Chairman Koichi Kanaya | Manager Masahiro Wada | |
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).
League table
Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.