Nagoya Grampus facts for kids
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| Full name | Nagoya Grampus | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Grampus Eight | ||
| Founded | 1946 as Toyota Motor SC | ||
| Stadium | Toyota Stadium | ||
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| Owner | Toyota | ||
| Chairman | Toyo Kato | ||
| Manager | Kenta Hasegawa | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2022 | J1 League, 8th of 18 | ||
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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 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 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.
Grampus have won 1 J1 League title, 2 Emperor's Cup, 1 J.League Cup and 2 Japanese Super Cup.
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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. 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.
Kit and colours
Sponsors
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| 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) |
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| 2022 | GR 86 | au 5G (Right) | V Vantelin | ||||||
| 2023 | Waku Sutaffu (Right) | AISIN | V Vantelin | - | |||||
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    1st ACL |
   1st ACL |
    20th Anniversary |
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Nagoya TV Tower 60th Anniversary |
  25th Anniversary |
   J.League 25th Anniversary |
    Shachi Festival |
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Current squad
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Out on loan
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Nagoya Grampus U-18
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.
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Club official
For the 2024 season.
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Kenta Hasegawa |
| Assistant manager | Takashi Miki |
| First-team coach | Kosuke Takeya Keiji Yoshimura |
| Analyst coach | Ryosuke Sato |
| Goalkeeper coach | Kazumasa Kawano |
| Assistant goalkeeper coach | Seigo Narazaki |
| Physical coach | Kaito Yamada |
| Performance coach | Daisuke Uematsu |
| Chief doctor | Shinya Ishizuka |
| Medical advisor | Seiji Kondo |
| Physiotherapist | Masakazu Mizutani Kohei Shirotani |
| Athletic trainer | Hiroki Kondo Kento Fujita Kazue Hozumi |
| Team Secretary | Minoru Mita |
| Side job | Shinichi Kitano Shinnosuke Ishizaka Yasuhiro Tanikawa |
| Interpreter | Tonny Sasaki Takashi Kurokawa |
| Dietitian | Miki Kawamura |
Honours
As Toyota Motor SC (1939–1991) and as Nagoya Grampus (1991–Present)
League
- J.League Division 1
- Champions (1): 2010
- Japan Soccer League Division 2
- Champions (1): 1972
Cups
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- Winners (2): 1995, 1999
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- Winners (1): 2021
- Japanese Super Cup:
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- Winners (2): 1996, 2011
- All Japan Senior Football Championship
- Winners (2): 1968, 1970
- Konica Cup
- Winners (1): 1991
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 |
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| 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 | 48.00 | ||
| 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 | 46.67 | ||
| Zdenko Verdenik |  Slovenia |
1 January 2002 | 4 August 2003 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | ||
| Nelsinho Baptista | Brazil |
29 July 2003 | 20 September 2005 | 69 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 37.68 | ||
| Hitoshi Nakata | Japan |
21 September 2005 | 31 December 2005 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | (caretaker) | |
| Sef Vergoossen |  Netherlands |
1 January 2006 | 31 December 2007 | 68 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 38.24 | ||
| Dragan Stojković Piksi |  Serbia |
22 January 2008 | 7 December 2013 | 204 | 103 | 42 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 50.49 | J.League x1 | |
| Akira Nishino | Japan |
25 December 2013 | 22 November 2015 | 87 | 36 | 21 | 30 | 135 | 123 | 41.38 | ||
| Takafumi Ogura | Japan |
24 November 2015 | 23 August 2016 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 56 | 15.63 | ||
| Boško Gjurovski |  Macedonia |
23 August 2016 | 6 November 2016 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 33.33 | (caretaker) | |
| Yahiro Kazama | Japan |
4 January 2017 | 23 September 2019 | 89 | 40 | 13 | 36 | 157 | 147 | 44.94 | (Promoted) | |
| Massimo Ficcadenti | Italy |
23 September 2019 | 9 December 2021 | 101 | 54 | 20 | 27 | 136 | 86 | 53.47 | J.League Cup x1 | |
| Kenta Hasegawa | Japan |
9 December 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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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
- J.League Player of the Year
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Dragan Stojković (1995)- Seigo Narazaki (2010)
- J.League Top Scorer
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- Ueslei (2003)
Joshua Kennedy (2010, 2011)- Jô (2018)
- J.League Best Eleven
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- 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)
- J.League Rookie of the Year
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- Yoshizumi Ogawa (2008)
- J.League Manager of the Year
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- 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
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
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| 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
- 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
- 33 seasons in the top tier, 12 seasons in the second tier and 6 seasons in the Regional Leagues.
See also
In Spanish: Nagoya Grampus para niños
- Grampus-kun (The team mascot)
