2018 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2018 season
ChairmanKatsuhiro Shimizu
ManagerTakayuki Yoshida
J1 League10th
Emperor's CupFourth round
J. League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hirotaka Mita (6 goals)

All:
Wellington (11 goals)
Highest home attendance26,603 (vs. Sagan Tosu, 10 November, J1 League)
Lowest home attendance2,202 (vs. Fukuoka University, 6 June, Emperor's Cup)
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The 2018 Vissel Kobe season was Vissel Kobe's fifth season back in the J1 League following their promotion in 2013 and their 20th J1 League season. They also competed in the 2018 Emperor's Cup and the 2018 J.League Cup.

Squad

As of 14 August 2018.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Daiya Maekawa
2 DF  JPN Daisuke Nasu
3 DF  JPN Hirofumi Watanabe
4 DF  JPN Kunie Kitamoto
5 DF  QAT Ahmed Yasser (on loan from Al-Duhail)
6 DF  JPN Shunki Takahashi
7 MF  JPN Hirotaka Mita
8 MF  ESP Andrés Iniesta
10 FW  GER Lukas Podolski (Captain)
14 MF  JPN Naoyuki Fujita
15 DF  JPN Daiki Miya
16 FW  JPN Kyogo Furuhashi
17 FW  BRA Wellington
18 GK  KOR Kim Seung-gyu
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  JPN Asahi Masuyama
21 FW  JPN Junya Tanaka
22 DF  JPN Wataru Hashimoto
23 MF  JPN Yoshiki Matsushita
24 MF  JPN Masatoshi Mihara
25 DF  JPN Leo Osaki
27 MF  JPN Yuta Goke
29 GK  JPN Kota Ogi
30 DF  THA Theerathon Bunmathan (on loan from Muangthong United)
33 FW  JPN Shuhei Otsuki
34 DF  JPN So Fujitani
35 MF  JPN Takuya Yasui
39 DF  JPN Masahiko Inoha
40 DF  JPN Yuki Kobayashi
50 FW  JPN Shun Nagasawa

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  JPN Kenshin Yoshimaru (at Tokushima Vortis)
DF  JPN Junya Higashi (at Fukushima United)
DF  JPN Shinji Yamaguchi (at Oita Trinita)
MF  JPN Seigo Kobayashi (at Montedio Yamagata)
MF  JPN Ryosuke Maeda (at Oita Trinita)
MF  JPN Yuya Nakasaka (at Peralada-Girona B)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  BRA Wescley (at Ceará)
FW  JPN Daiju Sasaki (at Palmeiras)
FW  JPN Akito Mukai (at MIO Biwako)
FW  JPN Keijiro Ogawa (at Shonan Bellmare)
FW  JPN Mike Havenaar (at Vegalta Sendai)

Transfers

Winter

Summer

Competitions

J. League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 56 48 +8 49
9 Gamba Osaka 34 14 6 14 41 46 −5 48
10 Vissel Kobe 34 12 9 13 45 52 −7 45
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 13 6 15 44 54 −10 45
12 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 12 5 17 56 56 0 41
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 10 6 8 31 26  +5 36 5 2 5 18 16  +2 5 4 3 13 10  +3

Last updated: 26 August 2018.
Source: see below

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAH
ResultDLDWLWLWWDLDLWWWLWDLWDWL
Position6151481310997688107666455444510
Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2018. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

23 February 2018 1 Sagan Tosu 1 – 1 Vissel Kobe Tosu
20:00 JST (UTC+9) Tagawa 3' (pen.)
Takahashi  67'
Report Nasu  2'
Matsushita  31'
Podolski  67'
Havenaar 87'
H.Watanabe  90+2'
Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 19,633
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
3 March 2018 2 Vissel Kobe 2 – 4 Shimizu S-Pulse Kobe
16:00 JST (UTC+9) Tanaka 32'
Podolski  39'
Jung  60' 69'
Havenaar  74'
Report Freire  6'
Crislan 13'
Kaneko 26'
Tatsuta 72'
Kitagawa 82'
Rokutan  84'
Jong  90'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 24,058
Referee: Akihiro Ikeuchi
10 March 2018 3 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 1 Vissel Kobe Sendai
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Kobayashi  58'
Ishihara 86'
Report Tanaka  3'
Mihara 27'
Jung  56'
Bunmathan  68'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 14,270
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
18 March 2018 4 Vissel Kobe 2 – 0 Cerezo Osaka Kobe
16:00 JST (UTC+9) Fujita 34'
Podolski  53' 83'
Report Osmar  21'
Matsuda  72'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 20,108
Referee: Jumpei Iida
30 March 2018 5 Kashiwa Reysol 2 – 1 Vissel Kobe Kashiwa
19:30 JST (UTC+9) Yun  35'
Koizumi  43'
Nakatani  51'
Ito 68', 86'
Report Mihara  23'
Mita  57'
Tanaka 74'
Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 9,642
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
8 April 2018 6 Gamba Osaka 0 – 1 Vissel Kobe Suita
15:00 JST (UTC+9) Report Mihara  70'
Otsuki 90+5'
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Attendance: 20,606
Referee: Minoru Tojo
11 April 2018 7 Vissel Kobe 2 – 3 Urawa Red Diamonds Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Hashimoto  15'
Wellington 51'
Sasaki 63'
Podolski  75'
Report Muto 24'
Iwanami 72'
Jung 90+2' (o.g.)
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 9,758
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
15 April 2018 8 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 2 Vissel Kobe Yokohama
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Boumal 58'
Nakazawa  69'
Report Mita 67'
K.Watanabe 79'
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 16,313
Referee: Ryuji Sato
21 April 2018 9 Vissel Kobe 3 – 0 Nagoya Grampus Kobe
16:00 JST (UTC+9) Jung 12'
Podolski 51', 81'
Report Washington  30'
Gabriel Xavier  35'
Kobayashi  51'
Hasegawa  90+4'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 18,681
Referee: Masuya Ueda
25 April 2018 10 Kashima Antlers 1 – 1 Vissel Kobe Kashima
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Suzuki 55' Report Yasui  22'
Mita 34'
Podolski  47'
H.Watanabe  88'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: Hajime Matsuo
Referee: 7,672
28 April 2018 11 Vissel Kobe 1 – 2 Kawasaki Frontale Kobe
16:00 JST (UTC+9) Jung  43'  81'
Mita  69' 78'
Report Taniguchi 7'
Kobayashi 88'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 19,847
Referee: Jumpei Iida
2 May 2018 12 Vissel Kobe 0 – 0 Tokyo Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Wellington  63'
Fujita  90+1'
Report Omori  3'
Nagai  45+1'
Maeda  75'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 9,015
Referee: Takuto Okabe
6 May 2018 13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 0 Vissel Kobe Hiroshima
17:00 JST (UTC+9) Aoyama 44' (pen.)
Patric 90+3'
Report Fujita  21'
Hashimoto  74'
H.Watanabe  85'
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Akihiro Ikeuchi
12 May 2018 14 Júbilo Iwata 0 – 2 Vissel Kobe Iwata
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Report K.Watanabe 11'
Wellington 25'
Mita  68'
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 14,912
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
20 May 2018 15 Vissel Kobe 4 – 0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Kobe
17:00 JST (UTC+9) Wellington 9', 23' 66'
K.Watanabe 55', 87'
Report Miyazawa  38'  73'
Kim  57'  69'
Fukumori  61'
Hayasaka  85'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 18,725
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
18 July 2018 16 V-Varen Nagasaki 0 – 1 Vissel Kobe Isahaya
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Tagami  22' Report Wellington  26' 39'
Mita  34'
Bunmathan  85'
Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
Attendance: 9,366
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
22 July 2018 17 Vissel Kobe 0 – 3 Shonan Bellmare Kobe
18:00 JST (UTC+9) Report Saka 10'
Yamasaki  32'
Saito 48'
Kikuchi 67'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 26,146
Referee: Ryuji Sato
28 July 2018 18 Vissel Kobe 1 – 0 Kashiwa Reysol Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Masuyama 66' Report Yamazaki  88' Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 22,879
Referee: Masuya Ueda
1 August 2018 19 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 Vissel Kobe Osaka
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Souza  38'
Kakitani  39'
K.Watanabe 40' (o.g.)
Report Mihara  67'
Osaki  71'
Jonjić 74' (o.g.)
Stadium: Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 14,241
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
5 August 2018 20 FC Tokyo 1 – 0 Vissel Kobe Chōfu
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Lins 90' Report Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 44,801
Referee: Itaru Hirose
11 August 2018 21 Vissel Kobe 2 – 1 Júbilo Iwata Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Iniesta 15'
Furuhashi  25' 56'
Fujita  90+2'
Kim  90+3'
Report Takahashi  59'
Matsuura  77'
Kawamata 84' (pen.)
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 24,731
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
15 August 2018 22 Vissel Kobe 1 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Iniesta 17'
Fujita  31'
Goke  50'
Wellington  55'
Report Patric 15'
Nogami  89'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 25,499
Referee: Yosuke Kubota
19 August 2018 23 Shonan Bellmare 0 – 2 Vissel Kobe Hiratsuka
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Takayama  73' Report Osaki  28'
Mita 37'
Goke 76'
Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 15,351
Referee: Yusuke Araki
26 August 2018 24 Vissel Kobe 0 – 2 Yokohama F. Marinos Kobe
18:00 JST (UTC+9) Report Kurihara  54'
Kubo 56'
Ogihara  81'
Nakagawa 85'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 25,541
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
1 September 2018 25 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Vissel Kobe Sapporo
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Stadium: Sapporo Dome

J. League Cup

Group stage

7 March 2018 1 Vissel Kobe 2 – 2 V-Varen Nagasaki Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Podolski 51', 62'
Wellington  70'
Report Choi 3'
Nagura 44'
Maeda  80'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: Koei Koya
14 March 2018 2 Sagan Tosu 0 – 2 Vissel Kobe Tosu
20:00 JST (UTC+9) Kim  57'
Takahashi  90+3'
Anzai  90+4'
Report K.Watanabe 4'
Kitamoto  41'
Otsuki 90'
Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 5,118
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
4 April 2018 3 Shonan Bellmare 0 – 3 Vissel Kobe Hiratsuka
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Sugioka  66'  85' Report Nasu  6'
Bunmathan  8'
Matsushita  12'
Sasaki 23'
Wellington 30'
Yasui  62'
Maekawa  78'
K.Watanabe 86' (pen.)
Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 5,802
Referee: Takuto Okabe
18 April 2018 4 V-Varen Nagasaki 1 – 2 Vissel Kobe Isahaya
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Juanma 22'
Usui  61'
Maeda  81'
T.Shikayama  90+5'
Report Wellington 67'
Miya  71'
Goke 90+5'
Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
Attendance: 3,488
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
9 May 2018 5 Vissel Kobe 3 – 4 Shonan Bellmare Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Saito 29' (o.g.)
Leandro 72'
Masuyama 90+2'
Report André Bahia 33'
Omotehara 35'
Okazaki  45+1'
Noda 56'
Umesaki 73'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,001
Referee: Yosuke Kubota
16 May 2018 6 Vissel Kobe 1 – 1 Sagan Tosu Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Havenaar 90+4' Report Ishikawa  39'
Kawano  50'
Anzai  52' 67'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Yusuke Araki

Knockout stage

2 June 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg Yokohama F. Marinos 4 – 2 Vissel Kobe Yokohama
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Ōtsu 23'
Nakagawa 30'
Boumal  45+1'
Amano 70'
Vieira 76'
Report Wellington 8'
Watanabe 55'
Mita  88'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 8,827
Referee: Ryuji Sato
9 June 2018 Quarterfinal 2nd leg Vissel Kobe 1 – 1
(3 – 5 agg.)
Yokohama F. Marinos Kobe
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Fujita 14' 86'
Bunmathan  45'
Tanaka  61'
Takahashi  64'
Report Kanai  31'
Nakagawa  45'
Vieira 66'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 6,895
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Emperor's Cup

6 June 2018 Second Round Vissel Kobe 3 – 0 Fukuoka University Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Mita 25'
Mihara  51' 54'
Wellington 73'
Report T.Umeki  31' Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 2,202
11 July 2018 Third Round Vissel Kobe 6 – 1 JEF United Chiba Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Yasui 31'
Wellington 36', 90+1'
Mita 39', 56'
Otsuki 74'
Report Masushima  52'
Ibusuki 75'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Referee: 3,540
22 August 2018 Fourth Round Sagan Tosu 3 – 0 Vissel Kobe Tosu
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Watanabe 37' (o.g.)
Anzai 50'
Torres 84'
Report Podolski  23'
Bunmathan  90+3'
Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 17,361

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 August 2018

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total J-League J-League Cup Emperor's Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  JPN Daiki Maekawa 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
2 DF  JPN Daisuke Nasu 12 0 2+4 0 4+1 0 1 0
3 DF  JPN Hirofumi Watanabe 27 0 22 0 2 0 3 0
4 DF  JPN Kunie Kitamoto 7 0 1 0 5+1 0 0 0
5 DF  QAT Ahmed Yasser 3 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
6 DF  JPN Shunki Takahashi 15 0 8+1 0 3+1 0 2 0
7 MF  JPN Hirotaka Mita 27 7 20+2 4 2 0 3 3
8 MF  ESP Andrés Iniesta 7 2 5+1 2 0 0 0+1 0
10 FW  GER Lukas Podolski 17 5 15 3 1 2 1 0
14 MF  JPN Naoyuki Fujita 26 2 18+2 1 4 1 2 0
15 DF  JPN Daiki Miya 9 0 3 0 4 0 2 0
16 FW  JPN Kyogo Furuhashi 4 1 3+1 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW  BRA Wellington 28 11 10+9 5 5+1 3 3 3
18 GK  KOR Kim Seung-gyu 26 0 24 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF  JPN Asahi Masuyama 12 2 5+2 1 2+3 1 0 0
21 FW  JPN Junya Tanaka 21 2 10+7 2 2 0 0+2 0
22 DF  JPN Wataru Hashimoto 13 0 8+2 0 2+1 0 0 0
23 MF  JPN Yoshiki Matsushita 12 0 2+5 0 4 0 1 0
24 MF  JPN Masatoshi Mihara 23 2 12+4 1 4+1 0 1+1 1
25 DF  JPN Leo Osaki 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF  JPN Yuta Goke 25 2 13+4 1 5+1 1 1+1 0
30 DF  THA Theerathon Bunmathan 27 0 16+4 0 4 0 3 0
33 FW  JPN Shuhei Otsuki 22 3 13+3 1 1+2 1 2+1 1
34 DF  JPN So Fujitani 10 0 4+2 0 3+1 0 0 0
35 MF  JPN Takuya Yasui 10 1 2+2 0 4 0 2 1
39 DF  JPN Masahiko Inoha 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF  JPN Yuki Kobayashi 4 0 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
50 FW  JPN Shun Nagasawa 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players away on loan:
9 FW  JPN Mike Havenaar 9 2 3+1 1 2+3 1 0 0
13 FW  JPN Keijiro Ogawa 12 0 2+3 0 5+2 0 0 0
28 GK  JPN Kenshin Yoshimaru 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 MF  JPN Yuya Nakasaka 6 0 0 0 3+1 0 0+2 0
36 MF  JPN Tatsuki Noda 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 FW  JPN Daiju Sasaki 10 2 6 1 2+2 1 0 0
Players who left Vissel Kobe during the season:
5 MF  KOR Jung Woo-young 12 2 12 2 0 0 0 0
11 FW  BRA Leandro 3 1 0+2 0 1 1 0 0
19 FW  JPN Kazuma Watanabe 26 7 10+9 4 4+1 3 2 0

Goalscorers

Place Position Nation Number Name J-League J-League Cup Emperor's Cup Total
1 FW 17 Wellington 5 3 3 11
2 FW 19 Kazuma Watanabe 4 3 0 7
MF 8 Hirotaka Mita 4 0 3 7
4 FW 10 Lukas Podolski 3 2 0 5
5 FW 33 Shuhei Otsuki 1 1 1 3
6 FW 21 Junya Tanaka 2 0 0 2
MF 5 Jung Woo-young 2 0 0 2
MF 8 Andrés Iniesta 2 0 0 2
FW 38 Daiju Sasaki 1 1 0 2
FW 9 Mike Havenaar 1 1 0 2
MF 14 Naoyuki Fujita 1 1 0 2
MF 20 Asahi Masuyama 1 1 0 2
MF 27 Yuta Goke 1 1 0 2
MF 24 Masatoshi Mihara 1 0 1 2
Own goal 1 1 0 2
14 FW 16 Kyogo Furuhashi 1 0 0 1
FW 11 Leandro 0 1 0 1
MF 35 Takuya Yasui 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 31 16 9 56

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name J-League J. League Cup Emperor's Cup Total
1 GK Daiki Maekawa 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Daisuke Nasu 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Hirofumi Watanabe 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF Kunie Kitamoto 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Shunki Takahashi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Hirotaka Mita 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
10 FW Lukas Podolski 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
14 MF Naoyuki Fujita 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
15 DF Daiki Miya 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 FW Kyogo Furuhashi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Wellington 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
18 GK Kim Seung-gyu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 FW Junya Tanaka 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF Wataru Hashimoto 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 MF Yoshiki Matsushita 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
24 MF Masatoshi Mihara 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
25 DF Leo Osaki 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 MF Yuta Goke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 DF Theerathon Bunmathan 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
35 MF Takuya Yasui 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Players away on loan:
9 FW Mike Havenaar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left Vissel Kobe during the season:
5 MF Jung Woo-young 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
TOTALS 41 1 13 0 3 0 57 1

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