2017–18 SBV Vitesse season

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

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

Players

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Squad details

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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   Herlev (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38) 3 0 OB   27 July 2016 Free 30 June 2018
22 Remko Pasveer GK   Enschede (1983-11-08) 8 November 1983 (age 41) 34 0 PSV 5 July 2017 € 440K 30 June 2020
24 Jeroen Houwen GK   Venray (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) 12 0 Academy 1 July 2013 Free 30 June 2021
40 Bilal Bayazit GK   Amsterdam (1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 25) Academy 1 July 2017 Free 30 June 2021
Defenders
2 Fankaty Dabo RB/LB   Southwark (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29) 34 0 Chelsea   1 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
3 Maikel van der Werff CB/RB/LB   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   Clifton, New Jersey (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 29) 72 5 4 1 Chelsea   28 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
6 Arnold Kruiswijk CB   Groningen (1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 40) 76 1 Heerenveen 19 May 2014 Free 30 June 2019
8 Vyacheslav Karavayev RB/LB   Moscow (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) 15 0 Sparta Prague   31 January 2018 € 1.3M 30 June 2021
28 Alexander Büttner LB/RB/LM   Doetinchem (1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 (age 35) 157 11 Dynamo Moscow   16 January 2017 Free 30 June 2019
29 Julian Lelieveld RB/CB   Arnhem (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 27) 9 0 Academy 29 July 2015 Free 30 June 2020
37 Guram Kashia (c) CB/RB   Tbilisi (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 37) 292 24 60 1 Dinamo Tbilisi   31 August 2010 € 300K 30 June 2020
43 Lassana Faye LB   Rotterdam (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 26) 29 0 Academy 1 January 2016 Free 30 June 2019
44 Boyd Lucassen RB/LB   Doetinchem (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 26) Academy 19 November 2017 Free 30 June 2019
50 Thomas Oude Kotte CB/LB   Apeldoorn (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28) 10 0 Academy 19 April 2016 Free 30 June 2018
51 Gino Bosz CB/DM   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   Bladel (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36) 16 1 2 0 Reading   31 January 2018 € 1M 30 June 2021
10 Thomas Bruns AM/CM   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   Neeritter (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34) 44 19 Groningen 3 July 2017 € 970K 30 June 2020
16 Mitchell van Bergen RW/LW/AM   Oss (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25) 33 0 Academy 17 December 2015 Free 30 June 2020
17 Thulani Serero CM/AM/DM   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   Portsmouth (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25) 39 14 Chelsea   24 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
23 Mukhtar Ali DM/CM   Mogadishu   (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 27) 12 0 2 0 Chelsea   17 July 2017 € 490K 30 June 2020
25 Navarone Foor AM/RW/LW   Opheusden (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) 75 9 NEC 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2020
47 Lars ten Teije LW   Apeldoorn (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Academy 1 July 2017 Free 30 June 2020
48 Jesse Schuurman CM/DM   Bemmel (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Academy 16 January 2018 Free 30 June 2019
Forwards
9 Tim Matavž ST   Šempeter pri Gorici (1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35) 41 17 35 10 FC Augsburg   1 July 2017 Undisclosed 30 June 2020
14 Luc Castaignos ST   Schiedam (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 32) 37 3 Sporting CP   7 August 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
39 Martijn Berden ST   The Hague (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 27) PSV 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2019
42 Thomas Buitink ST   Nijkerk (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 24) 4 0 Academy 11 February 2018 Free 30 June 2019

Transfers

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

Total spending: 4.2M  

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

Total gaining: 21.6M  

Balance

Total: 17.4M  

Pre-season

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

Competitions

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Overview

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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

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

Eredivisie

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League table

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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:

Results summary

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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

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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

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  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   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   51'
Pasveer   64' (og.)
Report   40' Matavž
  54',   69' Bruns
  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   87'
Report   3', 81' Weghorst
  33' Vejinović
  63' Ouwejan
  76' Wuytens
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,131
Referee: Kevin Blom
9 September 2017 4 Excelsior 0 – 3 Vitesse Rotterdam
20:45 CET Messaoud   55'
De Wijs   90'
Report   45' Castaignos
  53' (pen.) Matavž
  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   21'
Matavž   47',   90+1'
Van der Werff   88'
Kashia   89'
Pasveer   90'
Report   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   21'
Viergever   83'
Huntelaar   90+2'
Report   21' Kashia
  45+3' Rashica
  79' Faye
  80' Bruns
  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   3'
Kashia   56'
Mount   76'
Report   58' Labyad
  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   90+2'
Report   87' Linssen
  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   13'
Locadia   45' (og.)
Mount   63'
Büttner   67'
Miazga   72'
Report   4' Van Ginkel
  18', 59' Lozano
  25' Schwaab
  38' Pereiro
  49', 56' Locadia
  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   24'   83'
Memišević   45+1'
Kane   47'
Dabo   59' (og.)
Larsen   61'
Idrissi   65'
Van Nieff   75'
Mahi   78'
Van Weert   82'
Report   32' (og.) Larsen
  37' Foor
  62' (pen.),   86' Matavž
  74' Linssen
  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   90'
Linssen   90+4'
Report   51' Immers
  70'   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   74'
Report   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   11'
Matavž   23'
Linssen   88'
Report   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',   57' Mount
  52' Lelieveld
  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   17' Miazga
  32' Matavž
  43' Lelieveld
  55' Faye
  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   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   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   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   82'
Report   71' Van Nieff
  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   59'
El Khayati   89'
Report   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   13'
Kashia   43'
Linssen   66', 86'
Buitink   84'
Report   21' Vilhena
  65' Başaçıkoğlu
  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   81'
Serero   84'
Van der Werff   89'
Report   44' Faik
  66',   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   74'
Seuntjens   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   22'
Linssen   57', 71',   59'
Castaignos   89'
Report   61' Cassierra
  70' Ziyech
  85' De Jong
  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   32',   60'
Janssen   36',   41'
Labyad   44'
Ayoub   74', 77'
Report   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   62' Kashia
  77' Linssen
  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   45+1'
Linssen   59', 82'
Matavž   72'
Bruns   77'
Report   33' Brogno
  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   27'
Serero   40'
Mount   45+2',   67'
Matavž   53', 88'
Linssen   71'
Report   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

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

Semi-finals

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9 May 2018 First leg ADO Den Haag 2 – 5 Vitesse The Hague
18:30 CET El Khayati   52' (pen.)
Immers   80'
Duplan   90+5'
Report   14' Matavž
  34', 37', 72',   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

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15 May 2018 First leg Vitesse 3 – 2 Utrecht Arnhem
20:45 CET Mount   42',   82'
Kashia   54',   90+1'
Linssen   78',   79'
Report   62' Leeuwin
  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',   52'
Labyad   51'
Janssen   59'
Görtler   77'
Emanuelson   90+5'
Report   18' (og.) Leeuwin
  38',   76' Miazga
  49' Kashia
  64' Castaignos
  66' Bruns
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,353
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

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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  
Dinkgreve  
Moelee  
De Groot  
Ruijter  
  Büttner
  Matavž
  Foor
  Colkett

UEFA Europa League

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

Group stage

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Statistics

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Appearances

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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   Fankaty Dabo 24 (2) 0 1 0 1 0 4 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 30 (4) 0 3 0
3 DF   Maikel van der Werff 6 (6) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 (2) 0 8 (8) 0 2 0
5 DF   Matt Miazga 29 (3) 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 40 (3) 4 8 0
6 DF   Arnold Kruiswijk 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
7 MF   Roy Beerens 11 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 (1) 1 0 0
8 DF   Vyacheslav Karavayev 7 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 (4) 0 0 0
9 FW   Tim Matavž 27 (3) 14 0 (1) 0 1 0 4 (1) 1 4 2 36 (5) 17 3 0
10 MF   Thomas Bruns 21 (8) 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 (2) 0 29 (10) 4 10 0
11 MF   Bryan Linssen 33 15 1 0 1 0 5 2 4 2 44 19 7 0
14 FW   Luc Castaignos 8 (20) 2 1 0 0 0 3 (2) 1 0 (2) 0 12 (24) 3 7 0
16 MF   Mitchell van Bergen 3 (7) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 3 (10) 0 0 0
17 MF   Thulani Serero 28 (1) 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 37 (1) 2 5 0
19 MF   Mason Mount 22 (7) 9 1 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 3 5 30 (9) 14 6 0
21 GK   Michael Tørnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK   Remko Pasveer 26 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 34 0 1 0
23 MF   Mukhtar Ali 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (6) 0 0 0
24 GK   Jeroen Houwen 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 0
25 MF   Navarone Foor 27 (3) 3 1 0 1 0 3 (2) 0 4 0 36 (5) 3 2 0
28 DF   Alexander Büttner 15 (2) 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 25 (2) 1 5 1
29 DF   Julian Lelieveld 3 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 (2) 0 3 0
37 DF   Guram Kashia 32 3 0 0 1 0 6 0 4 1 43 4 5 0
39 FW   Martijn Berden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK   Bilal Bayazit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW   Thomas Buitink 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4) 0 1 0
43 DF   Lassana Faye 19 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 2 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 21 (5) 0 2 0
44 DF   Boyd Lucassen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF   Lars ten Teije 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
48 MF   Jesse Schuurman 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
50 DF   Thomas Oude Kotte 3 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (4) 0 0 0
51 DF   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   Eloy Room 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   Mohammed Osman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Charlie Colkett 1 (5) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 2 (9) 0 0 0
MF   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

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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   Bryan Linssen 15 0 0 2 2 19
2 FW 9   Tim Matavž 14 0 0 1 2 17
3 MF 19   Mason Mount 9 0 0 0 5 14
4 DF 5   Matt Miazga 3 0 0 0 1 4
MF 10   Thomas Bruns 3 0 0 1 0 4
DF 37   Guram Kashia 3 0 0 0 1 4
7 FW 14   Luc Castaignos 2 0 0 1 0 3
MF 25   Navarone Foor 3 0 0 0 0 3
MF   Milot Rashica 3 0 0 0 0 3
10 MF 17   Thulani Serero 2 0 0 0 0 2
11 MF 7   Roy Beerens 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF 28   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

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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   Remko Pasveer 6 1 0 1 0 8
2 24   Jeroen Houwen 3 0 0 0 0 3
Total 9 1 0 1 0 11

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Summary

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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   Bryan Linssen (44 appearances)
Top scorer   Bryan Linssen (19 goals)
Winning Percentage Overall: 18/46 (39.13%)

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

References

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  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.
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