2020 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2020 season
Chairman	Katsuhiro Shimizu
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Ground	Noevir Stadium Kobe; Kobe, Japan; (Capacity: 30,134)
J1 League	12th
Emperor's Cup	Preseason
J. League Cup	Quarter-finals
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kyogo Furuhashi (12); All: Kyogo Furuhashi (17)
Highest home attendance	25,059 (vs. Yokohama, 23 February 2020, J1 League)
Average home league attendance	25,059
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020 Vissel Kobe season is Vissel Kobe's seventh consecutive season in the J1 League following promotion to the top flight in 2013 and their 22nd J1 League season overall. They will also take part in the Emperor's Cup, the J. League Cup, the 2020 Japanese Super Cup, and the 2020 AFC Champions League. The club secured their first ever appearances in the latter two competition as winners of the 2019 Emperor's Cup.^[3]^[4]

Squad

As of 13 April 2020^[5]

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
3	DF	JPN	Hirofumi Watanabe
4	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen
5	MF	JPN	Hotaru Yamaguchi (vice-captain)
6	MF	ESP	Sergi Samper
8	MF	ESP	Andrés Iniesta (captain)
9	FW	JPN	Noriaki Fujimoto
11	FW	JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi
13	FW	JPN	Keijiro Ogawa
14	MF	JPN	Takuya Yasui
17	DF	JPN	Ryuho Kikuchi
18	GK	JPN	Hiroki Iikura
19	DF	JPN	Ryo Hatsuse
21	FW	JPN	Junya Tanaka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	JPN	Daigo Nishi (vice-captain)
23	DF	JPN	Tetsushi Yamakawa
24	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai
25	DF	JPN	Leo Osaki
27	MF	JPN	Yuta Goke
28	GK	JPN	Kenshin Yoshimaru
30	GK	JPN	Genta Ito
31	MF	JPN	Yuya Nakasaka
33	DF	BRA	Dankler
38	MF	JPN	Daiju Sasaki
41	FW	JPN	Yutaro Oda
44	DF	JPN	So Fujitani
49	FW	BRA	Douglas

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
—	DF	JPN	Yuki Kobayashi (at Yokohama FC)
—	FW	JPN	Asahi Masuyama (at Avispa Fukuoka)

Competitions

J. League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Consadole Sapporo	34	10	9	15	47	58	−11	39
13	Sagan Tosu	34	7	15	12	37	43	−6	36
14	Vissel Kobe	34	9	9	16	50	59	−9	36
15	Yokohama FC	34	9	6	19	38	60	−22	33
16	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	7	7	20	48	70	−22	28

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goal scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play points.

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
12	4	4	4	16	18	−2	16	1	1	4	7	12	−5	3	3	0	9	6	+3

Last updated: 23 August 2020.
Source: see below

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W
Position	9	15	13	12	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2020. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 1	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Yokohama	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
16:03 JST	Furuhashi 74'	Report	Seko 24' Maguinho 54'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 25,059 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 2	Vissel Kobe	0–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:33 JST	Watanabe 41'	Report	Nogami 31' Pereira 35', 81' Asano 48' Morishima 67'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 3	Sagan Tosu	0–1	Vissel Kobe	Tosu, Saga
19:00 JST	Matsuoka 8'	Report	Douglas 75'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 4	Oita Trinita	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Ōita
19:00 JST	Iwata 29'	Report	Furuhashi 1'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 5	Vissel Kobe	3–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Douglas 20' 54' Furuhashi 45+2', 65'	Report	Nishizawa 75' Nakamura 77' Okazaki 88'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Koei Koya

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 6	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	Vissel Kobe	Osaka
19:30 JST		Report	Watanabe 45+1' Nishi 49'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 4,981 Referee: Masuya Ueda

26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 7	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST		Report	Ono 62' Fukuda 75' Matsuda 75' Usami 86'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,746 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

2 August 2020 (2020-08-02) 8	Consadole Sapporo	2–3	Vissel Kobe	Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
14:03 JST	Arano 29', 48'	Report	Yamaguchi 31', 62' Douglas 45' Iikura 58'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 4,675 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

8 August 2020 (2020-08-08) 9	Vissel Kobe	1–2	Vegalta Sendai	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
15:00 JST	Samper 45' Słowik 86' (o.g.)	Report	Dankler 22' (o.g.) Akasaki 72'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

16 August 2020 (2020-08-16) 10	Kashima Antlers	2–2	Vissel Kobe	Kashima, Ibaraki
18:30 JST	Silva 34' Everaldo 38' Hirose 71' Araki 90+4'	Report	Dankler 19' Goke 61' Iniesta 63' Douglas 67'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Minoru Tōjō

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) 11	Vissel Kobe	2–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Goke 45' Osaki 81' Douglas 89'	Report	Nakama 46' Olunga 76' Mihara 90+4'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Vissel Kobe	Midori-ku, Saitama
19:03 JST	Deng 33' Nishikawa 53' Leonardo 90+6'	Report	Ogawa 15' Yamaguchi 82' Dankler 90+3'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 4,435 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) 13	Vissel Kobe	v	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 14	Shonan Bellmare	v	Vissel Kobe	Hiratsuka
TBD JST				Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka

9 September 2020 (2020-09-09) 15	Kawasaki Frontale	v	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
TBD JST				Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) 16	Vissel Kobe	v	FC Tokyo	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 17	Nagoya Grampus	v	Vissel Kobe	Toyota, Aichi
TBD JST				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 18	Vissel Kobe	v	Sagan Tosu	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 19	Vissel Kobe	v	Consadole Sapporo	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 20	Yokohama F. Marinos	v	Vissel Kobe	Yokohama
TBD JST				Stadium: Nissan Stadium

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 21	Kashiwa Reysol	v	Vissel Kobe	Kashiwa
TBD JST				Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 22	Vissel Kobe	v	Oita Trinita	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	v	Vissel Kobe	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
TBD JST				Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 24	Vissel Kobe	v	Kawasaki Frontale	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 25	Vissel Kobe	v	Cerezo Osaka	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) 26	Shimizu S-Pulse	v	Vissel Kobe	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
TBD JST				Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 27	Vissel Kobe	v	Shonan Bellmare	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 28	Yokohama FC	v	Vissel Kobe	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
TBD JST				Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 29	Vissel Kobe	v	Nagoya Grampus	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 30	Vegalta Sendai	v	Vissel Kobe	Sendai
TBD JST				Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 31	Vissel Kobe	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 32	Gamba Osaka	v	Vissel Kobe	Suita
TBD JST				Stadium: Panasonic Stadium

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 33	Vissel Kobe	v	Kashima Antlers	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 34	FC Tokyo	v	Vissel Kobe	Chōfu, Tokyo
TBD JST				Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

2 September 2020 (2020-09-02) Quarter-final	Vissel Kobe	0–6	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe, Hyogo
19:03 JST		Report	Kobayashi 7' 13' Saito 21' Ienaga 46' Wakizaka 72' Miyashiro 87'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,925 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Japanese Super Cup

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) Final	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–3	Vissel Kobe	Saitama
13:35 JST	Marcos Júnior 36' Ogihara 54' Erik 73'	Report	Douglas 27' Furuhashi 40' Yamaguchi 69'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 51,397 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
	Penalties
	Thiago Martins Ogihara Edigar Junio Mizunuma Matsubara Wada Endo		Iniesta Tanaka Ogawa Nishi Osaki Vermaelen Yamaguchi

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIS	SUW	GZE	JDT
1	Vissel Kobe	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6	Round of 16	—	0–2	0–2	~~5–1~~
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5	Round of 16	0–1	—	0–0	~~25 Nov~~
3	Guangzhou Evergrande	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		1–3	1–1	—	~~4 Dec~~
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew^[b]	~~1 Dec~~	~~2–1~~	~~19 Nov~~	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Match played behind closed doors
^ Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government.^[6] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.^[7]

Matches

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)	Vissel Kobe	Voided (5–1)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe
19:00 UTC+9	Ogawa 13', 58', 72' Furuhashi 28' Douglas 65'	Live Report Stats Report	Safawi 27' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,256 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	Vissel Kobe	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
19:30 UTC+9		Live Report Stats Report	Furuhashi 90'	Attendance: 17,372 Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)^{[note 1]}	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–3	Vissel Kobe	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
13:00 UTC+3	Furuhashi 55' (o.g.)	Live Report Stats Report	Furuhashi 44' Douglas 74' Iniesta 84'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28)^{[note 1]}	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
13:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report	Talisca 17' (pen.) Ai Kesen 36'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Cancelled	Vissel Kobe	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
16:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
16:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report	Kim Gun-hee 49' Lim Sang-hyub 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Knockout stage

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07) Round of 16	Vissel Kobe	2–0	Shanghai SIPG	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
13:00 UTC+3	Iniesta 31' Nishi 50'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) Quarter-final	Vissel Kobe	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
17:00 UTC+3	Furuhashi 40'	Live Report Stats Report	Park Sang-hyeok 7'	Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
	Penalties
	Iniesta Douglas Hatsuse Furuhashi Yamaguchi Yamakawa Fujimoto		Kim Gun-hee Lee Ki-je Kim Min-woo Ko Seung-beom Han Seok-jong Min Sang-gi Jang Ho-ik

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) Semi-final	Ulsan Hyundai	v	Vissel Kobe	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
13:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Japanese Super Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	11	FW	Kyogo Furuhashi	12	1	4	17
2	49	FW	Douglas	7	1	2	9
3	5	MF	Hotaru Yamaguchi	6	1	0	7
4	14	MF	Andrés Iniesta	4	0	2	6
5	9	FW	Noriaki Fujimoto	5	0	0	5
5	27	MF	Yuta Goke	5	0	0	5
7	13	FW	Keijiro Ogawa	1	0	3	4
8	33	DF	Dankler	3	0	0	3
9	21	FW	Junya Tanaka	2	0	0	2
9	22	DF	Daigo Nishi	1	0	1	2
11	14	MF	Takuya Yasui	1	0	0	1
	24	DF	Gōtoku Sakai	1	0	0	1
	41	FW	Yutaro Oda	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				50	3	12	65

Last updated: 10 December 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Japanese Super Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	18	GK	Hiroki Iikura	2	0	0	0	1	3
Total				2	0	0	0	1	3

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: Competitions

Notes

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference China was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

References

^ "2020シーズン「トップチームメンバーおよび選手背番号」決定のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). ヴィッセル神戸. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Vissel Kobe - Data - 2020". JLeague. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "Vissel Kobe claim first ever title with 2-0 victory over Kashima at the Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship". JFA. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "Vissel Kobe seal debut ACL appearance with Emperor's Cup win". AFC. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "VISSEL KOBE OFFICIAL WEB SITE : Squad details". vissel-kobe.co.jp. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Johor Darul Ta'zim forced out of Asian Champions League after Malaysia refuses to lift travel restrictions". ESPN. 11 November 2020.
^ "Latest update on AFC Champions League 2020". Asian Football Confederation. 13 November 2020.

External links

Vissel Kobe Official Web Site
(in Japanese) J.League official site

[closed_doors-6] Match played behind closed doors

[table_note_res_WD0.29783985451695-9] Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government.^[6] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.^[7]

[China-10] Cite error: The named reference China was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "2020シーズン「トップチームメンバーおよび選手背番号」決定のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). ヴィッセル神戸. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

[Data-2] "Vissel Kobe - Data - 2020". JLeague. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[3] "Vissel Kobe claim first ever title with 2-0 victory over Kashima at the Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship". JFA. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[4] "Vissel Kobe seal debut ACL appearance with Emperor's Cup win". AFC. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[5] "VISSEL KOBE OFFICIAL WEB SITE : Squad details". vissel-kobe.co.jp. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[7] "Johor Darul Ta'zim forced out of Asian Champions League after Malaysia refuses to lift travel restrictions". ESPN. 11 November 2020.

[Johor_Darul_Ta'zim-8] "Latest update on AFC Champions League 2020". Asian Football Confederation. 13 November 2020.

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