# 2016–17 SBV Vitesse season

During the 2016–17 season Vitesse participated in the Dutch Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. Vitesse would win the final of the KNVB Cup against AZ on 30 April 2017. It was the club's first major honour in their 120 plus year history.

## Players
### Squad details

    As of 14 May 2017
| 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) | 155 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2008 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 23 | Michael Tørnes | GK | Herlev | (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38) | 3 | 0 | – | – | OB | 27 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 24 | Jeroen Houwen | GK | Venray | (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) | – | – | – | – | Academy | 1 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 40 | Wouter Dronkers | GK | Vlaardingen | (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31) | – | – | – | – | Academy | 4 August 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maikel van der Werff | CB/RB/LB | Hoorn | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | 48 | 0 | – | – | PEC Zwolle | 19 February 2015 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 5 | Kelvin Leerdam | LB/DM/CB | Paramaribo | (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 34) | 106 | 13 | – | – | Feyenoord | 2 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 6 | Arnold Kruiswijk | CB | Groningen | (1984-11-02) 2 November 1984 (age 39) | 71 | 1 | – | – | Heerenveen | 19 May 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 17 | Kevin Diks | RB | Apeldoorn | (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 28) | 75 | 2 | – | – | Fiorentina | 31 January 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 19 | Matt Miazga | CB | Clifton | (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 29) | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Chelsea | 31 August 2016 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 22 | Thomas Oude Kotte | CB | Apeldoorn | (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28) | 2 | 0 | – | – | Academy | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 28 | Alexander Büttner | LB/RB/LM | Doetinchem | (1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 (age 35) | 130 | 10 | – | – | Dynamo Moscow | 16 January 2017 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 29 | Julian Lelieveld | RB/CB | Arnhem | (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | – | – | Academy | 29 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 37 | Guram Kashia (c) | CB/RB | Tbilisi | (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 37) | 250 | 20 | 52 | 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 31 August 2010 | € 300K | 30 June 2020 |
| 43 | Lassana Faye | LB | Rotterdam | (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 26) | 3 | 0 | – | – | Academy | 1 January 2016 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Milot Rashica | AM/RW/LW | Vushtrri | (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 28) | 73 | 12 | 5 | 0 | Kosova Vushtrri | 10 February 2015 | € 300K | 30 June 2018 |
| 8 | Mukhtar Ali | DM/CM | Mogadishu | (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) | 6 | 0 | – | – | Chelsea | 29 January 2017 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 10 | Adnane Tighadouini | LW/RW | Ede | (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31) | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Málaga | 30 August 2016 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 11 | Nathan | LW/RW/AM | Blumenau | (1996-03-13) 13 March 1996 (age 28) | 51 | 7 | – | – | Chelsea | 1 July 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 16 | Mitchell van Bergen | RW/LW/AM | Oss | (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25) | 20 | 0 | – | – | Academy | 17 December 2015 | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 | Marvelous Nakamba | CM/DM/LB | Hwange | (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30) | 77 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Nancy | 13 August 2014 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 20 | Mohammed Osman | AM/LW | Qamishli | (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) | 6 | 0 | – | – | Academy | 30 March 2015 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 | Navarone Foor | AM/RW/LW | Opheusden | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) | 34 | 6 | – | – | NEC | 1 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 | Arshak Koryan | RW/LW | Sochi | (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29) | 5 | 1 | – | – | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 34 | Lewis Baker | CM/AM | Luton | (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 29) | 73 | 20 | – | – | Chelsea | 1 July 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 41 | Julian Calor | CM/AM/DM | Gorinchem | (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27) | 2 | 0 | – | – | RKC Waalwijk | 1 July 2016 | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Zhang Yuning | ST/SS | Wenzhou | (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 27) | 27 | 4 | 8 | 2 | Hangzhou | 1 July 2015 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 13 | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | ST | Woudenberg | (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35) | 72 | 31 | 2 | 0 | Norwich City | 28 July 2016 | € 600K | 30 June 2019 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 9 | FW | Zhang Yuning | 20 | Non-EU | Youth system | Promoted Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Mitchell van Bergen | 16 | EU | Youth system | Promoted Y | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 22 | DF | Thomas Oude Kotte | 20 | EU | Youth system | Promoted Y | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 24 | GK | Jeroen Houwen | 20 | EU | Youth system | Promoted Y | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 29 | DF | Julian Lelieveld | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promoted Y | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| 30 | MF | Arshak Koryan | 21 | EU | Youth system | Promoted Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 14 | FW | Abiola Dauda | 28 | Non-EU | Heart of Midlothian | Loan Return Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 25 | MF | Navarone Foor | 24 | EU | NEC | Transfer Y | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| — | FW | Martijn Berden | 18 | EU | PSV | Transfer Y | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 41 | MF | Julian Calor | 19 | EU | RKC Waalwijk | Transfer Y | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 11 | MF | Nathan | 20 | Non-EU | Chelsea | Loan Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 34 | MF | Lewis Baker | 21 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 23 | GK | Michael Tørnes | 30 | EU | OB | Transfer Y | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 13 | FW | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | 27 | EU | Norwich City | Transfer Y | Summer | 2019 | €600K |
| 10 | MF | Adnane Tighadouini | 23 | Non-EU | Málaga | Loan Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 19 | DF | Matt Miazga | 21 | Non-EU | Chelsea | Loan Y | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 28 | DF | Alexander Büttner | 27 | EU | Dynamo Moscow | Transfer Y | Winter | 2019 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Mukhtar Ali | 19 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Y | Winter | 2017 | Free |
| 17 | DF | Kevin Diks | 20 | EU | Fiorentina | Loan Y | Winter | 2017 | Free |
Total spending: €600,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 11 | MF | Denys Oliynyk | 29 | Non-EU | Darmstadt 98 | Contract Ended Y | Summer | Free |
| 22 | GK | Piet Velthuizen | 29 | EU | Hapoel Haifa | Contract Ended Y | Summer | Free |
| 40 | MF | Elmo Lieftink | 22 | EU | Willem II | Contract Ended Y | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | Kai Huisman | 21 | EU | FC Emmen | Contract Ended Y | Summer | Free |
| 7 | FW | Isaiah Brown | 19 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 9 | FW | Dominic Solanke | 18 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 13 | MF | Nathan | 20 | Non-EU | Chelsea | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 20 | MF | Danilo Pantić | 19 | Non-EU | Chelsea | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 34 | MF | Lewis Baker | 21 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Return Y | Summer | Free |
| 30 | MF | Renato Ibarra | 25 | Non-EU | América | Transfer Y | Summer | €1.8M |
| 17 | DF | Kevin Diks | 19 | EU | Fiorentina | Transfer Y | Summer | €2.8M |
| 10 | MF | Valeri Qazaishvili | 23 | EU | Legia Warsaw | Loan Y | Summer | Free |
| 8 | DF | Kosuke Ota | 29 | Non-EU | FC Tokyo | Transfer Y | Winter | €690K |
| 14 | FW | Abiola Dauda | 28 | Non-EU | Atromitos | Transfer Y | Winter | Free |
| 21 | MF | Sheran Yeini | 30 | EU | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Transfer Y | Winter | Undisclosed |
Total gaining: €5,290,000

#### Balance

Total: €4,690,000

## Pre-season

On 21 June 2016, it was announced that Vitesse would host Belgian side Oostende for a pre-season friendly, as well as hosting the 2016 Fox Sports Cup, which features sides such as West Bromwich Albion and Porto.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 044.12 |
| KNVB Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 100.00 |
| Total | 40 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 052.50 |
Updated to match played 14 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 62 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | AZ | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 49 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Twente | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
* ↑ Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
* ↑ Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 21 June 2016 at 9am.

### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Eloy Room | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Maikel van der Werff | 16 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 18 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kelvin Leerdam | 25 (3) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 30 (3) | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Arnold Kruiswijk | 24 (3) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 (3) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Milot Rashica | 31 (2) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 37 (2) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mukhtar Ali | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Zhang Yuning | 2 (14) | 1 | 2 (1) | 1 | 4 (15) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Adnane Tighadouini | 17 (8) | 3 | 4 (2) | 4 | 21 (10) | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Nathan | 19 (8) | 4 | 2 (3) | 1 | 21 (11) | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | 32 | 20 | 4 (1) | 3 | 36 (1) | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Mitchell van Bergen | 2 (15) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (17) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Kevin Diks | 11 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 11 (1) | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Marvelous Nakamba | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Matt Miazga | 15 (8) | 0 | 4 (2) | 1 | 19 (10) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mohammed Osman | 0 (3) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Thomas Oude Kotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Michael Tørnes | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Jeroen Houwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Navarone Foor | 26 (3) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 31 (3) | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Alexander Büttner | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (9) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Julian Lelieveld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Arshak Koryan | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Lewis Baker | 33 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 37 | DF | Guram Kashia | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Wouter Dronkers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Julian Calor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Lassana Faye | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan |||||||||||
| 14 | FW | Abiola Dauda | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Sheran Yeini | 8 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | Kosuke Ota | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Valeri Qazaishvili | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2017. Source: Vitesse

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 13 | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | MF | 34 | Lewis Baker | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Adnane Tighadouini | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 25 | Navarone Foor | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Nathan | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Milot Rashica | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Kelvin Leerdam | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Zhang Yuning | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Marvelous Nakamba | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 37 | Guram Kashia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 6 | Arnold Kruiswijk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 19 | Matt Miazga | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 30 | Arshak Koryan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | — | Valeri Qazaishvili | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 21 | 72 |
Last updated: 14 May 2017. Source: Vitesse

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Eloy Room | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 23 | Michael Tørnes | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Last updated: 14 May 2017. Source: Vitesse

### Summary

| Games played | 40 (35 Eredivisie) (5 KNVB Cup) |
| Games won | 21 (15 Eredivisie) (6 KNVB Cup) |
| Games drawn | 6 (6 Eredivisie) |
| Games lost | 13 (13 Eredivisie) |
| Goals scored | 72 (51 Eredivisie) (21 KNVB Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 44 (40 Eredivisie) (4 KNVB Cup) |
| Goal difference | +28 (+11 Eredivisie) (+17 KNVB Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 10 (7 Eredivisie) (3 KNVB Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 52 (44 Eredivisie) (8 KNVB Cup) |
| Red cards | 4 (4 Eredivisie) |
| Most appearances | 39 appearances (3 players) |
| Top scorer | Ricky van Wolfswinkel (23 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 21/40 (52.50%) |
Last updated: 14 May 2017. Source: Vitesse