2012 Vissel Kobe season

The 2012 Vissel Kobe season is Vissel Kobe's sixth consecutive season and 15th overall in J. League Division 1. Vissel Kobe are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

Vissel Kobe
2012 season
ChairmanKoichi Kanaya
ManagerMasahiro Wada
J. League Division 1
Emperor's Cup
J. League Cup
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As of 2011, Kobe is the only top division club to never win any major honour (their promotions have always been as runners-up or below, and they have never won the Emperor's Cup, J. League Cup or Shakaijin Cup).

Players edit

Competitions edit

J. League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) 34 19 7 8 63 34 +29 64 Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34 15 12 7 59 43 +16 57 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[a]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 10 9 47 42 +5 55
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 14 7 44 33 +11 53
5 Sagan Tosu 34 15 8 11 48 39 +9 53
6 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 7 12 57 52 +5 52 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[a]
7 Nagoya Grampus 34 15 7 12 46 47 −1 52
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 50 +1 50
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 39 40 −1 49
10 FC Tokyo 34 14 6 14 47 44 +3 48
11 Kashima Antlers 34 12 10 12 50 43 +7 46
12 Júbilo Iwata 34 13 7 14 57 53 +4 46
13 Omiya Ardija 34 11 11 12 38 45 −7 44
14 Cerezo Osaka 34 11 9 14 47 53 −6 42
15 Albirex Niigata 34 10 10 14 29 34 −5 40
16 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 11 6 17 41 50 −9 39 Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17 Gamba Osaka (R) 34 9 11 14 67 65 +2 38
18 Consadole Sapporo (R) 34 4 2 28 25 88 −63 14
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches edit

10 March 2012 1 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Vissel Kobe Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Paulinho   34'
Rafinha   90+2'
Report   17', 76' Okubo
  59' Hashimoto
Attendance: 17,066
Referee: Takayama
17 March 2012 2 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Consadole Sapporo HOME'S Stadium Kobe
Saturday 17:06 Kondo   22'
Tokura   83'
Report   7' Yamamoto Attendance: 14,036
Referee: Iida
24 March 2012 3 Vissel Kobe 0–2 F.C. Tokyo HOME'S Stadium Kobe
Saturday 14:04 Report   32' Ishikawa
  90+6' Watanabe
Attendance: 11,839
Referee: Yamamoto
31 March 2012 4 Sagan Tosu 3–0 Vissel Kobe Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 19:04 Noda   28'
Toyoda   43'
Ikeda   90+5'
Report Attendance: 7,719
Referee: Matsumura
7 April 2012 5 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Shimizu S-Pulse HOME'S Stadium Kobe
15:00 Takagi   90+1' Report Iwashita   30'
Brosque   82'
Attendance: 12,709
Referee: Itaru Hirose
14 April 2012 6 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vissel Kobe Saitama Stadium 2002
16:00 Abe   53'
Marcio Richardes   77'
Report Ōkubo   27'
Okui   42'
Attendance: 25,894
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
21 April 2012 7 Vissel Kobe 3–1 Kashiwa Reysol HOME'S Stadium Kobe
15:00 Nozawa   14'
Takagi   35'
Ōkubo   64'
Okui   78'
Ogawa   85'
Tashiro   90+1'
Summary Sawa   30'   41' Attendance: 10,859
Referee: Ryuji Sato

J. League Cup edit

20 March 2012 Group B Kashima Antlers 2–0 Vissel Kobe Kashima Soccer Stadium
Tuesday 15:00 Osako   20'
Endo   45+1'
Report Attendance: 11,379
Referee: Matsuo

Emperor's Cup edit

8 September 2012 Round 2 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Sagawa Shiga Himeji
13:00 Lee Kwang-Seon   42' Report Shimada   11'
Shohei Kiyohara   55'
Stadium: Himeji Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

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