2018 Vissel Kobe season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017 2019 →

Squad

As of 14 August 2018.^[1]

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

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

In: 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 2 DF  JPN Daisuke Nasu (from Urawa Red Diamonds) 5 MF  KOR Jung Woo-young (from Chongqing Lifan) 8 MF  JPN Hirotaka Mita (from Vegalta Sendai) 15 DF  JPN Daiki Miya (from Biwako Seikei Sport College) 17 FW  BRA Wellington (from Avispa Fukuoka) 27 MF  JPN Yuta Goke (from Aomori Yamada High School) 29 GK  JPN Kota Ogi (from Nagoya Grampus) 30 DF  THA Theerathon Bunmathan (on loan from Muangthong United) 36 FW  JPN Tatsuki Noda (from FC Imabari, end of loan) 38 FW  JPN Daiji Sasaki (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: 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 5 DF  JPN Takuya Iwanami (to Urawa Red Diamonds) 7 MF  BRA Nílton (to EC Bahia) 8 MF  BRA Wescley (on loan to Ceará) 15 MF  JPN Seigo Kobayashi (on loan to Montedio Yamagata) 16 MF  JPN Hideto Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu) 17 MF  JPN Hideo Tanaka (to Tegevajaro Miyazaki) 25 DF  JPN Junya Higashi (on loan to Fukushima United FC) 26 DF  JPN Shinji Yamaguchi (on loan to Oita Trinita) 29 MF  JPN Kotaro Omori (to FC Tokyo) 30 GK  JPN Kenta Tokushige (to V-Varen Nagasaki) — MF  JPN Ryo Matsumura (to Nagano Parceiro) — FW  JPN Akito Mukai (on loan to MIO Biwako Shiga)

Summer

Main article: List of Japanese football transfers summer 2018

In: 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 5 DF  QAT Ahmed Yasser (on loan from Al-Duhail SC) 8 MF  ESP Andrés Iniesta (from Barcelona)[2] 16 FW  JPN Kyogo Furuhashi (from FC Gifu)[3] 20 FW  JPN Shun Nagasawa (on loan from Gamba Osaka)[4] 25 DF  JPN Leo Osaki (from Tokushima Vortis)

Out: 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 5 MF  KOR Jung Woo-young (to Al-Sadd) 9 FW  JPN Mike Havenaar (on loan to Vegalta Sendai) 11 FW  BRA Leandro (to Tokyo Verdy) 13 FW  JPN Keijiro Ogawa (on loan to Shonan Bellmare) 19 FW  JPN Kazuma Watanabe (to Gamba Osaka) 28 GK  JPN Kenshin Yoshimaru (on loan to Tokushima Vortis) 31 MF  JPN Yuya Nakasaka (on loan to CF Peralada-Girona B)[5] 36 MF  JPN Tatsuki Noda (on loan to Kataller Toyama) 38 MF  JPN Daiju Sasaki (on loan to Palmeiras)

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2018 J1 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	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	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

Sagan Tosu v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Shimizu S-Pulse

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

Vegalta Sendai v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Cerezo Osaka

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

Kashiwa Reysol v Vissel Kobe

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

Gamba Osaka v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Urawa Red Diamonds

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

Yokohama F. Marinos v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus

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

Kashima Antlers v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Vissel Kobe v Tokyo

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe

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

Júbilo Iwata v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Shonan Bellmare

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

Vissel Kobe v Kashiwa Reysol

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

Cerezo Osaka v Vissel Kobe

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

FC Tokyo v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Júbilo Iwata

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

Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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

Shonan Bellmare v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Yokohama F. Marinos

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

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v V-Varen Nagasaki

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

Sagan Tosu v Vissel Kobe

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

Shonan Bellmare v Vissel Kobe

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

V-Varen Nagasaki v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Shonan Bellmare

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

Vissel Kobe v Sagan Tosu

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

Yokohama F. Marinos v Vissel Kobe

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

Vissel Kobe v Yokohama F. Marinos

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

Main article: 2018 Emperor's Cup

Vissel Kobe v Fukuoka University

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

Vissel Kobe v JEF United Chiba

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

Sagan Tosu v Vissel Kobe

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