1993 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka
1993 season
ManagerKunishige Kamamoto
StadiumExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
J. League7th
Emperor's Cup2nd Round
J. League CupSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Akihiro Nagashima (12)
All: Akihiro Nagashima (17)
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance15,993 (vs JEF United Ichihara, 22 May 1993)
Average home league attendance20,500

1993 Gamba Osaka season

Review and events

League results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 16 0 20 51 65  −14 48 7 0 11 23 32  −9 9 0 9 28 33  −5

Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORD & DATA 1994. ISBN 4-09-102309-6.

League results by round

J. League Suntory series (first stage)
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHHAAHHAHAAAHAAHA
ResultWLLLLWWLLWWLLWWLLW
Position579999799989997788
Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORD & DATA 1994. ISBN 4-09-102309-6.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
J. League NICOS series (second stage)
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLLLWWWWLLLWLLWWWLL
Position71010965446878876566
Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORD & DATA 1994. ISBN 4-09-102309-6.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Competitions

CompetitionsPosition
J. League7th / 10 clubs
Emperor's Cup2nd Round
J. League CupSemifinals

Domestic results

J. League

Suntory series

16 May 1993 (1993-05-16) 1st-1Gamba Osaka1–0Urawa Red DiamondsExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09) Wada  29' J. League Attendance: 19,580
Referee: Kenji Tanaka
Assistant referees: Kazuo Kakihana, Yoshitsugu Katayama
Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko
19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1st-2Yokohama Marinos1–0 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Gamba OsakaYokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09) Bisconti  112' J. League Attendance: 10,332
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
Assistant referees: Keiichi Sunakawa, Kazuaki Hamaguchi
Fourth official: Tōru Kamikawa
22 May 1993 (1993-05-22) 1st-3Gamba Osaka0–3JEF United IchiharaExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) J. League Littbarski  28'
Pavel  39'
Ejiri  89'
Attendance: 15,993
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
Assistant referees: Kazunori Okada, Kazuya Yanagisawa
Fourth official: Kazuo Kakihana
26 May 1993 (1993-05-26) 1st-4Gamba Osaka1–1 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)
(6–7 p)
Shimizu S-PulseExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
18:59 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  39' J. League Edu  67' Attendance: 16,707
Referee: Martin Bodenham
Assistant referees: Kōetsu Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Hemmi
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
Penalties
29 May 1993 (1993-05-29) 1st-5Kashima Antlers4–0Gamba OsakaKashima Soccer Stadium
16:57 JST (UTC+09) Santos  17'
Hasegawa  23', 71'
Alcindo  37'
J. League Attendance: 14,058
Referee: Hideo Kikuchi
Assistant referees: Takashi Kunori, Masato Nogami
Fourth official: Ichirō Inukai
2 June 1993 (1993-06-02) 1st-6Yokohama Flügels0–1Gamba OsakaYokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09) J. League Nagashima  36' Attendance: 9,725
Referee: Tatsumi Ōno
Assistant referees: Mitsuru Satō, Keiichi Sunakawa
Fourth official: Senri Takahashi
5 June 1993 (1993-06-05) 1st-7Gamba Osaka3–1Nagoya Grampus EightKobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
18:30 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  15', 37', 84' J. League Jorginho  9' Attendance: 38,304
Referee: Shinichirō Obata
Assistant referees: Yoshitsugu Katayama, Toyohide Kanda
Fourth official: Kazuya Yanagisawa
9 June 1993 (1993-06-09) 1st-8Gamba Osaka1–1 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Sanfrecce HiroshimaExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09) Matsunami  31' J. League Černý  10' Attendance: 19,351
Referee: Kenji Tanaka
Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Sōichirō Kaneko
Fourth official: Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Penalties
12 June 1993 (1993-06-12) 1st-9Verdy Kawasaki1–0 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Gamba OsakaKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
15:02 JST (UTC+09) Miura  92' J. League Attendance: 10,058
Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta
Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Kimio Izaki
Fourth official: Kazuo Shirato
16 June 1993 (1993-06-16) 1st-10Gamba Osaka2–1 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Yokohama MarinosExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
18:59 JST (UTC+09) Kusaki  89' 109' J. League Hirakawa  41' Attendance: 19,247
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Yoshitsugu Katayama
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
19 June 1993 (1993-06-19) 1st-11Urawa Red Diamonds1–3Gamba OsakaUrawa Komaba Stadium
15:31 JST (UTC+09) Fukuda  84' (pen.) J. League Nagashima  22'
Isogai  46'
Matsunami  73'
Attendance: 8,953
Referee: Hideo Kikuchi
Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Naotsugu Fuse
Fourth official: Morihiko Yamaji
23 June 1993 (1993-06-23) 1st-12Shimizu S-Pulse3–2Gamba OsakaKusanagi Athletic Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) Edu  23', 84'
Mukōjima  68'
J. League Flavio  34', 71' Attendance: 15,703
Referee: Hideo Kikuchi
Assistant referees: Kazunori Okada, Yoshio Sawada
Fourth official: Teruhito Kudō
26 June 1993 (1993-06-26) 1st-13Gamba Osaka2–4Kashima AntlersExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
16:59 JST (UTC+09) Müller  31'
Flavio  48' (pen.)
J. League Santos  50'
Alcindo  52' (pen.)
Hasegawa  63'
Kurosaki  76'
Attendance: 20,318
Referee: Martin Bodenham
Assistant referees: Yoshitsugu Katayama, Kazuo Kakihana
Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko
30 June 1993 (1993-06-30) 1st-14Gamba Osaka2–1Yokohama FlügelsExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  14'
Müller  31'
J. League Angelo  89' Attendance: 16,506
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
Assistant referees: Yoshitsugu Katayama, Yasuhiro Hemmi
Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko
3 July 1993 (1993-07-03) 1st-15Nagoya Grampus Eight2–3Gamba OsakaMie Sports Garden
18:30 JST (UTC+09) Gotō  64'
Pita  71'
J. League Müller  51', 85'
Nagashima  87'
Attendance: 12,167
Referee: Tetsuya Hamana
Assistant referees: Takeshi Ōkura, Yoshimi Ogawa
Fourth official: Takayoshi Kashino
7 July 1993 (1993-07-07) 1st-16Sanfrecce Hiroshima4–3 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Gamba OsakaHiroshima Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09) Kazama  19'
Černý  46'
Matsuda  70'
Takagi  90'
J. League Matsunami  23'
Müller  43', 59'
Attendance: 12,731
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
Assistant referees: Kazunori Okada, Hiroshi Tanabe
Fourth official: Ryōichi Nishida
10 July 1993 (1993-07-10) 1st-17Gamba Osaka2–3Verdy KawasakiExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
16:03 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  29'
Müller  71'
J. League Takeda  16'
Kitazawa  40'
Hashiratani  85'
Attendance: 21,447
Referee: Shinichirō Obata
Assistant referees: Yasuhiro Hemmi, Toyohide Kanda
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
14 July 1993 (1993-07-14) 1st-18JEF United Ichihara0–1Gamba OsakaIchihara Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) J. League Azuma  22' Attendance: 9,113
Referee: Tetsuya Hamana
Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Satoru Ishizawa
Fourth official: Tatsuya Sakata

NICOS series

24 July 1993 (1993-07-24) 2nd-1Gamba Osaka0–1 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Kashima AntlersExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09) J. League Santos  107' Attendance: 22,677
Referee: Yōtarō Moritsu
Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Fourth official: Kazuo Kakihana
31 July 1993 (1993-07-31) 2nd-2Verdy Kawasaki2–0Gamba OsakaHakatanomori Athletic Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) Takeda  53'
Miura  80'
J. League Attendance: 27,674
Referee: Kenji Tanaka
Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Hideaki Harada
Fourth official: Masatoshi Shibata
4 August 1993 (1993-08-04) 2nd-3Gamba Osaka0–1Urawa Red DiamondsExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
18:59 JST (UTC+09) J. League Hashiratani  3' Attendance: 20,259
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Sōichirō Kaneko
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
8 August 1993 (1993-08-08) 2nd-4Sanfrecce Hiroshima0–2Gamba OsakaHiroshima Big Arch
19:03 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  49'
Kudaka  75'
J. League Attendance: 34,872
Referee: Kenji Tanaka
Assistant referees: Kazuo Kakihana, Hiroshi Tanabe
Fourth official: Satoru Yamada
14 August 1993 (1993-08-14) 2nd-5Gamba Osaka2–1Yokohama MarinosExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
16:03 JST (UTC+09) Metkov  2', 68' J. League Bisconti  31' Attendance: 21,509
Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta
Assistant referees: Kazuo Kakihana, Hideaki Harada
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
20 August 1993 (1993-08-20) 2nd-6Gamba Osaka2–0JEF United IchiharaExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) Matsuyama  79'
Isogai  89'
J. League Attendance: 20,438
Referee: Kenji Tanaka
Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Yoshitsugu Katayama
Fourth official: Kazunori Okada
25 August 1993 (1993-08-25) 2nd-7Nagoya Grampus Eight0–2Gamba OsakaHakatanomori Athletic Stadium
19:02 JST (UTC+09) J. League Wada  39'
Matsuyama  77'
Attendance: 27,356
Referee: Kiichirō Tachi
Assistant referees: Masato Nogami, Hideaki Harada
Fourth official: Hiroyuki Izumi
28 August 1993 (1993-08-28) 2nd-8Gamba Osaka0–0 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Yokohama FlügelsExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) J. League Attendance: 21,330
Referee: Yōtarō Moritsu
Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Kazuya Yanagisawa
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
Penalties
3 September 1993 (1993-09-03) 2nd-9Shimizu S-Pulse3–2Gamba OsakaNihondaira Sports Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09) Sawanobori  43', 49'
Mukōjima  89'
J. League Isogai  53'
Flavio  61'
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: Shizuo Takada
Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Yoshimi Ogawa
Fourth official: Takuji Fukazawa
6 November 1993 (1993-11-06) 2nd-10Gamba Osaka0–4Verdy KawasakiKobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09) J. League Takeda  44', 76', 79'
Kitazawa  67'
Attendance: 41,054
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi
Assistant referees: Fumikazu Shioyazono, Sōichirō Kaneko
Fourth official: Kazunori Okada
10 November 1993 (1993-11-10) 2nd-11Kashima Antlers3–4 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Gamba OsakaKashima Soccer Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09)  53' (o.g.)
Alcindo  73'
Hasegawa  89'
J. League Nagashima  10'
Isogai  59'
Matsunami  89'
Minobe  117'
Attendance: 13,417
Referee: Kiichirō Tachi
Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Mayuzumi, Takashi Kunori
Fourth official: Ichirō Inukai
13 November 1993 (1993-11-13) 2nd-12Gamba Osaka3–6Sanfrecce HiroshimaExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
15:33 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  27'
Minobe  33'
Isogai  58'
J. League Takagi  25', 60'
Černý  43'
Noh  67'
Jönsson  75'
Moriyama  85'
Attendance: 19,290
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi
Assistant referees: Kōetsu Kikuchi, Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Fourth official: Tsuyoshi Miyake
17 November 1993 (1993-11-17) 2nd-13Yokohama Marinos4–0Gamba OsakaYokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
19:03 JST (UTC+09) Everton  7'
Díaz  56', 83'
Mizunuma  70'
J. League Attendance: 13,589
Referee: Masahiro Sogawa
Assistant referees: Keiichi Sunakawa, Noboru Ishiyama
Fourth official: Haruo Suzuki
20 November 1993 (1993-11-20) 2nd-14JEF United Ichihara3–4 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)Gamba OsakaIchihara Stadium
14:59 JST (UTC+09) Otze  26', 86'
Pavel  45'
J. League Isogai  44'
Matsunami  65', 78' 94'
Attendance: 10,395
Referee: Kiichirō Tachi
Assistant referees: Hideo Kikuchi, Masahiro Katagiri
Fourth official: Fujirō Masukura
27 November 1993 (1993-11-27) 2nd-15Gamba Osaka2–2 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Nagoya Grampus EightKyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
15:01 JST (UTC+09) Ishii  68'
Matsuyama  86'
J. League Moriyama  18'
Gotō  83'
Attendance: 13,069
Referee: Shinichirō Obata
Assistant referees: Yoshitsugu Katayama, Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Fourth official: Hiroyuki Ishida
Penalties
1 December 1993 (1993-12-01) 2nd-16Yokohama Flügels0–1Gamba OsakaNagasaki Stadium
19:04 JST (UTC+09) J. League Yamaguchi  54' Attendance: 14,374
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi
Assistant referees: Kazuya Yanagisawa, Hideaki Harada
Fourth official: Shigehisa Yamaguchi
8 December 1993 (1993-12-08) 2nd-17Gamba Osaka0–2Shimizu S-PulseExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) J. League Iwashita  28'
Hasegawa  34'
Attendance: 21,207
Referee: Yōtarō Moritsu
Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Kazuya Yanagisawa
Fourth official: Sōichirō Kaneko
15 December 1993 (1993-12-15) 2nd-18Urawa Red Diamonds2–0Gamba OsakaUrawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+09) Mizuuchi  39', 64' J. League Attendance: 8,940
Referee: Kiyoshi Ōta
Assistant referees: Yū Nakamura, Mitsuru Satō
Fourth official: Izumi Okada

Emperor's Cup

5 December 1993 (1993-12-05) 1st RoundKochi University0–5Gamba OsakaGifu Nagaragawa Stadium
: JST (UTC+09) Matsunami  ?', ?'
Yamaguchi  ?', ?'
Aleinikov  ?'
Attendance: 25,434
11 December 1993 (1993-12-11) 2nd RoundNagoya Grampus Eight3–2Gamba OsakaKyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
: JST (UTC+09) Yonekura  ?', ?'
Jorginho  ?'
Yamaguchi  ?'
Matsuyama  ?'
Attendance: 13,211

J. League Cup

11 September 1993 (1993-09-11) GL-A-1Kashiwa Reysol0–1Gamba OsakaKashiwa Hitachi Stadium
18:30 JST (UTC+09) J. League Kudaka  76' Attendance: 14,380
Referee: Hideo Kikuchi
Assistant referees: Kimio Izaki, Naotsugu Fuse
Fourth official: Tetsuya Azuma
15 September 1993 (1993-09-15) GL-A-2Gamba Osaka1–1 (sudden-death) (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Shonan BellmareExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
19:02 JST (UTC+09) Müller  28' J. League Betinho  89' Attendance: 22,016
Referee: Yōtarō Moritsu
Assistant referees: Yasuhiro Hemmi, Toyohide Kanda
Fourth official: Kazuo Kakihana
Penalties
18 September 1993 (1993-09-18) GL-A-3Verdy Kawasaki5–1Gamba OsakaTokyo National Stadium
18:31 JST (UTC+09) Bismarck  15', 44'
Y. Katō  35'
Fujiyoshi  66'
Nagai  82'
J. League Kazuaki Koezuka  31' Attendance: 47,373
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi
Assistant referees: Hiroshi Fukuda, Noboru Ishiyama
Fourth official: Katsunori Moriya
25 September 1993 (1993-09-25) GL-A-4Gamba Osaka3–4Kashima AntlersKobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
19:02 JST (UTC+09)  44' (o.g.)
Aleinikov  50'
Nagashima  82'
J. League Alcindo  29'
Gaya  35'
Carlos  51'
Hasegawa  57'
Attendance: 40,795
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
Assistant referees: Yoshikazu Hiroshima, Sōichirō Kaneko
Fourth official: Yasuhiro Hemmi
1 October 1993 (1993-10-01) GL-A-5JEF United Ichihara3–4Gamba OsakaIchihara Stadium
19:01 JST (UTC+09) Pavel  30'
Otze  53'
Nakanishi  85'
J. League Kusaki  41'
Flavio  44' (pen.)
Metkov  50'
Nagashima  82'
Attendance: 9,828
Referee: Tetsuya Hamana
Assistant referees: Hisashi Uemura, Takeshi Ōkura
Fourth official: Terunobu Kakinuma
GL-A-6bye
16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) GL-A-7Gamba Osaka5–0Sanfrecce HiroshimaKyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium
18:33 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  10'
Yamaguchi  20', 63'
Metkov  44'
Matsunami  83'
J. League Attendance: 13,831
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi
Assistant referees: Noboru Ishiyama, Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Fourth official: Yoshitsugu Katayama
23 October 1993 (1993-10-23) SemifinalsGamba Osaka2–4Shimizu S-PulseExpo '70 Commemorative Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+09) Nagashima  27', 86' J. League Tajima  19'
Ōenoki  35', 75'
Edu  70'
Attendance: 20,497
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
Assistant referees: Morihisa Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Umemoto
Fourth official: Yoshitsugu Katayama

Player statistics

[1][2][3][4]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalJ-LeagueEmperor's CupJ-League Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Kenji Honnami 1601600000
GK Hayato Okanaka 2802001070
GK Tōru Kawashima 10001000
GK Kiyoshi Fujii 00000000
DF Tomoyuki Kajino 3002301060
DF Jia Xiuquan 2702500020
DF Susumu Uemura 70500020
DF Takahiro Shimada 1301200010
DF Naohiko Minobe 1721320040
DF Tōru Morikawa 20100010
DF Hiroki Azuma 1411211010
DF Yoshihisa Matsushima 00000000
DF Sōjirō Ishii 1711412010
DF Yuji Hashimoto 10100000
DF Shōji Nonoshita 60400020
DF Tetsuya Ogura 00000000
DF Claudio 00000000
DF Kaoru Asano 30300000
DF Kazuya Matsuda 00000000
DF Takehiro Katō 00000000
DF Masao Kiba 00000000
DF Kiyotaka Hirai 00000000
MF Müller 2081870021
MF Katsuhiro Kusaki 1631320031
MF Tomoo Kudaka 3422612061
MF Rinaldo 40400000
MF Masahiro Wada 4223422060
MF Flavio[note 1] 3052342051
MF Sachio Nakagoe 00000000
MF Kazuaki Koezuka 2011500051
MF Kunio Kitamura 40300010
MF Hiromitsu Isogai 3462862040
MF Masayuki Mita 00000000
MF Yūji Yaso 30300000
MF Kōji Kondō 3202802020
MF Takashi Umezawa 00000000
MF Akira Kubota 00000000
MF Taizō Komai 00000000
MF Shigeru Morioka 10100000
FW Akihiro Nagashima 381732120065
FW Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 2442232100
FW Yoshiaki Satō 00000000
FW Toshihiro Yamaguchi 136612352
FW Naoki Hiraoka 00000000
FW Hirohito Nakamura 00000000
FW Hiroto Yamamura 00000000
FW Masanobu Matsunami 34102971241
MF Aleinikov 2221502151
MF Metkov 1941022072
  • Source:
  • † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

Transfers

[5][1]

Transfers during the season

In

Out

Notes

  1. His position was DF in Suntory series.

References

  • J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1993 Suntory series. ISBN 4-09-102303-7.
  • J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1993 NICOS series / Yamazaki Nabisco Cup. ISBN 4-09-102305-3.
  • J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORD & DATA 1994. ISBN 4-09-102309-6.
  • GAMBA OSAKA History Book 1991-2011. ISBN 978-4-583-61790-9.
  1. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1993 Suntory series. ISBN 4-09-102303-7.
  2. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1993 NICOS series / Yamazaki Nabisco Cup. ISBN 4-09-102305-3.
  3. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORD & DATA 1994. ISBN 4-09-102309-6.
  4. J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999. ISBN 4-88752-099-9.
  5. J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1992-1993. ISBN 4-09-102301-0.
  6. ガンバ大阪の助っ人、エジバウド選手がブラジルで事故死, Asahi Shimbun 1993 January 16
  7. ガンバ大阪に新外国人選手アレイニコフの入団が内定/サッカー・Jリーグ, Yomiuri Shimbun 1993 July 20
  8. Jリーグ 大阪が新外国人選手メトコフを獲得, Yomiuri Shimbun 1993 August 5

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