Vitesse

For other uses, see Vitesse (disambiguation).

Vitesse

Full name	Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse
Nickname(s)	Vitas, FC Hollywood aan de Rijn (FC Hollywood on the Rhine)
Founded	14 May 1892 (1892-05-14)
Ground	GelreDome Arnhem (capacity: 25,000)
Chairman	Merab Jordania
Manager	Fred Rutten
League	Eredivisie
2011–12	Eredivisie, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse (French for speed) has enjoyed some success in Eredivisie and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but haven't been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands football, namely PSV, Feyenoord, and Ajax. The owner and chairman is a Georgian businessman, which makes Vitesse the first Dutch football club owned by a foreigner.

History

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 Lazovic, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Mahamadou Diarra and Philip Cocu.

In the 1980s, the club was threatened with bankruptcy,the solution to which was to form a new administrative board to govern both the professionals and the amateur sides. This is because up until the 1980s, the club had incorporated both its professional and its amateur players into its club structure. It was restructured again in 2003 when it could have gone bankrupt again, when the timely intervention of the Arnhem city council bought GelreDome, and created a financial rescue package to salvage the club.

The clubs training ground and youth development system are based at the National Sports Centre Papendal.

Stadium

Its home is the unique GelreDome stadium built 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. Its capacity is 25,000. The average league attendance in recent years was just below 20,000. Their previous home was the Nieuw Monnikenhuize.

Ownership

On 16 August 2010, the former Georgian footballer and now businessman Merab Jordania became the owner of Vitesse. Jordania expressed his ambition for Vitesse to become champion of the Eredivisie league within three years. His first action as owner involved attracting 8 new young players, though no established stars. However, the takeover, especially given Jordania's background, resulted in massive controversy, some commentators arguing that this takeover was the Dutch equivalent of what had happened in English football, financial globalization and possibly longer-term destabilization, as expressed in the many opinions in the local paper.

Current squad

As of 27 February 2013

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Eloy Room 2 DF Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) 3 DF Dan Mori 5 MF Theo Janssen 6 DF Frank van der Struijk 8 MF Marco van Ginkel 9 FW Wilfried Bony 10 MF Davy Pröpper 13 FW Jonathan Reis 14 FW Mike Havenaar 15 MF Simon Cziommer

No. Position Player 16 DF Michihiro Yasuda 18 MF Valeri Kazaishvili 20 FW Gaël Kakuta (on loan from Chelsea) 22 GK Piet Velthuizen 23 DF Jan-Arie van der Heijden 25 DF Nikola Aksentijević 30 MF Renato Ibarra 37 DF Guram Kashia (captain) 38 DF Patrick van Aanholt (on loan from Chelsea) 39 MF Wimilio Vink 44 FW Brahim Darri

On loan

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

No. Position Player 7 MF Nicky Hofs (at Willem II) 11 MF Giorgi Chanturia (at Alania Vladikavkaz) 19 FW Marcus Pedersen (at Odense BK)

No. Position Player 21 GK Marko Meerits (at FC Flora Tallinn) 34 MF Sander van de Streek (at FC Flora Tallinn) 35 FW Adnane Tighadouini (at SC Cambuur)

Reserve team

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

No. Position Player 28 GK Sebastiaan van der Sman 31 GK Nick Hengelman 32 DF Just Berends 33 DF Anderson Santos da Vitória 40 DF Mike Vreekamp 41 DF Nando Wormgoor 42 GK Martin van Barneveld

No. Position Player 43 DF Alex Santos da Vitória 45 MF Gino Bosz 46 MF Elmo Lieftink 47 FW Mohamed Hamdaoui 48 GK Jeroen Houwen 49 DF Mathew Morais

Retired numbers

4 — Theo Bos, defender (1983–1998) — posthumous honour.

Vitesse-managers since 1914

Leo Beenhakker

Henk ten Cate

Aad de Mos

Hans Westerhof

• 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 (1976)
• Henk Wullems (1976–82)
• Leen Looijen (1982–Feb 84)
• Henk Hofstee (Feb 1984–84)
• Clemens Westerhof (1984–85)
• 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 1987–June 92)
• Herbert Neumann (July 1992–June 95)
• Ronald Spelbos (1995–Nov 95)
• Frans Thijssen (Nov 1995–96)
• Leo Beenhakker (July 1996–Jan 97)
• Henk ten Cate (Jan 1997–Sept 98)
• Artur Jorge (July 1998–Oct 98)
• Herbert Neumann (Oct 1998–Oct 99)
• Edward Sturing / Jan Jongbloed (Oct 1999–Jan 00)
• Ronald Koeman (Jan 2000–Dec 01)
• Edward Sturing (Dec 2001–June 2)
• Mike Snoei (July 2002–March 3)
• Edward Sturing (March 2003–June 6)
• Aad de Mos (July 2006–April 8)
• Hans Westerhof (July 2008–Dec 08)
• Theo Bos (Jan 2009–Oct 10)
• Raimond van der Gouw / Hans van Arum (interim) (Oct 2010–Nov 10)
• Albert Ferrer (Oct 2010–June 11)
• John van den Brom (June 2011–June 12)
• Fred Rutten (July 2012–)

Club officials

Position	Name	Since
Club owner	Merab Jordania	16 August 2010
Chairman	Merab Jordania	1 October 2010
Managing Director	Erwin Kasakowski	20 juni 2012
Technical Director	Ted van Leeuwen	1 July 2008
Manager	Fred Rutten	1 July 2012
Assistant manager	Stanley Menzo	15 November 2010
Assistant manager	Albert Capellas Herms	15 November 2010
Assistant manager	Patrick Greveraars	10 July 2012
Assistant manager (goalkeeper coach)	Raimond van der Gouw	1 July 2009

Honours

League

• Eredivisie

Runners-up (6): 1897-98, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15

Third placed (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

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 AC	5–3, 2–1	Bleijenberg (2), Heezen, Mulderij, Bosveld / Bleijenberg, Beukhof
1990/91	UEFA Cup	1R		Derry City FC	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 FC	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		AC Parma	1–0, 0–2	Gillhaus / (-)
1997/98	UEFA Cup	1R		SC Braga	2–1, 0–2	Curovic, Trustfull / (-)
1998/99	UEFA Cup	1R		AEK Athens	3–0, 3–3	Laros, Perovic, Machlas / Machlas (2), Reuser
		2R		Girondins de Bordeaux	0–1, 1–2	(-) / Jochemsen
1999/00	UEFA Cup	1R		SC Beira-Mar	2–1, 0–0	Van Hooijdonk, Grozdic / (-)
		2R		RC Lens	1–4, 1–1	Van Hooijdonk / Kreek
2000/01	UEFA Cup	1R		Maccabi Haifa FC	3–0, 1–2	Martel, Peeters, Amoah / Amoah
		2R		Internazionale	0–0, 1–1	(-) / Peeters
2002/03	UEFA Cup	1R		FC Rapid Bucureşti	1–1, 1–0	Peeters / Peeters
		2R		Werder Bremen	2–1, 3–3	Amoah, Verlaat (o.g.) / Levchenko, Claessens, Mbamba
		3R		Liverpool FC	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	(-) / (-)

Club records

• Highest transfer fee paid: Bob Peeters from Roda JC for € 6.4 million, 2000
• Highest transfer fee received: Nikos Machlas to Ajax for € 8.6 million, 1999
• 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 FC, 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 AFC Ajax, Eredivisie, 19 May 1972
• Record tournament defeat: 0–7 v PSV, KNVB Beker, Fourth Round, 4 May 1969
• Highest ranking: 3rd in Eredivisie, 1997/1998
• 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 FC 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.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2012–13 Eredivisie			2012-13	quarter final
2011–12 Eredivisie	7th (6th after EC play-offs)	Europa League (winning EC play-offs)	2011-12	quarter final
2010–11 Eredivisie	15th	-	2010-11	round of 16
2009–10 Eredivisie	14th	-	2009-10	third round
2008–09 Eredivisie	10th	-	2008-09	third round
2007–08 Eredivisie	12th	-	2007-08	second round
2006–07 Eredivisie	12th (10th after IC play-offs)	- (losing IC play-offs)	2006-07	third round
2005–06 Eredivisie	11th (10th after IC play-offs)	- (losing IC play-offs)	2005-06	second round
2004–05 Eredivisie	7th	-	2004-05	third round
2003–04 Eredivisie	16th	- (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2003-04	round of 16
2002–03 Eredivisie	14th	-	2002-03	quarter final
2001–02 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	2001-02	second round
2000–01 Eredivisie	6th	-	2000-01	semi-final
1999–2000 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1999-2000	semi-final
1998–99 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1998-99	quarter final
1997–98 Eredivisie	3rd	UEFA Cup	1997-98	quarter final
1996–97 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	1996-97	quarter final
1995–96 Eredivisie	5th	-	1995-96	second round
1994–95 Eredivisie	6th	-	1994-95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1992-93	round of 16
1991–92 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1991-92	round of 16
1990–91 Eredivisie	5th	-	1990-91	quarter final
1989–90 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1989-90	final
1988–89 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1988-89	quarter final
1987–88 Eerste Divisie	9th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1987-88	first round
1986–87 Eerste Divisie	7th	-	1986-87	quarter final
1985–86 Eerste Divisie	8th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1985-86	first round
1984–85 Eerste Divisie	17th	-	1984-85	second round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie	11th	-	1983-84	first round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	10th	-	1982-83	second round
1981–82 Eerste Divisie	8th	-	1981-82	second round
1980–81 Eerste Divisie	8th	-	1980-81	first round
1979–80 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1979-80	round of 16
1978–79 Eredivisie	14th	-	1978-79	second round
1977–78 Eredivisie	9th	-	1977-78	quarter final
1976–77 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1976-77	second round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1975-76	first round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1974-75	first round
1973–74 Eerste Divisie	2nd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1973-74	second round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie	3rd	-	1972-73	second round
1971–72 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1971-72	first round
1970–71 Eerste Divisie	3rd	Eredivisie (promotion)	1970-71	second round
1969–70 Eerste Divisie	7th	-	1969-70	second round
1968–69 Eerste Divisie	3rd	-	1968-69	quarter final
1967–68 Eerste Divisie	5th	-	1967-68	group stage
1966–67 Eerste Divisie	8th	-	1966-67	first round
1965–66 Tweede Divisie	1st (group A)	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1965-66	group stage
1964–65 Tweede Divisie	4th (group A)	-	1964-65	first round
1963–64 Tweede Divisie	9th (group B)	-	1963-64	first round
1962–63 Tweede Divisie	6th (group A)	-	1962-63	second round
1961–62 Eerste Divisie	10th (group A)	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1961-62	fourth round
1960–61 Eerste Divisie	4th (group A)	-	1960-61	group stage
1959–60 Eerste Divisie	2nd (group A)	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	not held	not held
1958–59 Eerste Divisie	10th (group B)	-	1958-59	no participation
1957–58 Eerste Divisie	5th (group A)	-	1957-58	fourth round
1956–57 Eerste Divisie	7th (group B)	-	1956-57	second round

Statistics

Eredivisie Matches played 942 Matches won 354 Matches lost 317 Matches drawn 271 Points (twopoints-system) 979 Goals for 1367 Goal against 1326 Seasons 28 Best ranking 3 (1997/1998) Worst ranking 18 (1971/1972) As of 27 February 2013

Eerste Divisie Matches played 852 Matches won 379 Matches lost 258 Matches drawn 215 Points (twopoints-system) 973 Goals for 1450 Goals against 1192 Seasons 25 Best ranking 1 (1976/77, 1988/89) Worst ranking 17 (1984/85)

Club topscorers by season

1954/55 Eltjo Veentjer (10) 1955/56 Eltjo Veentjer (10) 1956/57 Jan Schatorjé (16) 1957/58 Gerrit van der Pol (13) 1958/59 Loek Feijen (15) 1959/60 Loek Feijen (17) 1960/61 Loek Feijen (12) 1961/62 Jan Seelen (13) 1962/63 Jan Seelen (18) 1963/64 Jan Seelen (10) 1964/65 Jan Veenstra (12) 1965/66 Hans Verhagen (21) 1966/67 Jan Veenstra (22) 1967/68 Hans Verhagen (17) 1968/69 Henk Bosveld (15) 1969/70 Wim Kleinjan (11) 1970/71 Bart Stovers (10) 1971/72 Ben Gerritsen (5) 1971/72 Herman Veenendaal (5) 1972/73 Bram van Kerkhof (20) 1973/74 Herman Veenendaal (23)

1974/75 Henk Bosveld (16) 1975/76 Henk Bosveld (10) 1975/76 Boško Bursać (10) 1976/77 Boško Bursać (20) 1977/78 Boško Bursać (13) 1978/79 Henk Bosveld (7) 1978/79 Herman Gerdsen (7) 1979/80 Hans Bleijenberg (11) 1980/81 Ron van Oosterom (14) 1981/82 Jurrie Koolhof (19) 1982/83 Chris van de Akker (10) 1983/84 Remco Boere (27) 1984/85 Henk Thijssen (8) 1985/86 Roger Schouwenaar (11) 1985/86 Rick Talan (11) 1986/87 John van den Brom (17) 1987/88 Rick Talan (16) 1988/89 Jurrie Koolhof (13) 1989/90 John van den Brom (14) 1990/91 John van den Brom (8) 1991/92 John van den Brom (10)

1992/93 John van den Brom (15) 1993/94 Hans Gillhaus (22) 1994/95 Roy Makaay (11) 1995/96 Roy Makaay (11) 1996/97 Roy Makaay (19) 1997/98 Nikos Machlas (34) 1998/99 Nikos Machlas (18) 1999/00 Pierre van Hooijdonk (25) 2000/01 Matthew Amoah (11) 2001/02 Matthew Amoah (6) 2002/03 Matthew Amoah (15) 2003/04 Emile Mbamba (6) 2004/05 Matthew Amoah (13) 2005/06 Youssouf Hersi (10) 2006/07 Danko Lazović (19) 2007/08 Santi Kolk (12) 2008/09 Ricky van Wolfswinkel (8) 2009/10 Santi Kolk (7) 2009/10 Lasse Nilsson (7) 2010/11 Marco van Ginkel (5) 2010/11 Marcus Pedersen (5)

2011/12 Wilfried Bony (12) |} 2012/13 Wilfried Bony (31)|} See also Dutch football league teams Notes and references External links Official website (Dutch) Official supporters site Official GelreDome site