Vitesse

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S.B.V. Vitesse

Full name

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse

Nickname(s)

Geel en Zwart (Yellow-Blacks)

Founded

May 14, 1892

Ground

Gelredome
Arnhem
(Capacity 26,600)

Chairman

Kees Bakker

Manager

Aad de Mos

League

Eredivisie

2007/2008

Eredivisie, 12th





Home colours





Away colours

Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on May 14, 1892. The idea of conceiving a football team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club.

Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie but it has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands football, namely PSV, Feyenoord, and Ajax. Yet Vitesse once attracted big name signings into its ranks including Roy Makaay, Marc van Hintum, Sander Westerveld, Victor Sikora, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Mahamadou Diarra and Philip Cocu.

In the 1980s, the club was threatened with bankruptcy, the solution to which was to form a new administrative board to govern both the professionals and the amateur sides. This is because, up to the 1980s, the club had incorporated both its professional and its amateur players into its club structure.

The club has regularly finished in the Eredivisie top five positions and featured in the UEFA Cup competition. However, since 2003, the club has fallen on tough circumstances after it was discovered that Karel Aalbers was involved in a tax fraud back in 2000 and has since failed to reach its previous heights. The club could have gone bankrupt again had it not been for the timely intervention of the Arnhem city council who bought the Gelredome and created a financial rescue package to salvage the club.

Its home in the city of Arnhem is the unique Gelredome stadium built in 1998, featuring a retractable roof and a convertible pitch that can be retracted when unused during concerts or other events held at the stadium. Its capacity is 26,600. The average league attendance in recent years was just below 20,000.

In 2006, the current coach Edward Sturing has announced his intention to leave the club after spending 18 years both in the playing and coaching capacities. The new head coach for the 2006-2007 season is Aad de Mos.

1 Current squad
2 Out on loan
3 Managers
4 Notable players
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Piet Velthuizen
2	DF	Paul Verhaegh
3	DF	Sébastien Sansoni
4	DF	Civard Sprockel
5	DF	Haim Megrelashvili
6	MF	Remco van der Schaaf
7	FW	Santi Kolk
8	MF	Claudemir
9	FW	Harrie Gommans
10	FW	Mads Junker
11	FW	Juan Gonzalo Lorca
14	MF	Theo Janssen
16	MF	Jasar Takak
18	MF	Onur Kaya

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Cees Keizer
22	GK	Balázs Rabóczki
23	FW	Alexander Buttner
24	MF	Jaime Bruinier
25	DF	Kevin van Diermen
26	DF	Colin van Mourik
27	DF	Robin Faber
29	FW	Rihairo Meulens
30	FW	Anduele Pryor
31	MF	Abubakari Yakubu
33	GK	Stephan Veenboer
44	GK	Sebastiaan van der Sman
68	FW	Yu Hai

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Siebe Blondelle (on loan to VVV-Venlo)
		FW	Igor Gluščević (on loan to Heracles Almelo)

[edit] Managers

Vitesse managers since 1920	From	To
Charles Griffith	1920	1922
Bram Evers (interim)	1922	1922
Jan van Dort	1922	1924
Robert William Jefferson	1924	1927
Heinrich Schwarz	1927	1936
Gerrit van Wijhe	1936	1938
Gerrit Horsten	1938	1939
Gerrit Horsten and Ben Tap	1939	1943
Gerrit Horsten, Jacques Piederiet, and Jan Zonnenberg	1943	1944
Gerrit Horsten and Jacques Piederiet	1944	1945
George Roper	1946	1947
Arie van der Wel	1947	1948
Jan Zonnenberg	1948	1954
Joseph Grüber	1954	1957
Louis Pastoors	1957	1960
Branco Vidovic	1960	1962
Jan Zonnenberg	1962	1964
Joseph Grüber	1964	1966
Frans de Munck	1966	1969
Cor Brom	1969	1972
Frans de Munck	1972	1974
Ned Bulatovic	1974	September 1975
Jan de Bouter	September 1975	April 1976
Clemens Westerhof	April 1976	June 1976
Henk Wullems	1976	1982
Leen Looijen	1982	February 1984
Henk Hofstee (interim)	February 1984	June 1984
Clemens Westerhof	1984	1985
Janusz Kowalik and Henk Bosveld	1985	1986
Hans Dorjee	1986	July 1987
Niels Overweg	July 1987	September 1987
Bert Jacobs	September 1987	1992
Herbert Neumann	1992	1995
Ronald Spelbos	1995	1995-11-20
Frans Thijssen	1995-11-20	June 31, 1996
Leo Beenhakker	July 1, 1996	January 1, 1997
Henk ten Cate	January 1, 1997	June 31, 1998
Artur Jorge	July 1, 1998	October 8, 1998
Herbert Neumann	October 8, 1998	October 30, 1999
Edward Sturing and Jan Jongbloed	October 30, 1999	December 31, 1999
Ronald Koeman	January 1, 2000	December 3, 2001
Edward Sturing	December 3, 2001	June 31, 2002
Mike Snoei	July 1, 2002	March 26, 2003
Edward Sturing	March 26, 2003	June 31, 2006
Aad de Mos	July 1, 2006	April 28, 2008

[edit] Notable players

Name	Years	Apps	Goals
Matthew Amoah	1998-2006	174	61
Theo Bos
Henk Bosveld
John van den Brom
Phillip Cocu	1990-1995	137	25
Dejan Curovic
Mahamadou Diarra	1999-2002	69	9
Lloyd Doesburg
Jan Dommering
Jef Dorpmans
Hans Gillhaus
Just Göbel
Raimond van der Gouw	1988-1996	224	0
Glenn Helder	1993-1995	52	12
Dik Herberts
Willem Hesselink
Marc van Hintum
Nicky Hofs	2001-2004	69	15
Pierre van Hooijdonk	1999-2000	29	25
Gerrit Horsten
Antoon Huiberts
Dragoslav Jevrić	1999-2005	116	0
Jurrie Koolhof	1980-1981 1988-1990	106	46
Michel Kreek	1997-2002
Martin Laamers
Geurt van Laar
Job van Laar
Gerrit Langeler
Bart Latuheru
Nikos Machlas	1996-1999	92	60
Roy Makaay	1995-1997	65	30
Kees Meeuwsen
Frans de Munck
Joaquín del Olmo
Edu Nandlal
Jan de Natris
Martijn Reuser	1997-1999	56	14
Victor Sikora	1999-2002	84	20
Edward Sturing	1987-1998
Frans Thijssen	1988-1991
Orlando Trustfull
Herman Veenendaal
Ferdi Vierklau
Harald Wapenaar
Sander Westerveld	1995-1999	101	0
Etiënne Esajas	2005-2007