# 2021–22 SBV Vitesse season

The 2021–22 season was the 129th season in the existence of SBV Vitesse and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Vitesse participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup and the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 13 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Markus Schubert |
| 2 | DF | ISR | Eli Dasa |
| 3 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi (captain) |
| 6 | DF | DEN | Jacob Rasmussen (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Adrian Grbić (on loan from FC Lorient) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Alois Oroz |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Hájek |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Yann Gboho (on loan from Stade Rennais) |
| 21 | MF | SVK | Matúš Bero (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | KOS | Toni Domgjoni |
| 23 | GK | NED | Eric Verstappen |
| 24 | GK | NED | Jeroen Houwen |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Romaric Yapi |
| 29 | FW | NED | Thomas Buitink |
| 32 | DF | GER | Maximilian Wittek |
| 33 | GK | NED | Daan Reiziger |
| 36 | MF | NED | Patrick Vroegh |
| 39 | DF | NED | Enzo Cornelisse |
| 40 | MF | NED | Daan Huisman |
| 42 | DF | NED | Million Manhoef |
| 44 | FW | SLV | Enrico Hernández |
| 52 | FW | NED | Gyan de Regt |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Oussama Darfalou (at PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| FW | Thomas Buitink | PEC Zwolle | End of loan |
| MF | Yann Gboho | Stade Rennais | Loan |
| FW | Nikolai Frederiksen | Juventus | |
| GK | Markus Schubert | Schalke 04 | Free transfer |
| DEF | Romaric Yapi | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| MF | Toni Domgjoni | FC Zürich | Free transfer |
| GK | Daan Reiziger | Jong Ajax | Free transfer |
| FW | Julian Von Moos | FC Basel | Loan |
| FW | Adrian Grbić | Lorient | Loan |
| FW | Simon van Duivenbooden | PSV | Loan |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| FW | Noah Ohio | RB Leipzig | Loan return |
| MF | Idrissa Touré | Juventus | Loan return |
| FW | Armando Broja | Chelsea | Loan return |
| GK | Remko Pasveer | Ajax | Free transfer |
| GK | Bilal Bayazit | Kayserispor | Free transfer |
| MF | Thomas Bruns | Adanaspor | Free transfer |
| FW | Enrico Hernández | FC Eindhoven | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 15 August 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 044.12 |
| Eredivisie Play-offs | 19 May 2022 | 29 May 2022 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 15 December 2021 | 9 February 2022 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 066.67 |
| Europa Conference League | 19 August 2021 | 17 March 2022 | Third qualifying round | Round of 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 78 | 87 | −9 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 29 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AZ (O) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 51 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 41 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.

#### European competition play-offs
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REN | VIT | TOT | MUR |
| 1 | Rennes | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Mura | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The Tottenham Hotspur v Rennes match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Rennes due to numerous positive COVID-19 tests in the Tottenham Hotspur squad.

#### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.