The time is edging ever-closer to the Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 100 Year Vision League game which is scheduled to start shortly, and the teams have now been announced.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Gamba Osaka which has been confirmed as follows:
Gamba Osaka
Rui Araki #18
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mie, Japan
Shinya Nakano #47
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shinnosuke Nakatani #4
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Genta Miura #5
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Toyohashi, Japan
Takeru Kishimoto #15
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nara, Japan
Tokuma Suzuki #16
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan
Kanji Okunuki #44
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan
Ryotaro Meshino #8
Forward
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Ryoya Yamashita #17
Forward
Height: 1.64m
Weight: 54kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Shizuoka, Japan
Deniz Hümmet #23
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Fosie, Sweden
Takato Yamamoto #36
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
The starting line-up for Sanfrecce Hiroshima has also been confirmed as:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Keisuke Ōsako #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Shunki Higashi #24
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Tsukasa Shiotani #33
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Komatsushima, Japan
Sho Sasaki #19
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Zama, Japan
Taichi Yamasaki #3
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shuto Nakano #15
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Naoto Arai #13
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Hayao Kawabe #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Masaru Kato
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Sōta Nakamura #39
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Takasaki, Japan
Kosuke Kinoshita #17
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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