2018 Nagoya Grampus season explained

Club:	Nagoya Grampus
Season:	2018
Manager:	Yahiro Kazama
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Toyo Kato
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League:	J1 League
League Result:	15th
Cup1:	Emperor's Cup
Cup1 Result:	Group stage
Cup2:	J. League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third Round vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima
League Topscorer:	Jô (24 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Jô (25 goals)
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Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

The 2018 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' first season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 25th J1 League season and 35th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also took part in the Emperor's Cup and the J. League Cup.

Squad

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Seigo Narazaki		GK	2018 12, df=yes	Yokohama Flügels	1999		660	0
16	Yohei Takeda		GK	2018 12, df=yes	Oita Trinita	2016		26	0
18	Tsubasa Shibuya		GK	2018 12, df=yes	Yokohama	2017		8	0
22	Mitchell Langerak		GK	2018 12, df=yes	Levante	2018		35	0
Defenders
3	Kazuki Kushibiki		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Consadole Sapporo	2018		65	1
5	Ikki Arai		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Yokohama F. Marinos	2018		18	1
6	Kazuya Miyahara		DF	2018 12, df=yes	loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2018		74	0
17	Yuichi Maruyama		DF	2018 12, df=yes	FC Tokyo	2018		18	0
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Kashiwa Reysol	2018		18	0
31	Takashi Kanai		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Yokohama F. Marinos	2018		15	4
36	Willian Rocha		DF	2018 12, df=yes	loan from Guarani	2018		8	3
39	Kenta Uchida		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Ehime	2018		33	3
41	Yukinari Sugawara		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		19	0
43	Haruya Fujii		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		3	0
Midfielders
4	Yuki Kobayashi		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Albirex Niigata	2017		67	2
9	Ariajasuru Hasegawa		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Omiya Ardija	2018		25	0
10	Gabriel Xavier		MF	2018 12, df=yes	loan from Cruzeiro	2017		48	14
14	Yosuke Akiyama		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2017		36	1
15	Eduardo Neto		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Kawasaki Frontale	2018		15	0
21	Kohei Hattanda		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Shimizu S-Pulse	2017		32	0
23	Ryota Aoki		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2014		56	14
25	Naoki Maeda		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Matsumoto Yamaga	2018		18	7
29	Ryuji Izumi		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Meiji University	2016		97	4
32	Shumpei Fukahori		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		11	3
38	Shunto Kodama		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		9	1
44	Shumpei Naruse		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		6	0
46	Ryotaro Ishida		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		1	0
47	Yuki Soma		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		9	1
Forwards
7	Jô		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Corinthians	2018		37	25
11	Hisato Satō		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2017		47	7
13	Yuki Ogaki		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2017		2	0
28	Keiji Tamada		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Cerezo Osaka	2017		350	89
37	Daiki Enomoto		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		3	0
49	Kudo Hyodo		FW		Academy	2018		1	0
Away on loan
2	Hiroto Hatao		DF	2018 12, df=yes	Ventforet Kofu	2018		6	1
30	Kohei Matsumoto		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2017		0	0
33	Kanta Kajiyama		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		3	0
Left during the season
8	Washington		MF	2018 12, df=yes	Brasil de Pelotas	2017		45	2
19	Yuki Oshitani		FW	2018 12, df=yes	Fagiano Okayama	2017		31	2
37	Lim Seung-gyeom		FW	2018 12, df=yes		2017		14	1

Out on loan

Transfers

See main article: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2017–18 and List of Japanese football transfers summer 2018.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
19 December 2017	DF		Kazuki Kushibiki	Consadole Sapporo	Undisclosed	^[2]
26 December 2017	DF		Ikki Arai	Yokohama F. Marinos	Undisclosed	^[3]
27 December 2017	MF		Ariajasuru Hasegawa	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	^[4]
3 January 2018	FW		Jô	Corinthians	Undisclosed	^[5]
5 January 2018	DF		Hiroto Hatao	Ventforet Kofu	Undisclosed	^[6]
14 January 2018	GK		Mitchell Langerak	Levante	Undisclosed	^[7]
20 June 2018	DF		Shinnosuke Nakatani	Kashiwa Reysol	Undisclosed	^[8]
29 June 2018	MF		Eduardo Neto	Kawasaki Frontale	Undisclosed	^[9]
4 July 2018	DF		Yuichi Maruyama	FC Tokyo	Undisclosed	^[10]
19 July 2018	MF		Naoki Maeda	Matsumoto Yamaga	Undisclosed	^[11]
25 July 2018	DF		Takashi Kanai	Yokohama F. Marinos	Undisclosed	^[12]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
4 January 2018	MF		Taishi Taguchi	Jubilo Iwata	Undisclosed	^[13]
10 January 2018	FW		Robin Simović	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	^[14]
12 July 2018	FW		Lim Seung-gyeom	Mokpo City	Undisclosed	^[15]
19 July 2018	FW		Yuki Oshitani	Tokushima Vortis	Undisclosed	^[16]
	GK		Kota Ogi	Vissel Kobe	Undisclosed
	DF		Shota Kobayashi	Vegalta Sendai	Undisclosed
	DF		Ryo Takahashi	Shonan Bellmare	Undisclosed
	MF		Ryota Tanabe	Tokyo United	Undisclosed
	MF		Asahi Yada	JEF United Chiba	Undisclosed
	FW		Ryo Nagai	Matsumoto Yamaga	Undisclosed
	FW		Ryuji Sugimoto	Tokushima Vortis	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
26 December 2017	MF		Gabriel Xavier	Cruzeiro	End of Season	^[17]
30 December 2017	DF		Kazuya Miyahara	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	End of Season	^[18]
14 February 2018	DF		Willian Rocha	Guarani	End of Season	^[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
30 January 2018	MF		Felipe Garcia	Goiás	End of Season	^[20]
19 July 2018	DF		Hiroto Hatao	Omiya Ardija	31 January 2018	^[21]
31 July 2018	DF		Kenta Uchida	Montedio Yamagata	31 January 2018	^[22]
5 September 2018	MF		Kanta Kajiyama	SC Sagamihara	End of Season	^[23]
	DF		Ryusuke Sakai	Machida Zelvia	End of Season
	FW		Koki Sugimori	Machida Zelvia	End of Season
	FW		Lim Seung-gyeom	Oita Trinita	12 July 2018

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
29 June 2018^[24]	MF		Washington	Renofa Yamaguchi	27 July 2018^[25]
6 December 2018^[26]	FW		Keiji Tamada	V-Varen Nagasaki	28 December 2018^[27]

Competitions

J. League

See main article: 2018 J1 League.

League table

J. League Cup

See main article: 2018 J.League Cup.

Group stage

Emperor's Cup

See main article: 2018 Emperor's Cup.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal Scorers

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1	FW		7	Jô	24	1	0	25
2	MF		25	Naoki Maeda	7	0	0	7
	MF		10	Gabriel Xavier	6	0	1	7
4	DF		31	Takashi Kanai	4	0	0	4
5	DF		36	Willian Rocha	3	0	0	3
	FW		28	Keiji Tamada	3	0	0	3
	MF		32	Shumpei Fukahori	0	2	1	3
8	DF		29	Ryuji Izumi	2	0	0	2
	DF		39	Kenta Uchida	0	2	0	2
10	MF		47	Yuki Soma	1	0	0	1
	MF		4	Yuki Kobayashi	1	0	0	1
	FW		11	Hisato Satō	0	1	0	1
	MF		23	Ryota Aoki	0	1	0	1
	DF		2	Hiroto Hatao	0	1	0	1
	MF		38	Shunto Kodama	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	52	9	2	63

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J-League		J. League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Total
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3		DF	Kazuki Kushibiki	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		MF	Yuki Kobayashi	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
6		DF	Kazuya Miyahara	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		FW	Jô	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
9		MF	Ariajasuru Hasegawa	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
10		MF	Gabriel Xavier	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Yosuke Akiyama	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Eduardo Neto	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
17		DF	Yuichi Maruyama	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		DF	Shinnosuke Nakatani	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
21		MF	Kohei Hattanda	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
29		DF	Ryuji Izumi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		DF	Takashi Kanai	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41		DF	Yukinari Sugawara	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
44		MF	Shumpei Naruse	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
47		MF	Yuki Soma	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
39		DF	Kenta Uchida	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
8		MF	Washington	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
			TOTALS	50	2	7	0	2	1	59	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018シーズン名古屋グランパストップチーム体制のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 16 January 2018.
2. Web site: 櫛引 一紀選手、名古屋グランパスへ完全移籍のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 20 December 2017. ja. 19 December 2017.
3. Web site: 新井 一耀選手、名古屋グランパスへ完全移籍のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 29 December 2017. ja. 26 December 2017.
4. Web site: 長谷川 アーリアジャスール選手、移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 29 December 2017. ja. 27 December 2017.
5. Web site: ジョー選手、移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 3 January 2018. ja. 3 January 2018.
6. Web site: 畑尾 大翔選手、移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 5 January 2018. ja. 5 January 2018.
7. Web site: ランゲラック選手、移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 14 January 2018. ja. 14 January 2018.
8. Web site: 中谷 進之介選手、移籍加入のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 27 June 2018 . ja . 20 June 2018.
9. Web site: エドゥアルド ネット選手、移籍加入のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 29 June 2018 . ja . 29 June 2018.
10. Web site: 丸山 祐市選手、移籍加入のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 22 July 2018 . ja . 4 July 2018.
11. Web site: 前田 直輝選手 移籍加入のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 22 July 2018 . ja . 19 July 2018.
12. Web site: 金井 貢史選手 移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 1 August 2018 . ja . 25 July 2018.
13. Web site: 田口 泰士選手が完全移籍加入. jubilo-iwata.co.jp. Jubilo Iwata. 5 January 2018. ja. 4 January 2018.
14. Web site: ロビン・シモヴィッチ選手 加入のお知らせ. ardija.co.jp. Omiya Ardija. 16 January 2018. ja. 10 January 2018.
15. Web site: イム スンギョム選手、Mokpo City FC（韓国）へ完全移籍のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 22 July 2018 . ja . 12 July 2018.
16. Web site: 押谷 祐樹選手、徳島ヴォルティスへ完全移籍のお知らせ. Nagoya Grampus. 22 July 2018. ja. 19 July 2018.
17. Web site: ガブリエル シャビエル選手プロフィール. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 29 December 2017. ja. 26 December 2017.
18. Web site: 宮原 和也選手、期限付き移籍延長のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 30 December 2017. ja. 30 December 2017.
19. Web site: ウィリアン ホーシャ選手、期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 14 February 2018. ja. 14 February 2018.
20. Web site: フェリペ・ガルシア選手、ゴイアスECへ期限付き移籍のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 30 January 2018. ja. 30 January 2018.
21. Web site: 畑尾 大翔選手、大宮アルディージャへ期限付き移籍のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 22 July 2018. ja. 19 July 2018.
22. Web site: 内田 健太選手、モンテディオ山形へ期限付き移籍のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp. Nagoya Grampus. 1 August 2018. ja. 31 July 2018.
23. Web site: 梶山 幹太選手、SC相模原へ育成型期限付き移籍のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 25 December 2018 . ja . 5 September 2018.
24. Web site: ワシントン選手、契約解除のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 29 June 2018 . ja . 29 June 2018.
25. Web site: ワシントン選手、レノファ山口FCへ加入のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 28 July 2018 . ja . 27 July 2018.
26. Web site: 玉田 圭司選手、契約満了のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 7 December 2018 . ja . 6 December 2018.
27. Web site: 玉田 圭司選手、V・ファーレン長崎へ加入のお知らせ . nagoya-grampus.jp . Nagoya Grampus . 2 January 2019 . ja . 28 December 2018.