
1998 Gamba Osaka Roster
Japan, Level I
Team Record: 7-22 - 30 points
Finishing 16th in J1
Location: Suita, Japan
Gamba Osaka of J1 League ended the 1998 season with a record of 7 wins, and 22 losses for 30 points finishing sixteenth in J1.
The team scored 50 goals and yielded 65. Hiromi Kojima netted 17 goals for the team, while Anto Drobnjak and Junichi Inamoto contributed five or more, too.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toru Araiba | D | July 12, 1979 | 6'0" | 161 | Osaka, Japan |
| Boban Babunski | D | May 5, 1968 | 6'0" | 174 | Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Ryuji Bando | F | August 2, 1979 | 5'7" | 148 | Hyogo, Japan |
| Claude Dambury | July 30, 1971 | 6'0" | 168 | Cayenne, French Guyana | |
| Anto Drobnjak | F | September 21, 1968 | 6'1" | 172 | Bijelo Polje, Montenegro |
| Yuzo Funakoshi | F | June 12, 1977 | 6'4" | 194 | Hyogo, Japan |
| Eiji Hanayama | August 21, 1977 | 6'3" | 172 | Tochigi, Japan | |
| Kohei Hayashi | June 27, 1978 | 5'9" | 150 | Yamaguchi, Japan | |
| Naoki Hiraoka | May 24, 1973 | 5'8" | 150 | Sakai, Japan | |
| Yuji Hironaga | July 25, 1975 | 5'11" | 170 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Junichi Inamoto | M, D | September 18, 1979 | 5'11" | 165 | Yūsui, Kagoshima Japan |
| Kojiro Kaimoto | D | October 14, 1977 | 6'0" | 170 | Moriguchi, Japan |
| Amir Karič | M | December 31, 1973 | 5'11" | 176 | Orahovica Donja, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Masao Kiba | D, M | September 6, 1974 | 5'10" | 159 | Minamiawaji, Japan |
| Hiromi Kojima | December 12, 1977 | 5'10" | 154 | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Nebojša Krupniković | M | August 15, 1973 | 6'0" | 176 | Arilje, Serbia |
| Patrick M'Boma | F | November 15, 1970 | 6'1" | 187 | Douala, Cameroon |
| Daiju Matsumoto | December 9, 1977 | 5'10" | 154 | Gunma, Japan | |
| Masanobu Matsunami | F | November 21, 1974 | 5'11" | 168 | Gifu, Japan |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | D | February 7, 1977 | 5'9" | 154 | Tondabayashi, Japan |
| Shigeru Morioka | M | August 12, 1973 | 5'9" | 154 | Ōzu, Japan |
| Hitoshi Morishita | M | September 21, 1972 | 5'8" | 146 | Kainan, Japan |
| Hayato Okanaka | G | September 26, 1968 | 6'1" | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Shingi Ono | April 9, 1974 | 5'10" | 157 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Daisuke Saito | D, M | November 19, 1974 | 5'11" | 163 | Aichi, Japan |
| Noritada Saneyoshi | October 19, 1972 | 5'10" | 159 | Ehime, Japan | |
| Kenichiro Tokura | D | May 31, 1971 | 5'7" | 150 | Kanagawa, Japan |
| Ryota Tsuzuki | G | April 18, 1978 | 6'1" | 179 | Nara, Japan |
