Season events
On 20 December 2019, Massimo Ficcadenti agreed a new contract to manage Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season. [1] The following day, 21 December 2019, Kazuhiko Chiba signed a new one-year contract with Nagoya Grampus. [2]
On 24 December 2019, Yohei Takeda signed a new one-year contract with Nagoya Grampus, [3] whilst Naoki Maeda extended his contract for the 2020 season the next day. [4]
On 26 December 2019, Mitchell Langerak and Ariajasuru Hasegawa signed a new contracts until the end of the 2020 season. [5] [6]
On 27 December, Shumpei Naruse signed a new contract with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season, [7] with Yutaka Yoshida following suit the next day. [8]
On 5 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Ryogo Yamasaki from Shonan Bellmare, [9] and that Shinnosuke Nakatani had renewed his contract with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season. [10] The following day, 6 January, João Schmidt and Ryota Aoki renewed their contracts with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season. [11] [12]
On 7 January, Shuto Watanabe and Kosuke Ota renewed there contracts with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season, [13] [14] whilst Kazuya Miyahara renewed his contract for the 2020 season on 8 January. [15]
On 9 January, Tsubasa Shibuya renewed his contract with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season, [16] Takashi Kanai returned from his loan deal at Sagan Tosu and Jonathan Matsuoka joined ReinMeer Aomori on loan for the 2020 season. [17]
On 25 February, all football scheduled to be played between 28 February and 15 March, was suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] On 12 March, Nagoya Grampus announced that their upcoming games on 18 March & 22 March, against Yokohama and Urawa Red Diamonds, had also been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] 13 days, 25 March, a further 9 games, scheduled between 3 April and 6 May, where postponed to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. [20] Also on 25 March, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Mu Kanazaki on loan from Sagan Tosu until 31 January 2021. [21]
On 2 June, Nagoya Grampus announced that Mu Kanazaki had tested positive for COVID-19, [22] with the club announcing four days later that Mitchell Langerak had also tested positive for COVID-19. [23]
On 5 June, the group stage of the 2020 J.League Cup was reduced from a 6 games to 3 games, resulting in Nagoya Grampus' away games against Kawasaki Frontale and Kashima Antlers, as well as their home game against Shimizu S-Pulse were cancelled. [24]
On 21 June, Nagoya Grampus announced that their contract with Jô had been terminated, [25] and that the matter was with the FIFA after Jô had signed for Corinthians whilst still under contract with Nagoya Grampus. [26]
On 9 July, Nagoya Grampus confirmed the signing of Oh Jae-suk from Gamba Osaka. [27]
On 25 July, Nagoya Grampus announced that Kazuya Miyahara had tested positive for COVID-19. [28] The following day, Shuto Watanabe and coaching staff also tested positive for COVID-19, [29] resulting in the postponement of that afternoon's match between Nagoya Grampus and Sanfrecce Hiroshima. [30]
