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
ChairmanKatsuhiro Shimizu
ManagerTakayuki Yoshida
J1 League10th
Emperor's CupFourth round
J. League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hirotaka Mita (6 goals)

All:
Wellington (11 goals)
Highest home attendance26,603 (vs. Sagan Tosu, 10 November, J1 League)
Lowest home attendance2,202 (vs. Fukuoka University, 6 June, Emperor's Cup)
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Squad

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As of 14 August 2018.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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Winter

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Summer

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Competitions

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J. League

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Table

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Pos Team 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

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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

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAH
ResultDLDWLWLWWDLDLWWWLWDLWDWL
Position6151481310997688107666455444510
Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2018. Source: See Below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1 September 2018 25 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Vissel Kobe Sapporo
14:00 JST (UTC+9) Stadium: Sapporo Dome

J. League Cup

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Group stage

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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
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
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
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
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
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

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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
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

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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
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
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

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As of match played 26 August 2018

Appearances and goals

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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

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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

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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

References

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