# 2017 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2017 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' first season in the J2 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season.

## Season events

Yahiro Kazama was appointed as the club's new manager on 4 January 2017.

## Squad

    As of 26 November 2017
| 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 41) | Yokohama Flügels | 1999 | 660 | 0 |
| 16 | Yohei Takeda | GK | (1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 30) | Oita Trinita | 2016 | 21 | 0 |
| 18 | Tsubasa Shibuya | GK | (1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 22) | Yokohama | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Kota Ogi | GK | (1983-05-05)5 May 1983 (aged 34) | Ventforet Kofu | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Ikki Arai | DF | (1993-11-08)8 November 1993 (aged 24) | loan from Yokohama F. Marinos | 2017 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Kazuki Kushibiki | DF | (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 24) | loan from Consadole Sapporo | 2017 | 39 | 1 |
| 36 | Ryusuke Sakai | DF | (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 29) | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2016 | 23 | 2 |
| 39 | Kenta Uchida | DF | (1989-10-02)2 October 1989 (aged 28) | Ehime | 2017 | 21 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Taishi Taguchi | MF | (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 26) | Albirex Niigata | 2009 | 196 | 17 |
| 8 | Washington | MF | (1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 31) | Brasil de Pelotas | 2017 | 33 | 2 |
| 15 | Kazuya Miyahara | MF | (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 21) | loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2017 | 45 | 0 |
| 17 | Yuki Kobayashi | MF | (1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 29) | Albirex Niigata | 2017 | 30 | 1 |
| 21 | Kohei Hattanda | MF | (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 27) | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2017 | 16 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryota Aoki | MF | (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2014 | 36 | 13 |
| 25 | Ryuji Sugimoto | MF | (1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 24) | Tokyo Verdy | 2017 | 18 | 2 |
| 29 | Ryuji Izumi | MF | (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 24) | Meiji University | 2016 | 60 | 2 |
| 32 | Shunpei Fukahori | MF | (1998-06-29)29 June 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Kanta Kajiyama | MF | (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Yosuke Akiyama | MF | (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 22) | Academy | 2017 | 9 | 1 |
| 44 | Gabriel Xavier | MF | (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 24) | loan from Cruzeiro | 2017 | 18 | 7 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Robin Simović | FW | (1991-05-29)29 May 1991 (aged 26) | Helsingborgs IF | 2016 | 76 | 32 |
| 10 | Felipe Garcia | FW | (1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 27) | Brasil de Pelotas | 2017 | 20 | 4 |
| 11 | Hisato Satō | FW | (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 35) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2017 | 33 | 6 |
| 19 | Yuki Oshitani | FW | (1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 28) | Fagiano Okayama | 2017 | 18 | 2 |
| 27 | Koki Sugimori | FW | (1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2014 | 41 | 3 |
| 28 | Keiji Tamada | FW | (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 37) | Cerezo Osaka | 2017 | 322 | 86 |
| 30 | Kohei Matsumoto | FW | (1994-07-31)31 July 1994 (aged 23) | Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Lim Seung-gyeom | FW | (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 (aged 22) | | 2017 | 14 | 1 |
| 38 | Ryo Nagai | FW | (1991-05-23)23 May 1991 (aged 26) | V-Varen Nagasaki | 2017 | 26 | 7 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 14 | Ryota Tanabe | MF | (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 24) | Academy | 2017 | 42 | 3 |
| 24 | Ryo Takahashi | DF | (1993-07-16)16 July 1993 (aged 24) | Meiji University | 2016 | 16 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe (at Roasso Kumamoto) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Ryo Takahashi (at Shonan Bellmare) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Kushibiki (loan from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Charles (from Ceará) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Washington (from Brasil de Pelotas) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Felipe Garcia (from Brasil de Pelotas) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hisato Satō (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kobayashi (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 18 | GK | JPN | Tsubasa Shibuya (from Yokohama) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yuki Oshitani (from Fagiano Okayama) |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Kohei Hattanda (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Sugimoto (from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada (from Cerezo Osaka) |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Ryo Nagai (from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Kenta Uchida (from Ehime) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi (to Oita Trinita) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Ludvig Öhman (to Eskilstuna) |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tulio (to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Ha Dae-sung (loan return to FC Tokyo) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa (to Sagan Tosu) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai (to Tokyo) |
| 15 | MF | KOR | Lee Seung-hee (to Pohang Steelers) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tomokazu Myojin (to AC Nagano Parceiro) |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda (to Shonan Bellmare) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura (Retired) |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Tomoya Koyamatsu (to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori (to Gamba Osaka) |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Ogihara (to Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata (to Júbilo Iwata) |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Gustavo (to Roasso Kumamoto) |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Riki Matsuda (to Avispa Fukuoka) |
| — | GK | JPN | Masataka Nomura (to Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan to Blaublitz Akita) |
| — | MF | JPN | Reo Mochizuki (to Kyoto Sanga, previously on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Ikki Arai (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 44 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Xavier (loan from Cruzeiro) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Charles (to Joinville) |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shota Kobayashi (loan to Vegalta Sendai) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe (loan to Roasso Kumamoto) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada (loan to JEF United Chiba) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Ryo Takahashi (loan to Shonan Bellmare) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Genki Miyachi (to Matsumoto Yamaga) |

## Competitions
### J2. League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | V-Varen Nagasaki (P) | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 80 | Promotion to 2018 J1 League |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus (O, P) | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 85 | 65 | +20 | 75 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 74 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
* ↑ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 November 2017. 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

#### J1 League Promotion Playoffs
### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 3 December 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J2-League | J2-League | J-League Playoffs | J-League Playoffs | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Seigo Narazaki | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Ikki Arai | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Kushibiki | 39 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Taishi Taguchi | 38 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Washington | 33 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Robin Simović | 45 | 21 | 26+14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Felipe Garcia | 20 | 4 | 2+17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hisato Satō | 33 | 6 | 25+3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara | 45 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takeda | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kobayashi | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | JPN | Tsubasa Shibuya | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yuki Oshitani | 18 | 2 | 7+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Kohei Hattanda | 16 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryota Aoki | 30 | 13 | 24+2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Sugimoto | 18 | 2 | 2+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Koki Sugimori | 28 | 3 | 18+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada | 31 | 6 | 25+3 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Izumi | 43 | 1 | 36+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Shunpei Fukahori | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Ryusuke Sakai | 12 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | KOR | Lim Seung-gyeom | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Ryo Nagai | 26 | 7 | 11+12 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Kenta Uchida | 21 | 2 | 16+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Akiyama | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Xavier | 18 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shota Kobayashi | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Ryota Tanabe | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Yada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Charles | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shun Obu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Genki Miyachi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Playoffs | Emperor's Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Robin Simović | 18 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | 23 | Ryota Aoki | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Taishi Taguchi | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 44 | Gabriel Xavier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 38 | Ryo Nagai | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 28 | Keiji Tamada | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Hisato Satō | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | 10 | Felipe Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | 27 | Koki Sugimori | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 25 | Ryuji Sugimoto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 39 | Kenta Uchida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 19 | Yuki Oshitani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Washington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | 36 | Ryusuke Sakai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 2 | Ikki Arai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 37 | Lim Seung-gyeom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 40 | Yosuke Akiyama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 17 | Yuki Kobayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 29 | Ryuji Izumi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 3 | Kazuki Kushibiki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 85 | 4 | 8 | 97 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | J-League | J-League | J-League Playoffs | J-League Playoffs | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Ikki Arai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kazuki Kushibiki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Shota Kobayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Taishi Taguchi | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Washington | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Robin Simović | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Felipe Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ryota Isomura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Kazuya Miyahara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Yohei Takeda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Yuki Kobayashi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Yuki Oshitani | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Ryota Aoki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ryuji Sugimoto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Koki Sugimori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Keiji Tamada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Ryuji Izumi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Ryusuke Sakai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Lim Seung-gyeom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | Ryo Nagai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Kenta Uchida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Gabriel Xavier | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 2 |