2024–25 FC Groningen season
| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Jakob Klompien |
| Manager | Dick Lukkien |
| Stadium | Euroborg |
| KNVB Cup | 2nd round |
| All statistics correct as of 24 June 2024. | |
The 2024–25 season is FC Groningen's 54th season in existence and 45th in the Eredivisie.
The team will compete also in the KNVB Cup.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 6 September 2024[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Brynjólfur Willumsson
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 Kristiansund BK
|
€75,000 | 1 Jul 2024 |
| GK |  Etienne Vaessen
|
 RKC Waalwijk
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Free | 1 Jul 2024 |
| DF | Finn Stam
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AZ Alkmaar
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On loan | 10 Jul 2024 |
| FW |  Florian Krüger
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Eintracht Braunschweig
|
End of loan | 30 Jun 2024 |
| FW | Kevin van Veen
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 Kilmarnock F.C.
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End of loan | 30 Jun 2024 |
| MF |  Ragnar Oratmangoen
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Fortuna Sittard
|
End of loan | 30 Jun 2024 |
| DF | Sven Bouland
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FC Groningen U21
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Free | 1 Jul 2024 |
| FW | Thijs Oosting
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Willem II
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€1,000,000 | 2 Jul 2024 |
| MF | Stije Resink
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Almere City FC
|
€700,000 | 20 Aug 2024 |
Out
[edit]| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Daniël Beukers
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FC Volendam
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Free | 1 Jul 2024 |
| GK | Dirk Baron
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Free | 1 Jul 2024 | |
| DF | Nick Bakker
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Free | 1 Jul 2024 | |
| MF | Steyn Potma
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SC Cambuur
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Free | 1 Jul 2024 |
| MF | Isak Dybvik Määttä
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FK Bodø/Glimt
|
€600,000 | 17 Jul 2024 |
| FW | Kristian Lien
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Kristiansund BK
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On loan | 26 Jul 2024 |
| FW | Ragnar Oratmangoen
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 F.C.V. Dender E.H.
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Free | 13 Aug 2024 |
| MF |  Laros Duarte
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 Puskás Akadémia FC
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€875,000 | 23 Aug 2024 |
| FW | Florian Krüger
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K Beerschot VA
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€275,000 | 6 Sep 2024 |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]| 3 July 2024 Friendly | VV GOMOS | 0-9 | Groningen | Norg |
Tika de Jonge  Kristian Strømland Lien Nils Eggens Rui Mendes Noam Emeran Laros Duarte |
Stadium: Sportpark Schapendrift |
| 6 July 2024 Friendly | VV ASVB | 0-15 | FC Groningen | Blijham |
| Thijs Oosting Luciano Valente Kristian Strømland Lien Thom van Bergen Brynjólfur Willumsson Johan Hove Romano Postema Leandro Bacuna Noam Emeran |
Stadium: Sportpark Schapendrift |
| 10 July 2024 Friendly | FC Groningen | 4-4[2] | F.C.V. Dender E.H. | Groningen |
| 13:00 | Leandro Bacuna Johan Hove Kristian Strømland Lien Maxim Mariani |
| 13 July 2024 Friendly | FC Groningen | 1-0[3] | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Leek |
| 15:00 | Leandro Bacuna |
Attendance: 2,750 |
| 20 July 2024 Friendly | FC Groningen | 3-2[4] | FC Emmen | Rolde |
| 14:30 | Romano Postema 22' (pen.) Nils Eggens 102' 107' |
Report | Jalen Hawkins 20' Franck Evina 50' |
Stadium: Sportpark Boerbos |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]- As of 18 December 2024
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Eredivisie | 9 August 2024 | Week 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 25.00 | |
| KNVB Cup | 29 October 2024 | 18 December 2024 | 1st Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 50.00 |
| Total | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 27.78 | |||
Source: ESPN
Eredivisie
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 17 | |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 17 | |
| 14 | Groningen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 16 | |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 14 | |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
Results summary
[edit]- As of 15 December 2024
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | −16 |
Results by round
[edit]- As of 15 December 2024
Matches
[edit]1st half
[edit]| 9 August 2024 Week 1[5] | FC Groningen | 4–1 | NAC Breda | Groningen |
| 20:00 | Leandro Bacuna 8' (pen.) Rui Mendes 25'Marco Rente 31'Jorg Schreuders 68' |
Report | Dominik Janosek 48' (pen.) |
Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,306 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal |
| 17 August 2024 Week 2[6] | RKC Waalwijk | 1–2 | FC Groningen | Waalwijk |
| 21:00 | Richard van der Venne 89' |
Report | Jorg Schreuders 11' Thom van Bergen 77' |
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,492 Referee: Robin Hensgens |
| 25 August 2024 Week 3[7] | FC Groningen | 0-0 | AZ Alkmaar | Groningen |
| 12:15 | Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,981 Referee: Jeroen Manschot |
| 31 August 2024 Week 4[8] | Almere City FC | 1–1 | FC Groningen | Almere |
| 16:30 | Baptiste Guillaume 8' |
Report | Leandro Bacuna 67' |
Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 4,222 Referee: Martijn Vos |
| 14 September 2024 Week 5[9] | FC Groningen | 2-2 | Feyenoord | Groningen |
| 18:45 | Brynjólfur Willumsson 81' 90+1' |
Report | Thom van Bergen 33' (o.g.) Igor Paixão 70' |
Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,525 Referee: Danny Makkelie |
| 22 September 2024 Week 6[10] | SC Heerenveen | 2–1 | FC Groningen | Heerenveen |
| 12:15 | Jacob Trenskow 12' Ion Nicolaescu 69' |
Report | Luciano Valente 9' |
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,729 Referee: Dennis Higler |
| 29 September 2024 Week 7[11] | FC Groningen | 0–1 | Go Ahead Eagles | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Report | Oliver Valaker Edvardsen 75' |
Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,040 Referee: Rob Dieperink |
| 6 October 2024 Week 8[12] | AFC Ajax | 3–1 | FC Groningen | Amsterdam |
| 16:45 | Davy Klaassen 21' Wout Weghorst 90+1'Chuba Akpom 90+4' |
Report | Jorg Schreuders 69' |
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,984 Referee: Allard Lindhout |
| 20 October 2024 Week 9[13] | FC Groningen | 0–1 | FC Utrecht | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Report | Yoann Cathline 20' |
Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,160 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük |
| 26 October 2024 Week 10[14] | Fortuna Sittard | 1–0 | FC Groningen | Sittard |
| 16:30 | Leandro Bacuna 86' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 11,267 Referee: Erwin Blank |
| 3 November 2024 Week 11[15] | NEC Nijmegen | 6–0 | FC Groningen | Nijmegen |
| 14:30 | Kōki Ogawa 6' (pen.) 26' Sontje Hansen 32'Vito van Crooij 52'Sami Ouaissa 74'Thomas Ouwejan 86' |
Report | Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,540 Referee: Martijn Vos |
| 9 November 2024 Week 12[16] | FC Groningen | 1-0 | Sparta Rotterdam | Groningen |
| 16:30 | Romano Postema 31' |
Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,995 Referee: Danny Makkelie |
| 23 November 2024 Week 13[17] | PSV Eindhoven | 5–0 | FC Groningen | Eindhoven |
| 21:00 | Olivier Boscagli 14' Ricardo Pepi 37' 64' 78'Guus Til 52' |
Report | Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,200 Referee: Joey Kooij |
| 30 November 2024 Week 14[18] | FC Groningen | 2-0 | Willem II | Groningen |
| 18:45 | Thijs Oosting 32' Stije Resink 59' |
Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,136 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal |
| 10 December 2024 Week 15[19] | FC Groningen | 0-0 | PEC Zwolle | Groningen |
| 12:15 | Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,165 Referee: Jeroen Manschot |
| 15 December 2024 Week 16[20] | FC Twente | 2–0 | FC Groningen | Enschede |
| 14:30 | Bart van Rooij 24' Sem Steijn 57' |
Report | Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Alex Bos |
2nd half
[edit]KNVB Cup
[edit]| 29 October 2024 First round[21] | VV Kolping Boys | 1-5 | FC Groningen | Wijdewormer |
| 21:00 | Joreno Mandjes 52' |
Report | Stije Resink 6' Rui Mendes 58'Thijs Oosting 73' 85' 90+4' |
Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Laurens Gerrets |
| 18 December 2024 Second round[22] | AZ Alkmaar | 3-1 | FC Groningen | Alkmaar |
| 21:00 | Sven Mijnans 4' Ruben van Bommel 70'Jayden Addai 84' |
Report | Leandro Bacuna 41' (pen.) |
Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük |
Statistics
[edit]Scorers
[edit]- As of 18 December 2024[23]
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thijs Oosting
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1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Jorg Schreuders
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3 | 0 | 3 |
 Leandro Bacuna
|
2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brynjólfur Willumsson
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2 | 0 | 2 |
 Rui Mendes
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1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stije Resink
|
1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Luciano Valente
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Marco Rente
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1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romano Postema
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1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thom van Bergen
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1 | 0 | 1 |
Assists
[edit]- As of 30 November 2024[23]
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luciano Valente
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2 | 1 | 3 |
| Thom van Bergen
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2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Leandro Bacuna
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
| Marvin Peersman
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2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Finn Stam
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Pelupessy
|
1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jorg Schreuders
|
1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marco Rente
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0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romano Postema
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0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rui Mendes
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
Appearances
[edit]- As of 18 December 2024[23]
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Hove
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16 | 2 | 18 |
| Jorg Schreuders
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16 | 2 | 18 | |
| Leandro Bacuna
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16 | 2 | 18 | |
| Thom van Bergen
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16 | 2 | 18 | |
| 5 | Thijs Oosting
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15 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Luciano Valente
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15 | 1 | 16 |
| Romano Postema
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14 | 2 | 16 | |
| 8 | Etienne Vaessen
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15 | 0 | 15 |
| Marco Rente
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13 | 2 | 15 | |
| Rui Mendes
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13 | 2 | 15 | |
| 11 | Brynjólfur Willumsson
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13 | 1 | 14 |
| Joey Pelupessy
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12 | 2 | 14 | |
| Marvin Peersman
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13 | 1 | 14 | |
| 14 | Thijmen Blokzijl
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11 | 2 | 13 |
| 15 | Finn Stam
|
11 | 1 | 12 |
| Wouter Prins
|
10 | 2 | 12 | |
| 17 | Stije Resink
|
10 | 1 | 11 |
| 18 | Tika de Jonge
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7 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Hidde Jurjus
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1 | 2 | 3 |
 Noam Emeran
|
2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 21 |  Alex Mortensen
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
| David van der Werf
|
1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Maxim Mariani
|
2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 | Fofin Turay
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Laros Duarte
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1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sven Bouland
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
Clean sheets
[edit]- As of 8 December 2024[23]
| # | Player | Eredivisie |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etienne Vaessen
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4 |
| Total | 4 | |
Disciplinary record
[edit]- As of 15 December 2024[23]
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | Marvin Peersman
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5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Brynjólfur Willumsson
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Leandro Bacuna
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Luciano Valente
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stije Resink
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | Finn Stam
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jorg Schreuders
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rui Mendes
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Thom van Bergen
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Etienne Vaessen
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marco Rente
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Romano Postema
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thijmen Blokzijl
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wouter Prins
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "2024-25 FC Groningen squad". Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Groningen vs. Dender". RTV Noord. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Groningen vs. Rot-Weiß Erfurt". FC Groningen. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. FC Emmen". YouTube. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. NAC Breda". ESPN. 9 Aug 2024. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Waalwijk vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 17 Aug 2024. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. AZ". ESPN. 25 Aug 2024. Retrieved 25 Aug 2024.
- ^ "Almere City vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. Feyenoord". ESPN. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "SC Heerenveen vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. Go Ahead Eagles". ESPN. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "AFC Ajax vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. FC Utrecht". ESPN. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Fortuna Sittard vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "NEC Nijmegen vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. Sparta Rotterdam". ESPN. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "PSV Eindhoven vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. Willem II". ESPN. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "FC Groningen vs. PEC Zwolle". ESPN. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "FC Twente vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "VV Kolping Boys vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "AZ Alkmaar vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Statistics of FC Groningen". ESPN. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
External links
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