Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football club from Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse (French for speed) has had considerable success in the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

, and featured in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football, namely PSV, Feyenoord, and Ajax

Ajax Amsterdam

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...

. The owner and chairman is a Georgian businessman, which makes Vitesse the first Dutch football club owned by a foreigner.

History

The idea of conceiving a football team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 club.

Vitesse once attracted big name signings into its ranks including Roy Makaay

Roy Makaay

Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom , for his ability to score out of nowhere.-Career:...

, Nikos Machlas

Nikos Machlas

Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...

, Sander Westerveld

Sander Westerveld

Sander Westerveld is a Dutch professional football goalkeeper. He left Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 2007–08 Eredivisie season to play for Monza, and is currently playing for South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town....

, Danko Lazovic

Danko Lazovic

Danko Lazović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Zenit as a second striker or a winger.-Feyenoord:...

, Ulises Davila

Ulises Dávila

Ulises Alejandro Dávila Plascencia is a Mexican professional footballer, currently playing as an Attacking Midfielder for the Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse, on loan from Chelsea.-Guadalajara:...

, Pierre van Hooijdonk

Pierre van Hooijdonk

Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004...

, Mahamadou Diarra

Mahamadou Diarra

Mahamadou Diarra is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Mali national team. He is captain of the national team.-Early career:Diarra started his career with Greek side OFI Crete...

 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. It was restructured again in 2003 when it could have gone bankrupt again, when the timely intervention of the Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

 city council bought GelreDome, and created a financial rescue package to salvage the club.

The clubs training ground and youth development system are based at the National Sports Centre Papendal

National Sports Centre Papendal

The National Sports Centre Papendal is the national sports development centre of the Netherlands, located in the Veluwe woods from Arnhem.-National Sports Centre:The first event held at Papendal was the 1980 Summer Paralympics, from June 21 to July 5...

.

Stadium

Its home is the unique GelreDome

Gelredome

The GelreDome is a football stadium in the city of Arnhem, in the Netherlands. It serves as the home of the football club Vitesse. It was opened on 25 March 1998, featuring a retractable roof, as well as a convertible pitch, that can be retracted, when unused during concerts or other events held at...

 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 25,000. The average league attendance in recent years was just below 20,000. Their previous home was the Nieuw Monnikenhuize

Nieuw Monnikenhuize

Nieuw Monnikenhuize was a multi-use stadium situated in Monnikenhuize, a northern neighbourhood of Arnhem, Netherlands. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of SBV Vitesse Arnhem...

.

Ownership

On 16 August 2010, the former Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 footballer and now businessman Merab Jordania

Merab Jordania

Merab Jordania, in , is a retired Georgian footballer.Nowadays he is the president of Dutch football club Vitesse.-Club career:...

 became the owner of Vitesse. Jordania expressed his ambition for Vitesse to become champion of the Eredivisie league within three years. His first action as owner involved attracting 8 new young players, though no established stars. However, the takeover, especially given Jordania's background, resulted in massive controversy, some commentators arguing that this takeover was the Dutch equivalent of what had happened in English football, financial globalization and possibly longer-term destabilization, as expressed in the many opinions in the local paper.

Current squad

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011.

Reserve squad

Vitesse-managers since 1914

Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...

 /   John Sutcliffe

John Willie Sutcliffe

John William "J.W." Sutcliffe , commonly known as John Willie Sutcliffe, was an English football and rugby union player. J.W...

 (1914–15) Mac Pherson (1919–20) Charles Griffith

Charlie Griffith (footballer)

Charles "Charlie" Griffith was an English football manager. He coached Dutch club side Vitesse between 1920 and 1922....

 (1920–22) Jan van Dort

Jan van Dort

Jan Leendert van Dort was a football player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team...

 /   Bram Evers (1922–23) Jan van Dort

Jan van Dort

Jan Leendert van Dort was a football player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team...

 (1923–24) Bob Jefferson

Bob Jefferson

Robert William "Bob" Jefferson was an English professional football player and manager.-Early life:Robert William Jefferson was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Tyne and Wear in 1882. He left school to join the Royal Navy, before deserting after a few weeks to become an apprentice moulder at a...

 (1924–27) Heinrich Schwarz (1927–36) Gerrit van Wijhe (1936–38) Gerrit Horsten (1938–39) Gerrit Horsten /   Ben Tap (1939–43) Gerrit Horsten /   Jacques Piederiet /   Jan Zonnenberg (1943–44) Gerrit Horsten /   Jacques Piederiet (1945–46) George Roper

George Roper (footballer)

George Roper was an English football manager. He coached Dutch club side Vitesse between 1946 and 1947....

 (1946–47) Arie van der Wel (1947–48) Jan Zonnenberg (1948–54) Joseph Gruber

Joseph Gruber

Joseph Gruber was an Austrian football player and manager who managed Dutch side Ajax between 1962 and 1963.He also coached Alemannia Aachen, DOS, Vitesse Pittsburgh Phantoms-References:...

 (1954–57) Louis Pastoors (1957–60) Branko Vidović (1960–62) Jan Zonnenberg (1962–64) Joseph Gruber

Joseph Gruber

Joseph Gruber was an Austrian football player and manager who managed Dutch side Ajax between 1962 and 1963.He also coached Alemannia Aachen, DOS, Vitesse Pittsburgh Phantoms-References:...

 (1964–66) Frans de Munck

Frans de Munck

Frans de Munck was a Dutch footballer and football manager. He died, aged 88, in Arnhem on 24 December 2010.-External links:*...

 (1966–69) Cor Brom

Cor Brom

Cor Brom was a Dutch football player and manager. Brom died in Amsterdam on 29 October 2008, of Parkinson's disease.-Playing career:During his playing career, Brom played with Telstar.-Coaching career:...

 (1969–72) Frans de Munck

Frans de Munck

Frans de Munck was a Dutch footballer and football manager. He died, aged 88, in Arnhem on 24 December 2010.-External links:*...

 (1972–74) Nedeljko Bulatović

Nedeljko Bulatović

Nedeljko "Ned" Bulatović is a Serbian former footballer and football manager.-Career:Bulatović played as a striker for Vojvodina, Enschedese Boys, Twente, NEC, Sittardia and Fortuna SC.-Coaching career:...

 (1974-September 75) Jan de Bouter (September 1975-April 76) Clemens Westerhof

Clemens Westerhof

Clemens Westerhof is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team...

 (1976) Henk Wullems (1976–82) Leen Looijen (1982-February 1984) Henk Hofstee (February 1984-1984) Clemens Westerhof

Clemens Westerhof

Clemens Westerhof is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team...

 (1984–85) Janusz Kowalik

Janusz Kowalik

Janusz "John" Kowalik was a Polish football striker who scored prolifically in both the European leagues and the North American Soccer League. He was the 1968 NASL MVP.-Professional:...

 /   Henk Bosveld

Henk Bosveld

Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who was nicknamed Charley after Charles Chaplin. Born in Velp, he was named best player of Vitesse Arnhem in the twentieth century....

 (1985–86) Hans Dorjee

Hans Dorjee

Hans Dorjee was a Dutch professional football player and manager....

 /   Niels Overweg (1986–87) Hans Dorjee

Hans Dorjee

Hans Dorjee was a Dutch professional football player and manager....

 (1987-July 1987) Niels Overweg (July 1987-September 87) Bert Jacobs

Bert Jacobs

Bert Jacobs was a football manager from the Netherlands, who played for HFC Haarlem. Born in Zandvoort, he started a career as a football coach as a 27-year old when he became the head coach of Velox from Utrecht...

 (September 87-92) Herbert Neumann

Herbert Neumann

Herbert Neumann is a retired football player who played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. After his professional career as a player, he started to work as a football manager for FC Zürich, RSC Anderlecht, Istanbulspor, NAC Breda, Vitesse, and VVV-Venlo.-...

 (1992–95) Ronald Spelbos

Ronald Spelbos

Ronald Spelbos is a Dutch former football player and manager. He used to play central defense.-External links:**...

 (1995-November 95) Frans Thijssen (November 1995-96) Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, who is the current Sports Director of Újpest FC.- Coaching career :...

 (1996-January 97) Henk ten Cate

Henk ten Cate

Henk ten Cate is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player.In the 2005–06 season, he was the assistant of Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona that guided the team to a Champions League Trophy and La Liga title...

 (January 1997-98) Artur Jorge

Artur Jorge

Artur Jorge Braga Melo Teixeira , commonly known as simply Artur Jorge, is a Portuguese football coach and a former football player. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players of all time.-Club career:As a junior player, he started at the...

 (1998-October 98) Herbert Neumann

Herbert Neumann

Herbert Neumann is a retired football player who played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. After his professional career as a player, he started to work as a football manager for FC Zürich, RSC Anderlecht, Istanbulspor, NAC Breda, Vitesse, and VVV-Venlo.-...

 (October 98-October 99) Edward Sturing

Edward Sturing

Edward Jeroen Sturing is former footballer defender from the Netherlands, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team. He played for De Graafschap and Vitesse Arnhem . After his career he became a football manager, first as an assistant and later as head coach...

 /   Jan Jongbloed

Jan Jongbloed

Jan Jongbloed was a football goalkeeper with the Netherlands national football team at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, wearing the number 8 jersey....

 (1999-January 2000) Ronald Koeman

Ronald Koeman

Ronald Koeman is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman...

 (January 2000-December 2001) Edward Sturing

Edward Sturing

Edward Jeroen Sturing is former footballer defender from the Netherlands, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team. He played for De Graafschap and Vitesse Arnhem . After his career he became a football manager, first as an assistant and later as head coach...

 (December 2001-02) Mike Snoei

Mike Snoei

Mike Snoei is a former football defender, who played for all of the three professional clubs in his home town: Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and Excelsior Rotterdam. After his active career he became a football coach, who worked for Sparta, Vitesse Arnhem, Sparta and Go Ahead Eagles...

 (2002-March 2003) Edward Sturing

Edward Sturing

Edward Jeroen Sturing is former footballer defender from the Netherlands, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team. He played for De Graafschap and Vitesse Arnhem . After his career he became a football manager, first as an assistant and later as head coach...

 (March 2003-06) Aad de Mos (2006–08) Hans Westerhof

Hans Westerhof

Hans Westerhof is a Dutch football coach and currently technical director at Pachuca.As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and BVO Cambuur of the Dutch First Division...

 (2008-December 2008) Theo Bos

Theo Bos (footballer)

Theo Bos is a Dutch former footballer and current coach of FC Dordrecht.-Playing career:Bos spent his entire playing career for Vitesse Arnhem, making a total 369 appearances in 14 seasons with his club.-Coaching career:...

 (2009–10) Albert Ferrer (2010–11) John van den Brom

John van den Brom

John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...

 (2011–)

Club officials

Position	Name	Since
Club owner	Merab Jordania Merab Jordania Merab Jordania, in , is a retired Georgian footballer.Nowadays he is the president of Dutch football club Vitesse.-Club career:...	16 August 2010
Chairman	Merab Jordania Merab Jordania Merab Jordania, in , is a retired Georgian footballer.Nowadays he is the president of Dutch football club Vitesse.-Club career:...	1 October 2010
Chief Executive Officer	Paul van der Kraan	16 January 2004
Chief Scout	Ted van Leeuwen	1 July 2008
Manager	John van den Brom John van den Brom John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...	1 July 2011
Assistant manager	Stanley Menzo Stanley Menzo Stanley Purl Menzo is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current coach.Most of his professional career was spent at Ajax , appearing in more than 300 official matches with the club and winning nine major titles.Menzo represented the Dutch national team in one World Cup...	15 Novermber 2010
Assistant manager	Raimond van der Gouw Raimond van der Gouw Raimond van der Gouw is a former Dutch footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.After a successful career with Vitesse and well into his 30s, he moved to Manchester United, also experiencing relative recognition, although he played very sparingly; he scored his only goal in the last game of his...	1 Juli 2009

Team Achievements

• Champion Gelderse Competitie NVB
  Royal Dutch Football Association
  The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...
  
  : 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
  Eerste Divisie
  The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
  
  : 2x (1977, 1989)
• Champion Tweede Divisie
  Tweede Divisie
  The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...
  
  : 1x (1966)
• Also promoted to Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  : 1x (1971)
• UEFA Cup
  UEFA Cup
  The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
  
  : 9x participation (36 matches): (1991
  UEFA Cup 1990-91
  The UEFA Cup 1990–91 was won by Internazionale on aggregate over Roma. This tournament also marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985...
  
  , 1992
  UEFA Cup 1991-92
  The UEFA Cup 1991–92 was won by Ajax on away goals over Torino.Although this was the second season since the ban on English clubs in European competitions was lifted, only one English club was entered into the 1991–92 UEFA Cup...
  
  , 1993
  UEFA Cup 1992-93
  The UEFA Cup 1992–93 was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 in the final aggregate over, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team ....
  
  , 1994, 1997
  UEFA Cup 1996-97
  The UEFA Cup 1996-97 was won by Schalke 04 in penalties over Internazionale.This was the last year in which the UEFA Cup Final was played in a two-legged, home-and-away format...
  
  , 1998
  UEFA Cup 1997-98
  The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition....
  
  , 1999, 2000
  UEFA Cup 1999-00
  The UEFA Cup 1999-2000 season was won by Galatasaray of Turkey, who defeated Arsenal of England in the final. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. The game went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu, the Romanian...
  
  , 2002)

Individual Achievements

• Top scorer Eerste Divisie
  Eerste Divisie
  The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
  
  : 2x (1974, 1983),   Herman Veenendaal (23 goals),   Remco Boere
  Remco Boere
  Remco Boere is a retired Dutch football striker.Boere played club football for Roda JC and ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie. He also played for Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. in the Greek Super League and Gil Vicente F.C...
  
   (27 goals)
• Top scorer Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  : 1x (1998),   Nikos Machlas
  Nikos Machlas
  Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
  
   (34 goals)
• European Golden Shoe-winner: 1x (1998),   Nikos Machlas
  Nikos Machlas
  Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
  
   (34 goals)

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 Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne is a French association football club, based in Troyes. It was founded in 1900. The club was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005–06 season and their first Ligue 1 season was in 1954/55, and their second spell came in 1999/2000 Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube...	5–3, 2–1	Bleijenberg (2), Heezen, Mulderij, Bosveld /
1990/91 UEFA Cup 1990-91 The UEFA Cup 1990–91 was won by Internazionale on aggregate over Roma. This tournament also marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985...	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	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 1992-93 The UEFA Cup 1992–93 was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 in the final aggregate over, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team ....	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	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 Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	0–1, 0–1	(-) / (-)
1993/94	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	1R		Norwich City	0–3, 0–0	(-) / (-)
1994/95	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	1R		AC Parma	1–0, 0–2	Gillhaus / (-)
1997/98 UEFA Cup 1997-98 The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition....	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	1R		SC Braga SC Braga Sporting Clube de Braga , commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club, from the city of Braga. Its football team plays at the AXA Stadium, also known as The Quarry, which was built for UEFA Euro 2004...	2–1, 0–2	Curovic, Trustfull / (-)
1998/99	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	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 1999-00 The UEFA Cup 1999-2000 season was won by Galatasaray of Turkey, who defeated Arsenal of England in the final. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. The game went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu, the Romanian...	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	1R		SC Beira-Mar	2–1, 0–0	Van Hooijdonk, Grozdic / (-)
		2R		RC Lens RC Lens Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du...	1–4, 1–1	Van Hooijdonk / Kreek
2000/01 UEFA Cup 2000-01 In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season...	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	1R		Maccabi Haifa FC	3–0, 1–2	Martel, Peeters, Amoah / Amoah
		2R		Internazionale	0–0, 1–1	(-) / Peeters
2002/03	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	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	(-) / (-)

Club records

• Highest transfer fee paid: Bob Peeters
  Bob Peeters
  Bob Peeters is a former football striker and current manager of Cercle Brugge, notorious for his height . Born in Belgium, he started his professional career for Lierse S.K. in the 1992-1993 season. After five years he moved to Dutch club Roda JC, who sold him in 2000 to Vitesse Arnhem. After...
  
   from Roda JC for € 6.4 million, 2000
• Highest transfer fee received: Nikos Machlas
  Nikos Machlas
  Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
  
   to Ajax for € 8.6 million, 1999
• Record League win: 0–17 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 11 November 1894
• Record Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
   win: 1–7 v Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...
  
  , 27-09-1997
• Record Eerste Divisie
  Eerste Divisie
  The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
  
   win: 7–0 v FC Wageningen
  FC Wageningen
  FC Wageningen was a Dutch football club which was founded on August 27, 1911. The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium ....
  
  , 30-08-1970
• Record European win: 0–4 v Dundee United FC, UEFA Cup
  UEFA Cup
  The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
  
   Second Round, 7 November 1990
• Record home win: 14–0 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 20 January 1895
• Record away win: 0–17 v Victoria, Gelderse Competitie NVB, 11 November 1894
• Record home Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
   win: 6–0 v FC Volendam
  FC Volendam
  Football Club Volendam is a Dutch football club based in Volendam, North Holland, Edam-Volendam. Founded on June 1, 1977, as a result of a split up with RKSV . It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, holding home games at Kras Stadion, with a 6,260-seat capacity.-History:Football Club Volendam...
  
  , 8 April 1998
• Record away Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
   win: 1–7 v Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard
  Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Trendwork Arena and features in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. The club was a merger of former clubs 'Fortuna 54' and 'Sittardia' to merge as the Fortuna Sittard Combinatie on July 1,...
  
  , 27 September 1997
• Record defeat: 12–1 v AFC Ajax, Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 19 May 1972
• Record tournament defeat: 0–7 v PSV, KNVB Beker, Fourth Round, 4 May 1969
• Highest ranking: 3rd in Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 1997/1998
• Longest unbeaten run (League): 22, from 8 January 1967 until 17 September 1967 in Eerste Divisie
  Eerste Divisie
  The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
  
  
• Most clean sheets in one season: 18, Eerste Divisie
  Eerste Divisie
  The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
  
  , 1988/89
• Most League goals all-time by player : 155 – Jan Dommering
• Most League goals in a season by player: 34 – Nikos Machlas
  Nikos Machlas
  Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
  
  , Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 1997/98
• Most goals scored in a match: 9 – Nico Westdijk v De Treffers
  De Treffers
  De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, The Netherlands.The club is currently ranked in the Topklasse, the highest amateur league in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch football.-History:...
  
  , Tweede Klasse C Oost, 19 October 1941
• Most League goals scored in a season: 85, Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 1997/98
• Most League goals conceded in a season: 74, Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 1971/72
• Most hat-trick
  Hat-trick
  A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
  
  s scored (League): 12 – Jan Dommering
• Fewest League goals scored in a season: 22, Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 1971/72
• Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 20, Eerste Divisie
  Eerste Divisie
  The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
  
  , 1988/89
• Fastest own goal: 19 seconds – Purrel Fränkel
  Purrel Fränkel
  Purrel Fränkel is a Surinamese-born Dutch footballer, who plays for Eredivisie side De Graafschap.-Club career:Fränkel is a defender who was born in Paramaribo and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Telstar squad in the 1994-95 season...
  
   v FC Twente
  FC Twente
  FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
  
  , Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  , 3 October 2003
• Most top scorer of Vitesse: John van den Brom
  John van den Brom
  John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...
  
  , 5 times
• Most international caps for the Netherlands national football team
  Netherlands national football team
  The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
  
   as a Vitesse player: Just Göbel
  Just Göbel
  Dr. Marius Jan "Just" Göbel was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
  
  , 22

Domestic results

Below is a table with Vitesse's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup KNVB Cup The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...  season	Cup result
2010–11 Eredivisie 2010–11 Eredivisie -Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...	15th	-	2010-11	round of 16
2009–10 Eredivisie 2009–10 Eredivisie -Personnel and sponsoring:-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...	14th	-	2009-10	third round
2008–09 Eredivisie	10th	-	2008-09	third round
2007–08 Eredivisie	12th	-	2007-08	second round
2006–07 Eredivisie	12th	- (losing IC UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...  play-offs)	2006-07	third round
2005–06 Eredivisie	11th	- (losing IC UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...  play-offs)	2005-06	second round
2004–05 Eredivisie	7th	-	2004-05	third round
2003–04 Eredivisie	16th	- (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2003-04	round of 16
2002–03 Eredivisie	14th	-	2002-03	quarter final
2001–02 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	2001-02	second round
2000–01 Eredivisie	6th	-	2000-01	semi-final
1999–2000 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 2000-01 In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season...	1999-2000	semi-final
1998–99 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1998-99	quarter final
1997–98 Eredivisie	3rd	UEFA Cup	1997-98	quarter final
1996–97 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 1997-98 The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition....	1996-97	quarter final
1995–96 Eredivisie	5th	-	1995-96	second round
1994–95 Eredivisie	6th	-	1994-95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1992-93	round of 16
1991–92 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 1992-93 The UEFA Cup 1992–93 was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 in the final aggregate over, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team ....	1991-92	round of 16
1990–91 Eredivisie	5th	-	1990-91	quarter final
1989–90 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 1990-91 The UEFA Cup 1990–91 was won by Internazionale on aggregate over Roma. This tournament also marked the return of English clubs after a five-year ban resulting from the Heysel Stadium Disaster in 1985...	1989-90	final
1988–89 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1988-89 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988/1989 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1987-88* AZ* DS '79* FC Den Haag-League standings:-Promotion competition:...	1st	Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....  (promotion)	1988-89	quarter final
1987–88 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1987-88 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1987/1988 season was contested by 19 teams. RKC Waalwijk won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1986-87* Excelsior* Go Ahead Eagles* SC Veendam-League standings:-Promotion competition:...	9th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1987-88	first round
1986–87 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1986-87 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1986/1987 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1985-86* SC Heracles* MVV* NEC Nijmegen-League standings:-Promotion competition:...	7th	-	1986-87	quarter final
1985–86 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1985-86 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1985/1986 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to FC Emmen entering from the amateurs...	8th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1985-86	first round
1984–85 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1984-85 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1984/1985 season was contested by 18 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to RKC Waalwijk entering from the amateurs...	17th	-	1984-85	second round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1983-84 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1983/1984 season was contested by 17 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to RBC Roosendaal, entering from the amateurs...	11th	-	1983-84	first round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1982-83 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1982/1983 season was contested by 16 teams, two less than the previous season. This was due to the disbandment of FC Amsterdam at the end of last season and the disbandment of SC Amersfoort halfway this year...	10th	-	1982-83	second round
1981–82 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1981-82 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was due to the bankruptcy of FC Vlaardingen. Helmond Sport won the championship....	8th	-	1981-82	second round
1980–81 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1980-81 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.-League standings:-Promotion competition:...	8th	-	1980-81	first round
1979–80 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...  (relegation)	1979-80	round of 16
1978–79 Eredivisie	14th	-	1978-79	second round
1977–78 Eredivisie	9th	-	1977-78	quarter final
1976–77 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1976-77 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1976/1977 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1975-76* Excelsior* MVV-League standings:-Promotion competition:...	1st	Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....  (promotion)	1976-77	second round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1975-76 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1975/1976 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1974-75* HFC Haarlem* FC Wageningen-League standings:-Promotion competition:...	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1975-76	first round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1974-75 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1974/1975 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous year. This was due to the absorption of Volewijckers by eredivisie-club FC Amsterdam...	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1974-75	first round
1973–74 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1973-74 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1972-73* FC Den Bosch* ExcelsiorHVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season....	2nd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1973-74	second round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1972-73 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972/1973 season was contested by 20 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club Door Wilskracht Sterk to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship....	3rd	-	1972-73	second round
1971–72 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...  (relegation)	1971-72	first round
1970–71 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1970-71 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1970/1971 season was contested by 16 teams. FC Den Bosch won the championship. Due to the disbandment of the Tweede Divisie at the end of this season, teams couldn't relegate any more.-New entrants:...	3rd	Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....  (promotion)	1970-71	second round
1969–70 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1969-70 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1969/1970 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1968–69:* Excelsior* Fortuna Vlaardingen* De Graafschap...	7th	-	1969-70	second round
1968–69 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1968-69 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams, one less the in the previous season. This was because no teams relegated from the Eredivisie 1967-68...	3rd	-	1968-69	quarter final
1967–68 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1967-68 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1967/1968 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous season. This was due to a merger between FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 to form AZ'67...	5th	-	1967-68	group stage
1966–67 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1966-67 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 20 teams. Since there were only fifteen teams in the previous season, several new teams entered the competition...	8th	-	1966-67	first round
1965–66 Tweede Divisie	1st	Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...  (promotion)	1965-66	first round
1964–65 Tweede Divisie	4th (group A)	-	1964-65	first round
1963–64 Tweede Divisie	9th (group B)	-	1963-64	first round
1962–63 Tweede Divisie	6th (group A)	-	1962-63	second round
1961–62 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1961-62 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie-teams were divided in two groups, next season there would only be one consisting of sixteen teams. This meant a lot of teams would relegate to the Tweede Divisie this year...	10th (group A)	Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...  (relegation)	1961-62	?
1960–61 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1960-61 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 36 teams, divided in two groups. FC Volendam and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1959–60:* EDO* Enschedese Boys...	4th (group A)	-	1960-61	?
1959–60 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1959-60 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959/1960 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:* 't Gooi...	2nd (group A)	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	not held	not held
1958–59 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1958-59 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1958/1959 season was contested by 31 teams, divided in one group of sixteen teams and one of fifteen. One team less participated this year, due to the merger of Door Wilskracht Sterk with eredivisie-club BVC Amsterdam...	10th (group B)	-	1958-59	?
1957–58 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1957-58 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1957/1958 season was contested by 32 teams, divided in two groups. Willem II and SHS won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1956–57:* RBCRelegated from the Eredivisie 1956-57:* Willem II...	5th (group A)	-	1957-58	?
1956–57 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1956-57 The 1956-57 season was the first season in the history of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The league had been divided in two, with an Eerste Divisie A and an Eerste Divisie B, each comprising 16 teams...	7th (group B)	-	1956-57	?

Eredivisie

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
| Matches played
| 882
|-
| Matches won
| 326
|-
| Matches lost
| 299
|-
| Matches drawn
| 257
|-
| Points (twopoints-system)
| 909
|-
| Goals for
| 1269
|-
| Goal against
| 1246
|-
| Seasons
| 26
|-
| Best ranking
| 3 (1997/1998)
|-
| Worst ranking
| 18 (1971/1972)
|}
As of 24 April 2011

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Eerste Divisie

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
| Matches played
| 852
|-
| Matches won
| 0
|-
| Matches lost
| 258
|-
| Matches drawn
| 215
|-
| Points (twopoints-system)
| 973
|-
| Goals for
| 1450
|-
| Goals against
|0
|-
| Seasons
| 25
|-
| Best ranking
| 1 (1976/77, 1988/89)
|-
| Worst ranking
| 17 (1984/85)
|}
|}

Club topscorers by season

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• 1954/55   Eltjo Veentjer (10)
• 1955/56   Eltjo Veentjer (10)
• 1956/57   Jan Schatorjé (16)
• 1957/58   Gerrit van der Pol (13)
• 1958/59   Loek Feijen (15)
• 1959/60   Loek Feijen (17)
• 1960/61   Loek Feijen (12)
• 1961/62   Jan Seelen (13)
• 1962/63   Jan Seelen (18)
• 1963/64   Jan Seelen (10)
• 1964/65   Jan Veenstra (12)
• 1965/66   Hans Verhagen (21)
• 1966/67
  Eerste Divisie 1966-67
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 20 teams. Since there were only fifteen teams in the previous season, several new teams entered the competition...
  
     Jan Veenstra (22)
• 1967/68
  Eerste Divisie 1967-68
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1967/1968 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous season. This was due to a merger between FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 to form AZ'67...
  
     Hans Verhagen (17)
• 1968/69
  Eerste Divisie 1968-69
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams, one less the in the previous season. This was because no teams relegated from the Eredivisie 1967-68...
  
     Henk Bosveld
  Henk Bosveld
  Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who was nicknamed Charley after Charles Chaplin. Born in Velp, he was named best player of Vitesse Arnhem in the twentieth century....
  
   (15)
• 1969/70
  Eerste Divisie 1969-70
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1969/1970 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1968–69:* Excelsior* Fortuna Vlaardingen* De Graafschap...
  
     Wim Kleinjan (11)
• 1970/71
  Eerste Divisie 1970-71
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1970/1971 season was contested by 16 teams. FC Den Bosch won the championship. Due to the disbandment of the Tweede Divisie at the end of this season, teams couldn't relegate any more.-New entrants:...
  
     Bart Stovers (10)
• 1971/72
  Eredivisie 1971-72
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1971/1972 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup, since Ajax would already be playing in the European Cup.-References:* *...
  
     Ben Gerritsen (5)
• 1971/72
  Eredivisie 1971-72
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1971/1972 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. FC Den Haag would participate in the Cup Winners' Cup, since Ajax would already be playing in the European Cup.-References:* *...
  
    Herman Veenendaal (5)
• 1972/73
  Eerste Divisie 1972-73
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1972/1973 season was contested by 20 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam with eredivisie-club Door Wilskracht Sterk to form FC Amsterdam. Roda JC won the championship....
  
     Bram van Kerkhof (20)
• 1973/74
  Eerste Divisie 1973-74
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1972-73* FC Den Bosch* ExcelsiorHVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season....
  
     Herman Veenendaal (23)

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• 1974/75
  Eerste Divisie 1974-75
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1974/1975 season was contested by 19 teams, one team less than in the previous year. This was due to the absorption of Volewijckers by eredivisie-club FC Amsterdam...
  
     Henk Bosveld
  Henk Bosveld
  Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who was nicknamed Charley after Charles Chaplin. Born in Velp, he was named best player of Vitesse Arnhem in the twentieth century....
  
   (16)
• 1975/76
  Eerste Divisie 1975-76
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1975/1976 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1974-75* HFC Haarlem* FC Wageningen-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
     Henk Bosveld
  Henk Bosveld
  Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who was nicknamed Charley after Charles Chaplin. Born in Velp, he was named best player of Vitesse Arnhem in the twentieth century....
  
   (10)
• 1975/76
  Eerste Divisie 1975-76
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1975/1976 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1974-75* HFC Haarlem* FC Wageningen-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
    Boško Bursać (10)
• 1976/77
  Eerste Divisie 1976-77
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1976/1977 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1975-76* Excelsior* MVV-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
     Boško Bursać (20)
• 1977/78
  Eredivisie 1977-78
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1977/1978 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup.-References:* *...
  
     Boško Bursać (13)
• 1978/79
  Eredivisie 1978-79
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.-References:* *...
  
     Henk Bosveld
  Henk Bosveld
  Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who was nicknamed Charley after Charles Chaplin. Born in Velp, he was named best player of Vitesse Arnhem in the twentieth century....
  
   (7)
• 1978/79
  Eredivisie 1978-79
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so finalists Twente could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.-References:* *...
  
    Herman Gerdsen (7)
• 1979/80
  Eredivisie 1979-80
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1979/1980 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1980.-References:* *...
  
     Hans Bleijenberg (11)
• 1980/81
  Eerste Divisie 1980-81
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 19 teams. HFC Haarlem won the championship.-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
     Ron van Oosterom (14)
• 1981/82
  Eerste Divisie 1981-82
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was due to the bankruptcy of FC Vlaardingen. Helmond Sport won the championship....
  
     Jurrie Koolhof
  Jurrie Koolhof
  Jurjen Jacob Koolhof is a former Dutch international football striker and manager.As a player, Koolhof had a long and productive career, with 190 league goals. He played for a number of clubs in the Netherlands including Vitesse Arnhem, F.C. Groningen and PSV Eindhoven...
  
   (19)
• 1982/83
  Eerste Divisie 1982-83
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1982/1983 season was contested by 16 teams, two less than the previous season. This was due to the disbandment of FC Amsterdam at the end of last season and the disbandment of SC Amersfoort halfway this year...
  
     Chris van de Akker (10)
• 1983/84
  Eerste Divisie 1983-84
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1983/1984 season was contested by 17 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to RBC Roosendaal, entering from the amateurs...
  
     Remco Boere
  Remco Boere
  Remco Boere is a retired Dutch football striker.Boere played club football for Roda JC and ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie. He also played for Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. in the Greek Super League and Gil Vicente F.C...
  
   (27)
• 1984/85
  Eerste Divisie 1984-85
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1984/1985 season was contested by 18 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to RKC Waalwijk entering from the amateurs...
  
     Henk Thijssen (8)
• 1985/86
  Eerste Divisie 1985-86
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1985/1986 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to FC Emmen entering from the amateurs...
  
     Roger Schouwenaar (11)
• 1985/86
  Eerste Divisie 1985-86
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1985/1986 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to FC Emmen entering from the amateurs...
  
    Rick Talan (11)
• 1986/87
  Eerste Divisie 1986-87
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1986/1987 season was contested by 19 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1985-86* SC Heracles* MVV* NEC Nijmegen-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
     John van den Brom
  John van den Brom
  John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...
  
   (17)
• 1987/88
  Eerste Divisie 1987-88
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1987/1988 season was contested by 19 teams. RKC Waalwijk won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1986-87* Excelsior* Go Ahead Eagles* SC Veendam-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
     Rick Talan (16)
• 1988/89
  Eerste Divisie 1988-89
  The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988/1989 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1987-88* AZ* DS '79* FC Den Haag-League standings:-Promotion competition:...
  
     Jurrie Koolhof
  Jurrie Koolhof
  Jurjen Jacob Koolhof is a former Dutch international football striker and manager.As a player, Koolhof had a long and productive career, with 190 league goals. He played for a number of clubs in the Netherlands including Vitesse Arnhem, F.C. Groningen and PSV Eindhoven...
  
   (13)
• 1989/90
  Eredivisie 1989-90
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1989/1990 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax didn't qualify for the European Cup. On September 27 1989, Austrian goalkeeper Franz Wohlfahrt was hit and injured by a bar, thrown by a home supporter at an Ajax-Austria Wien...
  
     John van den Brom
  John van den Brom
  John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...
  
   (14)
• 1990/91
  Eredivisie 1990-91
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1990/1991 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 SVV would remain in the eredivisie after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs...
  
     John van den Brom
  John van den Brom
  John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...
  
   (8)
• 1991/92
  Eredivisie 1991-92
  The 1991-92 season of the Dutch Eredivisie was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the title.-League standings:-Promotion/relegation:The number 16 of the Eredivisie would play against relegation against the runners-up of the promotion/relegation play-offs of the Eerste Divisie...
  
     John van den Brom
  John van den Brom
  John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...
  
   (10)

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• 1992/93
  Eredivisie 1992-93
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1992/1993 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 Fortuna Sittard and FC Den Bosch both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs....
  
     John van den Brom
  John van den Brom
  John van den Brom is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.-Club career:...
  
   (15)
• 1993/94
  Eredivisie 1993-94
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1993/1994 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 RKC remained in the Eredivisie after winning promotion/relegation play-offs. VVV lost theirs and relegated...
  
     Hans Gillhaus
  Hans Gillhaus
  Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...
  
   (22)
• 1994/95
  Eredivisie 1994-95
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1994/1995 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. Starting this season, clubs qualifying for the Intertoto Cup can play for a spot in the UEFA Cup.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup....
  
     Roy Makaay
  Roy Makaay
  Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom , for his ability to score out of nowhere.-Career:...
  
   (11)
• 1995/96
  Eredivisie 1995-96
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1995/1996 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...
  
     Roy Makaay
  Roy Makaay
  Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom , for his ability to score out of nowhere.-Career:...
  
   (11)
• 1996/97
  Eredivisie 1996-97
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 RKC and NEC both remained in the eredivisie after winning promotion/relegation play-offs.-Relegation play-offs:...
  
     Roy Makaay
  Roy Makaay
  Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom , for his ability to score out of nowhere.-Career:...
  
   (19)
• 1997/98
  Eredivisie 1997-98
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1997/1998 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. sc Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match,...
  
     Nikos Machlas
  Nikos Machlas
  Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
  
   (34)
• 1998/99
  Eredivisie 1998-99
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...
  
     Nikos Machlas
  Nikos Machlas
  Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
  
   (18)
• 1999/00
  Eredivisie 1999-00
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999/2000 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.-Promotion/relegation play-offs:...
  
     Pierre van Hooijdonk
  Pierre van Hooijdonk
  Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004...
  
   (25)
• 2000/01
  Eredivisie 2000-01
  The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2000/2001 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 Fortuna Sittard and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs....
  
     Matthew Amoah
  Matthew Amoah
  Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...
  
   (11)
• 2001/02   Matthew Amoah
  Matthew Amoah
  Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...
  
   (6)
• 2002/03   Matthew Amoah
  Matthew Amoah
  Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...
  
   (15)
• 2003/04   Emile Mbamba
  Émile Mbamba
  Émile Bertrand Mbamba is a Cameroonian football striker, who currently plays for Indonesia Premier League side Persema Malang...
  
   (6)
• 2004/05   Matthew Amoah
  Matthew Amoah
  Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...
  
   (13)
• 2005/06   Youssouf Hersi
  Youssouf Hersi
  Youssouf Hersi is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.-Playing career:Hersi has played in the Netherlands for Ajax, NAC Breda, NEC, Heerenveen, Vitesse, Twente and De Graafschap....
  
   (10)
• 2006/07   Danko Lazović
  Danko Lazovic
  Danko Lazović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Zenit as a second striker or a winger.-Feyenoord:...
  
   (19)
• 2007/08
  Eredivisie 2007-08
  The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points....
  
     Santi Kolk
  Santi Kolk
  Santi Kolk is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for NAC Breda on loan from German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin. His favorite position is right-winger....
  
   (12)
• 2008/09   Ricky van Wolfswinkel
  Ricky van Wolfswinkel
  Rick van Wolfswinkel is a Dutch footballer who plays for Sporting CP and the Netherlands. He is a versatile player who can play either as a striker or as an attacking midfielder, though he favours the striker role. -Vitesse Arnhem:...
  
   (8)
• 2009/10   Santi Kolk
  Santi Kolk
  Santi Kolk is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for NAC Breda on loan from German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin. His favorite position is right-winger....
  
   (7)
• 2009/10   Lasse Nilsson
  Lasse Nilsson
  Lasse Nilsson is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for the Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan.- Career :His former teams are IK Brage, IF Elfsborg, sc Heerenveen, Aalborg Boldspilklub and AS Saint-Étienne....
  
   (7)
• 2010/11   Marco van Ginkel
  Marco van Ginkel
  Marco van Ginkel is a Dutch professional footballer, who currently plays for Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie.-External links:...
  
   (5)
• 2010/11   Marcus Pedersen
  Marcus Pedersen
  Marcus Pedersen is a Norwegian football player who currently plays for Vitesse.-HamKam:He played in his first game for the senior side at the age of 14 in a friendly game. He was in the first team squad in 2007, but didn't play a game...
  
   (5)

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Netherlands Sjaak Alberts Theo Bos Henk Bosveld

Henk Bosveld

Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who was nicknamed Charley after Charles Chaplin. Born in Velp, he was named best player of Vitesse Arnhem in the twentieth century....

 Peter Bosz

Peter Bosz

Peter Bosz is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands currently serving as head coach of Dutch Eredivisie team Heracles Almelo.-Career:...

 Philip Cocu Frans de Munck

Frans de Munck

Frans de Munck was a Dutch footballer and football manager. He died, aged 88, in Arnhem on 24 December 2010.-External links:*...

 Jan de Natris

Jan de Natris

Johannes Daniel de Natris was a football player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at both the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.In 1920, he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team...

 Lloyd Doesburg

Lloyd Doesburg

Lloyd Doesburg was a Dutch football goalkeeper. During his career he served Elinkwijk, Vitesse, Excelsior Rotterdam and AFC Ajax...

 Jan Dommering Jef Dorpmans René Eijer Hans Gillhaus

Hans Gillhaus

Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus is a retired Dutch footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and...

 Just Göbel

Just Göbel

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Serginho Greene

Serginho Greene, is a Dutch association football player who is currently playing for Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian A PFG.-Early life:...

 Glenn Helder

Glenn Helder

Glenn Helder is a former Dutch footballer. He was a product of Ajax Amsterdam's youth system, though to get first team football he moved to Sparta Rotterdam in 1989 where he played 93 games, scoring nine goals...

 Wim Hendriks Dirk Herberts Willem Hesselink

Willem Hesselink

Willem Frederik Hesselink was a Dutch football player. Born in Arnhem, he was one of the founders of local club Vitesse in 1892 at age 14. He played for HVV during their glory years, becoming national champions several times. Hesselink moved to Munich to study in 1903, and joined Bayern Munich...

 Bennie Hofs Nicky Hofs

Nicky Hofs

Nicky Hofs is a Dutch football midfielder, who plays for Vitesse of the Dutch Eredivisie. It is Hofs' 3rd stint with the Arnhem-based football club.- Career overview :...

 Gerrit Horsten Antoon Huiberts Theo Janssen

Theo Janssen

Theo Janssen is a Dutch footballer who currently plays in midfield for AFC Ajax. Before signing with Ajax he was a key player at FC Twente for three seasons and helped them win the Eredivisie and qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their history. Prior to joining Twente he was...

 Arco Jochemsen Bert Konterman

Bert Konterman

Bert Konterman is a former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He retired in June 2004.Konterman's career began with the local amateur club SC Rouveen, then went on to play for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie including FC Zwolle, Cambuur, Willem II and Feyenoord, until he was snapped up by...

 Jurrie Koolhof

Jurrie Koolhof

Jurjen Jacob Koolhof is a former Dutch international football striker and manager.As a player, Koolhof had a long and productive career, with 190 league goals. He played for a number of clubs in the Netherlands including Vitesse Arnhem, F.C. Groningen and PSV Eindhoven...

 Willem Korsten

Willem Korsten

Willem Korsten is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a left winger.- Football career :Korsten played in the Netherlands for NEC Nijmegen and Vitesse Arnhem where he played well enough to earn a loan move to Leeds United...

 Michel Kreek

Michel Kreek

Michel Kreek is a former Dutch footballer, who played one international match for the Netherlands national football team: on February 22, 1995 in the lost friendly against Portugal.-Honours:Ajax...

 Martin Laamers

Martin Laamers

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Gerrit Langeler Bart Latuheru Harry Lubse

Harry Lubse

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 Roy Makaay

Roy Makaay

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 Edu Nandlal

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 Johan Ricken Stijn Schaars

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 Remco van der Schaaf

Remco van der Schaaf

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 Kick van der Vall Marc van Hintum

Marc van Hintum

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Pierre van Hooijdonk

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Ricky van Wolfswinkel

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John Veldman

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Ferdi Vierklau

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Harald Wapenaar

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Sander Westerveld

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Gert Claessens

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Tom De Mul

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Gill Swerts

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Stijn Vreven

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Émile Mbamba

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Croatia Ante Miše

Ante Miše

Ante Miše is a former Croatian footballer who in the 1980s and 90s spent most of his career at Hajduk Split. During his playing career with Hajduk he won the Yugoslav cup, three Croatian titles and three Croatian cups...

 Boško Bursać
Denmark Mads Junker

Mads Junker

Mads Junker is a Danish football striker playing for Roda JC, a team playing in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has played six matches for the Danish national team...

Ecuador Giovanny Espinoza

Giovanny Espinoza

Giovanny Patricio Espinoza Pabón is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Unión Española in the Chilean First Division.-Club career:...

Ghana Matthew Amoah

Matthew Amoah

Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...

 Abubakari Yakubu

Abubakari Yakubu

Abubakari Yakubu is a Ghanaian professional football midfielder, who currently is a free agent after being released by Vitesse in summer 2009....

Greece Nikos Machlas

Nikos Machlas

Nikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...

Mali Mahamadou Diarra

Mahamadou Diarra

Mahamadou Diarra is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Mali national team. He is captain of the national team.-Early career:Diarra started his career with Greek side OFI Crete...

Montenegro Dragoslav Jevrić

Dragoslav Jevric

Dragoslav Jevrić is a Montenegrin football goalkeeper who currently plays for AC Omonia.-International career:...

Morocco Ismaïl Aissati

Ismaïl Aissati

Ismaïl Aissati is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer. He currently plays for Ajax Amsterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie.-Career:Being born to Moroccan parents in the Netherlands, he is still allowed to play for either national team...

Nigeria Tijjani Babangida

Tijjani Babangida

Tijani Babangida is a retired Nigerian footballer, who played as a winger. Known for his pace, his playing style was sometimes compared to that of Marc Overmars. Babangida spent the majority of his playing career at Ajax. Overall, he has played in five different countries on three different...

Romania Stefan Nanu

Ştefan Nanu

Ştefan Dumitru Nanu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a Defender. Since the 8th of April 2010 Nanu is the head coach of Minerul Motru-External links:*...

Serbia Dejan Čurović

Dejan Čurović

Dejan Čurović , born 10 August 1968 in Zemun, is a retired Serbian professional football player.-Career:After playing in FK Zemun he signed in 1993 with Partizan Belgrade...

 Nenad Grozdić

Nenad Grozdic

Nenad Grozdić is a Serbian football player. His last known club was SV Lackenbach in the lower Austrian leagues...

 Danko Lazović

Danko Lazovic

Danko Lazović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Zenit as a second striker or a winger.-Feyenoord:...

 Nemanja Matić

Nemanja Matic

Nemanja Matić is a Serbian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Benfica. He also has 2 caps for the Serbian national side.-Career:...

 Dejan Stefanović

Dejan Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanović , Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born October 28, 1974 in Vranjein Serbia, is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also...

 Vladimir Stojković

Vladimir Stojkovic

Vladimir Stojković is a Serbian football goalkeeper who plays for FK Partizan and for the Serbian national team.-Family:Stojković was born into a sporting family...

Slovakia Marian Zeman

Marián Zeman

Marián Zeman is a Slovakian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a central defender...

Slovenia Dalibor Stevanovič

Dalibor Stevanovic

Dalibor Stevanović Dalibor Stevanović Dalibor Stevanović ( (born 27 September 1984 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian football midfielder player, who is currently playing for FC Volyn Lutsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Career :...

Turkey Sinan Kaloğlu

Sinan Kaloglu

Sinan Kaloğlu is a Turkish footballer who plays as a striker for Karabükspor in the Süper Lig.-International career:...

Ukraine Evgeniy Levchenko
Mexico Joaquín del Olmo

Joaquín del Olmo

Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco is a retired Mexican football midfielder and current manager of Club Tijuana of the Mexican Primera División....

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