The 2026–27 Vissel Kobe season is their 61st season in existence. They will also play in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite after winning the J1 Centennial League.
Squad Season squad
Squad no. Name Nationality Date of birth Last Club Goalkeepers 1 Daiya Maekawa Kansai University 21 Shota Arai JEF United Chiba 32 Richard Monday Ubong Fukuchiyama Seibi High School 39 Shioki Takayama FC Ryukyu 71 Shūichi Gonda Debreceni Defenders 3 Matheus Thuler Montpellier HSC 4 Tetsushi Yamakawa University of Tsukuba 15 Diego Kashiwa Reysol 16 Caetano Corinthians 24 Gōtoku Sakai Hamburger SV 31 Takuya Iwanami Urawa Red Diamonds 41 Katsuya Nagato Yokohama F. Marinos 42 Justin Homma Matsumoto Yamaga 43 Kaito Yamada Tacoma Defiance 57 Ryosuke Irie Juntendo University Midfielders 2 Nanasei Iino Sagan Tosu 5 Yuta Goke Vegalta Sendai 6 Takahiro Ogihara Yokohama F. Marinos 7 Yosuke Ideguchi Avispa Fukuoka 13 Daiju Sasaki Palmeiras 17 Issei Takahashi JEF United Chiba 18 Haruya Ide Tokyo Verdy 19 Makoto Mitsuta Gamba Osaka 20 Kota Watanabe Yokohama F.Marinos 23 Yuan Iwamoto Chukyo University 25 Yuya Kuwasaki V-Varen Nagasaki 28 Kento Hamasaki Youth Team 33 Rikuto Hashimoto Roasso Kumamoto 38 Juzo Ura Kataller Toyama 44 Mitsuki Hidaka CD Atlético Paso 58 Sota Onishi Youth Team Forwards 9 Anderson Lopes Lion City Sailors 10 Yuya Osako Werder Bremen 11 Yoshinori Muto SD Eibar 26 Jean Patric Cerezo Osaka 29 Ren Komatsu Blaublitz Akita 40 Kotaro Uchino Brondby IF 46 Sota Ito Kyoto Tachi High School 53 Hayato Watanabe Youth Team 55 Yuta Miyahara Górnik Zabrze B 94 Erik Machida Zelvia Players left on loan during season 30 Kakeru Yamauchi University of Tsukuba 34 Yusei Ozaki RB Omiya Ardija 36 Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma 37 Shogo Terasaka Zweigen Kanazawa Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama 45 David Aizawa Hosei University 51 Taiga Seguchi (M) Youth Team 80 Boniface Nduka Yokohama FC Players who left club during / mid-season
Club officials Club officials for 2026.
Position NameManager Michael SkibbeHead Coach Serhat UmarAssistant coaches Masafumi Nakaguchi Hideo HashimotoCoaches Kosuke TakeyaGoalkeeper coach Takuya MatsumotoAsst & U21 Goalkeeper coach Daiki Tomii Physical coach Takeshi Ikoma Yoshinori Furube Toshiki YoshimitsuConditioning coach Hikaru FujiiU21 Head Coach Makoto Teguramori
Friendly
Tour of Sapporo (12-25 July)
Transfers In
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 31 May 2026 DF Shogo Terasaka Zweigen Kanazawa End of loan DF Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama End of loan DF Yusei Ozaki RB Omiya Ardija End of loan MF Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma End of loan FW Taisei Miyashiro Las Palmas End of loan 23 June 2026 FW Kōta Watanabe Yokohama F. Marinos Undisclosed 26 June 2026 FW Anderson Lopes Lion City Sailors Undisclosed 28 July 2026 MF Issei Takahashi JEF United Chiba Undisclosed 9 September 2026 FW Erik Machida Zelvia Undisclosed August 2026 MF Stanko Jurić Valladolid Undisclosed August 2026 MF Koshiro Sumi Júbilo Iwata Undisclosed Loan Transfer
Out
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred FromRef Permanent Transfer 31 May 2026 FW Kotaro Uchino Brondby IF End of loan FW Makoto Mitsuta Gamba Osaka End of loan 23 June 2026 FW Takashi Inui Jubilo Iwata Free 25 June 2026 FW Taisei Miyashiro Las Palmas Free 20 July 2026 DF Rikuto Hirose Kashima Antlers Undisclosed Loan Transfer 21 June 2026 DF Yusei Ozaki RB Omiya Ardija Season loan 24 June 2026 MF Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma Season loan 25 June 2026 DF Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama Season loan 26 June 2026 DF Shogo Terasaka Zweigen Kanazawa Season loan MF Kakeru Yamauchi Sagan Tosu Season loan 29 July 2026 FW David Aizawa Oita Trinita Season loan 14 September 2026 MF Taiga Seguchi FC Košice Season loan 16 September 2026 DF Boniface Nduka JEF United Chiba Season loan
Competitions J1 League
Matches
Emperor's Cup
J.League Cup
AFC Champions League
League stage
Team statistics Appearances and goals
Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Super Cup 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Daiya Maekawa2000000000202DF Nanasei Iino301+10000010603DF Matheus Thuler800000000+10904DF Tetsushi Yamakawa711+100000101015MF Yuta Goke82100000101026MF Takahiro Ogihara0000000000007MF Yosuke Ideguchi800+200000101109FW Anderson Lopes00000000000010FW Yuya Osako4+130+1000000+107311FW Yoshinori Muto4+110+1000000+117213MF Daiju Sasaki00000000000015DF Diego800+2000001011016DF Caetano0+10100000103017MF Issei Takahashi5+211+1000001010118MF Haruya Ide0+20100000003019FW Makoto Mitsuta00000000000020MF Kōta Watanabe0+10200000003021GK Shota Arai00200000002023DF Rikuto Hirose1+30000000004024DF Gōtoku Sakai700+100000008025MF Yuya Kuwasaki2+20200000107026FW Jean Patric1+101+100000004028MF Kento Hamasaki0+20000000002029FW Ren Komatsu3+512200001111431DF Takuya Iwanami10100000002033MF Rikuto Hashimoto00000000000035FW Niina Tominaga00000000000038MF Juzo Ura00000000000040FW Kotaro Uchino00000000000041DF Katsuya Nagato822000001011242DF Justin Homma00000000000043MF Kaito Yamada00100000001044MF Mitsuki Hidaka1+502000000+109057MF Ryosuke Irie00000000000062MF Hyoei Kawabata0+200+100000003071GK Shūichi Gonda60000000107094FW Erik0+211100000+1042Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer80DF Boniface Nduka0+100000000010
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