# 2020 Gamba Osaka season

The 2020 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 27th season in the J1 League and 33rd overall in the Japanese top flight. The team also competed in the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup competitions.

## Pre-season friendlies

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F-A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 18 January 2020 | Okinawa SV | A | 4 – 1 | | |
| 22 January 2020 | V-Varen Nagasaki | N | 2 – 1 | | |

## First team squad

As of 23 February 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Masaaki Higashiguchi |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Gen Shoji |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Fujiharu |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Genta Miura (captain) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Yasuhito Endō |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kosuke Onose |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ademilson |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shu Kurata |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yuji Ono |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Shunya Suganuma |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yuya Fukuda |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Ideguchi |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Jun Ichimori |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Ryo Shinzato |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Patric |
| 19 | DF | KOR | Kim Young-gwon |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Daisuke Takagi |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Shinya Yajima |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Mizuki Ichimaru |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Kurokawa |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Kei Ishikawa |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Kohei Okuno |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Ryu Takao |
| 28 | DF | PHI | Tabinas Jefferson |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Yuki Yamamoto |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Dai Tsukamoto |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Haruki Saruta |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Ren Shibamoto |
| 33 | FW | JPN | Takashi Usami |
| 34 | FW | JPN | Shuhei Kawasaki |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Yamaguchi |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Riku Matsuda |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Haruto Shirai |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Shoji Toyama |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Kazuma Watanabe |
| 40 | DF | KOR | Shin Won-ho |

## J1 League
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 December 2020. Source:

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 83 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 65 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 59 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020 Emperor's Cup, Kawasaki Frontale, qualified for the Champions League group stage, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot given to the third-place team (Champions League play-off round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

### Results
## Squad statistics
### Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Ademilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Shu Kurata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | 21 | Shinya Yajima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | 39 | Kazuma Watanabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | DF | 5 | Genta Miura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 8 July 2020. Source: