The is the local derby in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, between fierce rivals Cerezo Osaka (based in Osaka City) and Gamba Osaka (based in Suita).
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
CompetitionCerezoGambaJSL Division 140J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League02Emperor's Cup45JSL Cup / J.League Cup42Japanese Super Cup12Asian Club Championship/AFC Champions League/AFC Champions League Elite01AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two01Total1313
Statistics
CompetitionPlayed Cerezo winsDrawsGamba winsCerezo goalsGamba goals JSL Division 1843196 J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League50187256284 J1 100 Year Vision League211010 Emperor's Cup5401137 J.League Cup123541616 AFC Champions League110010 Total78311631102113
Matches JSL Division 1 #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport129 November 1986unknownYanmar2–1MatsushitaunknownReport213 May 1987unknownMatsushita2–2YanmarunknownReport327 November 1988unknownYanmar1–0MatsushitaunknownReport423 April 1989unknownMatsushita1–3YanmarunknownReport57 October 1989unknownYanmar0–0MatsushitaunknownReport627 January 1990unknownMatsushita0–1YanmarunknownReport728 October 1990unknownMatsushita2–0YanmarunknownReport824 February 1991unknownYanmar0–0MatsushitaunknownReport
J.League/J.League Division 1/J1 League #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport13 May 1995ValdésCerezo1–0GambaReport219 July 1995AleinikovGamba1–0CerezoReport330 September 1995Bernardo, Marquinhos, MorishimaCerezo3–2GambaIsogai (2)Report422 November 1995Gillhaus, Hiraoka, T. Yamaguchi, AleinikovGamba4–0CerezoReport518 May 1996Cerezo0–2GambaGillhaus, KibaReport614 September 1996Matsuyama, MatsunamiGamba2–0CerezoReport73 May 1997Cerezo0–2GambaKrupni, MatsunamiReport823 August 1997Krupni (2), M'BomaGamba3–2 (g.g.)CerezoYokoyama (2)Report921 March 1998KrupniGamba1–2CerezoMorishima, YokoyamaReport1015 September 1998Nishitani, MorishimaCerezo2–1GambaKojimaReport1115 May 1999DrobnjakGamba1–2CerezoMorishima, S. H. HwangReport1211 September 1999Manaka, Nishizawa, S. H. Hwang (2)Cerezo4–1GambaKojimaReport133 May 2000Yoshihara, AraibaGamba2–1CerezoMorishimaReport1415 July 2000Cerezo0–1GambaVitalReport157 April 2001Yoshihara, KojimaGamba2–1CerezoShi. KurataReport1613 October 2001Oshiba, YoonCerezo2–1 (g.g.)GambaYoshiharaReport1713 July 2003Gamba0–2CerezoOkubo, Miyamoto (o.g.)Report1819 October 2003Cerezo0–2GambaMagrão, FutagawaReport1916 June 2004Cerezo0–1GambaNakayamaReport202 October 2004Fernandinho (2), S. Yamaguchi, Oguro (3), YoshiharaGamba7–1CerezoOkuboReport2114 May 2005Nishizawa (2)Cerezo2–4GambaOguro (2), Araújo (2)Report2223 July 2005Araújo (2), Hashimoto, EndoGamba4–1CerezoTsurumiReport2312 March 2006NishizawaCerezo1–6GambaFernandinho (3), Magno Alves (3)Report249 September 2006Bando (2), EndoGamba3–1CerezoFujimotoReport2514 March 2010AdrianoCerezo1–1GambaMyojinReport2618 September 2010Usami, Nakazawa, YasudaGamba3–2CerezoInui, AmaralReport275 March 2011Adriano, EndoGamba2–1CerezoShu KurataReport2813 August 2011B. K. KimCerezo1–1GambaNakazawaReport2917 March 2012Branquinho, KempesCerezo2–1GambaPaulinhoReport3011 August 2012Sato (2)Gamba2–2CerezoEdamura (2)Report3112 April 2014Forlán (2)Cerezo2–2GambaAbe (2)Report3220 September 2014Abe, SatoGamba2–0CerezoReport3316 April 2017Sugimoto (2)Cerezo2–2GambaFujiharu, Shu KurataReport3429 July 2017U. J. Hwang, Miura, AdemilsonGamba3–1CerezoSugimotoReport3521 April 2018U. J. HwangGamba1–0CerezoReport366 October 2018Cerezo0–1GambaAdemilsonReport3718 May 2019Shu KurataGamba1–0CerezoReport3828 September 2019Mendes, Jonjić, MizunumaCerezo3–1GambaJ. H. Kim (o.g.)Report394 July 2020AdemilsonGamba1–2CerezoOkuno, MaruhashiReport403 November 2020ToyokawaCerezo1–1GambaIdeguchiReport412 May 2021NakajimaCerezo1–1GambaPatricReport4228 August 2021Gamba0–1CerezoRiku MatsudaReport4321 May 2022Taggart, Okuno (2)Cerezo3–1GambaYamamiReport4416 July 2022KwonGamba1–2CerezoYamada, Jean PatricReport453 May 2023DawhanGamba1–2CerezoLéo Ceará, KatoReport4628 October 2023Léo CearáCerezo1–0Gamba Report476 May 2024UsamiGamba1–0Cerezo Report482 October 2024NishioCerezo1–0Gamba Report4914 February 2025Lavi, KurokawaGamba2–5CerezoKitano (2), Kagawa, Tanaka, NakajimaReport505 July 2025Cerezo0–1GambaHandaReport
J1 100 Year Vision League #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport17 February 2026 Cerezo0–0 GambaReport211 April 2026 Gamba0–1CerezoThiagoReport
Emperor's Cup #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport122 December 1982unknownMatsushita2–4YanmarunknownReport219 December 1984unknownMatsushita0–2YanmarunknownReport320 December 2003Baron (2), OkuboCerezo3–2 (g.g.)GambaAraiba, YoshiharaReport424 December 2005Morishima, Furuhashi, FabinhoCerezo3–1GambaSidicleiReport523 December 2012KakitaniCerezo1–2 GambaEndo, IenagaReport
J.League Cup #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport18 March 2003MatsunamiGamba1–0CerezoReport223 April 2003Tokushige, NishizawaCerezo2–2GambaS. Yamaguchi, OguroReport36 August 2005Cerezo0–3GambaSidiclei, Hashimoto, IenagaReport413 August 2005Fernandinho, AraújoGamba2–2CerezoZé Carlos, FuruhashiReport54 October 2017Ricardo Santos, KimotoCerezo2–2GambaAkasaki, IdeReport68 October 2017IzumisawaGamba1–2CerezoKakitani, KimotoReport71 September 2021Cerezo0–1GambaYamamiReport85 September 2021Gamba0–4CerezoYamada, Kato, Fujita, Riki MatsudaReport923 February 2022Yamamoto, YanagisawaGamba2–3CerezoTameda, Uejo, NakaharaReport1023 April 2022Cerezo0–0GambaReport1126 March 2023MeshinoGamba1–1CerezoMaikumaReport1218 June 2023Cerezo0–1GambaHandaReport
AFC Champions League #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport122 May 2011Gamba0–1CerezoTakahashiReport
Friendly #DateHome scorersHomeResultAwayAway scorersReport14 March 1995unknownGamba0–3Cerezounknown22 March 1996unknownCerezo1–1Gambaunknown31 March 1997unknownGamba2–2Cerezounknown422 February 2009KagawaCerezo1–0GambaReport
Goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 FernandinhoGamba6 Hiroaki MorishimaCerezo Masashi OguroGamba4 AraújoGamba5 Akinori NishizawaCerezo Kota YoshiharaGamba7 Yasuhito EndoGamba4 KrupniGamba9 Hiroyuki AbeGamba3 AdemilsonGamba Magno AlvesGamba Hwang Sun-hongCerezo Hiromi KojimaGamba Shu KurataGambaCerezo Masanobu MatsunamiGamba Yoshito OkuboCerezo Hiroaki OkunoCerezo Akihiro SatoGamba Kenyu SugimotoCerezo Takayuki YokoyamaCerezo
Players who played for both clubs PlayerGambaCerezo Yoji Mizuguchi19801967–1971 Hirokazu Sasaki1980–19921994–1995 Tomoo Kudaka1981–19931994–1995 Tomoyuki Kajino1983–19921992–1993 Witthaya Laohakul1987–19901977–1978 Lange1991–19921987–1991 Katsuhiro Kusaki1992–19931981–1992 Daisuke Saito1997–19992000–2002 Yuji Hironaga1998–19992003–2004 Ryuji Bando1998–1999, 2006–20092010–2013 Toru Araiba1998–20032013–2014 Hideo Hashimoto1998–20112015–2016 Hiroshige Yanagimoto1999–20022003–2006 Arata Kodama2001–20052012 Motohiro Yoshida2003–20042005–2007 Akihiro Ienaga2004–2007, 2012–20132010 Akira Kaji2006–20141998–1999 Shu Kurata2007–2009, 2012–2011 Sota Nakazawa2007–20122015–2016 Adriano20112010 Yohei Takeda20122013 Riku Matsuda20242016–2023 Takeru Kishimoto2024–2016–2017 Tokuma Suzuki2024–2022–2023
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