The 2026–27 Gamba Osaka season is Japanese football club Gamba Osaka's 47th season in existence. They are playing in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite after winning the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two competition.
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 Shinnosuke Nakatani Nagoya Grampus 5 Genta Miura Shimizu S-Pulse 15 Takeru Kishimoto Shimizu S-Pulse 19 Ikegaya Ginjiro University of Tsukuba 21 Ryo Hatsuse Sheffield Wednesday 25 Ali Camara Amora F.C. 28 Soya Fujiwara Albirex Niigata 34 Yuya Yokoi Youth Team 67 Shogo Sasaki JEF United Chiba Haruki Ozawa Meiji University 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 32 Yuki Yoshihara Takushoku University 35 Taiki Tono Youth Team 39 Koshiro Sumi Júbilo Iwata 47 Shinya Nakano Shonan Bellmare 48 Yoshiki Fujimoto Youth team 60 Arata Okamoto Youth team 78 Juanpe Málaga Forwards 9 Daichi Hayashi 1. FC Nürnberg 11 Issam Jebali Odense Boldklub 14 Asahi Uenaka Yokohama F. Marinos 17 Ryoya Yamashita Yokohama FC 20 Eli Adams Newcastle Jets 23 Deniz Hümmet Djurgårdens 37 Naru Nakatsumi Youth Team 41 Yusei Toshida Tegevajaro Miyazaki 44 Kanji Okunuki 1. FC Nürnberg 97 Welton Felipe Levski Sofia Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa FC Tokyo Players loan out 6 Makoto Mitsuta Vissel Kobe 36 Takato Yamamoto Youth Team 38 Gaku Nawata Kamimura Gakuen High School 40 Shoji Toyama Tokyo Verdy Players left during mid-season
Staff PositionNameManager Jens Wissing (till 10 July) Tomokazu MyojinCoach Yasuhito Endō Shota Uemura Kazumichi TakagiGoalkeeper coach Motohiro YoshidaPhysical coach Koichiro YoshimichiAnalyst Kento NashimotoAssistant coach and interpreter Takanori OkaiDoctor Yusuke EnomotoPhysiotherapist Yuta Tanaka Yuki NakamuraTrainer and physiotherapist Ryosuke KajiTrainer Satoshi Ikeguchi Shotaro ShinbaInterpreter Masaki Kimura Kazushi Shimizu Yu OnoSide manager and competent Atsushi HashimotoSide manager and side affairs Junji Yamashita Shunsuke Hitomi
Transfers
In
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef Permanent transfer 31 May 2026 FW Makoto Mitsuta Vissel Kobe Return from loan 17 June 2026 DF Haruki Ozawa Meiji University Free 2 July 2026 FW Eli Adams Newcastle Jets Free 23 August 2026 MF Juanpe Málaga Free 4 September 2026 MF Koshiro Sumi Júbilo Iwata Free 9 September 2026 FW Yusei Toshida Tegevajaro Miyazaki Free 10 September 2026 DF Ali Camara Amora F.C. Free 14 September 2026 FW Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa FC Tokyo Undisclosed 15 September 2026 MF Soya Fujiwara Albirex Niigata Undisclosed
Out
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Permanent Transfer 30 April 2026 DF Philipp Max N.A. Mutual contract termination 30 June 2026 FW Harumi Minamino Urawa Red Diamonds Undisclosed 3 July 2026 MF Jiro Nakamura Tochigi SC Free Loan Transfer 28 June 2026 FW Shoji Toyama Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Season loan FW Makoto Mitsuta Kashiwa Reysol Season loan 7 July 2026 MF Takato Yamamoto Borussia Dortmund U23 Season loan 3 September 2026 MF Gaku Nawata Charleroi Season loan
Pre-season friendlies
Tour of Austria
Competitions J1 League
Matches The matches were unveiled on 13 June.
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite
Qualifying stage
League stage
Team statistics Appearances and goals
Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup 2026/27 AFC Champions League Elite TotalApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. GoalsApps. Goals1GK Masaaki Higashiguchi00101000202DF Shota Fukuoka2+10101010603DF Riku Handa00000000004DF Shinnosuke Nakatani812010201315DF Genta Miura00000000007MF Takashi Usami1+30230+1012858MF Ryotaro Meshino710+1110101029FW Daichi Hayashi000000000010MF Shu Kurata201+10000+105011FW Issam Jebali5+1200121+109413MF Shuto Abe7020102012014FW Asahi Uenaka2+2110000+106115DF Takeru Kishimoto600+1000209016MF Tokuma Suzuki4+10200+100+109017FW Ryoya Yamashita501110209018GK Rui Araki300000104019DF Ikegaya Ginjiro30210+10107120FW Eli Adams2+40100+100+109021DF Ryō Hatsuse7+101+10102013022GK Jun Ichimori501000107023FW Deniz Hümmet5+321100109325DF Ali Camara000000000027MF Rin Mito4+100010208028DF Soya Fujiwara100000001032MF Yuki Yoshihara0+300+2000005034DF Yuya Yokoi000000000035MF Taiki Tono0+100+1000002037FW Naru Nakatsumi1+100+20000+105039DF Kohshiro Sumi1+2000100+115141FW Yusei Toshida1+100000113144FW Kanji Okunuki000000000045MF Kaita Maruoka000000000047MF Shinya Nakano1+401010108048MF Yoshiki Fujimoto000000000060MF Arata Okamoto0+200000002067DF Shogo Sasaki3+201+100+110+109178MF Juanpe000000000097FW Welton Felipe0+11000+110022Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer6FW Makoto Mitsuta000000000036MF Takato Yamamoto000000000038MF Gaku Nawata1+2010000+115140FW Shoji Toyama0000000000
References
External links Official website