# 2018 Nagoya Grampus season

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

    As of match played 1 December 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Seigo Narazaki | GK | (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 42) | Yokohama Flügels | 1999 | 660 | 0 |
| 16 | Yohei Takeda | GK | (1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 31) | Oita Trinita | 2016 | 26 | 0 |
| 18 | Tsubasa Shibuya | GK | (1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 23) | Yokohama | 2017 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Mitchell Langerak | GK | (1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 30) | Levante | 2018 | 35 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Kazuki Kushibiki | DF | (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 25) | Consadole Sapporo | 2018 | 65 | 1 |
| 5 | Ikki Arai | DF | (1993-11-08)8 November 1993 (aged 25) | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2018 | 18 | 1 |
| 6 | Kazuya Miyahara | DF | (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 22) | loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2018 | 74 | 0 |
| 17 | Yuichi Maruyama | DF | (1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 29) | FC Tokyo | 2018 | 18 | 0 |
| 20 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | DF | (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 22) | Kashiwa Reysol | 2018 | 18 | 0 |
| 31 | Takashi Kanai | DF | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 28) | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2018 | 15 | 4 |
| 36 | Willian Rocha | DF | (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 29) | loan from Guarani | 2018 | 8 | 3 |
| 39 | Kenta Uchida | DF | (1989-10-02)2 October 1989 (aged 29) | Ehime | 2018 | 33 | 3 |
| 41 | Yukinari Sugawara | DF | (2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | 19 | 0 |
| 43 | Haruya Fujii | DF | (2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 17) | Academy | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Yuki Kobayashi | MF | (1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 30) | Albirex Niigata | 2017 | 67 | 2 |
| 9 | Ariajasuru Hasegawa | MF | (1988-10-29)29 October 1988 (aged 30) | Omiya Ardija | 2018 | 25 | 0 |
| 10 | Gabriel Xavier | MF | (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 25) | loan from Cruzeiro | 2017 | 48 | 14 |
| 14 | Yosuke Akiyama | MF | (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 23) | Academy | 2017 | 36 | 1 |
| 15 | Eduardo Neto | MF | (1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 30) | Kawasaki Frontale | 2018 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | Kohei Hattanda | MF | (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 28) | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2017 | 32 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryota Aoki | MF | (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2014 | 56 | 14 |
| 25 | Naoki Maeda | MF | (1995-11-17)17 November 1995 (aged 23) | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2018 | 18 | 7 |
| 29 | Ryuji Izumi | MF | (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 25) | Meiji University | 2016 | 97 | 4 |
| 32 | Shumpei Fukahori | MF | (1998-06-29)29 June 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | 11 | 3 |
| 38 | Shunto Kodama | MF | (1999-12-03)3 December 1999 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | 9 | 1 |
| 44 | Shumpei Naruse | MF | (2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 46 | Ryotaro Ishida | MF | (2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 16) | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Yuki Soma | MF | (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 2018 | 9 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Jô | FW | (1987-03-20)20 March 1987 (aged 31) | Corinthians | 2018 | 37 | 25 |
| 11 | Hisato Satō | FW | (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 36) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2017 | 47 | 7 |
| 13 | Yuki Ogaki | FW | (2000-02-28)28 February 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Keiji Tamada | FW | (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 38) | Cerezo Osaka | 2017 | 350 | 89 |
| 37 | Daiki Enomoto | FW | (1996-06-21)21 June 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | Kudo Hyodo | FW | | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 2 | Hiroto Hatao | DF | (1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 28) | Ventforet Kofu | 2018 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | Kohei Matsumoto | FW | (1994-07-31)31 July 1994 (aged 24) | Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kanta Kajiyama | MF | (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Washington | MF | (1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 32) | Brasil de Pelotas | 2017 | 45 | 2 |
| 19 | Yuki Oshitani | FW | (1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 29) | Fagiano Okayama | 2017 | 31 | 2 |
| 37 | Lim Seung-gyeom | FW | (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 (aged 23) | | 2017 | 14 | 1 |

### 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 |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori (at Machida Zelvia) |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Kohei Matsumoto (at SC Sagamihara) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Kanta Kajiyama (at SC Sagamihara) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Ryusuke Sakai (at Machida Zelvia) |
| — | FW | BRA | Felipe Garcia (at Goiás) |

## Transfers
### In

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

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 4 January 2018 | MF | Taishi Taguchi | Jubilo Iwata | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2018 | FW | Robin Simović | Omiya Ardija | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | FW | Lim Seung-gyeom | Mokpo City | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2018 | FW | Yuki Oshitani | Tokushima Vortis | Undisclosed |
| | 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 | Name | From | Date to |
| 26 December 2017 | MF | Gabriel Xavier | Cruzeiro | End of Season |
| 30 December 2017 | DF | Kazuya Miyahara | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | End of Season |
| 14 February 2018 | DF | Willian Rocha | Guarani | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 30 January 2018 | MF | Felipe Garcia | Goiás | End of Season |
| 19 July 2018 | DF | Hiroto Hatao | Omiya Ardija | 31 January 2018 |
| 31 July 2018 | DF | Kenta Uchida | Montedio Yamagata | 31 January 2018 |
| 5 September 2018 | MF | Kanta Kajiyama | SC Sagamihara | End of Season |
| | 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 | MF | | Washington | Renofa Yamaguchi | 27 July 2018 |
| 6 December 2018 | FW | | Keiji Tamada | V-Varen Nagasaki | 28 December 2018 |

## 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: 1 December 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 41 | |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
| 15 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 41 | |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata (O) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 41 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol (R) | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 39 | Relegation to J2 League |

### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 1 December 2018

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Kushibiki | 26 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kobayashi | 37 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Ikki Arai | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Jô | 37 | 25 | 31+2 | 24 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | JPN | Ariajasuru Hasegawa | 25 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Xavier | 30 | 7 | 27+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hisato Satō | 14 | 1 | 1+8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yuki Ogaki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Akiyama | 27 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Neto | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takeda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Yuichi Maruyama | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | JPN | Tsubasa Shibuya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Shinnosuke Nakatani | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Kohei Hattanda | 16 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki | 20 | 1 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Naoki Maeda | 18 | 7 | 15+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada | 28 | 3 | 19+5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Ryuji Izumi | 37 | 2 | 21+11 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | JPN | Takashi Kanai | 15 | 4 | 11+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Shumpei Fukahori | 9 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Willian Rocha | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Daiki Enomoto | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Shunto Kodama | 9 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Yukinari Sugawara | 19 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Haruya Fujii | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Shumpei Naruse | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | JPN | Ryutaro Ishida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | JPN | Yuki Soma | 9 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | JPN | Kudo Hyodo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroto Hatao | 6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Kanta Kajiyama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Kenta Uchida | 12 | 2 | 1+5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Washington | 12 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yuki Oshitani | 13 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Jô | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | MF | 25 | Naoki Maeda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 5 | FW | 28 | Keiji Tamada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 32 | Shumpei Fukahori | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 29 | Ryuji Izumi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 39 | Kenta Uchida | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 47 | Yuki Soma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 4 | Yuki Kobayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 11 | Hisato Satō | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | Ryota Aoki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Hiroto Hatao | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 38 | Shunto Kodama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 9 | 2 | 63 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | J-League | J-League | J. League Cup | J. League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| 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 |