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-

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).

Competitions

J. League

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches

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

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

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

References

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