page_title: Gamba Osaka
section_title: Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: Gamba Osaka / Stadium
caption_attribution_description: English: The panoramic photograph of Suita City Football Stadium , J3 League , Gamba Osaka U-23 vs Grulla Morioka, 20 March, 2016.
context_page_description: Gamba Osaka are a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The team's name Gamba comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese ganbaru, meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". The team's home stadium is Suita City Football Stadium.
  Gamba Osaka is among the most accomplished Japanese clubs, having won several top-tier domestic titles, as well as the 2008 AFC Champions League.
context_section_description: Gamba Osaka used the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in the Expo Commemoration Park as its home stadium from 1980 through 2015, which seats around 21,000.
  The club began construction in December 2013 of a new soccer-specific stadium called Suita City Football Stadium in the same park, with a seating capacity of 	39,694. The new stadium had its inaugural official match during the Panasonic Cup on February 14, 2016, an exhibition match during which Gamba Osaka hosted fellow J1 club Nagoya Grampus.
caption: A panoramic view of Suita City Football Stadium
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