# 2018–19 SBV Vitesse season

The 2018–19 season was Vitesse's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football, the Eredivisie, and 126th year in existence as a football club. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Squad

    As of match 23 April 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Eduardo | GK | (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982 (age 42) | loan from Chelsea | 2018 | 2019 | 34 | 0 |
| 22 | Remko Pasveer | GK | (1983-11-08) 8 November 1983 (age 40) | PSV Eindhoven | 2017 | 2020 | 40 | 0 |
| 40 | Bilal Bayazit | GK | (1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 2017 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Maikel van der Werff | DF | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | PEC Zwolle | 2015 | 2019 | 90 | 4 |
| 5 | Max Clark | DF | (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28) | Hull City | 2018 | 2021 | 25 | 1 |
| 6 | Arnold Kruiswijk | DF | (1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 39) | Heerenveen | 2014 | 2019 | 76 | 1 |
| 8 | Vyacheslav Karavayev | DF | (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) | Sparta Prague | 2018 | 2021 | 54 | 0 |
| 14 | Jake Clarke-Salter | DF | (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27) | loan from Chelsea | 2019 | 2020 | 35 | 1 |
| 26 | Rasmus Thelander | DF | (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) | Zürich | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| 28 | Alexander Büttner | DF | (1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 (age 35) | Dynamo Moscow | 2017 | 2019 | 71 | 3 |
| 30 | Danilho Doekhi | DF | (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 26) | Jong Ajax | 2018 | 2022 | 21 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Roy Beerens | MF | (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36) | Reading | 2018 | 2021 | 38 | 3 |
| 11 | Bryan Linssen | MF | (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34) | Groningen | 2017 | 2020 | 79 | 33 |
| 17 | Thulani Serero | MF | (1990-04-11) 11 April 1990 (age 34) | Ajax | 2017 | 2020 | 74 | 3 |
| 18 | Martin Ødegaard | MF | (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 25) | loan from Real Madrid | 2018 | 2019 | 33 | 8 |
| 19 | Hilary Gong | MF | (1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 25) | AS Trenčín | 2018 | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Charly Musonda | MF | (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 27) | loan from Chelsea | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Matúš Bero | MF | (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29) | Trabzonspor | 2018 | 2022 | 35 | 9 |
| 23 | Mukhtar Ali | MF | (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) | Chelsea | 2017 | 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 25 | Navarone Foor | MF | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) | NEC | 2016 | 2020 | 111 | 14 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Tim Matavž | FW | (1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35) | Augsburg | 2017 | | 58 | 25 |
| 10 | Mohammed Dauda | FW | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26) | loan from Anderlecht | 2019 | 2019 | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | Oussama Darfalou | FW | (1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 31) | USM Alger | 2018 | 2022 | 27 | 7 |
| 29 | Thomas Buitink | FW | (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2018 | 2022 | 21 | 6 |
| 39 | Richonell Margaret | FW | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) | Ajax | 2018 | | 5 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 2 | Khalid Karami | DF | (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34) | Excelsior | 2018 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas Bruns | MF | (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32) | Heracles Almelo | 2017 | 2021 | 51 | 4 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | Mitchell van Bergen | MF | (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25) | Willem II | 2015 | | 37 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 8 May 2018 † | DF | Khalid Karami | Excelsior | Free |
| 16 May 2018 | DF | Rasmus Thelander | Zürich | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2018 † | FW | Oussama Darfalou | USM Alger | Free |
| 11 June 2018 | DF | Özgür Aktas | NEC | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2018 † | DF | Max Clark | Hull City | Free |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | Matúš Bero | Trabzonspor | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2018 | DF | Danilho Doekhi | Jong Ajax | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Hilary Gong | AS Trenčín | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2018 | DF | Mats Grotenbreg | TOP Oss | Undisclosed |
    † Transfers announced on the above dates, but were not finalised until 1 July.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 2 July 2018 | DF | Jake Clarke-Salter | Chelsea | 30 June 2019 |
| 6 July 2018 | GK | Eduardo | Chelsea | 30 June 2019 |
| 21 August 2018 | MF | Martin Ødegaard | Real Madrid | 30 June 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | Charly Musonda | Chelsea | 30 June 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Mohammed Dauda | Anderlecht | 30 June 2019 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 24 May 2018 | MF | Julian Calor | Cambuur | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2018 | DF | Guram Kashia | San Jose Earthquakes | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2018 | DF | Quincy Kluivert | TEC | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | Mitchell van Bergen | Heerenveen | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Julian Lelieveld | Go Ahead Eagles | 30 June 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Sven van Doorm | Telstar | 30 June 2019 |
| 27 August 2018 | GK | Jeroen Houwen | Telstar | 30 June 2019 |
| 24 December 2018 | FW | Thomas Bruns | Groningen | 30 June 2019 |
| 1 January 2019 | DF | Khalid Karami | NAC Breda | 30 June 2019 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Michael Tørnes | Vendsyssel | 31 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Leeroy Schorea | Achilles '29 | |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Thomas Oude Kotte | Excelsior | 25 June 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Gino Bosz | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Jovi Munter | | |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Hidde van Dijk | Blauw Geel '38 | 2 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Cali Daniel | NEC | |

## Friendlies

Following the conclusion of the 2017–18 campaign, Vitesse announced they would play Wolfsberger AC, Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2018.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 043.75 |
| KNVB Cup | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 047.83 |
Updated to match played 20 December 2018 Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 48 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* ↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| NEC | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | RKC Waalwijk* | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | FC Den Bosch | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | TOP Oss | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Sparta Rotterdam* | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SC Cambuur | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | SC Cambuur | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | De Graafschap | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2019. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |

#### Results

The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced in June 2018.

### UEFA Europa League

On 20 June 2018, the second qualifying round draw was confirmed with Vitesse facing the eventual winners of the first qualifying round tie between Racing FC and Viitorul Constanța in July and August.

#### Qualifying rounds
## Statistics

    As of match played 23 April 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POR | Eduardo | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Maikel van der Werff | 26 | 4 | 20+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Max Clark | 25 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NED | Roy Beerens | 22 | 2 | 12+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Karavayev | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Tim Matavž | 17 | 8 | 7+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Mohammed Dauda | 12 | 3 | 6+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Bryan Linssen | 35 | 14 | 26+2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Oussama Darfalou | 27 | 7 | 14+9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Jake Clarke-Salter | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RSA | Thulani Serero | 36 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Martin Ødegaard | 33 | 8 | 27+2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NGA | Hilary Gong | 11 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SVK | Matúš Bero | 35 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Remko Pasveer | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Mukhtar Ali | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Navarone Foor | 36 | 5 | 25+3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Thelander | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Alexander Büttner | 33 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NED | Thomas Buitink | 17 | 6 | 6+9 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi | 21 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NED | Richonell Margaret | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan : ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Khalid Karami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Thomas Bruns | 12 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Vitesse during the season: ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | NED | Mitchell van Bergen | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Bryan Linssen | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 21 | Matúš Bero | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 18 | Martin Ødegaard | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Tim Matavž | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 13 | Oussama Darfalou | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 29 | Thomas Buitink | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 25 | Navarone Foor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Maikel van der Werff | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | 10 | Mohammed Dauda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 28 | Alexander Büttner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Roy Beerens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 14 | Jake Clarke-Salter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 23 | Mukhtar Ali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Max Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 17 | Thulani Serero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 61 | 6 | 5 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Eduardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Maikel van der Werff | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Max Clark | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Roy Beerens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Vyacheslav Karavayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Mohammed Dauda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Bryan Linssen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Oussama Darfalou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Jake Clarke-Salter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Thulani Serero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Martin Ødegaard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Hilary Gong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Matúš Bero | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Remko Pasveer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Navarone Foor | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Rasmus Thelander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Alexander Büttner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Danilho Doekhi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Thomas Bruns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Players who left Vitesse during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 61 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 10 |