2020–21 SBV Vitesse season

SBV Vitesse
2020–21 season
Owner	Valeriy Oyf
Chairman	Yevgeny Merkel
Head coach	Thomas Letsch
Stadium	GelreDome
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Armando Broja; Loïs Openda; (10 each); All: ; Loïs Openda; (13 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 ⊟
	All statistics correct as of 16 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was the 128th season in existence of SBV Vitesse and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Vitesse participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ISR	Eli Dasa
3	DF	NED	Danilho Doekhi
6	DF	DEN	Jacob Rasmussen (on loan from Fiorentina)
7	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda (on loan from Club Brugge)
8	MF	NOR	Sondre Tronstad
9	FW	ALG	Oussama Darfalou
10	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer
11	FW	ALB	Armando Broja (on loan from Chelsea)
14	MF	MAR	Oussama Tannane
16	DF	CRO	Alois Oroz
17	FW	NGA	Hilary Gong
18	DF	CZE	Tomáš Hájek
19	FW	NED	Noah Ohio (on loan from RB Leipzig)
20	MF	NED	Thomas Bruns


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero
22	GK	NED	Remko Pasveer (captain)
23	GK	NED	Bilal Bayazit
24	GK	NED	Jeroen Houwen
27	MF	GER	Idrissa Touré (on loan from Juventus)
32	DF	GER	Maximilian Wittek
36	MF	NED	Patrick Vroegh
39	DF	NED	Enzo Cornelisse
40	MF	NED	Daan Huisman
41	DF	NED	Brend Leeflang
42	DF	NED	Million Manhoef
43	FW	NED	Roy Kuijpers
44	FW	NED	Enrico Hernández

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NED	Thomas Buitink (on loan to PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

15 August 2020 Friendly	PSV	1–1	Vitesse	Eindhoven, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC 2)	Dumfries 35' Gakpo 52'		Doekhi 6' Bero 56' Oukili 86'	Stadium: Philips Stadion

22 August 2020 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	2–2	Vitesse	The Hague, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion

28 August 2020 Friendly	Vitesse	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Tannane 31' Bero 68'	Report	Darfalou 26' (o.g.) Hoffmann 45'	Stadium: GelreDome

14 September 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	1–2	Vitesse	Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC 2)	De Keijzer Nasser 90'		Manhoef 67' Broja 78'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	13 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	4th	34	18	7	9	52	38	14	052.94
KNVB Cup	2 December 2020	18 April 2021	First round	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	8	3	5	080.00
Total					39	22	7	10	60	41	19	056.41

Last updated: 16 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	21	9	4	74	35	39	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AZ	34	21	8	5	75	41	34	71	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Vitesse	34	18	7	9	52	38	14	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Feyenoord (O)	34	16	11	7	64	36	28	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
6	Utrecht	34	13	14	7	52	41	11	53	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]

Source: Eredivisie,^[2] Soccerway^[3]
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)^[4]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference 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
34	18	7	9	52	38	14	61	11	4	2	26	12	14	7	3	7	26	26	0

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L
Position	8	4	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[5]

13 September 2020 1	RKC Waalwijk	0–1	Vitesse	Waalwijk
16:45 CEST (UTC 2)	Sow 87'	Report	Darfalou 45 2' Buitink 89'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 1,967 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

19 September 2020 2	Vitesse	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
18:45 CEST (UTC 2)	Tannane 27' Darfalou 44' Hájek 53' Broja 82'	Report	Harroui 6' Heylen 20' 42' Pinto 54'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 4,914 Referee: Björn Kuipers

26 September 2020 3	Ajax	2–1	Vitesse	Amsterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Schuurs 10' Promes 21' Álvarez 44' Blind 45 1' Antony 70' Tagliafico 89'	Report	Bruns 35' Hájek 45 3' Bazoer 56' Wittek 81' Tannane 82'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 12,176 Referee: Pol van Boekel

3 October 2020 4	Vitesse	3–0	Heracles Almelo	Arnhem
16:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Openda 34' Darfalou 37' Tannane 63'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

18 October 2020 5	ADO Den Haag	0–2	Vitesse	The Hague
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Broja 32', 71' Tannane 45'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

25 October 2020 6	Vitesse	2–1	PSV	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC 1)	Rasmussen 9' Openda 54' Tronstad 64' Buitink 80' Dasa 84'	Report	Boscagli 50'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

31 October 2020 7	Willem II	1–3	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Nunnely 25'	Report	Openda 57' Broja 63' Vroegh 85'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

8 November 2020 8	Vitesse	3–1	FC Emmen	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC 1)	Tannane 9', 26' Bazoer 29' Openda 44'	Report	Wiedwald 8' Tibbling 20' Veendorp 43' de Leeuw 58' Carty 79' van Rhijn 88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

21 November 2020 9	FC Groningen	1–1	Vitesse	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Joosten 29' Van Hintum 54' Dammers 55'	Report	Bero 33' Openda 45'	Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

29 November 2020 10	Vitesse	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC 1)	Darfalou 72' Broja 83'	Report	Janssen 67' Jach 82' Rienstra 90 2'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

5 December 2020 11	PEC Zwolle	2–1	Vitesse	Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Drost 65', 77' Van Duinen 76' (pen.) Reijnders 90'	Report	Darfalou 7' Touré 65' Bero 74' Bazoer 90 3'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

13 December 2020 12	Vitesse	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC 1)	Darfalou 39' Wittek 68' Bazoer 87'	Report	Floranus 54', 90 1' Woudenberg 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

20 December 2020 13	Vitesse	1–0	Feyenoord	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC 1)	Darfalou 40', 53' Tannane 32' Rasmussen 73' Touré 86'	Report	Nieuwkoop 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

23 December 2020 14	AZ Alkmaar	3–1	Vitesse	Alkmaar
16:30 CET (UTC 1)	Karlsson 5' Boadu 40' Druijf 75'	Report	Openda 46'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

9 January 2021 15	Heracles Almelo	0–2	Vitesse	Almelo
20:00 CET (UTC 1)		Report	Bero 38', 83'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

12 January 2021 16	Vitesse	1–0	FC Utrecht	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Doekhi 26' Bruns 83'	Report	Van der Maarel 15'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

16 January 2021 17	FC Emmen	1–4	Vitesse	Emmen
16:30 CET (UTC 1)	De Leeuw 58' Veendorp 79' Bakker 85' Vlak 87'	Report	Buitink 2' Tannane 9' Broja 49' Bazoer 57' Bruns 64' Wittek 72' Vroegh 90 3'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

23 January 2021 18	Vitesse	1–0	FC Groningen	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Bazoer 36' Tannane 73' Vroegh 79'	Report	El Messaoudi 45' Da Cruz 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

27 January 2021 19	VVV-Venlo	4–1	Vitesse	Venlo
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Giakoumakis 16', 28', 43', 79'	Report	Broja 60', 62'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

30 January 2021 20	Vitesse	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Arnhem
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Bero 59' Bazoer 71'	Report	Van der Venne 13', 75' Anita 33'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

6 February 2021 21	SC Heerenveen	1–0	Vitesse	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	J. Veerman 30' H. Veerman 83'	Report	Tronstad 73'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

14 February 2021 22	Vitesse	0–2	FC Twente	Arnhem
16:45 CET (UTC 1)	Tronstad 40'	Report	Menig 16' Bosch 56' Van Leeuwen 90 4'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

21 February 2021 23	PSV	3–1	Vitesse	Eindhoven
16:45 CET (UTC 1)	Gutiérrez 38' Malen 66' Sangaré 74' Götze 86', 88'	Report	Broja 4'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

27 February 2021 24	Vitesse	4–1	VVV-Venlo	Arnhem
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Openda 3' Bazoer 57' Tronstad 75' Broja 82'	Report	Giakoumakis 19' (pen.)	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

7 March 2021 25	Vitesse	2–1	AZ	Arnhem
16:45 CET (UTC 1)	Bero 12' Tannane 12' Openda 31' Rasmussen 72' Cornelisse 79' Dasa 90 3'	Report	De Wit 19' Karlsson 81'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

14 March 2021 26	FC Utrecht	1–3	Vitesse	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC 1)	Kerk 41' Maher 48' Mahi 51' Oelschlägel 54' Janssen 79'	Report	Wittek 17', 57' Bazoer 23' 82' Darfalou 44', 54' (pen.) Openda 51' Huisman 88' Bruns 90 5'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

21 March 2021 27	Vitesse	0–0	Willem II	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC 1)	Rasmussen 20' Tannane 54'	Report	Spieringhs 24'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

3 April 2021 28	FC Twente	1–2	Vitesse	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Đumić 4' Danilo 20' (pen.) Roemeratoe 88'	Report	Tannane 44' (pen.), 90 5' (pen.) Broja 88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

9 April 2021 29	Vitesse	0–0	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Tannane 23' Tronstad 38'	Report	Besuijen 20' Vejinović 35' Philipp 57' Pinas 60' Zuiverloon 65' Kemper 90'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

25 April 2021 30	Feyenoord	0–0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC 2)	Toornstra 26' Berghuis 75' Malacia 90 1'	Report	Hájek 3' Wittek 43' Bazoer 44' Tronstad 45 1'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

1 May 2021 31	Vitesse	2–1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Broja 27' Manhoef 42' Bero 62' Doekhi 69' Touré 90 2'	Report	Drost 54'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Joey Kooij

7 May 2021 32	Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Smeets 36' Thy 77' Emegha 80'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

13 May 2021 33	Fortuna Sittard	3–3	Vitesse	Sittard
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Rienstra 1' Flemming 41', 54' Rota 67'	Report	Tronstad 25' Bazoer 30', 64' Openda 90 4'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

16 May 2021 34	Vitesse	1–3	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Hájek 23' Openda 44'	Report	Haller 12' Antony 25', 43' Martínez 75' Neres 84'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

KNVB Cup

2 December 2020 First round	HHC Hardenberg	Bye	Vitesse	Hardenberg
19:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Sportpark De Boshoek

17 December 2020 Second round	Willem II	0–2	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Holmén 41' Schippers 84'	Report	Manhoef 20' Buitink 63'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

19 January 2021 Round of 16	Vitesse	2–1	ADO Den Haag	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Openda 25' Bero 71'	Report	Castillo 54' Ćatić 81'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

9 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Excelsior	0–1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
20:00 CET (UTC 1)		Report	Bazoer 20' Openda 90 1'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

2 March 2021 Semi-finals	Vitesse	2–0	VVV-Venlo	Arnhem
21:00 CET (UTC 1)	Tannane 63', 84' Broja 75'	Report	Giakoumakis 26'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

18 April 2021 Final	Ajax	2–1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Gravenberch 23' Neres 90 1' Tagliafico 90 5'	Report	Openda 30' Tannane 63' Touré 72' Wittek 74' Rasmussen 86' Bero 90 3'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Vitesse nieuws: Rugnummers seizoen 2020|2021".
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EUPO0.43033570443761-2] Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

[1] "Vitesse nieuws: Rugnummers seizoen 2020|2021".

[3] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[4] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[rules2020-21-5] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[6] "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

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