VITESSE

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'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.

Contents

Current squad

Out on loan

Former managers

Notable players

See also

External links

Current squad

Players in 'bold' have international caps.

Out on loan

Former managers

★ Leo Beenhakker

★ Jan de Bouter

★ Cor Brom

★ Nedeljko Bulatovic

★ Henk ten Cate

★ Hans Dorjee

★ Joseph Gruber

★ Henk Hofstee

★ Bert Jacobs

★ Artur Jorge

★ Ronald Koeman

★ Janusz Kowalik

★ Leen Looyen

★ Frans de Munck

★ Herbert Neumann

★ Louis Pastoor

★ Mike Snoei

★ Ronald Spelbos

★ Edward Sturing

★ Frans Thijssen

★ Branco Vidovic

★ Clemens Westerhof

★ Henk Wullems

★ Jan Zonnenberg

Notable players

Name	Nation	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
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
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

See also

★ Dutch football league teams

External links

★ Official website