The 2020 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 3rd season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 27th J1 League season and 37th overall in the Japanese top flight. Nagoya Grampus finished the season in Third Position, qualifying for the Play-off Round of the 2021 AFC Champions League. Due to finishing third, Nagoya Grampus did not qualify for the re-formatted 2020 Emperor's Cup, which if a J1 team were to win would put Nagoya Grampus directly into the AFC Champions League Group Stage.

Season events On 20 December 2019, Massimo Ficcadenti agreed a new contract to manage Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season. The following day, 21 December 2019, Kazuhiko Chiba signed a new one-year contract with Nagoya Grampus.

On 24 December 2019, Yohei Takeda signed a new one-year contract with Nagoya Grampus, whilst Naoki Maeda extended his contract for the 2020 season the next day.

On 26 December 2019, Mitchell Langerak and Ariajasuru Hasegawa signed a new contracts until the end of the 2020 season.

On 27 December, Shumpei Naruse signed a new contract with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season, with Yutaka Yoshida following suit the next day.

On 5 January, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Ryogo Yamasaki from Shonan Bellmare, and that Shinnosuke Nakatani had renewed his contract with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season. The following day, 6 January, João Schmidt and Ryota Aoki renewed their contracts with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season.

On 7 January, Shuto Watanabe and Kosuke Ota renewed there contracts with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season, whilst Kazuya Miyahara renewed his contract for the 2020 season on 8 January.

On 9 January, Tsubasa Shibuya renewed his contract with Nagoya Grampus for the 2020 season, Takashi Kanai returned from his loan deal at Sagan Tosu and Jonathan Matsuoka joined ReinMeer Aomori on loan for the 2020 season.

On 25 February, all football scheduled to be played between 28 February and 15 March, was suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 12 March, Nagoya Grampus announced that their upcoming games on 18 March & 22 March, against Yokohama and Urawa Red Diamonds, had also been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 13 days, 25 March, a further 9 games, scheduled between 3 April and 6 May, where postponed to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Also on 25 March, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Mu Kanazaki on loan from Sagan Tosu until 31 January 2021.

On 2 June, Nagoya Grampus announced that Mu Kanazaki had tested positive for COVID-19, with the club announcing four days later that Mitchell Langerak had also tested positive for COVID-19.

On 5 June, the group stage of the 2020 J.League Cup was reduced from a 6 games to 3 games, resulting in Nagoya Grampus' away games against Kawasaki Frontale and Kashima Antlers, as well as their home game against Shimizu S-Pulse were cancelled.

On 21 June, Nagoya Grampus announced that their contract with Jô had been terminated, and that the matter was with the FIFA after Jô had signed for Corinthians whilst still under contract with Nagoya Grampus.

On 9 July, Nagoya Grampus confirmed the signing of Oh Jae-suk from Gamba Osaka.

On 25 July, Nagoya Grampus announced that Kazuya Miyahara had tested positive for COVID-19. The following day, Shuto Watanabe and coaching staff also tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in the postponement of that afternoon's match between Nagoya Grampus and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Squad

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Mitchell Langerak GK Levante 2018 2020 108 0 18 Tsubasa Shibuya GK Yokohama 2017 2020 8 0 21 Yohei Takeda GK Oita Trinita 2016 2020 38 0 22 Daiki Mitsui GK Academy 2020 0 0 Defenders 3 Yuichi Maruyama DF FC Tokyo 2018 88 2 4 Shinnosuke Nakatani DF Kashiwa Reysol 2018 2020 95 1 5 Kazuhiko Chiba DF Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019 2020 7 0 6 Kazuya Miyahara DF Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019 2020 116 4 13 Haruya Fujii DF Academy 2018 11 0 23 Yutaka Yoshida DF Sagan Tosu 2019 2020 66 2 26 Shumpei Naruse DF Academy 2018 2020 36 0 28 Akira Yoshida DF Academy 2020 0 0 36 Kosuke Ota DF FC Tokyo 2019 2020 26 0 Midfielders 2 Takuji Yonemoto MF Tokyo 2019 59 1 8 João Schmidt MF Atalanta 2019 2020 62 3 9 Ariajasuru Hasegawa MF Omiya Ardija 2018 2020 62 6 11 Hiroyuki Abe MF Kawasaki Frontale 2020 29 4 14 Yosuke Akiyama MF Academy 2017 44 1 15 Sho Inagaki MF Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020 37 3 19 Ryota Aoki MF Academy 2014 2020 59 14 20 Shuto Watanabe MF Academy 2019 2020 0 0 24 Ryotaro Ishida MF Academy 2018 9 0 34 Oh Jae-suk MF Gamba Osaka 2020 23 0 44 Mu Kanazaki MF loan from Sagan Tosu 2020 2021 123 21 Forwards 10 Gabriel Xavier FW Cruzeiro 2018 111 22 16 Mateus FW Omiya Ardija 2019 2020 51 15 17 Ryogo Yamasaki FW Shonan Bellmare 2020 30 2 25 Naoki Maeda FW Matsumoto Yamaga 2018 2020 91 23 27 Yuki Soma FW Academy 2018 68 8 Unregistered Ryutaro Ishida MF Academy 2018 1 0 Shunto Kodama MF Academy 2018 10 1 Away on loan 24 Yukinari Sugawara DF Academy 2018 26 0 28 Daiki Enomoto MF Academy 2018 11 0 37 Shumpei Fukahori MF Academy 2016 13 3 Koki Sugimori MF Academy 2014 52 3 Yuki Ogaki FW Academy 2017 3 0 Jonathan Matsuoka FW Academy 2019 0 0 Left during the season 7 Jô FW Corinthians 2018 74 33

Out on loan

Transfers

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.27 December 2019MFSho InagakiSanfrecce HiroshimaUndisclosed30 December 2019MFHiroyuki AbeKawasaki FrontaleUndisclosed9 July 2020MFOh Jae-sukGamba OsakaUndisclosed

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.24 December 2019DFIkki AraiJEF United ChibaUndisclosed25 December 2019DFKazuki KushibikiSanfrecce HiroshimaUndisclosed4 January 2020MFRyuji IzumiKashima AntlersUndisclosed19 January 2020DFTakashi KanaiShimizu S-PulseUndisclosed

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.25 March 2020MFMu KanazakiSagan Tosu31 January 2021

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.27 December 2019MFDaiki EnomotoTokushima Vortis31 January 202128 December 2019MFShumpei FukahoriMito HollyHock31 January 20219 January 2020FWJonathan MatsuokaReinMeer Aomori31 January 2021

Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.12 February 2020MFEduardo Neto 21 June 2020FWJôCorinthians17 June 202031 December 2020DFKazuhiko ChibaAlbirex Niigata 31 December 2020DFKosuke OtaPerth Glory

Friendlies

Competitions J. League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

J. League Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

Emperor's Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|colspan="14"|Players away on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:

Goal Scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameJ-LeagueEmperor's CupJ-League CupTotal1 FW16Mateus902112 FW25Naoki Maeda70073 MF44Mu Kanazaki60064 FW10Gabriel Xavier40155 MF11Hiroyuki Abe4004 Own goal40047 MF15Sho Inagaki3003FW27Yuki Soma20139 DF23Yutaka Yoshida2002DF3 Yuichi Maruyama1012FW17Ryogo Yamasaki101212MF2 Takuji Yonemoto1001MF8 João Schmidt1001TOTALS450651

Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNameJ-LeagueEmperor's CupJ-League CupTotal1 GK1 Mitchell Langerak160218TOTALS160218

Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameJ-LeagueJ. League CupEmperor's CupTotal1 GKMitchell Langerak200000202 MFTakuji Yonemoto300010403 DFYuichi Maruyama200000204 DFShinnosuke Nakatani300020508 MFJoão Schmidt2000103010FWGabriel Xavier2200002211MFHiroyuki Abe3000104015MFSho Inagaki3000003016FWMateus2000002017FWRyogo Yamasaki1000102023DFYutaka Yoshida1000001025FWNaoki Maeda1000102026DFShumpei Naruse3100003127FWYuki Soma4100004134MFOh Jae-suk1000102044MFMu Kanazaki10000010Players away on loan:Players who left Nagoya Grampus during the season:TOTALS3340080414

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