Players out on loan Retired numbers Youth teams The club is famous, however, for its Youth Academy, which is rated with the maximum of 4 Stars by the KNVB. Many players in professional football in Europe have played at Vitesse in the past including Roy Makaay, Robin Gosens, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Davy Pröpper, Alexander Büttner, Stijn Schaars, Peter Bosz, Marco van Ginkel, Theo Janssen, Erwin Mulder, Eloy Room, Piet Velthuizen, Martin Laamers, Nicky Hofs and Mitchell van Bergen. All youth teams will train and play their matches at Papendal. The Vitesse Academy comprises age-group teams ranging from U8's up to the flagship U19's. The youngest players are scouted at amateur clubs in the direct surroundings of Arnhem. For the age of twelve and older the academy extends its scouting area, mainly to the remaining part of the Netherlands and Germany. In Vitesse's youth efficient and qualified training is done by full-time coaches and organized by further employees looking after the administration. Goal of the sporting education is to train the youths from basic to development to performance levels, for them to fulfil the sportive and non sportive demands of professional football. List of Vitesse coaches No official coach (1887–1914) Edgar Chadwick (1914) John William Sutcliffe (1914–1915) James McPherson (1919–1920) Charles Griffith (1920–1922) Jan van Dort & Bram Evers (1922–1923) Jan van Dort (1923–1924) Bob Jefferson (1924–1927 Heinrich Schwarz (1927–1936) Joop Damsté (1936) Gerrit van Wijhe (1936–1938) Gerrit Horsten (1938–1946) George Roper (1946–1947) Arie van der Wel (1948–1949) Gerrit Horsten (interim) (1949) Jan Zonnenberg (1949–1954) Joseph Gruber (1954–1957) Louis Pastoors (1957–1960) Branko Vidović (1960–1962) Jan Zonnenberg (1962–1964) Joseph Gruber (1964–1966) Frans de Munck (1966–1969) Cor Brom (1969–1972) Frans de Munck (1972–1974) Nedeljko Bulatović (1974–1975) Jan de Bouter (1975–1976) Clemens Westerhof (interim) (1976) Henk Wullems (1976–1982) Leen Looijen (1982–1984) Henk Hofstee (interim) (1984) Clemens Westerhof (1984–1985) Janusz Kowalik (1985–1986) Hans Dorjee (1986–1987) Niels Overweg (1987) Bert Jacobs (1987–1992) Herbert Neumann (1992–1995) Ronald Spelbos (1995) Frans Thijssen & Jan Jongbloed (interim) (1995–1996) Leo Beenhakker (1996–1997) Henk ten Cate (1997–1998) Artur Jorge (1998) Herbert Neumann (1998–1999) Jan Jongbloed & Edward Sturing (interim) (1999–2000) Ronald Koeman (2000–2001) Edward Sturing (interim) (2001–2002) Mike Snoei (2002–2003) Edward Sturing (2003–2006) Aad de Mos (2006–2008) Hans Westerhof (2008) Theo Bos (2009–2010) Raimond van der Gouw & Hans van Arum (interim) (2010) Albert Ferrer (2010–2011) John van den Brom (2011–2012) Fred Rutten (2012–2013) Peter Bosz (2013–2016) Rob Maas (2016) Henk