Gamba Osaka (
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Colors: Blue/Black and White
Manager: Akira Nishino (Japan)
Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium (
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2008 Average Attendance: 16,128
2008 Finish: 8th place
Notes: Won the 2008 Asian Champions League, and made it to the Semi-Finals of the 2008 Club World Cup, before losing to Manchester United, 5-3, before defeating Mexico's Pachuca 1-0 in the third placed game. Their manager, Akira Nishino is the first Japanese manager ever to win four seperate competitions. (He won the League in 2005, J-League Cup in 1999 and 2007, the Emperor's Cup in 2008, and the Asian Champions League in 2008)