2018 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2018 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' first season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 25th J1 League season and 35th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also took part in the Emperor's Cup and the J. League Cup.

Nagoya Grampus

2018 season
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Yahiro Kazama
J1 League	15th
Emperor's Cup	Group stage
J. League Cup	Third Round vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Top goalscorer	League: Jô (24 goals) All: Jô (25 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

As of match played 1 December 2018^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Seigo Narazaki		GK	(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 42)	Yokohama Flügels	1999		660	0
16	Yohei Takeda		GK	(1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 31)	Oita Trinita	2016		26	0
18	Tsubasa Shibuya		GK	(1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 23)	Yokohama	2017		8	0
22	Mitchell Langerak		GK	(1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 30)	Levante	2018		35	0
Defenders
3	Kazuki Kushibiki		DF	(1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 25)	Consadole Sapporo	2018		65	1
5	Ikki Arai		DF	(1993-11-08)8 November 1993 (aged 25)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2018		18	1
6	Kazuya Miyahara		DF	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 22)	loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2018		74	0
17	Yuichi Maruyama		DF	(1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 29)	FC Tokyo	2018		18	0
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani		DF	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 22)	Kashiwa Reysol	2018		18	0
31	Takashi Kanai		DF	(1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 28)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2018		15	4
36	Willian Rocha		DF	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 29)	loan from Guarani	2018		8	3
39	Kenta Uchida		DF	(1989-10-02)2 October 1989 (aged 29)	Ehime	2018		33	3
41	Yukinari Sugawara		DF	(2000-06-28)28 June 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018		19	0
43	Haruya Fujii		DF	(2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2018		3	0
Midfielders
4	Yuki Kobayashi		MF	(1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 30)	Albirex Niigata	2017		67	2
9	Ariajasuru Hasegawa		MF	(1988-10-29)29 October 1988 (aged 30)	Omiya Ardija	2018		25	0
10	Gabriel Xavier		MF	(1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 25)	loan from Cruzeiro	2017		48	14
14	Yosuke Akiyama		MF	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 23)	Academy	2017		36	1
15	Eduardo Neto		MF	(1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 30)	Kawasaki Frontale	2018		15	0
21	Kohei Hattanda		MF	(1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 28)	Shimizu S-Pulse	2017		32	0
23	Ryota Aoki		MF	(1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2014		56	14
25	Naoki Maeda		MF	(1995-11-17)17 November 1995 (aged 23)	Matsumoto Yamaga	2018		18	7
29	Ryuji Izumi		MF	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 25)	Meiji University	2016		97	4
32	Shumpei Fukahori		MF	(1998-06-29)29 June 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		11	3
38	Shunto Kodama		MF	(1999-12-03)3 December 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2018		9	1
44	Shumpei Naruse		MF	(2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018		6	0
46	Ryotaro Ishida		MF	(2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 16)	Academy	2018		1	0
47	Yuki Soma		MF	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2018		9	1
Forwards
7	Jô		FW	(1987-03-20)20 March 1987 (aged 31)	Corinthians	2018		37	25
11	Hisato Satō		FW	(1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 36)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2017		47	7
13	Yuki Ogaki		FW	(2000-02-28)28 February 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		2	0
28	Keiji Tamada		FW	(1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 38)	Cerezo Osaka	2017		350	89
37	Daiki Enomoto		FW	(1996-06-21)21 June 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		3	0
49	Kudo Hyodo		FW		Academy	2018		1	0
Away on loan
2	Hiroto Hatao		DF	(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 28)	Ventforet Kofu	2018		6	1
30	Kohei Matsumoto		FW	(1994-07-31)31 July 1994 (aged 24)	Academy	2017		0	0
33	Kanta Kajiyama		MF	(1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		3	0
Left during the season
8	Washington		MF	(1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 32)	Brasil de Pelotas	2017		45	2
19	Yuki Oshitani		FW	(1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 29)	Fagiano Okayama	2017		31	2
37	Lim Seung-gyeom		FW	(1995-04-26)26 April 1995 (aged 23)		2017		14	1

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  JPN Koki Sugimori (at Machida Zelvia) 30 FW  JPN Kohei Matsumoto (at SC Sagamihara) 33 MF  JPN Kanta Kajiyama (at SC Sagamihara)

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 DF  JPN Ryusuke Sakai (at Machida Zelvia) — FW  BRA Felipe Garcia (at Goiás)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2017–18 and List of Japanese football transfers summer 2018

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
19 December 2017	DF		Kazuki Kushibiki	Consadole Sapporo	Undisclosed	[2]
26 December 2017	DF		Ikki Arai	Yokohama F. Marinos	Undisclosed	[3]
27 December 2017	MF		Ariajasuru Hasegawa	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	[4]
3 January 2018	FW		Jô	Corinthians	Undisclosed	[5]
5 January 2018	DF		Hiroto Hatao	Ventforet Kofu	Undisclosed	[6]
14 January 2018	GK		Mitchell Langerak	Levante	Undisclosed	[7]
20 June 2018	DF		Shinnosuke Nakatani	Kashiwa Reysol	Undisclosed	[8]
29 June 2018	MF		Eduardo Neto	Kawasaki Frontale	Undisclosed	[9]
4 July 2018	DF		Yuichi Maruyama	FC Tokyo	Undisclosed	[10]
19 July 2018	MF		Naoki Maeda	Matsumoto Yamaga	Undisclosed	[11]
25 July 2018	DF		Takashi Kanai	Yokohama F. Marinos	Undisclosed	[12]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
4 January 2018	MF		Taishi Taguchi	Jubilo Iwata	Undisclosed	[13]
10 January 2018	FW		Robin Simović	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	[14]
12 July 2018	FW		Lim Seung-gyeom	Mokpo City	Undisclosed	[15]
19 July 2018	FW		Yuki Oshitani	Tokushima Vortis	Undisclosed	[16]
	GK		Kota Ogi	Vissel Kobe	Undisclosed
	DF		Shota Kobayashi	Vegalta Sendai	Undisclosed
	DF		Ryo Takahashi	Shonan Bellmare	Undisclosed
	MF		Ryota Tanabe	Tokyo United	Undisclosed
	MF		Asahi Yada	JEF United Chiba	Undisclosed
	FW		Ryo Nagai	Matsumoto Yamaga	Undisclosed
	FW		Ryuji Sugimoto	Tokushima Vortis	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
26 December 2017	MF		Gabriel Xavier	Cruzeiro	End of Season	[17]
30 December 2017	DF		Kazuya Miyahara	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	End of Season	[18]
14 February 2018	DF		Willian Rocha	Guarani	End of Season	[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
30 January 2018	MF		Felipe Garcia	Goiás	End of Season	[20]
19 July 2018	DF		Hiroto Hatao	Omiya Ardija	31 January 2018	[21]
31 July 2018	DF		Kenta Uchida	Montedio Yamagata	31 January 2018	[22]
5 September 2018	MF		Kanta Kajiyama	SC Sagamihara	End of Season	[23]
	DF		Ryusuke Sakai	Machida Zelvia	End of Season
	FW		Koki Sugimori	Machida Zelvia	End of Season
	FW		Lim Seung-gyeom	Oita Trinita	12 July 2018	[15]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
29 June 2018[24]	MF		Washington	Renofa Yamaguchi	27 July 2018[25]
6 December 2018[26]	FW		Keiji Tamada	V-Varen Nagasaki	28 December 2018[27]

Friendlies

Nagoya Grampus v Lampang

27 January 2018	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Lampang	Chiang Mai, Thailand
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô Oshitani	Report		Stadium: Alpine Golf Resort

Nagoya Grampus v Lamphun Warrior

29 January 2018	Nagoya Grampus	4–1	Lamphun Warrior	Chiang Mai, Thailand
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Tamada Fukahori Aoki Jô	Report		Stadium: Alpine Golf Resort

Nagoya Grampus v Chiangmai

31 January 2018	Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Chiangmai	Chiang Mai, Thailand
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gabriel Xavier Ryota Aoki Jô K.Kajiyama	Report		Stadium: Alpine Golf Resort

Nagoya Grampus v Ryukyu

5 February 2018	Nagoya Grampus	2–7	Ryukyu	Minami
13:00 JST (UTC+9)	Satō Tamada	Report		Stadium: Golden Forest Park Athletics Stadium

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

7 February 2018	Nagoya Grampus	4–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Minami
13:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô Izumi Oshitani	Report		Stadium: Golden Forest Park Athletics Stadium

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

10 February 2018	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Tokyo	Minami
11:00 JST (UTC+9)	Uchida	Report		Stadium: Golden Forest Park Athletics Stadium

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2018 J1 League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	5	17	51	58	−7	41	5	4	8	28	27	+1	7	1	9	23	31	−8

Last updated: 1 December 2018.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D
Position	2	1	3	5	8	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	13	11	12	14	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	15

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2018. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

24 February 2018 1	Gamba Osaka	2–3	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
14:30 JST (UTC+9)	Endō 13' Nagasawa 79'	Report	Gabriel Xavier 26' Rocha 51' Kobayashi  66' Jô 84'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 28,681 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Nagoya Grampus v Júbilo Iwata

3 March 2018 2	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Júbilo Iwata	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gabriel Xavier 8'	Report	Musaev  26' Sakurauchi  35'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,916 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Shonan Bellmare v Nagoya Grampus

11 March 2018 3	Shonan Bellmare	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Hiratsuka
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Ishikawa  34' Kikuchi  67'	Report	Kobayashi  33'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 12,465 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

18 March 2018 4	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Ōkubo 65'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

31 March 2018 5	Sagan Tosu	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yoshida  32' Takahashi 74' Ibarbo 77' Tagawa 90+3'	Report	Jô 12' Gabriel Xavier 14', 69' Kushibiki  43' Akiyama  85'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 12,957 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Nagooya Grampus

7 April 2018 6	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	3–0	Nagooya Grampus	Sapporo
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Shindo 26' Tokura 69' Fukumori  71' Kushibiki 73' (o.g.)	Report	Washington  81'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 17,390 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Nagoya Grampus v Vegalta Sendai

11 April 2018 7	Nagoya Grampus	2–3	Vegalta Sendai	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kushibiki  26' Jô 53', 89' (pen.) 77' Washington  74' Hasegawa  90+5'	Report	Ishihara 23' Nishimura 37', 68' Oiwa  88'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 9,297 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

14 April 2018 8	Kashima Antlers	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Akiyama 10' (o.g.) Ogasawara  35' Uchida  61' Kanazaki 88'	Report	Washington  28' Kushibiki  54'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 17,921 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

21 April 2018 9	Vissel Kobe	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jung 12' Podolski 51', 81'	Report	Washington  30' Gabriel Xavier  35' Kobayashi  51' Hasegawa  90+4'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 18,681 Referee: Masuya Ueda

Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse

25 April 2018 10	Nagoya Grampus	1–3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Rocha 82'	Report	Kitagawa 44' Ishige 70' Kaneko 86'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 9,774 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Tokyo v Nagoya Grampus

28 April 2018 11	Tokyo	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Tokyo
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Oliveira 20' (pen.), 46' Nagai 38'	Report	Gabriel Xavier  28' Jô 32' 60' Rocha 63'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 25,185 Referee: Koichito Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

2 May 2018 12	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Cerezo Osaka	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Hasegawa  64'  85'	Report		Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 13,220 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

Nagoya Grampus v Yokohama F. Marinos

5 May 2018 13	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gabriel Xavier  37' Jô 75' Kobayashi  84'	Report	Kida 26' Ogihara  55'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 38,280 Referee: Ryuji Sato

V-Varen Nagasaki v Nagoya Grampus

12 May 2018 14	V-Varen Nagasaki	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Isahaya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakamura 3', 49' Suzuki 76'	Report		Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 8,252 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Kashiwa Reysol

20 May 2018 15	Nagoya Grampus	2–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô 41' Tamada 64' Washington  74'	Report	Esaka 16', 56' Koizumi  38' Nakayama 47' Ito  54'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 21,327 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

18 July 2018 16	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Endo 40', 78' Makino 70'	Report	Gabriel Xavier 45+1'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 21,250 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

22 July 2018 17	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 20,244 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Nagoya Grampus v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

28 July 2018 18	Nagoya Grampus	–	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to Typhoon No.12.[28]

Vegalta Sendai v Nagoya Grampus

1 August 2018 19	Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Sendai
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakano 53'	Report	Jô 30' 90+2' Maeda 40'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 13,968 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

5 August 2018 20	Nagoya Grampus	3–2	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô 61' (pen.), 79', 84' Miyahara  69'	Report	Ademilson 22' (pen.) Fujimoto 37'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 22,615 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

11 August 2018 21	Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô 33' Kobayashi  40' Kanai 51', 82' Hattanda  74' Maeda 90+2'	Report	Doi 50' Suzuki 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 43,579 Referee: Koei Koya

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus

15 August 2018 22	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Cvetinović  44' Matsubara 49'	Report	Jô 4', 90' 38' Kanai  56' Soma  78'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 24,527 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Sagan Tosu

19 August 2018 23	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Sagan Tosu	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kanai 21' Izumi 64' Maeda 75'	Report	Takahashi  70'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 19,646 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

26 August 2018 24	Nagoya Grampus	4–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô 29' 44', 70', 79' Tamada 29' Neto  65'	Report	Kobayashi 22' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 26,410 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Júbilo Iwata v Nagoya Grampus

1 September 2018 25	Júbilo Iwata	1–6	Nagoya Grampus	Iwata
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Ogawa  47' Araki  90+1' Oi 90+4'	Report	Kanai 12' Maeda 55' Izumi 68' Jô 70', 90' Gabriel Xavier 86'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 13,647 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Nagoya Grampus v V-Varen Nagasaki

15 September 2018 26	Nagoya Grampus	3–4	V-Varen Nagasaki	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 30' Jô 48', 89' Nakatani  69' Kanai  90+3'	Report	Suzuki 8', 53', 56' 20' Nakamura 70' (pen.) Tokunaga  79' Juanma  90+3'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 18,477 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

22 September 2018 27	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Izumi 20' (o.g.) Abe 34' Nakatani 63' (o.g.)	Report	Izumi  38' Neto  41' Kobayashi  44' Maeda 59'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 23,790 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

30 September 2018 28	Cerezo Osaka	–	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
16:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Note: Match postponed due to Typhoon No.24.[29]

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

7 October 2018 29	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Tokyo	Toyota
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani  15' Jang 90+4' (o.g.) Jô  90+5'	Report	Hashimoto  16' Omori 65' Nagai 68' Jang  71'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 33,251 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Kashiwa Reysol v Nagoya Grampus

19 October 2018 30	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashiwa
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Takagi  34'  77' Koizumi  67' Koike  81'	Report	Maeda 35' Kobayashi  70'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 11,922 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

28 October 2018 18	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Nagoya
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jô 25' (pen.) Hattanda  44'  45+1' Maruyama  83'	Report	Bothroyd 8' (pen.), 42' Arano  16' Fukai  26'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Yosuke Kubota
Note: Match Original scheduled for 28 July 2018 but was postponed due to Typhoon No.12.

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

3 November 2018 31	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Tamada 46' Kushibiki  55' Neto  76'	Report	Podolski 10', 85' Nasu  73' Inoha  82'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 41,044 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

6 November 2018 28	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Y.Tanaka  90+3'	Report	Soma 53' Neto  72'	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 12,027 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

10 November 2018 32	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Shizuoka
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Takeuchi  25' Freire  55' Douglas 59' Kitagawa 65'	Report		Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 17,974 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

24 November 2018 33	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Inagaki  29' Kashiwa 36' Dangda  55'	Report	Jô 39' Kobayashi 44'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 21,997 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus v Shonan Bellmare

1 December 2018 34	Nagoya Grampus	2–2	Shonan Bellmare	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Soma  27' Gabriel Xavier  45+1' Maruyama  56' Jô 67' (pen.), 75' (pen.) 90+2'	Report	Kikuchi 19' Umesaki 37' (pen.) Yamasaki  53'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 24,062 Referee: Jumpei Iida

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Shonan Bellmare	34	10	11	13	38	43	−5	41
14	Sagan Tosu	34	10	11	13	29	34	−5	41
15	Nagoya Grampus	34	12	5	17	52	59	−7	41
16	Júbilo Iwata (O)	34	10	11	13	35	48	−13	41	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Kashiwa Reysol (R)	34	12	3	19	47	54	−7	39	Relegation to J2 League

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

J. League Cup

Main article: 2018 J.League Cup

Group stage

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

7 March 2018 1	Nagoya Grampus	1–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Washington  59' Satō 87'	Report	Koroki 9', 17' Ogiwara 15', 31' Aoki  36' Lee  49' Nagasawa  62'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 9,491 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

14 March 2018 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Watari 56' Dangda 65'	Report	Fukahori 77'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 7,777 Referee: Koei Koya

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

4 April 2018 3	Nagoya Grampus	1–4	Gamba Osaka	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Aoki 89'	Report	Nagasawa 5', 16', 29', 41' Kurata  7' Miura  85'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 10,122 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 April 2018 4	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Fukahori 61' Naruse  69' Jô 78' Kobayashi  87'	Report	Watari 35'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 5,412 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

9 May 2018 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Martinus 32' Lee 65'	Report	Hasegawa  12' Sugawara  77'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 15,960 Referee: Takuuto Okabe

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

16 May 2018 6	Gamba Osaka	1–4	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nagasawa 20' 89' Hatsuse  54' Meshino  90+1'	Report	Hatao 15' Uchida 24', 48' Kodama 41' Sugawara  55' Hattanda  56'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 9,907 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2018 Emperor's Cup

Nagoya Grampus v Nara Club

6 June 2018 Second Round	Nagoya Grampus	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Nara Club	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gabriel Xavier 45+4' Uchida  68' Washington  99'	Report	Sogab  22' Kanakubo 75' Yamada  115'	Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 2,214 Referee: Kazuyuki Shindo
	Penalties
	Gabriel Xavier Kobayashi Satō Izumi Uchida Miyahara Hasegawa Hattanda		Sogabe Mukai Fuse Kanakubo Fujii K.Sato Maeda Yamada
Note: Match originally ended in a 4–2 penalty win to Nagoya Grampus, but due to an error by the referee the penalty kicks where re-taken on 11 June, with Nagoya Grampus remaining victorious 7–6.[30]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

22 August 2018 Third Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
19:03 JST (UTC+9)	Kudo 6' Yoshino  25' Patric 99', 105+1', 117' Mawatari  102'	Report	Fukahori 18' Nakatani  91'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Fumio Shibaoka

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 December 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J-League		J-League Cup		Emperor's Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	JPN	Kazuki Kushibiki	26	0	17+3	0	4	0	2	0
4	MF	JPN	Yuki Kobayashi	37	1	29+3	1	1+3	0	1	0
5	DF	JPN	Ikki Arai	12	0	5+6	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara	29	0	26	0	1+1	0	1	0
7	FW	BRA	Jô	37	25	31+2	24	0+3	1	0+1	0
9	MF	JPN	Ariajasuru Hasegawa	25	0	14+4	0	1+4	0	1+1	0
10	MF	BRA	Gabriel Xavier	30	7	27+2	6	0	0	1	1
11	FW	JPN	Hisato Satō	14	1	1+8	0	3	1	1+1	0
13	FW	JPN	Yuki Ogaki	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	JPN	Yosuke Akiyama	27	0	16+6	0	3+1	0	1	0
15	MF	BRA	Eduardo Neto	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	JPN	Yohei Takeda	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
17	DF	JPN	Yuichi Maruyama	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	JPN	Tsubasa Shibuya	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Nakatani	18	0	17	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	JPN	Kohei Hattanda	16	0	4+7	0	3	0	1+1	0
22	GK	AUS	Mitchell Langerak	35	0	34	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	JPN	Ryota Aoki	20	1	16+2	0	2	1	0	0
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda	18	7	15+3	7	0	0	0	0
28	FW	JPN	Keiji Tamada	28	3	19+5	3	3	0	1	0
29	DF	JPN	Ryuji Izumi	37	2	21+11	2	0+3	0	2	0
31	DF	JPN	Takashi Kanai	15	4	11+4	4	0	0	0	0
32	MF	JPN	Shumpei Fukahori	9	3	2+2	0	3+1	2	1	1
36	DF	BRA	Willian Rocha	8	3	8	3	0	0	0	0
37	FW	JPN	Daiki Enomoto	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
38	MF	JPN	Shunto Kodama	9	1	4+4	0	1	1	0	0
41	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara	19	0	12+1	0	4	0	2	0
43	DF	JPN	Haruya Fujii	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
44	MF	JPN	Shumpei Naruse	6	0	0+1	0	5	0	0	0
46	MF	JPN	Ryutaro Ishida	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
47	MF	JPN	Yuki Soma	9	1	3+6	1	0	0	0	0
49	FW	JPN	Kudo Hyodo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players away on loan:
2	DF	JPN	Hiroto Hatao	6	1	2+1	0	3	1	0	0
33	MF	JPN	Kanta Kajiyama	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
39	DF	JPN	Kenta Uchida	12	2	1+5	0	5	2	1	0
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
8	MF	BRA	Washington	12	0	5+1	0	5	0	1	0
19	FW	JPN	Yuki Oshitani	13	0	0+7	0	5	0	1	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J-League	J-League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Total
1	FW		7	Jô	24	1	0	25
2	MF		25	Naoki Maeda	7	0	0	7
	MF		10	Gabriel Xavier	6	0	1	7
4	DF		31	Takashi Kanai	4	0	0	4
5	DF		36	Willian Rocha	3	0	0	3
	FW		28	Keiji Tamada	3	0	0	3
	MF		32	Shumpei Fukahori	0	2	1	3
8	DF		29	Ryuji Izumi	2	0	0	2
	DF		39	Kenta Uchida	0	2	0	2
10	MF		47	Yuki Soma	1	0	0	1
	MF		4	Yuki Kobayashi	1	0	0	1
	FW		11	Hisato Satō	0	1	0	1
	MF		23	Ryota Aoki	0	1	0	1
	DF		2	Hiroto Hatao	0	1	0	1
	MF		38	Shunto Kodama	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	52	9	2	63

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J-League		J. League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Total
3		DF	Kazuki Kushibiki	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		MF	Yuki Kobayashi	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
6		DF	Kazuya Miyahara	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		FW	Jô	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
9		MF	Ariajasuru Hasegawa	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
10		MF	Gabriel Xavier	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Yosuke Akiyama	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Eduardo Neto	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
17		DF	Yuichi Maruyama	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		DF	Shinnosuke Nakatani	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
21		MF	Kohei Hattanda	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
29		DF	Ryuji Izumi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		DF	Takashi Kanai	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41		DF	Yukinari Sugawara	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
44		MF	Shumpei Naruse	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
47		MF	Yuki Soma	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
39		DF	Kenta Uchida	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
8		MF	Washington	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
			TOTALS	50	2	7	0	2	1	59	3

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