2021 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2021 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 4th season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 28th J1 League season and 38th overall in the Japanese top flight. Nagoya Grampus participated in the J1 League, Emperor's Cup, J. League Cup and the AFC Champions League.

Nagoya Grampus

2021 season
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Massimo Ficcadenti
J1 League	5th
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinal
J. League Cup	Champions
AFC Champions League	Quarterfinal vs Pohang Steelers
Top goalscorer	League: Three Players (7) All: Mateus (14)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020 2022 →

Season events

On 28 December, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Kazuki Nagasawa from Urawa Red Diamonds.^[1]

On 29 December, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Ryoya Morishita from Sagan Tosu.^[2]

On 7 January, Jonathan Matsuoka was loaned to Kamatamare Sanuki until 31 January 2022.^[3]

On 9 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Manabu Saitō from Kawasaki Frontale,^[4] whilst Daiki Enomoto was loaned to Ehime until 31 January 2022.^[5]

On 15 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the permanent signing of Mu Kanazaki from Sagan Tosu after he'd spent the 2020 season on loan at Nagoya Grampas.^[6]

On 16 January, Shuto Watanabe was loaned to Mito HollyHock until 31 January 2022.^[7]

On 11 March, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that Thailand would host Nagoya Grampus' group G games in the 2021 AFC Champions League.^[8]

On 20 July, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Jakub Świerczok from Piast Gliwice.^[9]

On 12 August, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Kim Min-tae on loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo for the remainder of the season.^[10]

On 9 December, Head Coach Massimo Ficcadenti left the club after his contract expired.^[11]

Squad

As of match played 4 December 2021^[12]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mitchell Langerak		GK	(1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 33)	Levante	2018		161	0
18	Tsubasa Shibuya		GK	(1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 26)	Yokohama	2017		8	0
21	Yohei Takeda		GK	(1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 34)	Oita Trinita	2016		39	0
22	Daiki Mitsui		GK	(2001-05-27)27 May 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2020		0	0
Defenders
3	Yuichi Maruyama		DF	(1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 32)	FC Tokyo	2018		105	3
4	Shinnosuke Nakatani		DF	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 25)	Kashiwa Reysol	2018		148	5
6	Kazuya Miyahara		DF	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 25)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2019[13]		154	4
13	Haruya Fujii		DF	(2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2018		21	1
14	Yasuki Kimoto		DF	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 28)	Cerezo Osaka	2021		48	1
17	Ryoya Morishita		DF	(1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 24)	Sagan Tosu	2021[2]		38	0
20	Kim Min-tae		DF	(1993-11-26)26 November 1993 (aged 28)	loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	2021[10]	2021[10]	19	1
23	Yutaka Yoshida		DF	(1990-02-17)17 February 1990 (aged 31)	Sagan Tosu	2019[14]		121	3
26	Shumpei Naruse		DF	(2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2018		61	0
28	Akira Yoshida		DF	(2001-07-09)9 July 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2020		0	0
Midfielders
2	Takuji Yonemoto		MF	(1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 31)	Tokyo	2019[15]		98	1
5	Kazuki Nagasawa		MF	(1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (aged 29)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2021		47	1
7	Hiroyuki Abe		MF	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 32)	Kawasaki Frontale	2020[16]		43	6
15	Sho Inagaki		MF	(1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 29)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2020[17]		91	14
24	Ryotaro Ishida		MF	(2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2018		12	1
27	Shunto Kodama		MF	(1999-12-03)3 December 1999 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		10	1
44	Mu Kanazaki		MF	(1989-02-16)16 February 1989 (aged 32)	Sagan Tosu	2021[6]		135	22
Forwards
8	Yoichiro Kakitani		FW	(1990-01-03)3 January 1990 (aged 31)	Cerezo Osaka	2021		52	9
9	Ryogo Yamasaki		FW	(1992-09-20)20 September 1992 (aged 29)	Shonan Bellmare	2020[18]		62	9
10	Gabriel Xavier		FW	(1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 28)	Cruzeiro	2018[19]		137	22
11	Yuki Soma		FW	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24)	Academy	2018		115	10
16	Mateus		FW	(1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 27)	Omiya Ardija	2019[20]		105	29
19	Manabu Saitō		FW	(1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 31)	Kawasaki Frontale	2021[4]		33	1
25	Naoki Maeda		FW	(1995-11-17)17 November 1995 (aged 26)	Matsumoto Yamaga	2018		141	28
40	Jakub Świerczok		FW	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 28)	Piast Gliwice	2021[9]		21	12
Away on loan
	John Higashi		GK	(2002-05-02)2 May 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		0	0
	Daiki Enomoto		MF	(1996-06-21)21 June 1996 (aged 25)	Academy	2018		11	0
	Shuto Watanabe		MF	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 24)	Academy	2019		0	0
	Jonathan Matsuoka		FW	(2000-05-27)27 May 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2019		0	0
Left during the season

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 — GK  JPN John Higashi (at Tochigi) — MF  JPN Daiki Enomoto (at Ehime)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  JPN Shuto Watanabe (at Mito HollyHock) — FW  PAR Jonathan Matsuoka (at Kamatamare Sanuki)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2020–21 and List of Japanese football transfers summer 2021

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 December 2020	FW		Yoichiro Kakitani	Cerezo Osaka	Undisclosed	[21]
28 December 2020	MF		Kazuki Nagasawa	Urawa Red Diamonds	Undisclosed	[1]
29 December 2020	MF		Ryoya Morishita	Sagan Tosu	Undisclosed	[2]
9 January 2021	MF		Yasuki Kimoto	Cerezo Osaka	Undisclosed
9 January 2021	FW		Manabu Saitō	Kawasaki Frontale	Undisclosed	[4]
15 January 2021	MF		Mu Kanazaki	Sagan Tosu	Free	[6]
20 July 2021	FW		Jakub Świerczok	Piast Gliwice	Undisclosed	[9]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
12 August 2021	MF		Kim Min-tae	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1 January 2022	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 December 2020	MF		Ariajasuru Hasegawa	Machida Zelvia	Undisclosed	[22]
30 December 2020	MF		Shumpei Fukahori	Mito HollyHock	Undisclosed	[23]
6 January 2021	MF		João Schmidt	Kawasaki Frontale	Undisclosed	[24]
6 January 2021	MF		Ryota Aoki	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Undisclosed	[25]
7 January 2021	MF		Koki Sugimori	Tokushima Vortis	Undisclosed	[26]
9 January 2021	MF		Yosuke Akiyama	Vegalta Sendai	Undisclosed	[27]
12 January 2021	MF		Oh Jae-suk	Incheon United	Undisclosed	[28]
26 February 2021	MF		Yuki Ogaki	RFS	Undisclosed	[29]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
7 January 2021	FW		Jonathan Matsuoka	Kamatamare Sanuki	31 January 2021	[3]
9 January 2021	MF		Daiki Enomoto	Ehime	31 January 2021	[5]
16 January 2021	MF		Shuto Watanabe	Mito HollyHock	31 January 2021	[7]
31 January 2021	GK		John Higashi	Tochigi	31 January 2021

Friendlies

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Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2021 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
38	19	9	10	44	30	+14	66	11	4	4	22	13	+9	8	5	6	22	17	+5

Last updated: 4 December 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D
Position	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	5	4	6	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Avispa Fukuoka v Nagoya Grampus

28 February 2021 1	Avispa Fukuoka	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
13:00 JST (UTC+9)	Grolli  7' Shigehiro  47' Yoshida 82' (o.g.) Shichi  90'	Report	Mateus 4', 55' Yamasaki  12' Soma  49'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Nagoya Grampus v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

6 March 2021 2	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Toyota
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Naruse  58' Soma 82'	Report	Kaneko  18'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Kashiwa Reysol v Nagoya Grampus

10 March 2021 3	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashiwa
17:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Ominami 58' (o.g.) Nagasawa  85'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Referee: Masaaki Toma

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

13 March 2021 4	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Samper  84'	Report	Inagaki 19'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Yokohama

17 March 2021 5	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Yokohama	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 52' Mateus 63' Yamasaki 90+4'	Report	Takeda  23' Tashiro  84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Jumpei Iida

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

21 March 2021 6	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Koizumi  56' Araki  63' Inukai  66'  82' Machida  90+2' Everaldo  90+5'	Report	Inagaki 59' Yonemoto  90+5'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

3 April 2021 7	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Tokyo	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yoshida  49' Kimoto  90+5'	Report	T.Watanabe  81'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Shonan Bellmare v Nagoya Grampus

7 April 2021 8	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiratsuka
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Miyuki  39'  43' Takahashi  82' Oiwa  90+3'	Report	Nakatani  13' Soma  52'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Oita Trinita v Nagoya Grampus

11 April 2021 9	Oita Trinita	0–3	Nagoya Grampus	Ōita
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kobayashi  64'	Report	Yamasaki 33' Saka 44' (o.g.) Kakitani 90+2'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 April 2021 19	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Maruyama 22' Kakitani  36' Yonemoto  75'	Report	Rhayner  90+1' Kawabe  90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus v Sagan Tosu

18 April 2021 10	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Sagan Tosu	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nagasawa  44' Inagaki 85'	Report	Hayashi 6'  24' Iino  31' Sakai 45'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

22 April 2021 11	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Yamasaki  14' 29' Soma 55'	Report	Shoji  62' Usami  88'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

29 April 2021 22	Nagoya Grampus	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Hatate 3'  51' Damião 10', 23' Tono 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yusuke Araki

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

4 May 2021 12	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jesiel 30' Yamane 50' Maruyama 59' (o.g.)	Report	Inagaki 73' Mateus 83'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

8 May 2021 13	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yoshida 66' Yonemoto  70' Kakitani  77'	Report	Takagi  59'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

12 May 2021 21	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani  90+4'	Report	Inukai 32' Sugioka 86'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

15 May 2021 14	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–3	Nagoya Grampus	Shizuoka
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Elsinho  30' Valdo  40' Okui  60'	Report	Kakitani 24' Mateus 50', 89'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Tokushima Vortis v Nagoya Grampus

22 May 2021 15	Tokushima Vortis	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Naruto
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Suzuki  51' Cvetinović  59'	Report	Kimoto  38'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Vegalta Sendai

26 May 2021 16	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kimoto  82'	Report	Martinus 42'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

30 May 2021 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
18:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

17 July 2021 20	Sagan Tosu	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakano  41' 48' Sakai 51' Koyamatsu 80'	Report	Eduardo 39' (o.g.) Inagaki  53'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Referee: Masaaki Toma

Yokohama v Nagoya Grampus

9 August 2021 23	Yokohama	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani 9' (o.g.) Matsuo 33' Gabriel  69' Yasunaga  81'	Report		Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus

12 August 2021 18	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Sugimoto 13' Marcos Júnior 33' (pen.) Kida  45+1' Bunmathan  79'  90+2'	Report	Kakitani  10' Mateus  52'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato

Nagoya Grampus v Shonan Bellmare

15 August 2021 24	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Shonan Bellmare	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yonemoto  37' Kim 74'	Report	Oiwa  57' Hata 76'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Masuya Ueda

Nagoya Grampus v Avispa Fukuoka

22 August 2021 25	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Naruse  34' Świerczok 49'	Report	Salomonsson  64' Grolli  90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Nagoya Grampus

25 August 2021 26	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–2	Nagoya Grampus	Sapporo
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Inagaki 30', 45' Yonemoto  39'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Referee: Maasaki Toma

Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse

29 August 2021 27	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Toyota
18:99 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 57'	Report	Thiago Santana 74'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Koei Koya

Nagoya Grampus v Tokushima Vortis

10 September 2021 28	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Tokushima Vortis	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 52' (pen.) Fujita 83' (o.g.) Kanazaki 89' (pen.)	Report	Kishimoto  50' Ichimi  76' Ishii  90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus v Yokohama F. Marinos

18 September 2021 29	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani 12' Mateus  19' Świerczok 46' Yonemoto  73'	Report	Léo Ceará  42' Koike  52' Kida  55' Sugimoto 72'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Toma Maasaki

Tokyo v Nagoya Grampus

22 September 2021 32	Tokyo	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Tokyo
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Adaílton 26' Aoki  42' Leandro  81'	Report	Świerczok 43'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Oita Trinita

26 September 2021 30	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Oita Trinita	Toyota
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Inagaki 7'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Masuya Ueda

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

3 October 2021 31	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Asano 35' Rhayner  83'	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

24 October 2021 33	Nagoya Grampus	2–2	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 6' Świerczok 14'	Report	Samper  30' Douglas  34' Sakai  38' Muto 59' Iniesta 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Kashiwa Reysol

3 November 2021 34	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Świerczok 34' Nakatani 71'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Vegalta Sendai v Nagoya Grampus

7 November 2021 35	Vegalta Sendai	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Sendai
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nishimura 47'	Report	Kakitani 14' Nagasawa  63'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Referee: Takuto Okabe

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

20 November 2021 36	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kurata  30' Patric 53'  85' Yanagisawa  54'	Report	Świerczok 8', 29' Kakitani 22'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

27 November 2021 37	Cerezo Osaka	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Langerak 80' (o.g.) Nishio 87'	Report	Kakitani 67' Nagasawa  77'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

4 December 2021 38	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kimoto  20' Kim  45+1' Kakitani  77'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Vissel Kobe	38	21	10	7	62	36	+26	73	Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Kashima Antlers	38	21	6	11	62	36	+26	69
5	Nagoya Grampus	38	19	9	10	44	30	+14	66
6	Urawa Red Diamonds	38	18	9	11	45	38	+7	63[a]	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[b]
7	Sagan Tosu	38	16	11	11	43	35	+8	59

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.
Notes:

1. The JPFL awarded a 3–0 win to Shonan Bellmare after Urawa Red Diamonds fielded Zion Suzuki who was an ineligible player. The original score was 3–2 for Shonan Bellmare.^[30][31]
2. Qualified as the 2021 Emperor's Cup winners.

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2021 Emperor's Cup

Nagoya Grampus v Mitsubishi Mizushima

9 June 2021 Second Round	Nagoya Grampus	5–0	Mitsubishi Mizushima	Gifu
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Fujii 36' Nagasawa 39' Mateus 64', 90+1' Ishida 89'	Report		Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 1,886 Referee: Masuya Ueda

Nagoya Grampus v Fagiano Okayama

2 August 2021 Third Round	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Fagiano Okayama	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani 33'	Report	Uejo  41' Paulinho  62'	Stadium: Nagoya Minato Stadium Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Takuto Okabe
Note: Match originally kicked off on 14 July, but postponed at half-time due to inclement weather. The match was replayed from the beginning on 2 August, with the previous in-progress match being annulled.[32]

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

18 August 2021 Fourth round	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Świerczok 89'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,453 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

27 October 2021 Quarterfinal	Nagoya Grampus	0–3	Cerezo Osaka	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Toriumi 32' Tiago Pagnussat 38' Taggart 62' Nishikawa  78'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,202 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

J. League Cup

Main article: 2021 J.League Cup

Knockout stage

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

1 September 2021 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kakitani 13' Inagaki 53' Yonemoto  60' Kanazaki  90+1'	Report	Endo  31' Anzai  56' Machida  83'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,744 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

5 September 2021 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Kashima Antlers	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
18:03 JST (UTC+9)	Hayashi  35' Endo  64'	Report	Inagaki 22' Świerczok 57'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

6 October 2021 Semifinal 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	3-1	Tokyo	Toyota
19:03 JST (UTC+9)	Kakitani 17' Kim.M-t  51' Kimoto 69' Inagaki  82' Mateus 90+4'  90+4'	Report	Hasuwaka  68' Watanabe  84' Adailton 90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 7,778 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Tokyo v Nagoya Grampus

10 October 2021 Semifinal 2nd leg	Tokyo	2-1 (3-4 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Chōfu
14:03 JST (UTC+9)	Adailton l5' Takahagi 55'	Report	Inagaki 80'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 9,910 Referee: Matsuo Hajime

Final

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

30 October 2021	Nagoya Grampus	2-0	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama
13:09 JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 47' Inagaki 79'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 17,933 Referee: Masaaki Toma

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nagoya Grampus	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Advance to Round of 16
2	Pohang Steelers	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
4	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol (H)	6	0	2	4	0	10	−10	2

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Nagoya Grampus

21 June 2021 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Thailand
23:00 JST (UTC+9)	Rasid  17' Maurício  44' Velázquez  61' Bergson  64' Corbin-Ong  70'	Report	Inagaki  29' Yonemoto  40' Abe 60' Yamasaki  66'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus v Pohang Steelers

25 June 2021 2	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Thailand
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kakitani 34' Y.Yoshida  50' Nagasawa  51' Mateus 65' (pen.), 82'	Report	Shin  34'  64' Grant  66' Lee S-m  86' Lee S-b  88'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Ratchaburi Mitr Phol v Nagoya Grampus

28 June 2021 3	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	0 – 4	Nagoya Grampus	Thailand
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Yamasaki 26', 31', 45+1' Saitō 69' Morishita  81'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 0 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus v Ratchaburi Mitr Phol

1 July 2021 4	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Thailand
23:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus  47' 50' Kakitani 73' Yamasaki 79'	Report	Mapuku  60' Sueasakul  85' Wettayawong  87'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 July 2021 5	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Thailand
23:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 4' (pen.) Abe 28'  52' Yonemoto  36' Miyahara  38'	Report	Bakri  12' Ramadhan 42' Ahmad  77' Maurício  79'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 0 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Pohang Steelers v Nagoya Grampus

7 July 2021 6	Pohang Steelers	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Thailand
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Gwon  66' Tashchy 88'	Report	Nakatani  46' Maeda 51' Naruse  74'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Nagoya Grampus v Daegu

14 September 2021 Last 16	Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Daegu	Nagoya, Japan
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Świerczok 12', 63', 65' Nakatani 79'	Report	Cesinha 4' Edgar 28' Hwang S-M  38' An Y-W  87'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,442 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Pohang Steelers v Nagoya Grampus

17 October 2021 Quarterfinal	Pohang Steelers	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Jeonju, South Korea
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Sin.J-h  35' Go.Y-j  46' Lim.S-h 53', 90+5' Lee.S-m 70'	Report		Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 989 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Squad statistics

As of match played 4 December 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J.League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Mitchell Langerak	54	0	38	0	4	0	5	0	7	0
2	MF	JPN	Takuji Yonemoto	39	0	23+5	0	3	0	1+1	0	5+1	0
3	DF	JPN	Yuichi Maruyama	17	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Nakatani	53	4	34+3	2	3	1	5	0	8	1
5	MF	JPN	Kazuki Nagasawa	46	1	13+19	0	3	1	2+3	0	4+2	0
6	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara	38	0	20+6	0	2+1	0	2	0	6+1	0
7	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Abe	14	2	4+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	3+1	2
8	FW	JPN	Yoichiro Kakitani	52	9	26+10	5	4	0	5	2	4+3	2
9	FW	JPN	Ryogo Yamasaki	32	7	14+11	3	0+1	0	0	0	3+3	4
10	FW	BRA	Gabriel Xavier	26	0	10+10	0	0+2	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
11	FW	JPN	Yuki Soma	46	3	19+14	2+1	1	0	3+1	0	4+4	0
13	DF	JPN	Haruya Fujii	11	1	1+4	0	1+2	1	0	0	1+2	0
14	DF	JPN	Yasuki Kimoto	48	1	18+14	0	4	0	4+1	1	6+1	0
15	MF	JPN	Sho Inagaki	55	11	37+1	7	4	0	5	4	7+1	0
16	FW	BRA	Mateus	54	14	32+5	7	2+2	2	5	1	6+2	4
17	DF	JPN	Ryoya Morishita	38	0	8+14	0	1+3	0	1+4	0	1+6	0
19	FW	JPN	Manabu Saitō	33	1	6+18	0	2	0	0+1	0	3+3	1
20	DF	KOR	Kim Min-tae	19	1	12	1	0	0	5	0	2	0
21	GK	JPN	Yohei Takeda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	JPN	Yutaka Yoshida	54	1	38	1	3	0	5	0	8	0
24	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Ishida	3	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0+2	0
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda	50	5	22+12	3	2+1	0	5	1	5+3	1
26	DF	JPN	Shumpei Naruse	26	0	17+1	0	3	0	2	0	2+1	0
40	FW	POL	Jakub Świerczok	21	12	9+5	7	1+1	1	0+3	1	2	3
44	MF	JPN	Mu Kanazaki	12	1	0+6	1	0+1	0	0+3	0	0+2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW		16	Mateus	7	2	1	4	14
2	FW		40	Jakub Świerczok	7	1	1	3	12
3	MF		15	Sho Inagaki	7	0	4	0	11
4	FW		8	Yoichiro Kakitani	5	0	2	2	9
5	FW		9	Ryogo Yamasaki	3	0	0	4	7
6	MF		25	Naoki Maeda	3	0	1	1	5
7	DF		4	Shinnosuke Nakatani	2	1	0	1	4
				Own goal	4	0	0	0	4
9	FW		11	Yuki Soma	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		7	Hiroyuki Abe	0	0	0	2	2
11	DF		3	Yuichi Maruyama	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		23	Yutaka Yoshida	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		20	Kim Min-tae	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		44	Mu Kanazaki	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		13	Haruya Fujii	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		5	Kazuki Nagasawa	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		24	Ryotaro Ishida	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		14	Yasuki Kimoto	0	0	1	0	1
	FW		19	Manabu Saitō	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	44	7	10	18	79

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	GK		1	Mitchell Langerak	21	3	3	4	31
TOTALS					21	3	3	4	31

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J1 League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Champions League		Total
2		MF	Takuji Yonemoto	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
4		DF	Shinnosuke Nakatani	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5		MF	Kazuki Nagasawa	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
6		DF	Kazuya Miyahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
7		MF	Hiroyuki Abe	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		FW	Yoichiro Kakitani	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Ryogo Yamasaki	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11		FW	Yuki Soma	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Yasuki Kimoto	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15		MF	Sho Inagaki	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
16		FW	Mateus	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
17		DF	Ryoya Morishita	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20		DF	Kim Min-tae	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Yutaka Yoshida	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
26		DF	Shumpei Naruse	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
44		MF	Mu Kanazaki	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
			TOTALS	31	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	48	0