2020–21 SBV Vitesse season

SBV Vitesse
2020–21 season
Owner	Valeriy Oyf
Chairman	Yevgeny Merkel
Head coach	Thomas Letsch
Stadium	GelreDome
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Oussama Darfalou; Loïs Openda; (6 each); All: ; Oussama Darfalou; Loïs Openda; (6 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 January 2021.

The 2020–21 SBV Vitesse season is the club's 128th season in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, SBV Vitesse are participating in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 October 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ISR	Eli Dasa
3	DF	NED	Danilho Doekhi
5	DF	ENG	Max Clark
6	DF	DEN	Jacob Rasmussen (on loan from Fiorentina)
7	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda (on loan from Club Brugge)
8	MF	NOR	Sondre Tronstad
9	FW	ALG	Oussama Darfalou
10	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer
11	FW	ALB	Armando Broja (on loan from Chelsea)
14	MF	MAR	Oussama Tannane
15	FW	NOR	Filip Delaveris
16	FW	NED	Roy Beerens
17	FW	NGA	Hilary Gong
18	DF	CZE	Tomáš Hájek
20	MF	NED	Thomas Bruns


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero
22	GK	NED	Remko Pasveer (captain)
23	GK	NED	Bilal Bayazit
24	GK	NED	Jeroen Houwen
27	MF	GER	Idrissa Touré (on loan from Juventus)
29	FW	NED	Thomas Buitink
32	DF	GER	Maximilian Wittek
36	MF	NED	Patrick Vroegh
37	MF	NED	Yassin Oukili
39	DF	NED	Enzo Cornelisse
40	MF	NED	Daan Huisman
41	DF	NED	Brend Leeflang
42	DF	NED	Million Manhoef
43	FW	NED	Roy Kuijpers

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 August 2020 Friendly	PSV	1–1	Vitesse	Eindhoven, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dumfries 35' Gakpo 52'		Doekhi 6' Bero 56' Oukili 86'	Stadium: Philips Stadion

22 August 2020 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	2–2	Vitesse	The Hague, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion

28 August 2020 Friendly	Vitesse	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tannane 31' Bero 68'	Report	Darfalou 26' (o.g.) Hoffmann 45'	Stadium: GelreDome

14 September 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	1–2	Vitesse	Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Keijzer Nasser 90'		Manhoef 67' Broja 78'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	13 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	20	13	3	4	34	18	+16	065.00
KNVB Cup	2 December 2020		First round	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Total				22	15	3	4	38	19	+19	068.18

Last updated: 30 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

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
20	13	3	4	34	18	+16	42	8	2	0	17	4	+13	5	1	4	17	14	+3

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D
Position	8	4	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[2]

13 September 2020 1	RKC Waalwijk	0–1	Vitesse	Waalwijk
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sow 87'	Report	Darfalou 45+2' Buitink 89'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 1,967 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

19 September 2020 2	Vitesse	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tannane 27' Darfalou 44' Hájek 53' Broja 82'	Report	Harroui 6' Heylen 20' 42' Pinto 54'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 4,914 Referee: Björn Kuipers

26 September 2020 3	Ajax	2–1	Vitesse	Amsterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schuurs 10' Promes 21' Álvarez 44' Blind 45+1' Antony 70' Tagliafico 89'	Report	Bruns 35' Hájek 45+3' Bazoer 56' Wittek 81' Tannane 82'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 12,176 Referee: Pol van Boekel

3 October 2020 4	Vitesse	3–0	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

18 October 2020 5	ADO Den Haag	0–2	Vitesse	The Hague
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Broja 32', 71' Tannane 45'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Referee: Richard Martens

25 October 2020 6	Vitesse	2–1	PSV	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rasmussen 9' Openda 54' Tronstad 64' Buitink 80' Dasa 84'	Report	Boscagli 50'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

31 October 2020 7	Willem II	1–3	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nunnely 25'	Report	Openda 57' Broja 63' Vroegh 85'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

8 November 2020 8	Vitesse	3–1	FC Emmen	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tannane 9', 26' Bazoer 29' Openda 44'	Report	Wiedwald 8' Tibbling 20' Veendorp 43' de Leeuw 58' Carty 79' van Rhijn 88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

21 November 2020 9	FC Groningen	1–1	Vitesse	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Joosten 29' Van Hintum 54' Dammers 55'	Report	Bero 33' Openda 45'	Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

29 November 2020 10	Vitesse	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 72' Broja 83'	Report	Janssen 67' Jach 82' Rienstra 90+2'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

5 December 2020 11	PEC Zwolle	2–1	Vitesse	Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Drost 65', 77' Van Duinen 76' (pen.) Reijnders 90'	Report	Darfalou 7' Touré 65' Bero 74' Bazoer 90+3'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

13 December 2020 12	Vitesse	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 39' Wittek 68' Bazoer 87'	Report	Floranus 54', 90+1' Woudenberg 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

20 December 2020 13	Vitesse	1–0	Feyenoord	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 40', 53' Tannane 32' Rasmussen 73' Touré 86'	Report	Nieuwkoop 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

23 December 2020 14	AZ Alkmaar	3–1	Vitesse	Alkmaar
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson 5' Boadu 40' Druijf 75'	Report	Openda 46'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

9 January 2021 15	Heracles Almelo	0–2	Vitesse	Almelo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bero 38', 83'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

12 January 2021 16	Vitesse	1–0	FC Utrecht	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Doekhi 26' Bruns 83'	Report	Van der Maarel 15'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

16 January 2021 17	FC Emmen	1–4	Vitesse	Emmen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Leeuw 58' Veendorp 79' Bakker 85' Vlak 87'	Report	Buitink 2' Tannane 9' Broja 49' Bazoer 57' Bruns 64' Wittek 72' Vroegh 90+3'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

23 January 2021 18	Vitesse	1–0	FC Groningen	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bazoer 36' Tannane 73' Vroegh 79'	Report	El Messaoudi 45' Da Cruz 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

27 January 2021 19	VVV-Venlo	4–1	Vitesse	Venlo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Giakoumakis 16', 28', 43', 79'	Report	Broja 60', 62'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

30 January 2021 20	Vitesse	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Arnhem
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bero 59' Bazoer 71'	Report	Van der Venne 13', 75' Anita 33'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

6 February 2021 21	SC Heerenveen	v	Vitesse	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0

KNVB Cup

2 December 2020 First round	HHC Hardenberg	Bye	Vitesse	Hardenberg
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sportpark De Boshoek

17 December 2020 Second round	Willem II	0–2	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Holmén 41' Schippers 84'	Report	Manhoef 20' Buitink 63'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

19 January 2021 Round of 16	Vitesse	2–1	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Openda 25' Bero 71'	Report	Castillo 54' Ćatić 81'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

9 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Excelsior	v	Vitesse	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official website

[1] ttps://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/8572/rugnummers-seizoen-2020-2021

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