# 2022 Gamba Osaka season

The 2022 Gamba Osaka season was the club's 42nd season in existence and the ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Gamba Osaka participated in this season's editions of the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 14 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Masaaki Higashiguchi |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Shota Fukuoka |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Gen Shoji |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Fujiharu |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Genta Miura (captain) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Rihito Yamamoto |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Onose |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Leandro Pereira |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shu Kurata |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Wellington Silva |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Ryu Takao |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yuya Fukuda |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Mitsuki Saito (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Kohei Okuno |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Patric |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Ibuki Konno |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Kwon Kyung-won |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Taichi Kato |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Jun Ichimori |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Dawhan (on loan from Santa Rita) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Kurokawa |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Kei Ishikawa |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Ko Yanagisawa |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Yuki Yamamoto |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Isa Sakamoto |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Hiroto Yamami |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Takashi Usami |
| 40 | FW | JPN | Ryotaro Meshino |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Jiro Nakamura |
| 42 | FW | JPN | Harumi Minamino $^{Type2}$ |
| 43 | MF | JPN | Rikuto Kuwahara $^{Type2}$ |
| 44 | GK | JPN | Yu Adachi $^{Type2}$ |
| 45 | FW | JPN | Musashi Suzuki |
| 46 | DF | JPN | Yuki Yoshihara $^{Type2}$ |
| 47 | MF | BRA | Juan Alano |
| 48 | MF | JPN | Hideki Ishige |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Ju Se-jong (on loan at Daejeon Hana Citizen) |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Yota Sato (on loan at Vegalta Sendai) |
| — | GK | JPN | Kosei Tani (on loan at Shonan Bellmare) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Ren Shibamoto (on loan at Fujieda MYFC) |
| — | FW | JPN | Shoji Toyama (on loan at Mito HollyHock) |
| — | FW | JPN | Dai Tsukamoto (on loan at Zweigen Kanazawa) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 19 February 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Matchday 1 | 15th place | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 026.47 |
| Emperor's Cup | 1 June 2022 | 13 July 2022 | Second round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 066.67 |
| J.League Cup | 23 February 2022 | 18 May 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 027.91 |
Source: Soccerway

### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 40 | |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 38 | |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | |
| 16 | Kyoto Sanga (O) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 36 | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to the J2 League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 21 January 2022.

### J.League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 13 | Advance to play-off stage |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | Advance to play-off stage |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 3 | |

## Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Patric | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Leandro Pereira | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Kosuke Onose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Dawhan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 37 | Hiroto Yamami | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Yuya Fukuda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Mitsuki Saito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 20 | Kwon Kyung-won | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 24 | Keisuke Kurokawa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 40 | Ryotaro Meshino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 47 | Juan Alano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Wellington Silva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 29 | Yuki Yamamoto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Hiroki Fujiharu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Kohei Okuno | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | 32 | Isa Sakamoto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 45 | Musashi Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 5 | Genta Miura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 16 | Yota Sato | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 26 | Ko Yanagisawa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |