2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season

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)
← 2006 2008 →

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.

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Seigo Narazaki 3 DF Marek Špilár 4 DF Masayuki Omori 5 DF Atsushi Yoneyama 7 MF Naoshi Nakamura 8 MF Kim Jung-Woo 9 FW Frode Johnsen 10 MF Toshiya Fujita 11 FW Keiji Tamada 13 MF Kei Yamaguchi 14 MF Keiji Yoshimura 15 FW Sho Kamogawa 16 DF Takahiro Masukawa 17 DF Yuki Maki 18 MF Shunichi Nakajima 19 FW Keita Sugimoto 20 DF Seiji Kaneko 21 GK Ryo Kushino 22 DF Kazuto Tsuyuki

No. Position Player 24 MF Keisuke Honda 25 MF Yusuke Sudo 26 FW Tomohiro Tsuda 27 DF Shosuke Katayama 28 MF Keiji Watanabe 29 MF Yoshizumi Ogawa 30 DF Akira Takeuchi 31 DF Shohei Abe 32 DF Jun Aoyama 33 MF Shingo Wada 34 MF Maya Yoshida 35 MF Wataru Inoue 36 GK Kouichi Hirono 37 GK Toru Hasegawa 38 FW Oribe Niikawa 39 MF Shinta Fukushima 40 MF Sho Hanai 41 FW 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. Position Player 17 FW Yuki Maki (from Komazawa University) 21 GK Ryo Kushino (loan from JEF United Chiba) 22 DF Kazuto Tsuyuki (from Komazawa University) 29 MF 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. Position Player 2 DF Yutaka Akita (to Kyoto Sanga) 5 DF Masahiro Koga (to Kashiwa Reysol) 21 GK Riki Takasaki (retired) 22 GK Eiji Kawashima (to Kawasaki Frontale) 23 FW Yohei Toyoda (loan to Montedio Yamagata) 38 MF 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. Position Player 20 DF 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. Position Player

Competitions

J. League

Results

Nagoya Grampus v JEF United Chiba

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]

Ventforet Kofu v Nagoya Grampus

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]

Nagoya Grampus v Albirex Niigata

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]

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus

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]

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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]

Omiya Ardija v Nagoya Grampus

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]

Nagoya Grampus v Albirex Niigata

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashima Antlers (C)	34	22	6	6	60	36	+24	72	Qualification to 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	20	10	4	55	28	+27	70	Qualification to 2008 AFC Champions League Knockout stage ^1
3	Gamba Osaka	34	19	10	5	71	37	+34	67	Qualification to 2008 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1, 2
4	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	18	7	9	53	36	+17	61
5	Kawasaki Frontale	34	14	12	8	66	48	+18	54
6	Albirex Niigata	34	15	6	13	48	47	+1	51
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	8	12	54	35	+19	50
8	Kashiwa Reysol	34	14	8	12	43	36	+7	50
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	F.C. Tokyo	34	14	3	17	49	58	−9	45
13	JEF United Chiba	34	12	6	16	51	56	−5	42
14	Oita Trinita	34	12	5	17	42	60	−18	41
15	Omiya Ardija	34	8	11	15	24	40	−16	35
16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (R)	34	8	8	18	44	71	−27	32	2007 Promotion/Relegation Series
17	Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	7	6	21	33	65	−32	27	Relegation to 2008 J. League Division 2
18	Yokohama FC (R)	34	4	4	26	19	66	−47	16

Updated to games played on December 1, 2007.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2006 Emperor's Cup and have already qualified for AFC Champions League. Since Urawa takes the extra spot as the defending 2007 ACL champion; therefore Gamba Osaka received the third ACL spot as the third place team of the league.
² Gamba Osaka qualifies to Pan-Pacific Championship as the Nabisco Cup winner.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Emperor's Cup

Nagoya Grampus v Thespa Kusatsu

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

Honda F.C. v Nagoya Grampus Eight

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

Ventforet Kofu v Nagoya Grampus Eight

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

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Ventforet Kofu

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

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Albirex Niigata

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

Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus Eight

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

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Kashima Antlers

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

Albirex Niigata v Nagoya Grampus Eight

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

• (Japanese) J. League official site

References

1. "2007 Kick off times". Goal2002. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
2. "The 87th Emperor's Cup (2007) Results". www.goal2002.com/. goal2002. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
3. "2007 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Results". www.goal2002.com. goal2002. Retrieved 8 December 2014.