Pre Season Match 2009

Nagoya Grampus 2 - 0 FC Gifu (ht 1-0)

Different year, same result. Once again Nagoya came out trumps in the Kisogawa Derby but this time it was them who controlled the match. While the first half was reasonably even Grampus showed their power in the second half.
All things considered though, Gifu, with half of the team having never played a J game before, played a pretty good match against a team containing Japan international Tamada, and J-super star Davi. Defense was in general pretty good but too often balls weren't cleared well enough and second ball wasn't regathered.
Still the 2009 season looks like it will be an interesting one, with a very young team playing over 50 games... roll on March 8th and Tochigi!

Pre-season Practice matches 2009

Feb 2
FC Gifu 2 - 0 Kyoto Sanga FC (Hashimoto, Akita)
Feb 14
FC Gifu 1 - 2 Kusatsu Thespa (Kawashima)
Feb 15
FC Gifu 1 - 3 Seongnam Ilhwa (Korea) (Hashiuchi)
Feb 17
FC Gifu 1 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale (Nagayoshi)
FC Gifu 2 - 1 HOYO AthleticoEran (Joon Kyung, Kwan Soo)
Feb 18
FC Gifu 1 - 1 Tokyo Verdy (Kan)
Feb 19
FC Gifu 3 - 1 Miyazaki Zangyou-Keizai University (Otomo, Kwan Soo, Katayama)
Feb 22
FC Gifu 0 - 2 Nagoya Grampus
Feb 28
FC Gifu 2 - 0 Fagiano Okayama (Takagi, own-goal)
Mar 1
FC Gifu 2 - 1 Sagawa Kyubin (Park Joon Kyung, own-goal)