We would like to inform you that Hiroshi MATSUDA , Managing Executive Officer, Head of Football Division, will be leaving the club at the end of the 2025 season as his contract expires.

Hiroshi MATSUDA Matsuda Profile
Date of birth: September 2, 1960 (65 years old)
■Birthplace: Nagasaki Prefecture
■ Teaching experience:
1992 Sanfrecce Hiroshima coach
1997 Vissel Kobe Satellite Coach
1998-2002 Vissel Kobe coach
July 2002 - December 2002 Head Coach of Vissel Kobe
2003-2006.5 Head Coach of Avispa Fukuoka
September 2006 - September 2008 Head Coach of Vissel Kobe
2009-2013.9 Tochigi SC Head Coach
2014 JFA National Training Center Coach
2018-2021 V-Varen Nagasaki Development Senior Manager and Academy Director
May 2021 - June 2022 Head Coach of V-Varen Nagasaki
2022.8 GAMBA OSAKA Coach
August 2022 - December 2022 Head Coach of GAMBA OSAKA
2023～2023.9 ​​Head Coach Tegevajaro Miyazaki
2024~ GAMBA OSAKA Football Headquarters General Senior Manager

■Comments from the person himself
"I have decided to retire from GAMBA OSAKA at the end of this season. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the people who have been involved with me up until now. I have had the opportunity to join this club and have learned a lot both as a Head Coach and as a member of the front office.
I also loved the powerful cheers of the Gamba supporters, whose voices were unmatched anywhere else.
I sincerely hope that GAMBA OSAKA will continue to grow. Thank you.