2016–17 Vitesse season

Vitesse

2016–17 season
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Henk Fraser
Eredivisie	8th
KNVB Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lewis Baker (6 goals) Ricky van Wolfswinkel (6 goals) All: Lewis Baker (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,000 vs Utrecht (26 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	11,615 vs ADO Den Haag (13 August 2016)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

During the 2016–17 season Vitesse will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup.

Players

Squad details

As of 3 December 2016

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
1	Eloy Room	GK		Nijmegen	6 February 1989	134	0	8	0	Academy	1 July 2008	Free	30 June 2018
23	Michael Tørnes	GK		Herlev	8 January 1986	–	–	–	–	OB	27 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
24	Jeroen Houwen	GK		Venray	18 February 1996	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2018
Defenders
3	Maikel van der Werff	CB/RB/LB		Hoorn	22 April 1989	38	0	–	–	PEC Zwolle	19 February 2015	Free	30 June 2019
5	Kelvin Leerdam	LB/DM/CB		Paramaribo	24 June 1990	87	13	–	–	Feyenoord	2 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
6	Arnold Kruiswijk	CB		Groningen	2 November 1984	54	0	–	–	Heerenveen	19 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
8	Kosuke Ota	LB/CB		Tokyo	23 July 1987	26	0	7	0	FC Tokyo	1 January 2016	Free	30 June 2020
19	Matt Miazga	CB		Clifton	19 July 1995	9	0	2	0	Chelsea	31 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
22	Thomas Oude Kotte	CB		Apeldoorn	20 March 1996	2	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
29	Julian Lelieveld	RB/CB		Arnhem	24 November 1997	2	0	–	–	Academy	29 July 2015	Free	30 June 2020
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB		Tbilisi	4 July 1987	227	18	50	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2020
43	Lassana Faye	LB		Rotterdam	15 June 1998	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 January 2016	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
7	Milot Rashica	AM/RW/LW		Vushtrri	28 June 1996	50	9	4	0	Kosova Vushtrri	10 February 2015	€ 300K	30 June 2018
10	Adnane Tighadouini	LW/RW		Ede	30 November 1992	16	4	1	0	Málaga	30 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
11	Nathan	LW/RW/AM		Blumenau	13 March 1996	32	6	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
16	Mitchell van Bergen	RW/LW/AM		Oss	27 August 1999	15	0	–	–	Academy	17 December 2015	Free	30 June 2018
18	Marvelous Nakamba	CM/DM/LB		Hwange	19 January 1994	56	2	3	0	Nancy	13 August 2014	Free	30 June 2018
20	Mohammed Osman	AM/LW		Al-Qamishli	1 January 1994	3	0	–	–	Academy	30 March 2015	Free	30 June 2018
21	Sheran Yeini	DM/RB		Tel Aviv	8 December 1986	36	1	18	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	20 April 2015	Free	30 June 2019
25	Navarone Foor	AM/RW/LW		Opheusden	4 February 1992	13	1	–	–	NEC	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2020
30	Arshak Koryan	RW/LW		Sochi	17 June 1995	5	1	–	–	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
34	Lewis Baker	CM/AM		Luton	25 April 1995	51	14	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
Forwards
9	Zhang Yuning	ST/SS		Wenzhou	5 January 1997	16	4	5	2	Hangzhou	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
13	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	ST		Woudenberg	27 January 1989	50	16	2	0	Norwich City	28 July 2016	€ 600K	30 June 2019
14	Abiola Dauda	ST/SS		Lagos	3 February 1988	30	9	–	–	Red Star	21 July 2014	€ 500K	30 June 2017

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
9	FW		Zhang Yuning	20	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free
16	MF		Mitchell van Bergen	16	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2018	Free
22	DF		Thomas Oude Kotte	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2018	Free
24	GK		Jeroen Houwen	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2018	Free
29	DF		Julian Lelieveld	17	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2020	Free
30	MF		Arshak Koryan	21	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free
14	FW		Abiola Dauda	28	Non-EU	Heart of Midlothian	Loan Return	Summer	2017	Free
25	MF		Navarone Foor	24	EU	NEC	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free
—	FW		Martijn Berden	18	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free
—	MF		Julian Calor	19	EU	RKC Waalwijk	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free
11	MF		Nathan	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2017	Free
34	MF		Lewis Baker	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2017	Free
23	GK		Michael Tørnes	30	EU	OB	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free
13	FW		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	27	EU	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	2019	€600K
10	MF		Adnane Tighadouini	23	Non-EU	Málaga	Loan	Summer	2017	Free
19	DF		Matt Miazga	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2017	Free

Total spending: €600,000

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF		Denys Oliynyk	29	Non-EU	Darmstadt 98	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
22	GK		Piet Velthuizen	29	EU	Hapoel Haifa	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
40	MF		Elmo Lieftink	22	EU	Willem II	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
—	FW		Kai Huisman	21	EU	FC Emmen	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
7	FW		Isaiah Brown	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
9	FW		Dominic Solanke	18	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
13	MF		Nathan	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
20	MF		Danilo Pantić	19	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
34	MF		Lewis Baker	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
30	MF		Renato Ibarra	25	Non-EU	América	Transfer	Summer	€1.8M
17	DF		Kevin Diks	19	EU	Fiorentina	Transfer	Summer	€2.8M
10	MF		Valeri Qazaishvili	23	EU	Legia Warsaw	Loan	Summer	Free

Total gaining: €4,600,000

Balance

Total: €4,000,000

Pre-season

On 21 June 2016, it was announced that Vitesse would host Belgian side Oostende for a pre-season friendly, as well as hosting the 2016 Fox Sports Cup, which features sides such as West Bromwich Albion and Porto.^[1]

Vitesse v Shakhtar Donetsk

2 July 2016 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loenen, Netherlands
17:00	Zhang  20' van Bergen  57' Lucassen  59'	Report		Stadium: Loenermark Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Vitesse v Oostende

9 July 2016 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 3	Oostende	Driel, Netherlands
16:00	Ota  31' Zhang  87'	Report	7' Canesin  40' El Ghanassy  89' Tomašević	Stadium: Sportpark RKSV Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Vitesse v Rubin Kazan

16 July 2016 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
17:30	Zhang  31' Rashica  49'	Report	58' Karadeniz	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 25

Vitesse v West Bromwich Albion

21 July 2016 2016 Fox Sports Cup	Vitesse	1 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:30	Nathan  57'	Report	26' Rondón  70' McManaman	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Vitesse v Porto

23 July 2016 2016 Fox Sports Cup	Vitesse	1 – 2	Porto	Arnhem, Netherlands
15:30	Baker  17'		78' Corona  82' (pen.) Silva	Stadium: GelreDome

Newcastle United v Vitesse

30 July 2016 Friendly	Newcastle United	3 – 2	Vitesse	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
15:00	Leerdam  22' (og.) Gayle  36' Colback  41'	Report	Nathan  53' Kashia  61'	Stadium: St James' Park Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	15	5	5	5	22	19	+3	33.33
KNVB Cup	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	100.000
Total	17	7	5	5	33	22	+11	41.18

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Twente	15	5	6	4	24	21	+3	21	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
7	Utrecht	15	5	6	4	25	23	+2	21
8	Vitesse	15	5	5	5	22	19	+3	20
9	Heracles Almelo	15	4	6	5	18	23	−5	18
10	Sparta Rotterdam	15	4	5	6	22	27	−5	17

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: NUsport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only for deciding champion and relegation); 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw. (Note: Criteria 5-8 is only used if deciding Europa League play-off places)^[2]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

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
15	5	5	5	22	19	+3	20	3	2	3	12	11	+1	2	3	2	10	8	+2

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W
Position	2	5	4	4	8	6	7	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	7

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Vitesse
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
ADO Den Haag	1–2
Ajax		0–1
AZ		2–2
Excelsior	2–2
Feyenoord
Go Ahead Eagles	2–0
Groningen	2–1
Heerenveen		1–1
Heracles Almelo	1–2
NEC		1–1
PEC Zwolle	3–1
PSV	0–2
Roda JC		1–0
Sparta Rotterdam
Twente		1–2
Utrecht	1–1
Willem II		4–1

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 21 June 2016 at 9am.^[3]

Willem II v Vitesse

6 August 2016 1	Willem II	1 – 4	Vitesse	Tilburg
20:45 CET	Sol  54'	Report	21' van Wolfswinkel  30' Qazaishvili  37', 39' Nathan  70' Baker	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12,250 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Vitesse v ADO Den Haag

13 August 2016 2	Vitesse	1 – 2	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:45 CET	van Wolfswinkel  22' Kruiswijk  90+3'	Report	31', 61' Kastaneer  59' Duplan	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 11,615 Referee: Kevin Blom

Roda JC v Vitesse

20 August 2016 3	Roda JC	0 – 1	Vitesse	Kerkrade
18:30 CET	Kum  35' Brouwers  44' Rutjes  60'	Report	22' Baker  39' Kruiswijk  77' Nakamba  84' van der Werff	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 13,030 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Vitesse v Utrecht

26 August 2016 4	Vitesse	1 – 1	Utrecht	Arnhem
20:00 CET	van Wolfswinkel  28' Leerdam  90+1'		24' Ludwig  68' Haller	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v Vitesse

11 September 2016 5	Ajax	1 – 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
16:45 CET	Viergever  27',  55'	Report	44', 67' Kruiswijk	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Vitesse v Go Ahead Eagles

17 September 2016 6	Vitesse	2 – 0	Go Ahead Eagles	Arnhem
19:45 CET	van Wolfswinkel  76' (pen.) Baker  78'	Report	32' de Kogel  34' Ritzmaier	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,170 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Twente v Vitesse

25 September 2016 7	Twente	2 – 1	Vitesse	Enschede
14:30 CET	Ünal  16' Trajkovski  45+3' Celina  85'	Report	59' Nakamba  90+2' Baker	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Vitesse v Groningen

1 October 2016 8	Vitesse	2 – 1	Groningen	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Rashica  4' Tighadouini  25' Baker  44' Leerdam  76'	Report	4' (pen.) Hoesen  43' Davidson	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,055 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

AZ v Vitesse

15 October 2016 9	AZ	2 – 2	Vitesse	Alkmaar
20:45 CET	van Eijden  22' Weghorst  57' Mühren  78', 87'	Report	23' Baker  28' Nakamba  58' (pen.) van Wolfswinkel  82' Leerdam  90' van Bergen	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,415 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

NEC Nijmegen v Vitesse

23 October 2016 10	NEC Nijmegen	1 – 1	Vitesse	Nijmegen
12:30 CET	Bikel  22' Golla  42' Dumić  63',  88'	Report	38' Foor  43' van Wolfswinkel  63' Kashia  89' Tighadouini	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Vitesse v PSV

29 October 2016 10	Vitesse	0 – 2	PSV	Arnhem
19:45 CET	Kruiswijk  53'	Report	12', 90+3' Pereiro	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,452 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Vitesse v Heracles Almelo

6 November 2016 11	Vitesse	1 – 2	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
14:30 CET	van Wolfswinkel  57' Yeini  78'	Report	61' Darri  74' (pen.) Armenteros	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,743 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Heerenveen v Vitesse

19 November 2016 12	Heerenveen	1 – 1	Vitesse	Heerenveen
18:30 CET	Thorsby  61' Mulder  73' Veerman  84'	Report	57' Nakamba  72' Baker	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,465 Referee: Ed Janssen

Vitesse v Excelsior

26 November 2016 13	Vitesse	2 – 2	Excelsior	Arnhem
18:30 CET	van Wolfswinkel  25' (pen.) Tighadouini  73'	Report	7', 14' Faik  24' Mattheij  40' Vermeulen  56' Kuipers	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Vitesse v PEC Zwolle

3 December 2016 14	Vitesse	3 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
20:45 CET	Rashica  21' Baker  32' (pen.) Zhang  41',  45' Nathan  90+2'	Report	31' Marcellis  67' Schenkeveld  74' Kvida	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,173 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Sparta Rotterdam v Vitesse

11 December 2016 15	Sparta Rotterdam	v	Vitesse	Rotterdam
12:30 CET				Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel

KNVB Cup

ASV De Dijk v Vitesse

22 September 2016 First round	ASV De Dijk	2 – 7	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:00	Zwarthoed  41' Schilder  63' Kaars  67'		9' Baker  34' Leerdam  59' (pen.) van Wolfswinkel  60', 64' Tighadouini  84' Rashica  86' Koryan	Stadium: Sportpark Schellingwoude Referee: Kevin Blom

Vitesse v RKC Waalwijk

26 October 2016 Second round	Vitesse	4 – 1	RKC Waalwijk	Arnhem
20:00	Yeini  14' Zhang  19' Kashia  53' Baker  59' (pen.),  90+1' Nakamba  69' Nathan  90+3'	Report	Langedijk  53' Greene  58'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Dennis Higler

Vitesse v Jodan Boys

14 December 2016 Third round	Vitesse	v	Jodan Boys	Arnhem
20:00				Stadium: GelreDome

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Eloy Room	15	0	2	0	17	0	0	0
3	DF	Maikel van der Werff	9	0	1	0	10	0	1	0
5	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	13	1	1	1	14	2	2	0
6	DF	Arnold Kruiswijk	12 (1)	0	1	0	13 (1)	0	4	1
7	MF	Milot Rashica	12 (2)	0	2	1	14 (2)	1	2	0
8	DF	Kosuke Ota	5 (3)	0	2	0	7 (3)	0	0	0
9	FW	Zhang Yuning	1 (6)	1	1	1	2 (6)	2	1	0
10	MF	Adnane Tighadouini	6 (5)	1	2	2	8 (5)	3	2	0
11	MF	Nathan	8 (4)	3	0 (1)	1	8 (5)	4	0	0
13	FW	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	14	7	1	1	15	8	1	0
14	FW	Abiola Dauda	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
16	MF	Mitchell van Bergen	2 (10)	0	0 (2)	0	2 (12)	0	1	0
18	MF	Marvelous Nakamba	14	0	1	1	15	1	4	0
19	DF	Matt Miazga	4 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	5 (4)	0	0	0
20	MF	Mohammed Osman	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
21	MF	Sheran Yeini	6 (2)	0	1	0	7 (2)	0	2	0
22	DF	Thomas Oude Kotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Michael Tørnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	Jeroen Houwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Navarone Foor	11	1	2	0	13	1	0	0
29	DF	Julian Lelieveld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Arshak Koryan	1 (2)	0	0 (2)	1	1 (4)	1	0	0
34	MF	Lewis Baker	15	7	2	2	17	9	2	0
37	DF	Guram Kashia	15	0	1	0	16	0	2	0
43	DF	Lassana Faye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
—	MF	Valeri Qazaishvili	2 (1)	1	0	0	2 (1)	1	0	0

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Vitesse

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	MF	34	Lewis Baker	7	2	9
2	FW	13	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	7	1	8
3	MF	11	Nathan	3	1	4
4	MF	10	Adnane Tighadouini	1	2	3
5	DF	5	Kelvin Leerdam	1	1	2
	FW	9	Zhang Yuning	1	1	2
7	MF	7	Milot Rashica	0	1	1
	MF	18	Marvelous Nakamba	0	1	1
	MF	25	Navarone Foor	1	0	1
	MF	30	Arshak Koryan	0	1	1
	MF	—	Valeri Qazaishvili	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Total				22	11	33

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Vitesse

Clean sheets

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	1	Eloy Room	2	0	2
Total			2	0	2

Last updated: 17 September 2016.
Source: Vitesse

Summary

Games played	17 (15 Eredivisie) (2 KNVB Cup)
Games won	7 (5 Eredivisie) (2 KNVB Cup)
Games drawn	5 (5 Eredivisie)
Games lost	5 (5 Eredivisie)
Goals scored	33 (22 Eredivisie) (11 KNVB Cup)
Goals conceded	22 (19 Eredivisie) (3 KNVB Cup)
Goal difference	+11 (+3 Eredivisie) (+8 KNVB Cup)
Clean sheets	2 (2 Eredivisie)
Yellow cards	25 (22 Eredivisie) (3 KNVB Cup)
Red cards	1 (1 Eredivisie)
Most appearances	17 Appearances (2 players)
Top scorer	9 (Lewis Baker)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 7/17 (41.18%)

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Vitesse

References

1. "Vitesse to host international tournament". From Arnhem with Love. 21 June 2016.
2. "Eredivisie 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
3. "Matches". Vitesse. 21 June 2016.

External links

• Vitesse Official Website (Dutch)