Gamba Osaka - last updated on 14 December 2007
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Gamba Osaka (ガンバ大阪)
Foundation: 1980
City: Osaka
Colours: Blue and black
Website: www.gamba-osaka.net
Honours:
J. League Division 1 - 1 (2005)
J. League Cup - 1 (2007)
Xerox Super Cup - 1 (2007)
A bit of history:
Founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. soccer club in Nara Prefecture and a member of the Japan Soccer League. It was mostly made of remaining players and staff of the defunct Yanmar Club, the former B-team of Yanmar Diesel F.C., later to be known as Cerezo Osaka.
Gamba Osaka was an original member of the J. League in 1992.
In 2005 the club claimed its first J. League championship on a dramatic final day during which any of five clubs could have claimed the championship. Gamba needed to win, and have cross town rivals Cerezo Osaka draw or lose. Gamba defeated a valiant Kawasaki Frontale 4-2, while victory was snatched from Cerezo by a last minute FC Tokyo equalizer. Recently in an AFC Champions League match, Gamba Osaka defeated Vietnamese side Da Nang FC in a record equalling victory of 15-0.
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Gamba Osaka
