2019 Nagoya Grampus season

Nagoya Grampus

2019 season
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Yahiro Kazama (until 23 September) Massimo Ficcadenti (from 23 September)
J1 League	13th
Emperor's Cup	Second Round vs National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
J. League Cup	Quarter-finals vs Kawasaki Frontale
Top goalscorer	League: Naoki Maeda (8 goals) All: Naoki Maeda Shuhei Akasaki (9 each)
Highest home attendance	42,975 vs Gamba Osaka (20 July 2019)
Lowest home attendance	14,651 vs Shonan Bellmare (7 July 2019)
Average home league attendance	27,612 (6 December 2019)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2019 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' second season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 26th J1 League season and 36th overall in the Japanese top flight. They were knocked out of the Emperor's Cup in the Second Round by National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya and reached the Quarterfinal of the J. League Cup where they were knocked out by Kawasaki Frontale.

Season events

On 23 September, Nagoya Grampus announced that Massimo Ficcadenti had replaced Yahiro Kazama as manager. ^[1]

Squad

As of match played 6 December 2019 ^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mitchell Langerak		GK	(1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 31)	Levante	2018	2019 [3]	70	0
16	Yohei Takeda		GK	(1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 32)	Oita Trinita	2016	2019 [4]	38	0
18	Tsubasa Shibuya		GK	(1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 24)	Yokohama	2017	2019 [5]	8	0
Defenders
5	Kazuhiko Chiba		DF	(1985-06-21)21 June 1985 (aged 34)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2019 [6]		7	0
6	Kazuya Miyahara		DF	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 23)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2019 [7]		111	4
17	Yuichi Maruyama		DF	(1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 30)	FC Tokyo	2018	2019 [8]	50	0
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani		DF	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 23)	Kashiwa Reysol	2018	2019 [9]	57	1
23	Yutaka Yoshida		DF	(1990-02-17)17 February 1990 (aged 29)	Sagan Tosu	2019 [10]		33	0
34	Haruya Fujii		DF	(2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018		9	0
36	Kosuke Ota		DF	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 32)	FC Tokyo	2019 [11]		14	0
Midfielders
2	Takuji Yonemoto		MF	(1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 29)	Tokyo	2019 [12]		30	0
8	João Schmidt		MF	(1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 26)	Atalanta	2019 [13]		35	2
9	Ariajasuru Hasegawa		MF	(1988-10-29)29 October 1988 (aged 31)	Omiya Ardija	2018		62	6
15	Hiroki Ito		DF	(1999-05-12)12 May 1999 (aged 20)	loan from Júbilo Iwata	2019 [14]	2020 [14]	9	0
19	Ryota Aoki		MF	(1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 23)	Academy	2014		56	14
21	Eduardo Neto		MF	(1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 31)	Kawasaki Frontale	2018	2019 [15]	34	0
26	Koki Sugimori		MF	(1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 22)	Academy	2014		52	3
28	Daiki Enomoto		MF	(1996-06-21)21 June 1996 (aged 23)	Academy	2018		11	0
29	Ryuji Izumi		MF	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 26)	Meiji University	2016		134	10
30	Shuto Watanabe		MF		Academy	2019		0	0
33	Shumpei Naruse		MF	(2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2018		8	0
35	Shunto Kodama		MF	(1999-12-03)3 December 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2018		10	1
37	Shumpei Fukahori		MF	(1998-06-29)29 June 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016		13	3
	Kota Yamada		MF	(1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 20)	loan from Yokohama F. Marinos	2019 [16]	2019 [16]	0	0
Forwards
7	Jô		FW	(1987-03-20)20 March 1987 (aged 32)	Corinthians	2018	2019 [17]	74	33
10	Gabriel Xavier		FW	(1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 26)	Cruzeiro	2018 [18]		83	17
13	Yuki Ogaki		FW	(2000-02-28)28 February 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2017		3	0
25	Naoki Maeda		FW	(1995-11-17)17 November 1995 (aged 24)	Matsumoto Yamaga	2018	2019 [19]	58	16
32	Shuhei Akasaki		FW	(1991-09-01)1 September 1991 (aged 28)	loan from Kawasaki Frontale	2019 [20]	2019 [20]	29	9
Unregistered
46	Ryotaro Ishida		MF	(2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018		1	0
49	Kudo Hyodo		FW		Academy	2018		1	0
Away on loan
3	Kazuki Kushibiki		DF	(1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 26)	Consadole Sapporo	2018		74	1
5	Ikki Arai		DF	(1993-11-08)8 November 1993 (aged 26)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2018		18	1
11	Mateus		FW	(1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 25)	Omiya Ardija	2019 [21]		13	4
14	Yosuke Akiyama		DF	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 24)	Academy	2017	2019 [22]	39	1
24	Yukinari Sugawara		DF	(2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2018		25	0
27	Yuki Soma		MF	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		33	5
31	Takashi Kanai		DF	(1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 29)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2018		24	5
	Jonathan Matsuoka		FW	(2000-05-27)27 May 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		0	0
Left during the season
4	Yuki Kobayashi		MF	(1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 31)	Albirex Niigata	2017		80	2
	Felipe Garcia		FW	(1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 29)	Brasil de Pelotas	2017		20	4

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 3 DF   JPN Kazuki Kushibiki (at Omiya Ardija) [23] 11 FW   BRA Mateus (at Yokohama F. Marinos) [24] 14 DF   JPN Yosuke Akiyama (at Júbilo Iwata) [25] 24 DF   JPN Yukinari Sugawara (at AZ Alkmaar) [26]

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF   JPN Yuki Soma (at Kashima Antlers) [27] 31 MF   JPN Takashi Kanai (at Sagan Tosu) — DF   JPN Ikki Arai (at JEF United) — FW   PAR Jhonattan Matsuoka (at SC Sagamihara)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2018–19 and List of Japanese football transfers summer 2019

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 December 2018	DF		Kazuya Miyahara	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Undisclosed	[7]
25 December 2018	DF		Kazuhiko Chiba	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Undisclosed	[6]
28 December 2018	MF		Gabriel Xavier	Cruzeiro	Undisclosed	[18]
6 January 2019	FW		Mateus	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	[21]
11 January 2019	FW		Takuji Yonemoto	Tokyo	Undisclosed	[12]
13 January 2019	DF		Yutaka Yoshida	Sagan Tosu	Undisclosed	[10]
6 February 2019	MF		João Schmidt	Atalanta	Undisclosed	[13]
2 July 2019	DF		Kosuke Ota	FC Tokyo	Undisclosed	[11]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2019	FW		Kohei Matsumoto	Maruyasu Okazaki
15 December 2018	MF		Kanta Kajiyama	SC Sagamihara	Undisclosed	[28]
19 December 2018	FW		Hisato Satō	JEF United Chiba	Undisclosed	[29]
24 December 2018	DF		Ryusuke Sakai	Machida Zelvia	Undisclosed	[30]
26 December 2018	MF		Kenta Uchida	Ventforet Kofu	Undisclosed	[31]
27 December 2018	DF		Hiroto Hatao	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	[32]
27 December 2018	MF		Kohei Hattanda	Kagoshima United	Undisclosed	[33]
26 February 2019	FW		Felipe Garcia	Vitória	Undisclosed	[34]
13 August 2019	MF		Yuki Kobayashi	Oita Trinita	Undisclosed	[35]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
9 January 2019	DF		Hiroki Ito	Júbilo Iwata	31 January 2020	[14]
12 January 2019	FW		Shuhei Akasaki	Kawasaki Frontale	31 January 2020	[20]
13 August 2019	MF		Kota Yamada	Yokohama F. Marinos	31 January 2020	[16]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2019	FW		Jonathan Matsuoka	SC Sagamihara
26 December 2018	DF		Ikki Arai	JEF United Chiba	31 January 2020	[36]
24 January 2019	MF		Shumpei Fukahori	Vitória de Guimarães	31 July 2019	[37]
18 June 2019	DF		Yukinari Sugawara	AZ Alkmaar	End of 2019/20 Season	[26]
25 July 2019	DF		Kazuki Kushibiki	Omiya Ardija	31 January 2020	[23]
26 July 2019	DF		Yosuke Akiyama	Júbilo Iwata	31 January 2020	[25]
7 August 2019	MF		Yuki Soma	Kashima Antlers	31 January 2020	[27]
13 August 2019	FW		Mateus	Yokohama F. Marinos	31 January 2020	[24]
Summer 2019	DF		Takashi Kanai	Sagan Tosu	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
8 January 2019	GK		Seigo Narazaki	Retired	8 January 2019 [38]

Friendlies

Chiangrai United v Nagoya Grampus

28 January 2019	Chiangrai United	2 – 2	Nagoya Grampus
17:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report

v

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JST (UTC+9)

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2019 J1 League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	10	15	45	50	−5	37	7	3	7	22	18	+4	2	7	8	23	32	−9

Last updated: 6 December 2019.
Source: see below

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L
Position	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2019. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

23 February 20191	Sagan Tosu	0 – 4	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Torres  36' Galović  41'	Report	Akasaki  17' Jô 63', 77' Yonemoto  65' Soma 79' Izumi 89'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 18,382 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

2 March 20192	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 0	Cerezo Osaka	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Akasaki 79', 90+2' Schmidt  86'	Report	Jonjić  90+1'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 19,861 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

9 March 20193	Gamba Osaka	2 – 3	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani 36' (o.g.) Ademilson 67' (pen.) Yajima  83'	Report	Akasaki 1' Schmidt 38' Fujiharu 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 26,865 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Tokyo v Nagoya Grampus

17 March 20194	Tokyo	1 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Tokyo
13:30 JST (UTC+9)	Nagai 54'	Report	Yonemoto  45+3' Maruyama  69'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 25,656 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Nagoya Grampus v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

30 March 20195	Nagoya Grampus	4 – 0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gabriel Xavier 17', 50' Fukumori 31' (o.g.) Hasegawa 39'	Report	Anderson Lopes  79'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 31,083 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

5 April 20196	Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Doi 72' Léo Silva 81'	Report	Gabriel Xavier 47' Yonemoto  74' Maruyama  77' Mateus  90+7'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus

13 April 20197	Yokohama F. Marinos	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Marcos Júnior 20' Endo  33' Miyoshi  50'	Report	Jô 8' (pen.) Izumi  45+1' Yoshida  57'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 22,667 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus v Júbilo Iwata

20 April 20198	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 0	Júbilo Iwata	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Schmidt  66' Jô 70'	Report	Shinzato  63' Albayrak  68' Rodrigues  87'  90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 28,585 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

28 April 20199	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 38'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Shonan Bellmare v Nagoya Grampus

4 May 201910	Shonan Bellmare	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Hiratsuka
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yamasaki 45+1' (pen.) Taketomi  64' Freire  71'	Report	Hasegawa  14' Schmidt 65'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 14,221 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

12 May 201911	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 16' Jô 41'	Report	Kashiwagi  47' Muto  59' Ogiwara  89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 30,839 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

17 May 201912	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Damião 69'	Report	Mateus 45' Gabriel Xavier  67' Miyahara  74'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 24,821 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus v Matsumoto Yamaga

26 May 201913	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 1	Matsumoto Yamaga	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Akasaki  40'	Report	Sugimoto 16' Miyasaka  23' Nagai  71'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 29,181 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo

Vegalta Sendai v Nagoya Grampus

1 June 201914	Vegalta Sendai	3 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Sendai
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yoshio 6' Michibuchi  24' Nagato  45+3' Nagasawa 30', 82'	Report	Mateus 27' Yoshida  62'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 12,853 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Oita Trinita v Nagoya Grampus

15 June 201915	Oita Trinita	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Ōita
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kozuka  26' Onaiwu 37'	Report	Miyahara 53'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 14,346 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse

22 June 201916	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 90+1'	Report	Futami  3' Renato  47' Douglas 68' Nishizawa 90+5'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 19,501 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

30 June 201917	Vissel Kobe	5 – 3	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Villa 27', 80' (pen.) Iniesta 62', 69' (pen.) Ogawa 87'	Report	Izumi 58' 67' Miyahara 66' Nakatani 77' Langerak  79'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 22,123 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus v Shonan Bellmare

7 July 201918	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 2	Shonan Bellmare	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Saito 5' Kaneko 82'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 14,651 Referee: Koei Koya

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

13 July 201919	Cerezo Osaka	3 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maruhashi 22' 35' Kimoto  77' Takagi 78' Mendes 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 16,382 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

20 July 201920	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 2	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 4' Miyahara 44'	Report	Ademilson 8' Kim  75' Usami 90+1' Takao  90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,975 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

4 August 201921	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 2	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Koroki 45+2' Sekine 90+3'	Report	Izumi 2' Maeda 25'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,238 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

10 August 201922	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Izumi 11', 18' Maeda 64'	Report	Taniguchi  27'  80' Jesiel  85'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,819 Referee: Hiroki Katsumata

Matsumoto Yamaga v Nagoya Grampus

18 August 201923	Matsumoto Yamaga	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Matsumoto
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Paulinho  56' Nagai 80'	Report	Akasaki 90+2'	Stadium: Sunpro Alwin Attendance: 18,311 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus v Yokohama F. Marinos

24 August 201924	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 5	Yokohama F. Marinos	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Miyahara  57' Jô 70' 90+3'	Report	Marcos Júnior 3' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Erik 39' Endo 78', 84' Ogihara  90'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 20,130 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

30 August 201925	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 2	Tokyo	Nagoya
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Maruyama  39' Akasaki  77' Maeda 83' Nakatani  87'	Report	Oliveira 29' 88' Takahagi 49' Oh  71'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 20,188 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

13 September 201926	Shimizu S-Pulse	3 – 2	Nagoya Grampus	Shizuoka
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Nishizawa 25', 59' Kawai 54'	Report	Miyahara 14' Hasegawa 74'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 15,019 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

28 September 201927	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nogami 33'	Report	Maeda 44' Izumi  57'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 10,880 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Nagoya Grampus v Oita Trinita

5 October 201928	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 1	Oita Trinita	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Akasaki 90+1'	Report	Mitsuhira 52'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 17,648 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Nagoya Grampus v Vegalta Sendai

19 October 201929	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gabriel Xavier  33' Akasaki  79'	Report	Hiraoka 7' Lopes 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 15,485 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Nagoya Grampus

2 November 201930	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	3 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Sapporo
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Arano  19' Fukai 35' Suzuki 71' (pen.) Songkrasin  80' Fernandes 86'	Report	Yoshida  69'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 19,943 Referee: Ryosuke Yamaoka

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

9 November 201931	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 12' Izumi 23' Hasegawa  49' Dankler 54' (o.g.) Schmidt  81'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 37,194 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Nagoya Grampus v Sagan Tosu

23 November 201932	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Izumi  12' Schmidt  78'	Report	Kanazaki 14' Takahashi  90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 26,124 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Júbilo Iwata v Nagoya Grampus

30 November 201933	Júbilo Iwata	2 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Iwata
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Matsumoto 22' Ōkubo 71' Ebecilio  90'	Report	Hasegawa 39' Gabriel Xavier  84'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 14,963 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

7 December 201934	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Ito  89'	Report	Machida  38' Nakatani 43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 33,133 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yokohama F. Marinos (C)	34	22	4	8	68	38	+30	70	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	FC Tokyo	34	19	7	8	46	29	+17	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3	Kashima Antlers	34	18	9	7	54	30	+24	63
4	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	12	6	57	34	+23	60
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	5	11	39	25	+14	59
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	45	29	+16	55
7	Gamba Osaka	34	12	11	11	54	48	+6	47
8	Vissel Kobe	34	14	5	15	61	59	+2	47	Qualification for the Champions League group stage [lower-alpha 1]
9	Oita Trinita	34	12	11	11	35	35	0	47
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	13	7	14	54	49	+5	46
11	Vegalta Sendai	34	12	5	17	38	45	−7	41
12	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	11	6	17	45	69	−24	39
13	Nagoya Grampus	34	9	10	15	45	50	−5	37
14	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	9	10	15	34	50	−16	37
15	Sagan Tosu	34	10	6	18	32	53	−21	36
16	Shonan Bellmare (O)	34	10	6	18	40	63	−23	36	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Matsumoto Yamaga (R)	34	6	13	15	21	40	−19	31	Relegation to J2 League
18	Júbilo Iwata (R)	34	8	7	19	29	51	−22	31

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Vissel Kobe qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 Emperor's Cup winners.

J. League Cup

Main article: 2019 J.League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cerezo Osaka	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
2	Nagoya Grampus	6	2	3	1	11	11	0	9
3	Oita Trinita	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7
4	Vissel Kobe	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5

Source: League table, Match results

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

6 March 20191	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 2	Vissel Kobe	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kushibiki  45+1' Soma 80' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Wellington 57', 90+5' Watanabe  75' Hashimoto  79'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 13,570 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Oita Trinita

13 March 20192	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 1	Oita Trinita	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Soma 4' Hasegawa 41'	Report	Ito 43'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

10 April 20193	Cerezo Osaka	3 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Mizunuma 10', 15' Fukumitsu 82'	Report	Kobayashi  45+1'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Oita Trinita v Nagoya Grampus

24 April 20194	Oita Trinita	2 – 2	Nagoya Grampus	Ōita
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mitsuhira 44' Goto 48' Kozuka  88'	Report	Chiba  15'  53' Kanai 24' Akasaki 83'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 4,322 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

8 May 20195	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 2	Cerezo Osaka	Nagoya
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Kushibiki  13' Maeda 69' Jô 79'	Report	Katayama 15' Funaki 40'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 9,852 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

22 May 20196	Vissel Kobe	1 – 3	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Miya  9' Wellington 63' Samper  63'	Report	Yoshida  44' Hasegawa  45+1'71' Akasaki 46', 81'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 5,835 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Knockout stage

Nagoya Grampus v Vegalta Sendai

19 June 2019Playoff Round 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Akasaki 17' Mateus 72'	Report		Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 6,405 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Vegalta Sendai v Nagoya Grampus

26 June 2019Playoff Round 2nd leg	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Sendai
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Michibuchi 85' Nagasawa  90+1'	Report	Kushibiki  68'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 5,963 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

4 September 2019Quarterfinal 1st leg	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Chinen 15' Wakizaka 61'	Report	Miyahara  13' Schmidt  43'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 14,719 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

8 September 2019Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Neto  41' Hasegawa 73' Jô 89'	Report	Shimoda 53' Damião 81'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 11,587 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2019 Emperor's Cup

Nagoya Grampus v National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

3 July 2019Second Round	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 3	National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	I.Ryusei 46' A.Nemoto 67' I.Fujimoto 81'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 2,462 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Squad statistics

As of match played 6 December 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J-League		Emperor's Cup		J-League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Mitchell Langerak	35	0	33	0	0	0	2	0
2	MF	JPN	Takuji Yonemoto	30	0	26+2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	JPN	Kazuki Kushibiki	9	0	0+1	0	1	0	5+2	0
5	DF	JPN	Kazuhiko Chiba	7	0	0+1	0	1	0	5	0
6	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara	37	4	30+1	4	0+1	0	4+1	0
7	FW	BRA	Jô	37	8	32	6	0	0	2+3	2
8	MF	BRA	João Schmidt	35	2	30+2	2	0	0	2+1	0
9	MF	JPN	Ariajasuru Hasegawa	37	6	21+9	3	0	0	5+2	3
10	FW	BRA	Gabriel Xavier	35	3	26+6	3	0	0	2+1	0
13	FW	JPN	Yuki Ogaki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	DF	JPN	Yosuke Akiyama	3	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
15	MF	JPN	Hiroki Ito	9	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	6	0
16	GK	JPN	Yohei Takeda	12	0	1+2	0	1	0	8	0
17	DF	JPN	Yuichi Maruyama	32	0	28	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Nakatani	39	1	34	1	0	0	4+1	0
21	MF	BRA	Eduardo Neto	19	0	14+2	0	0	0	3	0
23	DF	JPN	Yutaka Yoshida	33	0	29+1	0	1	0	2	0
24	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda	40	9	19+10	8	0+1	0	9+1	1
26	FW	JPN	Koki Sugimori	11	0	0+3	0	1	0	6+1	0
27	MF	JPN	Yuki Soma	25	4	1+16	1	1	0	5+2	3
28	MF	JPN	Daiki Enomoto	8	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+5	0
29	DF	JPN	Ryuji Izumi	37	6	26+5	6	0	0	4+2	0
32	FW	JPN	Shuhei Akasaki	29	9	5+16	5	1	0	5+2	4
33	MF	JPN	Shumpei Naruse	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	JPN	Haruya Fujii	6	0	4	0	0	0	1+1	0
35	MF	JPN	Shunto Kodama	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF	JPN	Kosuke Ota	14	0	9+3	0	0	0	0+2	0
37	MF	JPN	Shumpei Fukahori	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
11	FW	BRA	Mateus	13	4	5+4	3	1	0	3	1
31	DF	JPN	Takashi Kanai	9	1	0+3	0	1	0	5	1
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
4	MF	JPN	Yuki Kobayashi	12	0	0+4	0	1	0	6+1	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J-League	Emperor's Cup	J-League Cup	Total
1	MF		25	Naoki Maeda	8	0	1	9
	FW		32	Shuhei Akasaki	5	0	4	9
3	FW		7	Jô	6	0	2	8
4	DF		29	Ryuji Izumi	6	0	0	6
	MF		9	Aria Jasour Hasegawa	3	0	3	6
6	DF		6	Kazuya Miyahara	4	0	0	4
	MF		27	Yuki Soma	1	0	3	4
	FW		11	Mateus	3	0	1	4
9	FW		10	Gabriel Xavier	3	0	0	3
				Own goal	3	0	0	3
11	MF		8	João Schmidt	2	0	0	2
12	DF		20	Shinnosuke Nakatani	1	0	0	1
	DF		31	Takashi Kanai	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	45	0	15	60

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J-League		J. League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Total
1		GK	Mitchell Langerak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		MF	Takuji Yonemoto	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Kazuki Kushibiki	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
5		DF	Kazuhiko Chiba	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
6		DF	Kazuya Miyahara	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
7		FW	Jô	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	João Schmidt	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
9		MF	Aria Jasour Hasegawa	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10		FW	Gabriel Xavier	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Hiroki Ito	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		DF	Yuichi Maruyama	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Shinnosuke Nakatani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Eduardo Neto	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23		DF	Yutaka Yoshida	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
29		DF	Ryuji Izumi	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
32		FW	Shuhei Akasaki	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
11		FW	Mateus	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
4		MF	Yuki Kobayashi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	31	2	2	0	11	1	42	3

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