# 2014–15 SBV Vitesse season

During the 2014–15 season, Vitesse Arnhem participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. Despite performing well 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 40) | 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 37) | 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 28) | 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 33) | 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 29) | 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

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 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 |
| 11 | MF | Denys Oliynyk | 26 | Non-EU | Dnipro | Transfer Y | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Wallace | 20 | Non-EU | Chelsea | Loan Y | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 14 | FW | Abiola Dauda | 26 | EU | Red Star | Transfer Y | Summer | 2017 | € 500K |
| 18 | MF | Marvelous Nakamba | 20 | Non-EU | AS Nancy | Transfer Y | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Josh McEachran | 21 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Y | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| — | MF | Alvin Fortes | 20 | EU | RKC Waalwijk | Transfer Y | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| — | MF | Mo Hamdaoui | 21 | EU | Dordrecht | Loan Return Y | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| — | FW | Arshak Koryan | 19 | EU | Lokomotiv Moscow | Transfer Y | During Season | 2015 | Free |
Total spending: €500,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 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 |
| 44 | MF | Brahim Darri | 20 | EU | Heracles | Transfer Y | Winter | Free |
| — | MF | Alvin Fortes | 20 | EU | Free agent | Contract Rescinded Y | During season | Free |
Total gaining: €0

## Competition
### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 5 | Vitesse (O) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 58 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Heerenveen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |

#### Matches
### Play-offs

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