| Club: | Nagoya Grampus |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Manager: | Massimo Ficcadenti |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Toyo Kato |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | J1 League |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup2: | J. League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter-final vs FC Tokyo |
| League Topscorer: | Mateus (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mateus (11) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 3rd season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 27th J1 League season and 37th overall in the Japanese top flight. Nagoya Grampus finished the season in Third Position, qualifying for the Play-off Round of the 2021 AFC Champions League. Due to finishing third, Nagoya Grampus did not qualify for the re-formatted 2020 Emperor's Cup, which if a J1 team were to win would put Nagoya Grampus directly into the AFC Champions League Group Stage.
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]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mitchell Langerak |  | GK | 2020 12, df=yes | Levante | 2018 | 2020 | 108 | 0 | |
| 18 | Tsubasa Shibuya |  | GK | 2020 12, df=yes | Yokohama | 2017 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | |
| 21 | Yohei Takeda | | GK | 2020 12, df=yes | Oita Trinita | 2016 | 2020 | 38 | 0 | |
| 22 | Daiki Mitsui | | GK | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 3 | Yuichi Maruyama | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | FC Tokyo | 2018 | 88 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Kashiwa Reysol | 2018 | 2020 | 95 | 1 | |
| 5 | Kazuhiko Chiba | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2019[32] | 2020 | 7 | 0 | |
| 6 | Kazuya Miyahara | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2019[33] | 2020 | 116 | 4 | |
| 13 | Haruya Fujii | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Yutaka Yoshida | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Sagan Tosu | 2019[34] | 2020 | 66 | 2 | |
| 26 | Shumpei Naruse | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 2020 | 36 | 0 | |
| 28 | Akira Yoshida | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Kosuke Ota | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | FC Tokyo | 2019[35] | 2020 | 26 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Takuji Yonemoto | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Tokyo | 2019[36] | 59 | 1 | ||
| 8 | João Schmidt |  | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Atalanta | 2019[37] | 2020 | 62 | 3 | |
| 9 | Ariajasuru Hasegawa | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Omiya Ardija | 2018 | 2020 | 62 | 6 | |
| 11 | Hiroyuki Abe | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Kawasaki Frontale | 2020 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Yosuke Akiyama | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Sho Inagaki | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2020 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 19 | Ryota Aoki | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2014 | 2020 | 59 | 14 | |
| 20 | Shuto Watanabe | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Ryotaro Ishida | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Oh Jae-suk | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Gamba Osaka | 2020 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 44 | Mu Kanazaki | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | loan from Sagan Tosu | 2020 | 2021 | 123 | 21 | |
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Gabriel Xavier | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Cruzeiro | 2018[38] | 111 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Mateus | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Omiya Ardija | 2019[39] | 2020[40] | 51 | 15 | |
| 17 | Ryogo Yamasaki | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Shonan Bellmare | 2020 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 25 | Naoki Maeda | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2018 | 2020 | 91 | 23 | |
| 27 | Yuki Soma | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 68 | 8 | ||
| Unregistered | ||||||||||
| Ryutaro Ishida | | MF | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Shunto Kodama | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 24 | Yukinari Sugawara | | DF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Daiki Enomoto | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Shumpei Fukahori | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2016 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Koki Sugimori | | MF | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2014 | 52 | 3 | |||
| Yuki Ogaki | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Matsuoka |  | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 7 | Jô | | FW | 2020 12, df=yes | Corinthians | 2018 | 74 | 33 | ||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 2019 | MF | | Sho Inagaki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Undisclosed | [41] | |
| 30 December 2019 | MF | | Hiroyuki Abe | Kawasaki Frontale | Undisclosed | [42] | |
| 9 July 2020 | MF |  | Oh Jae-suk | Gamba Osaka | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 December 2019 | DF | | Ikki Arai | JEF United Chiba | Undisclosed | [43] | |
| 25 December 2019 | DF | | Kazuki Kushibiki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Undisclosed | [44] | |
| 4 January 2020 | MF | | Ryuji Izumi | Kashima Antlers | Undisclosed | [45] | |
| 19 January 2020 | DF | | Takashi Kanai | Shimizu S-Pulse | Undisclosed | [46] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 2019 | MF | | Daiki Enomoto | Tokushima Vortis | 31 January 2021 | [47] | |
| 28 December 2019 | MF | | Shumpei Fukahori | Mito HollyHock | 31 January 2021 | [48] | |
| 9 January 2020 | FW | Jonathan Matsuoka | ReinMeer Aomori | 31 January 2021 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February 2020 | MF | | Eduardo Neto | [49] | |||
| 21 June 2020 | FW | | Jô | Corinthians | 17 June 2020 | [50] | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | | Kazuhiko Chiba | Albirex Niigata | |||
| 31 December 2020 | DF | | Kosuke Ota | Perth Glory |
See main article: 2020 J1 League.
See main article: 2020 J.League Cup.
See main article: 2020 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 | FW | | 16 | Mateus | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 25 | Naoki Maeda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 44 | Mu Kanazaki | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 10 | Gabriel Xavier | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Hiroyuki Abe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | 15 | Sho Inagaki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| FW | | 27 | Yuki Soma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 9 | DF | | 23 | Yutaka Yoshida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Yuichi Maruyama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 17 | Ryogo Yamasaki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 | MF | | 2 | Takuji Yonemoto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 8 | João Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 45 | 0 | 6 | 51 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | GK | | 1 | Mitchell Langerak | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | J-League | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Mitchell Langerak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | MF | Takuji Yonemoto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | | DF | Yuichi Maruyama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | | DF | Shinnosuke Nakatani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | João Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Gabriel Xavier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | | MF | Hiroyuki Abe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | MF | Sho Inagaki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | FW | Mateus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | FW | Ryogo Yamasaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | DF | Yutaka Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | FW | Naoki Maeda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | DF | Shumpei Naruse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | | FW | Yuki Soma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 34 | | MF | Oh Jae-suk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | | MF | Mu Kanazaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||||
| Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season: | |||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |||||||