2014 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka
2014 season
ChairmanTeruhisa Noro
ManagerKenta Hasegawa
J.League1st
Emperor's CupWinners
J.League CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Takashi Usami 10
All: Takashi Usami 21
Highest home attendance19,569 vs Cerezo Osaka,
20 September 2014 (J1 League)
Lowest home attendance2,862 vs Zweigen Kanazawa,
12 July 2014 (J.League Cup)
Average home league attendance14,749

The 2014 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 21st season in the J.League Division 1 and 27th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also included the 2014 J.League Cup and 2014 Emperor's Cup. The season was one of unparalleled success as it saw them win the treble with an incredible comeback in the second half of the league season which saw them crowned J.League champions following a 0–0 draw away to Tokushima Vortis in December. In addition they added both the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup to their trophy cabinet. The feat was made all the more incredible by the fact that Gamba were only promoted back to J.League 1 at the beginning of 2014 following a one-season spell in the Japanese second division.

J.League 1 Results 2014

Round Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
1 1 March 2014 Urawa Red Diamonds H 0–1 18,438
2 8 March 2014 Albirex Niigata A 2–0 Iwashita 69', Omori 82' 22,931
3 15 March 2014 Vegalta Sendai A 0–0 13,380
4 23 March 2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–1 Endō 25' 18,301
5 29 March 2014 Sagan Tosu A 0–2 12,115
6 6 April 2014 Kashima Antlers H 0–2 12,899
7 12 April 2014 Cerezo Osaka A 2–2 Abe 42', 53' 42,723
8 19 April 2014 Omiya Ardija H 2–1 Niwa 83', Konno 88' 11,059
9 26 April 2014 Kawasaki Frontale A 1–2 Endō 19' 19,164
10 29 April 2014 Kashiwa Reysol H 1–2 Lins 13' 13,845
11 3 May 2014 Yokohama F. Marinos A 0–2 35,550
12 6 May 2014 Tokushima Vortis H 3–0 Usami 37', Abe 74', Kurata 90'+3 12,654
13 10 May 2014 Nagoya Grampus A 2–1 Abe 66', Omori 85' 20,781
14 17 May 2014 FC Tokyo A 0–3 26,485
15 19 July 2014 Ventforet Kofu H 2–0 Usami 9', Kurata 27' 11,373
16 23 July 2014 Shimizu S-Pulse H 4–0 Abe 6', Omori 9', Patric 56', Lins 88' 10,898
17 27 July 2014 Vissel Kobe A 5–1 Usami 14', 26', Patric 43', 63', Abe 72' 18,012
18 2 August 2014 Yokohama F. Marinos H 2–0 Patric 82', Endō 89' 15,363
19 9 August 2014 Omiya Ardija A 2–0 Konno 27', Usami 51' 10,541
20 16 August 2014 Nagoya Grampus H 0–1 15,383
21 23 August 2014 Ventforet Kofu A 3–3 Usami 48', Endō (pen.) 67', Kurata 90'+3 12,191
22 30 August 2014 Albirex Niigata H 5–0 Nishino 31', Kurata 39', 72', Futagawa 44', Lins 90' 12,696
23 13 September 2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 1–0 Usami 33' 17,490
24 20 September 2014 Cerezo Osaka H 2–0 Abe 37', Sato 89' 19,569
25 23 September 2014 Shimizu S-Pulse A 3–0 Usami 22' Niwa 84', Lins 90'+5 15,093
26 27 September 2014 Sagan Tosu H 4–1 Endō (pen.) 25', Patric 67', 79', 84' 13,221
27 5 October 2014 Kashima Antlers A 3–2 Aoki (o.g.) 29', Patric 72', Lins 90'+3 17,939
28 18 October 2014 Kawasaki Frontale H 1–0 Yonekura 58' 17,615
29 22 October 2014 Kashiwa Reysol A 0–1 7,474
30 26 October 2014 FC Tokyo H 2–1 Omori 53', Endō 59' 15,695
31 2 November 2014 Vegalta Sendai H 1–1 Omori 46' 13,142
32 22 November 2014 Urawa Red Diamonds A 2–0 Sato 88', Kurata 90' 56,758
33 29 November 2014 Vissel Kobe H 3–1 Usami 36', 49' Patric 43' 18,587
34 6 December 2014 Tokushima Vortis A 0–0 17,274

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gamba Osaka (C) 34 19 6 9 59 31 +28 63 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 18 8 8 52 32 +20 62
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 6 10 64 39 +25 60
4 Kashiwa Reysol 34 17 9 8 48 40 +8 60 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round[a]
5 Sagan Tosu 34 19 3 12 41 33 +8 60
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Because Gamba Osaka also won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot was awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

Match Day Line-Ups

The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during 2014 J.League 1:

Player Appearances – 2014 J.League Division 1
Round Opponent GK RB LB CB CB RM LM CM CM FW FW
1 Urawa Red Diamonds Higashiguchi Kaji Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Futagawa Endō Konno Uchida Sato Kurata Lins Yonekura Omori
2 Albirex Niigata Higashiguchi Kaji Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Yonekura Endō Konno Uchida Sato Kurata Nishino Lins Omori
3 Vegalta Sendai Higashiguchi Kaji Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Omori Endō Konno Uchida Sato Kurata Lins Yonekura
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Higashiguchi Kaji Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Endō Konno Myojin Lins Kurata Futagawa Yonekura Sato
5 Sagan Tosu Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Endō Konno Myojin Lins Sato Futagawa Omori Uchida
6 Kashima Antlers Higashiguchi Kaji Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Kurata Konno Endō Lins Sato Futagawa Myojin Omori
7 Cerezo Osaka Higashiguchi Kaji Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Konno Uchida Endō Lins Futagawa Kurata Sato
8 Omiya Ardija Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Uchida Sato Lins Futagawa Kurata Konno
9 Kawasaki Frontale Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Kurata Konno Uchida Endō Lins Myojin Sato Usami
10 Kashiwa Reysol Higashiguchi Konno Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Futagawa Endō Uchida Kurata Lins Myojin Omori Usami
11 Yokohama F. Marinos Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Uchida Sato Lins Kurata Konno Usami
12 Tokushima Vortis Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Omori Futagawa Endō Konno Usami Lins Kurata Abe
13 Nagoya Grampus Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Abe Futagawa Endō Konno Usami Kurata Niwa Omori Sato
14 FC Tokyo Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Kurata Lins Futagawa Okazaki
15 Ventforet Kofu Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Kurata Uchida Patric
16 Shimizu S-Pulse Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Futagawa Sato
17 Vissel Kobe Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Futagawa Kurata Myojin
18 Yokohama F. Marinos Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Kurata Endō Konno Usami Patric Fujiharu Futagawa Myojin
19 Omiya Ardija Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Kurata Endō Konno Usami Patric Fujiharu Myojin Sato
20 Nagoya Grampus Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Abe Kurata Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Futagawa Yonekura
21 Ventforet Kofu Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Endō Kurata Okazaki Konno Usami Patric Niwa Futagawa Myojin
22 Albirex Niigata Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Futagawa Kurata Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Abe Sato
23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Endō Myojin Konno Usami Sato Kurata Uchida Patric
24 Cerezo Osaka Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Kim Abe Kurata Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Futagawa Sato
25 Shimizu S-Pulse Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Futagawa Endō Konno Usami Sato Kim Lins Kurata
26 Sagan Tosu Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Futagawa Sato
27 Kashima Antlers Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Kurata Sato
28 Kashima Antlers Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Uchida Usami Patric Lins Kurata Myojin
29 Kashiwa Reysol Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Endō Myojin Konno Usami Sato Kurata Omori Patric
30 Kashiwa Reysol Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Kim Omori Kurata Endō Konno Usami Patric Fujiharu Lins Abe
31 Kashiwa Reysol Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Kurata Sato
32 Urawa Red Diamonds Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Lins Kurata Sato
33 Vissel Kobe Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Kim Lins Sato
34 Tokushima Vortis Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Usami Patric Fujiharu Lins Kurata

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

J.League Cup results

Round Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
1 19 March 2014 Vissel Kobe H 2–0 Lins 47', Sato 53' 8,378
2 2 April 2014 Shimizu S-Pulse A 0–1 8,033
3 16 April 2014 Sagan Tosu A 2–0 Omori 34', Ogawa 73' 8,033
4 21 May 2014 Kashima Antlers H 2–1 Kurata 4', Yonekura 80' 8,103
5 24 May 2014 FC Tokyo H 3–1 Usami 16', 52' Nishino 67' 12,818
6 28 May 2014 Vegalta Sendai A 0–1 7,965
QF 3 September 2014 Vissel Kobe A 1–1 Usami 12' 13,653
QF 7 September 2014 Vissel Kobe H 3–0 Abe 2', Usami 28', Kurata 83' 11,294
SF 9 October 2014 Kawasaki Frontale H 3–1 Yonekura 16', Usami 28', Patric 49' 5,482
SF 12 October 2014 Kawasaki Frontale A 2–3 Abe 42', 45' 16,211
F 8 November 2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima N 3–2 Patric 38', 54', Omori 71' 38,126

Match day line-ups

Player Appearances – 2014 J.League Cup
Round Opponent GK RB LB CB CB RM LM CM CM FW FW
1 Vissel Kobe Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Nishino Abe Futagawa Myojin Konno Sato Lins Kurata Ogawa T. Uchida
2 Shimizu S-Pulse Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Kim Nishino Omori Futagawa Endō Konno Kurata Ogawa Lins Sato T. Uchida
3 Sagan Tosu Kawata Oh Y. Uchida Kim Nishino Omori Futagawa Myojin Ideguchi Kurata Takagi Evson Sato Ogawa
4 Kashima Antlers Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Abe Futagawa Okazaki Ideguchi Kurata Sato Niwa Omori T. Uchida
5 FC Tokyo Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Abe Omori Okazaki T. Uchida Kurata Usami Kim Lins Yonekura
6 Vegalta Sendai Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Nishino Iwashita Abe Kurata Futagawa T. Uchida Lins Usami Yonekura Omori Okazaki
QF Vissel Kobe Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Kurata Endō Konno Patric Usami Lins Myojin Sato
QF Vissel Kobe Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Abe Kurata Endō Konno Patric Usami Lins Futagawa Sato
SF Kawasaki Frontale Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Omori Endō Konno Patric Usami Kurata Myojin Sato
SF Kawasaki Frontale Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Kurata Endō Konno Patric Usami Kim Omori Sato
F Sanfrecce Hiroshima Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Niwa Iwashita Abe Endō Myojin Konno Patric Usami Lins Kurata Omori

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

Emperor's Cup results

Round Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
2 12 July 2014 Zweigen Kanazawa H 5–1 Usami 11', Kurata 19', 56', 81', Nishino 38' 2,862
3 20 August 2014 Tokushima Vortis H 1–0 Usami 28' 3,234
4 10 September 2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 3–1 Sato 31', 45', Lins 85' 3,056
QF 15 October 2014 Omiya Ardija H 2–0 Futagawa 60', Sato 84' 3,604
SF 26 November 2014 Shimizu S-Pulse N 5–2 Usami 9', 72', Patric 14', 37', Lins 85' 6,708
F 13 December 2014 Montedio Yamagata N 3–1 Usami 4', 85', Patric 22' 47,829

Match day line-ups

Player Appearances – 2014 Emperor's Cup
Round Opponent GK RB LB CB CB RM LM CM CM FW FW
2 Zweigen Kanazawa Higashiguchi Yonekura Oh Nishino Iwashita Omori Kurata Endō Konno Lins Usami Abe Sato T. Uchida
3 Tokushima Vortis Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Niwa Kim Lins Futagawa Endō Myojin Sato Usami Kurata Abe Konno
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Niwa Kim Abe Endō Myojin Konno Sato Lins Kurata Okazaki Patric
QF Omiya Ardija Higashiguchi Konno Fujiharu Niwa Kim Futagawa Kurata Myojin T. Uchida Sato Lins Omori Oh Okazaki
SF Shimizu S-Pulse Higashiguchi Yonekura Fujiharu Niwa Kim Abe Kurata Endō Konno Patric Usami Lins Omori Sato
F Montedio Yamagata Higashiguchi Oh Fujiharu Niwa Iwashita Omori Kurata Endō Konno Patric Usami Kim Lins Myojin

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

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Masaaki Higashiguchi 34 0 6 0 10 0 50 0 2 0
2 DF Evson 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
3 DF Takaharu Nishino 11(1) 1 1 1 8 1 20(1) 3 1 0
4 DF Hiroki Fujiharu 21(4) 0 5 0 4 0 30(4) 0 4 0
5 DF Daiki Niwa 23(2) 2 5 0 4(1) 0 32(3) 2 0 0
6 DF Kim Jung-ya 2(2) 0 4(1) 0 2(2) 0 8(5) 0 1 0
7 MF Yasuhito Endō (c) 34 6 5 0 6 0 45 6 3 0
8 DF Keisuke Iwashita 32 1 2 0 8 0 42 1 8 1
9 FW Lins 9(17) 5 4(2) 2 2(5) 1 15(24) 8 3 0
10 MF Takahiro Futagawa 6(13) 1 2 1 5(1) 0 13(14) 2 1 0
11 MF Shu Kurata 17(13) 6 4(2) 3 8(3) 2 29(18) 11 6 0
13 MF Hiroyuki Abe 27(3) 7 2(1) 0 9 3 38(4) 10 2 0
14 DF Koki Yonekura 17(4) 1 4 0 7(2) 2 28(6) 3 4 0
15 MF Yasuyuki Konno 31(2) 2 5(1) 0 7 0 43(3) 2 5 0
16 GK Kohei Kawata 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF Tomokazu Myojin 4(8) 0 3(1) 0 3(2) 0 10(11) 0 1 0
18 GK Atsushi Kimura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Kotaro Omori 17(7) 5 2(2) 0 4(4) 2 23(13) 7 0 0
20 FW Akihiro Sato 10(13) 2 3(2) 3 2(6) 1 15(21) 6 1 0
21 DF Akira Kaji 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
22 DF Oh Jae-suk 24 0 2(1) 0 10 0 36(1) 0 5 0
23 DF Yuto Uchida 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 FW Naoki Ogawa 0 0 0 0 1(2) 1 1(2) 1 0 0
25 MF Kenya Okazaki 1(1) 0 0(2) 0 2(1) 0 3(4) 0 1 0
26 MF Yōsuke Ideguchi 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
27 MF Tatsuya Uchida 9(3) 0 1(1) 0 2(3) 0 12(7) 0 4 0
29 FW Patric 16(3) 9 2(1) 3 5 3 23(4) 15 4 0
31 GK Ken Tajiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Shota Yomesaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Mizuki Ichimaru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Akito Takagi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
39 FW Takashi Usami 23(3) 10 4 6 7 5 34(3) 21 3 0
— — Own goals – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – –

Statistics accurate as of end of 2014 season.

References

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