The 2025 Gamba Osaka season was the club's 45th season in existence and the twelfth consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. Having finished 4th in the 2024 J.League 1, they qualify for the 2025-2026 AFC Champions League Two.
Squad
Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth Last Team Goalkeepers 1 Masaaki Higashiguchi Albirex Niigata 18 Rui Araki Youth Team 22 Jun Ichimori Yokohama F. Marinos 31 Zhang Aolin Type 2 Youth Team Defenders 2 Shota Fukuoka Tokushima Vortis 3 Riku Handa Montedio Yamagata 4 Keisuke Kurokawa Kansai University 5 Genta Miura Shimizu S-Pulse 15 Takeru Kishimoto Shimizu S-Pulse 20 Shinnosuke Nakatani Nagoya Grampus 21 Ryo Hatsuse Sheffield Wednesday 67 Shogo Sasaki JEF United Chiba Midfielders 7 Takashi Usami (c) Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 Ryotaro Meshino Estoril 10 Shu Kurata Cerezo Osaka 13 Shuto Abe R.W.D. Molenbeek 16 Tokuma Suzuki Cerezo Osaka 27 Rin Mito Kwansei Gakuin University 38 Gaku Nawata Kamimura Gakuen High School 47 Juan Alano Kashima Antlers Forwards 9 Daichi Hayashi 1. FC Nürnberg 11 Issam Jebali Odense Boldklub 17 Ryoya Yamashita Yokohama FC 23 Deniz Hümmet Djurgårdens 42 Harumi Minamino Tochigi SC 44 Kanji Okunuki 1. FC Nürnberg 51 Makoto Mitsuta Sanfrecce Hiroshima 97 Welton Felipe Levski Sofia Players loan out 19 Ibuki Konno Ehime FC 33 Shinya Nakano Sagan Tosu 40 Shoji Toyama Roasso Kumamoto 41 Jiro Nakamura Matsumoto Yamaga Players left during mid-season 6 Neta Lavi Maccabi Haifa 13 Isa Sakamoto Fagiano Okayama 24 Yusei Egawa V-Varen Nagasaki
Club officials Club officials for 2026. Position NameManager Jens WissingAssistant manager Harry Pufal Special Advisor to head coach Jorn Erik WolfPhysical coach Timo Rosenberg Interpreter Yuki Masuda Matsuzaki Yutaka
Transfers Pre-season
In Transfers in DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 15 December 2024 GK Kosei Tani Machida Zelvia End of loan MF Jiro Nakamura Matsumoto Yamaga End of loan FW Harumi Minamino Tochigi SC End of loan FW Shoji Toyama Roasso Kumamoto End of loan FW Hiroto Yamami Tokyo Verdy End of loan FW Musashi Suzuki Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo End of loan MF Gaku Nawata Kamimura Gakuen High School Free 20 December 2024 DF Shogo Sasaki JEF United Chiba Undisclosed 6 January 2025 FW Kanji Okunuki 1. FC Nürnberg Free 8 March 2025 FW Deniz Hümmet Djurgårdens Free Loan Transfer 27 February 2025 FW Makoto Mitsuta Sanfrecce Hiroshima Season Loan till 31 Jan 2026
Out Transfers out DatePositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Permanent Transfer 26 December 2024 MF Yuya Fukuda Tokyo Verdy Free FW Hiroto Yamami Tokyo Verdy Free 27 December 2024 GK Kei Ishikawa Ventforet Kofu Free 4 January 2025 GK Kosei Tani Machida Zelvia Free 5 January 2025 MF Naohiro Sugiyama JEF United Chiba Free 6 January 2025 DF Riku Matsuda Vissel Kobe Free FW Musashi Suzuki Yokohama FC Free 12 January 2025 MF Dawhan Beijing Guoan Free 3 March 2025 MF Kota Yamada Yokohama FC Free Loan Transfer 3 January 2025 MF Ibuki Konno Ehime FC Season loan 5 January 2025 FW Ryuta Takahashi Giravanz Kitakyushu Season loan 6 January 2025 MF Jiro Nakamura FC Gifu Season loan 12 January 2025 FW Isa Sakamoto K.V.C. Westerlo Season loan
Mid-season
In Transfers in DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 27 May 2025 MF Shuto Abe R.W.D. Molenbeek Free 14 August 2025 DF Ryo Hatsuse Sheffield Wednesday Free
Out Transfers out DatePositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Permanent Transfer 4 June 2025 MF Yusei Egawa V-Varen Nagasaki Free 20 June 2025 FW Isa Sakamoto K.V.C. Westerlo Undisclosed 12 August 2025 MF Neta Lavi FC Machida Zelvia Undisclosed FW Shoji Toyama Tokyo Verdy Undisclosed Loan Transfer August 2025 MF Shinya Nakano Shonan Bellmare Season loan
Friendly Pre-season
Competitions J1 League
Matches
J.League Cup
Emperor's Cup
AFC Champions League Two
Group stage
Knockout stage
Team statistics Appearances and goals
Player J1 League J.League Cup Emperor's Cup 2025/26 AFC Champions League Two TotalApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. Goals1GK Masaaki Higashiguchi103000601002DF Shota Fukuoka32+210+301+102+114223DF Riku Handa381301+10504814DF Keisuke Kurokawa34+32100+11504435DF Genta Miura5+300020601606MF Neta Lavi15+312020002217MF Takashi Usami22+98110+102+2137108MF Ryotaro Meshino3+6000002+211319FW Daichi Hayashi0000000+101010MF Shu Kurata12+1340+200+100+2030411FW Issam Jebali15+1370+10124+11351013MF Shuto Abe151000+205+1223315DF Takeru Kishimoto5+1942+101+101+4034416MF Tokuma Suzuki22+1102+10203+2043017FW Ryoya Yamashita27+671+20104+2243920DF Shinnosuke Nakatani352301+114044321DF Ryō Hatsuse400000105022GK Jun Ichimori37000200039023FW Deniz Hümmet21+8631112+32381027MF Rin Mito11+9120004226333DF Shinya Nakano0+7020200011038MF Gaku Nawata1+302000228240FW Shoji Toyama0+500+1100006142FW Harumi Minamino1+810+10000+1011144FW Kanji Okunuki4+7100004+2017147MF Juan Alano13+1512+11201034251FW Makoto Mitsuta30+520+30202+3045267DF Shogo Sasaki3+4020110+2012197FW Welton Felipe8+51100+2011172Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club on loan transfer19DF Ibuki Konno0000000000Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club permanently 13FW Isa Sakamoto000000000024DF Yusei Egawa2+2010000050
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References
External links Official website