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.[1]

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

Out on loan

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

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of J1 League football transfers winter 2017–18

Summer

Main article: List of Japanese football transfers summer 2018

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2018 J1 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 Yellow card 67'		 Report Nasu Yellow card 2'
Matsushita Yellow card 31'
Podolski Yellow card 67'
Havenaar 87'
H.Watanabe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 39'
Jung Yellow card 60' 69'
Havenaar Yellow card 74'		 Report Freire Yellow card 6'
Crislan 13'
Kaneko 26'
Tatsuta 72'
Kitagawa 82'
Rokutan Yellow card 84'
Jong Yellow card 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 Yellow card 58'
Ishihara 86'		 Report Tanaka Yellow card 3'
Mihara 27'
Jung Yellow card 56'
Bunmathan Yellow card 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 Yellow card 53' 83'		 Report Osmar Yellow card 21'
Matsuda Yellow card 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 Yellow card 35'
Koizumi Yellow card 43'
Nakatani Yellow card 51'
Ito 68', 86'		 Report Mihara Yellow card 23'
Mita Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 15'
Wellington 51'
Sasaki 63'
Podolski Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30'
Gabriel Xavier Yellow card 35'
Kobayashi Yellow card 51'
Hasegawa Yellow card 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 Yellow card 22'
Mita 34'
Podolski Yellow card 47'
H.Watanabe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 81'
Mita Yellow card 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 Yellow card 63'
Fujita Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Omori Yellow card 3'
Nagai Yellow card 45+1'
Maeda Yellow card 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 Yellow card 21'
Hashimoto Yellow card 74'
H.Watanabe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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'Yellow card 66'
K.Watanabe 55', 87'		 Report Miyazawa Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 73'
Kim Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 69'
Fukumori Yellow card 61'
Hayasaka Yellow card 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 Yellow card 22' Report Wellington Yellow card 26' 39'
Mita Yellow card 34'
Bunmathan Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
Kakitani Yellow card 39'
K.Watanabe 40' (o.g.)		 Report Mihara Yellow card 67'
Osaki Yellow card 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 Yellow card 25' 56'
Fujita Yellow card 90+2'
Kim Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Takahashi Yellow card 59'
Matsuura Yellow card 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 Yellow card 31'
Goke Yellow card 50'
Wellington Yellow card 55'		 Report Patric 15'
Nogami Yellow card 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 Yellow card 73' Report Osaki Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Kubo 56'
Ogihara Yellow card 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

Main article: 2018 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 Yellow card 70'		 Report Choi 3'
Nagura 44'
Maeda Yellow card 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 Yellow card 57'
Takahashi Yellow card 90+3'
Anzai Yellow card 90+4'		 Report K.Watanabe 4'
Kitamoto Yellow card 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 Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 85' Report Nasu Yellow card 6'
Bunmathan Yellow card 8'
Matsushita Yellow card 12'
Sasaki 23'
Wellington 30'
Yasui Yellow card 62'
Maekawa Yellow card 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 Yellow card 61'
Maeda Yellow card 81'
T.Shikayama Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Wellington 67'
Miya Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 39'
Kawano Yellow card 50'
Anzai Yellow card 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 Yellow card 45+1'
Amano 70'
Vieira 76'		 Report Wellington 8'
Watanabe 55'
Mita Yellow card 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'Yellow card 86'
Bunmathan Yellow card 45'
Tanaka Yellow card 61'
Takahashi Yellow card 64'		 Report Kanai Yellow card 31'
Nakagawa Yellow card 45'
Vieira 66'		 Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 6,895
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2018 Emperor's Cup
6 June 2018 Second Round Vissel Kobe 3 – 0 Fukuoka University Kobe
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Mita 25'
Mihara Yellow card 51' 54'
Wellington 73'		 Report T.Umeki Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 23'
Bunmathan Yellow card 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 Japan JPN Daiki Maekawa 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
2 DF Japan JPN Daisuke Nasu 12 0 2+4 0 4+1 0 1 0
3 DF Japan JPN Hirofumi Watanabe 27 0 22 0 2 0 3 0
4 DF Japan JPN Kunie Kitamoto 7 0 1 0 5+1 0 0 0
5 DF Qatar QAT Ahmed Yasser 3 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
6 DF Japan JPN Shunki Takahashi 15 0 8+1 0 3+1 0 2 0
7 MF Japan JPN Hirotaka Mita 27 7 20+2 4 2 0 3 3
8 MF Spain ESP Andrés Iniesta 7 2 5+1 2 0 0 0+1 0
10 FW Germany GER Lukas Podolski 17 5 15 3 1 2 1 0
14 MF Japan JPN Naoyuki Fujita 26 2 18+2 1 4 1 2 0
15 DF Japan JPN Daiki Miya 9 0 3 0 4 0 2 0
16 FW Japan JPN Kyogo Furuhashi 4 1 3+1 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Brazil BRA Wellington 28 11 10+9 5 5+1 3 3 3
18 GK South Korea KOR Kim Seung-gyu 26 0 24 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Japan JPN Asahi Masuyama 12 2 5+2 1 2+3 1 0 0
21 FW Japan JPN Junya Tanaka 21 2 10+7 2 2 0 0+2 0
22 DF Japan JPN Wataru Hashimoto 13 0 8+2 0 2+1 0 0 0
23 MF Japan JPN Yoshiki Matsushita 12 0 2+5 0 4 0 1 0
24 MF Japan JPN Masatoshi Mihara 23 2 12+4 1 4+1 0 1+1 1
25 DF Japan JPN Leo Osaki 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF Japan JPN Yuta Goke 25 2 13+4 1 5+1 1 1+1 0
30 DF Thailand THA Theerathon Bunmathan 27 0 16+4 0 4 0 3 0
33 FW Japan JPN Shuhei Otsuki 22 3 13+3 1 1+2 1 2+1 1
34 DF Japan JPN So Fujitani 10 0 4+2 0 3+1 0 0 0
35 MF Japan JPN Takuya Yasui 10 1 2+2 0 4 0 2 1
39 DF Japan JPN Masahiko Inoha 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Japan JPN Yuki Kobayashi 4 0 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
50 FW Japan JPN Shun Nagasawa 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players away on loan:
9 FW Japan JPN Mike Havenaar 9 2 3+1 1 2+3 1 0 0
13 FW Japan JPN Keijiro Ogawa 12 0 2+3 0 5+2 0 0 0
28 GK Japan JPN Kenshin Yoshimaru 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 MF Japan JPN Yuya Nakasaka 6 0 0 0 3+1 0 0+2 0
36 MF Japan JPN Tatsuki Noda 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 FW Japan JPN Daiju Sasaki 10 2 6 1 2+2 1 0 0
Players who left Vissel Kobe during the season:
5 MF South Korea KOR Jung Woo-young 12 2 12 2 0 0 0 0
11 FW Brazil BRA Leandro 3 1 0+2 0 1 1 0 0
19 FW Japan 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 Brazil 17 Wellington 5 3 3 11
2 FW Japan 19 Kazuma Watanabe 4 3 0 7
MF Japan 8 Hirotaka Mita 4 0 3 7
4 FW Germany 10 Lukas Podolski 3 2 0 5
5 FW Japan 33 Shuhei Otsuki 1 1 1 3
6 FW Japan 21 Junya Tanaka 2 0 0 2
MF South Korea 5 Jung Woo-young 2 0 0 2
MF Spain 8 Andrés Iniesta 2 0 0 2
FW Japan 38 Daiju Sasaki 1 1 0 2
FW Japan 9 Mike Havenaar 1 1 0 2
MF Japan 14 Naoyuki Fujita 1 1 0 2
MF Japan 20 Asahi Masuyama 1 1 0 2
MF Japan 27 Yuta Goke 1 1 0 2
MF Japan 24 Masatoshi Mihara 1 0 1 2
Own goal 1 1 0 2
14 FW Japan 16 Kyogo Furuhashi 1 0 0 1
FW Brazil 11 Leandro 0 1 0 1
MF Japan 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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Japan GK Daiki Maekawa 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Japan DF Daisuke Nasu 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 Japan DF Hirofumi Watanabe 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Japan DF Kunie Kitamoto 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Japan DF Shunki Takahashi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Japan MF Hirotaka Mita 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
10 Germany FW Lukas Podolski 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
14 Japan MF Naoyuki Fujita 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
15 Japan DF Daiki Miya 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 Japan FW Kyogo Furuhashi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Brazil FW Wellington 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
18 South Korea GK Kim Seung-gyu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Japan FW Junya Tanaka 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
22 Japan DF Wataru Hashimoto 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 Japan MF Yoshiki Matsushita 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
24 Japan MF Masatoshi Mihara 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
25 Japan DF Leo Osaki 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Japan MF Yuta Goke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Thailand DF Theerathon Bunmathan 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
35 Japan MF Takuya Yasui 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Players away on loan:
9 Japan FW Mike Havenaar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left Vissel Kobe during the season:
5 South Korea 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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