# 2015 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2015 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 23rd season in the J.League Division 1 and 33rd overall in the Japanese top flight. It was Akira Nishino's second season as manager.

## Squad

    As of 18 February 2015
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 | JPN | Yusuke Muta |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Yuki Honda |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi |
| 8 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe |
| 18 | FW | SVN | Milivoje Novaković |
| 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 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Masataka Nomura |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Leandro Domingues |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka |
| 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 |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda (at JEF United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Tone (at V-Varen Nagasaki) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi (from JEF United) |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu (from Fukuoka University) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai (from Standard Liège, previously on loan) |
| 18 | FW | SVN | Milivoje Novaković (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka (loan return from Oita Trinita) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Régis (loan return to Atlético Goianiense) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Tone (loan to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoshi Nakamura (Retired) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada (to Cerezo Osaka) |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy (to Melbourne City) |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Takuma Edamura (loan return to Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| — | MF | JPN | Makito Yoshida (to Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Taisuke Mizuno (to Gifu, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | BRA | Tiago |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda (loan to JEF United) |

## 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: 29 June 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 22 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 22 |

#### 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: 23 November 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 24 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 20 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 55 |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 48 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 46 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 45 |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 40 |

### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 22 November 2015

### 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 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi | 41 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Muta | 29 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio | 37 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu | 9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Yuki Honda | 38 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | COL | Danilson Córdoba | 16 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda | 6 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 36 | 2 | 29+3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai | 35 | 11 | 30+1 | 10 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura | 31 | 2 | 16+8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SVN | Milivoje Novaković | 30 | 7 | 14+12 | 5 | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano | 36 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada | 42 | 3 | 33+1 | 1 | 7+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 28 | 2 | 17+5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Reo Mochizuki | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Sato | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Masataka Nomura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata | 40 | 11 | 22+11 | 9 | 5+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Leandro Domingues | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Teruki Tanaka | 23 | 1 | 3+15 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Yoshinari Takagi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Nagoya Grampus on loan during the season: ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | JPN | Riki Matsuda | 15 | 2 | 6+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 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 | 32 | Kengo Kawamata | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Kensuke Nagai | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Tulio | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Milivoje Novaković | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Kisho Yano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Ryunosuke Noda | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 13 | Ryota Isomura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Taishi Taguchi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 17 | Riki Matsuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 22 | Tomoya Koyamatsu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Asahi Yada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 35 | Teruki Tanaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 20 | Asahi Yada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 3 | Yusuke Muta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 2 | Akira Takeuchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 15 | 0 | 59 |

### 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yusuke Muta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tulio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Yuki Honda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Taishi Taguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Danilson Córdoba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Kensuke Nagai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ryota Isomura | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Riki Matsuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Milivoje Novaković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kisho Yano | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Asahi Yada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Kengo Kawamata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Gustavo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Teruki Tanaka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 3 |