Vissel Kobe

Full name	Vissel Kobe
Nickname	-
Founded	1966
Ground	Kobe Wing Stadium, Hyogo-ku, Kobe
Capacity	34,000
Chairman	Hiroshi Mikitani
Manager	Hideki Matsunaga (2005 - )
League	J. League Div.1
J. League 2004	11th (1st: 12th, 2nd: 8th)
Home colours 　 Away colours

Vissel Kobe (Japanese: ヴィッセル神戸) is a Japanese professional soccer (football) club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team is located in Kobe, of Hyogo Prefecture.

Founded in 1966 as Kawasaki Steel soccer club in Kurashiki Okayama Prefecture. Vissel joined the J. League in 1997.

Their home stadium is Kobe Wing Stadium, in Hyogo-ku, Kobe.

"Vissel" united the name, "VICTORY", and "VESSEL".

Notable players

• Ryuji Bando
• Kunie Kitamoto
• Patrick Mboma
• Kazuyoshi Miura

Former players

• Shoji Jo
• Michael Laudrup
• İlhan Mansız

External link

• Vissel Kobe Official Web Site (http://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/) (Japanese only)

Japan Professional Football League Members in 2005 season

Division 1 (J1)

Niigata | Kashima | Kashiwa | Chiba | Omiya | Urawa | F.C. Tokyo | Tokyo V. | Kawasaki

Yokohama F.M. | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | G.Osaka | C.Osaka | Kobe | Hiroshima | Oita

Division 2 (J2)

Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Yokohama FC | Shonan | Kofu | Kyoto | Tokushima | Fukuoka | Tosu

ja:ヴィッセル神戸