2018–19 SBV Vitesse season

The 2018–19 season was Vitesse's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football, the Eredivisie, and 126th year in existence as a football club. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Vitesse

2018–19 season
Chairman	Bert Roetert
Manager	Leonid Slutsky
Stadium	GelreDome
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Quarter-final
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round (vs. Basel)
Top goalscorer	League: Bryan Linssen (12) All: Bryan Linssen (14)
Highest home attendance	21,248 vs PSV (7 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	9,876 vs Viitorul Constanța (2 August 2018)
Average home league attendance	11,614
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of match 23 April 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Eduardo		GK	19 September 1982	loan from Chelsea	2018[1]	2019[1]	34	0
22	Remko Pasveer		GK	8 November 1983	PSV Eindhoven	2017	2020	40	0
40	Bilal Bayazit		GK	8 April 1999	Academy	2017	2021	0	0
Defenders
3	Maikel van der Werff		DF	22 April 1989	PEC Zwolle	2015	2019	90	4
5	Max Clark		DF	19 January 1996	Hull City	2018[2]	2021[2]	25	1
6	Arnold Kruiswijk		DF	2 November 1984	Heerenveen	2014	2019	76	1
8	Vyacheslav Karavayev		DF	20 May 1995	Sparta Prague	2018	2021	54	0
14	Jake Clarke-Salter		DF	22 September 1997	loan from Chelsea	2019[3]	2020[3]	35	1
26	Rasmus Thelander		DF	9 July 1991	Zürich	2018[4]	2021[4]	13	0
28	Alexander Büttner		DF	11 February 1989	Dynamo Moscow	2017	2019	71	3
30	Danilho Doekhi		DF	30 June 1998	Jong Ajax	2018[5]	2022[5]	21	0
Midfielders
7	Roy Beerens		MF	22 December 1987	Reading	2018	2021	38	3
11	Bryan Linssen		MF	8 October 1990	Groningen	2017	2020	79	33
17	Thulani Serero		MF	11 April 1990	Ajax	2017	2020	74	3
18	Martin Ødegaard		MF	17 December 1998	loan from Real Madrid	2018[6]	2019[6]	33	8
19	Hilary Gong		MF	10 October 1998	AS Trenčín	2018[7]	2022[7]	11	0
20	Charly Musonda		MF	15 October 1996	loan from Chelsea	2018[8]	2019[8]	0	0
21	Matúš Bero		MF	6 September 1995	Trabzonspor	2018[9]	2022[9]	35	9
23	Mukhtar Ali		MF	30 October 1997	Chelsea	2017	2020	18	1
25	Navarone Foor		MF	4 February 1992	NEC	2016	2020	111	14
Forwards
9	Tim Matavž		FW	13 January 1989	Augsburg	2017		58	25
10	Mohammed Dauda		FW	20 February 1998	loan from Anderlecht	2019[10]	2019[10]	12	3
13	Oussama Darfalou		FW	23 September 1993	USM Alger	2018[11]	2022[11]	27	7
29	Thomas Buitink		FW	14 June 2000	Academy	2018	2022	21	6
39	Richonell Margaret		FW	7 July 2000	Ajax	2018		5	0
Out on loan
2	Khalid Karami		DF	29 December 1989	Excelsior	2018[12]	2020[12]	1	0
10	Thomas Bruns		MF	7 January 1992	Heracles Almelo	2017	2021	51	4
Left during the season
16	Mitchell van Bergen		MF	27 August 1999	Willem II	2015		37	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
8 May 2018	DF		Khalid Karami	Excelsior	Free	[12]
16 May 2018	DF		Rasmus Thelander	Zürich	Undisclosed	[4]
6 June 2018	FW		Oussama Darfalou	USM Alger	Free	[11]
11 June 2018	DF		Özgür Aktas	NEC	Undisclosed	[13]
22 June 2018	DF		Max Clark	Hull City	Free	[2]
3 July 2018	MF		Matúš Bero	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed	[9]
4 July 2018	DF		Danilho Doekhi	Jong Ajax	Undisclosed	[5]
5 July 2018	MF		Hilary Gong	AS Trenčín	Undisclosed	[7]
27 August 2018	DF		Mats Grotenbreg	TOP Oss	Undisclosed	[14]

Transfers announced on the above dates, but were not finalised until 1 July.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 July 2018	DF		Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	30 June 2019	[3]
6 July 2018	GK		Eduardo	Chelsea	30 June 2019	[1]
21 August 2018	MF		Martin Ødegaard	Real Madrid	30 June 2019	[6]
31 August 2018	MF		Charly Musonda	Chelsea	30 June 2019	[8]
31 January 2019	FW		Mohammed Dauda	Anderlecht	30 June 2019	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 May 2018	MF		Julian Calor	Cambuur	Undisclosed	[15]
10 July 2018	DF		Guram Kashia	San Jose Earthquakes	Undisclosed	[16]
20 July 2018	DF		Quincy Kluivert	TEC	Undisclosed	[17]
31 August 2018	MF		Mitchell van Bergen	Heerenveen	Undisclosed	[18]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
1 July 2018	DF		Julian Lelieveld	Go Ahead Eagles	30 June 2019	[19]
1 July 2018	MF		Sven van Doorm	Telstar	30 June 2019	[20]
27 August 2018	GK		Jeroen Houwen	Telstar	30 June 2019	[21]
24 December 2018	FW		Thomas Bruns	Groningen	30 June 2019	[22]
1 January 2019	DF		Khalid Karami	NAC Breda	30 June 2019	[23]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 June 2018[24]	GK		Michael Tørnes	Vendsyssel	31 August 2018[25]
30 June 2018[24]	DF		Leeroy Schorea	Achilles '29	[26]
30 June 2018[24]	DF		Thomas Oude Kotte	Excelsior	25 June 2018[27]
30 June 2018[24]	DF		Gino Bosz	Go Ahead Eagles	1 July 2019[28]
30 June 2018[24]	MF		Jovi Munter
30 June 2018[24]	MF		Hidde van Dijk	Blauw Geel '38	2 July 2018[29]
30 June 2018[24]	FW		Cali Daniel	NEC	[30]

Friendlies

Following the conclusion of the 2017–18 campaign, Vitesse announced they would play Wolfsberger AC, Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal Tula and Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2018.[31]

6 July 2018 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	2–1	Vitesse	Murau, Austria
19:00 CET	Gschweidl  65' Schmerböck  68'	Report	Darfalou  87'	Stadium: Murau

9 July 2018 Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Vitesse	Klagenfurt, Austria
18:00 CET	Stepanenko  31' Butko  57' Kovalenko  76' Moraes  82'	Report	Beerens  89'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

13 July 2018 Friendly	Arsenal Tula	2–2	Vitesse	Villach, Austria
18:00 CET	Berkhamov  84' (pen.) Lesovoy  89'	Report	Linssen  18' Kostadinov  29' (og.)	Stadium: Stadion Villach/Lind

17 July 2018 Friendly	Vitesse	3–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Klagenfurt, Austria
12:00 CET	Bruns  30' Beerens  63' Büttner  88'	Report		Stadium: Klagenfurt/Fischl

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	16	7	4	5	25	19	+6	043.75
KNVB Cup	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
UEFA Europa League	4	1	1	2	5	5	+0	025.00
Total	23	11	5	7	36	26	+10	047.83

Updated to match played 20 December 2018
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Feyenoord	34	20	5	9	75	41	+34	65	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	AZ	34	17	7	10	64	43	+21	58	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Vitesse	34	14	11	9	70	51	+19	53	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
6	Utrecht (O)	34	15	8	11	60	51	+9	53
7	Heracles Almelo	34	15	3	16	61	68	−7	48

Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[32]
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	12	11	9	61	49	+12	47	9	6	1	39	24	+15	3	5	8	22	25	−3

Last updated: 20 April 2019.
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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	L
Position	2	3	6	8	6	7	7	5	7	5	7	6	4	6	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2019. Source: Vitesse
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced in June 2018.[33]

12 August 2018 1	Vitesse	5 – 1	Groningen	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Linssen  22' Bero  44' Beerens  62' Clarke-Salter  66' Matavž  71'	Report	Hrustic  32' Doan  38' Te Wierik  90+2'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,434 Referee: Allard Lindhout

19 August 2018 2	Heerenveen	1 – 1	Vitesse	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlap  26' Lammers  44' Mihajlović  51' Bulthuis  90'	Report	Linssen  40' Van der Werff  64' Matavž  81'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Siemen Mulder

26 August 2018 3	AZ	0 – 0	Vitesse	Alkmaar
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Svensson  5' Hatzidiakos  34' Idrissi  39'	Report	Serero  39' Bero  43' Büttner  89'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,702 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

2 September 2018 4	Vitesse	0 – 4	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bero  14' Foor  22' Linssen  42'	Report	Ziyech  3' Huntelaar  7', 58' Tadić  19'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Pol van Boekel

16 September 2018 5	PEC Zwolle	0 – 2	Vitesse	Zwolle
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Polen  20'	Report	Van der Werff  14' Matavž  26', 44' Clark  29' Bero  78'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,325 Referee: Christiaan Bax

22 September 2018 6	Vitesse	1 – 1	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Matavž  18' Van der Werff  58'  90'	Report	El Khayati  65' Immers  72' Malone  75'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

30 September 2018 7	Feyenoord	2 – 1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Botteghin  47' Van Persie  87'  90+1'	Report	Bero  32' Büttner  63' Bruns  63' Foor  86' Doekhi  90+5'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

7 October 2018 8	Vitesse	4 – 0	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Foor  11' Darfalou  42', 66' Clarke-Salter  58' Büttner  73' (pen.)	Report	Osman  44' Dalmau  54' Duarte  72'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,338 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

20 October 2018 9	Excelsior	2 – 0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Clark  40' (og.) Mattheij  70' Stevens  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,397 Referee: Björn Kuipers

28 October 2018 10	Vitesse	2 – 1	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Van der Werff  12' Bero  58'  66' Foor  60' Clark  68'	Report	Vidigal  45+2' Niňaj  50' Essers  69'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,879 Referee: Dennis Higler

3 November 2018 11	PSV	1 – 0	Vitesse	Eindhoven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bergwijn  42' De Jong  69' Dumfries  86'	Report	Doekhi  14' Linssen  15' Ødegaard  62'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,100 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

10 November 2018 12	Vitesse	2 – 1	Utrecht	Arnhem
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen  58' Ødegaard  64' Büttner  76'	Report	Kerk  42' Klaiber  55' Dessers  78' Görtler  82'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,131 Referee: Danny Makkelie

25 November 2018 13	Willem II	1 – 3	Vitesse	Tilburg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Özbiliz  87' Sol  87' (pen.) Lewis  90+2'	Report	Bero  13' Darfalou  35' Linssen  44' Thelander  86' Eduardo  87'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11,879 Referee: Björn Kuipers

1 December 2018 14	Vitesse	1 – 1	Emmen	Arnhem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen  31' Serero  90+3'	Report	Bijl  17' Cavlan  51'  81' Klok  87' Chacón  90+3' Marinus  90+3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Siemen Mulder

9 December 2018 15	NAC Breda	2 – 1	Vitesse	Breda
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Te Vrede  45+1' Mets  82' Verschueren  84'	Report	Bero  45'  90+2' Linssen  72'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,280 Referee: Allard Lindhout

15 December 2018 16	Vitesse	2 – 1	VVV	Arnhem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ødegaard  32'  52' Clarke-Salter  45+2' Darfalou  80' Foor  90'	Report	Mlapa  45+2'  76' Joosten  82'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,249 Referee: Christian Baax

23 December 2018 17	De Graafschap	2 – 2	Vitesse	Doetinchem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Olijve  12' Nieuwpoort  45+4' Narsingh  58' Vet  89'	Report	Ødegaard  43' Büttner  45+4' Bero  65' Linssen  67' Foor  89' Thelander  90+3'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Björn Kuipers

18 January 2019 18	Vitesse	3 – 2	Excelsior	Arnhem
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foor  6' Linssen  36' Darfalou  61' van der Werff  67'  72'	Report	Bruins  17' Edwards  51' Schouten  69'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

27 January 2019 19	Fortuna Sittard	2 – 1	Vitesse	Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Essers  23' Diemers  27' Heerings  36' Hutten  74' Dobos  90' Stokkers  90+2'	Report	Linssen  7' Bero  45' Foor  55'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Martin Perez

2 February 2019 20	Vitesse	2 – 2	Heerenveen	Arnhem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ali  24' Linssen  58'  81' Büttner  84' Clark  90+4'	Report	Vlap  14' Lammers  90+3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,342 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

10 February 2019 21	Groningen	2 – 1	Vitesse	Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sierhuis  13' Chabot  87' El Hankouri  90+3'	Report	Darfalou  34'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 16,498 Referee: Björn Kuipers

16 February 2019 22	Vitesse	3 – 2	Willem II	Arnhem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen  5' Darfalou  11' Foor  28' Bero  54' Ødegaard  59' Clark  79'	Report	Meißner  48' Isak  61' Crowley  64' Pavlidis  83' Kristinsson  90+3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,186 Referee: Allard Lindhout

24 February 2019 23	Emmen	0 – 3	Vitesse	Emmen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bannink  52' Bijl  70' Neidhart  87'	Report	Dauda  13'  45+3' Foor  19'  89' Ødegaard  71'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8,301 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

2 March 2019 24	Vitesse	4 – 1	NAC Breda	Arnhem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Buitink  54' Clark  55' van der Werff  77' Büttner  86' Bero  90+1'	Report	Verschueren  24' Korte  29' Klomp  65'  88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 12,757 Referee: Joey Kooij

10 March 2019 25	Vitesse	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dauda  47' Bero  63'	Report	Berghuis  35' Kökçü  45+1'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,208 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

16 March 2019 26	Heracles Almelo	3 – 2	Vitesse	Almelo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dalmau  5', 26' Peterson  45+3' Van den Buijs  61'	Report	Foor  7' Clark  25'  38' Bero  45+3' (pen.) Büttner  89'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 11,086 Referee: Björn Kuipers

30 March 2019 27	ADO Den Haag	3 – 3	Vitesse	The Hague
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Becker  7' Immers  31', 76'	Report	Buitink  21', 27', 43' Bero  59'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 13,721 Referee: Siemen Mulder

2 April 2019 28	Vitesse	2 – 2	AZ	Arnhem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bero  48' Büttner  56' Buitink  77' Dauda  84'	Report	Vlaar  7'  78' Koopmeiners  44'  90+5' Midtsjø  69' Ouwejan  89'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,162 Referee: Allard Lindhout

7 April 2019 29	Vitesse	3 – 3	PSV Eindhoven	Arnhem
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Serero  13' Pasveer  40' Ødegaard  59' Karavayev  79' Matavž  83' van der Werff  89'	Report	Rosario  16' Lozano  41' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Viergever  60' de Jong  70' Dumfries  77'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,248 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

14 April 2019 30	Utrecht	0 – 0	Vitesse	Utrecht
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaiber  33' Janssen  37' Gustafson  66'	Report	Serero  53' Clarke-Salter  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 22,064 Referee: Dennis Higler

20 April 2019 31	Vitesse	4 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Linssen  9', 47', 77' Büttner  27' Dauda  73'	Report	Thy  23' van Polen  43' Ehizibue  76'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,387 Referee: Björn Kuipers

23 April 2019 32	Ajax	4 – 2	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ziyech  41' Tadić  54' (pen.), 80' (pen.) de Ligt  58' Veltman  69' van de Beek  86'	Report	Bero  53'  90+1' Foor  66' van der Werff  80' Darfalou  82'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

12 May 2019 33	Vitesse	6 – 1	De Graafschap	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: GelreDome

15 April 2019 34	VVV	1 – 3	Vitesse	Venlo
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Koel

KNVB Cup

26 September 2018 First round	RKAV Volendam	1 – 2	Vitesse	Volendam
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	N.Tuyp  39' Tol  84' J.Veerman  85'	Report	Van der Werff  15' Darfalou  43' Bero  65'	Stadium: KWABO-stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Freek van Herk

31 October 2018 Second round	Heracles Almelo	0 – 2	Vitesse	Almelo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Czyborra  29' Osman  34'	Report	Ødegaard  40' Buitink  89'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 10,037 Referee: Siemen Mulder

20 December 2018 Third round	Kozakken Boys	1 – 2	Vitesse	Werkendam
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jakoba  59' L.Bot  77'	Report	Bero  12' Ødegaard  30',  90+2'	Stadium: Sportpark De Zwaaier Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Erwin Blank

22 January 2019 Quarter-final	AZ	2 – 0	Vitesse	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs  40' Til  54'	Report	Ødegaard  67'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 8,165 Referee: Dennis Higler

UEFA Europa League

On 20 June 2018, the second qualifying round draw was confirmed with Vitesse facing the eventual winners of the first qualifying round tie between Racing FC and Viitorul Constanța in July and August.[34]

Qualifying Rounds

26 July 2018 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Viitorul Constanța	2 – 2	Vitesse	Stadionul Viitorul
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drăguș  44', 49' Artean  79'	Report	Foor  37' Matavž  54' Linssen  72'	Stadium: 2,543[35] Attendance: Ovidiu, Romania Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2 August 2018 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Vitesse	3 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.)	Viitorul Constanța	Arnhem, Netherlands
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Matavž  23' Büttner  41' Linssen  48' Beerens  77'  87'	Report	De Nooijer  18' Houri  39' Drăguș  50'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 9,876[35] Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

9 August 2018 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Vitesse	0 – 1	Basel	Arnhem, Netherlands
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Karavayev  65' Gong  73' Van der Werff  83'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel  60'  90+3' Widmer  83'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 11,532[36] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

16 August 2018 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Basel	1 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Vitesse	Basel, Switzerland
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ajeti  30' Petretta  78'	Report	Clarke-Salter  26'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 12,334[36] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics

As of match played 23 April 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Eduardo	34	0	27	0	3	0	4	0
3	DF		Maikel van der Werff	26	4	20+1	3	2	1	2+1	0
5	DF		Max Clark	25	1	16+5	1	3	0	0+1	0
7	MF		Roy Beerens	22	2	12+4	1	2	0	4	1
8	DF		Vyacheslav Karavayev	39	0	31	0	3+1	0	4	0
9	FW		Tim Matavž	17	8	7+6	6	0	0	4	2
10	FW		Mohammed Dauda	12	3	6+6	3	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Bryan Linssen	35	14	26+2	12	3	0	4	2
13	FW		Oussama Darfalou	27	7	14+9	6	3	1	0+1	0
14	DF		Jake Clarke-Salter	35	1	27	1	2+2	0	4	0
17	MF		Thulani Serero	36	1	28+1	1	3	0	4	0
18	MF		Martin Ødegaard	33	8	27+2	6	4	2	0	0
19	MF		Hilary Gong	11	0	0+6	0	0+2	0	0+3	0
21	MF		Matúš Bero	35	9	29	8	3	1	2+1	0
22	GK		Remko Pasveer	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Mukhtar Ali	6	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Navarone Foor	36	5	25+3	5	4	0	4	0
26	DF		Rasmus Thelander	13	0	5+4	0	1	0	2+1	0
28	DF		Alexander Büttner	33	2	25+2	2	1+1	0	4	0
29	FW		Thomas Buitink	17	6	6+9	5	1+1	1	0	0
30	DF		Danilho Doekhi	21	0	13+5	0	3	0	0	0
39	FW		Richonell Margaret	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away on loan :
2	DF		Khalid Karami	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Thomas Bruns	12	0	1+7	0	1	0	2+1	0
Players who left Vitesse during the season:
16	MF		Mitchell van Bergen	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF		11	Bryan Linssen	12	0	2	14
2	MF		21	Matúš Bero	8	1	0	9
3	MF		18	Martin Ødegaard	6	2	0	8
	FW		9	Tim Matavž	6	0	2	8
5	FW		13	Oussama Darfalou	6	1	0	7
6	FW		29	Thomas Buitink	5	1	0	6
7	MF		25	Navarone Foor	5	0	0	5
8	DF		3	Maikel van der Werff	3	1	0	4
9	FW		10	Mohammed Dauda	3	0	0	3
10	DF		28	Alexander Büttner	2	0	0	2
	MF		7	Roy Beerens	1	0	1	2
12	DF		14	Jake Clarke-Salter	1	0	0	1
	MF		23	Mukhtar Ali	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Max Clark	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Thulani Serero	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	61	6	5	72

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Eduardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Maikel van der Werff	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Max Clark	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Roy Beerens	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		FW	Mohammed Dauda	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Bryan Linssen	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		FW	Oussama Darfalou	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Jake Clarke-Salter	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
17		MF	Thulani Serero	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Martin Ødegaard	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Hilary Gong	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21		MF	Matúš Bero	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		GK	Remko Pasveer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Navarone Foor	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26		DF	Rasmus Thelander	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Alexander Büttner	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
30		DF	Danilho Doekhi	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Players away on loan:
10		MF	Thomas Bruns	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Players who left Vitesse during the season:
			TOTALS	61	9	3	0	6	1	70	10

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External links

• Vitesse Official Website (in Dutch)