Vitesse Arnhem
2014–15 season
ChairmanBert Roetert
ManagerPeter Bosz
Eredivisie5th
KNVB CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Bertrand Traoré (14)
All: Bertrand Traoré (17)

During the 2014–15 season, Vitesse Arnhem participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. Despite performing well in the previous season, the club failed to qualify for any major European competition.

Players

Squad details

As of 17 June 2015
No. Name Pos. Nat. 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 Curaçao Nijmegen Netherlands 6 February 1989 81 0 1 0 Academy 1 July 2008 Free 30 June 2018
22 Piet Velthuizen GK Netherlands Nijmegen 3 November 1986 239 0 1 0 Hércules Spain 26 July 2011 Free 30 June 2016
48 Jeroen Houwen GK Netherlands Venray 18 February 1996 – – – – Academy 1 July 2013 Free 30 June 2018
Defenders
2 Wallace RB Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) 1 May 1994 23 1 – – Chelsea England 30 June 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
3 Dan Mori CB Israel Tel Aviv 8 November 1988 25 1 7 0 Bnei Yahuda Israel 22 August 2012 Free 30 June 2015
15 Arnold Kruiswijk CB Netherlands Groningen 2 November 1984 18 0 – – Heerenveen 19 May 2014 Free 30 June 2017
23 Jan-Arie van der Heijden CB/DM Netherlands Schoonhoven 3 March 1988 150 8 – – Ajax 2 March 2011 Free 30 June 2015
35 Rochdi Achenteh LB/CM/LW Morocco Eindhoven Netherlands 7 March 1988 48 1 2 0 PEC Zwolle 15 January 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2016
37 Guram Kashia (c) CB/RB Georgia (country) Tbilisi 4 July 1987 181 13 35 1 Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 31 August 2010 € 300K 30 June 2016
40 Kevin Diks RB/CB Netherlands Apeldoorn 6 October 1996 30 0 – – Academy 1 July 2014 Free 30 June 2018
Midfielders
5 Kelvin Leerdam DM/RB Netherlands Paramaribo Suriname 24 June 1990 55 10 – – Feyenoord 2 July 2013 Free 30 June 2017
6 Josh McEachran CM England Oxford 1 March 1993 14 0 – – Chelsea England 17 August 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
7 Marko Vejinović CM Netherlands Amsterdam 3 February 1990 75 15 – – Heracles Almelo 28 June 2013 Free 30 June 2017
8 Valeri Kazaishvili AM/RW/SS Georgia (country) Ozurgeti 23 January 1993 82 17 6 1 Olimpi Georgia (country) 9 August 2011 Nominal 30 June 2018
10 Davy Pröpper CM/AM Netherlands Arnhem 2 September 1991 162 21 1 0 Academy 1 January 2010 Free 30 June 2017
11 Denys Oliynyk LW/AM Ukraine Zaporizhia 16 June 1987 33 4 12 0 Dnipro Ukraine 26 May 2014 Free 30 June 2016
18 Marvelous Nakamba AM/RW/LW Zimbabwe Hwange 19 January 1994 8 0 – – Nancy France 13 August 2014 Free 30 June 2018
20 Zakaria Labyad LW/AM Morocco Utrecht Netherlands 9 March 1993 53 13 4 0 Sporting Portugal 9 January 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
25 Gino Bosz LW/RW Netherlands Rotterdam 23 April 1993 1 0 – – Academy 17 January 2014 Free 30 June 2015
27 Bertrand Traoré AM/LW/RW Burkina Faso Bobo-Dioulasso 6 September 1995 51 20 20 2 Chelsea England 9 January 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
30 Renato Ibarra RW Ecuador Ambuquí 20 January 1991 129 12 24 0 El Nacional Ecuador 8 July 2011 € 2M 30 June 2016
– Mo Hamdaoui LW/RW Netherlands Amsterdam 10 June 1993 – – – – Academy 29 May 2014 Free 30 June 2016
Forwards
9 Uroš Đurđević ST Serbia Belgrade 2 March 1994 25 1 – – Rad Serbia 7 January 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2018
14 Abiola Dauda ST Nigeria Lagos 3 February 1988 18 6 – – Red Star Serbia 24 July 2014 € 500K 30 June 2017
– Arshak Koryan SS/RW Russia Sochi 17 June 1995 – – – – Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 3 February 2015 Free 30 June 2015

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
44 MF Netherlands Brahim Darri 19EU De Graafschap Loan Return Green tickY Summer 2016 Free
19 FW Norway Marcus Pedersen 24EU Barnsley England Loan Return Green tickY Summer 2015 Free
15 DF Netherlands Arnold Kruiswijk 29EU Heerenveen Transfer Green tickY Summer 2017 Free
11 MF Ukraine Denys Oliynyk 26Non-EU Dnipro Ukraine Transfer Green tickY Summer 2016 Free
2 DF Brazil Wallace 20Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Green tickY Summer 2015 Free
14 FW Nigeria Abiola Dauda 26EU Red Star Serbia Transfer Green tickY Summer 2017 € 500K
18 MF Zimbabwe Marvelous Nakamba 20Non-EU AS Nancy France Transfer Green tickY Summer 2018 Free
6 MF England Josh McEachran 21EU Chelsea England Loan Green tickY Summer 2015 Free
— MF Netherlands Alvin Fortes 20EU RKC Waalwijk Transfer Green tickY Winter 2016 Free
— MF Netherlands Mo Hamdaoui 21EU Dordrecht Loan Return Green tickY Winter 2016 Free
— FW Russia Arshak Koryan 19EU Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Transfer Green tickY During Season 2015 Free

Total spending: Decrease €500,000

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
19 MF Ghana Christian Atsu 22Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tickY Summer Free
17 FW Brazil Lucas Piazon 20EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tickY Summer Free
38 DF Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt 23EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tickY Summer Free
21 GK Estonia Marko Meerits 22EU FC Emmen Contract Ended Green tickY Summer Free
14 FW Japan Mike Havenaar 27Non-EU Córdoba Spain Contract Ended Green tickY Summer Free
52 MF Netherlands Sander van de Streek 21EU Cambuur Contract Ended Green tickY Summer Free
6 DF Netherlands Frank van der Struijk 29EU Free agent Contract Ended Green tickY Summer Free
39 MF Netherlands Wimilio Vink 20EU MVV Contract Ended Green tickY Summer Free
19 FW Norway Marcus Pedersen 24EU Brann Norway Transfer Green tickY Summer Undisclosed
44 MF Netherlands Brahim Darri 20EU Heracles Transfer Green tickY Winter Free
— MF Netherlands Alvin Fortes 20EU Free agent Contract Rescinded Green tickY During season Free

Total gaining: Increase €0

Competition

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 AZ 34 19 5 10 63 56 +7 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 34 17 8 9 56 39 +17 59 Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Vitesse (O) 34 16 10 8 66 43 +23 58
6 PEC Zwolle 34 16 5 13 59 43 +16 53
7 Heerenveen 34 13 11 10 53 46 +7 50
Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams played for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches

10 August 2014 1 Ajax 4–1 Vitesse Arnhem Amsterdam
14:30 Viergever 40'
Schöne 48' 87'
Van der Hoorn 62'		 Report 84' Vejinović Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,494
Referee: Pol van Boekel
16 August 2014 2 Vitesse Arnhem 2–2 SC Cambuur Arnhem
20:45 Labyad 20' 37' (pen.) Report 10' Hemmen
89' Ogbeche		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,597
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
24 August 2014 3 PEC Zwolle 2–1 Vitesse Arnhem Zwolle
12:30 Van der Werff 65'
Nijland 88'		 Report 24' Pröpper Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,012
Referee: Dennis Higler
31 August 2014 4 PSV 2–0 Vitesse Arnhem Eindhoven
12:30 De Jong 48'
Maher 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Kevin Blom
14 September 2014 5 Vitesse Arnhem 3–1 Excelsior Arnhem
14:30 Dauda 40' 60' 65' Report 86' (pen.) Brito Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,234
Referee: Jeroen Sanders
20 September 2014 6 Vitesse Arnhem 1–1 SC Heerenveen Arnhem
20:45 Pröpper 29' Report 23' Uth Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,213
Referee: Danny Makkelie
27 September 2014 7 FC Dordrecht 2–6 Vitesse Arnhem Dordrecht
18:30 Fortes 65'
Koolwijk 79'		 Report Dauda 12'
Oliynyk 19'
Kazaishvili 55' 65' 90+3'
Wallace 59'		 Stadium: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion
Attendance: 3,862
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
3 October 2014 8 Vitesse Arnhem 6–1 ADO Den Haag Arnhem
20:00 Leerdam 5' 14'
Derijck 31' (o.g.)
Vejinović 37' 40' (pen.) 62' (pen.)		 Report 21' Kramer Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: Björn Kuipers
18 October 2014 9 Willem II 1–4 Vitesse Arnhem Tilburg
18:30 Sahar 57' Report 15' Pröpper
45' Traoré
88' Oliynyk
90+3' Dauda		 Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Pieter Vink
25 October 2014 10 Vitesse Arnhem 2–2 NAC Breda Arnhem
18:30 Vejinović 32' (pen.) 80' Report soccer ball with red X 42' Falkenburg
61' 86' Tighadouini		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,239
Referee: Danny Makkelie
2 November 2014 11 FC Utrecht 3–1 Vitesse Arnhem Utrecht
12:30 Kum 12' Yellow card 59'
Boymans 69' 76' (pen.)
Janssen Yellow card 71'		 Summary Pröpper 11'
Kruiswijk Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card
Leerdam Yellow card 77'
Diks Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 16,079
Referee: Kevin Blom
9 November 2014 12 Vitesse Arnhem 0–0 Feyenoord Arnhem
14:30 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,438
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
22 November 2014 13 AZ 1–0 Vitesse Arnhem Alkmaar
18:30 Jóhannsson 14' Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
29 November 2014 14 Vitesse Arnhem 2–2 Go Ahead Eagles Arnhem
19:45 Vejinović 41'
Dauda 50'		 Report 75' Schalk
83' Amevor		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,342
Referee: Tom van Sichem
7 December 2014 15 Vitesse Arnhem 2–2 FC Twente Arnhem
16:45 Vejinović 17'
Van der Heijden 34'
Pröpper Red card 49'		 Report 33' Corona
50' (pen.) Ziyech		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,894
Referee: Richard Liesveld
14 December 2014 16 FC Groningen 1–1 Vitesse Arnhem Groningen
14:30 Chery 61' Report 42' Traoré Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,692
Referee: Pieter Vink
21 December 2014 17 Vitesse Arnhem 3–0 Heracles Almelo Arnhem
12:30 Traoré Yellow card 22' 25' 43'
Labyad 32'		 Summary Veldmate Yellow card 27' Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,432
Referee: Ed Janssen
17 January 2015 18 Vitesse Arnhem 0–1 PSV Arnhem
20:45 Report 10' Maher Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,894
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
24 January 2015 19 SC Heerenveen 4–1 Vitesse Arnhem Heerenveen
20:45 Slagveer 4' 53'
Uth 10'
Sinkgraven 42'		 Report 77' Kashia Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 23,900
Referee: Dennis Higler
1 February 2015 20 Vitesse Arnhem 1–0 Ajax Arnhem
14:30 Đurđević 85' Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 20,384
Referee: Pieter Vink
4 February 2015 21 SC Cambuur 0–2 Vitesse Arnhem Leeuwarden
20:45 Report 34' Qazaishvili
56' Oliynyk		 Stadium: Cambuur Stadion
Attendance: 9,373
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
7 February 2015 22 NAC Breda 0–1 Vitesse Arnhem Breda
20:45 Report 64' Traoré Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer
14 February 2015 23 Vitesse Arnhem 2–0 Willem II Arnhem
19:45 Labyad 28'
Traoré 44'		 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,956
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
22 February 2015 24 FC Twente 1–2 Vitesse Arnhem Enschede
14:30 Corona 82' Report 17' Labyad
90+2' Qazaishvili		 Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Danny Makkelie
28 February 2015 25 Vitesse Arnhem 2–1 PEC Zwolle Arnhem
18:30 Traoré 34'
Vejinović soccer ball with red X 45+1'
Pröpper 64'		 Report 4' Saymak Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 22,354
Referee: Kevin Blom
7 March 2015 26 Heracles Almelo 1–1 Vitesse Arnhem Almelo
19:45 Avdić 90+4' Report 21' Traoré Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 8,231
Referee: Björn Kuipers
13 March 2015 27 Vitesse Arnhem 3–1 AZ Alkmaar Arnhem
20:00 Traoré 7'
Vejinović 73' (pen.)
Qazaishvili 90+4'		 Report 8' Berghuis Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 23,381
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer
21 March 2015 28 Go Ahead Eagles 0–2 Vitesse Arnhem Deventer
18:30 Report 5' Labyad
65' Vejinović		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 7,863
Referee: Danny Makkelie
4 April 2015 29 Vitesse Arnhem 1–1 FC Groningen Arnhem
18:30 van der Heijden Yellow card 60'
Padt 79' (o.g.)
Đurđević Yellow card 90+4'		 Summary Lindgren 13'
Hoesen Yellow card 71'
Padt Yellow card 75'
Mahi Yellow card 80'
van der Velden Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 20,121
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
11 April 2015 30 Excelsior 1–3 Vitesse Arnhem Rotterdam
18:30 Van Weert 41' Report 39' 72' Traoré
90+2' Ibarra		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Siemen Mulder
18 April 2015 31 Vitesse Arnhem 3–0 FC Dordrecht Arnhem
19:45 Qazaishvili 52' 65'
Ibarra 68'		 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,126
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
24 April 2015 32 ADO Den Haag 1–0 Vitesse Arnhem The Hague
20:00 Kramer 85' Report Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: 14,837
Referee: Ed Janssen
11 May 2015 33 Feyenoord 1–4 Vitesse Arnhem Rotterdam
20:00 Toornstra 38' Report Qazaishvili 12'
v.d. Heijden 31'
Achenteh 43'
Labyad 90+1'		 Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Björn Kuipers
17 May 2015 34 Vitesse Arnhem 3–3 FC Utrecht Arnhem
14:30 Traoré 13' 65'
Labyad 89'		 Ayoub 44'
Ramselaar 46'
Verbeek 88'		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 18,696
Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

23 September 2014 Second round VVSB 1–2 Vitesse Arnhem Noordwijkerhout
17:00 Van der Slot 71' Report 20' Traoré
90+1' Ibarra		 Stadium: Sportpark de Boekhorst
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Richard Martens
28 October 2014 Third round Vitesse Arnhem 2–1 FC Dordrecht Arnhem
20:45 Vejinović 45' (pen.)
Oliynyk 81'		 Report 83' Van Haaren Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dennis Higler
18 December 2014 Fourth round Ajax 0–4 Vitesse Arnhem Amsterdam
20:45 Report 22' 57' Traoré
45+1' Labyad
60' Qazaishvili		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 35,835
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
28 January 2015 Quarter-final FC Groningen 4–0 Vitesse Arnhem Groningen
20:45 De Leeuw soccer ball with red X 66'
Chery 63'
Van Nieff 76'
Kieftenbeld 78'		 Red card 61' Kashia Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 12,458
Referee: Björn Kuipers

Play-offs

Play-offs for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round; Vitesse wins the play-offs.

21 May 2015 Semi-final, leg one PEC Zwolle 1–2 Vitesse Arnhem Zwolle
20:45 Van der Werff 31' Report 68' Vejinović
74' Qazaishvili		 Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Pol van Boekel
24 May 2015 Semi-final, leg two Vitesse Arnhem 1–1
(3–2 agg.)		 PEC Zwolle Arnhem
12:30 Traoré 18' Report 56' Necid
Yellow card 49' Yellow-red card 80' Van der Werff		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 16,116
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
28 May 2015 Final, leg one SC Heerenveen 2–2 Vitesse Arnhem Heerenveen
20:45 Slagveer 32'
Uth 75'		 Report 21' Qazaishvili
66' Pröpper		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 16,620
Referee: Björn Kuipers
31 May 2015 Final, leg two Vitesse Arnhem 5–2
(7–4 agg.)		 SC Heerenveen Arnhem
16:45 Kashia 11'
Vejinović 56'
Pröpper 77'
Labyad 82'
Van der Heijden 86'		 Report 4' 24' Uth Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 17,529
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Friendlies

Pre-season

4 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem 1–1 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Belgium Loenen
19:00 Labyad 50' (pen.) Report 13' Wils Stadium: Lonapark
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pol van Boekel
12 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem 0–0 Sparta Rotterdam Driel
16:00 Report Stadium: Sportveld Driel
Attendance: 1,131
Referee: Martin Pérez
15 July 2014 Germany VfL Osnabrück 2–2 Vitesse Arnhem Osnabrück
19:00 Chahed 29'
Feldhahn 57' (pen.)		 Report 30' Pedersen
71' Labyad		 Stadium: osnatel-Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Germany Frank Willenborg
18 July 2014 Germany Hertha BSC 0–0 Vitesse Arnhem Marienfeld (Harsewinkel)
18:00 Report Stadium: Hotel Klosterpforte
Attendance: -
Referee: Germany Sören Storks
26 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem 1–1 Levante UD Spain Driel
16:00 Pröpper 80' Report 32' Barral Stadium: Sportveld Driel
Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
30 July 2014 Vitesse Arnhem 1–3 Chelsea F.C. England Arnhem
19:30 Đurđević 89' Report 4' Salah
24' Fàbregas
76' Matić		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 19,273
Referee: Kevin Blom
3 August 2014 England Bolton Wanderers F.C. 0–1 Vitesse Arnhem Horwich
14:00 (GMT) Report 16' Vejinović Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 5,399
Referee: England Chris Kavanagh

2015

9 January 2015 Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht 5–0 Vitesse Arnhem Los Belones
16:00 Cyriac 29'
Dendoncker 53'
Leya Iseka 68'
Mitrović 72'
Tarfi 73'		 Stadium: La Manga Club
Attendance: 300
Referee: Spain Jorge Díaz Escudero
25 March 2015 Vitesse Arnhem 3–1 Lierse S.K. Belgium Loenen
14:30 Hamdaoui 44' 71'
Kruiswijk 51'		 11' Velikonja Stadium: Lonapark
Referee: Jeroen Sanders

References

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