| Club: | Nagoya Grampus |
| Season: | 2021 |
| Manager: | Massimo Ficcadenti |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Toyo Kato |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | J1 League |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal |
| Cup2: | J. League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Champions |
| Cup3: | AFC Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Pohang Steelers |
| League Topscorer: | Three Players (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mateus (14) |
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| Prevseason: | 2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2021 Nagoya Grampus season is Nagoya Grampus' 4th season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 28th J1 League season and 38th overall in the Japanese top flight. Nagoya Grampus will participate in the J1 League, Emperor's Cup, J. League Cup and the AFC Champions League.
On 28 December, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Kazuki Nagasawa from Urawa Red Diamonds.[1]
On 29 December, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Ryoya Morishita from Sagan Tosu.[2]
On 7 January, Jonathan Matsuoka was loaned to Kamatamare Sanuki until 31 January 2022.[3]
On 9 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Manabu Saitō from Kawasaki Frontale,[4] whilst Daiki Enomoto was loaned to Ehime until 31 January 2022.[5]
On 15 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the permanent signing of Mu Kanazaki from Sagan Tosu after he'd spent the 2020 season on loan at Nagoya Grampas.[6]
On 16 January, Shuto Watanabe was loaned to Mito HollyHock until 31 January 2022.[7]
On 11 March, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that Thailand would host Nagoya Grampus' group G games in the 2021 AFC Champions League.[8]
On 20 July, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Jakub Świerczok from Piast Gliwice.[9]
On 12 August, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Kim Min-tae on loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo for the remainder of the season.[10]
On 9 December, Head Coach Massimo Ficcadenti left the club after his contract expired.[11]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mitchell Langerak |  | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | Levante | 2018 | 161 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Tsubasa Shibuya |  | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | Yokohama | 2017 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Yohei Takeda | | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | Oita Trinita | 2016 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Daiki Mitsui | | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 3 | Yuichi Maruyama | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | FC Tokyo | 2018 | 105 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Kashiwa Reysol | 2018 | 148 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Kazuya Miyahara | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2019[13] | 154 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Haruya Fujii | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Yasuki Kimoto | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Cerezo Osaka | 2021 | 48 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Ryoya Morishita | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Sagan Tosu | 2021 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Kim Min-tae | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 2021 | 2021 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 23 | Yutaka Yoshida | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Sagan Tosu | 2019[14] | 121 | 3 | |||
| 26 | Shumpei Naruse | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 61 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Akira Yoshida | | DF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 2 | Takuji Yonemoto | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Tokyo | 2019[15] | 98 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Kazuki Nagasawa | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2021 | 47 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Hiroyuki Abe | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Kawasaki Frontale | 2020[16] | 43 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Sho Inagaki | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2020[17] | 91 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Ryotaro Ishida | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 27 | Shunto Kodama | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 44 | Mu Kanazaki | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Sagan Tosu | 2021 | 135 | 22 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 8 | Yoichiro Kakitani | | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Cerezo Osaka | 2021 | 52 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Ryogo Yamasaki | | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Shonan Bellmare | 2020[18] | 62 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Gabriel Xavier |  | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Cruzeiro | 2018[19] | 137 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Yuki Soma | | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 115 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Mateus | | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Omiya Ardija | 2019[20] | 105 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Manabu Saitō | | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Kawasaki Frontale | 2021 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 25 | Naoki Maeda | | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2018 | 141 | 28 | |||
| 40 | Jakub Świerczok |  | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Piast Gliwice | 2021 | 21 | 12 | |||
| Away on loan | |||||||||||
| John Higashi | | GK | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daiki Enomoto | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Shuto Watanabe | | MF | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jonathan Matsuoka |  | FW | 2021 12, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Left during the season | |||||||||||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 December 2020 | FW | | Yoichiro Kakitani | Cerezo Osaka | Undisclosed | [21] | |
| 28 December 2020 | MF | | Kazuki Nagasawa | Urawa Red Diamonds | Undisclosed | ||
| 29 December 2020 | MF | | Ryoya Morishita | Sagan Tosu | Undisclosed | ||
| 9 January 2021 | MF | | Yasuki Kimoto | Cerezo Osaka | Undisclosed | ||
| 9 January 2021 | FW | | Manabu Saitō | Kawasaki Frontale | Undisclosed | ||
| 15 January 2021 | MF | | Mu Kanazaki | Sagan Tosu | Free | ||
| 20 July 2021 | FW | | Jakub Świerczok | Piast Gliwice | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 December 2020 | MF | | Ariajasuru Hasegawa | Machida Zelvia | Undisclosed | [22] | |
| 30 December 2020 | MF | | Shumpei Fukahori | Mito HollyHock | Undisclosed | [23] | |
| 6 January 2021 | MF | | João Schmidt | Kawasaki Frontale | Undisclosed | [24] | |
| 6 January 2021 | MF | | Ryota Aoki | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Undisclosed | [25] | |
| 7 January 2021 | MF | | Koki Sugimori | Tokushima Vortis | Undisclosed | [26] | |
| 9 January 2021 | MF | | Yosuke Akiyama | Vegalta Sendai | Undisclosed | [27] | |
| 12 January 2021 | MF |  | Oh Jae-suk | Incheon United | Undisclosed | [28] | |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | | Yuki Ogaki | RFS | Undisclosed | [29] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2021 | FW | Jonathan Matsuoka | Kamatamare Sanuki | 31 January 2021 | |||
| 9 January 2021 | MF | | Daiki Enomoto | Ehime | 31 January 2021 | ||
| 16 January 2021 | MF | | Shuto Watanabe | Mito HollyHock | 31 January 2021 | ||
| 31 January 2021 | GK | | John Higashi | Tochigi | 31 January 2021 |
See main article: 2021 J1 League.
See main article: 2021 Emperor's Cup.
See main article: 2021 J.League Cup.
See main article: 2021 AFC Champions League.
See main article: 2021 AFC Champions League group stage.
See main article: 2021 AFC Champions League knockout stage.
|-|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=150 | J1 League | width=150 | Emperor's Cup | width=150 | J.League Cup | width=150 | Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 16 | Mateus | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 40 | Jakub Świerczok | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 15 | Sho Inagaki | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 8 | Yoichiro Kakitani | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Ryogo Yamasaki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 25 | Naoki Maeda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | 11 | Yuki Soma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 7 | Hiroyuki Abe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 | DF | | 3 | Yuichi Maruyama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 23 | Yutaka Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 20 | Kim Min-tae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 44 | Mu Kanazaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 13 | Haruya Fujii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 5 | Kazuki Nagasawa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 24 | Ryotaro Ishida | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 14 | Yasuki Kimoto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 19 | Manabu Saitō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 44 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | J1 League | width=150 | Emperor's Cup | width=150 | J.League Cup | width=150 | Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Mitchell Langerak | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Champions League | Total | |||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | | MF | Takuji Yonemoto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | | DF | Shinnosuke Nakatani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | MF | Kazuki Nagasawa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | | DF | Kazuya Miyahara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | | MF | Hiroyuki Abe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | | FW | Yoichiro Kakitani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | | FW | Ryogo Yamasaki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | FW | Yuki Soma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | | DF | Yasuki Kimoto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | | MF | Sho Inagaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | FW | Mateus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | DF | Ryoya Morishita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | DF | Kim Min-tae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | | DF | Yutaka Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | | DF | Shumpei Naruse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 44 | | MF | Mu Kanazaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season: | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||||||||