vitesse arnhem

Vitesse Arnhem is a Dutch football club which was founded in 1892. The idea of conceiving a soccer team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club. While never having much success in the Dutch Eredivisie nor was it considered as a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands soccer, namely PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, and Ajax Amsterdam, it once attracted big name signings in its ranks from its various years in Dutch top flight football such as Roy Makaay, Marc van Hintum, Sander Westerveld, Victor Sikora and John Veldman. Its home in the city of Arnhem is the unique Gelredome stadium built in 1998, featuring a retractable roof as well as a convertible pitch that can be retracted when unused during concerts or other events held at the stadium although its capacity was rather modest with only 29,600 spectators at most. It is also one of the various venues for the Euro 2000 tournament held in the Netherlands and Belgium.

2004/2005 squad

Goalkeepers

1 - Dragoslav Jevric
22 - Gino Coutinho
tba - Harald Wapenaar

Defenders

2 - Stijn Vreven
4 - Ruud Knol
5 - Purrel Frnkel
13 - Jaap Davids
14 - Michael Jansen
15 - Michael Dingsdag
20 - Peter van den Berg

Midfielders

3 - Abubakari Yakubu
6 - Aleksandar Rankovic
7 - Nicky Hofs
8 - Theo Janssen
17 - Richard Knopper
18 - Stijn Schaars
23 - Lucien Dors
24 - Tim de Meersman

Forwards

9 - Igor Gluscevic
10 - Matthew Amoah
21 - Eldridge Rojer

Vitesse Arnhem

2004/2005 squad

See also