Vitesse handed a 21-point deduction for incomplete financial reports

The Arnhem team has been deducted 21 points by the football association for four violations of the licensing rules in the past period.

The Arnhem club is being given a heavy sanction because it was late in submitting its annual figures and it withheld a side letter from the intended takeover.

Vitesse handed a 21-point deduction for incomplete financial reports

The licensing committee of Dutch football association KNVB has punished Vitesse with a 21-point deduction. The Arnhem football club was given this sanction because they broke the licensing rules on four occasions in the last few months, the association said on Thursday.

Dutch second division club Vitesse has again been severely punished by the KNVB licensing committee for violating multiple licensing regulations. After the club from Arnhem had already been deducted 18 points in the Eredivisie last season, and another 12 at the beginning of this season (of which 6 were conditional), Vitesse has now been deducted 21 (!) points. A record in the Netherlands.

The failure to meet some of the commitments entered into to obtain the licence to compete in the Second Division of the Netherlands leads to the imposition of another 21 penalty points for Vitesse, which is exposed to a further decline.