2020 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2020 season
Chairman	Katsuhiro Shimizu
Manager	Thorsten Fink (until 22 September 2020)[1]; Atsuhiro Miura (from 24 September 2020)[2]
Ground	Noevir Stadium Kobe; Kobe, Japan; (Capacity: 30,134)
J1 League	14th
J. League Cup	Quarter-finals
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kyogo Furuhashi (12); All: Kyogo Furuhashi (17)
Highest home attendance	25,059 (vs. Yokohama, 23 February 2020, J1 League)[3]
Average home league attendance	5,476[4]
Home colours	Away colours

The 2020 Vissel Kobe season was Vissel Kobe's seventh consecutive season in the J1 League following promotion to the top flight in 2013 and their 22nd J1 League season overall. The club also took part in the J. League Cup, the 2020 Japanese Super Cup, and the 2020 AFC Champions League. The club secured their first ever appearances in the latter two competition as winners of the 2019 Emperor's Cup.[5][6]

Squad

As of 13 April 2020[7]

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
3	DF	JPN	Hirofumi Watanabe
4	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen
5	MF	JPN	Hotaru Yamaguchi (vice-captain)
6	MF	ESP	Sergi Samper
8	MF	ESP	Andrés Iniesta (captain)
9	FW	JPN	Noriaki Fujimoto
11	FW	JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi
13	FW	JPN	Keijiro Ogawa
14	MF	JPN	Takuya Yasui
17	DF	JPN	Ryuho Kikuchi
18	GK	JPN	Hiroki Iikura
19	DF	JPN	Ryo Hatsuse
21	FW	JPN	Junya Tanaka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	JPN	Daigo Nishi (vice-captain)
23	DF	JPN	Tetsushi Yamakawa
24	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai
25	DF	JPN	Leo Osaki
27	MF	JPN	Yuta Goke
28	GK	JPN	Kenshin Yoshimaru
30	GK	JPN	Genta Ito
31	MF	JPN	Yuya Nakasaka
33	DF	BRA	Dankler
38	MF	JPN	Daiju Sasaki
41	FW	JPN	Yutaro Oda
44	DF	JPN	So Fujitani
49	FW	BRA	Douglas

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	JPN	Yuki Kobayashi (at Yokohama FC)
—	FW	JPN	Asahi Masuyama (at Avispa Fukuoka)

Competitions

J. League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Consadole Sapporo	34	10	9	15	47	58	−11	39
13	Sagan Tosu	34	7	15	12	37	43	−6	36
14	Vissel Kobe	34	9	9	16	50	59	−9	36
15	Yokohama FC	34	9	6	19	38	60	−22	33
16	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	7	7	20	48	70	−22	28

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goal scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play points.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	9	9	15	50	58	−8	36	4	5	8	25	30	−5	5	4	7	25	28	−3

Last updated: 18 November 2020.
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L
Position	9	15	13	12	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	14

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 1	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Yokohama	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
16:03 JST	Furuhashi 74'	Report	Seko 24' Maguinho 54'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 25,059 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04) 2	Vissel Kobe	0–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:33 JST	Watanabe 41'	Report	Nogami 31' Pereira 35', 81' Asano 48' Morishima 67'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 3	Sagan Tosu	0–1	Vissel Kobe	Tosu, Saga
19:00 JST	Matsuoka 8'	Report	Douglas 75'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 4	Oita Trinita	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Ōita
19:00 JST	Iwata 29'	Report	Furuhashi 1'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 5	Vissel Kobe	3–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Douglas 20' 54' Furuhashi 45+2', 65'	Report	Nishizawa 75' Nakamura 77' Okazaki 88'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Koei Koya

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 6	Cerezo Osaka	0–0	Vissel Kobe	Osaka
19:30 JST		Report	Watanabe 45+1' Nishi 49'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 4,981 Referee: Masuya Ueda

26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) 7	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST		Report	Ono 62' Fukuda 75' Matsuda 75' Usami 86'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,746 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

2 August 2020 (2020-08-02) 8	Consadole Sapporo	2–3	Vissel Kobe	Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
14:03 JST	Arano 29', 48'	Report	Yamaguchi 31', 62' Douglas 45' Iikura 58'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 4,675 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

8 August 2020 (2020-08-08) 9	Vissel Kobe	1–2	Vegalta Sendai	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
15:00 JST	Samper 45' Słowik 86' (o.g.)	Report	Dankler 22' (o.g.) Akasaki 72'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

16 August 2020 (2020-08-16) 10	Kashima Antlers	2–2	Vissel Kobe	Kashima, Ibaraki
18:30 JST	Silva 34' Everaldo 38' Hirose 71' Araki 90+4'	Report	Dankler 19' Goke 61' Iniesta 63' Douglas 67'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Minoru Tōjō

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) 11	Vissel Kobe	2–3	Kashiwa Reysol	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Goke 45' Osaki 81' Douglas 89'	Report	Nakama 46' Olunga 76' Mihara 90+4'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Vissel Kobe	Midori-ku, Saitama
19:03 JST	Deng 33' Nishikawa 53' Leonardo 90+6'	Report	Ogawa 15' Yamaguchi 82' Dankler 90+3'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 4,435 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) 24	Vissel Kobe	2–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
19:00 JST	Nishi 30' Douglas 42'	Report	Oshima 23' Hatate 75'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,453 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) 13	Vissel Kobe	3–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
17:00 JST	Fujimoto 18', 89' Furuhashi 90'	Report	Júnior 27', 33' (pen.) Nakagawa 53'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Ryuji Sato

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 14	Shonan Bellmare	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Hiratsuka
17:30 JST	Oiwa 50'	Report	Sakai 53'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Referee: Hayato Shimizu

9 September 2020 (2020-09-09) 15	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:30 JST	Kobayashi 8' Damião 83' Miyashiro 85'	Report	Furuhashi 23' Fujimoto 59'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 4,778 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) 16	Vissel Kobe	2–2	FC Tokyo	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST	Yasui 24' Dankler 90+3'	Report	Adaílton 50' Oliveira 58'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Jumpei Iida

16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) 25	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST		Report	Kakitani 62'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 17	Nagoya Grampus	2–1	Vissel Kobe	Toyota, Aichi
18:00 JST	Kanazaki 42' (pen.), 56' (pen.)	Report	Yamaguchi 15'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 18	Vissel Kobe	4–3	Sagan Tosu	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST	Yamaguchi 9' Iniesta 20' Furuhashi 55', 68'	Report	Kanamori 17' Harakawa 51' Hayashi 71'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 19	Vissel Kobe	4–0	Consadole Sapporo	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST	Furuhashi 19', 62' Goke 45' Oda 90'	Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Hajime Matsuo

30 September 2020 (2020-09-30) 29	Vissel Kobe	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST	Iniesta 60'	Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Ryuji Sato
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 20	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–3	Vissel Kobe	Yokohama
15:00 JST	Edigar 3' Koike 90+3'	Report	Douglas 7' Iniesta 11' (pen.) Furuhashi 56'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Referee: Jumpei Iida

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 21	Kashiwa Reysol	4–3	Vissel Kobe	Kashiwa
14:00 JST	Olunga 20', 44' Esaka 39', 52'	Report	Tanaka 60', 75' Iniesta 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Referee: Koei Koya

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14) 22	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Oita Trinita	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
18:00 JST	Fujimoto 6'	Report	Sakai 86' (og)	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Hayato Shimizu

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Vissel Kobe	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
16:00 JST	Sasaki 43' Pereira 45+3'	Report	Dankler 84'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Referee: Hajime Matsuo

21 October 2020 (2020-10-21) 33	Vissel Kobe	1–3	Kashima Antlers	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
17:00 JST	Fujimoto 61'	Report	Ueda 12' Izumi 43' Doi 78'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

28 October 2020 (2020-10-28) 30	Vegalta Sendai	2–3	Vissel Kobe	Sendai
18:00 JST	Nagasawa 53' Iio 76'	Report	Furuhashi 47' Goke 51' Douglas 77'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) 26	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	Vissel Kobe	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
13:00 JST	Valdo 60' Elsinho 75' Kanai 87'	Report	Yamaguchi 33'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Referee: Ryuji Sato

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 28	Yokohama FC	2–1	Vissel Kobe	Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
TBD JST	Ichimi 11' Yasunaga 90+1'	Report	Goke 9'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Referee: Takuto Okabe
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) 32	Gamba Osaka	1–0	Vissel Kobe	Suita
17:00 JST	Patric 27'	Report		Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Referee: Jumpei Iida
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 27	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Shonan Bellmare	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
TBD JST		Report	Okamoto 77' Saito 84'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Masuya Ueda

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18) 31	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
16:00 JST		Report	Martinus 83'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Note: rescheduled due to Kobe's later AFC Champions League commitments.

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 34	FC Tokyo	1–0	Vissel Kobe	Chōfu, Tokyo
TBD JST	Oumari 85'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Referee: Yusuke Araki

J.League Cup

2 September 2020 (2020-09-02) Quarter-final	Vissel Kobe	0–6	Kawasaki Frontale	Kobe, Hyogo
19:03 JST		Report	Kobayashi 7' 13' Saito 21' Ienaga 46' Wakizaka 72' Miyashiro 87'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,925 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Japanese Super Cup

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) Final	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–3	Vissel Kobe	Saitama
13:35 JST	Marcos Júnior 36' Ogihara 54' Erik 73'	Report	Douglas 27' Furuhashi 40' Yamaguchi 69'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 51,397 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
	Penalties
	Thiago Martins Ogihara Edigar Junio Mizunuma Matsubara Wada Endo		Iniesta Tanaka Ogawa Nishi Osaki Vermaelen Yamaguchi

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIS	SUW	GZE	JDT
1	Vissel Kobe	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6	Round of 16	—	0–2	0–2	~~5–1~~
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5	Round of 16	0–1	—	0–0	~~25 Nov~~
3	Guangzhou Evergrande	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		1–3	1–1	—	~~4 Dec~~
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[lower-alpha 2]	~~1 Dec~~	~~2–1~~	~~19 Nov~~	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

Match played behind closed doors
Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government.[8] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[9]

Matches

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)	Vissel Kobe	Voided (5–1)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe
19:00 UTC+9	Ogawa 13', 58', 72' Furuhashi 28' Douglas 65'	Live Report Stats Report	Safawi 27' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,256 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	Vissel Kobe	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
19:30 UTC+9		Live Report Stats Report	Furuhashi 90'	Attendance: 17,372 Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)[note 1]	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–3	Vissel Kobe	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
13:00 UTC+3	Furuhashi 55' (o.g.)	Live Report Stats Report	Furuhashi 44' Douglas 74' Iniesta 84'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28)[note 1]	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
13:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report	Talisca 17' (pen.) Ai Kesen 36'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Cancelled	Vissel Kobe	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
16:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report

4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)	Vissel Kobe	0–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
16:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report	Kim Gun-hee 49' Lim Sang-hyub 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Knockout stage

7 December 2020 (2020-12-07) Round of 16	Vissel Kobe	2–0	Shanghai SIPG	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
13:00 UTC+3	Iniesta 31' Nishi 50'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) Quarter-final	Vissel Kobe	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
17:00 UTC+3	Furuhashi 40'	Live Report Stats Report	Park Sang-hyeok 7'	Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
	Penalties
	Iniesta Douglas Hatsuse Furuhashi Yamaguchi Yamakawa Fujimoto		Kim Gun-hee Lee Ki-je Kim Min-woo Ko Seung-beom Han Seok-jong Min Sang-gi Jang Ho-ik

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) Semi-final	Ulsan Hyundai	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vissel Kobe	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha[note 2]
13:00 UTC+3	Johnsen 81' Júnior 119' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Yamaguchi 52'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Japanese Super Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	11	FW	Kyogo Furuhashi	12	1	4	17
2	49	FW	Douglas	7	1	2	9
3	5	MF	Hotaru Yamaguchi	6	1	1	8
4	14	MF	Andrés Iniesta	4	0	2	6
5	9	FW	Noriaki Fujimoto	5	0	0	5
5	27	MF	Yuta Goke	5	0	0	5
7	13	FW	Keijiro Ogawa	1	0	3	4
8	33	DF	Dankler	3	0	0	3
9	21	FW	Junya Tanaka	2	0	0	2
9	22	DF	Daigo Nishi	1	0	1	2
11	14	MF	Takuya Yasui	1	0	0	1
	24	DF	Gōtoku Sakai	1	0	0	1
	41	FW	Yutaro Oda	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				50	3	13	66

Last updated: 13 December 2020.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	J.League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Japanese Super Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	18	GK	Hiroki Iikura	4	0	0	0	2	6
Total				4	0	0	0	2	6

Last updated: 10 December 2020.
Source: Competitions

Notes

The AFC announced on 29 January 2020 that the group stage matches which Chinese teams were supposed to host on matchdays 1, 2, and 3 would be switched with the corresponding away matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[10][11] Later, the order of matches between Beijing FC and Melbourne Victory, Guangzhou Evergrande and Vissel Kobe, and Shanghai SIPG and Yokohama F. Marinos, were switched from the revised schedule.[12]
The semi-final of the East Region was originally scheduled to be played at Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, but was moved to Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, to ensure optimum pitch conditions for the semi-final and the final.[13]

References

"2020シーズン「トップチームメンバーおよび選手背番号」決定のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). ヴィッセル神戸. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
"Former Japan midfielder Atsuhiro Miura named Vissel Kobe boss". Kyodo News. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
"Vissel Kobe - Data - 2020". JLeague. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
"Number of visitors by J1 league club". J-League (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
"Vissel Kobe claim first ever title with 2-0 victory over Kashima at the Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship". JFA. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
"Vissel Kobe seal debut ACL appearance with Emperor's Cup win". AFC. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
"VISSEL KOBE OFFICIAL WEB SITE : Squad details". vissel-kobe.co.jp. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
"Johor Darul Ta'zim forced out of Asian Champions League after Malaysia refuses to lift travel restrictions". ESPN. 11 November 2020.
"Latest update on AFC Champions League 2020". Asian Football Confederation. 13 November 2020.
"AFC Statement on AFC Champions League Group Stage matches". AFC. 29 January 2020.
"亚足联正式确认亚冠主客对调中超球队开局三连客" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 29 January 2020.
"亚冠赛程再次调整：恒大国安上港各一场主客对调" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 16 February 2020.
"AFC Champions League (East) Semi-final moved to Jassim bin Hamad Stadium". AFC. 11 December 2020.

External links

Vissel Kobe Official Web Site
(in Japanese) J.League official site

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[closed_doors-8] Match played behind closed doors

[table_note_res_WD0.74896215030409-11] Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government.[8] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[9]

[China-15] The AFC announced on 29 January 2020 that the group stage matches which Chinese teams were supposed to host on matchdays 1, 2, and 3 would be switched with the corresponding away matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[10][11] Later, the order of matches between Beijing FC and Melbourne Victory, Guangzhou Evergrande and Vissel Kobe, and Shanghai SIPG and Yokohama F. Marinos, were switched from the revised schedule.[12]

[SF_East-17] The semi-final of the East Region was originally scheduled to be played at Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, but was moved to Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, to ensure optimum pitch conditions for the semi-final and the final.[13]

[1] "2020シーズン「トップチームメンバーおよび選手背番号」決定のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). ヴィッセル神戸. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

[2] "Former Japan midfielder Atsuhiro Miura named Vissel Kobe boss". Kyodo News. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[Data-3] "Vissel Kobe - Data - 2020". JLeague. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[4] "Number of visitors by J1 league club". J-League (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[5] "Vissel Kobe claim first ever title with 2-0 victory over Kashima at the Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship". JFA. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[6] "Vissel Kobe seal debut ACL appearance with Emperor's Cup win". AFC. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[7] "VISSEL KOBE OFFICIAL WEB SITE : Squad details". vissel-kobe.co.jp. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[9] "Johor Darul Ta'zim forced out of Asian Champions League after Malaysia refuses to lift travel restrictions". ESPN. 11 November 2020.

[Johor_Darul_Ta'zim-10] "Latest update on AFC Champions League 2020". Asian Football Confederation. 13 November 2020.

[12] "AFC Statement on AFC Champions League Group Stage matches". AFC. 29 January 2020.

[13] "亚足联正式确认亚冠主客对调中超球队开局三连客" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 29 January 2020.

[14] "亚冠赛程再次调整：恒大国安上港各一场主客对调" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 16 February 2020.

[16] "AFC Champions League (East) Semi-final moved to Jassim bin Hamad Stadium". AFC. 11 December 2020.