka	1–0	Mito HollyHock	Suita
19:00	Leandro 62'	Report		Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 2,537 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

15 December 2012 Round 4	Machida Zelvia	Suita
13:00	Kurata 38' Iwashita 65' Endõ 80'	Report	Kitai 27' Suzuki 56'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 4,576 Referee: Yamamoto

23 December 2012 Quarter Final	Cerezo Osaka	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka	Osaka
13:00	Kakitani 49'	Report	Endō 19' Ienaga 112'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 21,407 Referee: Matsuo

AFC Champions League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ADE	BYD	POH	GMB
1	Adelaide United	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Bunyodkor	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	1–0	3–2
3	Pohang Steelers	6	3	0	3	6	4	+2	9		1–0	0–2	—	2–0
4	Gamba Osaka	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3		0–2	3–1	0–3	—

Source: WorldFootball.net

6 March 2012 Group stage	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
19:00 UTC+09:00		Report	Kim Tae-Su 19' Rendulić 22' Asamoah 76'	Attendance: 9,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

20 March 2012 Group stage	Adelaide United	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Mullen 17', 24'	Report		Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarooni (UAE )

3 April 2012 Group stage	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
19:00 UTC+09:00	Rafinha 58' ((pen.)), (pen.)'		Soliev 89'	Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Chaiya Mahabap (Thailand)

18 April 2012 Group stage	Bunyodkor	3–2	Gamba Osaka	JAR Stadium, Tashkent
17:00 UTC+05:00	Murzoev 14' Turaev 42' Filiposyan 60' Soliev 85'	Report	Kurata 18' Hiroyuki Abe (footballer) 90+4'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

2 May 2012 Group stage	Pohang Steelers	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
19:30 UTC+09:00	Shin Kwang-Hoon 71' Asamoah 78' 78'	Report	Niwa 74'	Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Mohammadreza Abolfazli

16 May 2012 Group stage	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
19:00 UTC+09:00		Report	Sato 87' (o.g. )	Attendance: 7,294 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla