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 vsPohang Steelers
Top goalscorer	League:Three Players (7) All:Mateus (14)
Home colours Away colours
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The2021 Nagoya Grampus season wasNagoya Grampus' 4th season back in theJ1 League following their relegation at the end of the2016 season, their 28thJ1 League season and 38th overall in the Japanese top flight. Nagoya Grampus participated in theJ1 League,Emperor's Cup,J. League Cup and theAFC Champions League.

On 28 December, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing ofKazuki Nagasawa fromUrawa Red Diamonds.^[1]

On 29 December, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing ofRyoya Morishita fromSagan Tosu.^[2]

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

On 9 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing ofManabu Saitō fromKawasaki Frontale,^[4] whilstDaiki Enomoto was loaned toEhime until 31 January 2022.^[5]

On 15 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the permanent signing ofMu Kanazaki fromSagan Tosu after he'd spent the2020 season on loan at Nagoya Grampas.^[6]

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

On 11 March, theAsian Football Confederation confirmed thatThailand would host Nagoya Grampus' group G games in the2021 AFC Champions League.^[8]

On 20 July, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing ofJakub Świerczok fromPiast Gliwice.^[9]

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

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

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 fromHokkaido 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  JPN John Higashi(atTochigi) — MF  JPN Daiki Enomoto(atEhime)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  JPN Shuto Watanabe(atMito HollyHock) — FW  PAR Jonathan Matsuoka(atKamatamare Sanuki)

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]

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

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]

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

Avispa Fukuoka v Nagoya Grampus

28 February 20211	Avispa Fukuoka	1–2	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuoka
13:00JST (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 vHokkaido Consadole Sapporo

6 March 20212	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Toyota
16:00JST (UTC+9)	Naruse 58' Soma 82'	Report	Kaneko 18'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Kashiwa Reysol v Nagoya Grampus

10 March 20213	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashiwa
17:00JST (UTC+9)		Report	Ominami 58' (o.g.) Nagasawa 85'	Stadium:Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Referee:Masaaki Toma

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

13 March 20214	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
18:00JST (UTC+9)	Samper 84'	Report	Inagaki 19'	Stadium:Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus vYokohama

17 March 20215	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Yokohama	Toyota
19:00JST (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 20216	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
16:00JST (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 vTokyo

3 April 20217	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Tokyo	Toyota
14:00JST (UTC+9)	Yoshida 49' Kimoto 90+5'	Report	T.Watanabe 81'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee:Yuichi Nishimura

Shonan Bellmare v Nagoya Grampus

7 April 20218	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiratsuka
19:00JST (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 20219	Oita Trinita	0–3	Nagoya Grampus	Ōita
15:00JST (UTC+9)	Kobayashi 64'	Report	Yamasaki 33' Saka 44' (o.g.) Kakitani 90+2'	Stadium:Showa Denko Dome Oita Referee:Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus vSanfrecce Hiroshima

14 April 202119	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
19:30JST (UTC+9)	Maruyama 22' Kakitani 36' Yonemoto 75'	Report	Rhayner 90+1' Kawabe 90+2'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus vSagan Tosu

18 April 202110	Nagoya Grampus	1–2	Sagan Tosu	Toyota
15:00JST (UTC+9)	Nagasawa 44' Inagaki 85'	Report	Hayashi 6' 24' Iino 31' Sakai 45'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Nagoya Grampus vGamba Osaka

22 April 202111	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
19:30JST (UTC+9)	Yamasaki 14' 29' Soma 55'	Report	Shoji 62' Usami 88'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Nagoya Grampus vKawasaki Frontale

29 April 202122	Nagoya Grampus	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota
15:00JST (UTC+9)		Report	Hatate 3' 51' Damião 10',23' Tono 84'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Yusuke Araki

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

4 May 202112	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki
15:00JST (UTC+9)	Jesiel 30' Yamane 50' Maruyama 59' (o.g.)	Report	Inagaki 73' Mateus 83'	Stadium:Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Referee:Yuichi Nishimura

Nagoya Grampus vCerezo Osaka

8 May 202113	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	Toyota
15:00JST (UTC+9)	Yoshida 66' Yonemoto 70' Kakitani 77'	Report	Takagi 59'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee:Yudai Yamamoto

Nagoya Grampus vKashima Antlers

12 May 202121	Nagoya Grampus	0–2	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
19:00JST (UTC+9)	Nakatani 90+4'	Report	Inukai 32' Sugioka 86'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

15 May 202114	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–3	Nagoya Grampus	Shizuoka
14:00JST (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 202115	Tokushima Vortis	0–0	Nagoya Grampus	Naruto
18:00JST (UTC+9)	Suzuki 51' Cvetinović 59'	Report	Kimoto 38'	Stadium:Pocarisweat Stadium Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus vVegalta Sendai

26 May 202116	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Toyota
19:00JST (UTC+9)	Kimoto 82'	Report	Martinus 42'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

17 July 202120	Sagan Tosu	3–1	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu
19:00JST (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 202123	Yokohama	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
18:00JST (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 202118	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:00JST (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 vShonan Bellmare

15 August 202124	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Shonan Bellmare	Toyota
18:00JST (UTC+9)	Yonemoto 37' Kim 74'	Report	Oiwa 57' Hata 76'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Masuya Ueda

Nagoya Grampus vAvispa Fukuoka

22 August 202125	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Toyota
18:00JST (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 202126	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–2	Nagoya Grampus	Sapporo
19:00JST (UTC+9)		Report	Inagaki 30',45' Yonemoto 39'	Stadium:Sapporo Dome Referee: Maasaki Toma

Nagoya Grampus vShimizu S-Pulse

29 August 202127	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Toyota
18:99JST (UTC+9)	Maeda 57'	Report	Thiago Santana 74'	Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Koei Koya

Nagoya Grampus vTokushima Vortis

10 September 202128	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Tokushima Vortis	Toyota
19:00JST (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 vYokohama F. Marinos

18 September 202129	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Toyota
19:00JST (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 202132	Tokyo	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Tokyo
19:00JST (UTC+9)	Adaílton 26' Aoki 42' Leandro 81'	Report	Świerczok 43'	Stadium:Ajinomoto Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Nagoya Grampus vOita Trinita

26 September 202130	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Oita Trinita	Toyota
16:00JST (UTC+9)	Inagaki 7'	Report		Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Masuya Ueda

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

3 October 202131	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
15:00JST (UTC+9)	Asano 35' Rhayner 83'	Report		Stadium:Edion Stadium Hiroshima Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Nagoya Grampus vVissel Kobe

24 October 202133	Nagoya Grampus	2–2	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
15:00JST (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 vKashiwa Reysol

3 November 202134	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Toyota
15:00JST (UTC+9)	Świerczok 34' Nakatani 71'	Report		Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Vegalta Sendai v Nagoya Grampus

7 November 202135	Vegalta Sendai	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Sendai
14:00JST (UTC+9)	Nishimura 47'	Report	Kakitani 14' Nagasawa 63'	Stadium:Yurtec Stadium Sendai Referee: Takuto Okabe

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

20 November 202136	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
14:00JST (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 202137	Cerezo Osaka	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Osaka
14:00JST (UTC+9)	Langerak 80' (o.g.) Nishio 87'	Report	Kakitani 67' Nagasawa 77'	Stadium:Yanmar Stadium Nagai Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus vUrawa Red Diamonds

4 December 202138	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
14:00JST (UTC+9)	Kimoto 20' Kim 45+1' Kakitani 77'	Report		Stadium:Toyota Stadium Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Nagoya Grampus vMitsubishi Mizushima

9 June 2021Second Round	Nagoya Grampus	5–0	Mitsubishi Mizushima	Gifu
18:00JST (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 vFagiano Okayama

2 August 2021Third Round	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Fagiano Okayama	Nagoya
18:00JST (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 vVissel Kobe

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

Nagoya Grampus vCerezo Osaka

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

Nagoya Grampus vKashima Antlers

1 September 2021Quarterfinal 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
19:00JST (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 2021Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Kashima Antlers	0–2 (0–4agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Kashima
18:03JST (UTC+9)	Hayashi 35' Endo 64'	Report	Inagaki 22' Świerczok 57'	Stadium:Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus vTokyo

6 October 2021Semifinal 1st leg	Nagoya Grampus	3-1	Tokyo	Toyota
19:03JST (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 2021Semifinal 2nd leg	Tokyo	2-1 (3-4agg.)	Nagoya Grampus	Chōfu
14:03JST (UTC+9)	Adailton 15' Takahagi 55'	Report	Inagaki 80'	Stadium:Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 9,910 Referee: Matsuo Hajime

Nagoya Grampus vCerezo Osaka

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

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 toRound 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

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Nagoya Grampus

21 June 20211	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Thailand
23:00JST (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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus vPohang Steelers

25 June 20212	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Thailand
19:00JST (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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Ratchaburi Mitr Phol v Nagoya Grampus

28 June 20213	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	0 – 4	Nagoya Grampus	Thailand
19:00JST (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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus vRatchaburi Mitr Phol

1 July 20214	Nagoya Grampus	3 – 0	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	Thailand
23:00JST (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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus vJohor Darul Ta'zim

4 July 20215	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Thailand
23:00JST (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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Pohang Steelers v Nagoya Grampus

7 July 20216	Pohang Steelers	1 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Thailand
19:00JST (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 theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.

Nagoya Grampus vDaegu

14 September 2021Last 16	Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Daegu	Nagoya,Japan
18:00JST (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 2021Quarterfinal	Pohang Steelers	3–0	Nagoya Grampus	Jeonju,South Korea
14:00JST (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)

As of match played 4 December 2021

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:

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

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

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

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