2012 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2012 season
ChairmanKoichi Kanaya
ManagerMasahiro Wada
J. League Division 1–
Emperor's Cup–
J. League Cup–
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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.

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

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2012 J. League Division 1

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[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

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 Yellow card 90+1' Report Iwashita Yellow card 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 Yellow card 27'
Okui Yellow card 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 Yellow card 35'
Ōkubo Yellow card 64'
Okui Yellow card 78'
Ogawa 85'
Tashiro 90+1'		 Summary Sawa Yellow card 30' 41' Attendance: 10,859
Referee: Ryuji Sato

J. League Cup

Main article: 2012 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