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

Transfers

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
10	MF		Thomas Bruns	25	EU	Heracles	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free
17	MF		Thulani Serero	27	Non-EU	Ajax	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free
2	DF		Fankaty Dabo	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
9	FW		Tim Matavž	28	EU	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	2020	Undisclosed
11	MF		Bryan Linssen	26	EU	Groningen	Transfer	Summer	2020	€970K
22	GK		Remko Pasveer	33	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2020	€440K
8	MF		Charlie Colkett	20	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
23	MF		Mukhtar Ali	19	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	2020	€490K
19	MF		Mason Mount	18	EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
5	DF		Matt Miazga	22	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
14	FW		Luc Castaignos	24	EU	Sporting CP	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
8	DF		Vyacheslav Karavayev	22	EU	Sparta Prague	Transfer	Winter	2021	€1.3M
7	MF		Roy Beerens	30	EU	Reading	Transfer	Winter	2021	€1M

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
30	MF		Arshak Koryan	22	EU	Lokomotiv Moscow	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
40	GK		Wouter Dronkers	24	EU	Boston City FC	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
—	MF		Ewout Gouw	22	EU	Tubize	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
—	FW		Kai Koreniuk	19	EU	AZ	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
8	MF		Mukhtar Ali	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
10	MF		Adnane Tighadouini	24	EU	Málaga	Loan Return	Summer	Free
11	MF		Nathan	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
17	DF		Kevin Diks	20	EU	Fiorentina	Loan Return	Summer	Free
19	DF		Matt Miazga	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
34	MF		Lewis Baker	22	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Summer	Free
13	FW		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	28	EU	Basel	Transfer	Summer	€3.4M
18	MF		Marvelous Nakamba	23	Non-EU	Club Brugge	Transfer	Summer	€2.9M
—	MF		Valeri Qazaishvili	24	EU	San Jose Earthquakes	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
9	FW		Zhang Yuning	20	Non-EU	West Bromwich Albion	Transfer	Summer	€7M
1	GK		Eloy Room	28	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	€390K
20	MF		Mohammed Osman	23	EU	Telstar	Contract Terminated	Summer	Free
7	MF		Milot Rashica	21	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Winter	€7.9M
8	MF		Charlie Colkett	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return	Winter	Free

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.[1]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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[lower-alpha 1]
5	Utrecht	34	14	12	8	58	53	+5	54	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
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)[2]
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.
2. Four teams play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

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.[1]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

References

1. "Vitesse - Matches". SBV Vitesse Official Site. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. "Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links

• Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)