# 2023–24 SBV Vitesse season

The 2023–24 season was SBV Vitesse's 132nd season in existence and 35th consecutive in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They also competed in the KNVB Cup.
On 19 April, with four games remaining and occupying the bottom position with 17 points, the club incurred a penalty of 18 points – the most severe sanction of its kind in Dutch history – due to consistent violations of licensing regulations and furnishing inaccurate information to investigative bodies. Consequently, their demotion was officially confirmed.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | CUW | Eloy Room |
| 2 | DF | HAI | Carlens Arcus |
| 5 | DF | LUX | Mica Pinto |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Alois Oroz |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Amine Boutrah |
| 8 | MF | NED | Marco van Ginkel (captain) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Joel Voelkerling Persson (on loan from Lecce) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Fodé Fofana (on loan from PSV) |
| 13 | DF | NED | Enzo Cornelisse |
| 14 | MF | USA | Paxten Aaronson (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 15 | DF | NED | Ramon Hendriks (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 17 | MF | POL | Kacper Kozłowski (on loan from Brighton) |
| 19 | FW | NED | Thomas Buitink |
| 20 | MF | NED | Melle Meulensteen |
| 21 | MF | NED | Mathijs Tielemans |
| 22 | MF | KOS | Toni Domgjoni |
| 23 | MF | NED | Daan Huisman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | NED | Davy Pröpper |
| 25 | FW | NED | Gyan de Regt |
| 26 | MF | NED | Miliano Jonathans |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Anis Hadj Moussa (on loan from Patro Eisden) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (vice-captain) |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mazilu (on loan from Brighton) |
| 31 | GK | GER | Markus Schubert |
| 35 | FW | NED | Mexx Meerdink (on loan from AZ Alkmaar) |
| 43 | DF | NED | Giovanni van Zwam |
| 44 | MF | NED | Jordi Altena |
| 52 | DF | NED | Kaya Symons |
| 55 | GK | NED | Tom Bramel |
| 56 | DF | NED | Mats Egbring |
| 58 | FW | NED | Andy Visser |
| 59 | MF | NED | Naygiro Sambo |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mathijs Tielemans | PSV U21 | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Amine Boutrah | Concarneau | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Kacper Kozłowski | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | 18 July 2023 |
| GK | Eloy Room | Columbus Crew | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| FW | Said Hamulić | Toulouse | Loan | 18 July 2023 |
| DF | Mica Pinto | Sparta Rotterdam | Free | 14 August 2023 |
| FW | Fodé Fofana | PSV U21 | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | Austria Lustenau | Loan return | 31 January 2024 |
| FW | Mexx Meerdink | AZ | Loan | 31 January 2024 |
| MF | Paxten Aaronson | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Anis Hadj Moussa | Patro Eisden | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Bartosz Białek | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan return | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Sondre Tronstad | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Matúš Bero | VfL Bochum | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Maximilian Wittek | VfL Bochum | Undisclosed | 14 August 2023 |
| FW | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | Austria Lustenau | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Carel Eiting | FC Twente | €1,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Million Manhoef | Stoke City | €4,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | Lyngby | Free | 1 February 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 11 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 017.65 |
| KNVB Cup | 31 October 2023 | 7 February 2024 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 34 | 77 | −43 | 023.68 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 33 | |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Excelsior (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Volendam (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 88 | −54 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | Vitesse (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 6 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Vitesse were deducted eighteen points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:
(−18 points)

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.