Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus (Japanese名古屋 グランパス, Nagoya Gurampasu; until 2008 and officially continue Nagoya Grampus Eight ) is an association of Japan's professional football league, the J. League. The association of the industrial city of Nagoya ( Aichi Prefecture) went in 1991 from a works team of the Toyota Group and has been the founding member of the J. League, but did not win until 2010 except for two Emperor Cup win hardly tangible successes. In the 2010 season the club champion of the J. League was then.
Club history
The name Grampus refers to the mascot of the team, the Orca, which is often referred to in English grampus. The term stems Eight official statements by the " eight principles of civility " of the City Charter of Nagoya ago, but other versions are circulating.
The Toyota JIDOSHA Kōgyō Soccer- bu, english Toyota Soccer Club, was founded in 1939 and was for some time as one of the best teams in the country, but could never win a championship or cup final. At the foundation of the professional league came Toyota, the new name Grampus Eight were, and went to the provincial capital, also the role of the solid, but ultimately in the title fight hapless underdogs to.
This only changed when they tried in Nagoya, to lift with the help of foreign experts, the level of play. Successively, the England striker Gary Lineker, the Serbian midfielder Dragan Stojkovic and committed as a coach, Frenchman Arsène Wenger. As early as 1995, in Wenger's first season in Nagoya he could with the Emperor's Cup the first title win ( in the finals was Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-0 defeated ), and followed in 1996 next to the finals in the Asia Cup Winners' Cup ( defeat against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia) with the runner-up ( behind the Kashima Antlers ), the greatest success of Grampus in the league. Although showered with praise and awards (for example, Coach of the Year 1995), Wenger was appointed Arsenal to England, where he recorded his greatest successes.
Grampus sank after the departure of Wenger's soon back to insignificance, but the association in 1999 managed a small renaissance: After the collapse of Yokohama wing strengthened Nagoya by some wing players and could return post another Emperor's Cup ( again against Sanfrecce, this time 2: 0) win.
Since 1991, the team is an independent corporation, the KK Nagoya Grampus Eight, based in Nagoya. Grampus is still closely intertwined with the Toyota group: The carmaker 's main sponsor and shareholder of the club, and in particular of spectators deviates towards the team and again from domestic Nagoya -shi Mizuho rikujō - kyōgijō (名古屋 市 瑞 穂 陆上 竞技场, " Mizuho Athletics stadium in the city of Nagoya " ), English Mizuho Athletic Stadium, the Toyota Stadium, with its 45,000 spectators from.
Honours
Honours National
- J. League Division 1: Champion (2010)
- J. League Division 1 runner-up (1996 )
- Emperor's Cup: Winners (1995, 1999)
- Xerox Super Cup: Winners (1996, 2011)
- All Japan Senior Football Championship: Winner (1968, 1970)
Honours Continental
Asian Cup Winners Cup: Finale 1997