# 2016 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2016 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 24th season in the J.League Division 1 and 34th overall in the Japanese top flight. Takafumi Ogura managed the team until 23 August, when he was replaced with Boško Gjurovski. Nagoya Grampus finished the season in 16th place, being relegated to J2 League for the first time in their history, whilst being knocked out of the Emperor's Cup at the Second Round stage by Nagano Parceiro and the failing to progress from their J.League Cup group.

## Squad

    As of 12 September 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Seigo Narazaki |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Ludvig Öhman |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shota Kobayashi |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Ha Dae-sung (loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Simović |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe |
| 15 | MF | KOR | Lee Seung-hee |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takeda |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tomokazu Myojin |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Ryo Takahashi |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Kota Ogi |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Izumi |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Ogihara |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Michihiro Yasuda |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Ryusuke Sakai |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Kanta Kajiyama |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Shoma Tanaka |
| 42 | FW | JPN | Shunpei Fukahori |
| 43 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Aoyama |
| 44 | DF | JPN | Genki Miyachi |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Ludvig Öhman (from Kalmar) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shota Kobayashi (from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Simović (from Helsingborg) |
| 15 | MF | [[|Korea]] | Lee Seung-hee (from Suphanburi) |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takeda (from Oita Trinita) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tomokazu Myojin (from Gamba Osaka) |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Kota Ogi (from Ventforet Kofu) |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Michihiro Yasuda (from Vissel Kobe) |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda (loan return from JEF United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Muta (to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Yuki Honda (to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 8 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba (to Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 18 | FW | SVN | Milivoje Novaković (to Maribor) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Nikki Havenaar (to SV Horn) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Reo Mochizuki (loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Masataka Nomura |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Leandro Domingues (to Vitória) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Yoshinari Takagi (to Gifu) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Ha Dae-sung (loan from Tokyo) |
| 31 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Ogihara (from Cerezo Osaka) |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Ryusuke Sakai (from Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Competitions
### J.League
#### First stage
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 June 2016. Source: see below

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 18 |
| 14 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 17 |

#### Second stage
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 November 2016. Source: See Below

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 13 |
| 15 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 13 |
| 16 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 12 |

#### Overall

| 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 | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | |
| 16 | Nagoya Grampus (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 30 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to 2017 J2 League |

### J.League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Ventforet Kofu | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
| 4 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 |
| 5 | Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 |
| 7 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 |

### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 3 November 2016

### 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 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi | 36 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Ludvig Öhman | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu | 26 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shota Kobayashi | 34 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi | 31 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Ha Dae-sung | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Simović | 31 | 11 | 27+2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 27 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai | 34 | 7 | 30+1 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura | 19 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KOR | Lee Seung-hee | 32 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takeda | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tomokazu Myojin | 18 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda | 18 | 2 | 8+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano | 35 | 3 | 30+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada | 18 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 9 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Ryo Takahashi | 16 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Kota Ogi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Izumi | 17 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Ogihara | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata | 24 | 6 | 5+12 | 5 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Michihiro Yasuda | 27 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Ryusuke Sakai | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Riki Matsuda | 14 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 9 | Robin Simović | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Kensuke Nagai | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 32 | Kengo Kawamata | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 19 | Kisho Yano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 2 | Akira Takeuchi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Taishi Taguchi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 18 | Ryunosuke Noda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 38 | Riki Matsuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 29 | Ryuji Izumi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Shota Kobayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Ha Dae-sung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 36 | Ryusuke Sakai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 36 | Ryusuke Sakai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 22 | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 4 | 0 | 41 |

### 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 | Akira Takeuchi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ludvig Öhman | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Tulio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Shun Obu | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Shota Kobayashi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ha Dae-sung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Robin Simović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Kensuke Nagai | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ryota Isomura | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Lee Seung-hee | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Tomokazu Myojin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Ryunosuke Noda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kisho Yano | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ryo Takahashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Yuto Mori | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Kengo Kawamata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Michihiro Yasuda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Riki Matsuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3 |