Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse (French for speed) has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never 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.
[edit] History
no history
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.[1] 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.[2]
[edit] Current squad
- As of 4 December 2011
For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] Vitesse-managers since 1914
[edit] Club officials
[edit] Honours
[edit] Team Achievements
- Champion Gelderse Competitie NVB: 2x (1895, 1896)
- Champion Eerste Klasse Oost: 7x (1897, 1898, 1903, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1953)
- Champion Tweede Klasse Oost: 5x (1923, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950)
- KNVB Beker finalist: 3x (1912, 1927, 1990)
- Champion Eerste Divisie: 2x (1977, 1989)
- Champion Tweede Divisie: 1x (1966)
- Also promoted to Eredivisie: 1x (1971)
- UEFA Cup: 9x participation (36 matches): (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002)
[edit] Individual Achievements
[edit] Vitesse in Europe
- Group = group game
- 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 |
Groep |
 |
Hellas Verona |
2–1, 0–2 |
Bursac, Hofs / (-) |
|
|
Groep |
 |
RWDM |
0–5, 0–2 |
(-) / (-) |
|
|
Groep |
 |
Troyes AC |
5–3, 2–1 |
Bleijenberg (2), Heezen, Mulderij, Bosveld / |
| 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 (e.d.) / Levchenko, Claessens, Mbamba |
|
|
3R |
|
Liverpool FC |
0–1, 0–1 |
(-) / (-) |
[edit] 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
[edit] Domestic results
Below is a table with Vitesse's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Eredivisie
| Matches played |
882 |
| Matches won |
326 |
| Matches lost |
299 |
| Matches drawn |
257 |
| Points (twopoints-system) |
909 |
| Goals for |
1269 |
| Goal against |
1246 |
| Seasons |
26 |
| Best ranking |
3 (1997/1998) |
| Worst ranking |
18 (1971/1972) |
As of 24 April 2011
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[edit] Eerste Divisie
| Matches played |
852 |
| Matches won |
0 |
| Matches lost |
258 |
| Matches drawn |
215 |
| Points (twopoints-system) |
973 |
| Goals for |
1450 |
| Goals against |
0 |
| Seasons |
25 |
| Best ranking |
1 (1976/77, 1988/89) |
| Worst ranking |
17 (1984/85) |
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[edit] Club topscorers by season
[edit] Notable players
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- Mexico
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
Merab Jordania
John van den Brom
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Jan van Dort / 
Joseph Gruber (1954–57)
Branko Vidović (1960–62)
Janusz Kowalik / 
