SBV Vitesse

Vitesse

Full name	Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse
Nickname(s)	Vitas
Founded	14 May 1892 (1892-05-14)
Ground	GelreDome Arnhem, Netherlands
Ground Capacity	25,000
Owner	Alexander Chigirinsky
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Henk Fraser
League	Eredivisie
2015–16	Eredivisie, 9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse, commonly known as SBV Vitesse, Vitesse or Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch football club based in Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has enjoyed some success in the Eredivisie and featured in the UEFA Cup competition. The owner is a Russian businessman, which makes Vitesse the first Dutch football club owned by a foreigner.^[1] Vitesse's home ground since 1998 is the Gelredome.

History

Vitesse Est 1892

The idea of conceiving a football team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club.

Vitesse once attracted big name signings into its ranks including Roy Makaay, Nikos Machlas, Sander Westerveld, Danko Lazović, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Mahamadou Diarra, Philip Cocu, Wilfried Bony and Nemanja Matić. In 1990, the club reached its most recent KNVB Cup final when it was defeated by PSV on a penalty kick in the 75th minute from Stan Valckx at De Kuip on 25 April 1990.^[2][3]

Karel Aalbers was the president of the club from 1984 until February 2000. Aalbers' goal was to bring Vitesse from the bottom of the Second League (Eerste divisie, now Jupiler League), where the club was when he started, to the top 40 soccer clubs of Europe. He developed the basic idea for the Gelredome, a stadium with a sliding pitch that can be moved out of the building. Later, the same system was applied in Gelsenkirchen (Schalke 04) and in Japan. Events such as pop concerts can be held without damaging the grass. Gelredome opened in 1998. It has a roof that can be opened and closed. It is fully climate controlled as well. In the first season after the opening, Gelredome's attendance rose to 20,000, (from less than 8,000 in the old stadium.) Vitesse ranked top four positions, made profit and showed a solid balance sheet in the final years of his presidency. Aalbers resigned on 15 February 2000,^[4] after the main sponsor, Nuon, threatened to pull the plug if he did not. Nuon, as a public utility company, owned by local authorities, had trouble explaining why it invested heavily in Aalbers' ambitious plans. His successor was Jan Koning (former chief of Sara Lee/DE who resigned after four months). In a short period of time, Vitesse began to show negative financial results, due to poor deals on the transfer market. The club survived numerous financial crises, such as the last one in 2008, when debts were bought of, under the threat of bankruptcy.

In 2010, the club was bought by Georgian businessman Merab Jordania, a friend with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.^[5] Shortly thereafter, the two clubs agreed to a partnership and in the years following, many young Chelsea players have moved to Vitesse on loan,^[6] including Nemanja Matić,^[7] Gaël Kakuta,^[8] Patrick van Aanholt and Bertrand Traoré twice.^[9][10]

Stadium

GelreDome with closed roof and pitch outside

Training accommodation at the National Sports Centre Papendal

Its home is the unique GelreDome stadium opened in 1998, featuring a retractable roof and a convertible pitch that can be retracted when unused during concerts or other events held at the stadium.

The stadium was finished in time to host three group stage matches during the Euro 2000 tournament held in the Netherlands and Belgium.^[11] Its current capacity for football is 25,000, the maximum capacity for shows is around 34,000, and the average league attendance in recent years was just below 20,000.^[12] Their previous home was the Nieuw Monnikenhuize.

Training accommodation

The club's training ground and youth development system are based at the National Sports Centre Papendal. As of 2012 the club's pitches have been renewed, where under-soil heating was introduced; one pitch has artificial turf. The new accommodation was completed and opened in the first half of 2013.

Current squad

As of 17 September 2016.^[13]

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2016

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Eloy Room 3 DF Maikel van der Werff 5 DF Kelvin Leerdam 6 DF Arnold Kruiswijk (vice-captain) 7 MF Milot Rashica 8 DF Kosuke Ota 9 FW Zhang Yuning 10 MF Adnane Tighadouini (on loan from Málaga) 11 MF Nathan (on loan from Chelsea) 13 FW Ricky van Wolfswinkel 14 FW Abiola Dauda 16 FW Mitchell van Bergen 18 MF Marvelous Nakamba

No. Position Player 19 DF Matt Miazga (on loan from Chelsea) 20 MF Mohammed Osman 21 MF Sheran Yeini 22 DF Thomas Oude Kotte 23 GK Michael Tørnes 24 GK Jeroen Houwen 25 MF Navarone Foor 29 DF Julian Lelieveld 30 MF Arshak Koryan 34 MF Lewis Baker (on loan from Chelsea) 37 DF Guram Kashia (captain) 43 DF Lassana Faye

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — MF Valeri Qazaishvili (on loan at Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2017)

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 43 DF Lassana Faye — GK Wouter Dronkers — GK Stef Brummel — DF Joris Klein-Holte — DF Leeroy Schorea — DF Reyer van Doorn — DF Joeri Potjes — DF Wellington Verloo

No. Position Player — MF Jesse Schuurman — MF Anil Mercan — MF Julian Calor — MF Ewout Gouw — FW Jovi Munter — FW Kai Koreniuk — FW Cali Daniel — FW Martijn Berden

Retired numbers

04 — Theo Bos, defender (1983–98) — posthumous honour.
12 — reserved for the club supporters

Managerial history

Leo Beenhakker

Henk ten Cate

Ronald Koeman

Aad de Mos

Fred Rutten

• Unknown (1893–1914)
• Edgar Chadwick / John Sutcliffe (1914–15)
• Mac Pherson (1919–20)
• Charles Griffith (1920–22)
• Jan van Dort / Bram Evers (1922–23)
• Jan van Dort (1923–24)
• Bob Jefferson (1924–27)
• Heinrich Schwarz (1927–36)
• Gerrit van Wijhe (1936–38)
• Gerrit Horsten (1938–39)
• Gerrit Horsten / Ben Tap (1939–43)
• Gerrit Horsten / Jacques Piederiet / Jan Zonnenberg (1943–44)
• Gerrit Horsten / Jacques Piederiet (1945–46)
• George Roper (1946–47)
• Arie van der Wel (1947–48)
• Jan Zonnenberg (1948–54)
• Joseph Gruber (1954–57)
• Louis Pastoors (1957–60)
• Branko Vidović (1960–62)
• Jan Zonnenberg (1962–64)
• Joseph Gruber (1964–66)
• Frans de Munck (1966–69)
• Cor Brom (1969–72)
• Frans de Munck (1972–74)
• Nedeljko Bulatović (1974 – Sept 75)
• Jan de Bouter (Sept 1975 – April 76)
• Clemens Westerhof (Jan 31, 1976 – June 30, 1976)
• Henk Wullems (1976–82)
• Leen Looijen (1982 – Feb 84)
• Henk Hofstee (Feb 1984–84)
• Clemens Westerhof (July 1, 1984 – June 30, 1985)
• Janusz Kowalik / Henk Bosveld (1985–86)
• Hans Dorjee / Niels Overweg (1986–87)
• Hans Dorjee (1987 – July 87)
• Niels Overweg (July 1987 – Sept 87)
• Bert Jacobs (Sept 30, 1987 – June 30, 1992)
• Herbert Neumann (July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1995)
• Ronald Spelbos (July 1, 1995 – Nov 20, 1995)
• Frans Thijssen (Nov 20, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
• Leo Beenhakker (July 1, 1996 – Jan 11, 1997)
• Henk ten Cate (Jan 12, 1997 – Sept 29, 1998)
• Artur Jorge (July 1, 1998 – Oct 8, 1998)
• Herbert Neumann (Oct 9, 1998 – Oct 30, 1999)
• Edward Sturing / Jan Jongbloed (Oct 30, 1999 – Jan 1, 2000)
• Ronald Koeman (Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 2, 2001)
• Edward Sturing (Dec 3, 2001 – June 30, 2002)
• Mike Snoei (July 1, 2002 – March 25, 2003)
• Edward Sturing (March 26, 2003 – June 30, 2006)
• Aad de Mos (July 1, 2006 – April 28, 2008)
• Hans Westerhof (July 1, 2008 – Dec 30, 2008)
• Theo Bos (Jan 3, 2009 – Oct 21, 2010)
• Raimond van der Gouw / Hans van Arum (interim) (Oct 21, 2010 – Nov 15, 2010)
• Albert Ferrer (Oct 27, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
• John van den Brom (June 30, 2011 – June 30, 2012)
• Fred Rutten (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
• Peter Bosz (July 1, 2013 – January 4, 2016)
• Rob Maas (interim) (January 5, 2016 – 8 May 2016)
• Henk Fraser (June 13, 2016 – present)

Club officials

Position	Name	Since
Club owner	Alexander Chigirinsky	22 October 2013
Chairman	Bert Roetert	10 December 2013
Managing Director	Joost de Wit	16 May 2013
Technical Director	Mohammed Allach	1 October 2013
Manager	Henk Fraser	1 July 2016
Assistant manager	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1 July 2015
Assistant manager	John Lammers	1 July 2014
Assistant manager (goalkeeper coach)	Raimond van der Gouw	1 July 2009

Honours

National

League

• Eredivisie / Netherlands Football League Championship

Runners-up (5): 1897–98, 1902–03, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15

Third Place (1): 1997–98

• Eerste Divisie

Winners (2): 1976–77, 1988–89

Runners-up (2): 1959–60, 1973–74

• Tweede Divisie

Winners (1): 1965–66

Cup

• KNVB Cup

Runners-up (3): 1912, 1927, 1990

Other

• Parbo Bier Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012

Individual Achievements

• Top scorer Eerste Divisie: 2x (1974, 1983), Herman Veenendaal (23 goals), Remco Boere (27 goals)
• Top scorer Eredivisie: 2x (1998, 2013), Nikos Machlas (34 goals), Wilfried Bony (31 goals)
• European Golden Shoe-winner: 1x (1998), Nikos Machlas (34 goals)

Vitesse in Europe

• Group = group game
• Q = qualifying round
• 1R = first round
• 2R = second round
• 3R = third round
• 1/8 = 1/8 final

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score	Goalscorers Vitesse
1978–79	Intertoto Cup	Group		Hellas Verona	2–1, 0–2	Bursac, Hofs / (-)
		Group		RWDM	0–5, 0–2	(-) / (-)
		Group		Troyes	5–3, 2–1	Bleijenberg (2), Heezen, Mulderij, Bosveld / Bleijenberg, Beukhof
1990–91	UEFA Cup	1R		Derry City	1–0, 0–0	Loeffen / (-)
		2R		Dundee United	1–0, 4–0	Eijer / Latuheru (2), Van den Brom, Eijer
		1/8		Sporting CP	0–2, 1–2	(-) / Van Arum
1992–93	UEFA Cup	1R		Derry City	3–0, 2–1	Van den Brom (2), Van Arum / Straal, Laamers
		2R		KV Mechelen	1–0, 1–0	Van den Brom / Cocu
		1/8		Real Madrid	0–1, 0–1	(-) / (-)
1993–94	UEFA Cup	1R		Norwich City	0–3, 0–0	(-) / (-)
1994–95	UEFA Cup	1R		Parma	1–0, 0–2	Gillhaus / (-)
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1R		Braga	2–1, 0–2	Čurović, Trustfull / (-)
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1R		AEK Athens	3–0, 3–3	Laros, Perović, Machlas / Machlas (2), Reuser
		2R		Bordeaux	0–1, 1–2	(-) / Jochemsen
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	1R		Beira-Mar	2–1, 0–0	Van Hooijdonk, Grozdić / (-)
		2R		Lens	1–4, 1–1	Van Hooijdonk / Kreek
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R		Maccabi Haifa	3–0, 1–2	Martel, Peeters, Amoah / Amoah
		2R		Internazionale	0–0, 1–1	(-) / Peeters
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1R		Rapid București	1–1, 1–0	Peeters / Peeters
		2R		Werder Bremen	2–1, 3–3	Amoah, Verlaat (o.g.) / Levchenko, Claessens, Mbamba
		3R		Liverpool	0–1, 0–1	(-) / (-)
2012–13	Europa League	Q2		Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–4, 3–1	Van Ginkel (2), Reis, Bony / Van Ginkel, Van Aanholt, Bony
		Q3		Anzhi Makhachkala	0–2, 0–2	(-) / (-)
2013–14	Europa League	Q3		Petrolul Ploiești	1–1, 1–2	Reis / Van der Heijden
2015–16	Europa League	Q3		Southampton	0–3, 0–2	(-) / (-)

Club records

• Highest transfer fee paid: Bob Peeters from Roda JC for €6.4 million, 2000
• Highest transfer fee received: Wilfried Bony to Swansea City for £12 million, 2013
• Record League win: 0–17 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 11 November 1894
• Record Eredivisie win: 1–7 v Fortuna Sittard, 27-09-1997
• Record Eerste Divisie win: 7–0 v FC Wageningen, 30-08-1970
• Record European win: 0–4 v Dundee United, UEFA Cup Second Round, 7 November 1990
• Record home win: 14–0 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 20 January 1895
• Record away win: 0–17 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 11 November 1894
• Record home Eredivisie win: 6–0 v FC Volendam, 8 April 1998
• Record away Eredivisie win: 1–7 v Fortuna Sittard, 27 September 1997
• Record defeat: 12–1 v Ajax, Eredivisie, 19 May 1972
• Record tournament defeat: 0–7 v PSV, KNVB Beker, Fourth Round, 4 May 1969
• Highest ranking: 3rd in Eredivisie, 1997–98
• Longest unbeaten run (League): 22, from 8 January 1967 until 17 September 1967 in Eerste Divisie
• Most clean sheets in one season: 18, Eerste Divisie, 1988–89
• Most League goals all-time by player : 155 – Jan Dommering
• Most League goals in a season by player: 34 – Nikos Machlas, Eredivisie, 1997–98
• Most goals scored in a match: 9 – Nico Westdijk v De Treffers, Tweede Klasse C Oost, 19 October 1941
• Most League goals scored in a season: 85, Eredivisie, 1997–98
• Most League goals conceded in a season: 74, Eredivisie, 1971–72
• Most hat-tricks scored (League): 12 – Jan Dommering
• Fewest League goals scored in a season: 22, Eredivisie, 1971–72
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 20, Eerste Divisie, 1988–89
• Fastest own goal: 19 seconds – Purrel Fränkel v Twente, Eredivisie, 3 October 2003
• Most top scorer of Vitesse: John van den Brom, 5 times
• Most international caps for the Netherlands national football team as a Vitesse player: Just Göbel, 22

Domestic results

Below is a table with Vitesse's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Statistics

Club topscorers by season

Twin teams

On 18 May 2016, a cooperation was announced between Vasas Kubala Akadémia and Vitesse. According to the cooperation, the two club will organize common showcases, take part in a common conference and educational programmes. Gerry Hamstra said that it is very important for the Dutch club to initiate new cooperation in the Central European region, like Hungary.^[14]

• Chelsea
• Vasas

See also

• Dutch football league teams
• Vitesse Dallas, an American indoor football club

Notes and references

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to SBV Vitesse.

• Official website (Dutch)
• Official supporters site (Dutch)
• Official GelreDome site (Dutch)