2016–17 SBV Vitesse season

During the 2016–17 season Vitesse will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup.

Vitesse

2016–17 season
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Henk Fraser
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (20 goals) All: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (23 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,000 vs Feyenoord (23 April 2017)
Lowest home attendance	5,196 vs RKC Waalwijk (26 October 2016)
Average home league attendance	14,442
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Squad details

As of 14 May 2017

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	155	0	11	0	Academy	1 July 2008	Free	30 June 2018
23	Michael Tørnes	GK		Herlev	(1986-01-08) 8 January 1986	3	0	–	–	OB	27 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
24	Jeroen Houwen	GK		Venray	(1996-02-18) 18 February 1996	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2018
40	Wouter Dronkers	GK		Vlaardingen	(1993-05-03) 3 May 1993	–	–	–	–	Academy	4 August 2014	Free	30 June 2017
Defenders
3	Maikel van der Werff	CB/RB/LB		Hoorn	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989	48	0	–	–	PEC Zwolle	19 February 2015	Free	30 June 2019
5	Kelvin Leerdam	LB/DM/CB		Paramaribo	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990	106	13	–	–	Feyenoord	2 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
6	Arnold Kruiswijk	CB		Groningen	(1984-11-02) 2 November 1984	71	1	–	–	Heerenveen	19 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
17	Kevin Diks	RB		Apeldoorn	(1996-10-06) 6 October 1996	75	2	–	–	Fiorentina	31 January 2017	Loan	30 June 2017
19	Matt Miazga	CB		Clifton	(1995-07-19) 19 July 1995	29	1	2	0	Chelsea	31 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
22	Thomas Oude Kotte	CB		Apeldoorn	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996	2	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
28	Alexander Büttner	LB/RB/LM		Doetinchem	(1989-02-11) 11 February 1989	130	10	–	–	Dynamo Moscow	16 January 2017	Free	30 June 2019
29	Julian Lelieveld	RB/CB		Arnhem	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997	2	0	–	–	Academy	29 July 2015	Free	30 June 2020
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB		Tbilisi	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987	250	20	52	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2020
43	Lassana Faye	LB		Rotterdam	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998	3	0	–	–	Academy	1 January 2016	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
7	Milot Rashica	AM/RW/LW		Vushtrri	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996	73	12	5	0	Kosova Vushtrri	10 February 2015	€ 300K	30 June 2018
8	Mukhtar Ali	DM/CM		Mogadishu	(1997-10-30) 30 October 1997	6	0	–	–	Chelsea	29 January 2017	Loan	30 June 2017
10	Adnane Tighadouini	LW/RW		Ede	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992	34	8	1	0	Málaga	30 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
11	Nathan	LW/RW/AM		Blumenau	(1996-03-13) 13 March 1996	51	7	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
16	Mitchell van Bergen	RW/LW/AM		Oss	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999	20	0	–	–	Academy	17 December 2015	Free	30 June 2020
18	Marvelous Nakamba	CM/DM/LB		Hwange	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994	77	3	6	0	Nancy	13 August 2014	Free	30 June 2018
20	Mohammed Osman	AM/LW		Qamishli	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	6	0	–	–	Academy	30 March 2015	Free	30 June 2018
25	Navarone Foor	AM/RW/LW		Opheusden	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992	34	6	–	–	NEC	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2020
30	Arshak Koryan	RW/LW		Sochi	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995	5	1	–	–	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
34	Lewis Baker	CM/AM		Luton	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995	73	20	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
41	Julian Calor	CM/AM/DM		Gorinchem	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997	2	0	–	–	RKC Waalwijk	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2019
Forwards
9	Zhang Yuning	ST/SS		Wenzhou	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997	27	4	8	2	Hangzhou	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
13	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	ST		Woudenberg	(1989-01-27) 27 January 1989	72	31	2	0	Norwich City	28 July 2016	€ 600K	30 June 2019

Transfers

Main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2016

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW		Zhang Yuning	20	Non-EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2017	Free
16	MF		Mitchell van Bergen	16	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2018	Free
22	DF		Thomas Oude Kotte	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2018	Free
24	GK		Jeroen Houwen	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2018	Free
29	DF		Julian Lelieveld	17	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2020	Free
30	MF		Arshak Koryan	21	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2017	Free
14	FW		Abiola Dauda	28	Non-EU	Heart of Midlothian	Loan Return Y	Summer	2017	Free
25	MF		Navarone Foor	24	EU	NEC	Transfer Y	Summer	2020	Free
—	FW		Martijn Berden	18	EU	PSV	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	Free
41	MF		Julian Calor	19	EU	RKC Waalwijk	Transfer Y	Summer	2019	Free
11	MF		Nathan	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free
34	MF		Lewis Baker	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free
23	GK		Michael Tørnes	30	EU	OB	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	Free
13	FW		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	27	EU	Norwich City	Transfer Y	Summer	2019	€600K
10	MF		Adnane Tighadouini	23	Non-EU	Málaga	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free
19	DF		Matt Miazga	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free
28	DF		Alexander Büttner	27	EU	Dynamo Moscow	Transfer Y	Winter	2019	Free
8	MF		Mukhtar Ali	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Winter	2017	Free
17	DF		Kevin Diks	20	EU	Fiorentina	Loan Y	Winter	2017	Free

Total spending: €600,000

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF		Denys Oliynyk	29	Non-EU	Darmstadt 98	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
22	GK		Piet Velthuizen	29	EU	Hapoel Haifa	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
40	MF		Elmo Lieftink	22	EU	Willem II	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
—	FW		Kai Huisman	21	EU	FC Emmen	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
7	FW		Isaiah Brown	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
9	FW		Dominic Solanke	18	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
13	MF		Nathan	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
20	MF		Danilo Pantić	19	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
34	MF		Lewis Baker	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
30	MF		Renato Ibarra	25	Non-EU	América	Transfer Y	Summer	€1.8M
17	DF		Kevin Diks	19	EU	Fiorentina	Transfer Y	Summer	€2.8M
10	MF		Valeri Qazaishvili	23	EU	Legia Warsaw	Loan Y	Summer	Free
8	DF		Kosuke Ota	29	Non-EU	FC Tokyo	Transfer Y	Winter	€690K
14	FW		Abiola Dauda	28	Non-EU	Atromitos	Transfer Y	Winter	Free
21	MF		Sheran Yeini	30	EU	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Transfer Y	Winter	Undisclosed

Total gaining: €5,290,000

Balance

Total: €4,690,000

Pre-season

On 21 June 2016, it was announced that Vitesse would host Belgian side Oostende for a pre-season friendly, as well as hosting the 2016 Fox Sports Cup, which features sides such as West Bromwich Albion and Porto.[1]

Vitesse v Shakhtar Donetsk

2 July 2016 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loenen, Netherlands
17:00	Zhang  20' van Bergen  57' Lucassen  59'	Report		Stadium: Loenermark Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Vitesse v Oostende

9 July 2016 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 3	Oostende	Driel, Netherlands
16:00	Ota  31' Zhang  87'	Report	7' Canesin  40' El Ghanassy  89' Tomašević	Stadium: Sportpark RKSV Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Vitesse v Rubin Kazan

16 July 2016 Friendly	Vitesse	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
17:30	Zhang  31' Rashica  49'	Report	58' Karadeniz	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 25

Vitesse v West Bromwich Albion

21 July 2016 2016 Fox Sports Cup	Vitesse	1 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:30	Nathan  57'	Report	26' Rondón  70' McManaman	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Vitesse v Porto

23 July 2016 2016 Fox Sports Cup	Vitesse	1 – 2	Porto	Arnhem, Netherlands
15:30	Baker  17'		78' Corona  82' (pen.) Silva	Stadium: GelreDome

Newcastle United v Vitesse

30 July 2016 Friendly	Newcastle United	3 – 2	Vitesse	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
15:00	Leerdam  22' (og.) Gayle  36' Colback  41'	Report	Nathan  53' Kashia  61'	Stadium: St James' Park Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	34	15	6	13	51	40	+11	044.12
KNVB Cup	6	6	0	0	21	4	+17	100.00
Total	40	21	6	13	72	44	+28	052.50

Updated to match played 14 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2016–17 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	22	10	2	68	23	+45	76	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Utrecht (O)	34	18	8	8	54	38	+16	62	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Vitesse	34	15	6	13	51	40	+11	51	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
6	AZ	34	12	13	9	56	52	+4	49	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
7	Twente[lower-alpha 3]	34	12	9	13	48	50	−2	45

Source: NUsport (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only for deciding champion and relegation); 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw. (Note: Criteria 5-8 is only used if deciding Europa League play-off places)[3]
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1. Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
2. Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
3. Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.[2]

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	15	6	13	51	40	+11	51	9	2	6	31	21	+10	6	4	7	20	19	+1

Last updated: 14 May 2017.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W
Position	2	5	4	4	8	6	7	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	7	6	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2017. Source: Vitesse
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 21 June 2016 at 9am.[4]

Willem II v Vitesse

6 August 2016 1	Willem II	1 – 4	Vitesse	Tilburg
20:45 CET	Sol  54'	Report	21' van Wolfswinkel  30' Qazaishvili  37', 39' Nathan  70' Baker	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12,250 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Vitesse v ADO Den Haag

13 August 2016 2	Vitesse	1 – 2	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:45 CET	van Wolfswinkel  22' Kruiswijk  90+3'	Report	31', 61' Kastaneer  59' Duplan	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 11,615 Referee: Kevin Blom

Roda JC v Vitesse

20 August 2016 3	Roda JC	0 – 1	Vitesse	Kerkrade
18:30 CET	Kum  35' Brouwers  44' Rutjes  60'	Report	22' Baker  39' Kruiswijk  77' Nakamba  84' van der Werff	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 13,030 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Vitesse v Utrecht

26 August 2016 4	Vitesse	1 – 1	Utrecht	Arnhem
20:00 CET	van Wolfswinkel  28' Leerdam  90+1'		24' Ludwig  68' Haller	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v Vitesse

11 September 2016 5	Ajax	1 – 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
16:45 CET	Viergever  27',  55'	Report	44'  67' Kruiswijk	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Vitesse v Go Ahead Eagles

17 September 2016 6	Vitesse	2 – 0	Go Ahead Eagles	Arnhem
19:45 CET	van Wolfswinkel  76' (pen.) Baker  78'	Report	32' de Kogel  34' Ritzmaier	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,170 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Twente v Vitesse

25 September 2016 7	Twente	2 – 1	Vitesse	Enschede
14:30 CET	Ünal  16' Trajkovski  45+3' Celina  85'	Report	59' Nakamba  90+2' Baker	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Vitesse v Groningen

1 October 2016 8	Vitesse	2 – 1	Groningen	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Rashica  4' Tighadouini  25' Baker  44' Leerdam  76'	Report	4' (pen.) Hoesen  43' Davidson	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,055 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

AZ v Vitesse

15 October 2016 9	AZ	2 – 2	Vitesse	Alkmaar
20:45 CET	van Eijden  22' Weghorst  57' Mühren  78', 87'	Report	23' Baker  28' Nakamba  58' (pen.) van Wolfswinkel  82' Leerdam  90' van Bergen	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,415 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

NEC Nijmegen v Vitesse

23 October 2016 10	NEC Nijmegen	1 – 1	Vitesse	Nijmegen
12:30 CET	Bikel  22' Golla  42' Dumić  63',  88'	Report	38' Foor  43' van Wolfswinkel  63' Kashia  89' Tighadouini	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Vitesse v PSV

29 October 2016 11	Vitesse	0 – 2	PSV	Arnhem
19:45 CET	Kruiswijk  53'	Report	12', 90+3' Pereiro	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,452 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Vitesse v Heracles Almelo

6 November 2016 12	Vitesse	1 – 2	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
14:30 CET	van Wolfswinkel  57' Yeini  78'	Report	61' Darri  74' (pen.) Armenteros	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,743 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Heerenveen v Vitesse

19 November 2016 13	Heerenveen	1 – 1	Vitesse	Heerenveen
18:30 CET	Thorsby  61' Mulder  73' Veerman  84'	Report	57' Nakamba  72' Baker	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,465 Referee: Ed Janssen

Vitesse v Excelsior

26 November 2016 14	Vitesse	2 – 2	Excelsior	Arnhem
18:30 CET	van Wolfswinkel  25' (pen.) Tighadouini  73'	Report	7', 14' Faik  24' Mattheij  40' Vermeulen  56' Kuipers	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Vitesse v PEC Zwolle

3 December 2016 15	Vitesse	3 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
20:45 CET	Rashica  21' Baker  32' (pen.) Zhang  41',  45' Nathan  90+2'	Report	31' Marcellis  67' Schenkeveld  74' Kvída	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,173 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Sparta Rotterdam v Vitesse

11 December 2016 16	Sparta Rotterdam	0 – 1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
12:30 CET	Dijkstra  62' Dougall  90+2' Spierings  90+3'	Report	83' van Wolfswinkel  89' Zhang  90+4' Foor	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,353 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Feyenoord v Vitesse

17 December 2016 17	Feyenoord	3 – 1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
19:45 CET	Elia  15' Berghuis  42', 57' Nelom  51' El Ahmadi  63'	Report	24' Tighadouini  74' van Wolfswinkel	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Dennis Higler

Vitesse v Twente

15 January 2017 18	Vitesse	3 – 1	Twente	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Baker  13',  81' van Wolfswinkel  39' Rashica  47' Leerdam  77'	Report	64',  77' (pen.) Klich  86' Seys	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,194 Referee: Ed Janssen

Groningen v Vitesse

21 January 2017 19	Groningen	1 – 1	Vitesse	Groningen
19:45 CET	Leerdam  6' (og.) Hateboer  90+2'	Report	49',  86' Foor	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Vitesse v AZ

29 January 2017 20	Vitesse	2 – 1	AZ	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Baker  10',  61' Leerdam  39' Nathan  51' Zhang  75'	Report	41' van Eijden  45+1' Weghorst  51' Haps  64' (og.) Kashia	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,183 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

ADO Den Haag v Vitesse

3 February 2017 21	ADO Den Haag	0 – 2	Vitesse	The Hague
20:00 CET	Wolters  52' Gorter  61' Kanon  88'	Report	29' Tighadouini  31' van Wolfswinkel	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 11,343 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Vitesse v Willem II

11 February 2017 22	Vitesse	0 – 2	Willem II	Arnhem
20:45 CET	Leerdam  75' Diks  81'	Report	70' Tshimanga  80',  84' Koppers  90+4',  90+5' Oularé	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,879 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

Vitesse v Ajax

19 February 2017 23	Vitesse	0 – 1	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CET	Diks  54' Miazga  88'	Report	26' Klaassen  36' Viergever  67' Kluivert	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,016 Referee: Kevin Blom

Go Ahead Eagles v Vitesse

26 February 2017 24	Go Ahead Eagles	1 – 3	Vitesse	Deventer
12:30 CET	Duits  59' Manu  59' Ritzmaier  67' Crowley  88' Maatsen  90+3'	Report	23',  29' van Wolfswinkel  52' Foor  80' Rashica	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,412 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

PEC Zwolle v Vitesse

4 March 2017 25	PEC Zwolle	3 – 1	Vitesse	Zwolle
20:45 CET	Saymak  10' Brock-Madsen  18' Holla  55'	Report	48' van Wolfswinkel  54' Miazga	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Vitesse v Sparta Rotterdam

10 March 2017 26	Vitesse	5 – 0	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
20:00 CET	van Wolfswinkel  22' Foor  34' Kruiswijk  40' Nakamba  45' Kashia  61'	Report	43' Goodwin	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,852 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

PSV v Vitesse

18 March 2017 27	PSV	1 – 0	Vitesse	Eindhoven
18:45 CET	de Jong  50'	Report	40' Diks  72' Miazga  83' Büttner	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,900 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Vitesse v NEC Nijmegen

2 April 2017 28	Vitesse	2 – 1	NEC Nijmegen	Arnhem
12:30 CET	van Wolfswinkel  51', 84' (pen.) Diks  69' Kruiswijk  82' Büttner  90'	Report	28' Breinburg  66' Kadioglu  76' Golla	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,654 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Heracles Almelo v Vitesse

5 April 2017 29	Heracles Almelo	0 – 1	Vitesse	Almelo
18:30 CET	Pröpper  51'  56' Kuwas  71'	Report	29'  86' Diks  43' Foor  90+4' Nathan	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 10,711 Referee: Christiaan Bax

Vitesse v Heerenveen

8 April 2017 30	Vitesse	4 – 2	Heerenveen	Arnhem
18:30 CET	Foor  5' van Wolfswinkel  14', 70', 75'	Report	17' Marzo  31' Slagveer  89' Larsson	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,128 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Excelsior v Vitesse

15 April 2017 31	Excelsior	1 – 0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:45 CET	Hasselbaink  13' Mattheij  62'	Report	90+4' van Wolfswinkel	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Ed Janssen

Vitesse v Feyenoord

23 April 2017 32	Vitesse	0 – 2	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30 CET		Report	10', 28' Jørgensen	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Utrecht v Vitesse

7 May 2017 33	Utrecht	1 – 0	Vitesse	Utrecht
14:30 CET	Janssen  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 20,686 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Vitesse v Roda JC

14 May 2017 34	Vitesse	3 – 0	Roda JC	Arnhem
14:30 CET	van Wolfswinkel  3', 80' Baker  90+3'	Report	49' Ajagun  67' Werker  77' Papazoglou  82' Paulissen	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,876 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2016–17 KNVB Cup

ASV De Dijk v Vitesse

22 September 2016 First round	ASV De Dijk	2 – 7	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:00 CET	Zwarthoed  41' Schilder  63' Kaars  67'	Report	9' Baker  34' Leerdam  59' (pen.) van Wolfswinkel  60', 64' Tighadouini  84' Rashica  86' Koryan	Stadium: Sportpark Schellingwoude Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kevin Blom

Vitesse v RKC Waalwijk

26 October 2016 Second round	Vitesse	4 – 1	RKC Waalwijk	Arnhem
20:00 CET	Yeini  14' Zhang  19' Kashia  53' Baker  59' (pen.),  90+1' Nakamba  69' Nathan  90+3'	Report	Langedijk  53' Greene  58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Dennis Higler

Vitesse v Jodan Boys

14 December 2016 Third round	Vitesse	4 – 0	Jodan Boys	Arnhem
20:00 CET	Miazga  14' Tighadouini  17' Baker  52' (pen.) Rashica  56'	Report	51' Marengo  79' Bellahcen	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 7,257 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Vitesse v Feyenoord

26 January 2017 Quarter final	Vitesse	2 – 0	Feyenoord	Arnhem
20:45 CET	van der Werff  44' Kashia  55' Tighadounini  61' Rashica  80' Leerdam  88' van Wolfswinkel  90+1'	Report	41' Berghuis  51' Elia  54' Botteghin	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,673 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Sparta Rotterdam v Vitesse

1 March 2017 Semi final	Sparta Rotterdam	1 – 2	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:45 CET	Kashia  74' (og.)	Report	13', 73' Baker	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,349 Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ v Vitesse

30 April 2017 Final	AZ	0 – 2	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:00 CET	Luckassen  77'	Report	77',  81', 88' van Wolfswinkel	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 46,105 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Eloy Room	33	0	5	0	38	0	0	0
3	DF	Maikel van der Werff	16 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	18 (2)	0	2	0
5	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	25 (3)	1	5	1	30 (3)	2	6	0
6	DF	Arnold Kruiswijk	24 (3)	1	4	0	28 (3)	1	5	1
7	MF	Milot Rashica	31 (2)	2	6	2	37 (2)	4	3	0
8	MF	Mukhtar Ali	0 (6)	0	0	0	0 (6)	0	0	0
9	FW	Zhang Yuning	2 (14)	1	2 (1)	1	4 (15)	2	3	0
10	MF	Adnane Tighadouini	17 (8)	3	4 (2)	4	21 (10)	7	2	0
11	MF	Nathan	19 (8)	4	2 (3)	1	21 (11)	5	2	0
13	FW	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	32	20	4 (1)	3	36 (1)	23	7	0
16	MF	Mitchell van Bergen	2 (15)	0	0 (2)	0	2 (17)	0	1	0
17	DF	Kevin Diks	11	0	0 (1)	0	11 (1)	0	5	1
18	MF	Marvelous Nakamba	31	1	5	1	36	2	4	0
19	DF	Matt Miazga	15 (8)	0	4 (2)	1	19 (10)	1	3	0
20	MF	Mohammed Osman	0 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
22	DF	Thomas Oude Kotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Michael Tørnes	1 (1)	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
24	GK	Jeroen Houwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Navarone Foor	26 (3)	6	5	0	31 (3)	6	1	1
28	DF	Alexander Büttner	2 (8)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (9)	0	2	0
29	DF	Julian Lelieveld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Arshak Koryan	1 (2)	0	0 (2)	1	1 (4)	1	0	0
34	MF	Lewis Baker	33	10	6	5	39	15	3	1
37	DF	Guram Kashia	34	1	5	1	39	2	2	0
40	GK	Wouter Dronkers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	Julian Calor	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
43	DF	Lassana Faye	1 (1)	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
14	FW	Abiola Dauda	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
21	MF	Sheran Yeini	8 (2)	0	1	0	9 (2)	0	2	0
—	DF	Kosuke Ota	7 (3)	0	2	0	9 (3)	0	0	0
—	MF	Valeri Qazaishvili	2 (1)	1	0	0	2 (1)	1	0	0

Last updated: 14 May 2017.
Source: Vitesse

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	FW	13	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	20	3	23
2	MF	34	Lewis Baker	10	5	15
3	MF	10	Adnane Tighadouini	3	4	7
4	MF	25	Navarone Foor	6	0	6
5	MF	11	Nathan	4	1	5
6	MF	7	Milot Rashica	2	2	4
7	DF	5	Kelvin Leerdam	1	1	2
	FW	9	Zhang Yuning	1	1	2
	MF	18	Marvelous Nakamba	1	1	2
	DF	37	Guram Kashia	1	1	2
11	DF	6	Arnold Kruiswijk	1	0	1
	DF	19	Matt Miazga	0	1	1
	MF	30	Arshak Koryan	0	1	1
	MF	—	Valeri Qazaishvili	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Total				51	21	72

Last updated: 14 May 2017.
Source: Vitesse

Clean sheets

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	1	Eloy Room	7	2	9
2	23	Michael Tørnes	0	1	1
Total			7	3	10

Last updated: 14 May 2017.
Source: Vitesse

Summary

Games played	40 (35 Eredivisie) (5 KNVB Cup)
Games won	21 (15 Eredivisie) (6 KNVB Cup)
Games drawn	6 (6 Eredivisie)
Games lost	13 (13 Eredivisie)
Goals scored	72 (51 Eredivisie) (21 KNVB Cup)
Goals conceded	44 (40 Eredivisie) (4 KNVB Cup)
Goal difference	+28 (+11 Eredivisie) (+17 KNVB Cup)
Clean sheets	10 (7 Eredivisie) (3 KNVB Cup)
Yellow cards	52 (44 Eredivisie) (8 KNVB Cup)
Red cards	4 (4 Eredivisie)
Most appearances	39 appearances (3 players)
Top scorer	Ricky van Wolfswinkel (23 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 21/40 (52.50%)

Last updated: 14 May 2017.
Source: Vitesse

References

1. "Vitesse to host international tournament". From Arnhem with Love. 21 June 2016.
2. "Tijdlijn: de crisis bij FC Twente" [Timeline: The crisis at FC Twente] (in Dutch). 7 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
3. "Eredivisie 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
4. "Matches". Vitesse. 21 June 2016.

External links

• Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)