2013–14 Vitesse season

Vitesse
2013–14 season
Chairman Merab Jordania
Manager Peter Bosz
Eredivisie 6th
KNVB Cup 4th Round
Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer League: Lucas Piazon
All:
Lucas Piazon
Highest home attendance 25,500
Lowest home attendance 13,778
Home colours
Away colours
← 2012–13

During the 2013–14 season Vitesse will participate 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. 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 Netherlands Nijmegen 6 February 1989 51 0 Academy 1 July 2008 Free 30 June 2015
21 Marko Meerits GK Estonia Tallinn 26 April 1992 4 0 2 0 Flora Estonia 6 July 2011 Free 30 June 2014
22 Piet Velthuizen GK Netherlands Nijmegen 3 November 1986 216 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 2015
Defenders
3 Dan Mori CB Israel Tel Aviv 8 November 1988 13 0 7 0 Bnei Yahuda Israel 22 August 2012 Free 30 June 2015
5 Kelvin Leerdam RB/DM Netherlands Paramaribo Suriname 24 June 1990 25 7 Feyenoord 2 July 2013 Free 30 June 2017
6 Frank van der Struijk RB/CB Netherlands Boxtel 28 March 1985 127 2 Willem II 10 July 2008 € 500K 30 June 2014
23 Jan-Arie van der Heijden CB/DM Netherlands Schoonhoven 3 March 1988 100 5 Ajax 2 March 2011 Free 30 June 2015
37 Guram Kashia (c) CB/RB Georgia (country) Tbilisi 4 July 1987 140 10 28 1 Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 31 August 2010 € 300K 30 June 2016
38 Patrick van Aanholt LB Netherlands 's-Hertogenbosch 29 August 1990 77 7 1 0 Chelsea England 7 July 2013 Loan 30 June 2014
Midfielders
2 Rochdi Achenteh CM/LB/LW Morocco Eindhoven Netherlands 7 March 1988 1 0 PEC Zwolle 15 January 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2016
7 Marko Vejinović CM Netherlands Amsterdam 3 February 1990 25 1 Heracles Almelo 28 June 2013 Free 30 June 2017
10 Davy Pröpper CM/AM Netherlands Arnhem 2 September 1991 113 12 Academy 1 January 2010 Free 30 June 2014
18 Valeri Kazaishvili LW Georgia (country) Ozurgeti 23 January 1993 32 5 Olimpi Georgia (country) 9 August 2011 Nominal 30 June 2014
19 Christian Atsu AM/LW/RW Ghana Ada Foah 10 January 1992 19 3 20 4 Chelsea England 31 August 2013 Loan 30 June 2014
20 Zakaria Labyad LW/AM Morocco Utrecht Netherlands 9 March 1993 7 0 1 0 Sporting England 9 January 2014 Loan 30 June 2015
27 Bertrand Traoré AM/LW Burkina Faso Bobo-Dioulasso 6 September 1995 6 0 11 1 Chelsea England 9 January 2014 Loan 30 June 2014
30 Renato Ibarra RW Ecuador Ambuquí 20 January 1991 93 9 17 0 El Nacional Ecuador 8 July 2011 € 2M 30 June 2014
34 Theo Janssen CM/DM Netherlands Arnhem 27 July 1981 289 30 5 0 Ajax 27 August 2012 € 600K 30 June 2015
39 Wimilio Vink AM Netherlands Tiel 13 September 1993 1 0 Academy 1 July 2011 Free 30 June 2014
45 Gino Bosz LW/RW Netherlands Rotterdam 23 April 1993 Academy 17 January 2014 Free Undisclosed
46 Elmo Lieftink LW/AM Netherlands Deventer 3 February 1994 Academy 1 December 2013 Free 30 June 2014
Forwards
9 Uroš Đurđević ST Serbia Belgrade 2 March 1994 2 0 Rad Serbia 7 January 2014 Undisc. 30 June 2018
14 Mike Havenaar ST/SS/AM Japan Hiroshima 20 May 1987 81 23 17 4 Ventforet Kofu Japan 21 December 2011 Free 30 June 2014
17 Lucas Piazon SS/AM/LW Brazil São Paulo 20 January 1994 26 11 Chelsea England 9 August 2013 Loan 30 June 2014

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
11 MF Georgia (country) Giorgi Chanturia 20Non-EU Alania Vladikavkaz Russia Loan Return Green tick Summer 2014 Free
19 FW Norway Marcus Pedersen 23EU OB Denmark Loan Return Green tick Summer 2014 Free
25 MF Morocco Adnane Tighadouini 20EU Cambuur Loan Return Green tick Summer 2014 Free
7 MF Netherlands Marko Vejinović 23EU Heracles Transfer Green tick Summer 2017 Free
5 DF Netherlands Kelvin Leerdam 23EU Feyenoord Transfer Green tick Summer 2017 Free
20 FW France Gaël Kakuta 22EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
38 DF Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt 23EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
21 GK Estonia Marko Meerits 21EU Flora Estonia Loan Return Green tick Summer 2014 Free
15 MF Chile Cristián Cuevas 18Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
17 MF Brazil Lucas Piazón 19EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
19 FW Ghana Christian Atsu 21Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
8 MF Portugal Francisco Júnior 21EU Everton England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
2 DF England Sam Hutchinson 24EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Summer 2014 Free
27 MF Burkina Faso Bertrand Traoré 18Non-EU Chelsea England Loan Green tick Winter 2014 Free
9 FW Serbia Uroš Đurđević 19EU Rad Serbia Transfer Green tick Winter 2018 Undisclosed
20 MF Morocco Zakaria Labyad 20EU Sporting CP Portugal Loan Green tick Winter 2015 Free
2 MF Morocco Rochdi Achenteh 25EU PEC Zwolle Transfer Green tick Winter 2016 Undisclosed

Total spending: Decrease €0

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
2 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas 20EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tick Summer Free
16 DF Japan Michihiro Yasuda 25Non-EU Free Agent Contract Ended Green tick Summer Free
41 DF Netherlands Nando Wormgoor 21EU Dordrecht Contract Ended Green tick Summer Free
7 MF Netherlands Nicky Hofs 30EU Free Agent Retired Green tick Summer Free
41 GK Netherlands Sebastiaan van der Sman 24EU Free Agent Released Green tick Summer Free
25 DF Serbia Nikola Aksentijević 20Non-EU Partizan Serbia Loan Green tick Summer Free
8 MF Netherlands Marco van Ginkel 20EU Chelsea England Transfer Green tick Summer £8M
9 FW Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony 24Non-EU Swansea City Wales Transfer Green tick Summer £12M
1 GK Netherlands Eloy Room 24EU Go Ahead Eagles Loan Green tick Summer Free
19 FW Norway Marcus Pedersen 23EU Barnsley England Loan Green tick Summer Free
9 FW Brazil Jonathan Reis 24EU Bahia Brazil Released Green tick During Season Free
25 FW Morocco Adnane Tighadouini 21EU NAC Breda Transfer Green tick Winter Undisclosed
2 DF England Sam Hutchinson 24EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tick Winter Free
20 MF France Gaël Kakuta 22EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tick Winter Free
44 MF Netherlands Brahim Darri 19EU De Graafschap Loan Green tick Winter Free
15 DF Chile Cristián Cuevas 18EU Chelsea England Loan Return Green tick During Season Free
11 MF Georgia (country) Giorgi Chanturia 20EU CFR Cluj Romania Transfer Green tick During Season Undisclosed
8 MF Guinea-Bissau Francisco Júnior 22EU Everton England Loan Return Green tick During Season Free

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

Competition

Eredivisie

Main article: 2013–14 Eredivisie

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
4 PSV 34 18 5 11 60 45+15 59 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Heerenveen 34 16 9 9 72 51+21 57 Qualification to European competition play-offs
6 Vitesse 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
1PEC Zwolle qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round by winning the 2013–14 KNVB Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Matches

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2013–14 KNVB Cup

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

European competition play-offs

First round

Friendlies

Pre-season

Winter

References

External links