Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka (Japanese: ガンバ大阪) is a Japanese professional soccer (football) club, currently playing in the J-league Division 1. The team is located in Suita, north-east of Osaka Prefecture.

Founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. soccer club in Nara Prefecture, Gamba joined the J-League in 1992.

Their home stadium is Osaka Expo '70 Stadium (Japanese:万博記念競技場), in Suita.

"Gamba" means "foot" in Italian.

Current Star

• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

Former Players

• Junichi Inamoto
• Amir Karic
• Patrick Mboma
• Akihiro Nagashima
• Oleg Protasov
• Piotr Swierczewski

Link

• Gamba Osaka Official Web Site (Japanese only)