2026 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2026 season
Chairman	Yuki Chifu
Manager	Michael Skibbe
Stadium	Noevir Stadium Kobe ; Hyōgo-ku, Kōbe, Hyōgo
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2025 2026–27 →

Last updated January 18, 2026

The 2026 Vissel Kobe season is their 60th season in existence.

Squad

Season squad

Squad no.	Name	Date of birth	Last Club
Goalkeepers
1	Daiya Maekawa	(1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 31)	Kansai University
21	Shota Arai	(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 37)	JEF United Chiba
32	Richard Monday Ubong	(2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 (age 20)	Fukuchiyama Seibi High School
39	Shioki Takayama	(2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 24)	FC Ryukyu
71	Shūichi Gonda	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 36)	Debreceni
Defenders
3	Matheus Thuler	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 26)	Montpellier HSC
4	Tetsushi Yamakawa	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 28)	University of Tsukuba
15	Diego	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 30)	Kashiwa Reysol
16	Caetano	(1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 (age 26)	Corinthians
23	Rikuto Hirose	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 30)	Kashima Antlers
24	Gōtoku Sakai	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 34)	Hamburger SV
31	Takuya Iwanami	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 31)	Urawa Red Diamonds
41	Katsuya Nagato	(1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 31)	Yokohama F. Marinos
42	Justin Homma	(2005-08-26) 26 August 2005 (age 20)	Matsumoto Yamaga
43	Kaito Yamada	(2006-08-31) 31 August 2006 (age 19)	Tacoma Defiance
57	Ryosuke Irie	(2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 (age 21)	Juntendo University
80	Boniface Nduka	(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 29)	Yokohama FC
Midfielders
2	Nanasei Iino	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 29)	Sagan Tosu
5	Yuta Goke	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 26)	Vegalta Sendai
6	Takahiro Ogihara	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 34)	Yokohama F. Marinos
7	Yosuke Ideguchi	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 29)	Avispa Fukuoka
13	Daiju Sasaki	(1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 26)	Palmeiras
14	Takashi Inui	(1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 37)	Shimizu S-Pulse
18	Haruya Ide	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 31)	Tokyo Verdy
25	Yuya Kuwasaki	(1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 27)	V-Varen Nagasaki
30	Kakeru Yamauchi	(2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 (age 24)	University of Tsukuba
33	Rikuto Hashimoto	(2005-04-02) 2 April 2005 (age 20)	Roasso Kumamoto
38	Juzo Ura	(2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 21)	Kataller Toyama
44	Mitsuki Hidaka	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 22)	CD Atlético Paso
51	Taiga Seguchi	(2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 18)	Youth Team
52	Kento Hamasaki	(2007-06-16) 16 June 2007 (age 18)	Youth Team
58	Sota Onishi	(2007-04-12) 12 April 2007 (age 18)	Youth Team
Forwards
10	Yuya Osako	(1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 (age 35)	Werder Bremen
11	Yoshinori Muto	(1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 (age 33)	SD Eibar
26	Jean Patric	(1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 28)	Cerezo Osaka
29	Ren Komatsu	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 27)	Blaublitz Akita
46	Sota Ito	(2007-09-24) 24 September 2007 (age 18)	Kyoto Tachi High School
53	Hayato Watanabe	(2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 18)	Youth Team
55	Yuta Miyahara	(2005-04-07) 7 April 2005 (age 20)	Górnik Zabrze B
Players left on loan during season
9	Taisei Miyashiro	(2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 25)	Kawasaki Frontale
17	Tatsunori Sakurai	(2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 23)	Sagan Tosu
34	Yusei Ozaki	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 22)	Blaublitz Akita
36	Shuto Adachi	(2004-07-15) 15 July 2004 (age 21)	Thespa Gunma
37	Shogo Terasaka	(2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 21)	FC Gifu
	Haruka Motoyama	(1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 (age 26)	Fagiano Okayama
Players who left club during / mid-season

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

Club officials

Club officials for 2026.

Position	Name
Manager	Michael Skibbe
Head Coacr	Serhat Umar
Assistant coaches	Masafumi Nakaguchi Hideo Hashimoto
Coaches	Tadahiro Akiba Kosuke Takeya
Goalkeeper coach	Takuya Matsumoto
Asst & U21 Goalkeeper coach	Daiki Tomii
Physical coach	Takeshi Ikoma Yoshinori Furube Toshiki Yoshimitsu
Conditioning coach	Hikaru Fujii

Friendly

Tour of Okinawa (11 Jan - 24 Jan)

13 January1	FC Naha	–	Vissel Kobe	Okinawa
				Stadium: Nishihara Town Athletics Stadium

17 January2	Okinawa International University	–	Vissel Kobe	Okinawa
				Stadium: Nishihara Town Athletics Stadium

20 January3		–	Vissel Kobe	Okinawa
				Stadium: Nishihara Town Athletics Stadium

Transfers

In

Pre-season

Date	Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
Permanent Transfer
18 December 2025	GK	Yuya Tsuboi	Omiya Ardija	End of loan ^[2]
25 December 2025	MF	Yuta Goke	Vegalta Sendai	Free ^[3]
27 December 2025	FW	Takashi Inui	Shimizu S-Pulse	Free ^[4]
28 December 2025	DF	Kaito Yamada	Tacoma Defiance	End of loan ^[5]
29 December 2025	MF	Tatsunori Sakurai	Sagan Tosu	End of loan ^[6]
30 December 2025	MF	Rikuto Hashimoto	Roasso Kumamoto	End of loan ^[7]
2 January 2026	MF	Shuto Adachi	Thespa Gunma	End of loan ^[8]
3 January 2026	MF	Juzo Ura	Kataller Toyama	End of loan ^[9]
3 January 2026	MF	Mitsuki Saito	Kyoto Sanga FC	End of loan ^[10]
4 January 2026	GK	Shioki Takayama	FC Ryukyu	End of loan ^[11]
	DF	Boniface Nduka	Yokohama FC	Free ^[12]
	DF	Shogo Terasaka	FC Gifu	End of loan ^[13]
	DF	Justin Homma	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	End of loan ^[14]
	DF	Haruka Motoyama	Fagiano Okayama	End of loan ^[15]
5 January 2026	DF	Yusei Ozaki	Blaublitz Akita	End of loan ^[16]
9 January 2026	MF	Diego	Kashiwa Reysol	Free ^[17]
Loan Transfer

Out

Pre-season

Date	Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
Permanent Transfer
18 December 2025	DF	Riku Matsuda	BG Pathum United	Free ^[18]^[19]
19 December 2025	GK	Yuya Tsuboi	Yokohama F. Marinos	Free ^[20]
25 December 2025	DF	Yuki Honda	Shimizu S-Pulse	Free ^[21]
27 December 2025	MF	Koya Yuruki	Kashiwa Reysol	Free ^[22]
28 December 2025	DF	Yuta Koike	Tochigi City	Free ^[23]^[24]
29 December 2025	MF	Tatsunori Sakurai	Sagan Tosu	End of loan ^[25]
30 December 2025	GK	Powell Obinna Obi	Avispa Fukuoka	Undisclosed ^[26]
4 January 2026	MF	Mitsuki Saito	Kyoto Sanga FC	Free ^[27]
6 January 2026	MF	Gustavo Klismahn	Santa Clara	End of loan ^[28]
6 January 2026	FW	Erik	Machida Zelvia	End of loan ^[29]
Loan Transfer
3 January 2026	MF	Shuto Adachi	Thespa Gunma	Season loan ^[30]
5 January 2026	DF	Shogo Terasaka	Zweigen Kanazawa	Season loan ^[31]
5 January 2026	DF	Haruka Motoyama	Fagiano Okayama	Season loan ^[32]
6 January 2026	DF	Yusei Ozaki	RB Omiya Ardija	Season loan ^[33]
January 2026	FW	Taisei Miyashiro	Las Palmas	Season loan ^[34]

Competitions

J1 League

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Avispa Fukuoka	Finals
2	Cerezo Osaka	3rd–4th place playoff
3	Fagiano Okayama	5th–6th place playoff
4	Gamba Osaka	7th–8th place playoff
5	Kyoto Sanga	9th–10th place playoff
6	Nagoya Grampus	11th–12th place playoff
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	13th–14th place playoff
8	Shimizu S-Pulse	15th–16th place playoff
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	17th–18th place playoff
10	Vissel Kobe	19th–20th place playoff

First match(es) will be played: 7 February 2026. Source: JLeague.co
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head.

Matches

6 February1	Kyoto Sanga	–	Vissel Kobe	Kyoto
				Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

13 February2	Vissel Kobe	–	V-Varen Nagasaki	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

21 February3	Shimizu S-Pulse	–	Vissel Kobe	Shizuoka
				Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira

27 February4	Vissel Kobe	–	Avispa Fukuoka	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

27 March5 (Rescheduled)	Vissel Kobe	–	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

14 March6	Nagoya Grampus	–	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

18 March7	Vissel Kobe	–	Gamba Osaka	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

22 March8	Cerezo Osaka	–	Vissel Kobe	Osaka
				Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium

5 April9	Fagiano Okayama	–	Vissel Kobe	Okayama
				Stadium: JFE Harenokuni Stadium

11 April10	Vissel Kobe	–	Nagoya Grampus	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

1 April11 (Rescheduled)	Vissel Kobe	–	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

13 May12 (Rescheduled)	Vissel Kobe	–	Kyoto Sanga	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

29 April13	Vissel Kobe	–	Cerezo Osaka	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

2 May14	Gamba Osaka	–	Vissel Kobe	Osaka
				Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium

6 May15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	–	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima
				Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima

10 May16	Vissel Kobe	–	Fagiano Okayama	Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

17 May17	V-Varen Nagasaki	–	Vissel Kobe	Nagasaki
				Stadium: Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank

23 May18	Avispa Fukuoka	–	Vissel Kobe	Fukuoka
				Stadium: Best Denki Stadium

30–31 MayPlacement Leg 1	Vissel Kobe	–		Kobe
				Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

6–7 JunePlacement Leg 2

–

Vissel Kobe

AFC Champions League

League stage

Win Draw Loss

17 September 2025MD 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 2025MD 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 2025MD 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 2025MD 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 2025MD 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 2025MD 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 2026MD 7	Vissel Kobe	–	FC Seoul	Kobe, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

17 February 2026MD 8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	–	Vissel Kobe	Johor, Malaysia
		Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vissel Kobe (Q)	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to round of 16
2	Machida Zelvia	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
4	Melbourne City	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
5	FC Seoul	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9
6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
7	Buriram United	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
8	Ulsan HD	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
9	Gangwon FC	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7
10	Chengdu Rongcheng	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6
11	Shanghai Shenhua	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4
12	Shanghai Port	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2025. 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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 Dec 2025

No.	Pos.	Player	J1 League		2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Daiya Maekawa	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Nanasei Iino	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Matheus Thuler	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Tetsushi Yamakawa	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Yuta Goke	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Takahiro Ogihara	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Yuya Osako	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Yoshinori Muto	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Daiju Sasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Takashi Inui	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Diego	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Caetano	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Haruya Ide	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Yuta Koike	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	Shota Arai	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Rikuto Hirose	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Gōtoku Sakai	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Yuya Kuwasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Jean Patric	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Ren Komatsu	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Kakeru Yamauchi	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Takuya Iwanami	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Rikuto Hashimoto	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	Niina Tominaga	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	Juzo Ura	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	Kaito Yamada	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Katsuya Nagato	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	Justin Homma	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Mitsuki Hidaka	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	Taiga Seguchi	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	Kento Hamasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	MF	Ryosuke Irie	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	GK	Shūichi Gonda	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	DF	Boniface Nduka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer

References

External links

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v t e Vissel Kobe
Club	History Players All articles
Stadium	Noevir Stadium Kobe Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Sponsors	Rakuten Noevir Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Former stadia	Kobe Central Football Stadium
Training ground	Ibuki no Mori Playing Field