Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The 2016 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 23rd season in the J1 League and 29th overall in the Japanese top flight. Like the previous season, the 2016 campaign was split into two stages, with the first stage running from February to June, the second stage being held between July and November and finally a Championship stage in late November. With city-rivals Cerezo Osaka failing to gain promotion from J2, Gamba's main rivalry match will be the Hanshin derby against Vissel Kobe with an away game in round 4 on the 19th March and the return home match in round 26 on August 20.Gamba's position as runner-up in the 2015 J1 League Championship saw them automatically qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League, their 8th appearance in the competition. Looking to improve on their run to the semi-finals in 2015, they were drawn into the tough looking Group G along with Australian side Melbourne Victory, South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings and big-spending Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG. The group stage will kick off on Wednesday 24 February and conclude on Tuesday 3rd May with all sides in the group playing each other home and away in a round-robin basis.As winners of the 2015 Emperor's Cup, Gamba competed in the season opening Japanese Super Cup, held in Yokohama on 20 February. The annually held match pitted Gamba against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the side who defeated them in the final of the 2015 J1 League Championship. This was Gamba's 6th appearance in the Super Cup, however they were unable to build on their previous victories in 2007 and 2015 and went down 3-1. Trailing 2-0 due to early second half goals from Satō and Asano, top scorer of the previous 3 campaigns Takashi Usami pulled one back, however Utaka added a third for Hiroshima shortly afterwards to seal the win.Later on in the season, Gamba will enter the 2016 J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup and 2016 Emperor's Cup. Due to their AFC Champions League commitments, they are given a bye past the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup group stage and will enter at the quarter-final phase. Similarly they will enter the Emperor's Cup in the 4th round.It should also be noted that this was Gamba's first season playing at the newly opened Suita City Football Stadium which was built in the same park as Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, their home from 1980-2015. The first official game to be held in the new stadium was on 14 February 2016, the pre-season Panasonic Cup match between Gamba and Nagoya Grampus which the home side won 3-1. The first league match will be held on 28 February against Kashima Antlers."@en }
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- 2016_Gamba_Osaka_season abstract "The 2016 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 23rd season in the J1 League and 29th overall in the Japanese top flight. Like the previous season, the 2016 campaign was split into two stages, with the first stage running from February to June, the second stage being held between July and November and finally a Championship stage in late November. With city-rivals Cerezo Osaka failing to gain promotion from J2, Gamba's main rivalry match will be the Hanshin derby against Vissel Kobe with an away game in round 4 on the 19th March and the return home match in round 26 on August 20.Gamba's position as runner-up in the 2015 J1 League Championship saw them automatically qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League, their 8th appearance in the competition. Looking to improve on their run to the semi-finals in 2015, they were drawn into the tough looking Group G along with Australian side Melbourne Victory, South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings and big-spending Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG. The group stage will kick off on Wednesday 24 February and conclude on Tuesday 3rd May with all sides in the group playing each other home and away in a round-robin basis.As winners of the 2015 Emperor's Cup, Gamba competed in the season opening Japanese Super Cup, held in Yokohama on 20 February. The annually held match pitted Gamba against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the side who defeated them in the final of the 2015 J1 League Championship. This was Gamba's 6th appearance in the Super Cup, however they were unable to build on their previous victories in 2007 and 2015 and went down 3-1. Trailing 2-0 due to early second half goals from Satō and Asano, top scorer of the previous 3 campaigns Takashi Usami pulled one back, however Utaka added a third for Hiroshima shortly afterwards to seal the win.Later on in the season, Gamba will enter the 2016 J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup and 2016 Emperor's Cup. Due to their AFC Champions League commitments, they are given a bye past the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup group stage and will enter at the quarter-final phase. Similarly they will enter the Emperor's Cup in the 4th round.It should also be noted that this was Gamba's first season playing at the newly opened Suita City Football Stadium which was built in the same park as Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, their home from 1980-2015. The first official game to be held in the new stadium was on 14 February 2016, the pre-season Panasonic Cup match between Gamba and Nagoya Grampus which the home side won 3-1. The first league match will be held on 28 February against Kashima Antlers.".
- Q22127945 abstract "The 2016 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 23rd season in the J1 League and 29th overall in the Japanese top flight. Like the previous season, the 2016 campaign was split into two stages, with the first stage running from February to June, the second stage being held between July and November and finally a Championship stage in late November. With city-rivals Cerezo Osaka failing to gain promotion from J2, Gamba's main rivalry match will be the Hanshin derby against Vissel Kobe with an away game in round 4 on the 19th March and the return home match in round 26 on August 20.Gamba's position as runner-up in the 2015 J1 League Championship saw them automatically qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League, their 8th appearance in the competition. Looking to improve on their run to the semi-finals in 2015, they were drawn into the tough looking Group G along with Australian side Melbourne Victory, South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings and big-spending Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG. The group stage will kick off on Wednesday 24 February and conclude on Tuesday 3rd May with all sides in the group playing each other home and away in a round-robin basis.As winners of the 2015 Emperor's Cup, Gamba competed in the season opening Japanese Super Cup, held in Yokohama on 20 February. The annually held match pitted Gamba against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the side who defeated them in the final of the 2015 J1 League Championship. This was Gamba's 6th appearance in the Super Cup, however they were unable to build on their previous victories in 2007 and 2015 and went down 3-1. Trailing 2-0 due to early second half goals from Satō and Asano, top scorer of the previous 3 campaigns Takashi Usami pulled one back, however Utaka added a third for Hiroshima shortly afterwards to seal the win.Later on in the season, Gamba will enter the 2016 J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup and 2016 Emperor's Cup. Due to their AFC Champions League commitments, they are given a bye past the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup group stage and will enter at the quarter-final phase. Similarly they will enter the Emperor's Cup in the 4th round.It should also be noted that this was Gamba's first season playing at the newly opened Suita City Football Stadium which was built in the same park as Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, their home from 1980-2015. The first official game to be held in the new stadium was on 14 February 2016, the pre-season Panasonic Cup match between Gamba and Nagoya Grampus which the home side won 3-1. The first league match will be held on 28 February against Kashima Antlers.".