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Nagoya Grampus

Full name	Nagoya Grampus
Nickname(s)	Grampus Eight
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946) as Toyota Motor SC
Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Capacity	44,692
Owner	Toyota
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Kenta Hasegawa
League	J1 League
2024	J1 League, 11th of 20
Website	nagoya-grampus.jp
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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 city 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 two prominent symbols of Nagoya. The first is the shachihoko (tiger-headed carp) 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.

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

• AS Roma (2022−present)

On 25 November 2022, Nagoya Grampus sign partnership with Serie A club, AS Roma.

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

Sponsors

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	2023 Great Celebration of Tuna	2024 Great Celebration of Tuna

Current squad

As of 16 August 2024.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Mitchell Langerak 2 DF  JPN Yuki Nogami 3 DF  KOR Ha Chang-rae 4 DF  JPN Shion Inoue 5 MF  JPN Haruki Yoshida 7 MF  JPN Ryuji Izumi 8 MF  JPN Keiya Shiihashi 10 FW  BRA Patric 11 FW  JPN Yuya Yamagishi 14 MF  JPN Tsukasa Morishima 15 MF  JPN Sho Inagaki (captain) 16 GK  JPN Yohei Takeda 17 MF  JPN Ken Masui 18 FW  JPN Kensuke Nagai 19 MF  JPN Takuya Shigehiro 20 DF  JPN Kennedy Egbus Mikuni 24 DF  JPN Akinari Kawazura

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  JPN Katsuhiro Nakayama 28 FW  JPN Kyota Sakakibara 32 MF  JPN Haruto Suzuki 33 MF  JPN Taichi Kikuchi 34 MF  JPN Takuya Uchida 35 GK  JPN Alexandre Pisano 37 GK  JPN Daichi Sugimoto 41 MF  JPN Masahito Ono 42 FW  JPN Shungo Sugiura 43 MF  JPN Yuto Nishimori 44 DF  JPN Soichiro Mori 46 DF  JPN Ryuki Oiso 55 DF  JPN Shuhei Tokumoto (on loan from FC Tokyo) 66 MF  JPN Ryosuke Yamanaka 77 FW  DEN Kasper Junker

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  JPN Takuji Yonemoto (at Kyoto Sanga) 9 FW  JPN Noriyoshi Sakai (at Renofa Yamaguchi) 23 GK  JPN Daiki Mitsui (at Tokushima Vortis) 25 MF  JPN Tojiro Kubo (at Sagan Tosu) 26 MF  JPN Shumpei Naruse (at V-Varen Nagasaki) 30 DF  JPN Ei Gyotoku (at Nagano Parceiro)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  JPN Ryoga Kida (at Argentinos Juniors) — GK  JPN John Higashi (at FC Ryukyu) — DF  JPN Ryoya Morishita (at Legia Warsaw) — MF  JPN Hidemasa Koda (at Mito Hollyhock) — MF  JPN Ryotaro Ishida (at Tochigi SC) — FW  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.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Shiki Hamasaki 2 DF  JPN Shuto Izawa 3 DF  JPN Yuto Tomikawa 4 DF  JPN Masamune Aoki 5 DF  JPN Towa Karimai 6 DF  JPN Kanau Ikema 7 MF  JPN Yuto Nishimori 8 MF  JPN Kosei Matsushima 9 FW  JPN Naoto Nishimori 10 FW  JPN Shungo Sugiura 11 MF  JPN Sora Nakahara 12 DF  JPN Mana Kambe 13 FW  JPN Ritsu Onishi 14 MF  JPN Mahito Yairo 15 FW  JPN Yugo Nonaka 16 GK  JPN Naotaro Kato 17 MF  JPN Yuto Nomura 18 MF  JPN Shu Tsuruta 19 MF  JPN Ryu Kanda 20 DF  JPN Soichiro Mori

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  JPN Kodai Miyamoto 22 FW  JPN Ken Ito 23 DF  JPN Haruki Yamamoto 24 MF  JPN Haruto Hirakawa 25 DF  JPN Shuta Komuro 26 DF  JPN Serato Maruyama 27 FW  JPN Kakeru Ishida 28 DF  JPN Chisom Taichi Odike 29 MF  JPN Masato Mizuno 30 MF  JPN Shotaro Senga 32 FW  JPN Sanii Omi 33 MF  JPN Ryoma Tsuneyoshi 34 MF  JPN Haruto Chujo 35 DF  JPN Fugo Naruse 36 MF  JPN Aoto Kojima 37 MF  JPN Kiichi Kamiya 38 MF  JPN Jota Tsumura 39 DF  JPN Ichise Utsumi 40 DF  JPN Rekuto Shiraogawa 42 MF  JPN Ryo Osawa

Club officials

Club Staff for 2024

Position	Name
Manager	Kenta Hasegawa
Head coach	Kosuke Takeya
Coaches	Tsuyoshi Yoshitake Keiji Yoshimura
Analytical coach	Ryosuke Sato Shuta Tsukamoto
Goalkeeper coach	Kazumasa Kawano
Assistant goalkeeper coach	Seigo Narazaki
Performance coach	Daisuke Uematsu
Physical coach	Kaito Yamada
Chief doctor	Shinya Ishizuka
Physiotherapist	Masakazu Mizutani Toru Fujii
Chief trainer	Kento Fujita
Trainer	Hiroki Kondo Kohei Baba
Team side manager	Minoru Mita
Side affairs	Shinichi Kitano Shinnosuke Ishizaka Yasuhiro Tanigawa
Interpreter	Kota Kurosu Takashi Kurokawa Moon Keon-ho

Manager history

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

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	F	A	%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	9	3	2	4	12	13	033.33
Yahiro Kazama	Japan	4 January 2017	23 September 2019	89	40	13	36	157	147	044.94
Massimo Ficcadenti	Italy	23 September 2019	9 December 2021	101	54	20	27	136	86	053.47
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 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

• Dragan Stojković (1995)
• Seigo Narazaki (2010)

• J.League Top Scorer

• Ueslei (2003)
• Joshua Kennedy (2010, 2011)
• Jô (2018)

• J.League Best Eleven

• Dragan Stojković (1995, 1996, 1999)
• Ueslei (2003)
• Seigo Narazaki (2003, 2008, 2010, 2011)
• Marques (2004)
• Yoshizumi Ogawa (2008)
• Joshua Kennedy (2010, 2011)
• Danilson Córdoba (2010)
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka (2010, 2011, 2012)
• Takahiro Masukawa (2010)
• Jungo Fujimoto (2011)
• Jô (2018)
• Mitchell Langerak (2021)

• J.League Rookie of the Year

• Yoshizumi Ogawa (2008)

• J.League Manager of the Year

• Arsène Wenger (1995)
• Dragan Stojković (2010)

World Cup players

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

• Takashi Hirano (1998)
• Dragan Stojković (1998)
• Seigo Narazaki (2002, 2006, 2010)
• Keiji Tamada (2006, 2010)
• Joshua Kennedy (2010)
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka (2010)

Record as J.League member

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)

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.

References

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External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Fans' account on X (in Spanish)

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• Japan Soccer League clubs
• Football clubs in Japan
• Sports clubs and teams in Nagoya
• Emperor's Cup winners
• Japanese League Cup winners