2022–23 SBV Vitesse season

SBV Vitesse

2022–23 season
Owner	Valeriy Oyf
Chairman	Henk Parren
Head coach	Thomas Letsch (until 19 September) Phillip Cocu (from 26 September)
Stadium	GelreDome
Eredivisie	10th
KNVB Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Million Manhoef (9) All: Million Manhoef (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2022–23 season was the 130th in the history of SBV Vitesse and their 33rd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup.

Players

As of 15 February 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Markus Schubert 2 DF  HAI Carlens Arcus 3 DF  NED Ryan Flamingo (on loan from Sassuolo) 6 DF  CRO Alois Oroz 8 MF  NOR Sondre Tronstad 9 FW  NED Mohamed Sankoh (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) 10 MF  CRO Gabriel Vidović (on loan from Bayern Munich) 13 DF  NED Enzo Cornelisse 14 FW  POL Bartosz Białek (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 15 MF  NED Marco van Ginkel 16 GK  NED Kjell Scherpen (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 17 MF  POL Kacper Kozłowski (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 18 DF  CZE Tomáš Hájek 19 MF  NED Davy Pröpper

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  NED Melle Meulensteen 21 MF  SVK Matúš Bero (captain) 22 MF  KOS Toni Domgjoni 24 GK  NED Jeroen Houwen 25 FW  NED Gyan de Regt 26 MF  NED Miliano Jonathans 27 DF  FRA Romaric Yapi 29 DF  FRA Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 32 DF  GER Maximilian Wittek 33 GK  NED Daan Reiziger 35 DF  NED Mitchell Dijks 42 DF  NED Million Manhoef 53 FW  NED Simon van Duivenbooden 60 GK  NED Nigel van Haveren

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Daan Huisman (on loan to VVV-Venlo) — FW  DEN Nikolai Baden Frederiksen (on loan to Ferencváros)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NED Thomas Buitink (on loan to Fortuna Sittard)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Carlens Arcus	AJ Auxerre		1 July 2022	[2]
20	DF	Melle Meulensteen	RKC Waalwijk			[3]
9	FW	Mohamed Sankoh	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	22 July 2022	[4]
14	FW	Bartosz Białek	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	29 August 2022	[5]

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Vitesse v Westerlo

8 July 2022 Friendly	Vitesse	0–0	Westerlo	Arnhem
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Nationaal Sport Centrum Papendal

Vitesse v Maccabi Haifa

12 July 2022 Friendly	Vitesse	1–0	Maccabi Haifa	Swolgen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bero 56' (pen.)			Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray

Oostende v Vitesse

17 July 2022 Friendly	Oostende	2–0	Vitesse	Ostend, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D'Haese 76' Sakamoto 80'			Stadium: Diaz Arena

VVV-Venlo v Vitesse

22 July 2022 Friendly	VVV-Venlo	2–2	Vitesse	Horst
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Venema 55' De Boer 76'		Frederiksen 16' Wittek 74'	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Horst

Vitesse v OFI

26 July 2022 Friendly	Vitesse	1–2	OFI	Overbetuwe
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frederiksen 74'	Report	Neira Tsilianidis 48' Dioussé 52'	Stadium: RKSV Driel Stadion

Vitesse v Atromitos

30 July 2022 Friendly	Vitesse	1–2	Atromitos	Arnhem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferro 79'		Klonaridis 10' Tzavidas 15'	Stadium: GelreDome

Strasbourg v Vitesse

9 December 2022 Friendly	Strasbourg	Cancelled	Vitesse	Portugal
15:30 WET (UTC±0)

Vitesse v Excelsior

15 December 2022 Friendly	Vitesse	Cancelled	Excelsior	Portugal
15:00 WET (UTC±0)

MSV Duisburg v Vitesse

16 December 2022 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	2–1	Vitesse	Duisburg
14:00	Girth 29' Stoppelkamp 58'		Białek 38'	Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 0

Sparta Rotterdam v Vitesse

22 December 2022 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	1–0	Vitesse	Rotterdam
13:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	6 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	10th	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	029.41
KNVB Cup	19 October 2022		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					35	10	11	14	47	52	−5	028.57

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2022–23 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Heerenveen	34	12	10	12	44	50	−6	46	Qualification to European competition play-offs
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	11	8	15	50	64	−14	41
10	Vitesse	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40
11	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	10	14	46	56	−10	40
12	NEC	34	8	15	11	42	45	−3	39

Source: Eredivisie
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)

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	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40	5	6	6	24	25	−1	5	4	8	21	25	−4

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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	17	17	18	16	14	14	14	16	16	15	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	10

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[6]

Vitesse v Feyenoord

7 August 2022 1	Vitesse	2–5	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30 CEST(UTC+2)	Manhoef 19' Tronstad  36' Ferro  40' Baden Frederiksen 56'	Report	Wålemark 31' Danilo 41', 66' Szymański  45+1' Dilrosun 61' Geertruida 69'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,416 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Excelsior v Vitesse

12 August 2022 2	Excelsior	3–1	Vitesse	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST(UTC+2)	Kharchouch 14', 20' Goudmijn 76'	Report	Frederiksen 29' Tronstad  90+7'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 4.234 Referee: Alex Bos

Vitesse v SC Heerenveen

20 August 2022 3	Vitesse	0–4	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
16:30 CEST(UTC+2)	Domgjoni  36' Wittek  43' Bero  86'	Report	van Hooijdonk 5', 72', 77' Tahiri  36' A. Sarr 45+3' Thom Haye  69'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 10.899 Referee: Joey Kooij

Vitesse v RKC Waalwijk

27 August 2022 4	Vitesse	2–2	RKC Waalwijk	Arnhem
18:45 CEST(UTC+2)	Bero 61' (pen.) Flamingo 71' Yapi  73'	Report	Jozefzoon 35' Oukili  45' Bel Hassani 50'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 10,598 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Groningen v Vitesse

4 September 2022 5	Groningen	0–1	Vitesse	Groningen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Valente  79'	Report	Bero 77' Flamingo  82' Arcus  90+1'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 18,014 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Utrecht v Vitesse

11 September 2022 6	Utrecht	1–0	Vitesse	Utrecht
12:15	Dost 84'			Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Vitesse v Volendam

17 September 2022 7	Vitesse	1–1	Volendam	Arnhem
18:45	Białek 48'		Mühren 21'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Erwin Blank

Twente v Vitesse

1 October 2022 8	Twente	3–0	Vitesse	Enschede
21:00	Brenet 37' Misidjan 74' Smal 90+3'			Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Danny Makkelie

Vitesse v Fortuna Sittard

9 October 2022 9	Vitesse	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
20:00				Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Cambuur v Vitesse

15 October 2022 10	Cambuur	0–3	Vitesse	Leeuwarden
21:00				Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Referee: Laurens Gerrets

Vitesse v Emmen

22 October 2022 11	Vitesse	2–1	Emmen	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Vitesse v Sparta Rotterdam

5 November 2022 13	Vitesse	0–4	Sparta Rotterdam	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Ajax v Vitesse

9 November 2022 12

Ajax

2–2

Vitesse

Amsterdam

Go Ahead Eagles v Vitesse

13 November 2022 14

Go Ahead Eagles

2–2

Vitesse

Deventer

AZ v Vitesse

7 January 2023 15

AZ

1–1

Vitesse

Alkmaar

Vitesse v NEC

15 January 2023 16	Vitesse	0–0	NEC	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

PSV v Vitesse

21 January 2023 17

PSV

1–0

Vitesse

Eindhoven

Vitesse v Twente

25 January 2023 18	Vitesse	2–2	Twente	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Heerenveen v Vitesse

28 January 2023 19

Heerenveen

1–3

Vitesse

Heerenveen

Emmen v Vitesse

4 February 2023 20

Emmen

2–2

Vitesse

Emmen

Vitesse v Utrecht

12 February 2023 21	Vitesse	2–0	Utrecht	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Volendam v Vitesse

18 February 2023 22

Volendam

2–0

Vitesse

Volendam

Vitesse v Ajax

26 February 2023 23	Vitesse	1–2	Ajax	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Vitesse v AZ

3 March 2023 24	Vitesse	0–1	AZ	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Sparta Rotterdam v Vitesse

11 March 2023 25

Sparta Rotterdam

3–1

Vitesse

Rotterdam

Vitesse v PSV

19 March 2023 26	Vitesse	1–1	PSV	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

RKC Waalwijk v Vitesse

1 April 2023 27

RKC Waalwijk

1–0

Vitesse

Waalwijk

Vitesse v Go Ahead Eagles

8 April 2023 28	Vitesse	2–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

NEC v Vitesse

16 April 2023 29

NEC

1–4

Vitesse

Nijmegen

Vitesse v Excelsior

22 April 2023 30	Vitesse	0–0	Excelsior	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Fortuna Sittard v Vitesse

7 May 2023 31

Fortuna Sittard

2–0

Vitesse

Sittard

Vitesse v Cambuur

14 May 2023 32	Vitesse	2–0	Cambuur	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Vitesse v Groningen

21 May 2023 33	Vitesse	6–0	Groningen	Arnhem
				Stadium: GelreDome

Feyenoord v Vitesse

28 May 2023 34

Feyenoord

0–1

Vitesse

Rotterdam

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2022–23 KNVB Cup

Kozakken Boys v Vitesse

19 October 2022	Kozakken Boys	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Vitesse	Werkendam
20:00 CEST	Hutten 45+2' Van Zundert 82'	Report	14' Białek 67' Kozłowski	Stadium: De Zwaaier
	Penalties
	Lommers Altintas Van Ingen Stout Ramsteijn		Kozlowski Tronstad Białek Meulensteen Baden Frederiksen

References

1. "Vitesse - Selectie". 10 January 2023.
2. "Carlens Arcus versterkt Vitesse en tekent driejarig contract" [Carlens Arcus reinforces Vitesse and signs a three-year contract]. www.vitesse.nl (in Dutch). Vitesse. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
3. "Melle Meulensteen is Vitessenaar tot medio 2026" [Melle Meulensteen is Vitessenaar until mid 2026]. www.vitesse.nl (in Dutch). Vitesse. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
4. "AANVALLER MOHAMED SANKOH VOLGENDE AANWINST VAN VITESSE" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
5. "VITESSE HUURT TARGETMAN BARTOSZ BIALEK VAN VFL WOLFSBURG" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
6. "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld". Archived from the original on 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2022-07-04.