2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season

The 2008 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 15th season in the J. League Division 1 and 26th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also participated in the 2007 J. League Cup, being knocked out at the Group Stage, and the 2008 Emperor's Cup, where they reached the Fifth Round before defeat to Honda F.C.

Nagoya Grampus Eight

2007 season
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Sef Vergoossen
Stadium	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
J. League 1	11th
Emperor's Cup	5th Round
J. League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	Frode Johnsen (13)

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Seigo Narazaki 3 DF  SVK Marek Špilár 4 DF  JPN Masayuki Omori 5 DF  JPN Atsushi Yoneyama 7 MF  JPN Naoshi Nakamura 8 MF  KOR Kim Jung-Woo 9 FW  NOR Frode Johnsen 10 MF  JPN Toshiya Fujita 11 FW  JPN Keiji Tamada 13 MF  JPN Kei Yamaguchi 14 MF  JPN Keiji Yoshimura 15 FW  JPN Sho Kamogawa 16 DF  JPN Takahiro Masukawa 17 DF  JPN Yuki Maki 18 MF  JPN Shunichi Nakajima 19 FW  JPN Keita Sugimoto 20 DF  JPN Seiji Kaneko 21 GK  JPN Ryo Kushino 22 DF  JPN Kazuto Tsuyuki

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  JPN Keisuke Honda 25 MF  JPN Yusuke Sudo 26 FW  JPN Tomohiro Tsuda 27 DF  JPN Shosuke Katayama 28 MF  JPN Keiji Watanabe 29 MF  JPN Yoshizumi Ogawa 30 DF  JPN Akira Takeuchi 31 DF  JPN Shohei Abe 32 DF  JPN Jun Aoyama 33 MF  JPN Shingo Wada 34 MF  JPN Maya Yoshida 35 MF  JPN Wataru Inoue 36 GK  JPN Kouichi Hirono 37 GK  JPN Toru Hasegawa 38 FW  JPN Oribe Niikawa 39 MF  JPN Shinta Fukushima 40 MF  JPN Sho Hanai 41 FW  JPN koji Hashimoto

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  JPN Yuki Maki (from Komazawa University) 21 GK  JPN Ryo Kushino (loan from JEF United Chiba) 22 DF  JPN Kazuto Tsuyuki (from Komazawa University) 29 MF  JPN Yoshizumi Ogawa (from Meiji University)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  JPN Yutaka Akita (to Kyoto Sanga) 5 DF  JPN Masahiro Koga (to Kashiwa Reysol) 21 GK  JPN Riki Takasaki (retired) 22 GK  JPN Eiji Kawashima (to Kawasaki Frontale) 23 FW  JPN Yohei Toyoda (loan to Montedio Yamagata) 38 MF  JPN Ryota Takahashi (to Kariya)

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  JPN Seiji Kaneko (loan rom Kashima Antlers)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Competitions

J. League

Results

3 March 2007 1	Nagoya Grampus	2  – 0	JEF United Chiba	Nagoya
16:04 JST (UTC+9)[1]	Kim  76' Honda  89'	Summary		Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 18,410[1]

10 March 2007 2	Ventforet Kofu	0  – 2	Nagoya Grampus	Kōfu
14:05 JST (UTC+9)[1]		Summary	Kim  50' Tamada  79'	Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 11,791[1]

18 March 2007 3	Nagoya Grampus	2  – 0	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
14:03 JST (UTC+9)[1]	Johnsen  33' Kim  69'	Summary		Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 11,620[1]

1 April 2007 4	Yokohama F. Marinos	1  – 2	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
14:00 JST (UTC+9)[1]	Namba  62'	Summary	Sugimoto  64' Yamaguchi  66'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 10,225[1]

7 April 2007 5	Nagoya Grampus	2  – 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
14:03 JST (UTC+9)[1]	Yamaguchi  22' Masukawa  62'	Summary	Ueslei  24', 77' (pen.) Satō  72'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,825[1]

14 April 2007 6	Omiya Ardija	1  – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Ōmiya-ku
13:00 JST (UTC+9)[1]	Salles  26'	Summary		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 6,584[1]

21 April 2007 7	Nagoya Grampus	2  – 0	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
14:03 JST (UTC+9)[1]	Johnsen  33' Kim  69'	Summary		Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 11,620[1]

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Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Júbilo Iwata	34	15	4	15	54	55	−1	49
10	Vissel Kobe	34	13	8	13	58	48	+10	47
11	Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	13	6	15	43	45	−2	45
12	FC Tokyo	34	14	3	17	49	58	−9	45
13	JEF United Chiba	34	12	6	16	51	56	−5	42

Updated to match(es) played on December 1, 2007. Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Emperor's Cup

4 November 2007 Fourth Round	Nagoya Grampus	3  – 1	Thespa Kusatsu	Nagoya
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,522[2]

8 December 2007 Fifth Round	Honda F.C.	2  – 0	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Matsue
13:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Matsue Stadium Attendance: 3,755[2]

J. League Cup

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kashima Antlers	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12
Ventforet Kofu	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10
Albirex Niigata	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	0	2	4	5	11	−6	2

Source:

21 March 2007 1	Ventforet Kofu	2 – 1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kōfu
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 7,609[3]

25 March 2007 2	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0 – 1	Ventforet Kofu	Toyota
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,476[3]

4 April 2007 3	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2 – 2	Albirex Niigata	Toyota
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,740[3]

11 April 2007 4	Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kashima
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,138[3]

9 May 2007 5	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1 – 4	Kashima Antlers	Toyota
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,858[3]

23 May 2007 6	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Niigata
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 28,660[3]

Player statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
					Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Seigo Narazaki	April 15, 1976 (aged 30)	cm / kg	29	0
3	DF	Marek Špilár	February 11, 1975 (aged 32)	cm / kg	3	0
4	DF	Masayuki Omori	November 9, 1976 (aged 30)	cm / kg	31	0
5	DF	Atsushi Yoneyama	November 20, 1976 (aged 30)	cm / kg	21	0
7	MF	Naoshi Nakamura	January 27, 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	26	0
8	MF	Kim Jung-Woo	May 9, 1982 (aged 24)	cm / kg	27	4
9	FW	Frode Johnsen	March 17, 1974 (aged 32)	cm / kg	26	13
10	MF	Toshiya Fujita	October 4, 1971 (aged 35)	cm / kg	29	2
11	FW	Keiji Tamada	April 11, 1980 (aged 26)	cm / kg	14	5
13	MF	Kei Yamaguchi	June 11, 1983 (aged 23)	cm / kg	33	2
14	MF	Keiji Yoshimura	August 8, 1979 (aged 27)	cm / kg	17	0
15	FW	Sho Kamogawa	February 7, 1983 (aged 24)	cm / kg	0	0
16	DF	Takahiro Masukawa	November 8, 1979 (aged 27)	cm / kg	15	2
17	FW	Yuki Maki	June 26, 1984 (aged 22)	cm / kg	4	0
18	MF	Shunichi Nakajima	June 16, 1982 (aged 24)	cm / kg	0	0
19	FW	Keita Sugimoto	June 13, 1982 (aged 24)	cm / kg	34	7
20	DF	Makoto Kakuda	July 10, 1983 (aged 23)	cm / kg	0	0
20	DF	Seiji Kaneko	May 27, 1980 (aged 26)	cm / kg	0	0
21	GK	Ryo Kushino	March 3, 1979 (aged 28)	cm / kg	6	0
22	DF	Kazuto Tsuyuki	August 14, 1984 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
24	MF	Keisuke Honda	June 13, 1986 (aged 20)	cm / kg	30	3
25	MF	Yusuke Sudo	May 7, 1986 (aged 20)	cm / kg	4	0
26	FW	Tomohiro Tsuda	May 6, 1986 (aged 20)	cm / kg	17	2
27	DF	Shosuke Katayama	September 8, 1983 (aged 23)	cm / kg	15	1
28	DF	Keiji Watanabe	January 28, 1985 (aged 22)	cm / kg	13	0
29	MF	Yoshizumi Ogawa	August 25, 1984 (aged 22)	cm / kg	11	2
30	DF	Akira Takeuchi	June 18, 1983 (aged 23)	cm / kg	13	0
31	DF	Shohei Abe	December 1, 1983 (aged 23)	cm / kg	27	0
32	MF	Jun Aoyama	January 3, 1988 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
33	DF	Shingo Wada	August 7, 1987 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
34	DF	Maya Yoshida	August 24, 1988 (aged 18)	cm / kg	19	0
35	MF	Wataru Inoue	August 7, 1986 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
36	GK	Koichi Hirono	April 16, 1980 (aged 26)	cm / kg	0	0
37	GK	Toru Hasegawa	December 11, 1988 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
38	FW	Oribe Niikawa	July 16, 1988 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
39	MF	Shinta Fukushima	January 28, 1989 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
41	MF	Koji Hashimoto	April 22, 1986 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J-League	J-League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Frode Johnsen	13	0	0	13
2	FW		19	Keita Sugimoto	7	0	0	7
3	FW		11	Keiji Tamada	5	0	0	5
4	MF		8	Kim Jung-woo	4	0	0	4
5	MF		24	Keisuke Honda	3	0	0	3
6	MF		10	Toshiya Fujita	2	0	0	2
	MF		13	Kei Yamaguchi	2	0	0	2
	DF		16	Takahiro Masukawa	2	0	0	2
	FW		26	Tomohiro Tsuda	2	0	0	2
	MF		29	Yoshizumi Ogawa	2	0	0	2
11	DF		27	Shosuke Katayama	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	43	5	3	51

Other pages

• (in Japanese) J. League official site

References

1. "2007 Kick off times". Goal2002. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
2. "The 87th Emperor's Cup (2007) Results". www.goal2002.com/. goal2002. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
3. "2007 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Results". www.goal2002.com. goal2002. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.