Panasonic Stadium Suita
Panasonic Stadium Suita opened as the Suita City Football Stadium, funded largely through donations and public subsidy rather than a single corporate backer, before the current naming rights arrangement took effect on 1 January 2018. Yasui Architects & Engineers drew up the design, and Takenaka Corporation built it.
Gamba Osaka moved in for the 2016 season, leaving behind the Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium next door, a ground that had hosted the club for decades and still stands nearby as a reminder of where they used to play. The Japan national team has also used Suita for fixtures, drawn by a bowl that keeps the crowd close to the pitch and the noise inside it.
The stadium sits inside Expo '70 Commemorative Park, built for a World's Fair long before the ground itself existed, so match days there run alongside a park still shaped by that 1970 event. In February 2023, the south video board was replaced with a wider screen, nearly doubling in width from just over 11 metres to close to 22 — a small but visible upgrade to a stadium still under a decade old.
Who plays here
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Gamba Osaka
162 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug | Gamba Osaka — Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0:0 |
| 26 Aug | Gamba Osaka — Biwako Shiga | 2:0 |
| 7 Aug | Gamba Osaka — Urawa | 4:3 |
| 30 May | Gamba Osaka — Tokyo Verdy | 1:1 |
| 10 May | Gamba Osaka — Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0:1 |
| 2 May | Gamba Osaka — Vissel Kobe | 5:0 |
| 22 Apr | Gamba Osaka — Avispa Fukuoka | 1:2 |
| 19 Apr | Gamba Osaka — Fagiano Okayama | 2:2 |