2025 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2025 season
ChairmanYuki Chifu
ManagerTakayuki Yoshida
StadiumNoevir Stadium Kobe
Hyōgo-ku, Kōbe, Hyōgo
J1 League4th
Emperor's CupSemi-final
J.League CupPrime round
Japanese Super CupRunners-up
2024–25 AFC Champions League EliteRound of 16
2025–26 AFC Champions League EliteLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Taisei Miyashiro (11 goals)

All:
Taisei Miyashiro (13 goals)
Average home league attendance21,099[1]

The 2025 Vissel Kobe season is their 59th season in existence and the 9th consecutive season in the J1 League, since the club earned promotion back to it on 2013. In addition to the domestic league, in which they are the defending champions, Vissel Kobe are participating in this season's editions of the Japanese Super Cup, Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup, AFC Champions League Elite and the AFC Champions League Elite.

Squad

Season squad

Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth Last Club
Goalkeepers
1 Daiya Maekawa (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 Kansai University
21 Shota Arai (1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 JEF United Chiba
32 Richard Monday Ubong (2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 Fukuchiyama Seibi High School
50 Powell Obinna Obi (1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 Yokohama F. Marinos
71 Shūichi Gonda (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Debreceni
Defenders
3 Matheus Thuler (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 Montpellier HSC
4 Tetsushi Yamakawa (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 University of Tsukuba
15 Yuki Honda (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 Kyoto Sanga FC
16 Caetano (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 Corinthians
20 Yuta Koike (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 Yokohama F. Marinos
23 Rikuto Hirose (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 Kashima Antlers
24 Gōtoku Sakai (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 Hamburger SV
31 Takuya Iwanami (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 Urawa Red Diamonds
41 Katsuya Nagato (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 Yokohama F. Marinos
66 Riku Matsuda (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 Gamba Osaka
Ryosuke Irie (2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 Juntendo University
Midfielders
2 Nanasei Iino (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 Sagan Tosu
6 Takahiro Ogihara (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 Yokohama F. Marinos
7 Yosuke Ideguchi (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 Avispa Fukuoka
14 Koya Yuruki (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 Urawa Red Diamonds
18 Haruya Ide (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 Tokyo Verdy
22 Daiju Sasaki (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 Palmeiras
25 Yuya Kuwasaki (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 V-Varen Nagasaki
30 Kakeru Yamauchi (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 University of Tsukuba
44 Mitsuki Hidaka (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 CD Atlético Paso
52 Kento Hamasaki (2007-06-16) 16 June 2007 Youth Team
77 Gustavo Klismahn (1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 Santa Clara
Sota Onishi (2007-04-12) 12 April 2007 Youth Team
Taiga Seguchi (2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 Youth Team
Forwards
9 Taisei Miyashiro (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 Kawasaki Frontale
10 Yuya Osako (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 Werder Bremen
11 Yoshinori Muto (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 SD Eibar
26 Jean Patric (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 Cerezo Osaka
27 Erik (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994 Machida Zelvia
29 Ren Komatsu (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 Blaublitz Akita
55 Yuta Miyahara (2005-04-07) 7 April 2005 Górnik Zabrze B
Hayato Watanabe (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 Youth Team
Players left on loan during mid-season
5 Mitsuki Saito (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 Gamba Osaka
17 Tatsunori Sakurai (M) (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 Mito HollyHock
22 Haruka Motoyama (D) (1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 Fagiano Okayama
28 Yuya Tsuboi (G) (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 Omiya Ardija
33 Rikuto Hashimoto (M) (2005-04-02) 2 April 2005 Tokyo Verdy
34 Yusei Ozaki (D) (2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 Ehime FC
36 Shuto Adachi (F) (2004-07-15) 15 July 2004 Iwate Grulla Morioka
37 Shogo Terasaka (D) (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 FC Gifu
38 Juzo Ura (M) (2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 Ehime FC
39 Shioki Takayama (G) (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 FC Ryukyu
Players who left club during / mid-season
88 Ryota Morioka (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 Cerezo Osaka

Last updated: 17 January 2024.
Source: Vissel Kobe website

Friendly

Mid-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 July 2025 Barcelona World Tour Vissel Kobe 1–3 Barcelona Kobe, Japan
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Miyashiro 43' Report
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 14,950

Transfers

Pre-season

In

Transfers in

Date Position Player Transferred from Ref
Permanent Transfer
15 December 2024 GK Yuya Tsuboi Júbilo Iwata End of loan [2][a]
DF Justin Homma Vissel Kobe End of loan [3]
DF Shogo Terasaka FC Gifu End of loan [4][b]
DF Yusei Ozaki Ehime FC End of loan [5][c]
MF Juzo Ura Ehime FC End of loan [6][d]
MF Tatsunori Sakurai Mito HollyHock End of loan [7][e]
MF Toya Izumi Omiya Ardija End of loan [8]
MF Shuto Adachi Iwate Grulla Morioka End of loan [9]
13 December 2024 GK Richard Monday Ubong Fukuchiyama Seibi High School Free [10]
5 January 2025 DF Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama Free [11]
6 January 2025 DF Riku Matsuda Gamba Osaka Free [12][13]
MF Rikuto Hashimoto Tokyo Verdy Free [14]
7 January 2025 DF Caetano Corinthians Undisclosed [15]
10 January 2025 DF Yuta Koike Yokohama F. Marinos Free [16]
Loan Transfer
3 March 2025 MF Gustavo Klismahn Santa Clara Season loan [17]
5 March 2025 FW Erik Machida Zelvia Season loan [18]


Out

Transfers out

Date Position Player Transferred from Ref
Permanent Transfer
13 December 2024 MF Yuya Nakasaka Basara Hyogo (J5) Free [19]
23 December 2024 MF Hotaru Yamaguchi V-Varen Nagasaki Free [20]
27 December 2024 MF Toya Izumi Omiya Ardija Undisclosed [21]
31 December 2024 MF Ryota Morioka Retired N.A.
4 January 2025 MF Ryuho Kikuchi FC Machida Zelvia Free [22]
6 February 2025 MF Ryo Hatsuse Sheffield Wednesday Free [23][24]
LoanTransfer
22 December 2024 DF Yusei Ozaki Blaublitz Akita Season loan [25]
23 December 2024 MF Tatsunori Sakurai Sagan Tosu Season loan [26]
24 December 2024 MF Juzo Ura Kataller Toyama Season loan [27]
25 December 2024 MF Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma Season loan [28]
27 December 2024 DF Shogo Terasaka FC Gifu Season loan [29]
28 December 2024 GK Yuya Tsuboi Omiya Ardija Season loan [30]
GK Shioki Takayama FC Ryukyu Season loan [31]
DF Justin Homma Matsumoto Yamaga FC Season loan [32]
17 January 2025 DF Kaito Yamada Tacoma Defiance Season loan [33]

Mid-season

In

Transfers in

Date Position Player Transferred from Ref
Permanent Transfer
9 June 2025 DF Katsuya Nagato Yokohama F. Marinos Undisclosed [34]
4 July 2025 FW Ren Komatsu Blaublitz Akita Undisclosed [35]
25 July 2025 FW Ryosuke Irie Juntendo University Free [36]
27 July 2025 FW Yuta Miyahara Górnik Zabrze B Free [37]
20 September 2025 GK Shūichi Gonda Debreceni Free [38]
Loan Transfer

Out

Transfers out

Date Position Player Transferred from Ref
Permanent Transfer
Loan Transfer
10 June 2025 DF Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama Season loan [39]
22 July 2025 MF Mitsuki Saito Kyoto Sanga FC Season loan [40]
30 July 2025 MF Rikuto Hashimoto Roasso Kumamoto Season loan [41]


  1. ^ Yuya Tsuboi moves to Omiya Ardija after his loan ended with Júbilo Iwata.
  2. ^ Shogo Terasaka's loan to FC Gifu extended for another season.
  3. ^ Yusei Ozak moves to Blaublitz Akita after his loan ended with Ehime FC.
  4. ^ Juzo Ura moves to Kataller Toyama after his loan ended with Ehime FC.
  5. ^ Tatsunori Sakurai moves to Sagan Tosu after his loan ended with Mito HollyHock.

Competitions

J1 League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Kyoto Sanga 38 19 11 8 62 40 +22 68
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 20 8 10 46 28 +18 68
5 Vissel Kobe 38 18 10 10 46 33 +13 64
6 Machida Zelvia 38 17 9 12 52 38 +14 60 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage[a]
7 Urawa Red Diamonds 38 16 11 11 45 39 +6 59
Source: JLeague.co, JLeague.jp, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as the 2025 Emperor's Cup winners.

Matches

15 February 1 Vissel Kobe 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Kobe
Report
  • Takuro Kaneko  56'
  • Matheus Sávio  76'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 22,266
Referee: Yusuke Araki
22 February 2 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Vissel Kobe Aichi
  • Shuhei Tokumoto 56'
  • Sho Inagaki 86' (pen.)
  • Daiki Miya  66'
Report
  • Yuya Osako 70', 75'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 31,088
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
26 February 3 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kyoto Sanga Kobe
  • Daiju Sasaki 90+11'
  • Takuya Iwanami  82'
Report
  • Marco Túlio 13'
  • Patrick  7'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 11,335
Referee: Koei Koya
1 March 4 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka Kobe
Report
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa 40' (o.g.)
  • Takumi Kamijima  53'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 20,890
Referee: Masuya Ueda
16 March 6 Shonan Bellmare 1–2 Vissel Kobe Hiratsuka
Lukian 51' Report Erik 24', 37'
Kakeru Yamauchi  90+4'
Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 9,537
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
29 March 7 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Vissel Kobe Tokyo
Léo Ceará 33'
Tomoki Hayakawa  73'
Yuma Suzuki  86'
Report Takahiro Ogihara  27'
Erik  41'
Koya Yuruki  90+3'
Matheus Thuler  90+4'
Stadium: Japan National Stadium
Attendance: 22,601
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
2 April 8 Yokohama FC 0–1 Vissel Kobe Yokohama
  • Yoshiaki Komai  64'
Report
Stadium: Mitsuzawa Stadium
Attendance: 8,032
Referee: Kôichirô Fukushima
6 April 9 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Albirex Niigata Kobe
Report Motoki Hasegawa 13' Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 36,407
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
12 April 10 Tokyo Verdy 0–1 Vissel Kobe Chōfu
  • Yuto Tsunashima  49'  86'
Report
  • Koya Yuruki 51'
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  13'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 17,474
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
16 April 11 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Kobe
  • Daiju Sasaki 31'
  • Matheus Thuler 45'
Report
  • Marcinho 45+3' 12'
  • Erison  45+2'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Masuya Ueda
20 April 12 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Machida Zelvia Kobe
  • Daihachi Okamura 62' (o.g.)
Report
  • Ibrahim Drešević  37'
  • Na Sangho  90'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 21,920
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara
3 May 13 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Fagiano Okayama Kobe
  • Taisei Miyashiro 51'
  • Yosuke Ideguchi 73'
Report Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 25,596
Referee: Kôichirô Fukushima
6 May 14 Vissel Kobe 1–3 Cerezo Osaka Kobe
  • Taisei Miyashiro 45'
Report
  • Satoki Uejō 45+2'
  • Masaya Shibayama 83'
  • Rafael Ratão 90+6' 90+6'
  • Kakeru Funaki  29'
  • Hayato Okuda  56'
  • Koki Fukui  89'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 24,891
Referee: Jumpei Ilda
10 May 15 FC Tokyo 1–0 Vissel Kobe Chōfu
  • Marcelo Ryan 90+13' 90+6'
  • Henrique Trevisan  7'
Report
  • Gōtoku Sakai  37'
  • Yuki Honda  90+12'
  • Matheus Thuler  90+15'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 24,837
Referee: Takuto Okabe
17 May 16 Vissel Kobe 3–2 Gamba Osaka Kobe
  • Yuya Osako 50', 90+6'
  • Matheus Thuler 59'  17'
Report
  • Shu Kurata 56'
  • Keisuke Kurokawa 73'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 23,275
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
21 May 17 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 Vissel Kobe Yokohama
  • Takuya Kida 43' 68'
Report
  • Erik 19'
  • Yuya Osako 51'
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 15,373
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
25 May 18 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–2 Vissel Kobe Shizuoka
  • Koya Kitagawa 15'
  • Sen Takagi 24', 72'
  • Zento Uno  41'
Report
  • Taisei Miyashiro 57', 90+1'
  • Yuki Honda  65'
  • Jean Patric  88'
Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 17,528
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
31 May 19 Kashiwa Reysol 1–3 Vissel Kobe Chiba
  • Wataru Harada 26'
  • Hayato Tanaka  67'
Report
  • Matheus Thuler 19'
  • Takahiro Ogihara 40'  29'
  • Daiju Sasaki 90+7'
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa  70'
  • Haruya Ide  89'
Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 12,989
Referee: Yusuke Araki
15 June 20 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Nagoya Grampus Kobe
  • Takuya Uchida 44' (o.g.)
  • Taisei Miyashiro 45+2'
  • Yota Sato  2'
  • Teruki Hera  36'
Report
  • Teruki Hera 57'
  • Takahiro Ohgihara 82'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 22,175
Referee: Robert Jones (England)
21 June 21 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Vissel Kobe Kawasaki
  • Yasuto Wakizaka 6'
  • Kota Takai  75'
Report
  • Taisei Miyashiro 10', 52'
  • Gōtoku Sakai  47'
  • Gustavo Klismahn  88'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 23,103
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)
28 June 22 Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 Vissel Kobe Fukuoka
  • Masaya Tashiro  71'
Report Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 11,783
Referee: Yusuke Araki
2 July 5 (Rescheduled) Vissel Kobe 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kobe
  • Erik 66'
Report
  • Yotaro Nakajima  21'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 14,950
Referee: Koei Koya
5 July 23 Vissel Kobe 4–0 Shonan Bellmare Kobe
  • Takahiro Ogihara 14'
  • Taisei Miyashiro 48'
  • Daiju Sasaki 77'
  • Koya Yuruki 90+4'
Report
  • Yutaro Oda  71'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 20,941
Referee: Jumpei Iida
20 July 24 Fagiano Okayama 1–2 Vissel Kobe Okayama
  • Ataru Esaka 90+4'
  • Yūta Kamiya  23'
Report
  • Erik 30'
  • Taisei Miyashiro 64'
Stadium: City Light Stadium
Attendance: 15,153
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
10 August 25 Machida Zelvia 2–0 Vissel Kobe Tokyo
  • Yuta Nakayama 6'
  • Yūki Sōma 35'
  • Daihachi Okamura  65'
Report Stadium: Japan National Stadium
Attendance: 12,619
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
16 August 26 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Yokohama FC Kobe
  • Haruya Ide  14'
Report
  • Sho Ito 90+4'
  • Hinata Ogura  44'
  • Solomon Sakuragawa  90+9'
  • Fumitake Miura  90+10'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 23,166
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
20 August 30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Vissel Kobe Hiroshima
  • Sho Sasaki  57'
Report
  • Kim Ju-sung 87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Attendance: 24,847
Referee: Yusuke Araki
23 August 27 Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Vissel Kobe Osaka
  • Shinji Kagawa 35'
  • Shinnosuke Hatanaka  42'
Report
  • Erik 48' 90+2'
  • Yosuke Ideguchi  22'
  • Takahiro Ogihara  28'
Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Attendance: 21,578
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
30 August 28 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Kobe
  • Yoshinori Muto 37'
  • Erik  33'
Report
  • Ryo Miyaichi  22'
  • Takuya Kida  65'
  • Toichi Suzuki  72'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 23,198
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
12 September 29 (Rescheduled) Vissel Kobe 0–0 Kashiwa Reysol Kobe
  • Yosuke Ideguchi  85'
Report Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 15,051
Referee: Jumpei Iida
23 September 31 Vissel Kobe 4–0 Tokyo Verdy Kobe
  • Yuya Osako 10'
  • Taisei Miyashiro 38', 67'
  • Erik 55'
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  28'
Report
  • Hiroto Taniguchi  31'
  • Yosuke Uchida  51'
  • Yuya Fukuda  63'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
27 September 32 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Kobe
  • Yuya Kuwasaki 65'
  • Gōtoku Sakai 90+1'
  • Matheus Thuler  37'
Report
  • Kazuki Kozuka 40'
  • Matheus Bueno  46'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 18,914
Referee: Faisal Sulaiman Albalawi (Saudi Arabia)
4 October 33 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vissel Kobe Saitama
  • Isaac Kiese Thelin 47'
  • Kaito Yasui  20'
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 38,062
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
17 October 34 Vissel Kobe 0–0 Kashima Antlers Kobe
Report
  • Kim Tae Hyeon  70'
  • Kei Chinen  90+8'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 25,806
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
26 October 35 Albirex Niigata 2–2 Vissel Kobe Niigata
  • Takuya Shimamura 73' 48'
  • Yamato Wakatsuki 90'
  • Soya Fujiwara  51'
  • Takahiro Ogihara  90+4'
Report
  • Yuya Osako 45+3', 52' (pen.)
Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 19,480
Referee: Masuya Ueda
8 November 36 Gamba Osaka 1–1 Vissel Kobe Osaka
  • Kanji Okunuki 80'
  • Riku Handa  31'
  • Masaaki Higashiguchi  78'
Report
  • Daiju Sasaki 89'
  • Yuki Honda  55'
Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium
Attendance: 34,695
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
30 November 37 Vissel Kobe 0–0 FC Tokyo Kobe
  • Matheus Thuler  76'
Report
  • Keita Endo  34'
  • Kein Sato  34'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 21,948
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
6 December 38 Kyoto Sanga 2–0 Vissel Kobe Kyoto
  • Marco Túlio 38'
  • Rafael Elias 77'  62'
  • Joao Pedro  89'
Report Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Attendance: 20,074
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

Emperor's Cup

11 June Round 2 Vissel Kobe 4–1 Kochi United (J3) Kobe
  • 10' (o.g.)
  • Erik 50'
  • 64' (o.g.)
  • Rikuto Hirose 84'
  • Takahiro Ogihara  79'
Report
  • Erik 50'
  • Ryota Ito  7'
  • Se-Gi Park  29'
  • Naoki Suto  33'
  • Daichi Kobayashi  87'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,597
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
16 July Round 3 Vissel Kobe 2–1 (a.e.t.) Ventforet Kofu (J2) Kobe
Report
  • Yamato Naito 58'
  • Matheus Leiria  48'
  • Yamato Naito  63'  68'
  • Renato Júnior  120'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,608
Referee: Masuya Ueda
6 August Round 4 Vissel Kobe 2–1 (a.e.t.) Toyo University (UL) Kobe
  • Haruya Ide 13'
  • Taisei Miyashiro 120+1'
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  108'
Report
  • Mahiro Yunomae 36'
  • Hinata Fukuhara  113'
  • Tariqkanai Hayato Okabe  120+3'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 5,115
Referee: Koei Koya
27 August Quarter-final SC Sagamihara (J3) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Vissel Kobe Sagamihara
  • Daisuke Kato 15'
  • Toshio Shimakawa  66'
  • Keisuke Ogasawara  75'
  • Ko Watahiki  95'
Report
  • Ren Komatsu 30'
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa  83'
  • Jean Patric  120'
Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 2,730
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
Penalties
  • Ryo Takano
  • Takumi Nishiyama
  • Takato Takeuchi
  • Erik
  • Taisei Miyashiro
  • Takahiro Ogihara
  • Jean Patric
18 November Semi-final Vissel Kobe 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Osaka
  • Katsuya Nagato 24'
  • Daiju Sasaki 69' (pen.)
  • Matheus Thuler  6'
Report Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium
Attendance: 17,861
Referee: Koei Koya
22 November Final FC Machida Zelvia 3–1 Vissel Kobe Shinjuku
14:00
  • Shota Fujio 6', 56'
  • Yuki Soma 32'
  • Yūta Nakayama  48'
  • Ibrahim Drešević  37'
Report
  • Taisei Miyashiro 62'
  • Yoshinori Muto  42'
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa  72'
  • Kosei Tani  88'
Stadium: Japan National Stadium
Attendance: 31,414
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

J.League Cup

3 September Prime round QF Leg 1 Yokohama FC 2–0 Vissel Kobe Yokohama
  • João Paulo 50' 68'
  • Hinata Ogura 58' 63'
  • Koki Kumakura  88'
Report Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 4,034
Referee: Koei Koya
7 September Prime round QF Leg 2 Vissel Kobe 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
Yokohama FC Kobe
  • Yuya Osako 84'
  • Matheus Thuler  26'
Report
  • Lukian  36'
  • Hinata Ogura  63'
  • Towa Yamane  85'
  • Kaili Shimbo  90+3'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 6,171
Referee: Masuya Ueda

Super Cup

8 February Vissel Kobe 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan National Stadium
13:35 JST
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa  58'
  • Mitsuki Saito  78'
  • Takuya Iwanami  87'
Report Attendance: 53,343
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

AFC Champions League


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Johor Darul Ta'zim 7 4 2 1 16 8 +8 14 Advance to round of 16
4 Gwangju 7 4 2 1 15 9 +6 14
5 Vissel Kobe 7 4 1 2 14 9 +5 13
6 Buriram United 8 3 3 2 7 12 −5 12
7 Shanghai Shenhua 8 3 1 4 13 12 +1 10
Source: Asian Football Confederation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) penalty shoot-out if only two teams remain tied and played each other on the final matchday 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

League phase

11 February 2025 Matchday 7 Vissel Kobe 4–0 Shanghai Port Kobe, Japan
Report
  • Li Shuai  6'
  • Matheus Jussa  67'
  • Yang Shiyuan  90+6'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
18 February 2025 Matchday 8 Shanghai Shenhua 4–2 Vissel Kobe Shanghai, China
Report
Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 20,972
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Knockout stage

5 March 2025 R16 Leg 1 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Gwangju FC Kobe, Japan
Report
  • Si-Woo Jin  79'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 7,630
Referee: Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
12 March 2025 R16 Leg 2 Gwangju FC 3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)
Vissel Kobe Yongin, South Korea
  • Park Jeong-in 19'
  • Jasir Asani 85' (pen.), 118' 119'
  • Min Sang-gi  36'
Report
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  19'
  • Daiju Sasaki  27'
  • Takahiro Ogihara  59'
  • Yuya Osako  90+2'
Stadium: Gwangju Football Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

AFC Champions League

League stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 September 2025 MD 1 Shanghai Port 0–3 Vissel Kobe Shanghai, China
  • Zhang Linpeng  89'
Report
  • Erik 19'
  • Taisei Miyashiro 40'
  • Yuya Osako 44'
Stadium: Pudong Football Stadium
Attendance: 12,966
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
1 October 2025 MD 2 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Melbourne City Kobe, Japan
  • Koya Yuruki 90+4'
  • Ren Komatsu  75'
Report
  • Nathaniel Atkinson  31'
  • Samuel Souprayen  61'
  • Besian Kutleshi  84'
  • Germán Ferreyra  90+3'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 5,119
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
22 October 2025 MD 3 Gangwon FC 4–3 Vissel Kobe Gangneung, South Korea
  • Lee Sang-heon 6'
  • Mo Jae-hyeon 21' 67'  90+8'
  • Song Jun-seok 43'
  • Kim Kun-hee 90+5'
  • Seo Min-Woo  40'
  • Kim Kun-hee  88'
Report
  • Taisei Miyashiro 48', 89'
  • Jean Patric 50'
Stadium: Gangneung Stadium
Attendance: 4,158
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
5 November 2025 MD 4 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Ulsan HD FC Kobe, Japan
  • Jean Patrick 58'
  • Matheus Thuler  40'
Report
  • Back In-Woo  57'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 7,117
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
26 November 2025 MD 5 Shanghai Shenhua 0–2 Vissel Kobe Shanghai, China
  • André Luís 82
  • Shinichi Chan  56'
  • João Teixeira  63'
  • Saulo Mineiro  77'
Report
  • Yosuke Ideguchi 31'
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa 39'
  • Yuki Honda  3'
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  10'
  • Tetsushi Yamakawa  47'
Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)
9 December 2025 MD 6 Vissel Kobe 2–2 Chengdu Rongcheng Kobe, Japan
  • Yoshinori Muto 18'
  • Daiju Sasaki 90' (pen.)
  • Haruya Ide  63'
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  69'
Report
  • Felipe 45+1', 77' (pen.)
  • Dong Yanfeng  3'
  • Tim Chow  66'
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 8,718
Referee: Khaled Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
10 February 2026 MD 7 Vissel Kobe 2–0 FC Seoul Kobe, Japan
  • Yoshinori Muto 69'
  • Gōtoku Sakai 73'
  • Yuta Goke  43'
  • Daiju Sasaki  45+6'
  • Yuya Kuwasaki  57'
Report Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 7,159
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
17 February 2026 MD 8 Johor Darul Ta'zim Vissel Kobe Johor, Malaysia
Report Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Machida Zelvia 8 5 2 1 15 7 +8 17 Advance to round of 16
2 Vissel Kobe 8 5 1 2 14 7 +7 16
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8 4 3 1 10 6 +4 15
4 Buriram United 8 4 2 2 10 8 +2 14
5 Melbourne City 8 4 2 2 9 7 +2 14
6 Johor Darul Ta'zim 8 3 2 3 8 7 +1 11
7 FC Seoul 8 2 4 2 10 9 +1 10
8 Gangwon FC 8 2 3 3 9 11 −2 9
9 Ulsan HD 8 2 3 3 6 8 −2 9
10 Chengdu Rongcheng 8 1 3 4 7 11 −4 6
11 Shanghai Shenhua 8 1 1 6 5 13 −8 4
12 Shanghai Port 8 0 4 4 2 11 −9 4
Source: ACLE
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) penalty shoot-out if only two teams remain tied and played each other on the final matchday 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 Dec 2025
No. Pos. Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Super Cup 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Daiya Maekawa 37 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 45 0
2 DF Nanasei Iino 7+14 0 3+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 1+2 0 3 0 33 0
3 DF Matheus Thuler 29+2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 40 3
4 DF Tetsushi Yamakawa 37 0 3+3 0 1+2 0 1 0 3 0 4 1 54 1
6 MF Takahiro Ogihara 31+4 2 2+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 3 0 2+2 0 48 2
7 MF Yosuke Ideguchi 29+1 1 2+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 4 1 40 2
9 FW Taisei Miyashiro 32+1 11 2+3 2 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 2+4 3 47 16
10 FW Yuya Osako 21+9 8 0+2 0 1 1 0+1 0 3 2 3+1 1 41 12
11 FW Yoshinori Muto 11+7 1 2 0 1 0 0+1 0 1+1 1 1+2 1 27 3
13 MF Daiju Sasaki 26+5 5 3+2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3+1 1 43 7
14 MF Koya Yuruki 11+13 2 4 0 1 0 0+1 0 1 1 3+1 1 35 4
15 DF Yuki Honda 14+11 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4+1 0 36 0
16 DF Caetano 1+2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
18 MF Haruya Ide 5+13 0 4+1 1 1 0 0 0 2+1 2 3+1 0 31 3
20 DF Yuta Koike 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
21 GK Shota Arai 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 7 0
23 DF Rikuto Hirose 19+9 0 2+3 1 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 1+2 0 39 1
24 DF Gōtoku Sakai 26+5 1 2+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 2+1 0 41 1
25 MF Yuya Kuwasaki 20+9 1 3+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1 3+3 0 45 2
26 FW Jean Patric 5+14 0 0+3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 2 28 2
27 FW Erik 21+8 8 2+2 2 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+1 1 39 11
29 FW Ren Komatsu 0+4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 0 13 1
30 MF Kakeru Yamauchi 1+9 0 4 0 1+1 0 1 0 1+2 0 2 0 22 0
31 DF Takuya Iwanami 1+6 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 18 1
33 MF Rikuto Hashimoto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
35 FW Niina Tominaga 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 1 1+1 0 6 1
40 DF Kaito Yamada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Katsuya Nagato 16+2 0 2+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 26 1
44 MF Mitsuki Hidaka 1+2 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 0 0 8 0
50 GK Powell Obinna Obi 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
51 MF Taiga Seguchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
52 MF Kento Hamasaki 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 7 0
57 MF Ryosuke Irie 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
66 DF Riku Matsuda 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 5 0
71 GK Shūichi Gonda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
77 MF Gustavo Klismahn 0+9 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer
5 MF Mitsuki Saito 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 0 0 5 0
17 MF Tatsunori Sakurai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Haruka Motoyama 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
33 DF Justin Homma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Shogo Terasaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 GK Shioki Takayama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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