# Osaka derby

The Osaka derby (大阪ダービー, Ōsaka dābī) is the local derby in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, between fierce rivals Gamba Osaka (based in Suita) and Cerezo Osaka (based in Osaka City).

## History

In the 1970s, Yanmar Diesel, co-founder of the Japan Soccer League in 1965, had its reserve squad, Yanmar Club, play in the JSL's Second Division. At the end of 1979, the reserve club was closed by the parent company. Most of its players and staff found refuge when Matsushita Electric Industrial took them in with the aim of forming a new club to compete in the JSL. The new Matsushita Electric SC was formed initially playing in Nara and over the years began moving into Osaka for games.
The two clubs met in the 1982 and 1984 Emperor's Cups – both won by Yanmar – before their first league meeting during the 1986–87 season. At the time, newcomers Matsushita Electric struggled and ended up being relegated; they did not return until 1988–89 season. At the end of 1990–91 season, Yanmar lost top division status for the first time. Matsushita Electric, who had already applied to take part in the new J.League, was chosen instead to be the representative of Osaka in the new league, taking the name Gamba Osaka.
After competing for three seasons in the old Japan Football League, Yanmar Diesel, which had taken the name Cerezo Osaka in 1994, was promoted to the J. League. Since then, both clubs meet in every top division season except in 2002, 2007 to 2009, and 2015 to 2016, when Cerezo competed in second division, as well as in 2013, when Gamba did the same.

## Honours

    As of 28 October 2023
| Competition | Cerezo | Gamba |
| JSL Division 1 | 4 | 0 |
| J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League | 0 | 2 |
| Emperor's Cup | 4 | 5 |
| JSL Cup / J.League Cup | 4 | 2 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 1 | 2 |
| Asian Club Championship/AFC Champions League/ AFC Champions League Elite | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 12 |

## Results and statistics
### Overview

    As of 14 February 2025, competitive matches only
| Competition | Played | Cerezo wins | Draws | Gamba wins | Cerezo goals | Gamba goals |
| Japan Soccer League | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League | 49 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 62 | 83 |
| Emperor's Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| J.League Cup | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 |
| AFC Champions League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 101 | 112 |

## Matches
### Japan Soccer League

| Season | Date | Home | Score | Away |
| 1986–87 | 29 November 1986 | Yanmar Diesel | 2–1 | Matsushita Electric |
| 1986–87 | 13 May 1987 | Matsushita Electric | 2–2 | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1988–89 | 27 November 1988 | Yanmar Diesel | 1–0 | Matsushita Electric |
| 1988–89 | 23 April 1989 | Matsushita Electric | 1–3 | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1989–90 | 7 October 1989 | Yanmar Diesel | 0–0 | Matsushita Electric |
| 1989–90 | 27 January 1990 | Matsushita Electric | 0–1 | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1990–91 | 28 October 1990 | Matsushita Electric | 2–0 | Yanmar Diesel |
| 1990–91 | 24 February 1991 | Yanmar Diesel | 0–0 | Matsushita Electric |

### J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 3 May 1995 | Valdés | Cerezo | 1–0 | Gamba | | Report |
| 2 | 19 July 1995 | Aleinikov | Gamba | 1–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 3 | 30 September 1995 | Bernardo, Marquinhos, Morishima | Cerezo | 3–2 | Gamba | Isogai (2) | Report |
| 4 | 22 November 1995 | Gillhaus, Hiraoka, T. Yamaguchi, Aleinikov | Gamba | 4–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 5 | 18 May 1996 | | Cerezo | 0–2 | Gamba | Gillhaus, Kiba | Report |
| 6 | 14 September 1996 | Matsuyama, Matsunami | Gamba | 2–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 7 | 3 May 1997 | | Cerezo | 0–2 | Gamba | Krupni, Matsunami | Report |
| 8 | 23 August 1997 | Krupni (2), M'Boma | Gamba | 3–2 (g.g.) | Cerezo | Yokoyama (2) | Report |
| 9 | 21 March 1998 | Krupni | Gamba | 1–2 | Cerezo | Morishima, Yokoyama | Report |
| 10 | 15 September 1998 | Nishitani, Morishima | Cerezo | 2–1 | Gamba | Kojima | Report |
| 11 | 15 May 1999 | Drobnjak | Gamba | 1–2 | Cerezo | Morishima, S. H. Hwang | Report |
| 12 | 11 September 1999 | Manaka, Nishizawa, S. H. Hwang (2) | Cerezo | 4–1 | Gamba | Kojima | Report |
| 13 | 3 May 2000 | Yoshihara, Araiba | Gamba | 2–1 | Cerezo | Morishima | Report |
| 14 | 15 July 2000 | | Cerezo | 0–1 | Gamba | Vital | Report |
| 15 | 7 April 2001 | Yoshihara, Kojima | Gamba | 2–1 | Cerezo | Shi. Kurata | Report |
| 16 | 13 October 2001 | Oshiba, Yoon | Cerezo | 2–1 (g.g.) | Gamba | Yoshihara | Report |
| 17 | 13 July 2003 | | Gamba | 0–2 | Cerezo | Okubo, Miyamoto (o.g.) | Report |
| 18 | 19 October 2003 | | Cerezo | 0–2 | Gamba | Magrão, Futagawa | Report |
| 19 | 16 June 2004 | | Cerezo | 0–1 | Gamba | Nakayama | Report |
| 20 | 2 October 2004 | Fernandinho (2), S. Yamaguchi, Oguro (3), Yoshihara | Gamba | 7–1 | Cerezo | Okubo | Report |
| 21 | 14 May 2005 | Nishizawa (2) | Cerezo | 2–4 | Gamba | Oguro (2), Araújo (2) | Report |
| 22 | 23 July 2005 | Araújo (2), Hashimoto, Endo | Gamba | 4–1 | Cerezo | Tsurumi | Report |
| 23 | 12 March 2006 | Nishizawa | Cerezo | 1–6 | Gamba | Fernandinho (3), Magno Alves (3) | Report |
| 24 | 9 September 2006 | Bando (2), Endo | Gamba | 3–1 | Cerezo | Fujimoto | Report |
| 25 | 14 March 2010 | Adriano | Cerezo | 1–1 | Gamba | Myojin | Report |
| 26 | 18 September 2010 | Usami, Nakazawa, Yasuda | Gamba | 3–2 | Cerezo | Inui, Amaral | Report |
| 27 | 5 March 2011 | Adriano, Endo | Gamba | 2–1 | Cerezo | Shu Kurata | Report |
| 28 | 13 August 2011 | B. K. Kim | Cerezo | 1–1 | Gamba | Nakazawa | Report |
| 29 | 17 March 2012 | Branquinho, Kempes | Cerezo | 2–1 | Gamba | Paulinho | Report |
| 30 | 11 August 2012 | Sato (2) | Gamba | 2–2 | Cerezo | Edamura (2) | Report |
| 31 | 12 April 2014 | Forlán (2) | Cerezo | 2–2 | Gamba | Abe (2) | Report |
| 32 | 20 September 2014 | Abe, Sato | Gamba | 2–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 33 | 16 April 2017 | Sugimoto (2) | Cerezo | 2–2 | Gamba | Fujiharu, Shu Kurata | Report |
| 34 | 29 July 2017 | U. J. Hwang, Miura, Ademilson | Gamba | 3–1 | Cerezo | Sugimoto | Report |
| 35 | 21 April 2018 | U. J. Hwang | Gamba | 1–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 36 | 6 October 2018 | | Cerezo | 0–1 | Gamba | Ademilson | Report |
| 37 | 18 May 2019 | Shu Kurata | Gamba | 1–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 38 | 28 September 2019 | Mendes, Jonjić, Mizunuma | Cerezo | 3–1 | Gamba | J. H. Kim (o.g.) | Report |
| 39 | 4 July 2020 | Ademilson | Gamba | 1–2 | Cerezo | Okuno, Maruhashi | Report |
| 40 | 3 November 2020 | Toyokawa | Cerezo | 1–1 | Gamba | Ideguchi | Report |
| 41 | 2 May 2021 | Nakajima | Cerezo | 1–1 | Gamba | Patric | Report |
| 42 | 28 August 2021 | | Gamba | 0–1 | Cerezo | Riku Matsuda | Report |
| 43 | 21 May 2022 | Taggart, Okuno (2) | Cerezo | 3–1 | Gamba | Yamami | Report |
| 44 | 16 July 2022 | Kwon | Gamba | 1–2 | Cerezo | Yamada, Jean Patric | Report |
| 45 | 3 May 2023 | Dawhan | Gamba | 1–2 | Cerezo | Léo Ceará, Kato | Report |
| 46 | 28 October 2023 | Léo Ceará | Cerezo | 1–0 | Gamba | | Report |
| 47 | 6 May 2024 | Usami | Gamba | 1–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 48 | 2 October 2024 | Nishio | Cerezo | 1–0 | Gamba | | Report |
| 49 | 14 February 2025 | Lavi, Kurokawa | Gamba | 2–5 | Cerezo | Kitano (2), Kagawa, Tanaka, Nakajima | Report |
| 50 | 5 July 2025 | | Cerezo | | Gamba | | Report |

### Emperor's Cup

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 20 December 2003 | Baron (2), Okubo | Cerezo | 3–2 (g.g.) | Gamba | Araiba, Yoshihara | |
| 2 | 24 December 2005 | Morishima, Furuhashi, Fabinho | Cerezo | 3–1 | Gamba | Sidiclei | |
| 3 | 23 December 2012 | Kakitani | Cerezo | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Gamba | Endo, Ienaga | Report |

### J.League Cup

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 8 March 2003 | Matsunami | Gamba | 1–0 | Cerezo | | Report |
| 2 | 23 April 2003 | Tokushige, Nishizawa | Cerezo | 2–2 | Gamba | S. Yamaguchi, Oguro | Report |
| 3 | 6 August 2005 | | Cerezo | 0–3 | Gamba | Sidiclei, Hashimoto, Ienaga | Report |
| 4 | 13 August 2005 | Fernandinho, Araújo | Gamba | 2–2 | Cerezo | Zé Carlos, Furuhashi | Report |
| 5 | 4 October 2017 | Ricardo Santos, Kimoto | Cerezo | 2–2 | Gamba | Akasaki, Ide | Report |
| 6 | 8 October 2017 | Izumisawa | Gamba | 1–2 | Cerezo | Kakitani, Kimoto | Report |
| 7 | 1 September 2021 | | Cerezo | 0–1 | Gamba | Yamami | Report |
| 8 | 5 September 2021 | | Gamba | 0–4 | Cerezo | Yamada, Kato, Fujita, Riki Matsuda | Report |
| 9 | 23 February 2022 | Yamamoto, Yanagisawa | Gamba | 2–3 | Cerezo | Tameda, Uejo, Nakahara | Report |
| 10 | 23 April 2022 | | Cerezo | 0–0 | Gamba | | Report |
| 11 | 26 March 2023 | Meshino | Gamba | 1–1 | Cerezo | Maikuma | Report |
| 12 | 18 June 2023 | | Cerezo | 0–1 | Gamba | Handa | Report |

### AFC Champions League

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 22 May 2011 | | Gamba | 0–1 | Cerezo | Takahashi | |

### Friendly

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 4 March 1995 | unknown | Gamba | 0–3 | Cerezo | unknown | |
| 2 | 2 March 1996 | unknown | Cerezo | 1–1 | Gamba | unknown | |
| 3 | 1 March 1997 | unknown | Gamba | 2–2 | Cerezo | unknown | |
| 4 | 22 February 2009 | Kagawa | Cerezo | 1–0 | Gamba | | Report |

## Goalscorers

    As of 14 February 2025, competitive matches only
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fernandinho | Gamba | 6 |
| 1 | Hiroaki Morishima | Cerezo | 6 |
| 1 | Masashi Oguro | Gamba | 6 |
| 4 | Araújo | Gamba | 5 |
| 4 | Akinori Nishizawa | Cerezo | 5 |
| 4 | Kota Yoshihara | Gamba | 5 |
| 7 | Yasuhito Endo | Gamba | 4 |
| 7 | Krupni | Gamba | 4 |
| 9 | Hiroyuki Abe | Gamba | 3 |
| 9 | Ademilson | Gamba | 3 |
| 9 | Magno Alves | Gamba | 3 |
| 9 | Hwang Sun-hong | Cerezo | 3 |
| 9 | Hiromi Kojima | Gamba | 3 |
| 9 | Shu Kurata | Gamba Cerezo | 3 |
| 9 | Masanobu Matsunami | Gamba | 3 |
| 9 | Yoshito Okubo | Cerezo | 3 |
| 9 | Hiroaki Okuno | Cerezo | 3 |
| 9 | Akihiro Sato | Gamba | 3 |
| 9 | Kenyu Sugimoto | Cerezo | 3 |
| 9 | Takayuki Yokoyama | Cerezo | 3 |

## Players who played for both clubs

| Player | Gamba | Cerezo |
| Yoji Mizuguchi | 1980 | 1967–1971 |
| Hirokazu Sasaki | 1980–1992 | 1994–1995 |
| Tomoo Kudaka | 1981–1993 | 1994–1995 |
| Tomoyuki Kajino | 1983–1992 | 1992–1993 |
| Witthaya Laohakul | 1987–1990 | 1977–1978 |
| Lange | 1991–1992 | 1987–1991 |
| Katsuhiro Kusaki | 1992–1993 | 1981–1992 |
| Daisuke Saito | 1997–1999 | 2000–2002 |
| Yuji Hironaga | 1998–1999 | 2003–2004 |
| Ryuji Bando | 1998–1999, 2006–2009 | 2010–2013 |
| Toru Araiba | 1998–2003 | 2013–2014 |
| Hideo Hashimoto | 1998–2011 | 2015–2016 |
| Hiroshige Yanagimoto | 1999–2002 | 2003–2006 |
| Arata Kodama | 2001–2005 | 2012 |
| Motohiro Yoshida | 2003–2004 | 2005–2007 |
| Akihiro Ienaga | 2004–2007, 2012–2013 | 2010 |
| Akira Kaji | 2006–2014 | 1998–1999 |
| Shu Kurata | 2007–2009, 2012– | 2011 |
| Sota Nakazawa | 2007–2012 | 2015–2016 |
| Adriano | 2011 | 2010 |
| Yohei Takeda | 2012 | 2013 |
| Riku Matsuda | 2024 | 2016–2023 |
| Takeru Kishimoto | 2024– | 2016–2017 |
| Tokuma Suzuki | 2024– | 2022–2023 |