These players were also active in the Netherlands national team. In this period Vitesse had top players, likes Willem Hesselink and Just Göbel. Vitesse lost the final with 0–2 from HFC Haarlem. In 1912, Vitesse reached the final of the Dutch Cup Tournament for the first time. Vitesse lost the final of the national championship six times (1898, 1899, 1903, 1913, 19). From the foundation of the Netherlands national football championship in 1898 until 1954, the title was decided by play-offs by a handful of clubs who had previously won their regional league. In 18 Vitesse became champions of the Gelderland competition. In the end of 1892, Vitesse played its first real football match, and in 1894 Vitesse disbanded the cricket branch.
In the summer they played cricket and in the winter football. The following year a group of wealthy students resurrected the sports club, this time with the name AVC (Arnhemse Voetbal en Cricketclub) Vitesse. In 1891 the club disbanded as they were no longer able to find anywhere suitable to play cricket after a Velodrome was built on their usual playing field in the Klarenbeek Park. Reluctant to choose a Latin or English name for the club as they felt those languages were too elitist, they picked the French word Vitesse, meaning "speed". The roots of Vitesse actually pre-dated Sparta by a year as in 1887, a club with the name "Arnhemsche cricket- en voetbalvereeniging Vitesse" was formed by a group of high school students who played their sport on the Rijnkade, overlooking the River Rhine in the city centre.
LAZY FLAMINGO PROFESSIONAL
Vitesse, founded in 1892, is the 2nd oldest professional football club still in existence in the Netherlands, after Sparta Rotterdam who were formed in 1888. Wilfried Bony was awarded the Golden Shoe for the best player in the Netherlands.
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