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Takeshi Okada honours J-League with selection
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For followers of domestic play, it is with great pride to note that Takeshi Okada choice’s for the Blue Samurai’s Asian Cup qualifying matches against Yemen on January 20 and Bahrain on January 28 as well as the crucial World Cup qualifying match against Australia on February 11 is made up entirely of J-League players.
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Category: J League NewsShandong Luneng, Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoa’n and Tianjin Teda ready!
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The AFC Champions League promises to be one of the strongest in recent competition. Of the many formidable clubs, the four sides from the Chinese Super League (CSL) promise to be some of the toughest. Led by last years league champions Shandong Luneng, Shanghai Shenhua, along with Beijing Guoa’n and Tianjin Teda, participants from the [...]
Category: J League NewsGamba Osaka continue to build adding Kazumichi Takagi
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Gamba Osaka continue to build on their squad as they have added Kazumichi Takagi from Shimizu S-Pulse. The twenty-eight year defender earned his first cap for Japan this past summer and will make a strong impression on Gamba’s backline.
Category: J League News2009 AFC Champions League draw results
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The results for the 2009 AFC Champions League draw are in with Nagoya Grampus, Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers and Kawasaki Frontale finding themselves in tough pools. Group F is one of the most exciting pools Gamba Osaka against Chinese Super League champions Shandong Luneng. The Jinan based club feature a number of top players including [...]
Category: J League NewsGamba Osaka raids Leandro from Vissel Kobe
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The lineup for Vissel Kobe’s new manager Caio Júnior continues to change as Corinthians-product Leandro has moved over to Gamba Osaka. The twenty-three year old striker had a solid impact in his first year at Kobe, lodging seven goals.
The new manager who came over from Brazilian powerhouse Flamengo lost Blue Samurai Yasuhito Okubo to [...]
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Tags: Alan Bahia, Caio Júnior, Clube Atlético Paranaense, Corinthians, Flamengo, Gamba Osaka, J League News, Japan, Leandro, VfL Wolfsburg, Vissel Kobe, Yasuhito OkuboVissel Kobe loses Yasuhito Okubo to Bundesliga
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Vissel Kobe were dealt a difficult blow to there attack as Blue Samurai Yasuhito Okubo moved to Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. The twenty-six year old striker was highly productive for Vissel Kobe, scoring twenty-five times since coming over from Cerezo Osaka but has been anxious to test his abilities in European competition. VfL Wolfsburg manager [...]
Category: J League NewsAFC Champions League 2009 draw this Wednesday
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The AFC Champions League 2009 draw will be held this Wednesday morning in Dubai (7am GMT) with thirty-two teams from ten countries eligible.
The group stage contains eight pools of four clubs each in which two sides from the same country cannot be in the same pool. Groups A-D will feature West Asian and Central [...]
Category: J League NewsGamba Osaka win Emperor’s Cup!
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In a thrilling Emperor’s Cup finale, Gamba Osaka defeated Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 with Ryūji Bando scoring the matches lone goal deep into extra time. The match was deadlocked with yet a score when the veteran came off the bench to score with only four minutes remaining of extra time as he drove the rebound of [...]
Category: J League NewsKashiwa, Gamba for final of Emperor’s Cup
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Gamba Osaka and Kashiwa Reysol will meet in the finals of the Emperor’s Cup as both sides won thrilling semi-final matches.
Reysol came from behind to defeated FC Tokyo 2-1 as Tadanari Lee scored the winning strike at the eighty-eight minute. After a thrilling J-League season that saw the Gas Men climb to sixth-place, Tatsuya [...]
Category: J League Newssemi-finals of Emperor’s Cup set
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With Gamba Osaka’s 2-1 quarter-final victory over Nagoya Grampus the semi-finals of The Emperor’s Cup is set. On Monday evening (local) Kashiwa Reysol will play FC Tokyo in Shizuoka while Gamba face Yokohama F. Marinos in Tokyo in the other semi’s. Of the remaining clubs, none has won the Cup although Yokohama’s predecessor clubs, pre-merger [...]
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