# 2008 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2008 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 16th season in the J. League Division 1 and 27th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also participated in the 2008 J. League Cup, being knocked out at the Semifinal stage by Oita Trinita, and the 2008 Emperor's Cup getting knocked out at the Quarterfinal stage by Gamba Osaka.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Seigo Narazaki |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Takashi Miki |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Bajalica |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Masayuki Omori |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Atsushi Yoneyama |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shohei Abe |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Naoshi Nakamura |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Magnum |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Frode Johnsen |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Toshiya Fujita |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kei Yamaguchi |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Keiji Yoshimura |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Masukawa |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Yuki Maki |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Masaki Fukai |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Keita Sugimoto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Kazuto Tsuyuki |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Tomohiro Tsuda |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Shosuke Katayama |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Keiji Watanabe |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Sho Hanai |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Jun Aoyama |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Masaya Sato |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Maya Yoshida |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Wataru Inoue |
| 36 | GK | JPN | Koichi Hirono |
| 37 | GK | JPN | Toru Hasegawa |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Oribe Niikawa |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Shinta Fukushima |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Takashi Miki (From Oita Trinita) |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Miloš Bajalica (From Red Star Belgrade) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Magnum (From Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koji Nishimura (From Kyoto Sanga) |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Sho Hanai (From youth team) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Masaya Sato (From Hamana High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Marek Špilár (Retired) |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Kim Jung-Woo (to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma) |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Sho Kamogawa (to Fagiano Okayama) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Shunichi Nakajima (to Ryukyu) |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Seiji Kaneko (End of loan from Kashima Antlers) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Ryo Kushino (End of loan from JEF United Ichihara Chiba) |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Honda (to VVV-Venlo) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Sudo (On loan to Yokohama) |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Shingo Wada (Released) |

## Competitions
### J.League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers (C) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 63 | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 60 | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 59 | Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 56 | Qualification for Pan-Pacific Championship 2009 |
| 5 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 55 | |
* ↑ Qualified as the winner of 2008 J.League Cup.

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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 |
| Vissel Kobe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Kyoto Sanga FC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 2 |

#### Knockout phase
## Player statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 1 | J. League 1 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | J. League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Seigo Narazaki | (1976-04-15)April 15, 1976 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 30 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Takashi Miki | (1978-07-23)July 23, 1978 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 4 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Miloš Bajalica | (1981-12-15)December 15, 1981 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 26 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Masayuki Omori | (1976-11-09)November 9, 1976 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Atsushi Yoneyama | (1976-11-20)November 20, 1976 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 18 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Shohei Abe | (1983-12-01)December 1, 1983 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 34 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Naoshi Nakamura | (1979-01-27)January 27, 1979 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 31 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Magnum | (1982-03-24)March 24, 1982 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 26 | 8 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 33 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | Frode Johnsen | (1974-03-17)March 17, 1974 (aged 33) | cm / kg | 34 | 12 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 16 |
| 10 | MF | Toshiya Fujita | (1971-10-04)October 4, 1971 (aged 36) | cm / kg | 8 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Keiji Tamada | (1980-04-11)April 11, 1980 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 31 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Kei Yamaguchi | (1983-06-11)June 11, 1983 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 22 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Keiji Yoshimura | (1979-08-08)August 8, 1979 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 28 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Takahiro Masukawa | (1979-11-08)November 8, 1979 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 27 | 2 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 36 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | Yuki Maki | (1984-06-26)June 26, 1984 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 16 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 26 | 4 |
| 18 | FW | Masaki Fukai | (1980-09-13)September 13, 1980 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Keita Sugimoto | (1982-06-13)June 13, 1982 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 33 | 7 | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 13 |
| 21 | GK | Koji Nishimura | (1984-07-07)July 7, 1984 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 4 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Kazuto Tsuyuki | (1984-08-14)August 14, 1984 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Tomohiro Tsuda | (1986-05-06)May 6, 1986 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 3 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | Shosuke Katayama | (1983-09-08)September 8, 1983 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Keiji Watanabe | (1985-01-28)January 28, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Yoshizumi Ogawa | (1984-08-25)August 25, 1984 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 33 | 11 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 42 | 13 |
| 30 | DF | Akira Takeuchi | (1983-06-18)June 18, 1983 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 31 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Sho Hanai | (1989-11-10)November 10, 1989 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 4 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Jun Aoyama | (1988-01-03)January 3, 1988 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Masaya Sato | (1990-02-10)February 10, 1990 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Maya Yoshida | (1988-08-24)August 24, 1988 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 22 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 35 | MF | Wataru Inoue | (1986-08-07)August 7, 1986 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | Koichi Hirono | (1980-04-16)April 16, 1980 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 37 | GK | Toru Hasegawa | (1988-12-11)December 11, 1988 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | Oribe Niikawa | (1988-07-16)July 16, 1988 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Shinta Fukushima | (1989-01-28)January 28, 1989 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Frode Johnsen | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 29 | Yoshizumi Ogawa | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Keita Sugimoto | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Magnum | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Keiji Tamada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | Yuki Maki | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 16 | Takahiro Masukawa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 26 | Tomohiro Tsuda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 34 | Maya Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Keiji Yoshimura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Atsushi Yoneyama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Toshiya Fujita | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Shohei Abe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 48 | 17 | 4 | 69 |