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

No. name. Pos. Nat. Place of birth Date of birth (age) Clubcaps Clubgoals Int.apps Int.goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End Goalkeepers 1 Eloy Room GK Nijmegen 155 0 11 0 Academy 1 July 2008 Free 30 June 2018 23 Michael Tørnes GK Herlev 3 0 – – OB 27 July 2016 Free 30 June 2018 24 Jeroen Houwen GK Venray – – – – Academy 1 July 2013 Free 30 June 2018 40 Wouter Dronkers GK Vlaardingen – – – – Academy 4 August 2014 Free 30 June 2017 Defenders 3 Maikel van der Werff CB/RB/LB Hoorn 48 0 – – PEC Zwolle 19 February 2015 Free 30 June 2019 5 Kelvin Leerdam LB/DM/CB Paramaribo 106 13 – – Feyenoord 2 July 2013 Free 30 June 2017 6 Arnold Kruiswijk CB Groningen 71 1 – – Heerenveen 19 May 2014 Free 30 June 2017 17 Kevin Diks RB Apeldoorn 75 2 – – Fiorentina 31 January 2017 Loan 30 June 2017 19 Matt Miazga CB Clifton 29 1 2 0 Chelsea 31 August 2016 Loan 30 June 2017 22 Thomas Oude Kotte CB Apeldoorn 2 0 – – Academy 1 July 2015 Free 30 June 2018 28 Alexander Büttner LB/RB/LM Doetinchem 130 10 – – Dynamo Moscow 16 January 2017 Free 30 June 2019 29 Julian Lelieveld RB/CB Arnhem 2 0 – – Academy 29 July 2015 Free 30 June 2020 37 Guram Kashia (c) CB/RB Tbilisi 250 20 52 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 31 August 2010 € 300K 30 June 2020 43 Lassana Faye LB Rotterdam 3 0 – – Academy 1 January 2016 Free 30 June 2018 Midfielders 7 Milot Rashica AM/RW/LW Vushtrri 73 12 5 0 Kosova Vushtrri 10 February 2015 € 300K 30 June 2018 8 Mukhtar Ali DM/CM Mogadishu 6 0 – – Chelsea 29 January 2017 Loan 30 June 2017 10 Adnane Tighadouini LW/RW Ede 34 8 1 0 Málaga 30 August 2016 Loan 30 June 2017 11 Nathan LW/RW/AM Blumenau 51 7 – – Chelsea 1 July 2015 Loan 30 June 2017 16 Mitchell van Bergen RW/LW/AM Oss 20 0 – – Academy 17 December 2015 Free 30 June 2020 18 Marvelous Nakamba CM/DM/LB Hwange 77 3 6 0 Nancy 13 August 2014 Free 30 June 2018 20 Mohammed Osman AM/LW Qamishli 6 0 – – Academy 30 March 2015 Free 30 June 2018 25 Navarone Foor AM/RW/LW Opheusden 34 6 – – NEC 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2020 30 Arshak Koryan RW/LW Sochi 5 1 – – Lokomotiv Moscow 1 July 2015 Free 30 June 2017 34 Lewis Baker CM/AM Luton 73 20 – – Chelsea 1 July 2015 Loan 30 June 2017 41 Julian Calor CM/AM/DM Gorinchem 2 0 – – RKC Waalwijk 1 July 2016 Free 30 June 2019 Forwards 9 Zhang Yuning ST/SS Wenzhou 27 4 8 2 Hangzhou 1 July 2015 Free 30 June 2018 13 Ricky van Wolfswinkel ST Woudenberg 72 31 2 0 Norwich City 28 July 2016 € 600K 30 June 2019

Transfers

In

Total spending: €600,000

Out

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.

Competitions Overview

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Eredivisie

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

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

KNVB Cup

Statistics

Appearances No.Pos.NameEredivisieKNVB CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1 GK Eloy Room3305038000 3 DF Maikel van der Werff16 (1)02 (1)018 (2)020 5 DF Kelvin Leerdam25 (3)15130 (3)260 6 DF Arnold Kruiswijk24 (3)14028 (3)151 7 MF Milot Rashica31 (2)26237 (2)430 8 MF Mukhtar Ali0 (6)0000 (6)000 9 FW Zhang Yuning2 (14)12 (1)14 (15)230 10 MF Adnane Tighadouini17 (8)34 (2)421 (10)720 11 MF Nathan19 (8)42 (3)121 (11)520 13 FW Ricky van Wolfswinkel32204 (1)336 (1)2370 16 MF Mitchell van Bergen2 (15)00 (2)02 (17)010 17 DF Kevin Diks1100 (1)011 (1)051 18 MF Marvelous Nakamba3115136240 19 DF Matt Miazga15 (8)04 (2)119 (10)130 20 MF Mohammed Osman0 (3)01 (1)01 (4)000 22 DF Thomas Oude Kotte00000000 23 GK Michael Tørnes1 (1)0102 (1)000 24 GK Jeroen Houwen00000000 25 MF Navarone Foor26 (3)65031 (3)611 28 DF Alexander Büttner2 (8)00 (1)02 (9)020 29 DF Julian Lelieveld00000000 30 MF Arshak Koryan1 (2)00 (2)11 (4)100 34 MF Lewis Baker331065391531 37 DF Guram Kashia3415139220 40 GK Wouter Dronkers00000000 41 MF Julian Calor10102000 43 DF Lassana Faye1 (1)0102 (1)000Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 14 FW Abiola Dauda0 (1)0000 (1)000 21 MF Sheran Yeini8 (2)0109 (2)020 — DF Kosuke Ota7 (3)0209 (3)000 — MF Valeri Qazaishvili2 (1)1002 (1)100

Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerEredivisieKNVB CupTotal1FW13 Ricky van Wolfswinkel203232MF34 Lewis Baker105153MF10 Adnane Tighadouini3474MF25 Navarone Foor6065MF11 Nathan4156MF7 Milot Rashica2247DF5 Kelvin Leerdam112FW9 Zhang Yuning112MF18 Marvelous Nakamba112DF37 Guram Kashia11211DF6 Arnold Kruiswijk101DF19 Matt Miazga011MF30 Arshak Koryan011MF— Valeri Qazaishvili101Own goals00 0 Total512172

Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal. PlayerEredivisieKNVB CupTotal11 Eloy Room729223 Michael Tørnes011Total7310

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%)

References

External links Vitesse Official Website