2017–18 SBV Vitesse season

During the 2017–18 season Vitesse participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

Vitesse

2017–18 season
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Henk Fraser (until 11 April 2018) Edward Sturing (caretaker) (11 April 2018)
Stadium	GelreDome
Eredivisie	6th
KNVB Cup	First round
Johan Cruyff Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bryan Linssen (15 goals) All: Bryan Linssen (19 goals)
Highest home attendance	19,876 vs Ajax (4 March 2018)
Lowest home attendance	13,921 vs NAC Breda (12 August 2017)
Average home league attendance	16,099
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Squad details

As of 19 May 2018

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
21	Michael Tørnes	GK		Herlev	(1986-01-08) 8 January 1986	3	0	–	–	OB	27 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
22	Remko Pasveer	GK		Enschede	(1983-11-08) 8 November 1983	34	0	–	–	PSV	5 July 2017	€ 440K	30 June 2020
24	Jeroen Houwen	GK		Venray	(1996-02-18) 18 February 1996	12	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2021
40	Bilal Bayazit	GK		Amsterdam	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2021
Defenders
2	Fankaty Dabo	RB/LB		Southwark	(1995-10-11) 11 October 1995	34	0	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
3	Maikel van der Werff	CB/RB/LB		Hoorn	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989	64	0	–	–	PEC Zwolle	19 February 2015	Free	30 June 2019
5	Matt Miazga	RB/LB		Clifton, New Jersey	(1995-07-19) 19 July 1995	72	5	4	1	Chelsea	28 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
6	Arnold Kruiswijk	CB		Groningen	(1984-11-02) 2 November 1984	76	1	–	–	Heerenveen	19 May 2014	Free	30 June 2019
8	Vyacheslav Karavayev	RB/LB		Moscow	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	15	0	–	–	Sparta Prague	31 January 2018	€ 1.3M	30 June 2021
28	Alexander Büttner	LB/RB/LM		Doetinchem	(1989-02-11) 11 February 1989	157	11	–	–	Dynamo Moscow	16 January 2017	Free	30 June 2019
29	Julian Lelieveld	RB/CB		Arnhem	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997	9	0	–	–	Academy	29 July 2015	Free	30 June 2020
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB		Tbilisi	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987	292	24	60	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2020
43	Lassana Faye	LB		Rotterdam	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998	29	0	–	–	Academy	1 January 2016	Free	30 June 2019
44	Boyd Lucassen	RB/LB		Doetinchem	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998	–	–	–	–	Academy	19 November 2017	Free	30 June 2019
50	Thomas Oude Kotte	CB/LB		Apeldoorn	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996	10	0	–	–	Academy	19 April 2016	Free	30 June 2018
51	Gino Bosz	CB/DM		Rotterdam	(1993-04-23) 23 April 1993	1	0	–	–	Cambuur	1 August 2017	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
7	Roy Beerens	RW/LW		Bladel	(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987	16	1	2	0	Reading	31 January 2018	€ 1M	30 June 2021
10	Thomas Bruns	AM/CM		Wierden	(1992-01-07) 7 January 1992	39	4	–	–	Heracles Almelo	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2021
11	Bryan Linssen	RW/LW/AM		Neeritter	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990	44	19	–	–	Groningen	3 July 2017	€ 970K	30 June 2020
16	Mitchell van Bergen	RW/LW/AM		Oss	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999	33	0	–	–	Academy	17 December 2015	Free	30 June 2020
17	Thulani Serero	CM/AM/DM		Soweto	(1990-04-11) 11 April 1990	38	2	33	2	Ajax	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2020
19	Mason Mount	CM/DM/AM		Portsmouth	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999	39	14	–	–	Chelsea	24 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
23	Mukhtar Ali	DM/CM		Mogadishu	(1997-10-30) 30 October 1997	12	0	2	0	Chelsea	17 July 2017	€ 490K	30 June 2020
25	Navarone Foor	AM/RW/LW		Opheusden	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992	75	9	–	–	NEC	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2020
47	Lars ten Teije	LW		Apeldoorn	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998	1	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2020
48	Jesse Schuurman	CM/DM		Bemmel	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998	1	0	–	–	Academy	16 January 2018	Free	30 June 2019
Forwards
9	Tim Matavž	ST		Šempeter pri Gorici	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989	41	17	35	10	FC Augsburg	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	30 June 2020
14	Luc Castaignos	ST		Schiedam	(1992-09-27) 27 September 1992	37	3	–	–	Sporting CP	7 August 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
39	Martijn Berden	ST		The Hague	(1997-09-29) 29 September 1997	–	–	–	–	PSV	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2019
42	Thomas Buitink	ST		Nijkerk	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000	4	0	–	–	Academy	11 February 2018	Free	30 June 2019

Transfers

Main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2017

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	MF		Valeri Qazaishvili	24	EU	Legia Warsaw	Loan Return	Summer	2018	Free	[1]
10	MF		Thomas Bruns	25	EU	Heracles	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free	[2]
17	MF		Thulani Serero	27	Non-EU	Ajax	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	[3]
2	DF		Fankaty Dabo	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[4]
9	FW		Tim Matavž	28	EU	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	2020	Undisclosed	[5]
11	MF		Bryan Linssen	26	EU	Groningen	Transfer	Summer	2020	€970K	[6]
22	GK		Remko Pasveer	33	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2020	€440K	[7]
8	MF		Charlie Colkett	20	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[8]
23	MF		Mukhtar Ali	19	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	2020	€490K	[9]
19	MF		Mason Mount	18	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[10]
5	DF		Matt Miazga	22	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[11]
14	FW		Luc Castaignos	24	EU	Sporting CP	Loan	Summer	2018	Free	[12]
8	DF		Vyacheslav Karavayev	22	EU	Sparta Prague	Transfer	Winter	2021	€1.3M	[13]
7	MF		Roy Beerens	30	EU	Reading	Transfer	Winter	2021	€1M	[14]

Total spending: €4.2M

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF		Kelvin Leerdam	27	EU	Seattle Sounders	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	[15][16]
30	MF		Arshak Koryan	22	EU	Lokomotiv Moscow	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	[17][18]
40	GK		Wouter Dronkers	24	EU	Boston City FC	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	[19] [20]
—	MF		Ewout Gouw	22	EU	Tubize	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	[21][22]
—	FW		Kai Koreniuk	19	EU	AZ	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	[23]
8	MF		Mukhtar Ali	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[24]
10	MF		Adnane Tighadouini	24	EU	Málaga	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[25]
11	MF		Nathan	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[26]
17	DF		Kevin Diks	20	EU	Fiorentina	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[27]
19	DF		Matt Miazga	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[28]
34	MF		Lewis Baker	22	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[29]
13	FW		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	28	EU	Basel	Transfer	Summer	€3.4M	[30]
18	MF		Marvelous Nakamba	23	Non-EU	Club Brugge	Transfer	Summer	€2.9M	[31]
—	MF		Valeri Qazaishvili	24	EU	San Jose Earthquakes	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[32]
9	FW		Zhang Yuning	20	Non-EU	West Bromwich Albion	Transfer	Summer	€7M	[33]
1	GK		Eloy Room	28	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	€390K	[34]
20	MF		Mohammed Osman	23	EU	Telstar	Contract Terminated	Summer	Free	[35] [36]
7	MF		Milot Rashica	21	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Winter	€7.9M	[37]
8	MF		Charlie Colkett	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Winter	Free	[38]

Total gaining: €21.6M

Balance

Total: €17.4M

Pre-season

Following the conclusion of the 2016–17 campaign, Vitesse announced they would play Oostende, Sparta Prague and Reading in July 2017.

Vitesse v FC Oleksandriya

1 July 2017 Friendly	Vitesse	0 – 2	FC Oleksandriya	Arnhem, Netherlands
17:00 CET	Van Dijk  77'	Report	61',  71' Tsurikov 90' Kulish	Stadium: Eendracht Arnhem Attendance: 700 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Vitesse v Oostende

8 July 2017 Friendly	Vitesse	1 – 1	Oostende	Driel, Netherlands
16:00 CET	Büttner 54'	Report	60' (pen.) Berrier	Stadium: Sportpark RKSV Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

İstanbul Başakşehir v Vitesse

15 July 2017 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1 – 1	Vitesse	Föderlach, Austria
16:00 CET	Cikalleshi 80'	Report	72' Ten Teije	Stadium: SV Wernberg

Sparta Prague v Vitesse

20 July 2017 Friendly	Sparta Prague	1 – 1	Vitesse	Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CET	Šural 61' Frýdek  66' Vătăjelu  83'	Report	10' Linssen  66' Serero  71' Dabo	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 7,765 Referee: Radek Příhoda

Vitesse v FC Emmen

25 July 2017 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 1	FC Emmen	Driel, Netherlands
14:30 CET	Matavž 5', 26' Bruns  79'	Report	42' Peters	Stadium: Sportpark RKSV Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

Reading v Vitesse

29 July 2017 Friendly	Reading	2 – 3	Vitesse	High Wycombe, England
16:00 CET	Swift 63' (pen.) Popa 71'	Report	14' Linssen 31', 51',  79' Matavž	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,894 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	34	13	10	11	63	47	+16	038.24
European play-offs	4	4	0	0	12	6	+6	100.00
KNVB Cup	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Johan Cruyff Shield	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	016.67
Total	46	18	14	14	81	64	+17	039.13

Updated to match played 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2017 Johan Cruyff Shield

Feyenoord v Vitesse

5 August 2017 Final	Feyenoord	1 – 1 (4 – 2 p)	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:00 CET	Toornstra 7' Diks  38' El Ahmadi  57'	Report	29' Linssen 58' (pen.) Büttner  71' Matavž	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Danny Makkelie
	Penalties
	van der Heijden Boëtius Toornstra Jørgensen		Matavž Rashica Foor Colkett

Eredivisie

Main article: 2017–18 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Feyenoord	34	20	6	8	76	39	+37	66	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Utrecht	34	14	12	8	58	53	+5	54	Qualification to European competition play-offs
6	Vitesse (O)	34	13	10	11	63	47	+16	49
7	ADO Den Haag	34	13	8	13	45	53	−8	47
8	Heerenveen	34	12	10	12	48	53	−5	46

Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: 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)
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

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
34	13	10	11	63	47	+16	49	7	6	4	35	20	+15	6	4	7	28	27	+1

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D
Position	1	1	4	2	5	3	3	4	3	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Vitesse
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced in June 2017.

Vitesse v NAC Breda

12 August 2017 1	Vitesse	4 – 1	NAC Breda	Arnhem
20:45 CET	Bruns 2' Linssen 20' Matavž 32' Rashica 77'	Report	25' Vloet 69' Ambrose	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,921 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Roda JC v Vitesse

18 August 2017 2	Roda JC	1 – 3	Vitesse	Kerkrade
20:00 CET	El Makrini  51' Pasveer 64' (og.)	Report	40' Matavž  54', 69' Bruns  78' Linssen 80' Kashia	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 12,004 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Vitesse v AZ

26 August 2017 3	Vitesse	1 – 2	AZ	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Matavž 68' Miazga  87'	Report	3', 81' Weghorst  33' Vejinović  63' Ouwejan  76' Wuytens	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Kevin Blom

Excelsior v Vitesse

9 September 2017 4	Excelsior	0 – 3	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:45 CET	Messaoud  55' De Wijs  90'	Report	45' Castaignos 53' (pen.) Matavž  66' Dabo 74' Linssen	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Vitesse v VVV

17 September 2017 5	Vitesse	1 – 1	VVV	Arnhem
16:45 CET	Miazga  21' Matavž 47',  90+1' Van der Werff  88' Kashia  89' Pasveer  90'	Report	38' Labylle 90' (pen.) Leemans	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

Ajax v Vitesse

24 September 2017 6	Ajax	1 – 2	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30 CET	Van de Beek  21' Viergever 83' Huntelaar  90+2'	Report	21' Kashia 45+3' Rashica  79' Faye  80' Bruns  90+2' Castaignos	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,236 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Vitesse v Utrecht

1 October 2017 7	Vitesse	1 – 1	Utrecht	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Büttner  3' Kashia  56' Mount 76'	Report	58' Labyad  65' Van der Meer 69' Dessers	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,432 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Heracles Almelo v Vitesse

15 October 2017 8	Heracles Almelo	1 –1	Vitesse	Almelo
12:30 CET	Peterson 73' Van Ooijen  90+2'	Report	87' Linssen  90+3' Dabo	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 11,164 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Heerenveen v Vitesse

22 October 2017 9	Heerenveen	0 – 4	Vitesse	Heerenveen
16:45 CET		Report	17' Rashica 36' Linssen 50' Foor 72' Matavž	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 21,034 Referee: Christiaan Bax

Vitesse v PSV

29 October 2017 10	Vitesse	2 – 4	PSV	Arnhem
12:30 CET	Dabo  13' Locadia 45' (og.) Mount 63' Büttner  67' Miazga  72'	Report	4' Van Ginkel 18', 59' Lozano  25' Schwaab  38' Pereiro 49', 56' Locadia  67' Arias	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,232 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Vitesse v PEC Zwolle

5 November 2017 11	Vitesse	0 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
14:30 CET		Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,349 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Groningen v Vitesse

19 November 2017 12	Groningen	4 – 2	Vitesse	Groningen
14:30 CET	Reis  24'  83' Memišević  45+1' Kane  47' Dabo 59' (og.) Larsen  61' Idrissi 65' Van Nieff  75' Mahi 78' Van Weert 82'	Report	32' (og.) Larsen  37' Foor 62' (pen.),  86' Matavž  74' Linssen  76' Bruns	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 17,263 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Vitesse v ADO Den Haag

26 November 2017 13	Vitesse	2 – 0	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
16:45 CET	Miazga 87' Castaignos  90' Linssen 90+4'	Report	51' Immers  70'  71' Ebuehi	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,754 Referee: Ed Janssen

Feyenoord v Vitesse

2 December 2017 14	Feyenoord	1 – 0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:45 CET	Jørgensen 9' Amrabat  74'	Report	53' Miazga	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Vitesse v Willem II

13 December 2017 15	Vitesse	2 – 2	Willem II	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Bruns  11' Matavž 23' Linssen 88'	Report	8' Lachman 13' Ogbeche 58' Rienstra	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Twente v Vitesse

16 December 2017 16	Twente	1 – 1	Vitesse	Enschede
20:45 CET	Jensen 14'	Report	28',  57' Mount  52' Lelieveld  83' Castaignos	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,600 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

PSV v Vitesse

23 December 2017 17	PSV	2 – 1	Vitesse	Eindhoven
19:45 CET	Schwaab 43' Lozano 53'	Report	17' Miazga 32' Matavž  43' Lelieveld  55' Faye  80' Bruns	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Dennis Higler

Sparta Rotterdam v Vitesse

16 January 2018 18	Sparta Rotterdam	0 – 1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:00 CET	Chabot  74'	Report	64' Mount	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Vitesse v Heerenveen

20 January 2018 19	Vitesse	1 – 1	Heerenveen	Arnhem
20:45 CET	Høegh 13' (og.) Serero  62'	Report	37' Van Amersfoort	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,363 Referee: Allard Lindhout

PEC Zwolle v Vitesse

27 January 2018 20	PEC Zwolle	1 – 2	Vitesse	Zwolle
19:45 CET	Namli 58' Ehizibue  79'	Report	29' Linssen 75' Mount	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Vitesse v Groningen

2 February 2018 21	Vitesse	2 – 0	Groningen	Arnhem
20:00 CET	Miazga 6' Mount 32' Serero  82'	Report	71' Van Nieff  77' Zeefuik	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,675 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

ADO Den Haag v Vitesse

8 February 2018 22	ADO Den Haag	1 – 0	Vitesse	The Hague
18:30 CET	Becker 53' Johnsen  59' El Khayati  89'	Report	87' Mount	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 12,303 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

Vitesse v Feyenoord

11 February 2018 23	Vitesse	3 – 1	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Bruns  13' Kashia 43' Linssen 66', 86' Buitink  84'	Report	21' Vilhena  65' Başaçıkoğlu  81' Malacia	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,459 Referee: Dennis Higler

Vitesse v Excelsior

17 February 2018 24	Vitesse	1 – 2	Excelsior	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Castaignos 2' Oude Kotte  81' Serero  84' Van der Werff  89'	Report	44' Faik 66',  75' Van Duinen	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,432 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

VVV v Vitesse

24 February 2018 25	VVV	2 – 2	Vitesse	Venlo
20:45 CET	Hunte 10' Thy 24' Janssen  74' Seuntjens  82'	Report	29' (og.) Röseler 48' Mount	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 6,168 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Vitesse v Ajax

4 March 2018 26	Vitesse	3 – 2	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Foor 16' Faye  22' Linssen 57', 71',  59' Castaignos  89'	Report	61' Cassierra  70' Ziyech 85' De Jong  90+2' De Ligt	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,876 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Utrecht v Vitesse

11 March 2018 27	Utrecht	5 – 1	Vitesse	Utrecht
13:30 CET	Van de Streek  32', 60' Janssen 36',  41' Labyad 44' Ayoub 74', 77'	Report	10', 55' Foor	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,607 Referee: Ed Janssen

Vitesse v Heracles Almelo

17 March 2018 28	Vitesse	0 – 0	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
19:45 CET		Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Vitesse v Roda JC

31 March 2018 29	Vitesse	0 – 3	Roda JC	Arnhem
18:30 CET		Report	24', 80' Schahin 70' Avdijaj	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,591 Referee: Dennis Higler

NAC Breda v Vitesse

7 April 2018 30	NAC Breda	1 – 0	Vitesse	Breda
18:30 CET	Angeliño 35'	Report	62' Kashia  77' Linssen  84' Castaignos	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,567 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Vitesse v Sparta Rotterdam

14 April 2018 31	Vitesse	7 – 0	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
19:30 CET	Serero 2' Beerens 18' Fischer 29' (og.) Büttner  45+1' Linssen 59', 82' Matavž 72' Bruns 77'	Report	33' Brogno  45+1' Kramer	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,345 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ v Vitesse

18 April 2018 32	AZ	4 – 3	Vitesse	Alkmaar
18:30 CET	Weghorst 7' Jahanbakhsh 12', 45+1', 53'	Report	22' Linssen 40' Matavž 66' Mount	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Vitesse v Twente

29 April 2018 33	Vitesse	5 – 0	Twente	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Miazga  27' Serero 40' Mount  45+2', 67' Matavž 53', 88' Linssen 71'	Report	71' Assaidi	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,939 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Willem II v Vitesse

6 May 2018 34	Willem II	2 – 2	Vitesse	Tilburg
14:30 CET	Tsimikas 29' Rienstra 70'	Report	63' Miazga 83' Matavž	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Siemen Mulder

European play-offs

Four teams will play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Semi-finals

ADO Den Haag v Vitesse

9 May 2018 First leg	ADO Den Haag	2 – 5	Vitesse	The Hague
18:30 CET	El Khayati 52' (pen.) Immers  80' Duplan  90+5'	Report	14' Matavž 34', 37', 72',  73' Mount 44' Linssen	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 11,930 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Vitesse v ADO Den Haag

12 May 2018 Second leg	Vitesse	2 – 1 (7 – 2 agg.)	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Matavž 32' Mount 53'	Report	55' El Khayati	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Final

Vitesse v Utrecht

15 May 2018 First leg	Vitesse	3 – 2	Utrecht	Arnhem
20:45 CET	Mount 42',  82' Kashia  54', 90+1' Linssen 78',  79'	Report	62' Leeuwin  77' Strieder 86' Labyad	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,236 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Utrecht v Vitesse

19 May 2018 Second leg	Utrecht	1 – 2 (3 – 5 agg.)	Vitesse	Utrecht
20:45 CET	Van der Maarel 46',  52' Labyad  51' Janssen  59' Görtler  77' Emanuelson  90+5'	Report	18' (og.) Leeuwin 38',  76' Miazga  49' Kashia  64' Castaignos  66' Bruns	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 21,353 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2017–18 KNVB Cup

AVV Swift v Vitesse

20 September 2017 First round	AVV Swift	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Vitesse	Amsterdam
17:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Olympiaplein Referee: Rob Dieperink
	Penalties
	Christianen Dinkgreve Moelee De Groot Ruijter		Büttner Matavž Foor Colkett

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Vitesse qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lazio	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Nice	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5	9
3	Zulte Waregem	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7
4	Vitesse	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

Vitesse v Lazio

14 September 2017 1	Vitesse	2 – 3	Lazio	Arnhem, Netherlands
21:05 CET	Matavž 33' Linssen 57'	Report	32' Felipe 51',  70' Parolo 67' Immobile  70' De Vrij 75' Murgia	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,867 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Nice v Vitesse

28 September 2017 2	Nice	3 – 0	Vitesse	Nice, France
19:00 CET	Pléa 16', 82' Balotelli  25' Saint-Maximin 45'	Report	31' Serero	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,006 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

Zulte Waregem v Vitesse

19 October 2017 3	Zulte Waregem	1 – 1	Vitesse	Waregem, Belgium
20:45 CET	Kashia 23' (og.) Iseka  37' Derijck  84'	Report	14' Linssen 27',  37' Bruns  37' Miazga  45+3' Büttner  59' Serero	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 9,488 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Vitesse v Zulte Waregem

2 November 2017 4	Vitesse	0 – 2	Zulte Waregem	Arnhem, Netherlands
20:45 CET	Mount  19' Castaignos  20' Büttner  34'  53' Matavž  54' Bruns  66'	Report	3' Baudry  16'  22' Madu 70' Kaya	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,906 Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

Lazio v Vitesse

23 November 2017 5	Lazio	1 – 1	Vitesse	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET	Alberto 42'	Report	13' Linssen	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 8,226 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Vitesse v Nice

7 December 2017 6	Vitesse	1 – 0	Nice	Arnhem, Netherlands
20:45 CET	Lelieveld  40' Castaignos 84'	Report	55' Srarfi  68' Makengo	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,564 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Johan Cruyff Shield		Europa League		European Play-offs		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Fankaty Dabo	24 (2)	0	1	0	1	0	4 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	30 (4)	0	3	0
3	DF	Maikel van der Werff	6 (6)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0 (2)	0	8 (8)	0	2	0
5	DF	Matt Miazga	29 (3)	3	1	0	0	0	6	0	4	1	40 (3)	4	8	0
6	DF	Arnold Kruiswijk	3 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Roy Beerens	11 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	15 (1)	1	0	0
8	DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	7 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11 (4)	0	0	0
9	FW	Tim Matavž	27 (3)	14	0 (1)	0	1	0	4 (1)	1	4	2	36 (5)	17	3	0
10	MF	Thomas Bruns	21 (8)	3	1	0	1	0	5	1	1 (2)	0	29 (10)	4	10	0
11	MF	Bryan Linssen	33	15	1	0	1	0	5	2	4	2	44	19	7	0
14	FW	Luc Castaignos	8 (20)	2	1	0	0	0	3 (2)	1	0 (2)	0	12 (24)	3	7	0
16	MF	Mitchell van Bergen	3 (7)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	3 (10)	0	0	0
17	MF	Thulani Serero	28 (1)	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	37 (1)	2	5	0
19	MF	Mason Mount	22 (7)	9	1	0	0	0	4 (2)	0	3	5	30 (9)	14	6	0
21	GK	Michael Tørnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Remko Pasveer	26	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	34	0	1	0
23	MF	Mukhtar Ali	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0 (6)	0	0	0
24	GK	Jeroen Houwen	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	0	0	0
25	MF	Navarone Foor	27 (3)	3	1	0	1	0	3 (2)	0	4	0	36 (5)	3	2	0
28	DF	Alexander Büttner	15 (2)	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	4	0	25 (2)	1	5	1
29	DF	Julian Lelieveld	3 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5 (2)	0	3	0
37	DF	Guram Kashia	32	3	0	0	1	0	6	0	4	1	43	4	5	0
39	FW	Martijn Berden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Bilal Bayazit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	Thomas Buitink	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (4)	0	1	0
43	DF	Lassana Faye	19	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	21 (5)	0	2	0
44	DF	Boyd Lucassen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	Lars ten Teije	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
48	MF	Jesse Schuurman	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
50	DF	Thomas Oude Kotte	3 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4 (4)	0	0	0
51	DF	Gino Bosz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
1	GK	Eloy Room	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Mohammed Osman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Charlie Colkett	1 (5)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	2 (9)	0	0	0
—	MF	Milot Rashica	18 (1)	3	1	0	1	0	5 (1)	0	0	0	25 (2)	3	0	0

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Johan Cruyff Shield	Europa League	European Playoffs	Total
1	MF	11	Bryan Linssen	15	0	0	2	2	19
2	FW	9	Tim Matavž	14	0	0	1	2	17
3	MF	19	Mason Mount	9	0	0	0	5	14
4	DF	5	Matt Miazga	3	0	0	0	1	4
	MF	10	Thomas Bruns	3	0	0	1	0	4
	DF	37	Guram Kashia	3	0	0	0	1	4
7	FW	14	Luc Castaignos	2	0	0	1	0	3
	MF	25	Navarone Foor	3	0	0	0	0	3
	MF	—	Milot Rashica	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	MF	17	Thulani Serero	2	0	0	0	0	2
11	MF	7	Roy Beerens	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	28	Alexander Büttner	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals				5	0	0	0	1	6
Total				63	0	1	5	12	81

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Clean sheets

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Johan Cruyff Shield	Europa League	European Playoffs	Total
1	22	Remko Pasveer	6	1	0	1	0	8
2	24	Jeroen Houwen	3	0	0	0	0	3
Total			9	1	0	1	0	11

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

Summary

Games played	46 (34 Eredivisie) (1 KNVB Cup) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (6 Europa League) (4 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Games won	18 (13 Eredivisie) (1 Europa League) (4 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Games drawn	14 (10 Eredivisie) (1 KNVB Cup) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (2 Europa League)
Games lost	14 (11 Eredivisie) (3 Europa League)
Goals scored	81 (63 Eredivisie) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (5 Europa League) (12 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Goals conceded	64 (47 Eredivisie) (1 Johan Cruyff Shield) (10 Europa League) (6 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Goal difference	+17 (+16 Eredivisie) (+0 KNVB Cup) (+0 Johan Cruyff Shield) (–5 Europa League) (+6 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Clean sheets	11 (9 Eredivisie) (1 KNVB Cup) (1 Europa League)
Yellow cards	72 (50 Eredivisie) (2 Johan Cruyff Shield) (12 Europa League) (8 Eredivisie European play-offs)
Red cards	1 (1 Europa League)
Most appearances	Bryan Linssen (44 appearances)
Top scorer	Bryan Linssen (19 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 18/46 (39.13%)

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Vitesse

External links

• Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)