2022 Nagoya Grampus season

The 2022 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 5th season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 29th J1 League season and 39th overall in the Japanese top flight. Nagoya Grampus participated in J1 League, the Emperor's Cup and the J. League Cup.

Nagoya Grampus

2022 season
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Kenta Hasegawa
J1 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Round of 16 vs Cerezo Osaka
J. League Cup	Quarterfinal vs Urawa Red Diamonds
Top goalscorer	League: Mateus (8) All: Mateus (13)
Home colours Away colours
← 2021 2023 →

Season events

On 18 December 2021, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Léo Silva from Kashima Antlers.^[1]

On 21 December 2021, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Noriyoshi Sakai from Sagan Tosu.^[2] Four days later, 25 December 2021, Keiya Sento also joined Nagoya Grampus from Sagan Tosu.^[3]

On 26 December 2021, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Akinari Kawazura from Omiya Ardija.^[4]

On 29 December 2021, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Tiago Pagnussat on loan from Cerezo Osaka.^[5]

On 6 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Thales Paula from Roasso Kumamoto, with the midfielder being loan backed to Roasso Kumamoto for the 2022 season.^[6]

On 28 March, Nagoya Grampus announced the loan signing of Takuya Uchida from FC Tokyo until 31 January 2023.^[7]

On 30 June, Nagoya Grampus announced that Manabu Saitō had been sold to Suwon Samsung Bluewings.^[8]

On 1 July, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Naldinho from Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic.^[9]

On 7 July, Nagoya Grampus announced the loan signing of Ryota Nagaki from Shonan Bellmare until 31 January 2023,^[10] and the permanent signing of Takuya Shigehiro from Avispa Fukuoka.^[11]

On 11 July, Nagoya Grampus announced the return of Kensuke Nagai from FC Tokyo.^[12]

On 18 August, Nagoya Grampus announced that Mu Kanazaki had been sold to Oita Trinita.^[13]

On 22 November, Nagoya Grampus confirmed that Tiago Pagnussat's loan deal with the club had expired.^[14]

Squad

As of match played 5 November 2022^[15]

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 34)	Levante	2018		202	0
18	Tsubasa Shibuya		GK	(1995-01-27)27 January 1995 (aged 27)	Yokohama	2017		8	0
21	Yohei Takeda		GK	(1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 35)	Oita Trinita	2016		46	0
22	John Higashi		GK	(2002-05-02)2 May 2002 (aged 20)	Academy	2021		0	0
39	Masaharu Kitahashi		GK	(2004-07-09)9 July 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2022		0	0
Defenders
2	Tiago Pagnussat		DF	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 32)	on loan from Cerezo Osaka	2022[5]	2023[5]	22	0
3	Yuichi Maruyama		DF	(1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 33)	FC Tokyo	2018		136	3
4	Shinnosuke Nakatani		DF	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 26)	Kashiwa Reysol	2018		191	7
6	Kazuya Miyahara		DF	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 26)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2019[16]		182	4
13	Haruya Fujii		DF	(2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2018		64	2
17	Ryoya Morishita		DF	(1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 25)	Sagan Tosu	2021[17]		80	2
23	Yutaka Yoshida		DF	(1990-02-17)17 February 1990 (aged 32)	Sagan Tosu	2019[18]		140	3
24	Akinari Kawazura		DF	(1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 28)	Omiya Ardija	2022[4]		6	0
38	Soma Ota		DF	(2005-07-01)1 July 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		0	0
41	Kensho Kojima		DF	(2004-07-14)14 July 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2022		0	0
Midfielders
5	Kazuki Nagasawa		MF	(1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (aged 30)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2021		55	1
9	Noriyoshi Sakai		MF	(1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 29)	Sagan Tosu	2022[2]		23	3
10	Mateus		MF	(1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 28)	Omiya Ardija	2019[19]		145	42
11	Yuki Soma		MF	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 25)	Academy	2018		160	13
14	Keiya Sento		MF	(1994-12-29)29 December 1994 (aged 27)	Sagan Tosu	2022[3]		45	2
15	Sho Inagaki		MF	(1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 30)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2020[20]		136	18
16	Léo Silva		MF	(1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 36)	Kashima Antlers	2022[1]		43	1
19	Takuya Shigehiro		MF	(1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 27)	Avispa Fukuoka	2022[11]		11	1
20	Ryota Nagaki		MF	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 34)	on loan from Shonan Bellmare	2022[10]	2023[10]	14	0
31	Haruki Yoshida		MF	(2003-04-29)29 April 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		7	1
33	Hidemasa Koda		MF	(2003-10-02)2 October 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		12	0
34	Takuya Uchida		MF	(1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 24)	on loan from FC Tokyo	2022[7]	2023[7]	23	0
35	Seiryo Usui		MF	(2004-06-17)17 June 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2022		2	0
36	Haruto Suzuki		MF	(2005-05-17)17 May 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		0	0
37	Kosuke Uchida		MF	(2005-07-25)25 July 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		0	0
46	Ryotaro Ishida		MF	(2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2018		27	1
Forwards
8	Yoichiro Kakitani		FW	(1990-01-03)3 January 1990 (aged 32)	Cerezo Osaka	2021		81	10
29	Naldinho		FW	(1992-10-22)22 October 1992 (aged 30)	Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic	2022[9]		9	0
32	Koki Toyoda		FW	(2003-04-11)11 April 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		2	0
42	Ryoga Kida		FW	(2005-07-15)15 July 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		2	0
45	Kensuke Nagai		FW	(1989-03-05)5 March 1989 (aged 33)	FC Tokyo	2022[12]		217	63
47	Kyota Sakakibara		FW	(2001-10-20)20 October 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2022		0	0
Also under contract
40	Jakub Świerczok		FW	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 29)	Piast Gliwice	2021[21]		21	12
Away on loan
	Daiki Mitsui		GK	(2001-05-27)27 May 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2020		0	0
	Shumpei Naruse		DF	(2001-01-17)17 January 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2018		63	0
	Akira Yoshida		DF	(2001-07-09)9 July 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2020		2	0
	Thales Paula		MF	(2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 21)	Roasso Kumamoto	2022[6]		0	0
	Hiroyuki Abe		MF	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 33)	Kawasaki Frontale	2020[22]		68	10
	Takuji Yonemoto		MF	(1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 31)	Tokyo	2019[23]		98	1
	Naoki Maeda		MF	(1995-11-17)17 November 1995 (aged 26)	Matsumoto Yamaga	2018		141	28
Left during the season
19	Manabu Saitō		MF	(1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 32)	Kawasaki Frontale	2021[24]		43	2
44	Mu Kanazaki		MF	(1989-02-16)16 February 1989 (aged 33)	Sagan Tosu	2021[25]		148	23

Transfers

Main articles: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2021–22 and List of Japanese football transfers summer 2022

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 December 2021	MF		Léo Silva	Kashima Antlers	Undisclosed	[1]
21 December 2021	MF		Noriyoshi Sakai	Sagan Tosu	Undisclosed	[2]
25 December 2021	MF		Keiya Sento	Sagan Tosu	Undisclosed	[3]
26 December 2021	DF		Akinari Kawazura	Omiya Ardija	Undisclosed	[4]
6 January 2022	MF		Thales Paula	Roasso Kumamoto	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2022	FW		Naldinho	Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic	Undisclosed	[9]
7 July 2022	MF		Takuya Shigehiro	Avispa Fukuoka	Undisclosed	[11]
11 July 2022	FW		Kensuke Nagai	FC Tokyo	Undisclosed	[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
29 December 2021	DF		Tiago Pagnussat	Cerezo Osaka	22 November 2022	[5][14]
28 March 2022	MF		Takuya Uchida	FC Tokyo	31 January 2023	[7]
7 July 2022	MF		Ryota Nagaki	Shonan Bellmare	31 January 2023	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2022	MF		Manabu Saitō	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Undisclosed	[8]
18 August 2022	MF		Mu Kanazaki	Oita Trinita	Undisclosed	[13]
7 December 2022	MF		Keiya Sento	Kashiwa Reysol	Undisclosed	[26]
29 December 2022	DF		Yutaka Yoshida	Shimizu S-Pulse	Undisclosed	[27]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
6 January 2022	MF		Thales Paula	Roasso Kumamoto	31 January 2023	[6]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
31 December 2022	MF		Kazuya Miyahara	Tokyo Verdy	1 January 2023	[28]
31 December 2022	MF		Léo Silva	Moto Club	27 January 2023	[29][30]

Friendlies

Nagoya Grampus v Roma

25 November 2022	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Roma	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)		Report	El Shaarawy  34'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2022 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	11	13	10	30	35	−5	46	7	6	4	17	17	0	4	7	6	13	18	−5

Last updated: 5 November 2022.
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	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2022. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Nagoya Grampus v Vissel Kobe

19 February 2022 1	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Inagaki 23' Sakai 51' (o.g.)	Report	Ogihara  18'  58' Osaki  59' Lincoln  90'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Nagoya Grampus v Sagan Tosu

6 March 2022 3	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Sagan Tosu	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Fukuta 2' (o.g.) Y.Yoshida  88'	Report	Fukuta 30' Koizumi  80'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Masuya Ueda

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

12 March 2022 4	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
17:00 JST (UTC+9)	Songkrasin  15' Marcinho 25'	Report	Morishita  75'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Kashiwa Reysol

20 March 2022 5	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 18' Pagnussat  27' Morishita  55'	Report	Hosoya 6' Dodi  31' Sávio  79' Toshima  90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

2 April 2022 6	Gamba Osaka	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Patric 26' Miyahara 54' (o.g.) Kurokawa 62'	Report	Sento 83'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Shonan Bellmare

6 April 2022 7	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Shonan Bellmare	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Sento  20' Fukushima 49' (o.g.) Mateus  77' Morishita  85' Abe 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Ohashi 8' Ishihara  89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Nagoya Grampus v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

10 April 2022 8	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Fujii  82' Silva  90'	Report	Miyazawa 49' Nakashima 63' Takamine  89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus

17 April 2022 9	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Arthur  34' Misao  53' Suzuki  66'	Report	T.Uchida  90+6'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Tokyo v Nagoya Grampus

20 April 2022 2	Tokyo	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Tokyo
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Júbilo Iwata v Nagoya Grampus

28 April 2022 10	Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Iwata
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Sugimoto  65' Ōtsu 83', 85'	Report	Mateus 43'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Nagoya Grampus v Kyoto Sanga

3 May 2022 11	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Kyoto Sanga	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 35' Sakai  61'	Report	Utaka 40' Mendes  42'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus

7 May 2022 12	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Nagato  5' Élber 35' Anderson Lopes 86'	Report	Fujii  10' Nakatani 24'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

14 May 2022 13	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	Toyota
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Fujii  4' Sento 6'	Report	Maikuma  38'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

21 May 2022 14	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Shizuoka
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Carlinhos Júnior  68' Thiago Santana 72'	Report	Sakai 22' Soma 90+4'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

Nagoya Grampus v Avispa Fukuoka

25 May 2022 15	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani 15' Pagnussat  43'	Report	Lukian  25' Mae  28' Yanagi  66'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

28 May 2022 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Notsuda 58' Fujii  89'	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

18 June 2022 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Scholz 21' Ito 23' Iwanami  30' Sekine 36'	Report	Mateus  42' Nakatani  50'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Kashima Antlers

26 June 2022 18	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Morishita  39' Mateus 52' (pen.)	Report	Nakama 33' Hirose  36' Misao  45+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Shonan Bellmare v Nagoya Grampus

2 July 2022 19	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiratsuka
19:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Kashiwa Reysol v Nagoya Grampus

6 July 2022 20	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashiwa
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Ominami  57'	Report	Mateus 4' Fujii  67' Ishida  84' Soma  90+5'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse

10 July 2022 21	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Yoshida  88'	Report	Nishizawa 38' Thiago Santana 90+5' Katayama  90+7'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Nagoya Grampus

30 July 2022 23	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	2–2	Nagoya Grampus	Sapporo
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Fukai 31' Miyazawa  57' Nakashima  75' Suga  89' Aoki 90+2' Tučić  90+6'	Report	Morishita  39' Silva 67' Mateus 81'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 August 2022 24	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Shigehiro 27' Mateus 45+4' Nakatani  59' Nagai 64'  74'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Jumpei Iida

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

14 August 2022 25	Sagan Tosu	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Tezuka  90+1'	Report	Inagaki  71'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Nagoya Grampus v Júbilo Iwata

19 August 2022 26	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Júbilo Iwata	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 19'	Report	Ito  32' Yamamoto  44'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

27 August 2022 27	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Shigehiro  51'	Report	Patric 3' Meshino  27' Dawhan  56' Kwon  77' Suzuki 87'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Avispa Fukuoka v Nagoya Grampus

3 September 2022 28	Avispa Fukuoka	2–3	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Croux 21' Hiratsuka 57' Miya  67' Nara  90+1'	Report	Morishita 2' Nagai 24', 38'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

10 September 2022 29	Vissel Kobe	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Goke  62' Yuruki  87'	Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

14 September 2022 22	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
19:30 JST (UTC+9)	Inagaki 74' Nakatani  84'	Report	Yamane  34' Tachibanada  43' 61' Schmidt  70' Sasaki  90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Yusuke Araki

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

17 September 2022 30	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	T.Uchida  12' Soma  29' Inagaki  58'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato

Nagoya Grampus v Yokohama F. Marinos

1 October 2022 31	Nagoya Grampus	0–4	Yokohama F. Marinos	Toyota
16:00 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus  26' Soma  82'	Report	Mizunuma 16', 46' Watanabe  56' Léo Ceará 90' Fujita 90+6'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Kyoto Sanga v Nagoya Grampus

8 October 2022 32	Kyoto Sanga	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kameoka
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Taketomi 29' Inoue 59' Mendes  90+4'	Report	Takeda 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo

29 October 2022 33	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Tokyo	Toyota
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Sakai 10' Nagai 69'	Report	Luiz Phellype  31' Bangnagande  41' Kimoto 49'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Koei Koya

Cerezo Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

5 November 2022 34	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Jean Patric  65' Kim  68' Suzuki  85'	Report	Mateus  90+4' Soma 90+7'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	FC Tokyo	34	14	7	13	46	43	+3	49
7	Kashiwa Reysol	34	13	8	13	43	44	−1	47
8	Nagoya Grampus	34	11	13	10	30	35	−5	46
9	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	10	15	9	48	39	+9	45	Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	11	12	11	45	55	−10	45

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 goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
Notes:

1. Urawa Red Diamonds won the Champions League but did not qualify for the Champions League via league position. As a result, the last spot distributed to the third-placed team was transferred to Urawa Red Diamonds pursuant to the rules that Champions League winners would guaranteed a Champions League spot.

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2022 Emperor's Cup

Nagoya Grampus v Doshisha University

1 June 2022 Second round	Nagoya Grampus	2−0	Doshisha University	Nagoya
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Abe 47' Mateus 88'	Report		Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus v Zweigen Kanazawa

22 June 2022 Third round	Nagoya Grampus	1−0	Zweigen Kanazawa	Kanazawa
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Abe 51'	Report		Stadium: Ishikawa Athletics Stadium Attendance: 2,959 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Nagoya Grampus v Cerezo Osaka

13 July 2022 Round of 16	Nagoya Grampus	1−2	Cerezo Osaka	Osaka
18:30 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 69'	Report	Fujii 7' (o.g.) Tameda 88'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 3,734 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

J. League Cup

Main article: 2022 J.League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	4	0	2	13	5	+8	12	Advance to play-off stage
2	Nagoya Grampus	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
3	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8
4	Tokushima Vortis	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Source: JLeague.co (EN), JLeague.jp (JA)
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse

23 February 2022 1	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Toyota
14:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 8,285 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

2 March 2022 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
19:03 JST (UTC+9)	Mitsuta 44' Júnior Santos 87'	Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 1,870 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

Nagoya Grampus v Tokushima Vortis

26 March 2022 3	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Tokushima Vortis	Toyota
14:03 JST (UTC+9)	Sakai 72' Kakitani 75'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 6,932 Referee: Koei Koya

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

13 April 2022 4	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
19:33 JST (UTC+9)	Mateus 10'	Report	Júnior Santos 50' Morishima 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Koki Nagamine

Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

23 April 2022 5	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Shizuoka
14:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Kanazaki 67' (pen.)	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 7,688 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Tokushima Vortis v Nagoya Grampus

18 May 2022 6	Tokushima Vortis	0–2	Nagoya Grampus	Naruto
19:03 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Yoshida 10' Abe 45+1'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 2,296 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Knockout stage

Nagoya Grampus v Kyoto Sanga

4 June 2022 Play-off stage 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	6–1	Kyoto Sanga	Nagoya
16:03 JST (UTC+9)	Inagaki 15', 49' Maruyama 63' Mateus 73', 81' Soma 90+2'	Report	Yamasaki 58'	Stadium: CS-asset Minato Stadium Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Koei Koya

Kyoto Sanga v Nagoya Grampus

11 June 2022 Play-off stage 2nd leg	Kyoto Sanga	0–1 (1–7 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Kameoka
18:33 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Saitō 90+1'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 5,831 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 August 2022 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Aichi
19:33 JST (UTC+9)	Morishita 59'	Report	Matsuo 36'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 6,179 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

10 August 2022 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:33 JST (UTC+9)	Ito 31', 41' Esaka 86'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 23,435 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 November 2022

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J-League		Emperor's Cup		J-League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Mitchell Langerak	41	0	33	0	1	0	7	0
2	DF	BRA	Tiago Pagnussat	22	0	8+6	0	2	0	5+1	0
3	DF	JPN	Yuichi Maruyama	31	1	25	0	1	0	3+2	1
4	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Nakatani	43	2	33	2	1+1	0	6+2	0
5	MF	JPN	Kazuki Nagasawa	8	0	0+4	0	0	0	3+1	0
6	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara	28	0	7+14	0	1	0	5+1	0
8	FW	JPN	Yoichiro Kakitani	29	1	11+10	0	1+1	0	4+2	1
9	MF	JPN	Noriyoshi Sakai	23	3	10+7	2	0+1	0	2+3	1
10	MF	BRA	Mateus	40	13	30	8	0+3	2	6+1	3
11	MF	JPN	Yuki Soma	45	3	29+5	2	1	0	6+4	1
13	DF	JPN	Haruya Fujii	43	1	28+3	1	2+1	0	8+1	0
14	MF	JPN	Keiya Sento	45	2	27+7	2	3	0	5+3	0
15	MF	JPN	Sho Inagaki	45	4	34	2	0+1	0	7+3	2
16	MF	BRA	Léo Silva	43	1	29+4	1	1+2	0	6+1	0
17	DF	JPN	Ryoya Morishita	42	2	28+4	1	0+2	0	7+1	1
19	MF	JPN	Takuya Shigehiro	11	1	8+1	1	0	0	2	0
20	MF	JPN	Ryota Nagaki	14	0	4+8	0	0	0	2	0
21	GK	JPN	Yohei Takeda	7	0	1+1	0	2	0	3	0
23	DF	JPN	Yutaka Yoshida	19	0	8+7	0	0	0	3+1	0
24	DF	JPN	Akinari Kawazura	6	0	1	0	1+1	0	3	0
29	FW	BRA	Naldinho	9	0	1+8	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	JPN	Haruki Yoshida	7	1	0+1	0	2	0	2+2	1
32	FW	JPN	Koki Toyoda	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
33	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Koda	12	0	0+7	0	0	0	2+3	0
34	MF	JPN	Takuya Uchida	23	0	4+15	0	3	0	1	0
35	MF	JPN	Seiryo Usui	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
42	FW	JPN	Ryoga Kida	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	FW	JPN	Kensuke Nagai	15	4	11+2	4	0	0	1+1	0
46	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Ishida	15	0	1+7	0	2	0	1+4	0
Players away on loan:
7	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Abe	25	4	1+15	1	3	2	4+2	1
26	DF	JPN	Shumpei Naruse	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
28	DF	JPN	Akira Yoshida	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
19	MF	JPN	Manabu Saitō	10	1	0+3	0	1	0	2+4	1
44	MF	JPN	Mu Kanazaki	13	1	2+5	0	1	0	3+2	1

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	MF		10	Mateus	8	2	3	5
2	FW		45	Kensuke Nagai	4	0	0	4
	MF		15	Sho Inagaki	2	0	2	4
	MF		7	Hiroyuki Abe	1	2	1	4
5	MF		9	Noriyoshi Sakai	2	0	1	3
	MF		11	Yuki Soma	2	0	1	3
				Own goal	3	0	0	3
8	DF		4	Shinnosuke Nakatani	2	0	0	2
	MF		14	Keiya Sento	2	0	0	2
	DF		17	Ryoya Morishita	1	0	1	2
11	DF		13	Haruya Fujii	1	0	0	1
	MF		16	Léo Silva	1	0	0	1
	MF		19	Takuya Shigehiro	1	0	0	1
	FW		8	Yoichiro Kakitani	0	0	1	0
	MF		44	Mu Kanazaki	0	0	1	0
	MF		31	Haruki Yoshida	0	0	1	0
	DF		3	Yuichi Maruyama	0	0	1	0
	MF		19	Manabu Saitō	0	0	1	0
				TOTALS	30	4	14	48

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Mitchell Langerak	13	0	3	16
2	GK		21	Yohei Takeda	0	2	2	4
TOTALS					13	2	5	20

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J1 League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1		GK	Mitchell Langerak	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		DF	Tiago Pagnussat	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
4		DF	Shinnosuke Nakatani	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		DF	Kazuya Miyahara	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
8		MF	Yoichiro Kakitani	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9		MF	Noriyoshi Sakai	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Mateus	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Yuki Soma	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Keiya Sento	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Sho Inagaki	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Léo Silva	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
17		DF	Ryoya Morishita	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
19		MF	Takuya Shigehiro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	Yutaka Yoshida	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
34		MF	Takuya Uchida	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
45		FW	Kensuke Nagai	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
46		MF	Ryotaro Ishida	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:
44		MF	Mu Kanazaki	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	28	2	4	0	6	1	38	3