2014–15 SBV Vitesse season

During the 2014–15 season Vitesse Arnhem will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. Despite being a sensation in the previous season, the club failed to qualify for any major European competition.

Vitesse Arnhem
2014–15 season
ChairmanBert Roetert
ManagerPeter Bosz
Eredivisie5th
KNVB CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Bertrand Traoré (14)
All: Bertrand Traoré (17)

Players

Squad details
As of 17 June 2015
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
1 Eloy Room GK Nijmegen (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 81 0 1 0 Academy 1 July 2008 Free 30 June 2018
22 Piet Velthuizen GK Nijmegen (1986-11-03) 3 November 1986 239 0 1 0 Hércules 26 July 2011 Free 30 June 2016
48 Jeroen Houwen GK Venray (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 – – – – Academy 1 July 2013 Free 30 June 2018
Defenders
2 Wallace RB Rio de Janeiro (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 23 1 – – Chelsea 30 June 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
3 Dan Mori CB Tel Aviv (1988-11-08) 8 November 1988 25 1 7 0 Bnei Yahuda 22 August 2012 Free 30 June 2015
15 Arnold Kruiswijk CB Groningen (1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 18 0 – – Heerenveen 19 May 2014 Free 30 June 2017
23 Jan-Arie van der Heijden CB/DM Schoonhoven (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 150 8 – – Ajax 2 March 2011 Free 30 June 2015
35 Rochdi Achenteh LB/CM/LW Eindhoven (1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 48 1 2 0 PEC Zwolle 15 January 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2016
37 Guram Kashia (c) CB/RB Tbilisi (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 181 13 35 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 31 August 2010 € 300K 30 June 2016
40 Kevin Diks RB/CB Apeldoorn (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 30 0 – – Academy 1 July 2014 Free 30 June 2018
Midfielders
5 Kelvin Leerdam DM/RB Paramaribo (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 55 10 – – Feyenoord 2 July 2013 Free 30 June 2017
6 Josh McEachran CM Oxford (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 14 0 – – Chelsea 17 August 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
7 Marko Vejinović CM Amsterdam (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 75 15 – – Heracles Almelo 28 June 2013 Free 30 June 2017
8 Valeri Kazaishvili AM/RW/SS Ozurgeti (1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 82 17 6 1 Olimpi 9 August 2011 Nominal 30 June 2018
10 Davy Pröpper CM/AM Arnhem (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 162 21 1 0 Academy 1 January 2010 Free 30 June 2017
11 Denys Oliynyk LW/AM Zaporizhia (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 33 4 12 0 Dnipro 26 May 2014 Free 30 June 2016
18 Marvelous Nakamba AM/RW/LW Hwange (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 8 0 – – Nancy 13 August 2014 Free 30 June 2018
20 Zakaria Labyad LW/AM Utrecht (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 53 13 4 0 Sporting 9 January 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
25 Gino Bosz LW/RW Rotterdam (1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 1 0 – – Academy 17 January 2014 Free 30 June 2015
27 Bertrand Traoré AM/LW/RW Bobo-Dioulasso (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 51 20 20 2 Chelsea 9 January 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
30 Renato Ibarra RW Ambuquí (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 129 12 24 0 El Nacional 8 July 2011 € 2M 30 June 2016
– Mo Hamdaoui LW/RW Amsterdam (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 – – – – Academy 29 May 2014 Free 30 June 2016
Forwards
9 Uroš Đurđević ST Belgrade (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 25 1 – – Rad 7 January 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2018
14 Abiola Dauda ST Lagos (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 18 6 – – Red Star 24 July 2014 € 500K 30 June 2017
– Arshak Koryan SS/RW Sochi (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 – – – – Lokomotiv Moscow 3 February 2015 Free 30 June 2015

Transfers
Main articles: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2014 and List of Dutch football transfers winter 2014–15

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
44 MF Brahim Darri 19EU De Graafschap Loan Return Y Summer 2016 Free
19 FW Marcus Pedersen 24EU Barnsley Loan Return Y Summer 2015 Free
15 DF Arnold Kruiswijk 29EU Heerenveen Transfer Y Summer 2017 Free
11 MF Denys Oliynyk 26Non-EU Dnipro Transfer Y Summer 2016 Free
2 DF Wallace 20Non-EU Chelsea Loan Y Summer 2015 Free
14 FW Abiola Dauda 26EU Red Star Transfer Y Summer 2017 € 500K
18 MF Marvelous Nakamba 20Non-EU AS Nancy Transfer Y Summer 2018 Free
6 MF Josh McEachran 21EU Chelsea Loan Y Summer 2015 Free
— MF Alvin Fortes 20EU RKC Waalwijk Transfer Y Winter 2016 Free
— MF Mo Hamdaoui 21EU Dordrecht Loan Return Y Winter 2016 Free
— FW Arshak Koryan 19EU Lokomotiv Moscow Transfer Y During Season 2015 Free

Total spending: €500,000

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
19 MF Christian Atsu 22Non-EU Chelsea Loan Return Y Summer Free
17 FW Lucas Piazon 20EU Chelsea Loan Return Y Summer Free
38 DF Patrick van Aanholt 23EU Chelsea Loan Return Y Summer Free
21 GK Marko Meerits 22EU FC Emmen Contract Ended Y Summer Free
14 FW Mike Havenaar 27Non-EU Córdoba Contract Ended Y Summer Free
52 MF Sander van de Streek 21EU Cambuur Contract Ended Y Summer Free
6 DF Frank van der Struijk 29EU Free agent Contract Ended Y Summer Free
39 MF Wimilio Vink 20EU MVV Contract Ended Y Summer Free
19 FW Marcus Pedersen 24EU Brann Transfer Y Summer Undisclosed
44 MF Brahim Darri 20EU Heracles Transfer Y Winter Free
— MF Alvin Fortes 20EU Free agent Contract Rescinded Y During season Free

Total gaining: €0

Competition

Eredivisie
Main article: 2014–15 Eredivisie

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 AZ 34 19 5 10 63 56 +7 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 34 17 8 9 56 39 +17 59 Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Vitesse (O) 34 16 10 8 66 43 +23 58
6 PEC Zwolle 34 16 5 13 59 43 +16 53
7 Heerenveen 34 13 11 10 53 46 +7 50
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Four teams played for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches
10 August 2014 1Ajax4 – 1Vitesse ArnhemAmsterdam
14:30 Viergever  40'
Schöne  48'  87'
Van der Hoorn  62'		 Report  84' Vejinović Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,494
Referee: Pol van Boekel
16 August 2014 2Vitesse Arnhem2 – 2SC CambuurArnhem
20:45 Labyad  20'  37' (pen.) Report  10' Hemmen
 89' Ogbeche		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,597
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
24 August 2014 3PEC Zwolle2 – 1Vitesse ArnhemZwolle
12:30 Van der Werff  65'
Nijland  88'		 Report  24' Pröpper Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,012
Referee: Dennis Higler
31 August 2014 4PSV2 – 0Vitesse ArnhemEindhoven
12:30 De Jong  48'
Maher  90+1'		 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Kevin Blom
14 September 2014 5Vitesse Arnhem3 – 1ExcelsiorArnhem
14:30 Dauda  40'  60'  65' Report  86' (pen.) Brito Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,234
Referee: Jeroen Sanders
20 September 2014 6Vitesse Arnhem1 – 1SC HeerenveenArnhem
20:45 Pröpper  29' Report  23' Uth Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,213
Referee: Danny Makkelie
27 September 2014 7FC Dordrecht2 – 6Vitesse ArnhemDordrecht
18:30 Fortes  65'
Koolwijk  79'		 Report Dauda  12'
Oliynyk  19'
Kazaishvili  55'  65'  90+3'
Wallace  59'		 Stadium: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion
Attendance: 3,862
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
3 October 2014 8Vitesse Arnhem6 – 1ADO Den HaagArnhem
20:00 Leerdam  5'  14'
Derijck  31' (o.g.)
Vejinović  37'  40' (pen.)  62' (pen.)		 Report  21' Kramer Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: Björn Kuipers
18 October 2014 9Willem II1 – 4Vitesse ArnhemTilburg
18:30 Sahar  57' Report  15' Pröpper
 45' Traoré
 88' Oliynyk
 90+3' Dauda		 Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Pieter Vink
25 October 2014 10Vitesse Arnhem2 – 2NAC BredaArnhem
18:30 Vejinović  32' (pen.)  80' Report 42' Falkenburg
 61'  86' Tighadouini		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,239
Referee: Danny Makkelie
2 November 2014 11FC Utrecht3 – 1Vitesse ArnhemUtrecht
12:30 Kum  12'  59'
Boymans  69'  76' (pen.)
Janssen  71'		 Summary Pröpper  11'
Kruiswijk  64' 
Leerdam  77'
Diks  83'		 Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 16,079
Referee: Kevin Blom
9 November 2014 12Vitesse Arnhem0 – 0FeyenoordArnhem
14:30 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,438
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
22 November 2014 13AZ1 – 0Vitesse ArnhemAlkmaar
18:30 Jóhannsson  14' Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
29 November 2014 14Vitesse Arnhem2 – 2Go Ahead EaglesArnhem
19:45 Vejinović  41'
Dauda  50'		 Report  75' Schalk
 83' Amevor		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,342
Referee: Tom van Sichem
7 December 2014 15Vitesse Arnhem2 – 2FC TwenteArnhem
16:45 Vejinović  17'
Van der Heijden  34'
Pröpper  49'		 Report  33' Corona
 50' (pen.) Ziyech		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,894
Referee: Richard Liesveld
14 December 2014 16FC Groningen1 – 1Vitesse ArnhemGroningen
14:30 Chery  61' Report  42' Traoré Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,692
Referee: Pieter Vink
21 December 2014 17Vitesse Arnhem3 – 0Heracles AlmeloArnhem
12:30 Traoré  22'  25'  43'
Labyad  32'		 Summary Veldmate  27' Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,432
Referee: Ed Janssen
17 January 2015 18Vitesse Arnhem0 – 1PSVArnhem
20:45 Report  10' Maher Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,894
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
24 January 2015 19SC Heerenveen4 – 1Vitesse ArnhemHeerenveen
20:45 Slagveer  4'  53'
Uth  10'
Sinkgraven  42'		 Report  77' Kashia Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 23,900
Referee: Dennis Higler
1 February 2015 20Vitesse Arnhem1 – 0AjaxArnhem
14:30 Đurđević  85' Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 20,384
Referee: Pieter Vink
4 February 2015 21SC Cambuur0 – 2Vitesse ArnhemLeeuwarden
20:45 Report  34' Qazaishvili
 56' Oliynyk		 Stadium: Cambuur Stadion
Attendance: 9,373
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
7 February 2015 22NAC Breda0 – 1Vitesse ArnhemBreda
20:45 Report  64' Traoré Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer
14 February 2015 23Vitesse Arnhem2 – 0Willem IIArnhem
19:45 Labyad  28'
Traoré  44'		 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,956
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
22 February 2015 24FC Twente1 – 2Vitesse ArnhemEnschede
14:30 Corona  82' Report  17' Labyad
 90+2' Qazaishvili		 Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Danny Makkelie
28 February 2015 25Vitesse Arnhem2 – 1PEC ZwolleArnhem
18:30 Traoré  34'
Vejinović 45+1'
Pröpper  64'		 Report  4' Saymak Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 22,354
Referee: Kevin Blom
7 March 2015 26Heracles Almelo1 – 1Vitesse ArnhemAlmelo
19:45 Avdić  90+4' Report  21' Traoré Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 8,231
Referee: Björn Kuipers
13 March 2015 27Vitesse Arnhem3 – 1AZ AlkmaarArnhem
20:00 Traoré  7'
Vejinović  73' (pen.)
Qazaishvili  90+4'		 Report  8' Berghuis Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 23,381
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer
21 March 2015 28Go Ahead Eagles0 – 2Vitesse ArnhemDeventer
18:30 Report  5' Labyad
 65' Vejinović		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 7,863
Referee: Danny Makkelie
4 April 2015 29Vitesse Arnhem1 – 1FC GroningenArnhem
18:30 van der Heijden  60'
Padt  79' (o.g.)
Đurđević  90+4'		 Summary Lindgren  13'
Hoesen  71'
Padt  75'
Mahi  80'
van der Velden  84'		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 20,121
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
11 April 2015 30Excelsior1 – 3Vitesse ArnhemRotterdam
18:30 Van Weert  41' Report  39'  72' Traoré
 90+2' Ibarra		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Siemen Mulder
18 April 2015 31Vitesse Arnhem3 – 0FC DordrechtArnhem
19:45 Qazaishvili  52'  65'
Ibarra  68'		 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,126
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
24 April 2015 32ADO Den Haag1 – 0Vitesse ArnhemThe Hague
20:00 Kramer  85' Report Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: 14,837
Referee: Ed Janssen
11 May 2015 33Feyenoord1 – 4Vitesse ArnhemRotterdam
20:00 Toornstra  38' Report Qazaishvili  12'
v.d. Heijden  31'
Achenteh  43'
Labyad  90+1'		 Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Björn Kuipers
17 May 2015 34Vitesse Arnhem3 – 3FC UtrechtArnhem
14:30 Traoré  13'  65'
Labyad  89'		 Ayoub  44'
Ramselaar  46'
Verbeek  88'		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 18,696
Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup
Main article: 2014–15 KNVB Cup
23 September 2014 Second roundVVSB1 – 2Vitesse ArnhemNoordwijkerhout
17:00 Van der Slot  71' Report  20' Traoré
 90+1' Ibarra		 Stadium: Sportpark de Boekhorst
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Richard Martens
28 October 2014 Third roundVitesse Arnhem2 – 1FC DordrechtArnhem
20:45 Vejinović  45' (pen.)
Oliynyk  81'		 Report  83' Van Haaren Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dennis Higler
18 December 2014 Fourth roundAjax0 – 4Vitesse ArnhemAmsterdam
20:45 Report  22'  57' Traoré
 45+1' Labyad
 60' Qazaishvili		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 35,835
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
28 January 2015 Quarter-finalFC Groningen4 – 0Vitesse ArnhemGroningen
20:45 De Leeuw  66'
Chery  63'
Van Nieff  76'
Kieftenbeld  78'		  61' Kashia Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 12,458
Referee: Björn Kuipers

Play-offs

Play-offs for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round; Vitesse wins the play-offs.

21 May 2015 Semi-final, leg onePEC Zwolle1 – 2Vitesse ArnhemZwolle
20:45 Van der Werff  31' Report  68' Vejinović
 74' Qazaishvili		 Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Pol van Boekel
24 May 2015 Semi-final, leg twoVitesse Arnhem1 – 1
(3 – 2 agg.)		PEC ZwolleArnhem
12:30 Traoré  18' Report  56' Necid
 49'  80' Van der Werff		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 16,116
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
28 May 2015 Final, leg oneSC Heerenveen2 – 2Vitesse ArnhemHeerenveen
20:45 Slagveer  32'
Uth  75'		 Report  21' Qazaishvili
 66' Pröpper		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 16,620
Referee: Björn Kuipers
31 May 2015 Final, leg twoVitesse Arnhem5 – 2
(7 – 4 agg.)		SC HeerenveenArnhem
16:45 Kashia  11'
Vejinović  56'
Pröpper  77'
Labyad  82'
Van der Heijden  86'		 Report  4'  24' Uth Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,529
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Friendlies

Pre-season
4 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem1 – 1Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Loenen
19:00 Labyad  50' (pen.) Report  13' Wils Stadium: Lonapark
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pol van Boekel
12 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem0 – 0Sparta RotterdamDriel
16:00 Report Stadium: Sportveld Driel
Attendance: 1,131
Referee: Martin Pérez
15 July 2014 VfL Osnabrück2 – 2Vitesse ArnhemOsnabrück
19:00 Chahed  29'
Feldhahn  57' (pen.)		 Report  30' Pedersen
 71' Labyad		 Stadium: osnatel-Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Frank Willenborg
18 July 2014 Hertha BSC0 – 0Vitesse ArnhemMarienfeld (Harsewinkel)
18:00 Report Stadium: Hotel Klosterpforte
Attendance: -
Referee: Sören Storks
26 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem1 – 1Levante UD Driel
16:00 Pröpper  80' Report  32' Barral Stadium: Sportveld Driel
Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
30 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem1 – 3Chelsea F.C. Arnhem
19:30 Đurđević  89' Report  4' Salah
 24' Fàbregas
 76' Matić		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 19,273
Referee: Kevin Blom
3 August 2014 Bolton Wanderers F.C.0 – 1Vitesse ArnhemHorwich
14:00 (GMT) Report  16' Vejinović Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 5,399
Referee: Chris Kavanagh

2015
9 January 2015 R.S.C. Anderlecht5 – 0Vitesse ArnhemLos Belones
16:00 Cyriac  29'
Dendoncker  53'
Leya Iseka  68'
Mitrović  72'
Tarfi  73'		 Stadium: La Manga Club
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jorge Díaz Escudero
25 March 2015 Vitesse Arnhem3 – 1Lierse S.K. Loenen
14:30 Hamdaoui  44'  71'
Kruiswijk  51'		  11' Velikonja Stadium: Lonapark
Referee: Jeroen Sanders
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