| Club: | Nagoya Grampus |
| Season: | 2019 |
| Manager: | Yahiro Kazama Massimo Ficcadenti |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Toyo Kato |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | J1 League |
| League Result: | 13th |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second Round vs National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya |
| Cup2: | J. League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals vs Kawasaki Frontale |
| League Topscorer: | Naoki Maeda (8 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Naoki Maeda Shuhei Akasaki (9 each) |
| Highest Attendance: | 42,975 vs Gamba Osaka |
| Lowest Attendance: | 14,651 vs Shonan Bellmare |
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| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
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.
On 23 September, Nagoya Grampus announced that Massimo Ficcadenti had replaced Yahiro Kazama as manager.[1]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mitchell Langerak |  | GK | 2019 12, df=yes | Levante | 2018 | 2019[3] | 70 | 0 | |
| 16 | Yohei Takeda |  | GK | 2019 12, df=yes | Oita Trinita | 2016 | 2019[4] | 38 | 0 | |
| 18 | Tsubasa Shibuya | | GK | 2019 12, df=yes | Yokohama | 2017 | 2019[5] | 8 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 5 | Kazuhiko Chiba | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2019 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Kazuya Miyahara | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2019 | 111 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Yuichi Maruyama | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | FC Tokyo | 2018 | 2019[6] | 50 | 0 | |
| 20 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Kashiwa Reysol | 2018 | 2019[7] | 57 | 1 | |
| 23 | Yutaka Yoshida | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Sagan Tosu | 2019 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Haruya Fujii | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Kosuke Ota | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | FC Tokyo | 2019 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Takuji Yonemoto | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Tokyo | 2019 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 8 | João Schmidt |  | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Atalanta | 2019 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Ariajasuru Hasegawa | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Omiya Ardija | 2018 | 62 | 6 | ||
| 15 | Hiroki Ito | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | loan from Júbilo Iwata | 2019 | 2020 | 9 | 0 | |
| 19 | Ryota Aoki | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2014 | 56 | 14 | ||
| 21 | Eduardo Neto | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Kawasaki Frontale | 2018 | 2019[8] | 34 | 0 | |
| 26 | Koki Sugimori | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2014 | 52 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Daiki Enomoto | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Ryuji Izumi | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Meiji University | 2016 | 134 | 10 | ||
| 30 | Shuto Watanabe | | MF | Academy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | Shumpei Naruse | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Shunto Kodama | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Shumpei Fukahori | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2016 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Kota Yamada | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | loan from Yokohama F. Marinos | 2019 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Jô | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Corinthians | 2018 | 2019[9] | 74 | 33 | |
| 10 | Gabriel Xavier | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Cruzeiro | 2018 | 83 | 17 | ||
| 13 | Yuki Ogaki | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Naoki Maeda | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2018 | 2019[10] | 58 | 16 | |
| 32 | Shuhei Akasaki | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | loan from Kawasaki Frontale | 2019 | 2019 | 29 | 9 | |
| Unregistered | ||||||||||
| 46 | Ryotaro Ishida | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Kudo Hyodo | | FW | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 3 | Kazuki Kushibiki | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Consadole Sapporo | 2018 | 74 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Ikki Arai | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2018 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Mateus | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Omiya Ardija | 2019 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Yosuke Akiyama | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 2019[11] | 39 | 1 | |
| 24 | Yukinari Sugawara | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Yuki Soma | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 31 | Takashi Kanai | | DF | 2019 12, df=yes | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2018 | 24 | 5 | ||
| Jonathan Matsuoka |  | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 4 | Yuki Kobayashi | | MF | 2019 12, df=yes | Albirex Niigata | 2017 | 80 | 2 | ||
| Felipe Garcia | | FW | 2019 12, df=yes | Brasil de Pelotas | 2017 | 20 | 4 | |||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 December 2018 | DF | | Kazuya Miyahara | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Undisclosed | [12] | |
| 25 December 2018 | DF | | Kazuhiko Chiba | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Undisclosed | [13] | |
| 28 December 2018 | MF | | Gabriel Xavier | Cruzeiro | Undisclosed | [14] | |
| 6 January 2019 | FW | | Mateus | Omiya Ardija | Undisclosed | [15] | |
| 11 January 2019 | FW | | Takuji Yonemoto | Tokyo | Undisclosed | [16] | |
| 13 January 2019 | DF | | Yutaka Yoshida | Sagan Tosu | Undisclosed | [17] | |
| 6 February 2019 | MF | | João Schmidt | Atalanta | Undisclosed | [18] | |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | | Kosuke Ota | FC Tokyo | Undisclosed | [19] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2019 | FW | | Kohei Matsumoto | Maruyasu Okazaki | |||
| 15 December 2018 | MF | | Kanta Kajiyama | SC Sagamihara | Undisclosed | [20] | |
| 19 December 2018 | FW | | Hisato Satō | JEF United Chiba | Undisclosed | [21] | |
| 24 December 2018 | DF | | Ryusuke Sakai | Machida Zelvia | Undisclosed | [22] | |
| 26 December 2018 | MF | | Kenta Uchida | Ventforet Kofu | Undisclosed | [23] | |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | | Hiroto Hatao | Omiya Ardija | Undisclosed | [24] | |
| 27 December 2018 | MF | | Kohei Hattanda | Kagoshima United | Undisclosed | [25] | |
| 26 February 2019 | FW | | Felipe Garcia | Vitória | Undisclosed | [26] | |
| 13 August 2019 | MF | | Yuki Kobayashi | Oita Trinita | Undisclosed | [27] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 January 2019 | DF | | Hiroki Ito | Júbilo Iwata | 31 January 2020 | [28] | |
| 12 January 2019 | FW | | Shuhei Akasaki | Kawasaki Frontale | 31 January 2020 | [29] | |
| 13 August 2019 | MF | | Kota Yamada | Yokohama F. Marinos | 31 January 2020 | [30] |
| 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 | [31] | |
| 24 January 2019 | MF | | Shumpei Fukahori | Vitória de Guimarães | 31 July 2019 | [32] | |
| 18 June 2019 | DF | | Yukinari Sugawara | AZ Alkmaar | End of 2019/20 Season | [33] | |
| 25 July 2019 | DF | | Kazuki Kushibiki | Omiya Ardija | 31 January 2020 | [34] | |
| 26 July 2019 | DF | | Yosuke Akiyama | Júbilo Iwata | 31 January 2020 | [35] | |
| 7 August 2019 | MF | | Yuki Soma | Kashima Antlers | 31 January 2020 | [36] | |
| 13 August 2019 | FW | | Mateus | Yokohama F. Marinos | 31 January 2020 | [37] | |
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Takashi Kanai | Sagan Tosu | End of Season |
See main article: 2019 J1 League.
See main article: 2019 J.League Cup.
See main article: 2019 Emperor's Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | J-League | width=150 | Emperor's Cup | width=150 | J-League Cup | width=80 | 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 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | J-League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||