2014–15 Vitesse season

Vitesse Arnhem
	2014–15 season
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Peter Bosz
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Bertrand Traoré (14); All: Bertrand Traoré (17)
Home colours	Away colours
← 2013–14	2015–16 →

During the 2014–15 season Vitesse Arnhem will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. Despite being a sensation in the previous season, the club failed to qualify for any major European competition.

Players

Squad details

As of 17 June 2015

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. apps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Eloy Room	GK	Nijmegen	(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35)	81	0	1	0	Academy	1 July 2008	Free	30 June 2018
22	Piet Velthuizen	GK	Nijmegen	(1986-11-03) 3 November 1986 (age 37)	239	0	1	0	Hércules	26 July 2011	Free	30 June 2016
48	Jeroen Houwen	GK	Venray	(1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28)	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2018
Defenders
2	Wallace	RB	Rio de Janeiro	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30)	23	1	–	–	Chelsea	30 June 2014	Loan	30 June 2015
3	Dan Mori	CB	Tel Aviv	(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988 (age 35)	25	1	7	0	Bnei Yahuda	22 August 2012	Free	30 June 2015
15	Arnold Kruiswijk	CB	Groningen	(1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 39)	18	0	–	–	Heerenveen	19 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
23	Jan-Arie van der Heijden	CB/DM	Schoonhoven	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36)	150	8	–	–	Ajax	2 March 2011	Free	30 June 2015
35	Rochdi Achenteh	LB/CM/LW	Eindhoven	(1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 (age 36)	48	1	2	0	PEC Zwolle	15 January 2014	Undisc.	30 June 2016
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB	Tbilisi	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 36)	181	13	35	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2016
40	Kevin Diks	RB/CB	Apeldoorn	(1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 27)	30	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2014	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
5	Kelvin Leerdam	DM/RB	Paramaribo	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 34)	55	10	–	–	Feyenoord	2 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
6	Josh McEachran	CM	Oxford	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)	14	0	–	–	Chelsea	17 August 2014	Loan	30 June 2015
7	Marko Vejinović	CM	Amsterdam	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 34)	75	15	–	–	Heracles Almelo	28 June 2013	Free	30 June 2017
8	Valeri Kazaishvili	AM/RW/SS	Ozurgeti	(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 31)	82	17	6	1	Olimpi	9 August 2011	Nominal	30 June 2018
10	Davy Pröpper	CM/AM	Arnhem	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 32)	162	21	1	0	Academy	1 January 2010	Free	30 June 2017
11	Denys Oliynyk	LW/AM	Zaporizhia	(1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 37)	33	4	12	0	Dnipro	26 May 2014	Free	30 June 2016
18	Marvelous Nakamba	AM/RW/LW	Hwange	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30)	8	0	–	–	Nancy	13 August 2014	Free	30 June 2018
20	Zakaria Labyad	LW/AM	Utrecht	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31)	53	13	4	0	Sporting	9 January 2014	Loan	30 June 2015
25	Gino Bosz	LW/RW	Rotterdam	(1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 (age 31)	1	0	–	–	Academy	17 January 2014	Free	30 June 2015
27	Bertrand Traoré	AM/LW/RW	Bobo-Dioulasso	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 28)	51	20	20	2	Chelsea	9 January 2014	Loan	30 June 2015
30	Renato Ibarra	RW	Ambuquí	(1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 33)	129	12	24	0	El Nacional	8 July 2011	€ 2M	30 June 2016
–	Mo Hamdaoui	LW/RW	Amsterdam	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 31)	–	–	–	–	Academy	29 May 2014	Free	30 June 2016
Forwards
9	Uroš Đurđević	ST	Belgrade	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30)	25	1	–	–	Rad	7 January 2014	Undisc.	30 June 2018
14	Abiola Dauda	ST	Lagos	(1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 36)	18	6	–	–	Red Star	24 July 2014	€ 500K	30 June 2017
–	Arshak Koryan	SS/RW	Sochi	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29)	–	–	–	–	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 February 2015	Free	30 June 2015

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
44	MF	Brahim Darri	19	EU	De Graafschap	Loan Return Y	Summer	2016	Free
19	FW	Marcus Pedersen	24	EU	Barnsley	Loan Return Y	Summer	2015	Free
15	DF	Arnold Kruiswijk	29	EU	Heerenveen	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	[1]
11	MF	Denys Oliynyk	26	Non-EU	Dnipro	Transfer Y	Summer	2016	Free	[2]
2	DF	Wallace	20	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2015	Free	[3]
14	FW	Abiola Dauda	26	EU	Red Star	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	€ 500K	[4][5]
18	MF	Marvelous Nakamba	20	Non-EU	AS Nancy	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	Free	[6]
6	MF	Josh McEachran	21	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2015	Free	[7]
—	MF	Alvin Fortes	20	EU	RKC Waalwijk	Transfer Y	Winter	2016	Free	[8]
—	MF	Mo Hamdaoui	21	EU	Dordrecht	Loan Return Y	Winter	2016	Free	[9]
—	FW	Arshak Koryan	19	EU	Lokomotiv Moscow	Transfer Y	During Season	2015	Free	[10]

Total spending: €500,000

Out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
19	MF	Christian Atsu	22	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
17	FW	Lucas Piazon	20	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
38	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	23	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
21	GK	Marko Meerits	22	EU	FC Emmen	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
14	FW	Mike Havenaar	27	Non-EU	Córdoba	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
52	MF	Sander van de Streek	21	EU	Cambuur	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
6	DF	Frank van der Struijk	29	EU	Free Agent	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
39	MF	Wimilio Vink	20	EU	MVV	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
19	FW	Marcus Pedersen	24	EU	Brann	Transfer Y	Summer	Undisclosed	[11]
44	MF	Brahim Darri	20	EU	Heracles	Transfer Y	Winter	Free	[12]
—	MF	Alvin Fortes	20	EU	Free Agent	Contract Rescinded Y	During season	Free	[13]

Total gaining: €0

Competition

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	AZ	34	19	5	10	63	56	+7	62	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Feyenoord	34	17	8	9	56	39	+17	59	Qualification to European competition play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Vitesse (O)	34	16	10	8	66	43	+23	58
6	PEC Zwolle	34	16	5	13	59	43	+16	53
7	Heerenveen	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches

10 August 2014 1	Ajax	4 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Amsterdam
14:30	Viergever 40' Schöne 48' 87' Van der Hoorn 62'	Report	84' Vejinović	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,494 Referee: Pol van Boekel

16 August 2014 2	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 2	SC Cambuur	Arnhem
20:45	Labyad 20' 37' (pen.)	Report	10' Hemmen 89' Ogbeche	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,597 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

24 August 2014 3	PEC Zwolle	2 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Zwolle
12:30	Van der Werff 65' Nijland 88'	Report	24' Pröpper	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 12,012 Referee: Dennis Higler

31 August 2014 4	PSV	2 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Eindhoven
12:30	De Jong 48' Maher 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

14 September 2014 5	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 1	Excelsior	Arnhem
14:30	Dauda 40' 60' 65'	Report	86' (pen.) Brito	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,234 Referee: Jeroen Sanders

20 September 2014 6	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 1	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
20:45	Pröpper 29'	Report	23' Uth	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,213 Referee: Danny Makkelie

27 September 2014 7	FC Dordrecht	2 – 6	Vitesse Arnhem	Dordrecht
18:30	Fortes 65' Koolwijk 79'	Report	Dauda 12' Oliynyk 19' Kazaishvili 55' 65' 90+3' Wallace 59'	Stadium: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion Attendance: 3,862 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

3 October 2014 8	Vitesse Arnhem	6 – 1	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:00	Leerdam 5' 14' Derijck 31' (o.g.) Vejinović 37' 40' (pen.) 62' (pen.)	Report	21' Kramer	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,231 Referee: Björn Kuipers

18 October 2014 9	Willem II	1 – 4	Vitesse Arnhem	Tilburg
18:30	Sahar 57'	Report	15' Pröpper 45' Traoré 88' Oliynyk 90+3' Dauda	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Pieter Vink

25 October 2014 10	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 2	NAC Breda	Arnhem
18:30	Vejinović 32' (pen.) 80'	Report	42' Falkenburg 61' 86' Tighadouini	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,239 Referee: Danny Makkelie

2 November 2014 11	FC Utrecht	3 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Utrecht
12:30	Kum 12' 59' Boymans 69' 76' (pen.) Janssen 71'	Summary	Pröpper 11' Kruiswijk 64' Leerdam 77' Diks 83'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 16,079 Referee: Kevin Blom

9 November 2014 12	Vitesse Arnhem	0 – 0	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30		Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,438 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

22 November 2014 13	AZ	1 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Alkmaar
18:30	Jóhannsson 14'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,517 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

29 November 2014 14	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 2	Go Ahead Eagles	Arnhem
19:45	Vejinović 41' Dauda 50'	Report	75' Schalk 83' Amevor	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,342 Referee: Tom van Sichem

7 December 2014 15	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 2	FC Twente	Arnhem
16:45	Vejinović 17' Van der Heijden 34' Pröpper 49'	Report	33' Corona 50' (pen.) Ziyech	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,894 Referee: Richard Liesveld

14 December 2014 16	FC Groningen	1 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Groningen
14:30	Chery 61'	Report	42' Traoré	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 18,692 Referee: Pieter Vink

21 December 2014 17	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 0	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
12:30	Traoré 22' 25' 43' Labyad 32'	Summary	Veldmate 27'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,432 Referee: Ed Janssen

17 January 2015 18	Vitesse Arnhem	0 – 1	PSV	Arnhem
20:45		Report	10' Maher	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,894 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 January 2015 19	SC Heerenveen	4 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Heerenveen
20:45	Slagveer 4' 53' Uth 10' Sinkgraven 42'	Report	77' Kashia	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,900 Referee: Dennis Higler

1 February 2015 20	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 0	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30	Đurđević 85'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Pieter Vink

4 February 2015 21	SC Cambuur	0 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Leeuwarden
20:45		Report	34' Qazaishvili 56' Oliynyk	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,373 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

7 February 2015 22	NAC Breda	0 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Breda
20:45		Report	64' Traoré	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

14 February 2015 23	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 0	Willem II	Arnhem
19:45	Labyad 28' Traoré 44'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,956 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

22 February 2015 24	FC Twente	1 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Enschede
14:30	Corona 82'	Report	17' Labyad 90+2' Qazaishvili	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Danny Makkelie

28 February 2015 25	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
18:30	Traoré 34' Vejinović 45+1' Pröpper 64'	Report	4' Saymak	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 22,354 Referee: Kevin Blom

7 March 2015 26	Heracles Almelo	1 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Almelo
19:45	Avdić 90+4'	Report	21' Traoré	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,231 Referee: Björn Kuipers

13 March 2015 27	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 1	AZ Alkmaar	Arnhem
20:00	Traoré 7' Vejinović 73' (pen.) Qazaishvili 90+4'	Report	8' Berghuis	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 23,381 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

21 March 2015 28	Go Ahead Eagles	0 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Deventer
18:30		Report	5' Labyad 65' Vejinović	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 7,863 Referee: Danny Makkelie

4 April 2015 29	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 1	FC Groningen	Arnhem
18:30	van der Heijden 60' Padt 79' (o.g.) Đurđević 90+4'	Summary	Lindgren 13' Hoesen 71' Padt 75' Mahi 80' van der Velden 84'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,121 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

11 April 2015 30	Excelsior	1 – 3	Vitesse Arnhem	Rotterdam
18:30	Van Weert 41'	Report	39' 72' Traoré 90+2' Ibarra	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Siemen Mulder

18 April 2015 31	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 0	FC Dordrecht	Arnhem
19:45	Qazaishvili 52' 65' Ibarra 68'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,126 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

24 April 2015 32	ADO Den Haag	1 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	The Hague
20:00	Kramer 85'	Report		Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 14,837 Referee: Ed Janssen

11 May 2015 33	Feyenoord	1 – 4	Vitesse Arnhem	Rotterdam
20:00	Toornstra 38'	Report	Qazaishvili 12' v.d. Heijden 31' Achenteh 43' Labyad 90+1'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

17 May 2015 34	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 3	FC Utrecht	Arnhem
14:30	Traoré 13' 65' Labyad 89'		Ayoub 44' Ramselaar 46' Verbeek 88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,696 Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

23 September 2014 Second round	VVSB	1 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Noordwijkerhout
17:00	Van der Slot 71'	Report	20' Traoré 90+1' Ibarra	Stadium: Sportpark de Boekhorst Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Richard Martens

28 October 2014 Third round	Vitesse Arnhem	2 – 1	FC Dordrecht	Arnhem
20:45	Vejinović 45' (pen.) Oliynyk 81'	Report	83' Van Haaren	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

18 December 2014 Fourth round	Ajax	0 – 4	Vitesse Arnhem	Amsterdam
20:45		Report	22' 57' Traoré 45+1' Labyad 60' Qazaishvili	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,835 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

28 January 2015 Quarter-final	FC Groningen	4 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Groningen
20:45	De Leeuw 66' Chery 63' Van Nieff 76' Kieftenbeld 78'		61' Kashia	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Play-offs

Play-offs for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round; Vitesse wins the play-offs.

21 May 2015 Semi-final, leg one	PEC Zwolle	1 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Zwolle
20:45	Van der Werff 31'	Report	68' Vejinović 74' Qazaishvili	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Pol van Boekel

24 May 2015 Semi-final, leg two	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
12:30	Traoré 18'	Report	56' Necid 49', 80' Van der Werff	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,116 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

28 May 2015 Final, leg one	SC Heerenveen	2 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Heerenveen
20:45	Slagveer 32' Uth 75'	Report	21' Qazaishvili 66' Pröpper	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 16,620 Referee: Björn Kuipers

31 May 2015 Final, leg two	Vitesse Arnhem	5 – 2 (7 – 4 agg.)	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
16:45	Kashia 11' Vejinović 56' Pröpper 77' Labyad 82' Van der Heijden 86'	Report	4' 24' Uth	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,529 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Friendlies

Pre-season

4 July 2014	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 1	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	Loenen
19:00	Labyad 50' (pen.)	Report	13' Wils	Stadium: Lonapark Attendance: 500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

12 July 2014	Vitesse Arnhem	0 – 0	Sparta Rotterdam	Driel
16:00		Report		Stadium: Sportveld Driel Attendance: 1,131 Referee: Martin Pérez

15 July 2014	VfL Osnabrück	2 – 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Osnabrück
19:00	Chahed 29' Feldhahn 57' (pen.)	Report	30' Pedersen 71' Labyad	Stadium: osnatel-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Frank Willenborg

18 July 2014	Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Marienfeld (Harsewinkel)
18:00		Report		Stadium: Hotel Klosterpforte Attendance: - Referee: Sören Storks

26 July 2014	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 1	Levante UD	Driel
16:00	Pröpper 80'	Report	32' Barral	Stadium: Sportveld Driel Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

30 July 2014	Vitesse Arnhem	1 – 3	Chelsea F.C.	Arnhem
19:30	Đurđević 89'	Report	4' Salah 24' Fàbregas 76' Matić	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,273 Referee: Kevin Blom

3 August 2014	Bolton Wanderers F.C.	0 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Horwich
14:00 (GMT)		Report	16' Vejinović	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 5,399 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

2015

9 January 2015	R.S.C. Anderlecht	5 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Los Belones
16:00	Cyriac 29' Dendoncker 53' Leya Iseka 68' Mitrović 72' Tarfi 73'			Stadium: La Manga Club Attendance: 300 Referee: Jorge Díaz Escudero

25 March 2015	Vitesse Arnhem	3 – 1	Lierse S.K.	Loenen
14:30	Hamdaoui 44' 71' Kruiswijk 51'		11' Velikonja	Stadium: Lonapark Referee: Jeroen Sanders

References

External links

Vitesse Official Website (Dutch)
UEFA Website

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