The 2026 Vissel Kobe season is their 60th season in existence.
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 23 Rikuto Hirose Kashima Antlers 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 80 Boniface Nduka Yokohama FC 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 14 Takashi Inui Shimizu S-Pulse 18 Haruya Ide Tokyo Verdy 19 Makoto Mitsuta Gamba Osaka 25 Yuya Kuwasaki V-Varen Nagasaki 28 Kento Hamasaki Youth Team 30 Kakeru Yamauchi University of Tsukuba 33 Rikuto Hashimoto Roasso Kumamoto 38 Juzo Ura Kataller Toyama 44 Mitsuki Hidaka CD Atlético Paso 51 Taiga Seguchi Youth Team 58 Sota Onishi Youth Team Forwards 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 Players left on loan during season 9 Taisei Miyashiro Kawasaki Frontale 17 Tatsunori Sakurai Sagan Tosu 34 Yusei Ozaki Blaublitz Akita 36 Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma 37 Shogo Terasaka FC Gifu Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama Players who left club during / mid-season
Club officials Club officials for 2026.
Position NameManager Michael SkibbeHead Coacr Serhat UmarAssistant coaches Masafumi Nakaguchi Hideo HashimotoCoaches Tadahiro Akiba Kosuke TakeyaGoalkeeper coach Takuya MatsumotoAsst & U21 Goalkeeper coach Daiki Tomii Physical coach Takeshi Ikoma Yoshinori Furube Toshiki YoshimitsuConditioning coach Hikaru Fujii
Friendly
Tour of Okinawa (11 Jan - 24 Jan)
Transfers In
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Permanent Transfer 18 December 2025 GK Yuya Tsuboi Omiya Ardija End of loan 25 December 2025 MF Yuta Goke Vegalta Sendai Free 27 December 2025 FW Takashi Inui Shimizu S-Pulse Free 28 December 2025 DF Kaito Yamada Tacoma Defiance End of loan 29 December 2025 MF Tatsunori Sakurai Sagan Tosu End of loan 30 December 2025 MF Rikuto Hashimoto Roasso Kumamoto End of loan 2 January 2026 MF Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma End of loan 3 January 2026 MF Juzo Ura Kataller Toyama End of loan MF Mitsuki Saito Kyoto Sanga FC End of loan 4 January 2026 GK Shioki Takayama FC Ryukyu End of loan DF Boniface Nduka Yokohama FC Free DF Shogo Terasaka FC Gifu End of loan DF Justin Homma Matsumoto Yamaga FC End of loan DF Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama End of loan 5 January 2026 DF Yusei Ozaki Blaublitz Akita End of loan 9 January 2026 MF Diego Kashiwa Reysol Free Loan Transfer 6 March 2026 FW Kotaro Uchino Brondby IF Season loan
Mid-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred FromRef Permanent Transfer Loan Transfer 28 March 2026 FW Makoto Mitsuta Gamba Osaka Season loan
Out
Pre-season DatePositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Permanent Transfer 18 December 2025 DF Riku Matsuda BG Pathum United Free 19 December 2025 GK Yuya Tsuboi Yokohama F. Marinos Free 25 December 2025 DF Yuki Honda Shimizu S-Pulse Free 27 December 2025 MF Koya Yuruki Kashiwa Reysol Free 28 December 2025 DF Yuta Koike Tochigi City Free 29 December 2025 MF Tatsunori Sakurai Sagan Tosu End of loan 30 December 2025 GK Powell Obinna Obi Avispa Fukuoka Undisclosed 4 January 2026 MF Mitsuki Saito Kyoto Sanga FC Free 6 January 2026 MF Gustavo Klismahn Santa Clara End of loan FW Erik Machida Zelvia End of loan Loan Transfer 3 January 2026 MF Shuto Adachi Thespa Gunma Season loan 5 January 2026 DF Shogo Terasaka Zweigen Kanazawa Season loan DF Haruka Motoyama Fagiano Okayama Season loan 6 January 2026 DF Yusei Ozaki RB Omiya Ardija Season loan 17 January 2026 FW Taisei Miyashiro Las Palmas Season loan
Competitions J1 League
Matches
AFC Champions League
League stage
Knockout stage
Team statistics Appearances and goals
Player J1 League 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Daiya Maekawa130401702DF Nanasei Iino2+100+10403DF Matheus Thuler16+12512234DF Tetsushi Yamakawa11+104+101705MF Yuta Goke13+41602316MF Takahiro Ogihara83201037MF Yosuke Ideguchi1915224310FW Yuya Osako10+542+2219611FW Yoshinori Muto14+145320713MF Daiju Sasaki13+125019214MF Takashi Inui2+40006015DF Diego10+411+1016116DF Caetano12+402+1019018MF Haruya Ide0+20002019FW Makoto Mitsuta4+301+109021GK Shota Arai00000023DF Rikuto Hirose11+503+2021024DF Gōtoku Sakai13+123117325MF Yuya Kuwasaki7+200+2011026FW Jean Patric0+1411+3018128MF Kento Hamasaki0+902+4015029FW Ren Komatsu9+752+2020530MF Kakeru Yamauchi0+10102031DF Takuya Iwanami00101033MF Rikuto Hashimoto0+10001035FW Niina Tominaga001+102038MF Juzo Ura00000040FW Kotaro Uchino0+30003041DF Katsuya Nagato17+234+1024342DF Justin Homma00000043MF Kaito Yamada2+501+109044MF Mitsuki Hidaka2+911+2014151MF Taiga Seguchi00000057MF Ryosuke Irie00000071GK Shūichi Gonda7+102010080DF Boniface Nduka5+3120101Players featured on a match for the team, but left the club mid-season, either permanently or on loan transfer
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