Vitesse

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Vitesse

Full name	Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse
Founded	May 14, 1892
Ground	Gelredome Arnhem (Capacity: 26,600)
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Theo Bos
League	Eredivisie
2008-09	Eredivisie, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on May 14, 1892. The idea of conceiving a football team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club.

Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie but it has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands football, namely PSV, Feyenoord, and Ajax. Yet Vitesse once attracted big name signings into its ranks including Roy Makaay, Marc van Hintum, Sander Westerveld, Victor Sikora, 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 to the 1980s, the club had incorporated both its professional and its amateur players into its club structure.

The club has regularly finished in the Eredivisie top five positions and featured in the UEFA Cup competition. However, since 2003, the club has fallen on tough times and has since failed to reach its previous heights. The club could have gone bankrupt again had it not been for the timely intervention of the Arnhem city council who bought the Gelredome and created a financial rescue package to salvage the club.

Its home in the city of Arnhem 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 26,600. The average league attendance in recent years was just below 20,000.

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Piet Velthuizen 2 DF Paul Verhaegh (captain) 3 DF Kevin van Diermen 4 DF Civard Sprockel 5 DF Jeroen Drost 6 DF Frank van der Struijk 7 MF Claudemir 8 MF Rogier Molhoek 9 FW Lasse Nilsson 10 FW Santi Kolk 14 MF Julian Jenner

No. Position Player 16 MF Dalibor Stevanovič 17 FW Genaro Snijders 18 MF Onur Kaya 19 FW Anduele Pryor 21 GK Ronald Graafland 22 MF Alexander Büttner 23 DF Jop van der Linden 24 MF Davy Pröpper 26 MF Wiljan Pluim 28 GK Sebastiaan van der Sman 29 GK Eloy Room

[edit] Reserve squad

No. Position Player DF Bryan Brard DF Stefan Maletić DF Frank Tervoert MF Wesley Bruinier MF Akif Metin

No. Position Player FW Imad Azaoum FW Giovanni Gravenbeek FW Soufiane Laghmouchi FW Erkan Ozturk FW Patrick Verdouw

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player FW Mads Junker (on loan to Roda JC)

[edit] Vitesse-managers since 1914

Leo Beenhakker

Henk ten Cate

Aad de Mos

Hans Westerhof

• 1914-1915 Chadwick / Sutcliffe
• 1919-1920 Mac Pherson
• 1920-1922 Charles Griffith
• 1922-1923 Jan van Dort / Bram Evers
• 1923-1924 Jan van Dort
• 1924-1927 Robert William Jefferson
• 1927-1936 Heinrich Schwarz
• 1936-1938 Gerrit van Wijhe
• 1938-1939 Gerrit Horsten
• 1939-1943 Gerrit Horsten / Ben Tap
• 1943-1944 Gerrit Horsten / Jacques Piederiet / Jan Zonnenberg
• 1945-1946 Gerrit Horsten / Jacques Piederiet
• 1946-1947 George Roper
• 1947-1948 Arie van der Wel
• 1948-1954 Jan Zonnenberg
• 1954-1957 Joseph Grüber
• 1957-1960 Louis Pastoors
• 1960-1962 Branco Vidovic
• 1962-1964 Jan Zonnenberg
• 1964-1966 Joseph Grüber
• 1966-1969 Frans de Munck
• 1969-1972 Cor Brom
• 1972-1974 Frans de Munck
• 1974-1976 Ned Bulatovic (sept. 1975)
• 1975-1976 Jan de Bouter (apr. 1976)
• 1976-1976 Clemens Westerhof
• 1976-1982 Henk Wullems
• 1982-1984 Leen Looijen (feb. 1984)
• 1984-1984 Henk Hofstee
• 1984-1985 Clemens Westerhof
• 1985-1986 Janusz Kowalik / Henk Bosveld
• 1986-1987 Hans Dorjee / Niels Overweg
• 1987-1987 Hans Dorjee (july 1987)
• 1987-1987 Niels Overweg (sept. 1987)
• 1987-1992 Bert Jacobs
• 1992-1995 Herbert Neumann
• 1995-1995 Ronald Spelbos (nov. 1995)
• 1995-1996 Frans Thijssen
• 1996-1997 Leo Beenhakker (jan. 1997)
• 1997-1998 Henk ten Cate
• 1998-1998 Artur Jorge (oct. 1998)
• 1998-1999 Herbert Neumann (oct. 1999)
• 1999-2000 Edward Sturing / Jan Jongbloed (jan. 2000)
• 2000-2001 Ronald Koeman (dec. 2001)
• 2001-2002 Edward Sturing
• 2002-2003 Mike Snoei (mar. 2003)
• 2003-2006 Edward Sturing
• 2006-2008 Aad de Mos
• 2008-2008 Hans Westerhof (dec. 2008)
• 2009-present Theo Bos

[edit] Club officials

Position	Name	Since
Chief Executive Officer	Paul van der Kraan	January 16, 2004
Chief Technical Officer	Marc van Hintum	February 1, 2008
Chief Scout	Ted van Leeuwen	July 1, 2008
Manager	Theo Bos	January 3, 2009
Assistant manager	Jan van Deinsen	June 22, 2009
Assistant manager	Jan Jongbloed	June 22, 2009

[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

• Top scorer Eerste Divisie: 2x (1974, 1983), Herman Veenendaal (23 goals), Remco Boere (27 goals)
• Top scorer Eredivisie: 1x (1998), Nikos Machlas (34 goals)
• European Golden Shoe-winner: 1x (1998), Nikos Machlas (34 goals)

[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] Clubrecords

• 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, 11-11-1894
• 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, 07-11-1990
• Record home win: 14-0 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 20-01-1895
• Record away win: 0-17 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 11-11-1894
• Record home Eredivisie win: 6-0 v FC Volendam, 08-04-1998
• Record away Eredivisie win: 1-7 v Fortuna Sittard, 27-09-1997
• Record defeat: 12-1 v AFC Ajax, Eredivisie, 19-05-1972
• Record tournament defeat: 0-7 v PSV, KNVB Beker, Fourth Round, 04-05-1969
• Highest ranking: 3rd in Eredivisie, 1997/1998
• Longest unbeaten run (League): 22, from 08-01-1967 till 17-09-1967 in Eerste divisie
• Most clean sheets in one season: 18, Eerste Divisie, 1988/1989
• Most League goals all-time by player : 155 - Jan Dommering
• Most League goals in a season by player: 34 - Nikos Machlas, Eredivisie, 1997/1998
• Most goals scored in a match: 9 - Nico Westdijk v De Treffers, Tweede Klasse C Oost, 19-10-1941
• Most League goals scored in a season: 85, Eredivisie, 1997/1998
• Most League goals conceded in a season: 74, Eredivisie, 1971/1972
• Most hat-tricks scored (League): 12 - Jan Dommering
• Fewest League goals scored in a season: 22, Eredivisie, 1971/1972
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 20, Eerste Divisie, 1988/1989
• Fastest own goal: 19 seconds - Purrel Fränkel v FC Twente, Eredivisie, 03-10-2003
• 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] Statistics

[edit] Club topscorers by season

[edit] Notable players

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[edit] See also

• Dutch football league teams

[edit] External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• Official supporters site