# 2014 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2014 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 22nd season in the J.League Division 1 and 32nd overall in the Japanese top flight. It is Akira Nishino's first season as manager after replacing Dragan Stojković in the off-season. They finished the season in 10th place, reaching the Quarter Finals of the Emperor's Cup whilst failing to progress from the group stages of the J.League Cup.

## Squad

As of 6 February 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Seigo Narazaki (captain) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Muta |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio Tanaka |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Régis (loan from Atlético Goianiense) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Tone |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoshi Nakamura |
| 8 | MF | COL | Dánilson |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Yuki Honda |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai (loan from Standard Liège) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Nikki Havenaar |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Reo Mochizuki |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Masataka Nomura |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Leandro Domingues |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Takuma Edamura (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Yoshinari Takagi |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Taisuke Mizuno (at Gifu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka (at Oita Trinita) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Makito Yoshida (at Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| — | FW | BRA | Tiago (at Gifu) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Régis (loan from Atlético Goianiense) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Tone (from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda (from Sagan Tosu) |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda (from Oita Trinita) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki (from JEF Chiba) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Masataka Nomura |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Takuma Edamura (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Masukawa (to Vissel Kobe) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shohei Abe (to Ventforet Kofu) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Jungo Fujimoto (to Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 9 | MF | MKD | Nikola Jakimovski (to FK Jagodina) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Daniel (to Cabofriense) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Yōsuke Ishibitsu (to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Tiago (loan to Gifu) |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Motoki Takahara |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Hayuma Tanaka (to Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka (loan to Oita Trinita) |
| — | MF | JPN | Taisuke Mizuno (loan to Gifu, previously on loan) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Leandro Domingues (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Competitions
### J.League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 December 2014. Source: see below

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 50 |
| 9 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 48 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 48 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 45 |
| 12 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 44 |

### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 6 December 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J-League | J-League | J-League Cup | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Seigo Narazaki | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Muta | 33 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio | 38 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Régis | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Tone | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoshi Nakamura | 22 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Danilson | 34 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 33 | 6 | 19+6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Keiji Tamada | 23 | 5 | 15+2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura | 20 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe | 18 | 3 | 8+5 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Yuki Honda | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Riki Matsuda | 41 | 5 | 11+20 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai | 38 | 19 | 23+5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3+1 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano | 36 | 3 | 25+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada | 31 | 3 | 17+5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Nikki Havenaar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Reo Mochizuki | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi | 38 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato | 8 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata | 15 | 4 | 14+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Leandro Domingues | 13 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Takuma Edamura | 17 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Yoshinari Takagi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Kensuke Nagai | 12 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | DF | 4 | Tulio | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 16 | Joshua Kennedy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Keiji Tamada | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Riki Matsuda | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 32 | Kengo Kawamata | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 19 | Kisho Yano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 33 | Leandro Domingues | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Ryota Tanabe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Asahi Yada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | 29 | Kazuki Sato | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 13 | Ryota Isomura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 28 | Taishi Taguchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Danilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 3 | Yusuke Muta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 10 | 19 | 75 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | J-League | J-League | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Seigo Narazaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Shun Obu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tulio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Naoshi Nakamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Danilson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Keiji Tamada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ryota Isomura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Yuki Honda | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Joshua Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Riki Matsuda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Kensuke Nagai | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Kisho Yano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Asahi Yada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Taishi Taguchi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Kazuki Sato | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Leandro Domingues | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | Gustavo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Takuma Edamura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 49 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 5 |