June 21Jun 21 Author Moderators News! And probably the best news the club can have at this moment. Local investors known as the 'Sterkhouders' want to take over ALL 100% Shares from the 'Big 5', the 5 foreign investors. This will mean that the club will fall back into the hands of local investors! No more vague constructions of foreign owners, hopefully this will bring an end to it all...
July 31Jul 31 Author Moderators All right. Game over. My club has lost their pro license indefinitely. Licensing committee took their license once again a few weeks ago, Vitesse went to appeal this decision last Friday, but lost the appeal. I am gutted, and sad. Things were finally going in the right direction with the Sterkhouders, local entrepreneurs from the region, but the club is punished for the past. However, in some points of view I can understand this. The reign of the second oldest football club in the Netherlands has come to an end. There is however one final straw... Taking it to civil court.
August 1Aug 1 Moderators 19 hours ago, Tempelman said: All right. Game over. My club has lost their pro license indefinitely. Licensing committee took their license once again a few weeks ago, Vitesse went to appeal this decision last Friday, but lost the appeal. I am gutted, and sad. Things were finally going in the right direction with the Sterkhouders, local entrepreneurs from the region, but the club is punished for the past. However, in some points of view I can understand this. The reign of the second oldest football club in the Netherlands has come to an end. There is however one final straw... Taking it to civil court. Absolutely heartbreaking! Thought everything was going smoothly?! Who you gonna support now if Vitesse going to be non existent?!
August 1Aug 1 Author Moderators 2 hours ago, Johno said: Absolutely heartbreaking! Thought everything was going smoothly?! Who you gonna support now if Vitesse going to be non existent?! Thought so too, but apparently it did not. No idea, not thought about that yet 🤣
August 8Aug 8 Author Moderators Yesterday was the lawsuit of Vitesse vs KNVB, regarding the pro license. The verdict: it is officially over. No pro license means Vitesse will not play professional football anymore. I am not surprised, but I actually did shed a tear 😭
September 3Sep 3 Author Moderators Vitesse decided to appeal the decision in a expedited appeal (super fast tracked appeal (?) I am not sure if this is the right translation) last Monday. There is also still an ongoing substantive procedure against the decision to revoke the license. Vitesse was given about 1 percent chance to get the license back. I still cannot fully comprehend the outcome, but Vitesse somehow have their license back! The KNVB can now appeal or take it to the 'Hoge Raad' (High Council), which is the highest court level in The Netherlands. It is a miracle, actually. The soap continues...
September 21Sep 21 Moderators On 03/09/2025 at 15:36, Tempelman said: Vitesse decided to appeal the decision in a expedited appeal (super fast tracked appeal (?) I am not sure if this is the right translation) last Monday. There is also still an ongoing substantive procedure against the decision to revoke the license. Vitesse was given about 1 percent chance to get the license back. I still cannot fully comprehend the outcome, but Vitesse somehow have their license back! The KNVB can now appeal or take it to the 'Hoge Raad' (High Council), which is the highest court level in The Netherlands. It is a miracle, actually. The soap continues...
September 22Sep 22 Moderators On 03/09/2025 at 15:36, Tempelman said: Vitesse decided to appeal the decision in a expedited appeal (super fast tracked appeal (?) I am not sure if this is the right translation) last Monday. There is also still an ongoing substantive procedure against the decision to revoke the license. Vitesse was given about 1 percent chance to get the license back. I still cannot fully comprehend the outcome, but Vitesse somehow have their license back! The KNVB can now appeal or take it to the 'Hoge Raad' (High Council), which is the highest court level in The Netherlands. It is a miracle, actually. The soap continues... Wow! Get in! 😎
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