# 2012 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2012 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus's 20th season in the J.League Division 1 and 29th overall in the Japanese top flight. They are also competed in the 2012 J.League Cup, 2012 Emperor's Cup, and the 2012 AFC Champions League.

## Players
### Current squad

As of March 6, 2012
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 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Masukawa |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shohei Abe |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoshi Nakamura |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Jungo Fujimoto |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Keiji Yoshimura |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Yuki Maki |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai |
| 20 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Daniel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Yōsuke Ishibitsu |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Mu Kanazaki |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Arai |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Ryouta Tanabe |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Taisuke Mizuno |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Miki Takahara |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Hayuma Tanaka |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Makito Yoshida |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Alessandro Santos |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Yoshinari Takagi |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Toru Hasegawa (at Tokushima Vortis) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Yuki Maki (loan return from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 20 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba (Transferred from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Daniel (from Ventforet Kofu) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Yōsuke Ishibitsu (Transferred from Vissel Kobe) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Ryouta Tanabe (Drafted from Mitsubishi Yowa Youth) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato (Promoted from youth team) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Taisuke Mizuno (Promoted from youth team) |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Miki Takahara (Promoted from youth team) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Hiraki (loan return from Shonan Bellmare) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Chiyotanda (Transferred to Júbilo Iwata) |
| 9 | MF | MNE | Igor Burzanović (Transferred to Sagan Tosu) |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Koji Hashimoto (Transferred to Mito HollyHock) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Genta Matsuo (Transferred to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Sho Hanai (Transferred to Tokushima Vortis) |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Hikaru Kuba (Transferred to Ehime FC) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Toru Hasegawa (Transferred to Tokushima Vortis) |
| — | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi (Transferred to JEF United Chiba) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Hiraki (Transferred to Blaublitz Akita) |
| — | FW | JPN | Tomohiro Tsuda (Transferred to Tokushima Vortis) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Arai (loan to FC Gifu) |

## 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: 3 December 2012. Source: World-Football.net

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 64 | Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League |
| 2 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 57 | Qualification to 2013 Champions League |
| 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 55 | Qualification to 2013 Champions League |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 53 | |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 53 | |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 52 | Qualification to 2013 Champions League |
| 7 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 52 | |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 50 | |
| 9 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 49 | |
| 10 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 48 | |
| 11 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 46 | |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 46 | |
| 13 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 44 | |
| 14 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 42 | |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 40 | |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 39 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 38 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
| 18 | Consadole Sapporo (R) | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 88 | −63 | 14 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
* 1 2 The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIC | NGY | CCM | TTD |
| 1 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Nagoya Grampus are tied on their head-to-head record (2 pts, 0 GD, 3 GF), and so are ranked by their overall goal difference.

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 December 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J-League | J-League | J-League Cup | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Seigo Narazaki | 42 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio | 41 | 16 | 32+0 | 10 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Masukawa | 42 | 2 | 23+9 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shohei Abe | 38 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoshi Nakamura | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Jungo Fujimoto | 42 | 7 | 30+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 40 | 3 | 24+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada | 33 | 7 | 19+5 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Keiji Yoshimura | 18 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy | 22 | 6 | 17+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Yuki Maki | 15 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai | 38 | 12 | 23+6 | 10 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba | 35 | 3 | 23+3 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Daniel | 40 | 0 | 22+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Yōsuke Ishibitsu | 16 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Mu Kanazaki | 42 | 7 | 26+5 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Ryouta Tanabe | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi | 32 | 2 | 20+4 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Hayuma Tanaka | 39 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Makito Yoshida | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka | 13 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Alessandro Santos | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Yoshinari Takagi | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Nagoya Grampus no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC Champions League | Total |
| 1 | DF | 4 | Tulio | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | Kensuke Nagai | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Keiji Tamada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Jungo Fujimoto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Mu Kanazaki | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 16 | Joshua Kennedy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Danilson Córdoba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 28 | Taishi Taguchi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | Takahiro Masukawa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 34 | Makito Yoshida | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 17 | Yuki Maki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 46 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 69 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | J-League | J-League | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Seigo Narazaki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tulio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Takahiro Masukawa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Shohei Abe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jungo Fujimoto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Keiji Yoshimura | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Joshua Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yuki Maki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Kensuke Nagai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Danilson Córdoba | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Daniel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Yōsuke Ishibitsu | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Mu Kanazaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Taishi Taguchi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Hayuma Tanaka | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Ryota Isomura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Teruki Tanaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Alessandro Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 81 | 3 |