Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus
Full nameNagoya Grampus
Nickname(s)Grampus Eight
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946) as Toyota Motor SC
StadiumToyota Stadium
Capacity44,692
OwnerToyota
ChairmanToyo Kato
ManagerKenta Hasegawa
LeagueJ1 League
2023J1 League, 6th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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, and have for all but one season since the inauguration of the 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).

Grampus had its most successful season up to 1996 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 their FR Yugoslavia captain Dragan Stojković being named J.League MVP. The 1995 success was eclipsed on November 20, 2010, when the club won its first J.League trophy, under the management of Stojković.

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.

Grampus have won 1 J1 League title, 2 Emperor's Cup, 1 J.League Cup and 2 Japanese Super Cup.

History

Japan Soccer League 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.

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. In 1990, the club name was changed to "Nagoya Grampus Eight".

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

Grampus Eight was an original member ("Original Ten") 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. 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. 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. After a poor 2016 season, Grampus were relegated to J2 League for the first time in their history. Boško Gjurovski left his post as manager. On 4 January 2017, Yahiro Kazama was appointed as the club's new manager. On 3 December 2017, 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. On 23 September, 2019, Massimo Ficcadenti was appointed as the club’s new manager. The Italian manager led the club the winner of the J.League Cup in 2021. However, Grampus didn’t renew a contract with Ficcadenti, and appointed Kenta Hasegawa as their new manager.

Kashima Soccer Stadium curse

Since Grampus 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, Grampus 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. Grampus 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.

Affiliated clubs

On 25 November 2022, Nagoya Grampus sign partnership with Serie A club, AS Roma. The collaboration will see the two clubs go beyond just an exchange of knowledge in football and business operations to unite on key issues such as sustainability and social responsibility. Both club have pledged to support each other in making an impact in their communities and beyond. Through their social responsibility initiatives, both organisations share a track record of promoting inclusivity in the world of football. As part of this partnership, the two clubs have pledged to further harness the unifying power of the sport to implement new initiatives designed to encourage and involve those with disabilities. The clubs will work closely with strategic partners to implement these efforts, while using their platforms to enhance the reach of partner organisations.

On the pitch, the partnership will enable the clubs to share insights and knowledge related to football competition, with a particular focus on scouting, sports science, data analytics and other methodologies.

The collaboration will have deep roots in the youth development system as well. Knowledge-sharing will provide the academy sectors of both clubs with additional tools to enhance the development of the next generation of talent. By taking advantage of shared insights, the clubs can maximise performance gains for young players.

Plans are also in place for players and staff from each club to visit the other to learn from a different perspective, while also testing themselves in a variety of tournaments and friendly matches.

In popular culture

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.

Kit and colours

Nagoya Grampus former crest from 1990 to 2023

Sponsors

Season(s) Kit Manufacturer Main Shirt Sponsor Collarbone Sponsor Additional Sponsor(s)
2019 Mizuno Toyota Senon (Left) Tokai Tokyo Securities (Right) Denso Toyota Tsusho TS3 Toyota Gazoo Racing Before the ban is lifted
2020 Toyota / GR Yaris Goo Net (Left) au 5G (Right・1st)
au (Right・2nd)
-
2021 GR Yaris Toyota Industries
2022 GR 86 au 5G (Right) V Vantelin
2023 Waku Sutaffu (Right) AISIN V Vantelin -

Kit evolution

Home kit - 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
2022
2023 -
Away kit - 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
2022
2023 -
Alternative Kits
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
2022
Great Celebration of Tai


Current squad

As of 22 March 2024.

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 Australia AUS Mitchell Langerak
2 DF Japan JPN Yuki Nogami
3 DF South Korea KOR Ha Chang-rae
4 DF Japan JPN Shion Inoue
5 MF Japan JPN Haruki Yoshida
6 MF Japan JPN Takuji Yonemoto
7 MF Japan JPN Ryuji Izumi
8 MF Japan JPN Keiya Shiihashi
9 FW Japan JPN Noriyoshi Sakai
10 FW Brazil BRA Patric
11 FW Japan JPN Yuya Yamagishi
14 MF Japan JPN Tsukasa Morishima
15 MF Japan JPN Sho Inagaki (captain)
16 GK Japan JPN Yohei Takeda
17 MF Japan JPN Ken Masui
18 FW Japan JPN Kensuke Nagai
20 DF Japan JPN Kennedy Egbus Mikuni
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Brazil BRA Thales Paula
24 DF Japan JPN Akinari Kawazura
25 MF Japan JPN Tojiro Kubo
26 MF Japan JPN Shumpei Naruse
27 MF Japan JPN Katsuhiro Nakayama
28 FW Japan JPN Kyota Sakakibara
30 DF Japan JPN Ei Gyotoku
32 MF Japan JPN Haruto Suzuki
34 MF Japan JPN Takuya Uchida
35 GK Japan JPN Alexandre Pisano
37 GK Japan JPN Daichi Sugimoto
41 MF Japan JPN Masahito Ono
42 FW Japan JPN Shungo Sugiura Type 2
43 MF Japan JPN Yuto Nishimori Type 2
44 DF Japan JPN Soichiro Mori Type 2
66 MF Japan JPN Ryosuke Yamanaka
77 FW Denmark DEN Kasper Junker

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
19 MF Japan JPN Takuya Shigehiro (at South Korea FC Seoul)
23 GK Japan JPN Daiki Mitsui (at Tokushima Vortis)
31 FW Japan JPN Ryoga Kida (at Argentina Argentinos Juniors)
GK Japan JPN John Higashi (at FC Ryukyu)
DF Japan JPN Haruya Fujii (at Belgium Kortrijk)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Japan JPN Ryoya Morishita (at Poland Legia Warsaw)
MF Japan JPN Hidemasa Koda (at Mito Hollyhock)
MF Japan JPN Ryotaro Ishida (at Tochigi SC)
MF Japan JPN Yuki Soma (at Portugal Casa Pia)
FW Japan JPN Koki Toyoda (at Iwate Grulla Morioka)

Nagoya Grampus U-18

As of 12 June 2023.

The U-18 team of Nagoya Grampus currently plays in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, the top-flight league for U-18 clubs in the country. Only the registered players for the competition will be displayed.

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 Japan JPN Alexandre Pisano
2 DF Japan JPN Kirato Yamada
3 DF Japan JPN Rinto Higuchi
4 DF Japan JPN Ryohei Osada
5 DF Japan JPN Soma Ota
6 MF Japan JPN Toshiya Sato
7 MF Japan JPN Haruto Suzuki
8 MF Japan JPN Yamato Gempei
10 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Uchida
11 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Ishibashi
12 DF Japan JPN Daina Okamoto
13 MF Japan JPN Sosuke Nasu
14 MF Japan JPN Aito Noda
15 MF Japan JPN Shungo Sugiura
16 GK Japan JPN Yukiomi Hanada
17 MF Japan JPN Yuto Nishimori
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Japan JPN Naoto Nishimori
19 DF Japan JPN Masamune Aoki
20 DF Japan JPN Shuto Izawa
21 GK Japan JPN Shiki Hamasaki
22 MF Japan JPN Kanau Ikema
23 MF Japan JPN Kosei Matsushima
25 MF Japan JPN Sora Nakahara
27 FW Japan JPN Ritsu Onishi
29 DF Japan JPN Mana Kanbe
31 GK Japan JPN Hiroaki Hagi
32 MF Japan JPN Shu Tsuruta
33 FW Japan JPN Yugo Nonaka
34 MF Japan JPN Yuto Nomura
37 MF Japan JPN Mahito Yairo
40 DF Japan JPN Soichiro Mori

Club official

For the 2024 season.

Position Name
Manager Japan Kenta Hasegawa
Assistant manager Japan Takashi Miki
First-team coach Japan Kosuke Takeya
Japan Keiji Yoshimura
Analyst coach Japan Ryosuke Sato
Goalkeeper coach Japan Kazumasa Kawano
Assistant goalkeeper coach Japan Seigo Narazaki
Physical coach Japan Kaito Yamada
Performance coach Japan Daisuke Uematsu
Chief doctor Japan Shinya Ishizuka
Medical advisor Japan Seiji Kondo
Physiotherapist Japan Masakazu Mizutani
Japan Kohei Shirotani
Athletic trainer Japan Hiroki Kondo
Japan Kento Fujita
Japan Kazue Hozumi
Team Secretary Japan Minoru Mita
Side job Japan Shinichi Kitano
Japan Shinnosuke Ishizaka
Japan Yasuhiro Tanikawa
Interpreter Japan Tonny Sasaki
Japan Takashi Kurokawa
Dietitian Japan Miki Kawamura


Honours

As Toyota Motor SC (1939–1991) and as Nagoya Grampus (1991–Present)

League

Cups

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

Former managers

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

Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
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 9 3 2 4 12 13 033.33 (caretaker)
Yahiro Kazama  Japan 4 January 2017 23 September 2019 89 40 13 36 157 147 044.94 (Promoted)
Massimo Ficcadenti  Italy 23 September 2019 9 December 2021 101 54 20 27 136 86 053.47 J.League Cup x1
Kenta Hasegawa  Japan 9 December 2021 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:

Record as J.League member

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Div. Teams Pos. Attendance/G J.League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
Asia
1992 Semi-finals 1st round
1993 J1 10 9th 19,858 Group stage Quarter-finals
1994 12 11th 21,842 First round 2nd round
1995 14 3rd 21,463 Winners
1996 16 2nd 21,699 Group stage 3rd round
1997 17 9th 14,750 Semi-finals 3rd round CWC Runners-up
1998 18 5th 13,993 Group stage Semi-finals
1999 16 4th 14,688 Semi-finals Winners
2000 16 9th 14,114 Semi-finals Round of 16
2001 16 5th 16,974 Semi-finals 3rd round CWC Quarter-finals
2002 16 6th 16,323 Group stage Round of 16
2003 16 7th 16,768 Semi-finals Round of 16
2004 16 7th 15,712 Semi-finals Round of 16
2005 18 14th 13,288 Group stage Round of 16
2006 18 7th 14,924 Group stage Round of 16
2007 18 11th 15,585 Group stage Round of 16
2008 18 3rd 16,555 Semi-finals Quarter-finals
2009 18 9th 15,928 Quarter-finals Runners-up CL Semi-finals
2010 18 1st 19,979 Group stage Quarter-finals
2011 18 2nd 16,741 Semi-finals Quarter-finals CL Round of 16
2012 18 7th 17,155 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals CL Round of 16
2013 18 11th 16,135 Group stage Second round
2014 18 10th 16,734 Group stage Quarter-finals
2015 18 9th 16,240 Quarter-finals Second round
2016 18 16th 17,729 Group stage Second round
2017 J2 22 3rd 15,365 Round of 16
2018 J1 18 15th 24,961 Group stage 3rd round
2019 18 13th 27,612 Quarter-finals Second round
2020 18 3rd 8,537 Quarter-finals Did not qualify
2021 20 5th 11,080 Winners Quarter-finals CL Quarter-finals
2022 18 8th 18,813 Quarter-finals Round of 16
2023 18 6th 27,504 Semi-finals Quarter-finals
2024 18 TBA
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance
  • 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
  • Source: J. League Data Site


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.

See also


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