2016–17 SBV Vitesse season

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
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

During the 2016–17 season Vitesse participated in the Dutch Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. Vitesse would win the final of the KNVB Cup against AZ on 30 April 2017. It was the club's first major honour in their 120 plus year history.

Players

Squad details

As of 14 May 2017

No.	name.	Pos.	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 (age 35)	155	0	11	0	Academy	1 July 2008	Free	30 June 2018
23	Michael Tørnes	GK	Herlev	(1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38)	3	0	–	–	OB	27 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
24	Jeroen Houwen	GK	Venray	(1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28)	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2018
40	Wouter Dronkers	GK	Vlaardingen	(1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31)	–	–	–	–	Academy	4 August 2014	Free	30 June 2017
Defenders
3	Maikel van der Werff	CB/RB/LB	Hoorn	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35)	48	0	–	–	PEC Zwolle	19 February 2015	Free	30 June 2019
5	Kelvin Leerdam	LB/DM/CB	Paramaribo	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 34)	106	13	–	–	Feyenoord	2 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
6	Arnold Kruiswijk	CB	Groningen	(1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 40)	71	1	–	–	Heerenveen	19 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
17	Kevin Diks	RB	Apeldoorn	(1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 28)	75	2	–	–	Fiorentina	31 January 2017	Loan	30 June 2017
19	Matt Miazga	CB	Clifton	(1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 29)	29	1	2	0	Chelsea	31 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
22	Thomas Oude Kotte	CB	Apeldoorn	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28)	2	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
28	Alexander Büttner	LB/RB/LM	Doetinchem	(1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 (age 35)	130	10	–	–	Dynamo Moscow	16 January 2017	Free	30 June 2019
29	Julian Lelieveld	RB/CB	Arnhem	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26)	2	0	–	–	Academy	29 July 2015	Free	30 June 2020
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB	Tbilisi	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 37)	250	20	52	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2020
43	Lassana Faye	LB	Rotterdam	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 26)	3	0	–	–	Academy	1 January 2016	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
7	Milot Rashica	AM/RW/LW	Vushtrri	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 28)	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 (age 27)	6	0	–	–	Chelsea	29 January 2017	Loan	30 June 2017
10	Adnane Tighadouini	LW/RW	Ede	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31)	34	8	1	0	Málaga	30 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
11	Nathan	LW/RW/AM	Blumenau	(1996-03-13) 13 March 1996 (age 28)	51	7	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
16	Mitchell van Bergen	RW/LW/AM	Oss	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25)	20	0	–	–	Academy	17 December 2015	Free	30 June 2020
18	Marvelous Nakamba	CM/DM/LB	Hwange	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30)	77	3	6	0	Nancy	13 August 2014	Free	30 June 2018
20	Mohammed Osman	AM/LW	Qamishli	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)	6	0	–	–	Academy	30 March 2015	Free	30 June 2018
25	Navarone Foor	AM/RW/LW	Opheusden	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	34	6	–	–	NEC	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2020
30	Arshak Koryan	RW/LW	Sochi	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29)	5	1	–	–	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
34	Lewis Baker	CM/AM	Luton	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 29)	73	20	–	–	Chelsea	1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
41	Julian Calor	CM/AM/DM	Gorinchem	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27)	2	0	–	–	RKC Waalwijk	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2019
Forwards
9	Zhang Yuning	ST/SS	Wenzhou	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 27)	27	4	8	2	Hangzhou	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
13	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	ST	Woudenberg	(1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35)	72	31	2	0	Norwich City	28 July 2016	€ 600K	30 June 2019

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	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	[1]
16	MF	Mitchell van Bergen	16	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2018	Free	[2]
22	DF	Thomas Oude Kotte	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2018	Free	[3]
24	GK	Jeroen Houwen	20	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2018	Free	[4]
29	DF	Julian Lelieveld	17	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2020	Free	[5]
30	MF	Arshak Koryan	21	EU	Youth system	Promoted Y	Summer	2017	Free	[6]
14	FW	Abiola Dauda	28	Non-EU	Heart of Midlothian	Loan Return Y	Summer	2017	Free	[7]
25	MF	Navarone Foor	24	EU	NEC	Transfer Y	Summer	2020	Free	[8]
—	FW	Martijn Berden	18	EU	PSV	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	Free	[9]
41	MF	Julian Calor	19	EU	RKC Waalwijk	Transfer Y	Summer	2019	Free	[10]
11	MF	Nathan	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free	[11]
34	MF	Lewis Baker	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free	[12]
23	GK	Michael Tørnes	30	EU	OB	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	Free	[13]
13	FW	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	27	EU	Norwich City	Transfer Y	Summer	2019	€600K	[14]
10	MF	Adnane Tighadouini	23	Non-EU	Málaga	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free	[15]
19	DF	Matt Miazga	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2017	Free	[16]
28	DF	Alexander Büttner	27	EU	Dynamo Moscow	Transfer Y	Winter	2019	Free	[17]
8	MF	Mukhtar Ali	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Winter	2017	Free	[18]
17	DF	Kevin Diks	20	EU	Fiorentina	Loan Y	Winter	2017	Free	[19]

Total spending: €600,000

Out

N	Pos.	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	[20] [21]
22	GK	Piet Velthuizen	29	EU	Hapoel Haifa	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free	[22] [23]
40	MF	Elmo Lieftink	22	EU	Willem II	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free	[24] [25]
—	FW	Kai Huisman	21	EU	FC Emmen	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free	[26] [27]
7	FW	Isaiah Brown	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free	[28]
9	FW	Dominic Solanke	18	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free	[29]
13	MF	Nathan	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free	[30]
20	MF	Danilo Pantić	19	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free	[31]
34	MF	Lewis Baker	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free	[32]
30	MF	Renato Ibarra	25	Non-EU	América	Transfer Y	Summer	€1.8M	[33]
17	DF	Kevin Diks	19	EU	Fiorentina	Transfer Y	Summer	€2.8M	[34]
10	MF	Valeri Qazaishvili	23	EU	Legia Warsaw	Loan Y	Summer	Free	[35]
8	DF	Kosuke Ota	29	Non-EU	FC Tokyo	Transfer Y	Winter	€690K	[36]
14	FW	Abiola Dauda	28	Non-EU	Atromitos	Transfer Y	Winter	Free	[37]
21	MF	Sheran Yeini	30	EU	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Transfer Y	Winter	Undisclosed	[38]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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
Competition	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	22	10	2	68	23	+45	76	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Utrecht (O)	34	18	8	8	54	38	+16	62	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
5	Vitesse	34	15	6	13	51	40	+11	51	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
6	AZ	34	12	13	9	56	52	+4	49	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
7	Twente^[c]	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 winners
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
^ Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
^ 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos.	Name	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

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

External links

Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)

[table_note_res_EUPO0.84371912937785-2] Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.84371912937785-3] Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

[table_note_TWE0.84371912937785-5] Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.^[2]

[1] "Vitesse to host international tournament". From Arnhem with Love. 21 June 2016.

[4] "Tijdlijn: de crisis bij FC Twente" [Timeline: The crisis at FC Twente] (in Dutch). 7 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[6] "Eredivisie 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[7] "Matches". Vitesse. 21 June 2016.

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