2017–18 SBV Vitesse season

Vitesse
2017–18 season
ChairmanBert Roetert
ManagerHenk Fraser
(until 11 April 2018) Edward Sturing (caretaker)
(11 April 2018)
StadiumGelreDome
Eredivisie6th
KNVB CupFirst round
Johan Cruyff ShieldRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bryan Linssen (15 goals)
All:
Bryan Linssen (19 goals)
Highest home attendance19,876 vs Ajax
(4 March 2018)
Lowest home attendance13,921 vs NAC Breda
(12 August 2017)
Average home league attendance16,099

During the 2017–18 season Vitesse participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

Squad details

As of 19 May 2018
No. name. Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club
caps 		Club
goals 		Int.
apps 		Int.
goals 		Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
21 Michael Tørnes GK Denmark Herlev (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38) 3 0 – – OB Denmark 27 July 2016 Free 30 June 2018
22 Remko Pasveer GK Netherlands Enschede (1983-11-08) 8 November 1983 (age 40) 34 0 – – PSV 5 July 2017 € 440K 30 June 2020
24 Jeroen Houwen GK Netherlands Venray (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) 12 0 – – Academy 1 July 2013 Free 30 June 2021
40 Bilal Bayazit GK Netherlands Amsterdam (1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 25) – – – – Academy 1 July 2017 Free 30 June 2021
Defenders
2 Fankaty Dabo RB/LB England Southwark (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28) 34 0 – – Chelsea England 1 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
3 Maikel van der Werff CB/RB/LB Netherlands Hoorn (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) 64 0 – – PEC Zwolle 19 February 2015 Free 30 June 2019
5 Matt Miazga RB/LB United States Clifton, New Jersey (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 28) 72 5 4 1 Chelsea England 28 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
6 Arnold Kruiswijk CB Netherlands Groningen (1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 39) 76 1 – – Heerenveen 19 May 2014 Free 30 June 2019
8 Vyacheslav Karavayev RB/LB Russia Moscow (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 28) 15 0 – – Sparta Prague Czech Republic 31 January 2018 € 1.3M 30 June 2021
28 Alexander Büttner LB/RB/LM Netherlands Doetinchem (1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 (age 35) 157 11 – – Dynamo Moscow Russia 16 January 2017 Free 30 June 2019
29 Julian Lelieveld RB/CB Netherlands Arnhem (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26) 9 0 – – Academy 29 July 2015 Free 30 June 2020
37 Guram Kashia (c) CB/RB Georgia (country) Tbilisi (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 36) 292 24 60 1 Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 31 August 2010 € 300K 30 June 2020
43 Lassana Faye LB Netherlands Rotterdam (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 25) 29 0 – – Academy 1 January 2016 Free 30 June 2019
44 Boyd Lucassen RB/LB Netherlands Doetinchem (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 25) – – – – Academy 19 November 2017 Free 30 June 2019
50 Thomas Oude Kotte CB/LB Netherlands Apeldoorn (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28) 10 0 – – Academy 19 April 2016 Free 30 June 2018
51 Gino Bosz CB/DM Netherlands Rotterdam (1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 (age 31) 1 0 – – Cambuur 1 August 2017 Free 30 June 2018
Midfielders
7 Roy Beerens RW/LW Netherlands Bladel (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36) 16 1 2 0 Reading England 31 January 2018 € 1M 30 June 2021
10 Thomas Bruns AM/CM Netherlands Wierden (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32) 39 4 – – Heracles Almelo 1 July 2017 Free 30 June 2021
11 Bryan Linssen RW/LW/AM Netherlands Neeritter (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 33) 44 19 – – Groningen 3 July 2017 € 970K 30 June 2020
16 Mitchell van Bergen RW/LW/AM Netherlands Oss (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 24) 33 0 – – Academy 17 December 2015 Free 30 June 2020
17 Thulani Serero CM/AM/DM South Africa Soweto (1990-04-11) 11 April 1990 (age 34) 38 2 33 2 Ajax 1 July 2017 Free 30 June 2020
19 Mason Mount CM/DM/AM England Portsmouth (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25) 39 14 – – Chelsea England 24 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
23 Mukhtar Ali DM/CM Saudi Arabia Mogadishu Somalia (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) 12 0 2 0 Chelsea England 17 July 2017 € 490K 30 June 2020
25 Navarone Foor AM/RW/LW Netherlands Opheusden (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) 75 9 – – NEC 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2020
47 Lars ten Teije LW Netherlands Apeldoorn (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 26) 1 0 – – Academy 1 July 2017 Free 30 June 2020
48 Jesse Schuurman CM/DM Netherlands Bemmel (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26) 1 0 – – Academy 16 January 2018 Free 30 June 2019
Forwards
9 Tim Matavž ST Slovenia Šempeter pri Gorici (1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35) 41 17 35 10 FC Augsburg Germany 1 July 2017 Undisclosed 30 June 2020
14 Luc Castaignos ST Netherlands Schiedam (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 31) 37 3 – – Sporting CP Portugal 7 August 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
39 Martijn Berden ST Netherlands The Hague (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 26) – – – – PSV 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2019
42 Thomas Buitink ST Netherlands Nijkerk (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 23) 4 0 – – Academy 11 February 2018 Free 30 June 2019

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
— MF Georgia (country) Valeri Qazaishvili 24 EU Legia Warsaw Poland Loan Return Summer 2018 Free [1]
10 MF Netherlands Thomas Bruns 25 EU Heracles Transfer Summer 2021 Free [2]
17 MF South Africa Thulani Serero 27 Non-EU Ajax Transfer Summer 2020 Free [3]
2 DF England Fankaty Dabo 21 EU Chelsea England Loan Summer 2018 Free [4]
9 FW Slovenia Tim Matavž 28 EU FC Augsburg Germany Transfer Summer 2020 Undisclosed [5]
11 MF Netherlands Bryan Linssen 26 EU Groningen Transfer Summer 2020 €970K [6]
22 GK Netherlands Remko Pasveer 33 EU PSV Transfer Summer 2020 €440K [7]
8 MF England Charlie Colkett 20 EU Chelsea England Loan Summer 2018 Free [8]
23 MF England Mukhtar Ali 19 EU Chelsea England Transfer Summer 2020 €490K [9]
19 MF England Mason Mount 18 EU Chelsea England Loan Summer 2018 Free [10]
5 DF United States Matt Miazga 22 Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Summer 2018 Free [11]
14 FW Netherlands Luc Castaignos 24 EU Sporting CP Portugal Loan Summer 2018 Free [12]
8 DF Russia Vyacheslav Karavayev 22 EU Sparta Prague Czech Republic Transfer Winter 2021 €1.3M [13]
7 MF Netherlands Roy Beerens 30 EU Reading England Transfer Winter 2021 €1M [14]

Total spending: €4.2M Decrease

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
5 DF Netherlands Kelvin Leerdam 27 EU Seattle Sounders United States Contract Ended Summer Free [15][16]
30 MF Russia Arshak Koryan 22 EU Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Contract Ended Summer Free [17][18]
40 GK Netherlands Wouter Dronkers 24 EU Boston City FC United States Contract Ended Summer Free [19] [20]
— MF Netherlands Ewout Gouw 22 EU Tubize Belgium Contract Ended Summer Free [21][22]
— FW Netherlands Kai Koreniuk 19 EU AZ Contract Ended Summer Free [23]
8 MF England Mukhtar Ali 19 EU Chelsea England Loan Return Summer Free [24]
10 MF Morocco Adnane Tighadouini 24 EU Málaga Spain Loan Return Summer Free [25]
11 MF Brazil Nathan 21 Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Return Summer Free [26]
17 DF Netherlands Kevin Diks 20 EU Fiorentina Italy Loan Return Summer Free [27]
19 DF United States Matt Miazga 21 Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Return Summer Free [28]
34 MF England Lewis Baker 22 EU Chelsea England Loan Return Summer Free [29]
13 FW Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel 28 EU Basel Switzerland Transfer Summer €3.4M [30]
18 MF Zimbabwe Marvelous Nakamba 23 Non-EU Club Brugge Belgium Transfer Summer €2.9M [31]
— MF Georgia (country) Valeri Qazaishvili 24 EU San Jose Earthquakes United States Transfer Summer Undisclosed [32]
9 FW China Zhang Yuning 20 Non-EU West Bromwich Albion England Transfer Summer €7M [33]
1 GK Curaçao Eloy Room 28 EU PSV Transfer Summer €390K [34]
20 MF Netherlands Mohammed Osman 23 EU Telstar Contract Terminated Summer Free [35] [36]
7 MF Kosovo Milot Rashica 21 EU Werder Bremen Germany Transfer Winter €7.9M [37]
8 MF England Charlie Colkett 21 EU Chelsea England Loan Return Winter Free [38]

Total gaining: €21.6M Increase

Balance

Total: €17.4M Increase

Pre-season

Following the conclusion of the 2016–17 campaign, Vitesse announced they would play Oostende, Sparta Prague and Reading in July 2017.[1]

1 July 2017 Friendly Vitesse Netherlands 0 – 2 Ukraine FC Oleksandriya Arnhem, Netherlands
17:00 CET Van Dijk Yellow card 77' Report 61', Yellow card 71' Tsurikov
90' Kulish		 Stadium: Eendracht Arnhem
Attendance: 700
Referee: Siemen Mulder
8 July 2017 Friendly Vitesse Netherlands 1 – 1 Belgium Oostende Driel, Netherlands
16:00 CET Büttner 54' Report 60' (pen.) Berrier Stadium: Sportpark RKSV
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
15 July 2017 Friendly İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 1 – 1 Netherlands Vitesse Föderlach, Austria
16:00 CET Cikalleshi 80' Report 72' Ten Teije Stadium: SV Wernberg
20 July 2017 Friendly Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1 – 1 Netherlands Vitesse Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CET Šural 61'
Frýdek Yellow card 66'
Vătăjelu Yellow card 83'		 Report 10' Linssen
Yellow card 66' Serero
Yellow card 71' Dabo		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,765
Referee: Radek Příhoda
25 July 2017 Friendly Vitesse Netherlands 2 – 1 Netherlands FC Emmen Driel, Netherlands
14:30 CET Matavž 5', 26'
Bruns Yellow card 79'		 Report 42' Peters Stadium: Sportpark RKSV
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
29 July 2017 Friendly Reading England 2 – 3 Netherlands Vitesse High Wycombe, England
16:00 CET Swift 63' (pen.)
Popa 71'		 Report 14' Linssen
31', 51', Yellow card 79' Matavž		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,894
Referee: Dean Whitestone

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 34 13 10 11 63 47 +16 038.24
European play-offs 4 4 0 0 12 6 +6 100.00
KNVB Cup 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Johan Cruyff Shield 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
UEFA Europa League 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 016.67
Total 46 18 14 14 81 64 +17 039.13

Updated to match played 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Johan Cruyff Shield

5 August 2017 Final Feyenoord 1 – 1
(4 – 2 p)		 Vitesse Rotterdam
18:00 CET Toornstra 7'
Diks Yellow card 38'
El Ahmadi Yellow card 57'		 Report Yellow card 29' Linssen
58' (pen.) Büttner
Yellow card 71' Matavž		 Stadium: De Kuip
Referee: Danny Makkelie
Penalties
van der Heijden soccer ball with check mark
Boëtius soccer ball with check mark
Toornstra soccer ball with check mark
Jørgensen soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Matavž
soccer ball with red X Rashica
soccer ball with check mark Foor
soccer ball with check mark Colkett

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Feyenoord 34 20 6 8 76 39 +37 66 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5 Utrecht 34 14 12 8 58 53 +5 54 Qualification to European competition play-offs
6 Vitesse (O) 34 13 10 11 63 47 +16 49
7 ADO Den Haag 34 13 8 13 45 53 −8 47
8 Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 48 53 −5 46
Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[2]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 13 10 11 63 47  +16 49 7 6 4 35 20  +15 6 4 7 28 27  +1

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWWLWDWDDWLDLWLDDLWDWWLWLDWLDLLWLWD
Position1142533435566777877667777666776766
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Vitesse
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced in June 2017.[1]

12 August 2017 1 Vitesse 4 – 1 NAC Breda Arnhem
20:45 CET Bruns 2'
Linssen 20'
Matavž 32'
Rashica 77'		 Report Yellow card 25' Vloet
69' Ambrose		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,921
Referee: Siemen Mulder
18 August 2017 2 Roda JC 1 – 3 Vitesse Kerkrade
20:00 CET El Makrini Yellow card 51'
Pasveer 64' (og.)		 Report 40' Matavž
Yellow card 54', 69' Bruns
Yellow card 78' Linssen
80' Kashia		 Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 12,004
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
26 August 2017 3 Vitesse 1 – 2 AZ Arnhem
18:30 CET Matavž 68'
Miazga Yellow card 87'		 Report 3', 81' Weghorst
Yellow card 33' Vejinović
Yellow card 63' Ouwejan
Yellow card 76' Wuytens		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,131
Referee: Kevin Blom
9 September 2017 4 Excelsior 0 – 3 Vitesse Rotterdam
20:45 CET Messaoud Yellow card 55'
De Wijs Yellow card 90'		 Report 45' Castaignos
53' (pen.) Matavž
Yellow card 66' Dabo
74' Linssen		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
17 September 2017 5 Vitesse 1 – 1 VVV Arnhem
16:45 CET Miazga Yellow card 21'
Matavž 47', Yellow card 90+1'
Van der Werff Yellow card 88'
Kashia Yellow card 89'
Pasveer Yellow card 90'		 Report Yellow card 38' Labylle
90' (pen.) Leemans		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dennis Higler
24 September 2017 6 Ajax 1 – 2 Vitesse Amsterdam
14:30 CET Van de Beek Yellow card 21'
Viergever 83'
Huntelaar Yellow card 90+2'		 Report 21' Kashia
45+3' Rashica
Yellow card 79' Faye
Yellow card 80' Bruns
Yellow card 90+2' Castaignos		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51,236
Referee: Pol van Boekel
1 October 2017 7 Vitesse 1 – 1 Utrecht Arnhem
14:30 CET Büttner Yellow card 3'
Kashia Yellow card 56'
Mount 76'		 Report Yellow card 58' Labyad
Yellow card 65' Van der Meer
69' Dessers		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,432
Referee: Björn Kuipers
15 October 2017 8 Heracles Almelo 1 –1 Vitesse Almelo
12:30 CET Peterson 73'
Van Ooijen Yellow card 90+2'		 Report 87' Linssen
Yellow card 90+3' Dabo		 Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 11,164
Referee: Allard Lindhout
22 October 2017 9 Heerenveen 0 – 4 Vitesse Heerenveen
16:45 CET Report 17' Rashica
36' Linssen
50' Foor
72' Matavž		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 21,034
Referee: Christiaan Bax
29 October 2017 10 Vitesse 2 – 4 PSV Arnhem
12:30 CET Dabo Yellow card 13'
Locadia 45' (og.)
Mount 63'
Büttner Yellow card 67'
Miazga Yellow card 72'		 Report Yellow card 4' Van Ginkel
18', 59' Lozano
Yellow card 25' Schwaab
Yellow card 38' Pereiro
49', 56' Locadia
Yellow card 67' Arias		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 18,232
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
5 November 2017 11 Vitesse 0 – 0 PEC Zwolle Arnhem
14:30 CET Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 18,349
Referee: Danny Makkelie
19 November 2017 12 Groningen 4 – 2 Vitesse Groningen
14:30 CET Reis Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 83'
Memišević Yellow card 45+1'
Kane Yellow card 47'
Dabo 59' (og.)
Larsen Yellow card 61'
Idrissi 65'
Van Nieff Yellow card 75'
Mahi 78'
Van Weert 82'		 Report 32' (og.) Larsen
Yellow card 37' Foor
62' (pen.), Yellow card 86' Matavž
Yellow card 74' Linssen
Yellow card 76' Bruns		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,263
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
26 November 2017 13 Vitesse 2 – 0 ADO Den Haag Arnhem
16:45 CET Miazga 87'
Castaignos Yellow card 90'
Linssen 90+4'		 Report Yellow card 51' Immers
Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card 71' Ebuehi		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,754
Referee: Ed Janssen
2 December 2017 14 Feyenoord 1 – 0 Vitesse Rotterdam
20:45 CET Jørgensen 9'
Amrabat Yellow card 74'		 Report Yellow card 53' Miazga Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Pol van Boekel
13 December 2017 15 Vitesse 2 – 2 Willem II Arnhem
18:30 CET Bruns Yellow card 11'
Matavž 23'
Linssen 88'		 Report Yellow card 8' Lachman
13' Ogbeche
58' Rienstra		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
16 December 2017 16 Twente 1 – 1 Vitesse Enschede
20:45 CET Jensen 14' Report 28', Yellow card 57' Mount
Yellow card 52' Lelieveld
Yellow card 83' Castaignos		 Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 23,600
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
23 December 2017 17 PSV 2 – 1 Vitesse Eindhoven
19:45 CET Schwaab 43'
Lozano 53'		 Report Yellow card 17' Miazga
32' Matavž
Yellow card 43' Lelieveld
Yellow card 55' Faye
Yellow card 80' Bruns		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,800
Referee: Dennis Higler
16 January 2018 18 Sparta Rotterdam 0 – 1 Vitesse Rotterdam
20:00 CET Chabot Yellow card 74' Report 64' Mount Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Danny Makkelie
20 January 2018 19 Vitesse 1 – 1 Heerenveen Arnhem
20:45 CET Høegh 13' (og.)
Serero Yellow card 62'		 Report 37' Van Amersfoort Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,363
Referee: Allard Lindhout
27 January 2018 20 PEC Zwolle 1 – 2 Vitesse Zwolle
19:45 CET Namli 58'
Ehizibue Yellow card 79'		 Report 29' Linssen
75' Mount		 Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Siemen Mulder
2 February 2018 21 Vitesse 2 – 0 Groningen Arnhem
20:00 CET Miazga 6'
Mount 32'
Serero Yellow card 82'		 Report Yellow card 71' Van Nieff
Yellow card 77' Zeefuik		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,675
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer
8 February 2018 22 ADO Den Haag 1 – 0 Vitesse The Hague
18:30 CET Becker 53'
Johnsen Yellow card 59'
El Khayati Yellow card 89'		 Report Yellow card 87' Mount Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Attendance: 12,303
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
11 February 2018 23 Vitesse 3 – 1 Feyenoord Arnhem
14:30 CET Bruns Yellow card 13'
Kashia 43'
Linssen 66', 86'
Buitink Yellow card 84'		 Report 21' Vilhena
Red card 65' Başaçıkoğlu
Red card 81' Malacia		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 16,459
Referee: Dennis Higler
17 February 2018 24 Vitesse 1 – 2 Excelsior Arnhem
18:30 CET Castaignos 2'
Oude Kotte Yellow card 81'
Serero Yellow card 84'
Van der Werff Yellow card 89'		 Report 44' Faik
66', Yellow card 75' Van Duinen		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,432
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
24 February 2018 25 VVV 2 – 2 Vitesse Venlo
20:45 CET Hunte 10'
Thy 24'
Janssen Yellow card 74'
Seuntjens Yellow card 82'		 Report 29' (og.) Röseler
48' Mount		 Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 6,168
Referee: Siemen Mulder
4 March 2018 26 Vitesse 3 – 2 Ajax Arnhem
14:30 CET Foor 16'
Faye Yellow card 22'
Linssen 57', 71', Yellow card 59'
Castaignos Yellow card 89'		 Report 61' Cassierra
Yellow card 70' Ziyech
85' De Jong
Yellow card 90+2' De Ligt		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 19,876
Referee: Björn Kuipers
11 March 2018 27 Utrecht 5 – 1 Vitesse Utrecht
13:30 CET Van de Streek Yellow card 32', 60'
Janssen 36', Yellow card 41'
Labyad 44'
Ayoub 74', 77'		 Report Yellow card 10', 55' Foor Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 19,607
Referee: Ed Janssen
17 March 2018 28 Vitesse 0 – 0 Heracles Almelo Arnhem
19:45 CET Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Allard Lindhout
31 March 2018 29 Vitesse 0 – 3 Roda JC Arnhem
18:30 CET Report 24', 80' Schahin
70' Avdijaj		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 16,591
Referee: Dennis Higler
7 April 2018 30 NAC Breda 1 – 0 Vitesse Breda
18:30 CET Angeliño 35' Report Yellow card 62' Kashia
Yellow card 77' Linssen
Yellow card 84' Castaignos		 Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 18,567
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
14 April 2018 31 Vitesse 7 – 0 Sparta Rotterdam Arnhem
19:30 CET Serero 2'
Beerens 18'
Fischer 29' (og.)
Büttner Yellow card 45+1'
Linssen 59', 82'
Matavž 72'
Bruns 77'		 Report Yellow card 33' Brogno
Red card 45+1' Kramer		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 16,345
Referee: Kevin Blom
18 April 2018 32 AZ 4 – 3 Vitesse Alkmaar
18:30 CET Weghorst 7'
Jahanbakhsh 12', 45+1', 53'		 Report 22' Linssen
40' Matavž
66' Mount		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
29 April 2018 33 Vitesse 5 – 0 Twente Arnhem
14:30 CET Miazga Yellow card 27'
Serero 40'
Mount Yellow card 45+2', 67'
Matavž 53', 88'
Linssen 71'		 Report Yellow card 71' Assaidi Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,939
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
6 May 2018 34 Willem II 2 – 2 Vitesse Tilburg
14:30 CET Tsimikas 29'
Rienstra 70'		 Report 63' Miazga
83' Matavž		 Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Siemen Mulder

European play-offs

Four teams will play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Semi-finals

9 May 2018 First leg ADO Den Haag 2 – 5 Vitesse The Hague
18:30 CET El Khayati 52' (pen.)
Immers Yellow card 80'
Duplan Yellow card 90+5'		 Report 14' Matavž
34', 37', 72', Yellow card 73' Mount
44' Linssen		 Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Attendance: 11,930
Referee: Danny Makkelie
12 May 2018 Second leg Vitesse 2 – 1
(7 – 2 agg.)		 ADO Den Haag Arnhem
18:30 CET Matavž 32'
Mount 53'		 Report 55' El Khayati Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kevin Blom

Final

15 May 2018 First leg Vitesse 3 – 2 Utrecht Arnhem
20:45 CET Mount 42', Yellow card 82'
Kashia Yellow card 54', 90+1'
Linssen 78', Yellow card 79'		 Report 62' Leeuwin
Yellow card 77' Strieder
86' Labyad		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,236
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
19 May 2018 Second leg Utrecht 1 – 2
(3 – 5 agg.)		 Vitesse Utrecht
20:45 CET Van der Maarel 46', Yellow card 52'
Labyad Yellow card 51'
Janssen Yellow card 59'
Görtler Yellow card 77'
Emanuelson Yellow card 90+5'		 Report 18' (og.) Leeuwin
38', Yellow card 76' Miazga
Yellow card 49' Kashia
Yellow card 64' Castaignos
Yellow card 66' Bruns		 Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,353
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

20 September 2017 First round AVV Swift 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Vitesse Amsterdam
17:00 CET Report Stadium: Olympiaplein
Referee: Rob Dieperink
Penalties
Christianen soccer ball with check mark
Dinkgreve soccer ball with check mark
Moelee soccer ball with check mark
De Groot soccer ball with check mark
Ruijter soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Büttner
soccer ball with check mark Matavž
soccer ball with check mark Foor
soccer ball with check mark Colkett

UEFA Europa League

Vitesse qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

Group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Lazio 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 France Nice 6 3 0 3 12 7 +5 9
3 Belgium Zulte Waregem 6 2 1 3 8 13 −5 7
4 Netherlands Vitesse 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 September 2017 1 Vitesse Netherlands 2 – 3 Italy Lazio Arnhem, Netherlands
21:05 CET Matavž 33'
Linssen 57'		 Report Yellow card 32' Felipe
51', Yellow card 70' Parolo
67' Immobile
Yellow card 70' De Vrij
75' Murgia		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 19,867
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
28 September 2017 2 Nice France 3 – 0 Netherlands Vitesse Nice, France
19:00 CET Pléa 16', 82'
Balotelli Yellow card 25'
Saint-Maximin 45'		 Report Yellow card 31' Serero Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 15,006
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
19 October 2017 3 Zulte Waregem Belgium 1 – 1 Netherlands Vitesse Waregem, Belgium
20:45 CET Kashia 23' (og.)
Iseka Yellow card 37'
Derijck Yellow card 84'		 Report Yellow card 14' Linssen
27', Yellow card 37' Bruns
Yellow card 37' Miazga
Yellow card 45+3' Büttner
Yellow card 59' Serero		 Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 9,488
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
2 November 2017 4 Vitesse Netherlands 0 – 2 Belgium Zulte Waregem Arnhem, Netherlands
20:45 CET Mount Yellow card 19'
Castaignos Yellow card 20'
Büttner Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 53'
Matavž Yellow card 54'
Bruns Yellow card 66'		 Report 3' Baudry
Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 22' Madu
70' Kaya		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,906
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
23 November 2017 5 Lazio Italy 1 – 1 Netherlands Vitesse Rome, Italy
20:45 CET Alberto 42' Report 13' Linssen Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 8,226
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
7 December 2017 6 Vitesse Netherlands 1 – 0 France Nice Arnhem, Netherlands
20:45 CET Lelieveld Yellow card 40'
Castaignos 84'		 Report Yellow card 55' Srarfi
Yellow card 68' Makengo		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,564
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos. Name Eredivisie KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield Europa League European Play-offs Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England Fankaty Dabo 24 (2) 0 1 0 1 0 4 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 30 (4) 0 3 0
3 DF Netherlands Maikel van der Werff 6 (6) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 (2) 0 8 (8) 0 2 0
5 DF United States Matt Miazga 29 (3) 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 40 (3) 4 8 0
6 DF Netherlands Arnold Kruiswijk 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
7 MF Netherlands Roy Beerens 11 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 (1) 1 0 0
8 DF Russia Vyacheslav Karavayev 7 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 (4) 0 0 0
9 FW Slovenia Tim Matavž 27 (3) 14 0 (1) 0 1 0 4 (1) 1 4 2 36 (5) 17 3 0
10 MF Netherlands Thomas Bruns 21 (8) 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 (2) 0 29 (10) 4 10 0
11 MF Netherlands Bryan Linssen 33 15 1 0 1 0 5 2 4 2 44 19 7 0
14 FW Netherlands Luc Castaignos 8 (20) 2 1 0 0 0 3 (2) 1 0 (2) 0 12 (24) 3 7 0
16 MF Netherlands Mitchell van Bergen 3 (7) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 3 (10) 0 0 0
17 MF South Africa Thulani Serero 28 (1) 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 37 (1) 2 5 0
19 MF England Mason Mount 22 (7) 9 1 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 3 5 30 (9) 14 6 0
21 GK Denmark Michael Tørnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Netherlands Remko Pasveer 26 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 34 0 1 0
23 MF Saudi Arabia Mukhtar Ali 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (6) 0 0 0
24 GK Netherlands Jeroen Houwen 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 0
25 MF Netherlands Navarone Foor 27 (3) 3 1 0 1 0 3 (2) 0 4 0 36 (5) 3 2 0
28 DF Netherlands Alexander Büttner 15 (2) 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 25 (2) 1 5 1
29 DF Netherlands Julian Lelieveld 3 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 (2) 0 3 0
37 DF Georgia (country) Guram Kashia 32 3 0 0 1 0 6 0 4 1 43 4 5 0
39 FW Netherlands Martijn Berden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Netherlands Bilal Bayazit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Netherlands Thomas Buitink 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) 0 1 0
43 DF Netherlands Lassana Faye 19 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 2 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 21 (5) 0 2 0
44 DF Netherlands Boyd Lucassen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF Netherlands Lars ten Teije 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
48 MF Netherlands Jesse Schuurman 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
50 DF Netherlands Thomas Oude Kotte 3 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (4) 0 0 0
51 DF Netherlands Gino Bosz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
1 GK Curaçao Eloy Room 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Netherlands Mohammed Osman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF England Charlie Colkett 1 (5) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 2 (9) 0 0 0
— MF Kosovo Milot Rashica 18 (1) 3 1 0 1 0 5 (1) 0 0 0 25 (2) 3 0 0

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Eredivisie KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield Europa League European Playoffs Total
1 MF 11 Netherlands Bryan Linssen 15 0 0 2 2 19
2 FW 9 Slovenia Tim Matavž 14 0 0 1 2 17
3 MF 19 England Mason Mount 9 0 0 0 5 14
4 DF 5 United States Matt Miazga 3 0 0 0 1 4
MF 10 Netherlands Thomas Bruns 3 0 0 1 0 4
DF 37 Georgia (country) Guram Kashia 3 0 0 0 1 4
7 FW 14 Netherlands Luc Castaignos 2 0 0 1 0 3
MF 25 Netherlands Navarone Foor 3 0 0 0 0 3
MF — Kosovo Milot Rashica 3 0 0 0 0 3
10 MF 17 South Africa Thulani Serero 2 0 0 0 0 2
11 MF 7 Netherlands Roy Beerens 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF 28 Netherlands Alexander Büttner 0 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals 5 0 0 0 1 6
Total 63 0 1 5 12 81

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk No. Player Eredivisie KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield Europa League European Playoffs Total
1 22 Netherlands Remko Pasveer 6 1 0 1 0 8
2 24 Netherlands Jeroen Houwen 3 0 0 0 0 3
Total 9 1 0 1 0 11

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Summary

Games played 46 (34 Eredivisie) (1 KNVB Cup) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (6 Europa League) (4 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Games won 18 (13 Eredivisie) (1 Europa League) (4 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Games drawn 14 (10 Eredivisie) (1 KNVB Cup) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (2 Europa League)
Games lost 14 (11 Eredivisie) (3 Europa League)
Goals scored 81 (63 Eredivisie) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (5 Europa League) (12 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Goals conceded 64 (47 Eredivisie) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (10 Europa League) (6 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Goal difference +17 (+16 Eredivisie) (+0 KNVB Cup) (+0 Johan Cruyff Shield) (–5 Europa League) (+6 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Clean sheets 11 (9 Eredivisie) (1 KNVB Cup) (1 Europa League)
Yellow cards 72 (50 Eredivisie) (2 Johan Cruyff Shield) (12 Europa League) (8 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Red cards 1 (1 Europa League)
Most appearances Netherlands Bryan Linssen (44 appearances)
Top scorer Netherlands Bryan Linssen (19 goals)
Winning Percentage Overall: 18/46 (39.13%)

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

References

  1. ^ a b "Vitesse - Matches". SBV Vitesse Official Site. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links

  • Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)
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