2008 Nagoya Grampus season explained

Club:	Nagoya Grampus
Season:	2008
Chairman:	Toyo Kato
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Manager:	Dragan Stojković
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Stadium:	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
League:	J. League 1
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Emperor's Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarterfinals vs Gamba Osaka
Cup2:	J. League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Semifinals vs Oita Trinita
League Topscorer:	Frode Johnsen (12)
Season Topscorer:	Frode Johnsen (16)
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The 2008 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 16th season in the J. League Division 1 and 27th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also participated in the 2008 J. League Cup, being knocked out at the Semifinal stage by Oita Trinita, and the 2008 Emperor's Cup getting knocked out at the Quarterfinal stage by Gamba Osaka.

Transfers

Winter

In:Out:

Competitions

J.League

See main article: article and 2008 J.League Division 1.

Table

Emperor's Cup

See main article: article and 2008 Emperor's Cup.

J.League Cup

See main article: article and 2008 J.League Cup.

Group stage

See main article: article.

Knockout phase

Player statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Seigo Narazaki	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	30	0	-	-	2	0	32	0
2	DF	Takashi Miki	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	4	0	-	-	5	0	9	0
3	DF	Miloš Bajalica	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	26	0	-	-	7	0	33	0
4	DF	Masayuki Omori	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Atsushi Yoneyama	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	18	1	-	-	6	0	24	0
6	DF	Shohei Abe	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	34	0	-	-	8	1	42	1
7	MF	Naoshi Nakamura	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	31	0	-	-	6	0	37	0
8	MF	Magnum	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	26	8	-	-	7	0	33	8
9	FW	Frode Johnsen	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	34	12	-	2	6	2	40	16
10	MF	Toshiya Fujita	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	8	0	-	-	4	1	12	1
11	FW	Keiji Tamada	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	31	4	-	-	2	0	33	0
13	MF	Kei Yamaguchi	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	22	0	-	-	4	0	26	0
14	MF	Keiji Yoshimura	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	28	1	-	-	7	0	35	1
16	DF	Takahiro Masukawa	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	27	2	-	-	9	1	36	3
17	FW	Yuki Maki	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	16	1	-	-	10	3	26	4
18	FW	Masaki Fukai	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	5	0	-	-	6	0	11	0
19	FW	Keita Sugimoto	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	33	7	-	1	9	5	42	13
21	GK	Koji Nishimura	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	4	0	-	-	8	0	12	0
22	DF	Kazuto Tsuyuki	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Tomohiro Tsuda	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	3	0	-	-	5	2	8	2
27	DF	Shosuke Katayama	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	1	0	-	-	1	0	2	0
28	DF	Keiji Watanabe	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	1	0	1	0
29	MF	Yoshizumi Ogawa	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	33	11	-	-	9	2	42	13
30	DF	Akira Takeuchi	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	31	0	-	-	7	0	38	0
31	MF	Sho Hanai	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	4	0	-	-	1	0	5	0
32	MF	Jun Aoyama	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	1	0	-	-	2	0	3	0
33	MF	Masaya Sato	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	1	0	1	0
34	DF	Maya Yoshida	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	22	1	-	1	4	0	26	2
35	MF	Wataru Inoue	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
36	GK	Koichi Hirono	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
37	GK	Toru Hasegawa	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
38	FW	Oribe Niikawa	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	1	0	-	-	1	0	2	0
39	MF	Shinta Fukushima	March 8, 2008	cm / kg	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

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1	FW		9		12	2	2	16
2	MF		29		11	2	0	13
2	FW		19		7	5	1	13
4	MF		8		8	0	0	8
5	MF		11		4	0	0	4
5	FW		17		1	3	0	4
7	DF		16		2	1	0	3
8	FW		26		0	2	0	2
8	DF		34		1	0	1	2
10	MF		14		1	0	0	1
	DF		5		1	0	0	1
	MF		10		0	1	0	1
	DF		6		0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	48	17	4	69