2018–19 SBV Vitesse season

Vitesse
2018–19 season
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Leonid Slutsky
Stadium	GelreDome
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Quarter-final
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round; (vs. Basel)
Top goalscorer	League: Bryan Linssen (12); All: Bryan Linssen (14)
Highest home attendance	21,248 vs PSV; (7 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	9,876 vs Viitorul Constanța; (2 August 2018)
Average home league attendance	11,614
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Vitesse's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football, the Eredivisie, and 126th year in existence as a football club. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Squad

As of match 23 April 2019

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Eduardo	GK	(1982-09-19) 19 September 1982 (age 42)	loan from Chelsea	2018^[1]	2019^[1]	34	0
22	Remko Pasveer	GK	(1983-11-08) 8 November 1983 (age 41)	PSV Eindhoven	2017	2020	40	0
40	Bilal Bayazit	GK	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 25)	Academy	2017	2021	0	0
Defenders
3	Maikel van der Werff	DF	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35)	PEC Zwolle	2015	2019	90	4
5	Max Clark	DF	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28)	Hull City	2018^[2]	2021^[2]	25	1
6	Arnold Kruiswijk	DF	(1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 40)	Heerenveen	2014	2019	76	1
8	Vyacheslav Karavayev	DF	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29)	Sparta Prague	2018	2021	54	0
14	Jake Clarke-Salter	DF	(1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27)	loan from Chelsea	2019^[3]	2020^[3]	35	1
26	Rasmus Thelander	DF	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33)	Zürich	2018^[4]	2021^[4]	13	0
28	Alexander Büttner	DF	(1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 (age 35)	Dynamo Moscow	2017	2019	71	3
30	Danilho Doekhi	DF	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 26)	Jong Ajax	2018^[5]	2022^[5]	21	0
Midfielders
7	Roy Beerens	MF	(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36)	Reading	2018	2021	38	3
11	Bryan Linssen	MF	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34)	Groningen	2017	2020	79	33
17	Thulani Serero	MF	(1990-04-11) 11 April 1990 (age 34)	Ajax	2017	2020	74	3
18	Martin Ødegaard	MF	(1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 25)	loan from Real Madrid	2018^[6]	2019^[6]	33	8
19	Hilary Gong	MF	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 26)	AS Trenčín	2018^[7]	2022^[7]	11	0
20	Charly Musonda	MF	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 28)	loan from Chelsea	2018^[8]	2019^[8]	0	0
21	Matúš Bero	MF	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)	Trabzonspor	2018^[9]	2022^[9]	35	9
23	Mukhtar Ali	MF	(1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 27)	Chelsea	2017	2020	18	1
25	Navarone Foor	MF	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	NEC	2016	2020	111	14
Forwards
9	Tim Matavž	FW	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35)	Augsburg	2017		58	25
10	Mohammed Dauda	FW	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)	loan from Anderlecht	2019^[10]	2019^[10]	12	3
13	Oussama Darfalou	FW	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 31)	USM Alger	2018^[11]	2022^[11]	27	7
29	Thomas Buitink	FW	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 24)	Academy	2018	2022	21	6
39	Richonell Margaret	FW	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24)	Ajax	2018		5	0
Out on loan
2	Khalid Karami	DF	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34)	Excelsior	2018^[12]	2020^[12]	1	0
10	Thomas Bruns	MF	(1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32)	Heracles Almelo	2017	2021	51	4
Left during the season
16	Mitchell van Bergen	MF	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25)	Willem II	2015		37	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
8 May 2018 †	DF	Khalid Karami	Excelsior	Free	^[12]
16 May 2018	DF	Rasmus Thelander	Zürich	Undisclosed	^[4]
6 June 2018 †	FW	Oussama Darfalou	USM Alger	Free	^[11]
11 June 2018	DF	Özgür Aktas	NEC	Undisclosed	^[13]
22 June 2018 †	DF	Max Clark	Hull City	Free	^[2]
3 July 2018	MF	Matúš Bero	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	^[9]
4 July 2018	DF	Danilho Doekhi	Jong Ajax	Undisclosed	^[5]
5 July 2018	MF	Hilary Gong	AS Trenčín	Undisclosed	^[7]
27 August 2018	DF	Mats Grotenbreg	TOP Oss	Undisclosed	^[14]

† Transfers announced on the above dates, but were not finalised until 1 July.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 July 2018	DF	Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	30 June 2019	^[3]
6 July 2018	GK	Eduardo	Chelsea	30 June 2019	^[1]
21 August 2018	MF	Martin Ødegaard	Real Madrid	30 June 2019	^[6]
31 August 2018	MF	Charly Musonda	Chelsea	30 June 2019	^[8]
31 January 2019	FW	Mohammed Dauda	Anderlecht	30 June 2019	^[10]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 May 2018	MF	Julian Calor	Cambuur	Undisclosed	^[15]
10 July 2018	DF	Guram Kashia	San Jose Earthquakes	Undisclosed	^[16]
20 July 2018	DF	Quincy Kluivert	TEC	Undisclosed	^[17]
31 August 2018	MF	Mitchell van Bergen	Heerenveen	Undisclosed	^[18]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
1 July 2018	DF	Julian Lelieveld	Go Ahead Eagles	30 June 2019	^[19]
1 July 2018	MF	Sven van Doorm	Telstar	30 June 2019	^[20]
27 August 2018	GK	Jeroen Houwen	Telstar	30 June 2019	^[21]
24 December 2018	FW	Thomas Bruns	Groningen	30 June 2019	^[22]
1 January 2019	DF	Khalid Karami	NAC Breda	30 June 2019	^[23]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
30 June 2018^[24]	GK	Michael Tørnes	Vendsyssel	31 August 2018^[25]
30 June 2018^[24]	DF	Leeroy Schorea	Achilles '29	^[26]
30 June 2018^[24]	DF	Thomas Oude Kotte	Excelsior	25 June 2018^[27]
30 June 2018^[24]	DF	Gino Bosz	Go Ahead Eagles	1 July 2019^[28]
30 June 2018^[24]	MF	Jovi Munter
30 June 2018^[24]	MF	Hidde van Dijk	Blauw Geel '38	2 July 2018^[29]
30 June 2018^[24]	FW	Cali Daniel	NEC	^[30]

Friendlies

Following the conclusion of the 2017–18 campaign, Vitesse announced they would play Wolfsberger AC, Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2018.^[31]

6 July 2018 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	2–1	Vitesse	Murau, Austria
19:00 CET	Gschweidl 65' Schmerböck 68'	Report	Darfalou 87'	Stadium: Murau

9 July 2018 Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Vitesse	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:00 CET	Stepanenko 31' Butko 57' Kovalenko 76' Moraes 82'	Report	Beerens 89'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

13 July 2018 Friendly	Arsenal Tula	2–2	Vitesse	Villach, Austria
18:00 CET	Berkhamov 84' (pen.) Lesovoy 89'	Report	Linssen 18' Kostadinov 29' (og.)	Stadium: Stadion Villach/Lind

17 July 2018 Friendly	Vitesse	3–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Klagenfurt, Austria
12:00 CET	Bruns 30' Beerens 63' Büttner 88'	Report		Stadium: Klagenfurt/Fischl

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	16	7	4	5	25	19	+6	043.75
KNVB Cup	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
UEFA Europa League	4	1	1	2	5	5	+0	025.00
Total	23	11	5	7	36	26	+10	047.83

Updated to match played 20 December 2018
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Feyenoord	34	20	5	9	75	41	+34	65	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	AZ	34	17	7	10	64	43	+21	58	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Vitesse	34	14	11	9	70	51	+19	53	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[b]
6	Utrecht (O)	34	15	8	11	60	51	+9	53
7	Heracles Almelo	34	15	3	16	61	68	−7	48

Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)^[32]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
^ Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

First round				Second round				Third round



NEC	2	0	2

RKC Waalwijk	0	3	3
				RKC Waalwijk	2	1	3

				Excelsior	1	1	2



								RKC Waalwijk*	0	5	5

								Go Ahead Eagles	0	4	4



				Go Ahead Eagles	2	1	3

				FC Den Bosch	2	0	2









				TOP Oss	0	0	0

				Sparta Rotterdam	2	3	5



								Sparta Rotterdam*	1	2	3

								De Graafschap	2	0	2
SC Cambuur	2	2	4

Almere City	2	1	3
				SC Cambuur	1	0	1

				De Graafschap	1	2	3

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

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
32	12	11	9	61	49	+12	47	9	6	1	39	24	+15	3	5	8	22	25	−3

Last updated: 20 April 2019.
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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W
Position	2	3	6	8	6	7	7	5	7	5	7	6	4	6	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	7	6	6	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2019. Source: Vitesse
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced in June 2018.^[33]

12 August 2018 1	Vitesse	5–1	Groningen	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Linssen 22' Bero 44' Beerens 62' Clarke-Salter 66' Matavž 71'	Report	Hrustic 32' Doan 38' Te Wierik 90+2'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,434 Referee: Allard Lindhout

19 August 2018 2	Heerenveen	1–1	Vitesse	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlap 26' Lammers 44' Mihajlović 51' Bulthuis 90'	Report	Linssen 40' Van der Werff 64' Matavž 81'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Siemen Mulder

26 August 2018 3	AZ	0–0	Vitesse	Alkmaar
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Svensson 5' Hatzidiakos 34' Idrissi 39'	Report	Serero 39' Bero 43' Büttner 89'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,702 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

2 September 2018 4	Vitesse	0–4	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bero 14' Foor 22' Linssen 42'	Report	Ziyech 3' Huntelaar 7', 58' Tadić 19'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Pol van Boekel

16 September 2018 5	PEC Zwolle	0–2	Vitesse	Zwolle
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Polen 20'	Report	Van der Werff 14' Matavž 26', 44' Clark 29' Bero 78'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,325 Referee: Christiaan Bax

22 September 2018 6	Vitesse	1–1	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Matavž 18' Van der Werff 58' 90'	Report	El Khayati 65' Immers 72' Malone 75'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

30 September 2018 7	Feyenoord	2–1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Botteghin 47' Van Persie 87' 90+1'	Report	Bero 32' Büttner 63' Bruns 63' Foor 86' Doekhi 90+5'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

7 October 2018 8	Vitesse	4–0	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Foor 11' Darfalou 42', 66' Clarke-Salter 58' Büttner 73' (pen.)	Report	Osman 44' Dalmau 54' Duarte 72'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,338 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

20 October 2018 9	Excelsior	2–0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Clark 40' (og.) Mattheij 70' Stevens 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,397 Referee: Björn Kuipers

28 October 2018 10	Vitesse	2–1	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Van der Werff 12' Bero 58' 66' Foor 60' Clark 68'	Report	Vidigal 45+2' Niňaj 50' Essers 69'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,879 Referee: Dennis Higler

3 November 2018 11	PSV	1–0	Vitesse	Eindhoven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bergwijn 42' De Jong 69' Dumfries 86'	Report	Doekhi 14' Linssen 15' Ødegaard 62'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,100 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

10 November 2018 12	Vitesse	2–1	Utrecht	Arnhem
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen 58' Ødegaard 64' Büttner 76'	Report	Kerk 42' Klaiber 55' Dessers 78' Görtler 82'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Danny Makkelie

25 November 2018 13	Willem II	1–3	Vitesse	Tilburg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Özbiliz 87' Sol 87' (pen.) Lewis 90+2'	Report	Bero 13' Darfalou 35' Linssen 44' Thelander 86' Eduardo 87'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11,879 Referee: Björn Kuipers

1 December 2018 14	Vitesse	1–1	Emmen	Arnhem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen 31' Serero 90+3'	Report	Bijl 17' Cavlan 51' 81' Klok 87' Chacón 90+3' Marinus 90+3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Siemen Mulder

9 December 2018 15	NAC Breda	2–1	Vitesse	Breda
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Te Vrede 45+1' Mets 82' Verschueren 84'	Report	Bero 45' 90+2' Linssen 72'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,280 Referee: Allard Lindhout

15 December 2018 16	Vitesse	2–1	VVV	Arnhem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ødegaard 32' 52' Clarke-Salter 45+2' Darfalou 80' Foor 90'	Report	Mlapa 45+2' 76' Joosten 82'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,249 Referee: Christian Baax

23 December 2018 17	De Graafschap	2–2	Vitesse	Doetinchem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Olijve 12' Nieuwpoort 45+4' Narsingh 58' Vet 89'	Report	Ødegaard 43' Büttner 45+4' Bero 65' Linssen 67' Foor 89' Thelander 90+3'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Björn Kuipers

18 January 2019 18	Vitesse	3–2	Excelsior	Arnhem
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foor 6' Linssen 36' Darfalou 61' van der Werff 67' 72'	Report	Bruins 17' Edwards 51' Schouten 69'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

27 January 2019 19	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	Vitesse	Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Essers 23' Diemers 27' Heerings 36' Hutten 74' Dobos 90' Stokkers 90+2'	Report	Linssen 7' Bero 45' Foor 55'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Martin Perez

2 February 2019 20	Vitesse	2–2	Heerenveen	Arnhem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ali 24' Linssen 58' 81' Büttner 84' Clark 90+4'	Report	Vlap 14' Lammers 90+3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,342 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

10 February 2019 21	Groningen	2–1	Vitesse	Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sierhuis 13' Chabot 87' El Hankouri 90+3'	Report	Darfalou 34'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 16,498 Referee: Björn Kuipers

16 February 2019 22	Vitesse	3–2	Willem II	Arnhem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen 5' Darfalou 11' Foor 28' Bero 54' Ødegaard 59' Clark 79'	Report	Meißner 48' Isak 61' Crowley 64' Pavlidis 83' Kristinsson 90+3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,186 Referee: Allard Lindhout

24 February 2019 23	Emmen	0–3	Vitesse	Emmen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bannink 52' Bijl 70' Neidhart 87'	Report	Dauda 13' 45+3' Foor 19' 89' Ødegaard 71'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8,301 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

2 March 2019 24	Vitesse	4–1	NAC Breda	Arnhem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Buitink 54' Clark 55' van der Werff 77' Büttner 86' Bero 90+1'	Report	Verschueren 24' Korte 29' Klomp 65' 88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 12,757 Referee: Joey Kooij

10 March 2019 25	Vitesse	1–1	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dauda 47' Bero 63'	Report	Berghuis 35' Kökçü 45+1'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,208 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

16 March 2019 26	Heracles Almelo	3–2	Vitesse	Almelo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dalmau 5', 26' Peterson 45+3' Van den Buijs 61'	Report	Foor 7' Clark 25' 38' Bero 45+3' (pen.) Büttner 89'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 11,086 Referee: Björn Kuipers

30 March 2019 27	ADO Den Haag	3–3	Vitesse	The Hague
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Becker 7' Immers 31', 76'	Report	Buitink 21', 27', 43' Bero 59'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 13,721 Referee: Siemen Mulder

2 April 2019 28	Vitesse	2–2	AZ	Arnhem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bero 48' Büttner 56' Buitink 77' Dauda 84'	Report	Vlaar 7' 78' Koopmeiners 44' 90+5' Midtsjø 69' Ouwejan 89'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,162 Referee: Allard Lindhout

7 April 2019 29	Vitesse	3–3	PSV Eindhoven	Arnhem
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Serero 13' Pasveer 40' Ødegaard 59' Karavayev 79' Matavž 83' van der Werff 89'	Report	Rosario 16' Lozano 41' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Viergever 60' de Jong 70' Dumfries 77'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,248 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

14 April 2019 30	Utrecht	0–0	Vitesse	Utrecht
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaiber 33' Janssen 37' Gustafson 66'	Report	Serero 53' Clarke-Salter 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 22,064 Referee: Dennis Higler

20 April 2019 31	Vitesse	4–1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Linssen 9', 47', 77' Büttner 27' Dauda 73'	Report	Thy 23' van Polen 43' Ehizibue 76'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,387 Referee: Björn Kuipers

23 April 2019 32	Ajax	4–2	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ziyech 41' Tadić 54' (pen.), 80' (pen.) de Ligt 58' Veltman 69' van de Beek 86'	Report	Bero 53' 90+1' Foor 66' van der Werff 80' Darfalou 82'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

12 May 2019 33	Vitesse	6–1	De Graafschap	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: GelreDome

15 April 2019 34	VVV	1–3	Vitesse	Venlo
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Koel

KNVB Cup

26 September 2018 First round	RKAV Volendam	1–2	Vitesse	Volendam
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	N.Tuyp 39' Tol 84' J.Veerman 85'	Report	Van der Werff 15' Darfalou 43' Bero 65'	Stadium: KWABO-stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Freek van Herk

31 October 2018 Second round	Heracles Almelo	0–2	Vitesse	Almelo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Czyborra 29' Osman 34'	Report	Ødegaard 40' Buitink 89'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 10,037 Referee: Siemen Mulder

20 December 2018 Third round	Kozakken Boys	1–2	Vitesse	Werkendam
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jakoba 59' L.Bot 77'	Report	Bero 12' Ødegaard 30', 90+2'	Stadium: Sportpark De Zwaaier Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Erwin Blank

22 January 2019 Quarter-final	AZ	2–0	Vitesse	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs 40' Til 54'	Report	Ødegaard 67'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 8,165 Referee: Dennis Higler

UEFA Europa League

On 20 June 2018, the second qualifying round draw was confirmed with Vitesse facing the eventual winners of the first qualifying round tie between Racing FC and Viitorul Constanța in July and August.^[34]

Qualifying rounds

26 July 2018 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Viitorul Constanța	2–2	Vitesse	Ovidiu, Romania
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drăguș 44', 49' Artean 79'	Report	Foor 37' Matavž 54' Linssen 72'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 2,543^[35] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2 August 2018 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Vitesse	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Viitorul Constanța	Arnhem, Netherlands
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Matavž 23' Büttner 41' Linssen 48' Beerens 77' 87'	Report	De Nooijer 18' Houri 39' Drăguș 50'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 9,876^[35] Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

9 August 2018 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Vitesse	0–1	Basel	Arnhem, Netherlands
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Karavayev 65' Gong 73' Van der Werff 83'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 60' 90+3' Widmer 83'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 11,532^[36] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

16 August 2018 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Basel	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Vitesse	Basel, Switzerland
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ajeti 30' Petretta 78'	Report	Clarke-Salter 26'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 12,334^[36] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics

As of match played 23 April 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Eduardo	34	0	27	0	3	0	4	0
3	DF	NED	Maikel van der Werff	26	4	20+1	3	2	1	2+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Max Clark	25	1	16+5	1	3	0	0+1	0
7	MF	NED	Roy Beerens	22	2	12+4	1	2	0	4	1
8	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Karavayev	39	0	31	0	3+1	0	4	0
9	FW	SVN	Tim Matavž	17	8	7+6	6	0	0	4	2
10	FW	GHA	Mohammed Dauda	12	3	6+6	3	0	0	0	0
11	MF	NED	Bryan Linssen	35	14	26+2	12	3	0	4	2
13	FW	ALG	Oussama Darfalou	27	7	14+9	6	3	1	0+1	0
14	DF	ENG	Jake Clarke-Salter	35	1	27	1	2+2	0	4	0
17	MF	RSA	Thulani Serero	36	1	28+1	1	3	0	4	0
18	MF	NOR	Martin Ødegaard	33	8	27+2	6	4	2	0	0
19	MF	NGA	Hilary Gong	11	0	0+6	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
21	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero	35	9	29	8	3	1	2+1	0
22	GK	NED	Remko Pasveer	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	KSA	Mukhtar Ali	6	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NED	Navarone Foor	36	5	25+3	5	4	0	4	0
26	DF	DEN	Rasmus Thelander	13	0	5+4	0	1	0	2+1	0
28	DF	NED	Alexander Büttner	33	2	25+2	2	1+1	0	4	0
29	FW	NED	Thomas Buitink	17	6	6+9	5	1+1	1	0	0
30	DF	NED	Danilho Doekhi	21	0	13+5	0	3	0	0	0
39	FW	NED	Richonell Margaret	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away on loan :
2	DF	NED	Khalid Karami	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	NED	Thomas Bruns	12	0	1+7	0	1	0	2+1	0
Players who left Vitesse during the season:
16	MF	NED	Mitchell van Bergen	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF	11	Bryan Linssen	12	0	2	14
2	MF	21	Matúš Bero	8	1	0	9
3	MF	18	Martin Ødegaard	6	2	0	8
3	FW	9	Tim Matavž	6	0	2	8
5	FW	13	Oussama Darfalou	6	1	0	7
6	FW	29	Thomas Buitink	5	1	0	6
7	MF	25	Navarone Foor	5	0	0	5
8	DF	3	Maikel van der Werff	3	1	0	4
9	FW	10	Mohammed Dauda	3	0	0	3
10	DF	28	Alexander Büttner	2	0	0	2
10	MF	7	Roy Beerens	1	0	1	2
12	DF	14	Jake Clarke-Salter	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Mukhtar Ali	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Max Clark	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	Thulani Serero	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	61	6	5	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Eduardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Maikel van der Werff	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Max Clark	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Roy Beerens	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		FW	Mohammed Dauda	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Bryan Linssen	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		FW	Oussama Darfalou	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Jake Clarke-Salter	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
17		MF	Thulani Serero	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Martin Ødegaard	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Hilary Gong	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21		MF	Matúš Bero	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		GK	Remko Pasveer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Navarone Foor	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26		DF	Rasmus Thelander	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Alexander Büttner	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
30		DF	Danilho Doekhi	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Players away on loan:
10		MF	Thomas Bruns	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Players who left Vitesse during the season:
			TOTALS	61	9	3	0	6	1	70	10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Doelman Eduardo naar Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Max Clark vierde versterking (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jake Clarke-Salter vijfde aanwinst". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rasmus Thelander tekent driejarig contract (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Danilho Doekhi versterkt Vitesse (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ødegaard nieuwste aanwinst Vitesse (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gong tekent vierjarig contract". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Charly Musonda versterkt Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ook Matúš Bero naar Vitesse (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vitesse huurt Mohammed Dauda" [Vitesse hires Mohammed Dauda]. www.vitesse.nl (in Dutch). SBV Vitesse. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Topscorer Algerijnse competitie Oussama Darfalou naar Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Khalid Karami tekent tweejarig contract (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Özgür Aktas versterkt Jong Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Özgür Aktas versterkt Jong Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Middenvelder Julian Calor komend seizoen in het geel-blauw". SC Cambuur Official Site. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire Vitesse and Georgia National Team Captain Guram Kashia". San Jose Earthquakes Official Site. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Kluivert-scion to TEC". Voetbal247.nl. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ "Mitchell van Bergen verkocht aan sc Heerenveen". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Julian Lelieveld op huurbasis naar Go Ahead Eagles". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Sven van Doorm twee jaar langer Vitessenaar". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Houwen op huurbasis naar Telstar". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ "FC Groningen huurt Bruns van Vitesse" [FC Groningen rents Bruns from Vitesse]. www.fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ "NAC huurt Karami van Vitesse" [NAC rents Karami from Vitesse]. www.nac.nl (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Aflopende contracten". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Vendsyssel skriver med Michael Tørnes". bold.dk. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Achilles'29 » Transfers 2018/2019". Voetbal. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Thomas Oude Kotte komende drie jaar in het rood-zwart". SBV Excelsior Official Site. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "GA Eagles hengelt Bosz definitief aan boord in Deventer". destentor.nl. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Blauw Geel38/JUMBO 1 on Twitter". Blauw Geel38/JUMBO 1 Twitter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "Cali Daniel". Word Football. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "VOORBEREIDING SEIZOEN 2018/2019". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ "Eredivisie 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ "Wedstrijden". SBV Vitesse Official Site. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ "UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round main path draws". UEFA. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2018.

External links

Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.72067757915737-32] Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[table_note_res_EUPO0.72067757915737-33] Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

[Eduardo_Carvalho-1] "Doelman Eduardo naar Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[Max_Clark-2] "Max Clark vierde versterking (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[Jake_Clarke-Salter-3] "Jake Clarke-Salter vijfde aanwinst". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[Rasmus_Thelander-4] "Rasmus Thelander tekent driejarig contract (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[Danilho_Doekhi-5] "Danilho Doekhi versterkt Vitesse (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[Martin_Ødegaard-6] "Ødegaard nieuwste aanwinst Vitesse (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[Hilary_Gong-7] "Gong tekent vierjarig contract". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[Charly_Musonda-8] "Charly Musonda versterkt Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[Matúš_Bero-9] "Ook Matúš Bero naar Vitesse (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[Mohammed_Dauda-10] "Vitesse huurt Mohammed Dauda" [Vitesse hires Mohammed Dauda]. www.vitesse.nl (in Dutch). SBV Vitesse. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[Oussama_Darfalou-11] "Topscorer Algerijnse competitie Oussama Darfalou naar Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[Khalid_Karami-12] "Khalid Karami tekent tweejarig contract (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[13] "Özgür Aktas versterkt Jong Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[14] "Özgür Aktas versterkt Jong Vitesse". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[15] "Middenvelder Julian Calor komend seizoen in het geel-blauw". SC Cambuur Official Site. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[16] "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire Vitesse and Georgia National Team Captain Guram Kashia". San Jose Earthquakes Official Site. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[17] "Kluivert-scion to TEC". Voetbal247.nl. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[18] "Mitchell van Bergen verkocht aan sc Heerenveen". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[19] "Julian Lelieveld op huurbasis naar Go Ahead Eagles". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[20] "Sven van Doorm twee jaar langer Vitessenaar". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[21] "Houwen op huurbasis naar Telstar". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[Bruns-22] "FC Groningen huurt Bruns van Vitesse" [FC Groningen rents Bruns from Vitesse]. www.fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[Karami-23] "NAC huurt Karami van Vitesse" [NAC rents Karami from Vitesse]. www.nac.nl (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[Retained_list-24] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Aflopende contracten". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[25] "Vendsyssel skriver med Michael Tørnes". bold.dk. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[26] "Achilles'29 » Transfers 2018/2019". Voetbal. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[27] "Thomas Oude Kotte komende drie jaar in het rood-zwart". SBV Excelsior Official Site. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[28] "GA Eagles hengelt Bosz definitief aan boord in Deventer". destentor.nl. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[29] "Blauw Geel38/JUMBO 1 on Twitter". Blauw Geel38/JUMBO 1 Twitter. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[30] "Cali Daniel". Word Football. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[31] "VOORBEREIDING SEIZOEN 2018/2019". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[34] "Eredivisie 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[35] "Wedstrijden". SBV Vitesse Official Site. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[36] "UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round main path draws". UEFA. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[AttendanceQR2-37] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[AttendanceQR3-38] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2018.

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