The time is almost upon us for the Vissel Kobe vs Kyoto Sanga J1 League game which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the teams are in.
Here is 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: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Gōtoku Sakai #24
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: New York City, USA
Ryo Hatsuse #19
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Tetsushi Yamakawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Matheus Soares Thuler #3
Also known as Thuler
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Takahiro Ohgihara #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Hotaru Yamaguchi #96
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nabari, Japan
Daiju Sasaki #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taisei Miyashiro #9
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yoshinori Muto #11
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Setagaya, Japan
Yuya Osako #10
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kaseda, Japan
The team sheet line-up for Kyoto Sanga has also been confirmed as follows:
Kyoto Sanga
Sung-yun Gu #94
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Pohang, Korea Republic
Shinnosuke Fukuda #2
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Keita Matsuda #4
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hisashi Appiah Tawiah #5
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Aichi, Japan
Shogo Asada #3
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
Daiki Kaneko #19
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Shohei Takeda #16
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Temma Matsuda #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.64m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mashiki, Japan
Kyo Sato #44
Forward
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan
Yuta Toyokawa #23
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kumamoto, Japan
Taichi Hara #14
Forward
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hino, Japan
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