2013–14 SBV Vitesse season

Vitesse Arnhem
2013–14 season
Chairman	Merab Jordania
Manager	Peter Bosz
Eredivisie	6th
KNVB Cup	Fourth round
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Lucas Piazon (11); All: Lucas Piazon (11)
Highest home attendance	25,500
Lowest home attendance	13,778
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During the 2013–14 season Vitesse Arnhem participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.

Events

On 18 May, manager Fred Rutten opted to not take up the contract renewal, and left the club.^[1] On 7 June, the club scheduled a friendly against Standard Liège, which will be played on 14 July.^[2] Six days later, the club announced a friendly with Lierse SK, scheduled to be played on 19 July.^[3]

On 14 June, Bayer Leverkusen is announced as the club's opponent on 27 July. The match will also be played at GelreDome.^[4]

On 19 June, Peter Bosz is announced as new manager.^[5] Late in the month, Vitesse announced Marko Vejinović as the first summer signing.^[6]

Players

Squad details

As of 27 February 2014

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 36)	51	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2008	Free	30 June 2015
21	Marko Meerits	GK	Tallinn	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 32)	4	0	2	0	Flora	6 July 2011	Free	30 June 2014
22	Piet Velthuizen	GK	Nijmegen	(1986-11-03) 3 November 1986 (age 38)	216	0	1	0	Hércules	26 July 2011	Free	30 June 2016
48	Jeroen Houwen	GK	Venray	(1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 29)	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Free	30 June 2015
Defenders
3	Dan Mori	CB	Tel Aviv	(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988 (age 36)	13	0	7	0	Bnei Yahuda	22 August 2012	Free	30 June 2015
5	Kelvin Leerdam	RB/DM	Paramaribo	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 34)	25	7	–	–	Feyenoord	2 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
6	Frank van der Struijk	RB/CB	Boxtel	(1985-03-28) 28 March 1985 (age 40)	127	2	–	–	Willem II	10 July 2008	€ 500K	30 June 2014
23	Jan-Arie van der Heijden	CB/DM	Schoonhoven	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 37)	100	5	–	–	Ajax	2 March 2011	Free	30 June 2015
37	Guram Kashia (c)	CB/RB	Tbilisi	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 37)	140	10	28	1	Dinamo Tbilisi	31 August 2010	€ 300K	30 June 2016
38	Patrick van Aanholt	LB	's-Hertogenbosch	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34)	77	7	1	0	Chelsea	7 July 2013	Loan	30 June 2014
Midfielders
2	Rochdi Achenteh	CM/LB/LW	Eindhoven	(1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 (age 37)	1	0	–	–	PEC Zwolle	15 January 2014	Undisc.	30 June 2016
7	Marko Vejinović	CM	Amsterdam	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 35)	25	1	–	–	Heracles Almelo	28 June 2013	Free	30 June 2017
10	Davy Pröpper	CM/AM	Arnhem	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)	113	12	–	–	Academy	1 January 2010	Free	30 June 2014
18	Valeri Kazaishvili	LW	Ozurgeti	(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 32)	32	5	–	–	Olimpi	9 August 2011	Nominal	30 June 2014
19	Christian Atsu	AM/LW/RW	Ada Foah	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33)	19	3	20	4	Chelsea	31 August 2013	Loan	30 June 2014
20	Zakaria Labyad	LW/AM	Utrecht	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32)	7	0	1	0	Sporting	9 January 2014	Loan	30 June 2015
27	Bertrand Traoré	AM/LW	Bobo-Dioulasso	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)	6	0	11	1	Chelsea	9 January 2014	Loan	30 June 2014
30	Renato Ibarra	RW	Ambuquí	(1991-01-20) 20 January 1991 (age 34)	93	9	17	0	El Nacional	8 July 2011	€ 2M	30 June 2014
34	Theo Janssen	CM/DM	Arnhem	(1981-07-27) 27 July 1981 (age 43)	289	30	5	0	Ajax	27 August 2012	€ 600K	30 June 2015
39	Wimilio Vink	AM	Tiel	(1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 31)	1	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2011	Free	30 June 2014
45	Gino Bosz	LW/RW	Rotterdam	(1993-04-23) 23 April 1993 (age 31)	–	–	–	–	Academy	17 January 2014	Free	Undisclosed
46	Elmo Lieftink	LW/AM	Deventer	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 (age 31)	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 December 2013	Free	30 June 2014
Forwards
9	Uroš Đurđević	ST	Belgrade	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 31)	2	0	–	–	Rad	7 January 2014	Undisc.	30 June 2018
14	Mike Havenaar	ST/SS/AM	Hiroshima	(1987-05-20) 20 May 1987 (age 37)	81	23	17	4	Ventforet Kofu	21 December 2011	Free	30 June 2014
17	Lucas Piazon	SS/AM/LW	São Paulo	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 31)	26	11	–	–	Chelsea	9 August 2013	Loan	30 June 2014

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF	Giorgi Chanturia	20	Non-EU	Alania Vladikavkaz	Loan Return Y	Summer	2014	Free	[1]
19	FW	Marcus Pedersen	23	EU	OB	Loan Return Y	Summer	2014	Free	[2]
25	MF	Adnane Tighadouini	20	EU	Cambuur	Loan Return Y	Summer	2014	Free	[3]
7	MF	Marko Vejinović	23	EU	Heracles	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	[4]
5	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	23	EU	Feyenoord	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	[5]
20	FW	Gaël Kakuta	22	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[6]
38	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	23	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[7]
21	GK	Marko Meerits	21	EU	Flora	Loan Return Y	Summer	2014	Free	[8]
15	MF	Cristián Cuevas	18	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[9]
17	MF	Lucas Piazón	19	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[10]
19	FW	Christian Atsu	21	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[11]
8	MF	Francisco Júnior	21	EU	Everton	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[12]
2	DF	Sam Hutchinson	24	EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Summer	2014	Free	[13]
27	MF	Bertrand Traoré	18	Non-EU	Chelsea	Loan Y	Winter	2014	Free	[14]
9	FW	Uroš Đurđević	19	EU	Rad	Transfer Y	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	[15]
20	MF	Zakaria Labyad	20	EU	Sporting CP	Loan Y	Winter	2015	Free	[16]
2	MF	Rochdi Achenteh	25	EU	PEC Zwolle	Transfer Y	Winter	2016	Undisclosed	[17]

Total spending: €0

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF	Tomáš Kalas	20	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Summer	Free
16	DF	Michihiro Yasuda	25	Non-EU	Free agent	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
41	DF	Nando Wormgoor	21	EU	Dordrecht	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free	[18]
7	MF	Nicky Hofs	30	EU	Free agent	Retired Y	Summer	Free	[19]
41	GK	Sebastiaan van der Sman	24	EU	Free agent	Released Y	Summer	Free	[20]
25	DF	Nikola Aksentijević	20	Non-EU	Partizan	Loan Y	Summer	Free	[21][22]
8	MF	Marco van Ginkel	20	EU	Chelsea	Transfer Y	Summer	£8M	[23][24]
9	FW	Wilfried Bony	24	Non-EU	Swansea City	Transfer Y	Summer	£12M	[25]
1	GK	Eloy Room	24	EU	Go Ahead Eagles	Loan Y	Summer	Free	[26]
19	FW	Marcus Pedersen	23	EU	Barnsley	Loan Y	Summer	Free	[27]
9	FW	Jonathan Reis	24	EU	Bahia	Released Y	During Season	Free	[28]
25	FW	Adnane Tighadouini	21	EU	NAC Breda	Transfer Y	Winter	Undisclosed	[29]
2	DF	Sam Hutchinson	24	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Winter	Free	[30]
20	MF	Gaël Kakuta	22	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	Winter	Free	[31]
44	MF	Brahim Darri	19	EU	De Graafschap	Loan Y	Winter	Free	[32]
15	DF	Cristián Cuevas	18	EU	Chelsea	Loan Return Y	During Season	Free	[33]
11	MF	Giorgi Chanturia	20	EU	CFR Cluj	Transfer Y	During Season	Undisclosed	[34]
8	MF	Francisco Júnior	22	EU	Everton	Loan Return Y	During Season	Free	[35]

Total gaining: €23,200,000 (£20,000,000)

Competition

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	PSV	34	18	5	11	60	45	+15	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Heerenveen	34	16	9	9	72	51	+21	57	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6	Vitesse Arnhem	34	15	10	9	65	49	+16	55
7	Groningen (O)	34	14	9	11	57	53	+4	51
8	AZ	34	13	8	13	54	50	+4	47

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners

Matches

11 August 2013 1	Vitesse Arnhem	3–1	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
14:30	Leerdam 27' Pedersen 31' Ibarra 82'	Report	90+1' Amoah	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,778 Referee: Pieter Vink

18 August 2013 2	RKC Waalwijk	4–2	Vitesse Arnhem	Waalwijk
16:30	Braber 12' Castelen 39' Duits 74' (pen.) 76'	Report	3' Leerdam 54' Qazaishvili	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

24 August 2013 3	Roda JC Kerkrade	1–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Kerkrade
20:45	Höcher 69'	Report	62' Qazaishvili	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 11,894 Referee: Ed Janssen

1 September 2013 4	Vitesse Arnhem	1–0	FC Twente	Arnhem
14:30	Havenaar 22'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,745 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

15 September 2013 5	AZ	1–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Alkmaar
16:30	Johansson 42'	Report	Reis 88'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,047 Referee: Richard Liesveld

22 September 2013 7	Vitesse Arnhem	3–0	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
12:30	Piazón 35', 88' Leerdam 68'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Tom van Sichem

29 September 2013 8	N.E.C.	2–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Nijmegen
12:30	Hemlein 33' Higdon 85'	Report	11' Leerdam 41' (pen.) Janssen 90+2' Piazón	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

2 October 2013 6	ADO Den Haag	2–1	Vitesse Arnhem	The Hague
15:30	Kramer 7' Gehrt 70'	Report	65' Pröpper	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 9,080 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

6 October 2013 9	Vitesse Arnhem	1–2	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30	Leerdam 37' Havenaar 74' 83'	Summary	de Vrij 18' 74' Pellè 20' 87' Mulder 76'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,200 Referee: Pieter Vink

19 October 2013 10	SC Heerenveen	2–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Heerenveen
20:45	Finnbogason 43' Otigba 49'		54' 73' Piazón 90+3' Van Aanholt	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

27 October 2013 11	Vitesse Arnhem	2–2	FC Groningen	Arnhem
16:30	Havenaar 32' Pröpper 73'		75' Zivkovic 78' Chery	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,104 Referee: Björn Kuipers

2 November 2013 12	Ajax	0–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Amsterdam
18:45			90' Qazaishvili	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 51,377 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

9 November 2013 13	Vitesse Arnhem	3–1	FC Utrecht	Arnhem
19:45	Atsu 31' (pen.) Havenaar 86' Pröpper 90+3'		63' (pen.) De Ridder	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,779 Referee: Pol van Boekel

24 November 2013 14	Go Ahead Eagles	0–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Deventer
14:30			35' (pen.) 41' (pen.) Piazon 65' Kakuta	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 7,473 Referee: Danny Makkelie

1 December 2013 15	Vitesse Arnhem	3–0	SC Cambuur	Arnhem
14:30	Vejinović 33' Leerdam 50' Chanturia 90+2'			Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,903 Referee: Björn Kuipers

7 December 2013 16	PSV	2–6	Vitesse Arnhem	Eindhoven
20:45	Memphis 45' Rekik 84'		38' Piazon 66' Havenaar 75' Leerdam 85' 90+3' Pröpper 87' Van Aanholt	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

15 December 2013 17	Vitesse Arnhem	3–2	NAC Breda	Arnhem
14:30	Piazon 35' (pen.) 50' Leerdam 84'		24' (pen.) Buijs 89' Lurling	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,800 Referee: Tom van Sichem

21 December 2013 18	Heracles Almelo	2–2	Vitesse Arnhem	Almelo
19:45	Linssen 51' 77'		6' Van Aanholt 41' Piazon	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,470 Referee: Pieter Vink

18 January 2014 19	PEC Zwolle	1–2	Vitesse Arnhem	Zwolle
19:45	Fernandez 10'		3' Atsu 90' Van Aanholt	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 12,350 Referee: Richard Liesveld

26 January 2014 20	Vitesse Arnhem	1–1	N.E.C.	Arnhem
12:30	Mori 30'		71' Higdon	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,613 Referee: Pieter Vink

31 January 2014 21	Feyenoord	1–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Rotterdam
20:00	Pellè 39'		57' Kashia	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

4 February 2014 22	Vitesse Arnhem	0–2	AZ	Arnhem
20:45			20' (o.g.) Van Aanholt 42' Jóhannsson	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,213 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

7 February 2014 23	Vitesse Arnhem	0–0	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:00	Pröpper 40' van der Struijk 58' Labyad 70' van Aanholt 80'	Summary	49' Bakker 58' Alberg 74' Beugelsdijk	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,753 Referee: Pol van Boekel

15 February 2014 24	FC Twente	2–0	Vitesse Arnhem	Enschede
18:45	Castaignos 55' Eghan 64' Tadić 78'	Summary	4' Leerdam 59' Vejinović 60' van Aanholt	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,900 Referee: Pieter Vink

23 February 2014 25	Vitesse Arnhem	3–1	RKC Waalwijk	Arnhem
14:30	Havenaar 50' Qazaishvili 52' Atsu 68'		14' Anderson	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 23,411 Referee: Dennis Higler

1 March 2014 26	Vitesse Arnhem	3–0	Roda JC Kerkrade	Arnhem
20:45	Havenaar 14' 76' Vejinović 29'			Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,908 Referee: Richard Liesveld

8 March 2014 27	NAC Breda	1–2	Vitesse Arnhem	Breda
20:45	Buijs 10' (pen.)		8' Labyad 26' Havenaar	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Björn Kuipers

15 March 2014 28	Vitesse Arnhem	1–2	PSV	Arnhem
18:45	Labyad 18'		7' Locadia 29' Memphis	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 23,076 Referee: Kevin Blom

22 March 2014 29	FC Groningen	3–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Groningen
18:45	Zivkovic 10' Van der Velden 56' Chery 63'		39' Atsu	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19,787 Referee: Pieter Vink

29 March 2014 30	Vitesse Arnhem	2–2	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
18:45	Havenaar 31' Traoré 67'		39' Finnbogason 58' Başaçikoğlu	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 22,176 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

6 April 2014 31	Vitesse Arnhem	1–1	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30	Traoré 25'		47' Sigþórsson	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

12 April 2014 32	SC Cambuur	4–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Leeuwarden
19:45	Barto 25', 69' Leerdam 29' (o.g.) Ogbeche 64'	Summary	Leerdam 21' Pröpper 30' Atsu 39' Traoré 56'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,639 Referee: Kevin Blom

27 April 2014 33	Vitesse Arnhem	2–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Arnhem
14:30	Leerdam 57' Kashia 71' Pröpper 79' Piazon 90'	Summary	Kolder 30' Antonia 55'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,874 Referee: Tom van Sichem

3 May 2014 34	FC Utrecht	2–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Utrecht
18:45	De Ridder 40' Agudelo 78'		68' Labyad	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,504 Referee: Richard Liesveld

KNVB Cup

25 September 2013 Second round	RVVH	1–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Ridderkerk
17:00	Eggers 37'	Report	45+1' Janssen 65' Kashia 74' Van der Heijden	Stadium: Sportpark Ridderkerk Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Allard Lindhout

30 October 2013 Third round	Vitesse Arnhem	5–0	VV Noordwijk	Arnhem
20:00	Kakuta 2' 83' Van der Struijk 35' Chanturia 72' Santos 77'			Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 6,210 Referee: Dennis Higler

18 December 2013 Fourth round	Roda JC Kerkrade	3–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Kerkrade
19:45	Hupperts 66' 90+5' Höcher 84'		76' Van Aanholt	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Referee: Kevin Blom

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

1 August 2013 First leg	FC Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Ploiești
19:00	Grozav 84'	Report	52' (pen.) Reis	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Attendance: 11,827 Referee: Carlos Del Cerro

8 August 2013 Second leg	Vitesse Arnhem	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	FC Petrolul Ploiești	Arnhem
20:00	Van der Heijden 72'	Report	21' Boudjemaa 90+5' Grozav	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 10,088 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr.

European competition play-offs

First round

7 May 2014 First leg	FC Groningen	1–0	Vitesse Arnhem	Groningen
18:45	Burnet 88'			Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,460 Referee: Pol van Boekel

10 May 2014 Second leg	Vitesse Arnhem	1–4 (1–5 agg.)	FC Groningen	Arnhem
18:45	Pröpper 63'		25' Chery 64' Zivkovic 83' 89' Kostić	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,112 Referee: Pieter Vink

Friendlies

Pre-season

22 June 2013	SV de Valleivogels	1–13	Vitesse Arnhem	Scherpenzeel
18:30	Tim Colijn 73'	Report	10' 28' Reis 16' Kazaishvili 17' (o.g.) Mike Abbink 19' 32' Tighadouini 25' 44' Darri 58' 75' Chanturia 79' Mori 83' Osman 87' Kallon	Stadium: Sportpark De Bree-West Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

29 June 2013	OWIOS	0–11	Vitesse Arnhem	Oldebroek
14:30		Report	9' (o.g.) Arjan Boon 15' (pen.) 67' Reis 38' 49' Darri 51' Pröpper 56' Kazaishvili 69' Tighadouini 79' (pen.) Chanturia 88' Mori 89' Talsma	Stadium: Sportpark Bovenmolen Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Wilco Jansen

6 July 2013	Vitesse Arnhem	5–0	Voorwaarts Twello	Hoenderloo
15:00	Reis 12' Pedersen 23' Janssen 32' Tighadouini 35' Leerdam 85'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark SV Beatrix Attendance: 800 Referee: Gerrit Fikkert

14 July 2013	Standard Liège	0–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Wavre
16:00		Report	71' Reis	Stadium: Stade Justin Peeters Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

19 July 2013	Lierse	2–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Lier
19:30	Ghaly 4' Menga 22'	Report	12' Janssen	Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dirk Schoenmaeckers

27 July 2013	Vitesse Arnhem	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Arnhem
15:30			8' Reinartz 19' 89' Kießling 42' Bender	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 6,010 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Winter

7 January 2014	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Abu Dhabi
19:30	Dost 83' (pen.) 86'		28' Havenaar 34' Piazon 75' (pen.) Chanturia	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi