Vissel Kobe

japanese association football baseball club
football golf club

Club cap ( 1995–2004 )

Reading: Vissel Kobe

First home color ( 1995–2004 ) Vissel Kobe ( ヴィッセル神戸, Visseru Kōbe ) is a japanese professional football cabaret based in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the crown tier of football in the nation. The team ‘s base stadium is Kobe Wing Stadium, in Hyōgo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Suma-ku .

history [edit ]

Beginnings in Chugoku [edit ]

The club was founded in 1966 as the semi-professional Kawasaki Steel Soccer Club in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. [ 2 ] It was first promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1986, and stayed there until the JSL folded in 1992. [ 2 ]

move to Kansai and professionalism [edit ]

In 1995, the city of Kobe reached an agreement with Kawasaki Steel, the rear company, to move the club to Kobe and compete for a touch in the professional J.League as Vissel Kobe. Vissel is a combination of the words “ victory ” and “ vessel ”, in recognition of Kobe ‘s history as a interface city. [ 2 ] ( Owing to its importance to the city of Kobe, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, parent company of former team patron Kawasaki Steel, remains a Vissel Kobe patronize. Kawasaki Steel was finally sold off to become part of JFE Holdings. ) Vissel Kobe began play in 1995 in the Japan Football League, a league below J.League, and the supermarket chain Daiei was slated as the club ‘s primary investor. however, the economic downturn following the Great Hanshin earthquake forced Daiei to pull out and the city of Kobe became creditworthy for operating the golf club. Despite finishing 2nd in the JFL in 1996, Vissel was promoted to the J.League ( the champions, Honda FC, refused to abandon their corporate possession and become a professional clubhouse ) and began play in the exceed division of japanese football in 1997. however, due to mismanagement, including the inability to secure investors and sponsors, Vissel has never been a rival for the league title. In December, 2003, mounting fiscal losses forced the cabaret to file for bankruptcy security .

Crimson Group years ( 2004–2014 ) [edit ]

In January 2004, Vissel was sold to Crimson Group, parent caller of on-line merchant Rakuten, whose president of the united states is Kobe native Hiroshi Mikitani. Vissel ‘s first gear sign under the Mikitani government, İlhan Mansız, who was acquired partially to capitalize on his popularity during the 2002 FIFA World Cup hosted in Korea and Japan, was a massive failure – the turkish forward played precisely three matches before leaving the team because of a knee wound. Mikitani besides alienated supporters by changing the team uniform color from bootleg and white stripes to crimson, after his Crimson Group and the color of his alma mater, Harvard Business School. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a baseball team besides owned by Rakuten but based in Sendai, wear the like color. Vissel finished 11th in the league in 2004, the like position as the former year, and finished 18th and end set in 2005, resulting in automatic pistol delegating from J.League Division 1, or J1, to J2. During the biennial cross, Vissel had five unlike capitulum coaches. 2006 was Vissel ‘s first season in J2 after nine years in the top division of soccer in Japan. They finished 3rd in the 2006 season and were promoted to J1 after beating Avispa Fukuoka in the promotion/relegation play-offs. During the period of 2007 to 2011 Vissel finished in the buttocks half of the table each year. In 2012 they finished 16th, one-third from final, and were again relegated to J2. In 2013, Vissel finished in second place, 4 points behind Gamba Osaka, which secured their render to J1 for the 2014 season. On 6 December 2014, Rakuten Inc. bought the team from the Crimson Group. [ 3 ] In May 2018, Vissel signed 2010 FIFA World Cup winner Andrés Iniesta from FC Barcelona. [ 4 ] In December 2018 Vissel Kobe managed to sign David Villa from New York City FC the spanish hitter scored 13 goals in 28 games. Alongside Sergi Samper and Andrés Iniesta Villa was the third gear Spaniard in the team in that season in which the Emperor ‘s Cup was won .

Rakuten years and first successes ( 2014–present ) [edit ]

On 1 January 2020, inaugural time finalist Vissel beat Kashima Antlers in the 2019 Emperor ‘s Cup final at the recently opened New National Stadium to win the first title in the cabaret history. The furthest Kobe had been in the Cup was the semi-finals of 2000 and 2017. [ 5 ] This was spanish striker David Villa ‘s last master match. [ 6 ] Vissel besides qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League for the beginning time. On 8 February 2020, Vissel beat Yokohama F. Marinos to win their first japanese Super Cup title and respectively their second national deed always. [ 7 ] In 2021 they achieved an historic third home in the postpone, qualifying for the asian Champions League yet again .

record as J.League penis [edit ]

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted
Relegated

League
J.League
Cup
Emperor’s
Cup

Season
Div.
Teams
Pos.
P
W (OTW / PKW)
D
L (OTL / PKL)
F
A
GD
Pts
Attendance/G

1997

J1
17
16th
32
6 (1 / 0)
–
21 (2 / 0)
43
78
-35
24
6,567
Group stage
4th round

1998

18
17th
34
8 (0 / 1)
–
23 (2 / 0)
45
89
-44
25
7,686
Group stage
3rd round

1999

16
10th
30
9 (3)
4
12 (2)
38
45
-7
37
7,691
1st round
3rd round

2000

16
13th
30
10 (1)
1
16 (2)
40
49
-9
33
7,512
2nd round
Semi-finals

2001

16
12th
30
8 (1)
7
10 (4)
41
52
-11
33
13,872
2nd round
4th round

2002

16
14th
30
8 (2)
3
17
33
44
-11
31
10,467
Group stage
3rd round

2003

16
13th
30
8
6
16
35
63
-28
30
11,195
Group stage
Quarter finals

2004

16
11th
30
9
9
12
50
55
-5
36
15,735
Group stage
4th round

2005

18
18th
34
4
9
21
30
67
-37
21
14,913
Group stage
4th round

2006

J2
13
3rd
48
25
11
12
78
53
25
86
6,910
–
3rd round

2007

J1
18
10th
34
13
8
13
58
48
10
47
12,460
Group stage
5th round

2008

18
10th
34
12
11
11
39
38
1
47
12,981
Group stage
5th round

2009

18
14th
34
10
9
15
40
48
-8
39
13,068
Group stage
4th round

2010

18
15th
34
9
11
14
37
45
-8
38
12,824
Group stage
3rd round

2011

18
9th
34
13
7
14
44
45
-1
46
13,233
1st round
3rd round

2012

18
16th
34
11
6
17
41
50
-9
39
14,638
Group stage
2nd round

2013

J2
22
2nd
42
25
8
9
78
41
37
83
11,516
–
3rd round

2014

J1
18
11th
34
11
12
11
49
50
-1
45
15,010
Quarter finals
2nd round

2015

18
12th
34
10
8
16
44
49
-5
38
16,265
Semi-finals
Quarter finals

2016

18
7th
34
16
7
11
56
43
13
55
17,018
Quarter finals
Round of 16

2017

18
9th
34
13
5
16
40
45
-5
44
18,272
Quarter finals
Semi-finals

2018

18
10th
34
12
9
13
45
52
-7
45
21,450
Play-offs
4th round

2019

18
8th
34
14
5
15
61
59
2
47
21,491
Group stage
Winners
2020 †

18
14th
34
9
9
16
50
59
-9
36
6,041
Quarter finals
Did not qualify

2021

20
3rd
38

Play-off stage
4th round

Key

Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games Played; W = Games won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals Difference; Pts = Points gained
OTW / PKW = Overtime Wins / Penalty Kicks Wins 1997 and 1998 seasons – 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 Overtime Wins only
OTL / PKL = Overtime Losses / Penalty Kicks Losses 1997 and 1998 seasons – 1999, 2000 & 2001 Overtime Losses only
Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
† 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
Source: J.League Data Site

Honours [edit ]

League history [edit ]

Total (as of 2014): 16 seasons in the top tier, 11 seasons in the second tier, 2 seasons in the third tier and 8 seasons in the Regional Leagues .

Continental criminal record [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 24 August 2021[8]

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

Managers [edit ]

Kit Evolution [edit ]

FP 1st

1997 – 1998
1999 – 2002
2003 – 2004
2005 – 2006
2007
2008
2009 – 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016