| 2016 season | |||
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| Chairman | Toyo Kato | ||
| Manager | Takafumi Ogura (until 23 August) Boško Gjurovski (caretaker) (from 23 August) | ||
| J.League | 16th (relegated) | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Second Round vs Nagano Parceiro | ||
| J.League Cup | Group Stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Robin Simović (11 goals) All: Robin Simović (11 goals) | ||
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The 2016 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 24th season in the J.League Division 1 and 34th overall in the Japanese top flight. Takafumi Ogura managed the team until 23 August, when he was replaced with Boško Gjurovski. Nagoya Grampus finished the season in 16th place, being relegated to J2 League for the first time in their history, whilst being knocked out of the Emperor's Cup at the Second Round stage by Nagano Parceiro and the failing to progress from their J.League Cup group.