Vissel Kobe
| Full name | Vissel Kobe | ||
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| Nickname | Ushi (cows) | ||
| Founded | 1966 as Kawasaki Steel SS | ||
| Stadium | Noevir Stadium Kobe Hyōgo-ku, Kōbe, Hyōgo | ||
| Capacity | 30,134 | ||
| Owner | Rakuten | ||
| Chairman | Yuki Chifu | ||
| Manager | Michael Skibbe | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2025 | J1 League, 5th of 20 | ||
| Website | vissel-kobe | ||
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Vissel Kobe (ヴィッセル神戸, Visseru Kōbe) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. They are currently the J1 League champions. The club's home stadium is Noevir Stadium Kobe, in Hyōgo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Suma-ku.
Vissel have won two J1 League title, two Emperor's Cup and one Japanese Super Cup in the club history. The club also has recruited former FIFA World Cup champions with the like of Andrés Iniesta, David Villa, Juan Mata and Lukas Podolski.