title: 1998 Gamba Osaka season
text: # 1998 Gamba Osaka season
  
  1998 Gamba Osaka season
  
  ## Competitions
  
  | Competitions | Position |
  | - | - |
  | J.League | 15th / 18 clubs |
  | Emperor's Cup | 3rd round |
  | J.League Cup | GL-C 3rd / 5 clubs |
  
  ## Player statistics
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J.League | J.League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | | Hayato Okanaka | (1968-09-26)September 26, 1968 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 33 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 2 | DF | | Kenichiro Tokura | (1971-05-31)May 31, 1971 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 3 | DF | | Daisuke Saito | (1974-11-19)November 19, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 18 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 4 | DF | | Noritada Saneyoshi | (1972-10-19)October 19, 1972 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 34 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | DF | | Boban Babunski | (1968-05-05)May 5, 1968 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | DF | | Claude Dambury | (1971-07-30)July 30, 1971 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 22 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | MF | | Junichi Inamoto | (1979-09-18)September 18, 1979 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 28 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | DF | | Naoki Hiraoka | (1973-05-24)May 24, 1973 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 26 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | MF | | Koji Kondo | (1972-04-28)April 28, 1972 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | FW | | Patrick M'Boma | (1970-11-15)November 15, 1970 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | FW | | Anto Drobnjak | (1968-09-21)September 21, 1968 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 18 | 8 | | | | | | |
  | 10 | MF | | Nebojša Krupniković | (1973-08-15)August 15, 1973 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 13 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | 11 | FW | | Masanobu Matsunami | (1974-11-21)November 21, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 25 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 12 | GK | | Ryōta Tsuzuki | (1978-04-18)April 18, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 13 | MF | | Hiromi Kojima | (1977-12-12)December 12, 1977 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 34 | 17 | | | | | | |
  | 14 | MF | | Shigeru Morioka | (1973-08-12)August 12, 1973 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 15 | DF | | Masao Kiba | (1974-09-06)September 6, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 21 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 16 | DF | | Daiju Matsumoto | (1977-12-09)December 9, 1977 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 17 | DF | | Toru Araiba | (1979-07-12)July 12, 1979 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 30 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 18 | FW | | Yuzo Funakoshi | (1977-06-12)June 12, 1977 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 19 | DF | | Kojiro Kaimoto | (1977-10-14)October 14, 1977 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 20 | DF | | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 32 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 21 | MF | | Hitoshi Morishita | (1972-09-21)September 21, 1972 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 27 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 22 | GK | | Naoki Matsuyo | (1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 23 | MF | | Yuji Hironaga | (1975-07-25)July 25, 1975 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 26 | 3 | | | | | | |
  | 24 | MF | | Eiji Hanayama | (1977-08-21)August 21, 1977 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 25 | FW | | Kohei Hayashi | (1978-06-27)June 27, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 26 | DF | | Yuji Furukawa | (1978-07-07)July 7, 1978 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 27 | FW | | Shingi Ono | (1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 28 | DF | | Josuke Sato | (1975-11-19)November 19, 1975 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 29 | FW | | Ryūji Bando | (1979-08-02)August 2, 1979 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 30 | MF | | Amir Karić | (1973-12-31)December 31, 1973 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 31 | MF | | Hideo Hashimoto | (1979-05-21)May 21, 1979 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Other pages
  
  * (in Japanese) J.League official site
  
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