Vissel Kobe have terminated the contract of manager Nelsinho due to the side's poor performance this season, despite having acquired former Germany striker Lukas Podolski this summer, the J. League first-division club said Wednesday. Head coach Takayuki Yoshida, 40, will replace the 67-year-old Brazilian on ...
Mu Kanazaki scored twice as reigning champions Kashima Antlers came from behind to beat Vissel Kobe 2-1 away and move top of the J. League first division on Wednesday night. Kobe took the lead through Hirofumi Watanabe's header early in the second half at Noevir ...
Kashiwa Reysol brought an abrupt end to German World Cup-winner Lukas Podolski's J. League honeymoon after coming from behind to beat Vissel Kobe 3-1 on Saturday. Podolski, who joined Vissel from Turkish side Galatasaray last month and scored twice on his J. League debut against ...
Former Germany striker Lukas Podolski marked his J. League debut in style with a superb brace to help Vissel Kobe beat struggling Omiya Ardija 3-1 on Saturday. The World Cup-winning ex-Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Galatasaray star started to repay the estimated $5.3 million Kobe has ...
Former German international striker Lukas Podolski impressed his new teammates on Friday as he began training with Vissel Kobe following his high-profile move to the J. League first-division club. The 32-year-old Podolski, who was introduced by the club on Thursday, looked sharp during the light ...
German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski on Thursday vowed to bolster enthusiasm for Japanese soccerl after arriving to join Vissel Kobe, bucking a trend of big-name players moving to cash-rich China. "I know the J. League is the strongest in Asia and I am determined ...
Vissel Kobe are set to sign former Japan striker Mike Havenaar from Dutch side ADO Den Haag, a source with the J. League first-division club said Wednesday. The 30-year-old, whose parents are from the Netherlands, scored 27 goals in 59 games in his two seasons ...
A Junya Tanaka strike lifted Vissel Kobe into the Levain Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 Group B victory at struggling Albirex Niigata on Wednesday night. Seven minutes after the break at Denka Big Swan Stadium, Tanaka struck with his left foot, and Vissel held on ...
Kashima Antlers fell off the top of the J. League first division table after the champions lost 2-1 to Vissel Kobe on Sunday, while Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka both climbed above them by a point. An own goal and Kazuma Watanabe's header in the ...
Vissel Kobe maintained their perfect record in Group B with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at home against Ventforet Kofu in the YBC Levain Cup on Wednesday night. Kobe, which has gone off the rails in the league and failed to win its last four matches, ...
Lukas Podolski signed off his Germany career in style on Wednesday smashing home the winning goal with his trusty left boot to seal a 1-0 friendly victory over England. It was only fitting that the Galatasaray forward, who joins J. League squad Vissel Kobe next ...
The J. League's return to a single-league format will make this season's championship more of a marathon than a sprint, but four teams have already got off to flying starts after their opening two games. Yokohama F. Marinos, FC Tokyo, Vissel Kobe and Vegalta Sendai ...
