Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus (名古屋グランパス, Nagoya Guranpasu) (formerly known as Nagoya Grampus Eight (名古屋グランパスエイト, Nagoya Guranpasu Eito)) is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939, the club shares its home games between Mizuho Athletic Stadium (capacity 27,000 and the J.League's oldest serving stadium) and the much larger Toyota Stadium in the suburb of Toyota (capacity 45,000).

Nagoya Grampus
Full nameNagoya Grampus Eight
Nickname(s)Grampus
Founded1939 (1939) (as Toyota Motor SC)
1991 (1991) (as Nagoya Grampus Eight)
GroundMizuho Stadium
Toyota Stadium
Capacity27,001 (Mizuho)
45,000 (Toyota)
OwnerToyota
ChairmanToyo Kato
ManagerKenta Hasegawa
LeagueJ1 League
2021J1 League, 5th of 20
WebsiteClub website
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The team had its most successful season up to 1995 when it was managed by Arsène Wenger, well known for his subsequent exploits at Arsenal. They won the Emperor's Cup and finished second in the J.League, with Dragan Stojković and Gary Lineker on the team. The 1995 success was eclipsed on November 20, 2010, when the club won its first J.League trophy, under the management of Stojković.[1]

The team's name was derived from the two most prominent symbols of Nagoya: the two golden grampus dolphins on the top of Nagoya Castle, and the Maru-Hachi (Circle eight), the city's official symbol.

History

JSL era

Toyota Motor SC was overshadowed by its colleague Toyota Automated Loom Works SC (founded in 1946 and which was one of the founding members of the Japan Soccer League). When Toyota ALW were relegated to regional leagues in 1968, Toyota Motor saw an opportunity to rise at their expense.[2]

In 1972 the club was founding members of the JSL's Second Division and its inaugural champions. They remained in the JSL until the J.League's founding in 1993. They were relegated to the JSL Division 2 in 1977. After a brief return in 1987–88, they were promoted for good in 1989–90 and remained in the top flight for 26 years, until 2016.

J.League era

Nagoya Grampus Eight was an original member ("Original Ten"[lower-alpha 1]) of the J.League in 1993. In 1996, future Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger led Grampus to the 1996 Emperor's Cup and a runners-up finish in the J.League, the club's best finish. The team's name "Nagoya Grampus Eight" was changed to just "Nagoya Grampus" at the start of the 2008 season.[2] In 2008, Nagoya appointed former player Dragan Stojković as manager. They finished in third place and qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time.[3] Stojković has since led the club to winning the J.League in the 2010 season, featuring a squad consisting of Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Mu Kanazaki, Seigo Narazaki, Yoshizumi Ogawa, Keiji Tamada and Joshua Kennedy.[1] After a poor 2016 season, Nagoya Grampus were relegated to J2 League for the first time in their history.[4] Boško Gjurovski left his post as manager.[5] On 4 January 2017, Yahiro Kazama was appointed as the club's new manager.[6] On 3 December 2017, Nagoya Grampus drew 0-0 against Avispa Fukuoka in the promotion playoff final, securing promotion back to J1 League at the first time of asking due to their higher regular season position than Avispa Fukuoka.[7]

Kashima Soccer Stadium curse

Since Nagoya were dealt a 5–0 defeat by the Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium on 16 May in the 1993 J.League season opener, Nagoya suffered a losing streak of 22 consecutive games to the Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium which included Emperor's Cup and J.League Cup games. Nagoya finally got their first victory over the Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium on 23 August of the 2008 J.League season, some 15 years later.

Record as J.League member
See also: List of Nagoya Grampus records and statistics
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.Attendance/GJ.League
Cup		Emperor's
Cup		Asia
1992––––Semi-finalsFirst round––
1993 J1109th19,858Group stageQuarter final––
1994 1211th21,842First roundSecond round––
1995 143rd21,463–Winners––
1996 162nd21,699Group stageThird round––
1997 179th14,750Semi-finalsThird roundCWCRunners-up
1998 185th13,993Group stageSemi-final––
1999 164th14,688Semi-finalWinners–
2000 169th14,114Semi-final4th round––
2001 165th16,974Semi-finalThird roundCWCQuarter final
2002 166th16,323Group stage4th round––
2003 167th16,768Semi-final4th round––
2004 167th15,712Semi-final5th round––
2005 1814th13,288Group stage5th round––
2006 187th14,924Group stage5th round––
2007 1811th15,585Group stage5th round––
2008 183rd16,555Semi-finalQuarter final––
2009 189th15,928Quarter finalRunners-upCLSemi-final
2010 181st19,979Group stageQuarter final–
2011 182nd16,741Semi-finalQuarter finalCLRound of 16
2012 187th17,155Quarter finalQuarter finalCLRound of 16
2013 1811th16,135Group stageSecond round––
2014 1810th16,734Group stageQuarter final––
2015 189th16,240Quarter finalSecond round––
2016 1816th17,729Group stageSecond round––
2017 J2223rd15,365–4th round––
2018 J11815th24,961Group stageThird round––
2019 1813th27,612Quarter finalSecond round––
2020 † 183rd8,537Quarter finalDid not qualify––
2021 205th11,080WinnersQuarter finalCLQuarter final
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Honours

Toyota Motor SC (amateur era)

Winners (2): 1968, 1970
Winners (1): 1972
Winners (1): 1991

Nagoya Grampus (professional era)

Winners (1): 2010
Winners (2): 1995, 1999
Winners (1): 2021
Winners (2): 1996, 2011

Current squad
As of 8 April 2022[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Mitchell Langerak
2 DF  BRA Tiago Pagnussat
3 DF  JPN Yuichi Maruyama
4 DF  JPN Shinnosuke Nakatani (captain)
5 MF  JPN Kazuki Nagasawa
6 DF  JPN Kazuya Miyahara
7 MF  JPN Hiroyuki Abe
8 FW  JPN Yoichiro Kakitani
9 MF  JPN Noriyoshi Sakai
10 FW  BRA Mateus
11 FW  JPN Yuki Soma
13 DF  JPN Haruya Fujii
14 MF  JPN Keiya Sento
15 MF  JPN Sho Inagaki
16 MF  BRA Léo Silva
17 DF  JPN Ryoya Morishita
18 GK  JPN Tsubasa Shibuya
19 FW  JPN Manabu Saitō
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK  JPN Yohei Takeda
22 GK  JPN John Higashi
23 DF  JPN Yutaka Yoshida
24 DF  JPN Akinari Kawazura
28 DF  JPN Akira Yoshida
31 MF  JPN Haruki Yoshida
32 FW  JPN Koki Toyoda
33 MF  JPN Hidemasa Koda
34 MF  JPN Takuya Uchida (on loan from FC Tokyo)
35 MF  JPN Seiryo Usui Type 2
36 MF  JPN Haruto Suzuki Type 2
37 MF  JPN Kosuke Uchida Type 2
38 DF  JPN Soma Ota Type 2
39 GK  JPN Masaharu Kitahashi Type 2
40 FW  POL Jakub Świerczok
44 MF  JPN Mu Kanazaki
46 MF  JPN Ryotaro Ishida

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  JPN Daiki Mitsui (at Azul Claro Numazu)
— DF  JPN Shumpei Naruse (at Fagiano Okayama)
— MF  JPN Takuji Yonemoto (at Shonan Bellmare)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Thales Paula (at Roasso Kumamoto)
— FW  JPN Naoki Maeda (at FC Utrecht)

Colour, sponsors and manufacturers
Season(s)Main Shirt SponsorCollarbone SponsorAdditional Sponsor(s)Kit Manufacturer
2019ToyotaSenon (Left)Tokai Tokyo Securities (Right)DensoToyota TsushoTS3Toyota Gazoo RacingBefore the ban is liftedMizuno
2020Toyota / GR YarisGoo Net (Left)au 5G (Right・1st)
au (Right・2nd)		-
2021GR YarisToyota Industries
2022GR 86V Vantelin

Kit evolution
FP 1st
1993
1994 - 1996
1997
1998
1999 - 2000
2001 - 2002
2003 - 2004
2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011 - 2012
2013 - 2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
FP 2nd
1993
1994 - 1996
1997
1998
1999 - 2000
2001 - 2002
2003 - 2004
2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008
2009 - 2010
2011 - 2012
2013 - 2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 -
FP Other
2001 - 2002 3rd
2011
1st ACL
2012
1st ACL
2012
20th Anniversary
2013
20th Anniversary
2014
Nagoya TV Tower
60th Anniversary
2017
25th Anniversary
2018
J.League
25th Anniversary
2019
Shachi Festival
2021
Shachi Festival

Club staff
Position Name
Manager Motohiro Yamaguchi
Head coach Kenta Hasegawa
Assistant coach Taku Oshima
Assistant coach Ichiro Wada
Assistant coach Takashi Miki
Assistant coach Kosuke Takeya
Goalkeeper coach Kazumasa Kawano
Physical coach Kaito Yamada
Conditioning coach Daisuke Uematsu
Team doctor Seiji Kondo
Physiotherapist Masakazu Mizutani
Kohei Shirotani
Athletic Chief Trainer Kazue Hozumi
Athletic trainer Hiroki Kondo
Junya Muroi
Team Secretary Minoru Mita
Side job Shinichi Kitano
Shinnosuke Ishizaka
Interpreter Tonny Sasaki
Leonardo Uehara
Go Murakami
Kit Tsuyoshi Kimbara
Dietitian Maki Ozawa

Managers

Information correct as of match played 4 December 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.

NameNat.FromToPW DLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Marcos Falopa  Brazil 1991 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Ryuzo Hiraki  Japan 1992 1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Gordon Milne  England 1 January 1994 31 December 1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Tetsuro Miura  Japan 1 January 1995 30 June 1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— (caretaker)
Arsène Wenger  France 1 July 1995 30 September 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— Emperor's Cup x1
José Costa  Portugal 30 September 1996 21 November 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— (caretaker)
Carlos Queiroz  Portugal 21 November 1996 November 1997 50 24 5 21 72 69 048.00
Koji Tanaka  Japan 1997 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Daniel Sanchez  France 1 January 1998 31 January 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Mazarópi  Brazil 1999 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— (caretaker)
João Carlos  Brazil 1999 2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— Emperor's Cup x1
Tetsuro Miura  Japan 2001 2001 15 7 1 7 0 0 046.67
Zdenko Verdenik  Slovenia 1 January 2002 4 August 2003 45 20 9 16 0 0 044.44
Nelsinho Baptista  Brazil 29 July 2003 20 September 2005 69 26 20 23 0 0 037.68
Hitoshi Nakata  Japan 21 September 2005 31 December 2005 10 2 1 7 0 0 020.00 (caretaker)
Sef Vergoossen  Netherlands 1 January 2006 31 December 2007 68 26 15 27 0 0 038.24
Dragan Stojković Piksi  Serbia 22 January 2008 7 December 2013 204 103 42 59 0 0 050.49 J.League x1
Akira Nishino  Japan 25 December 2013 22 November 2015 87 36 21 30 135 123 041.38
Takafumi Ogura  Japan 24 November 2015 23 August 2016 32 5 8 19 30 56 015.63
Boško Gjurovski  North Macedonia 23 August 2016 6 November 2016[5] 9 3 2 4 12 13 033.33 (caretaker)
Yahiro Kazama  Japan 4 January 2017[6] 23 September 2019 [9] 89 40 13 36 157 147 044.94 (Promoted)
Massimo Ficcadenti  Italy 23 September 2019[10] 9 December 2021[11] 101 54 20 27 136 86 053.47 J.League Cup x1
Kenta Hasegawa  Japan 9 December 2021[12] 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
  • Notes:

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won ‡ As caretaker manager Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Personnel awards

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup, while playing for Nagoya Grampus:

League history
  • Regional League (Tokai Adult Soccer League): 1966–71
  • Division 2 (JSL Div. 2): 1972
  • Division 1 (JSL Div. 1): 1973–77
  • Division 2 (JSL Div. 2): 1978–86
  • Division 1 (JSL Div. 1): 1987
  • Division 2 (JSL Div. 2): 1988–89
  • Division 1 (JSL Div. 1): 1990–91
  • Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 1992–2016
  • Division 2 (J2 League): 2017
  • Division 1 (J.League Div. 1): 2018

(As of 2015): 33 seasons in the top tier, 12 seasons in the second tier and 6 seasons in the Regional Leagues.

In the Captain Tsubasa manga series, one character was player of Nagoya Grampus and is the goalkeeper Ken Wakashimazu which was player of Yokohama Flügels before the closing of the Yokohama team. In 2013, the midfielder Shingo Aoi wear the Nagoya Grampus jersey in a Yoichi Takahashi tribute to the 20 years of J.League.

See also

Notes
  1. The Original Ten of the J.League in 1992 were Kashima Antlers, Urawa Red Diamonds, JEF United Ichihara, Verdy Kawasaki, Yokohama Marinos, Yokohama Flügels, Shimizu S-Pulse, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Gamba Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

References
  1. John Duerden (2010-11-05). "Stojkovic doing things the Wenger way". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  2. "Club guide: Nagoya Grampus". J.League. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. "J.League News No.40" (PDF). J.League. December 19, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. "名古屋グランパスを支えていただいてる皆さまへ（来シーズンのＪ２降格を受けて". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. "ボスコ・ジュロヴスキー監督、契約満了のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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  7. "Grampus come through playoff to seal return to J.League top flight". japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "2022シーズン名古屋グランパストップチーム背番号決定のお知らせ". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  9. "風間八宏監督 契約解除のお知らせ｜ニュース｜名古屋グランパス公式サイト". Nagoya Grampus (in Japanese). 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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  11. "Massimo Ficcadenti Head Coach Notice of Expiration of Contract". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  12. "Kenta Hasegawa Announcement of Appointment of Top Team Head Coach". nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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