2016–17 SBV Vitesse season explained

Club:	Vitesse
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Henk Fraser
Chairman:	Bert Roetert
League:	Eredivisie
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	KNVB Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Ricky van Wolfswinkel (20 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Ricky van Wolfswinkel (23 goals)
Highest Attendance:
Lowest Attendance:
Average Attendance:	14,442
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
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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.	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		6 February 1989	155	0	11	0	Academy	1 July 2008	Free	30 June 2018
23	Michael Tørnes	GK	Herlev	8 January 1986	3	0	–	–		27 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
24	Jeroen Houwen	GK	Venray	18 February 1996	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2018
40	Wouter Dronkers	GK	Vlaardingen	3 May 1993	–	–	–	–	Academy	4 August 2014	Free	30 June 2017
Defenders
3	Maikel van der Werff	CB/RB/LB	Hoorn	22 April 1989	48	0	–	–	PEC Zwolle	19 February 2015	Free	30 June 2019
5	Kelvin Leerdam	LB/DM/CB	Paramaribo	24 June 1990	106	13	–	–	Feyenoord	2 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
6	Arnold Kruiswijk	CB	Groningen	2 November 1984	71	1	–	–	Heerenveen	19 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
17	Kevin Diks	RB	Apeldoorn	6 October 1996	75	2	–	–	Fiorentina	31 January 2017	Loan	30 June 2017
19	Matt Miazga	CB	Clifton	19 July 1995	29	1	2	0		31 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
22	Thomas Oude Kotte	CB	Apeldoorn	20 March 1996	2	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
28	Alexander Büttner	LB/RB/LM	Doetinchem	11 February 1989	130	10	–	–	Dynamo Moscow	16 January 2017	Free	30 June 2019
29	Julian Lelieveld	RB/CB	Arnhem	24 November 1997	2	0	–	–	Academy	29 July 2015	Free	30 June 2020
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB	Tbilisi	4 July 1987	250	20	52	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2020
43	Lassana Faye	LB	Rotterdam	15 June 1998	3	0	–	–	Academy	1 January 2016	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
7	Milot Rashica	AM/RW/LW	Vushtrri	28 June 1996	73	12	5	0		10 February 2015	€ 300K	30 June 2018
8	Mukhtar Ali	DM/CM	Mogadishu	30 October 1997	6	0	–	–		29 January 2017	Loan	30 June 2017
10	Adnane Tighadouini	LW/RW		30 November 1992	34	8	1	0	Málaga	30 August 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
11	Nathan	LW/RW/AM	Blumenau	13 March 1996	51	7	–	–		1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
16	Mitchell van Bergen	RW/LW/AM	Oss	27 August 1999	20	0	–	–	Academy	17 December 2015	Free	30 June 2020
18	Marvelous Nakamba	CM/DM/LB	Hwange	19 January 1994	77	3	6	0	Nancy	13 August 2014	Free	30 June 2018
20	Mohammed Osman	AM/LW	Qamishli	1 January 1994	6	0	–	–	Academy	30 March 2015	Free	30 June 2018
25	Navarone Foor	AM/RW/LW	Opheusden	4 February 1992	34	6	–	–	NEC	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2020
30	Arshak Koryan	RW/LW	Sochi	17 June 1995	5	1	–	–	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
34	Lewis Baker	CM/AM	Luton	25 April 1995	73	20	–	–		1 July 2015	Loan	30 June 2017
41	Julian Calor	CM/AM/DM	Gorinchem	27 January 1997	2	0	–	–	RKC Waalwijk	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2019
Forwards
9	Zhang Yuning	ST/SS	Wenzhou	5 January 1997	27	4	8	2	Hangzhou	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2018
13	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	ST	Woudenberg	27 January 1989	72	31	2	0		28 July 2016	€ 600K	30 June 2019

Transfers

See main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2016.

In

Total spending: €600,000

Out

Total gaining: €5,290,000

BalanceTotal: €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]

Competitions

Overview

Competition

Record

Eredivisie

KNVB Cup

Total

Eredivisie

See main article: 2016–17 Eredivisie.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 21 June 2016 at 9am.^[2]

KNVB Cup

See main article: 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

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

Top scorers

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

width=10		width=10		width=10		width=150	Player	width=50	Eredivisie	width=50	KNVB Cup	width=50	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

Clean sheets

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

width=10		width=10		width=200	Player	width=50	Eredivisie	width=50	KNVB Cup	width=50	Total
1	1	Eloy Room	7	2	9
2	23	Michael Tørnes	0	1	1
Total			7	3	10

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%)

External links

Vitesse Official Website

Notes and References

News: Vitesse to host international tournament . From Arnhem with Love . 21 June 2016.
News: Matches . Vitesse . 21 June 2016.