2016 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2016 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 24th season in the J.League Division 1 and 34th overall in the Japanese top flight. Takafumi Ogura managed the team until 23 August, when he was replaced with Boško Gjurovski. Nagoya Grampus finished the season in 16th place, being relegated to J2 League for the first time in their history, whilst being knocked out of the Emperor's Cup at the Second Round stage by Nagano Parceiro and the failing to progress from their J.League Cup group.

Nagoya Grampus

2016 season
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Takafumi Ogura (until 23 August) Boško Gjurovski (caretaker) (from 23 August)
J.League	16th (relegated)
Emperor's Cup	Second Round vs Nagano Parceiro
J.League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Robin Simović (11 goals) All: Robin Simović (11 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

As of 12 September 2016^[1]

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  SWE Ludvig Öhman 4 DF  JPN Tulio 5 DF  JPN Shun Obu 6 DF  JPN Shota Kobayashi 7 MF  JPN Taishi Taguchi 8 MF  KOR Ha Dae-sung (loan from FC Tokyo) 9 FW  SWE Robin Simović 10 MF  JPN Yoshizumi Ogawa 11 FW  JPN Kensuke Nagai 13 MF  JPN Ryota Isomura 14 MF  JPN Ryota Tanabe 15 MF  KOR Lee Seung-hee 16 GK  JPN Yohei Takeda 17 MF  JPN Tomokazu Myojin 18 FW  JPN Ryunosuke Noda 19 FW  JPN Kisho Yano 20 MF  JPN Asahi Yada

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  JPN Koji Nishimura 22 FW  JPN Tomoya Koyamatsu 23 MF  JPN Ryota Aoki 26 MF  JPN Yuto Mori 24 DF  JPN Ryo Takahashi 27 FW  JPN Koki Sugimori 28 GK  JPN Kota Ogi 29 MF  JPN Ryuji Izumi 31 MF  JPN Takahiro Ogihara 32 FW  JPN Kengo Kawamata 33 DF  JPN Michihiro Yasuda 34 FW  BRA Gustavo 36 DF  JPN Ryusuke Sakai 38 FW  JPN Riki Matsuda 40 MF  JPN Kanta Kajiyama 41 MF  JPN Shoma Tanaka 42 FW  JPN Shunpei Fukahori 43 DF  JPN Yusuke Aoyama 44 DF  JPN Genki Miyachi

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2015–16

In: 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 3 DF  SWE Ludvig Öhman (from Kalmar)[2] 6 DF  JPN Shota Kobayashi (from Shonan Bellmare) 9 FW  SWE Robin Simović (from Helsingborg)[2] 15 MF  [[|Korea]] Lee Seung-hee (from Suphanburi) 16 GK  JPN Yohei Takeda (from Oita Trinita) 17 MF  JPN Tomokazu Myojin (from Gamba Osaka) 28 GK  JPN Kota Ogi (from Ventforet Kofu) 33 DF  JPN Michihiro Yasuda (from Vissel Kobe) 38 FW  JPN Riki Matsuda (loan return from JEF United)

Out: 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 3 DF  JPN Yusuke Muta (to Kyoto Sanga)[3] 4 DF  JPN Tulio [4] 6 DF  JPN Yuki Honda (to Kyoto Sanga)[5] 8 MF  COL Danilson Córdoba (to Avispa Fukuoka)[6] 18 FW  SVN Milivoje Novaković (to Maribor)[6][7] 24 DF  JPN Nikki Havenaar (to SV Horn)[6] 25 MF  JPN Reo Mochizuki (loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) 29 DF  JPN Kazuki Sato [6] 30 GK  JPN Masataka Nomura 33 MF  BRA Leandro Domingues (to Vitória)[6] 35 MF  JPN Teruki Tanaka [6] 50 GK  JPN Yoshinari Takagi (to Gifu)

Summer

Main article: List of Japanese football transfers summer 2016

In: 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 4 DF  JPN Tulio [8] 8 MF  KOR Ha Dae-sung (loan from Tokyo) 31 DF  JPN Takahiro Ogihara (from Cerezo Osaka) 36 DF  JPN Ryusuke Sakai (from Matsumoto Yamaga)

Out: 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

Competitions

J.League

Main article: 2016 J1 League

First stage

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
17	4	5	8	24	29	−5	17	3	2	4	12	12	0	1	3	4	12	17	−5

Last updated: 25 June 2016.
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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D
Position	7	4	9	4	8	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2016. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Júbilo Iwata v Nagoya Grampus

27 February 2016 1	Júbilo Iwata	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Iwata
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kawabe  88'	Report	Öhman  18' Yano  24' Simović 29'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 14,333 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

6 March 2016 2	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Simović 17' Lee  28' Öhman  68'	Report	Satō 43' Aoyama  60' Chiba  65'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 27,061 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

12 March 2016 3	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Elsinho 6' Ōkubo 75' Nakamura 84'	Report	Matsuda 26' Nagai 63' Lee  68' Yasuda  71'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 16,513 Referee: Koji Murakami

Nagoya Grampus v Vegalta Sendai

19 March 2016 4	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kobayashi  31' Simović 45+1' Takeuchi  54' Matsuda  58' Yano 87'	Report	Watanabe  36' Wilson  68' Lopes 82' Oiwa  88'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 9,232 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Tokyo v Nagoya Grampus

2 April 2016 5	Tokyo	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Chōfu
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Morishige 43' (pen.), 81' 86' Kawano  45+2' Hirayama 70'	Report	Takeuchi 17' 42' Yasuda  45+2' Nagai 76'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 20,249 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Nagoya Grampus v Omiya Ardija

10 April 2016 6	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Omiya Ardija	Nagoya
13:00 JST (UTC+9)	Simović 26' (pen.) Myojin  45+1'	Report	Ienaga  25' Komoto 72' Izumisawa 79'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 12,417 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Avispa Fukuoka v Nagoya Grampus

16 April 2016 7	Avispa Fukuoka	Postponed[9]	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
13:00 JST (UTC+9)		[ Report]		Stadium: Level5 Stadium

Nagoya Grampus v Albirex Niigata

24 April 2016 8	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
13:00 JST (UTC+9)	Seung-hee  18' Simović 25' Nagai 62'	Report	Hayama 64'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,957 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

29 April 2016 9	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kashiwagi 25' 46' Lee 56' Koroki 62' Muto 65'	Report	Simović 39' Ogawa  53'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 42,547 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Nagoya Grampus v Yokohama F. Marinos

4 May 2016 10	Nagoya Grampus	3–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Simović 33' Izumi 49' Kawamata 78'	Report	Ito 70'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 27,669 Referee: Mikiya Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

8 May 2016 11	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
13:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nagai  68'	Report	Leandro 11' Iwanami  67'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Ventforet Kofu v Nagoya Grampus

14 May 2016 12	Ventforet Kofu	2–2	Nagoya Grampus	Kōfu
18:30 JST (UTC+9)	Kumagai  21' Tanaka 49' Matsuhashi 68'	Report	Simović  14' 80' Yano  59' Kobayashi 90+2'	Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 10,184 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

21 May 2016 13	Nagoya Grampus	2–3	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
18:30 JST (UTC+9)	Taguchi 46' Myojin  60' Takeuchi 66' Öhman  86'	Report	Akasaki  26' Caio  42' 56', 90+2' Suzuki 86'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 17,499 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Shonan Bellmare v Nagoya Grampus

29 May 2016 14	Shonan Bellmare	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Hiratsuka
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Bahia  16' Kikuchi  38' 80' Hanato 41' Shimoda  90+2'	Report	Takeuchi  6' Lee 56' Yano  78' Isomura  82'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 10,147 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Avispa Fukuoka v Nagoya Grampus

2 June 2016 7	Avispa Fukuoka	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Córdoba  53'	Report	Öhman  28' Yasuda  59' Kobayashi  62'	Stadium: Level5 Stadium Attendance: 5,870 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Sagan Tosu

11 June 2016 15	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Sagan Tosu	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yano  27'	Report	Toyoda 6' Yoshida  61'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 7,980 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Nagoya Grampus v Kashiwa Reysol

18 June 2016 16	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Simović 53'	Report	Barada 68'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 10,517 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

25 June 2016 17	Gamba Osaka	3–3	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Abe 45' Kim 54' Konno 87'	Report	Kawamata 3', 67' Yano  87' 89'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 33,546 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Albirex Niigata	17	4	6	7	19	25	−6	18
14	Nagoya Grampus	17	4	5	8	24	29	−5	17
15	Sagan Tosu	17	4	5	8	10	15	−5	17

Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 1st Stage League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Second stage

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
17	3	4	10	13	28	−15	13	1	2	5	9	15	−6	2	2	5	4	13	−9

Last updated: 7 November 2016.
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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L
Position	13	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	16	15	14	14	15

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2016. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Omiya Ardija v Nagoya Grampus

2 July 2016 1	Omiya Ardija	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kikuchi  63' Komoto 90+4'	Report	Isomura  28'  52' Myojin  59' Noda  62'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 10,742 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

9 July 2016 2	Nagoya Grampus	0–3	Kawasaki Frontale	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yano  35' Ha  45' Lee  84'	Report	Kobayashi 36' Ōkubo 53' Nakamura 77'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 16,780 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

13 July 2016 3	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakamura 6' Yamamoto 26' Suzuki 87'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,696 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

17 July 2016 4	Sagan Tosu	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Taniguchi  67'	Report	Isomura  11' Simović  90+1'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 10,618 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

Nagoya Grampus v Ventforet Kofu

23 July 2016 5	Nagoya Grampus	1–3	Ventforet Kofu	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kobayashi  18' Lee  36' Yano 62'	Report	Inagaki 11' Yamamoto  66' Dudu 75' Tanaka 77'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 12,072 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus

30 July 2016 6	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Yano  86' Myojin  90+1'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 25,772 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

6 August 2016 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Utaka 2' Miyayoshi 22' Shimizu  84'	Report	Lee  90'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,911 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

13 August 2016 8	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Isomura  85'	Report	Muto 44' Ljubijankić 87'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 29,508 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Kashiwa Reysol v Nagoya Grampus

20 August 2016 9	Kashiwa Reysol	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashiwa
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Akino  11' Ito 58' Cristiano 70' Oliveira 75'	Report	Kawamata 81'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,577 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

27 August 2016 10	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Tokyo	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kawamata  30' Noda 45' Narazaki  60' Lee  81'	Report	Nakajima 90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 14,379 Referee: Masuya Ueda

Albirex Niigata v Nagoya Grampus

10 September 2016 11	Albirex Niigata	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Niigata
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Kawamata 28' Tulio  36' Isomura  80'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 23,068 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

17 September 2016 12	Nagoya Grampus	1–3	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Nagai 41'	Report	Omori 27' Ideguchi  31' 90+1' Ademilson 65'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 29,481 Referee: Toma Iemoto

Vegalta Sendai v Nagoya Grampus

25 September 2016 13	Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Sendai
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Isomura 86' (o.g.)	Report	Ogawa 2' Simović  47' Taguchi 57' Ha  68' Yano  90'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 16,476 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus v Avispa Fukuoka

1 October 2016 14	Nagoya Grampus	5–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Ha 18' Nagai  35' 36', 47', 55' Sakai 86'	Report		Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 14,088 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Nagoya Grampus v Júbilo Iwata

22 October 2016 16	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Júbilo Iwata	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Simović 44' (pen.)	Report	Bothroyd 47'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 30,282 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

29 October 2016 17	Vissel Kobe	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Matsushita 15' Nakasaka 37' Masuyama 69'	Report	Lee  45+3' Nagai  69'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 23,313 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus v Shonan Bellmare

3 November 2016 18	Nagoya Grampus	1–3	Shonan Bellmare	Nagoya
13:30 JST (UTC+9)	Simović 50' (pen.)	Report	Yamada 6', 60' Takayama 37' Misao  47' Tsuboi  49'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Júbilo Iwata	17	2	7	8	16	27	−11	13
15	Nagoya Grampus	17	3	4	10	14	29	−15	13
16	Albirex Niigata	17	4	0	13	14	24	−10	12

Source: 2016 MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE 2nd Stage League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L
Position	7	4	9	4	8	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2016. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Albirex Niigata	34	8	6	20	33	49	−16	30
16	Nagoya Grampus (R)	34	7	9	18	38	58	−20	30	Relegation to 2017 J2 League
17	Shonan Bellmare (R)	34	7	6	21	30	56	−26	27

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

J.League Cup

Main article: 2016 J.League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Ventforet Kofu	6	2	2	2	3	4	−1	8
4	Shonan Bellmare	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
5	Júbilo Iwata	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5
6	Kashima Antlers	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4
7	Nagoya Grampus	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2016. Source: 2016J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Group Stage Group A League table and J. League Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Draw.

Omiya Ardija v Nagoya Grampus

23 March 2016 1	Omiya Ardija	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Ōmiya-ku
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Esaka 39' Kato  63'	Report	Takahashi  1' Öhman  45+1'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 5,359 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Nagoya Grampus v Shonan Bellmare

27 March 2016 2	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Shonan Bellmare	Nagoya
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Obu  81'	Report	Kikuchi  13' Paulinho  43' Shimamura 87'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Masuya Ueda

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

6 April 2016 3	Nagoya Grampus	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Noda 38' Yasuda  56' Öhman  68'  83'	Report	Shoji  27' 71' Doi  37' Endo 52' Caio 66' 69' Nishi  87'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,134 Referee: Hiromichi Oka

Nagoya Grampus v Ventforet Kofu

20 April 2016 4	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Ventforet Kofu	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Koyamatsu  44' Obu  60'	Report		Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,919 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

25 May 2016 5	Vissel Kobe	4–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nakasaka 10' Soma  11' Watanabe 19' Ishizu 88' Takahashi 90+3'	Report	Mori  31' Isomura  44' Lee  56'	Stadium: Misaki Park Stadium Attendance: 5,168 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Júbilo Iwata v Nagoya Grampus

5 June 2016 6	Júbilo Iwata	1–3	Nagoya Grampus	Iwata
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Bothroyd 64'	Report	Koyamatsu 27' Takeuchi 37' Kawamata 40' Yasuda  70' Ogawa  90+2'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 8,792 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2016 Emperor's Cup

Nagoya Grampus v Nagano Parceiro

3 September 2016 Second Round	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Nagano Parceiro	Nagoya
18:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Tada 90+4'	Stadium: Nagoya City Minato Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,785 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Squad statistics

As of match played 3 November 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J-League		J-League Cup		Emperor's Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JPN	Seigo Narazaki	31	0	27	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	JPN	Akira Takeuchi	36	3	30	2	5	1	1	0
3	DF	SWE	Ludvig Öhman	13	0	9	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF	JPN	Tulio	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	JPN	Shun Obu	26	0	18+2	0	3+2	0	1	0
6	DF	JPN	Shota Kobayashi	34	1	20+8	1	5	0	1	0
7	MF	JPN	Taishi Taguchi	31	2	26+1	2	2+1	0	1	0
8	MF	KOR	Ha Dae-sung	10	1	9	1	0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	SWE	Robin Simović	31	11	27+2	11	2	0	0	0
10	MF	JPN	Yoshizumi Ogawa	27	1	13+7	1	4+2	0	1	0
11	FW	JPN	Kensuke Nagai	34	7	30+1	7	2+1	0	0	0
13	MF	JPN	Ryota Isomura	19	0	10+6	0	3	0	0	0
15	MF	KOR	Lee Seung-hee	32	1	29	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
16	GK	JPN	Yohei Takeda	9	0	7	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	MF	JPN	Tomokazu Myojin	18	0	9+6	0	3	0	0	0
18	FW	JPN	Ryunosuke Noda	18	2	8+7	1	2	1	1	0
19	FW	JPN	Kisho Yano	35	3	30+1	3	3	0	1	0
20	MF	JPN	Asahi Yada	18	0	6+7	0	4+1	0	0	0
21	GK	JPN	Koji Nishimura	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW	JPN	Tomoya Koyamatsu	9	1	1+4	0	3+1	1	0	0
23	MF	JPN	Ryota Aoki	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	JPN	Ryo Takahashi	16	0	10+3	0	2+1	0	0	0
26	MF	JPN	Yuto Mori	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27	FW	JPN	Koki Sugimori	4	0	1	0	1+2	0	0	0
28	GK	JPN	Kota Ogi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	MF	JPN	Ryuji Izumi	17	1	8+6	1	2	0	1	0
31	DF	JPN	Takahiro Ogihara	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW	JPN	Kengo Kawamata	24	6	5+12	5	3+3	1	0+1	0
33	DF	JPN	Michihiro Yasuda	27	0	21+1	0	4	0	1	0
34	FW	BRA	Gustavo	4	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	0	0
36	DF	JPN	Ryusuke Sakai	11	1	8+3	1	0	0	0	0
38	MF	JPN	Riki Matsuda	14	1	3+11	1	0	0	0	0
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J-League	J-League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Robin Simović	11	0	0	11
2	FW		11	Kensuke Nagai	7	0	0	7
3	FW		32	Kengo Kawamata	5	1	0	6
4	FW		19	Kisho Yano	3	0	0	3
	DF		2	Akira Takeuchi	2	1	0	3
6	MF		7	Taishi Taguchi	2	0	0	2
	FW		18	Ryunosuke Noda	1	1	0	2
8	MF		38	Riki Matsuda	1	0	0	1
	MF		29	Ryuji Izumi	1	0	0	1
	DF		6	Shota Kobayashi	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Ha Dae-sung	1	0	0	1
	MF		10	Yoshizumi Ogawa	1	0	0	1
	MF		36	Ryusuke Sakai	1	0	0	1
	DF		36	Ryusuke Sakai	1	0	0	1
	FW		22	Tomoya Koyamatsu	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	37	4	0	41

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J-League		J.League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Total
1		GK	Seigo Narazaki	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Akira Takeuchi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Ludvig Öhman	4	0	3	1	0	0	7	1
4		DF	Tulio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Shun Obu	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Shota Kobayashi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Ha Dae-sung	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Robin Simović	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Yoshizumi Ogawa	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Kensuke Nagai	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13		MF	Ryota Isomura	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
15		MF	Lee Seung-hee	7	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
17		MF	Tomokazu Myojin	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		FW	Ryunosuke Noda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Kisho Yano	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
22		FW	Tomoya Koyamatsu	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Ryo Takahashi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Yuto Mori	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
32		FW	Kengo Kawamata	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Michihiro Yasuda	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
38		MF	Riki Matsuda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	52	2	13	1	0	0	65	3