2018 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2018 season
Chairman	Katsuhiro Shimizu
Manager	Takayuki Yoshida
J1 League	10th
Emperor's Cup	Fourth round
J. League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hirotaka Mita (6 goals); All: ; Wellington (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,603 (vs. Sagan Tosu, 10 November, J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	2,202 (vs. Fukuoka University, 6 June, Emperor's Cup)
	← 2017 2019 →

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Japan JPN	Daiya Maekawa
2	DF	Japan JPN	Daisuke Nasu
3	DF	Japan JPN	Hirofumi Watanabe
4	DF	Japan JPN	Kunie Kitamoto
5	DF	Qatar QAT	Ahmed Yasser (on loan from Al-Duhail)
6	DF	Japan JPN	Shunki Takahashi
7	MF	Japan JPN	Hirotaka Mita
8	MF	Spain ESP	Andrés Iniesta
10	FW	Germany GER	Lukas Podolski (Captain)
14	MF	Japan JPN	Naoyuki Fujita
15	DF	Japan JPN	Daiki Miya
16	FW	Japan JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi
17	FW	Brazil BRA	Wellington
18	GK	South Korea KOR	Kim Seung-gyu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	Japan JPN	Asahi Masuyama
21	FW	Japan JPN	Junya Tanaka
22	DF	Japan JPN	Wataru Hashimoto
23	MF	Japan JPN	Yoshiki Matsushita
24	MF	Japan JPN	Masatoshi Mihara
25	DF	Japan JPN	Leo Osaki
27	MF	Japan JPN	Yuta Goke
29	GK	Japan JPN	Kota Ogi
30	DF	Thailand THA	Theerathon Bunmathan (on loan from Muangthong United)
33	FW	Japan JPN	Shuhei Otsuki
34	DF	Japan JPN	So Fujitani
35	MF	Japan JPN	Takuya Yasui
39	DF	Japan JPN	Masahiko Inoha
40	DF	Japan JPN	Yuki Kobayashi
50	FW	Japan JPN	Shun Nagasawa

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	Japan JPN	Kenshin Yoshimaru (at Tokushima Vortis)
—	DF	Japan JPN	Junya Higashi (at Fukushima United)
—	DF	Japan JPN	Shinji Yamaguchi (at Oita Trinita)
—	MF	Japan JPN	Seigo Kobayashi (at Montedio Yamagata)
—	MF	Japan JPN	Ryosuke Maeda (at Oita Trinita)
—	MF	Japan JPN	Yuya Nakasaka (at Peralada-Girona B)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	Brazil BRA	Wescley (at Ceará)
—	FW	Japan JPN	Daiju Sasaki (at Palmeiras)
—	FW	Japan JPN	Akito Mukai (at MIO Biwako)
—	FW	Japan JPN	Keijiro Ogawa (at Shonan Bellmare)
—	FW	Japan JPN	Mike Havenaar (at Vegalta Sendai)

Transfers

Winter

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	Japan JPN	Daisuke Nasu (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
5	MF	South Korea KOR	Jung Woo-young (from China Chongqing Lifan)
8	MF	Japan JPN	Hirotaka Mita (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
15	DF	Japan JPN	Daiki Miya (from Biwako Seikei Sport College)
17	FW	Brazil BRA	Wellington (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
27	MF	Japan JPN	Yuta Goke (from Aomori Yamada High School)
29	GK	Japan JPN	Kota Ogi (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
30	DF	Thailand THA	Theerathon Bunmathan (on loan from Thailand Muangthong United)
36	FW	Japan JPN	Tatsuki Noda (from Japan FC Imabari, end of loan)
38	FW	Japan JPN	Daiji Sasaki (promoted from youth ranks)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	Japan JPN	Takuya Iwanami (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
7	MF	Brazil BRA	Nílton (to Brazil EC Bahia)
8	MF	Brazil BRA	Wescley (on loan to Brazil Ceara)
15	MF	Japan JPN	Seigo Kobayashi (on loan to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
16	MF	Japan JPN	Hideto Takahashi (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
17	MF	Japan JPN	Hideo Tanaka (to Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
25	DF	Japan JPN	Junya Higashi (on loan to Japan Fukushima United FC)
26	DF	Japan JPN	Shinji Yamaguchi (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita)
29	MF	Japan JPN	Kotaro Omori (to Japan FC Tokyo)
30	GK	Japan JPN	Kenta Tokushige (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	MF	Japan JPN	Ryo Matsumura (to Japan Nagano Parceiro)
—	FW	Japan JPN	Akito Mukai (on loan to Japan MIO Biwako Shiga)

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	Qatar QAT	Ahmed Yasser (on loan from Qatar Al-Duhail SC)
8	MF	Spain ESP	Andrés Iniesta (from Spain Barcelona)^[2]
16	FW	Japan JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi (from Japan FC Gifu)^[3]
20	FW	Japan JPN	Shun Nagasawa (on loan from Japan Gamba Osaka)^[4]
25	DF	Japan JPN	Leo Osaki (from Japan Tokushima Vortis)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	South Korea KOR	Jung Woo-young (to Qatar Al-Sadd)
9	FW	Japan JPN	Mike Havenaar (on loan to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
11	FW	Brazil BRA	Leandro (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
13	FW	Japan JPN	Keijiro Ogawa (on loan to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
19	FW	Japan JPN	Kazuma Watanabe (to Japan Gamba Osaka)
28	GK	Japan JPN	Kenshin Yoshimaru (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
31	MF	Japan JPN	Yuya Nakasaka (on loan to Spain CF Peralada-Girona B)^[5]
36	MF	Japan JPN	Tatsuki Noda (on loan to Japan Kataller Toyama)
38	MF	Japan JPN	Daiju Sasaki (on loan to Brazil Palmeiras)

Competitions

J. League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	L
Position	6	15	14	8	13	10	9	9	7	6	8	8	10	7	6	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	10

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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.) Takahashi Yellow card 67'	Report	Nasu Yellow card 2' Matsushita Yellow card 31' Podolski Yellow card 67' Havenaar File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Podolski Yellow card 39' Jung Yellow card 60'File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Havenaar Yellow card 74'	Report	Freire Yellow card 6' Crislan File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Kaneko File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Tatsuta File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Kitagawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Tanaka Yellow card 3' Mihara File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Podolski Yellow card 53'File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 68', 86'	Report	Mihara Yellow card 23' Mita Yellow card 57' Tanaka File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Sasaki File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Podolski Yellow card 75'	Report	Muto File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Iwanami File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Jung File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Nakazawa Yellow card 69'	Report	Mita File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' K.Watanabe File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Podolski File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report	Yasui Yellow card 22' Mita File:Soccerball shade.svg 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'File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report	Taniguchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Kobayashi File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.) Patric File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Wellington File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 23'Yellow card 66' K.Watanabe File:Soccerball shade.svg 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'File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Yamasaki Yellow card 32' Saito File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Kikuchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (o.g.)	Report	Mihara Yellow card 67' Osaki Yellow card 71' Jonjić File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Furuhashi Yellow card 25'File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Fujita Yellow card 90+2' Kim Yellow card 90+3'	Report	Takahashi Yellow card 59' Matsuura Yellow card 77' Kawamata File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Fujita Yellow card 31' Goke Yellow card 50' Wellington Yellow card 55'	Report	Patric File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Goke File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Ogihara Yellow card 81' Nakagawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 62' Wellington Yellow card 70'	Report	Choi File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Nagura File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Kitamoto Yellow card 41' Otsuki File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Wellington File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Yasui Yellow card 62' Maekawa Yellow card 78' K.Watanabe File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Usui Yellow card 61' Maeda Yellow card 81' T.Shikayama Yellow card 90+5'	Report	Wellington File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Miya Yellow card 71' Goke File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (o.g.) Leandro File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Masuyama File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Report	André Bahia File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Omotehara File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Okazaki Yellow card 45+1' Noda File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Umesaki File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Report	Ishikawa Yellow card 39' Kawano Yellow card 50' Anzai Yellow card 52'File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Nakagawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Boumal Yellow card 45+1' Amano File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Vieira File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Wellington File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Watanabe File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Mihara Yellow card 51'File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Wellington File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Wellington File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', 90+1' Mita File:Soccerball shade.svg 39', 56' Otsuki File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Masushima Yellow card 52' Ibusuki File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' (o.g.) Anzai File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
2	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	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
Number	Nation	Position	Name	J-League		J. League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Total
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

References

↑ "ヴィッセル神戸オフィシャルサイト".
↑ "Andrés Iniesta to Join Vissel Kobe". vissel-kobe.co.jp. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
↑ "Fc岐阜よりFw古橋亨梧選手完全移籍加入のお知らせ".
↑ "Ｇ大阪・Ｆｗ長沢と神戸・Ｆｗ渡辺がトレード". 13 August 2018.
↑ "Mf中坂勇哉選手 Cfペララーダ（スペイン）へ期限付き移籍のお知らせ".

[1] "ヴィッセル神戸オフィシャルサイト".

[2] "Andrés Iniesta to Join Vissel Kobe". vissel-kobe.co.jp. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[3] "Fc岐阜よりFw古橋亨梧選手完全移籍加入のお知らせ".

[4] "Ｇ大阪・Ｆｗ長沢と神戸・Ｆｗ渡辺がトレード". 13 August 2018.

[5] "Mf中坂勇哉選手 Cfペララーダ（スペイン）へ期限付き移籍のお知らせ".

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Club	History Players All articles
Stadium	Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Honours	Emperor's Cup (2019) Super Cup (2020)
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Sponsors	Rakuten Noevir Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Former stadia	Kobe Central Football Stadium
Training ground	Ibuki no Mori Playing Field