# 2019–20 SBV Vitesse season

The 2019–20 season was SBV Vitesse's 127th season in existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, SBV Vitesse participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Kostas Lamprou |
| 2 | DF | NED | Julian Lelieveld |
| 3 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo (on loan from PSV) |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Max Clark |
| 7 | FW | NED | Jay-Roy Grot (on loan from Leeds) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Tim Matavž (vice captain) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer |
| 11 | MF | NED | Bryan Linssen (captain) |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Oussama Tannane |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Filip Delaveris |
| 16 | FW | NED | Roy Beerens |
| 17 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Hájek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Hilary Gong |
| 20 | FW | MLI | Nouha Dicko (on loan from Hull City) |
| 21 | MF | SVK | Matúš Bero |
| 22 | GK | NED | Remko Pasveer |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Charly Musonda (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 28 | DF | NED | Joshua Brenet (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 29 | FW | NED | Thomas Buitink |
| 30 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi |
| 32 | DF | NED | Özgür Aktas |
| 36 | MF | NED | Patrick Vroegh |
| 37 | MF | NED | Yassin Oukili |
| 38 | MF | NED | Richie Musaba |
| 40 | GK | NED | Bilal Bayazit |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | NED | Jeroen Houwen (on loan at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | NED | Khalid Karami (on loan at Sparta Rotterdam until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Thomas Bruns (on loan at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | ALG | Oussama Darfalou (on loan at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 3 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 046.15 |
| KNVB Cup | 29 October 2019 | 12 February 2020 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 41 | |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 41 | |
| 8 | Heracles Almelo | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 36 | |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 35 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.