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Club crown ( 1995–2004 )


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

history [edit ]

Beginnings in Chugoku [edit ]

The cabaret 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 parent caller, to move the cabaret to Kobe and compete for a descry 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 port city. [ 2 ] ( Owing to its importance to the city of Kobe, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, rear company of early team patron Kawasaki Steel, remains a Vissel Kobe patron. Kawasaki Steel was finally sold off to become character of JFE Holdings. ) Vissel Kobe began play in 1995 in the Japan Football League, a league below J.League, and the supermarket range Daiei was slated as the club ‘s primary coil investor. however, the economic downturn following the Great Hanshin earthquake forced Daiei to pull out and the city of Kobe became responsible 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 ownership and become a master club ) and began play in the peak 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 claim. In December, 2003, mounting fiscal losses forced the clubhouse to file for bankruptcy protection .

Crimson Group years ( 2004–2014 ) [edit ]

In January 2004, Vissel was sold to Crimson Group, parent company of on-line merchant Rakuten, whose president is Kobe native Hiroshi Mikitani. Vissel ‘s foremost 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 fore played just three matches before leaving the team because of a knee injury. Mikitani besides alienated supporters by changing the team consistent color from black and white stripes to crimson, after his Crimson Group and the color of his alma flat, Harvard Business School. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a baseball team besides owned by Rakuten but based in Sendai, wear the lapp color. Vissel finished 11th in the league in 2004, the lapp position as the former year, and finished 18th and final place in 2005, resulting in automatic relegation from J.League Division 1, or J1, to J2. During the biennial couple, Vissel had five different read/write head coaches. 2006 was Vissel ‘s beginning temper in J2 after nine years in the acme 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 menstruation of 2007 to 2011 Vissel finished in the bottom half of the mesa each class. In 2012 they finished 16th, third from last, and were again relegated to J2. In 2013, Vissel finished in second set, 4 points behind Gamba Osaka, which secured their return to J1 for the 2014 temper. On 6 December 2014, Rakuten Inc. bought the team from the Crimson Group. [ 3 ]

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

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 base Spaniard in the team in that season in which the Emperor ‘s Cup was won. On 1 January 2020, first time finalist Vissel all in Kashima Antlers in the 2019 Emperor ‘s Cup concluding at the recently opened New National Stadium to win the first title in the club 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 first time. On 8 February 2020, Vissel beat Yokohama F. Marinos to win their first japanese Super Cup claim and respectively their second national title ever. [ 7 ] In 2021 they achieved an historic third invest in the table, qualifying for the asian Champions League however again .

phonograph record as J.League member [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 21 10 7 62 36 26 73 7,120 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 & 2021 seasons attendances 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 gear tier, 2 seasons in the third grade and 8 seasons in the Regional Leagues .

Continental record [edit ]

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 27 December 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


2017


2018

2019

2020

2021 –
FP 2nd

1997 – 1998		 1999 – 2001

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



2017


2018
2019

2020

2021 –
FP other
2014
クリムゾンFC
10周年記念		 2015
クラブ
20周年記念
2017
神戸開港
150周年記念


2018 3rd
2019 3rd
2020
クラブ
25周年記念
2021 3rd –

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

References [edit ]