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, and have for all but one season since the inauguration of the league, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017.

Nagoya Grampus
Full nameNagoya Grampus
Nickname(s)Grampus Eight
Founded1946 (1946) as Toyota Motor SC
StadiumToyota Stadium
Capacity44,692[1]
OwnerToyota
ChairmanToyo Kato
ManagerKenta Hasegawa
LeagueJ1 League
2023J1 League, 6th of 18
WebsiteClub website
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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.[2]

The team's name was derived from two prominent symbols of Nagoya. The first is the shachihoko (tiger-headed carp, also called shachi) statues atop Nagoya Castle, also called shachi; this word is a homophone with the Japanese word for orca, a species formerly referred to as "grampus". The second is the maru-hachi (circle-eight), Nagoya's official emblem. The team's mascot is Grampus-kun, an orca.[3]

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.[4]

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"[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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[2] After a poor 2016 season, Grampus were relegated to J2 League for the first time in their history.[6] Boško Gjurovski left his post as manager.[7] On 4 January 2017, Yahiro Kazama was appointed as the club's new manager.[8] 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.[9] 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.

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 ManufacturerMain Shirt SponsorCollarbone SponsorAdditional Sponsor(s)
2019 MizunoToyotaSenon (Left)Tokai Tokyo Securities (Right)DensoToyota TsushoTS3Toyota Gazoo RacingBefore the ban is lifted
2020Toyota / GR YarisGoo Net (Left)au 5G (Right・1st)
au (Right・2nd)		-
2021GR YarisToyota Industries
2022GR 86au 5G (Right)V Vantelin
2023Waku Sutaffu (Right)AISINV Vantelin-
2024

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
2024 -
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
2024 -
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 2 April 2024.[10]

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
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)
26 MF Japan JPN Shumpei Naruse (at V-Varen Nagasaki)
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 16 April 2024.

The main 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.[11]

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 Shiki Hamasaki
2 DF Japan JPN Shuto Izawa
3 DF Japan JPN Yuto Tomikawa
4 DF Japan JPN Masamune Aoki
5 DF Japan JPN Towa Karimai
6 DF Japan JPN Kanau Ikema
7 MF Japan JPN Yuto Nishimori
8 MF Japan JPN Kosei Matsushima
9 FW Japan JPN Naoto Nishimori
10 FW Japan JPN Shungo Sugiura
11 MF Japan JPN Sora Nakahara
12 DF Japan JPN Mana Kambe
13 FW Japan JPN Ritsu Onishi
14 MF Japan JPN Mahito Yairo
15 FW Japan JPN Yugo Nonaka
16 GK Japan JPN Naotaro Kato
17 MF Japan JPN Yuto Nomura
18 MF Japan JPN Shu Tsuruta
19 MF Japan JPN Ryu Kanda
20 DF Japan JPN Soichiro Mori
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Japan JPN Kodai Miyamoto
22 FW Japan JPN Ken Ito
23 DF Japan JPN Haruki Yamamoto
24 MF Japan JPN Haruto Hirakawa
25 DF Japan JPN Shuta Komuro
26 DF Japan JPN Serato Maruyama
27 FW Japan JPN Kakeru Ishida
28 DF Japan JPN Chisom Taichi Odike
29 MF Japan JPN Masato Mizuno
30 MF Japan JPN Shotaro Senga
32 FW Japan JPN Sanii Omi
33 MF Japan JPN Ryoma Tsuneyoshi
34 MF Japan JPN Haruto Chujo
35 DF Japan JPN Fugo Naruse
36 MF Japan JPN Aoto Kojima
37 MF Japan JPN Kiichi Kamiya
38 MF Japan JPN Jota Tsumura
39 DF Japan JPN Ichise Utsumi
40 DF Japan JPN Rekuto Shiraogawa
42 MF Japan JPN Ryo Osawa

Club officials
PositionName
ManagerJapan Kenta Hasegawa
Assistant managerJapan Kosuke Takeya
First-team coachJapan Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
Japan Keiji Yoshimura
Analytical coachJapan Ryosuke Sato
Japan Shuta Tsukamoto
Goalkeeper coachJapan Kazumasa Kawano
Assistant goalkeeper coachJapan Seigo Narazaki
Performance coachJapan Daisuke Uematsu
Physical coachJapan Kaito Yamada
Chief doctorJapan Shinya Ishizuka
PhysiotherapistJapan Masakazu Mizutani
Japan Toru Fujii
Chief trainerJapan Kento Fujita
TrainerJapan Hiroki Kondo
Japan Kohei Baba
Team side managerJapan Minoru Mita
Side affairsJapan Shinichi Kitano
Japan Shinnosuke Ishizaka
Japan Yasuhiro Tanigawa
InterpreterJapan Kota Kurosu
Japan Takashi Kurokawa
South Korea Moon Keon-ho

Manager history

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

NameNat.FromToPW DLFA%W
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 (caretaker)  Japan 1 January 1995 30 June 1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Arsène Wenger  France 1 July 1995 30 September 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
José Costa (caretaker)  Portugal 30 September 1996 21 November 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
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 (caretaker)  Brazil 1999 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
João Carlos  Brazil 1999 2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
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 (caretaker)  Japan 21 September 2005 31 December 2005 10 2 1 7 0 0 020.00
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
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 (caretaker)  North Macedonia 23 August 2016 6 November 2016[7] 9 3 2 4 12 13 033.33
Yahiro Kazama  Japan 4 January 2017[8] 23 September 2019 [12] 89 40 13 36 157 147 044.94
Massimo Ficcadenti  Italy 23 September 2019[13] 9 December 2021[14] 101 54 20 27 136 86 053.47
Kenta Hasegawa  Japan 9 December 2021[15] 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
  • Notes:

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

Personnel awards
  • J.League Player of the Year
  • J.League Top Scorer
  • J.League Rookie of the Year
  • Japan Yoshizumi Ogawa (2008)
  • J.League Manager of the Year

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
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.Attendance/GJ.League
Cup		Emperor's
Cup		Asia
1992––––Semi-finals1st round––
1993 J1109th19,858Group stageQuarter-finals––
1994 1211th21,842First round2nd round––
1995 143rd21,463–Winners––
1996 162nd21,699Group stage3rd round––
1997 179th14,750Semi-finals3rd roundCWCRunners-up
1998 185th13,993Group stageSemi-finals––
1999 164th14,688Semi-finalsWinners–
2000 169th14,114Semi-finalsRound of 16––
2001 165th16,974Semi-finals3rd roundCWCQuarter-finals
2002 166th16,323Group stageRound of 16––
2003 167th16,768Semi-finalsRound of 16––
2004 167th15,712Semi-finalsRound of 16––
2005 1814th13,288Group stageRound of 16––
2006 187th14,924Group stageRound of 16––
2007 1811th15,585Group stageRound of 16––
2008 183rd16,555Semi-finalsQuarter-finals––
2009 189th15,928Quarter-finalsRunners-upCLSemi-finals
2010 181st19,979Group stageQuarter-finals–
2011 182nd16,741Semi-finalsQuarter-finalsCLRound of 16
2012 187th17,155Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsCLRound of 16
2013 1811th16,135Group stageSecond round––
2014 1810th16,734Group stageQuarter-finals––
2015 189th16,240Quarter-finalsSecond round––
2016 1816th17,729Group stageSecond round––
2017 J2223rd15,365–Round of 16––
2018 J11815th24,961Group stage3rd round––
2019 1813th27,612Quarter-finalsSecond round––
2020 † 183rd8,537Quarter-finalsDid not qualify––
2021 † 205th11,080WinnersQuarter-finalsCLQuarter-finals
2022 188th18,813Quarter-finalsRound of 16––
2023 186th27,504Semi-finalsQuarter-finals––
2024 18TBA––
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

Honours

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

Nagoya Grampus honours
HonourNo.Years
All Japan Senior Football Championship 2 1968, 1970
Japan Soccer League (Second tier) 1 1972
Konica Cup 1 1991
Emperor's Cup 2 1995, 1999
Japanese Super Cup 2 1996, 2011
J1 League 1 2010
J.League Cup 1 2021

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
  • Grampus-kun (The team mascot)

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.

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