Grampus Eight

Full name	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Nickname	-
Founded	1939
Ground	Mizuho Athletic Studiam Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Toyo Kato
Manager	Nelsinho (2004-)
League	J. League Div.1
J. League 2004	7th (1st:8th, 2nd:5th)?
Home colours 　 Away colours

Nagoya Grampus Eight is a Japanese football team which plays in the first division of the J. League. The team is based in Nagoya and was founded as the company team of Toyota Motor Corp. in the 1950s. The team is currently regarded as one of the weaker sides of the J. League, although it had an excellent season in the mid 1990s when it was managed by current Arsenal manager Ars�ne Wenger, and featured, among others, Gary Lineker on the team.

Current Star

• Seigo Narazaki
• Ueslei

Former Player

• Gary Lineker
• Dragan Stojkovic

External link

• Official site (http://www.so-net.ne.jp/grampus/) (in Japanese)

Japan Professional Football League Members in 2005 season

Division 1 (J1)

Niigata | Kashima | Kashiwa | Chiba | Omiya | Urawa | F.C. Tokyo | Tokyo V. | Kawasaki

Yokohama F.M. | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | G.Osaka | C.Osaka | Kobe | Hiroshima | Oita

Division 2 (J2)

Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Yokohama FC | Shonan | Kofu | Kyoto | Tokushima | Fukuoka | Tosu

ja:名古屋グランパスエイト