The time is edging ever-closer to the Vissel Kobe vs FC Tokyo J1 League match which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team line-ups are in.
First off, the starting line-up for Vissel Kobe which has been confirmed as follows:
Vissel Kobe
Daiya Maekawa #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Katsuya Nagato
Defender
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Matheus Soares Thuler #3
Also known as Thuler
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Tetsushi Yamakawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Nanasei Iino #2
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Niigata, Japan
Takahiro Ohgihara #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yōsuke Ideguchi #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Daiju Sasaki #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taisei Miyashiro #9
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yoshinori Muto #11
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Setagaya, Japan
Yuya Osako #10
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kaseda, Japan
The team sheet line-up for FC Tokyo has also been confirmed as:
FC Tokyo
Go Hatano #13
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yūto Nagatomo #5
Defender
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 39
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saijō, Japan
Masato Morishige #3
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 38
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Alexander Scholz #24
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Esbjerg, Denmark
Sei Muroya #2
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kumatori, Japan
Kei Koizumi #37
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Takahiro Ko #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Keita Endo #22
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Leon Nozawa #28
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Marcelo Ryan Silvestre Santos #19
Also known as Ryan
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Aracaju, Brazil
Kein Sato #18
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
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