The 2023 Gamba Osaka season was the club's 43rd season in existence and the tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. The club finished the 2023 J1 League in 16th place, one place lower than the previous season and again narrowly avoiding relegation. They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they were knocked out in the second round by JFL club Kochi United and the J.League Cup where they reached the quarter-finals. No team conceded more league goals than Gamba and they finished with the second-worst goal difference, only marginally better than relegated Yokohama FC.
Players Season squad Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age at start of season) Goalkeepers 1 Masaaki Higashiguchi GK 25 Kei Ishikawa GK 99 Kosei Tani GK - Zhang Aolin Type 2 GK Defenders 2 Shota Fukuoka CB 3 Riku Handa RB 4 Hiroki Fujiharu LB 5 Genta Miura CB 13 Ryu Takao RB / CB 16 Yota Sato CB 19 Ibuki Konno DSP DF 20 Kwon Kyung-won CB 24 Keisuke Kurokawa LB / LM 26 Ko Yanagisawa RB 34 Yusei Egawa CB Midfielders 7 Takashi Usami (c) AM / SS / FW 8 Ryotaro Meshino LW / AM 10 Shu Kurata LM / RM 14 Yuya Fukuda LM / RM 18 Neta Lavi DM / CM 21 Dai Tsukamoto LM / FW 23 Dawhan DM / CM 27 Rin Mito DSP LM 28 Naohiro Sugiyama RW / AM 29 Yuki Yamamoto CM 41 Jiro Nakamura RM / AM 47 Juan Alano RM / AM 48 Hideki Ishige AM / RM / LM - Daiki Miyagawa Type 2 MF Forwards 9 Musashi Suzuki FW 11 Issam Jebali FW 37 Hiroto Yamami FW / LW
Transfers
Transfers inJoin onPos.PlayerMoving fromTransfer typePre-seasonGK Kosei Tani Shonan BellmareLoan returnPre-seasonDF Riku Handa Montedio YamagataFull transferPre-seasonDF Yusei Egawa V-Varen NagasakiFull transferPre-seasonDF Yota Sato Vegalta SendaiLoan returnPre-seasonDF Ibuki Konno Hosei UniversityLoan transfer; DSPPre-seasonMF Neta Lavi Maccabi HaifaFull transferPre-seasonMF Naohiro Sugiyama Roasso KumamotoFull transferPre-seasonMF Dawhan Santa RitaLoan transfer; Loan made permanentPre-seasonMF Rin Mito Kwansei Gakuin UniversityLoan transfer; DSPPre-seasonMF Dai Tsukamoto Zweigen KanazawaLoan returnPre-seasonFW Issam Jebali Odense BoldklubFull transferPre-seasonFW Harumi MinaminoGamba Osaka U18sPromotion
Transfers outLeave onPos.PlayerMoving toTransfer type1 JulMF Rihito Yamamoto Sint-TruidenLoan transfer10 MarMF Kohei Okuno Shonan BellmareLoan transferPre-seasonGK Taichi Kato–Contract expirationPre-seasonDF Gen Shoji Kashima AntlersFull transferPre-seasonMF Kosuke Onose Shonan BellmareFree transferPre-seasonMF Ren Shibamoto Tiamo HirakataFree transferPre-seasonMF Ju Se-jong Daejeon Hana CitizenFull transfer; Loan made permanentPre-seasonMF Ryuta Takahashi Nara ClubLoan transferPre-seasonMF Mitsuki Saito Shonan BellmareLoan expirationPre-seasonFW Wellington Silva CuiabáFree transferPre-seasonFW Leandro Pereira PersepolisFree transferPre-seasonFW Patric Kyoto SangaFree transferPre-seasonFW Isa Sakamoto Fagiano OkayamaLoan transferPre-seasonFW Harumi Minamino Tegevajaro MiyazakiLoan transfer
Friendlies
Competitions
J1 League
League table
Matches
Emperor's Cup
Gamba started the competition in the second round, as every J1 and J2 League club earned a bye from prefectural qualification.
J.League Cup
Quarter-finals
Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–2 on aggregate.
Goalscorers
Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total1MF 23 Dawhan 6017MF 47 Juan Alano 70073FW 7 Takashi Usami 5005FW 11 Issam Jebali 50055MF 8 Ryotaro Meshino 3014MF 48 Hideki Ishige 30147MF 14 Yuya Fukuda 10238DF 3 Riku Handa 1012DF 5 Genta Miura 1102DF 24 Keisuke Kurokawa 2002MF 28 Naohiro Sugiyama 002212 FW 9 Musashi Suzuki 1001MF 10 Shu Kurata 1001DF 20 Kwon Kyung-won 1001FW 37 Hiroto Yamami 1001 Total381847
References
External links Official website