1997/98 Vitesse Home Football Shirt (XXL)

Condition: 8/10 Excellent. A few little bobbles & a small line pull on the chest

Size: Adult XXL (slim fitting)

Chest Measurement: 43-45 Inches / 109-114 CM

Manufacturer: Lotto

Colour: Yellow & black stripes

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1997/1998

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Lotto Vitesse home football shirt from the 1997/98 season.

The condition of this original football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. A few little bobbles & a small line pull on the chest (see photos).

Vitesse made their debut in European competitions in 1990. The club won their first match in the first round 1–0 over Derry City.

The club remained financially sound through making notable profits on the transfer market. Players such as Roy Makaay, Sander Westerveld, Nikos Machlas, Glenn Helder and Philip Cocu were sold for large sums of money. Others came to occupy empty player positions, such as Mahamadou Diarra and Pierre van Hooijdonk. Vitesse finished in the top four positions, made profits and showed a solid balance sheet in the final years of Aalbers' presidency. Also, the club became regular competitors in the UEFA Cup and in 1997–1998 finished third in the Eredivise, its record highest finish to date.

Herbert Neumann was Vitesse's manager over most of these years (1992–95 and 1998–99), while star players included: Nikos Machlas, the first ever Vitesse player to win the European Golden Boot in 1998 when he scored 34 goals in a season; John van den Brom, who played 378 matches for Vitesse during this period scoring 110 goals from midfield; and Edward Sturing, who played 383 matches in defence for Vitesse from 1987 to 1998, as well as receiving 3 caps for the Netherlands national team. Additional stars included Dejan Čurović, who spent six years at Vitesse playing 109 matches as a striker, scoring 41 goals including the first goal in GelreDome. Meanwhile, Dutch forward Roy Makaay spent four years at Vitesse, scoring 42 goals in 109 matches between 1993 and 1997.