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Vissel Kobe

2020 season
Chairman	Katsuhiro Shimizu
Manager	Thorsten Fink (until 22 September 2020) Atsuhiro Miura (from 24 September 2020)
Ground	Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe, Japan (Capacity: 30,134)
J1 League	14th
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	5,476
Home colours Away colours
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The 2020 Vissel Kobe season was 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. The club also took part in 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.

Squad

As of 13 April 2020

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

Results summary

Last updated: 18 November 2020.
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Results by matchday

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 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 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

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) 24	Vissel Kobe	2–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Nishi 30' Douglas 42'	Report	Oshima 23' Hatate 75'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,453 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

9 September 2020 (2020-09-09) 15	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:30 JST	Kobayashi 8' Damião 83' Miyashiro 85'	Report	Furuhashi 23' Fujimoto 59'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,778 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

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

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			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		1 Dec	2–1	19 Nov	—

1. ^ Match played behind closed doors
2. 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. 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.

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)	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)	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	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vissel Kobe	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
13:00 UTC+3	Johnsen 81' Júnior 119' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Yamaguchi 52'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Japanese Super Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	11	FW	Kyogo Furuhashi	12	0	0	1	4	17
2	49	FW	Douglas	7	0	0	1	2	9
3	5	MF	Hotaru Yamaguchi	6	0	0	1	1	8
4	14	MF	Andrés Iniesta	4	0	0	0	2	6
5	9	FW	Noriaki Fujimoto	5	0	0	0	0	5
	27	MF	Yuta Goke	5	0	0	0	0	5
7	13	FW	Keijiro Ogawa	1	0	0	0	3	4
8	33	DF	Dankler	3	0	0	0	0	3
9	21	FW	Junya Tanaka	2	0	0	0	0	2
	22	DF	Daigo Nishi	1	0	0	0	1	2
11	14	MF	Takuya Yasui	1	0	0	0	0	1
	24	DF	Gōtoku Sakai	1	0	0	0	0	1
	41	FW	Yutaro Oda	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	0	0	1
Total				50	0	0	3	13	66

Last updated: 13 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	4	0	0	0	2	6
Total				4	0	0	0	2	6

Last updated: 10 December 2020.
Source: Competitions

Notes

1. ^ The AFC announced on 29 January 2020 that the group stage matches which Chinese teams were supposed to host on matchdays 1, 2, and 3 would be switched with the corresponding away matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Later, the order of matches between Beijing FC and Melbourne Victory, Guangzhou Evergrande and Vissel Kobe, and Shanghai SIPG and Yokohama F. Marinos, were switched from the revised schedule.
2. The semi-final of the East Region was originally scheduled to be played at Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, but was moved to Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, to ensure optimum pitch conditions for the semi-final and the final.

References

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.
2. "Former Japan midfielder Atsuhiro Miura named Vissel Kobe boss". Kyodo News. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
3. "Vissel Kobe - Data - 2020". JLeague. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
4. "Number of visitors by J1 league club". J-League (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
5. "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.
6. "Vissel Kobe seal debut ACL appearance with Emperor's Cup win". AFC. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
7. "VISSEL KOBE OFFICIAL WEB SITE : Squad details". vissel-kobe.co.jp. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
8. "Johor Darul Ta'zim forced out of Asian Champions League after Malaysia refuses to lift travel restrictions". ESPN. 11 November 2020.
9. "Latest update on AFC Champions League 2020". Asian Football Confederation. 13 November 2020.
10. "AFC Statement on AFC Champions League Group Stage matches". AFC. 29 January 2020.
11. "亚足联正式确认亚冠主客对调 中超球队开局三连客" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 29 January 2020.
12. "亚冠赛程再次调整：恒大国安上港各一场主客对调" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 16 February 2020.
13. "AFC Champions League (East) Semi-final moved to Jassim bin Hamad Stadium". AFC. 11 December 2020.

External links

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

• Japanese football clubs 2020 season
• Vissel Kobe seasons