2016–17 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen finished 2016–17 Eredivisie season as 8th.

FC Groningen
2016–17 season
Head coachErnest Faber
StadiumEuroborg
Eredivisie8th
KNVB Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mimoun Mahi (17 goals)
All: Mimoun Mahi (17 goals)
Highest home attendance22,312 (against AFC Ajax)
Lowest home attendance17,818 (against ADO Den Haag)
Average home league attendance19,700
Biggest win5-1 against PEC Zwolle and 4-0 against PEC Zwolle in Eredivisie and 4-0 against VV Capelle in KNVB Cup
Biggest defeat5-0 against Feyenoord in Eredivisie

The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 1–0 against FC Utrecht in the 2nd round and are eliminated from the cup.

Mimoun Mahi was the top scorer of the club in this season with 17 goals in Eredivisie.

Sergio Padt was the most appeared players in this season with 38 appearances; 36 appearances in Eredivisie and 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup.

Players

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First-team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NED Sergio Padt
2 DF   AUS Jason Davidson
3 DF   DEN Kasper Larsen
5 DF   BIH Samir Memišević
6 MF   NED Etiënne Reijnen
7 FW   CUW Jarchinio Antonia
8 MF   NOR Ruben Jenssen
8 FW   NED Danny Hoesen
10 MF   SVK Albert Rusnák
11 FW   NED Bryan Linssen
12 MF   CUW Juninho Bacuna
13 FW   NOR Alexander Sørloth
14 FW   MAR Mimoun Mahi
16 GK   NED Stefan van der Lei
17 MF   NED Jesper Drost
19 FW   NED Tom van Weert
20 MF   NED Yoell van Nieff
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   NED Martijn Van Der Laan
22 MF   SWE Simon Tibbling
23 MF   NED Hedwiges Maduro
24 DF   NED Tom Hiariej
25 DF   USA Desevio Payne
31 GK   NED Erwin Heidekamp
32 GK   NED Nick Borgman
33 DF   NED Hans Hateboer
34 DF   NED Roland Baas
35 DF   NED Glenn Bijl
36 MF   AUS Ajdin Hrustic
40 MF   NED Keziah Veendorp
43 FW   NED Robbert de Vos
45 FW   MAR Oussama Idrissi
48 MF   PNG David Browne
49 MF   NED Gerald Postma
53 DF   NED Tim Riksman

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
DF   Martijn Van Der Laan   SC Cambuur End of loan 30 Jun 2016
MF   Yoell van Nieff   Excelsior Rotterdam End of loan 30 Jun 2016
MF   Ruben Jenssen   1. FC Kaiserslautern Free 1 Jul 2016
FW   Tom van Weert   Excelsior Rotterdam Free 1 Jul 2016
DF   Samir Memišević   FK Radnik Bijeljina 1 Aug 2016
FW   Jason Davidson   Huddersfield Town A.F.C. On loan 18 Aug 2016
DF   Tom Hiariej   SC Cambuur End of loan 30 Jun 2016
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
FW   Dino Islamović 1 Jul 2016
DF   Lorenzo Burnet   ŠK Slovan Bratislava Free 1 Jul 2016
FW   Michael de Leeuw   Chicago Fire FC Free 1 Jul 2016
DF   Rasmus Lindgren   BK Häcken Free 1 Jul 2016
MF   Abel Tamata 31 Aug 2016
FW   Jarchinio Antonia 31 Aug 2016
MF   Hans Hateboer   Atalanta BC €1,040,000 31 Jan 2017
MF   Albert Rusnák   Real Salt Lake €435,000 6 Jan 2017
FW   Danny Hoesen   San Jose Earthquakes On loan 2 Feb 2017

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

4 July 2016 Friendly[1] Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 0-1 FC Groningen Stockholm
19:00 Report Tom van Weert   Stadium: Tele2 Arena
11 July 2016 Friendly[2] FC Groningen 3-1 Queens Park Rangers F.C. Groningen
20:00 Juninho Bacuna   13'
Cole Kpekawa   64' (o.g.)
Danny Hoesen   75' (pen.)
Report Jay Emmanuel-Thomas   66' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 4,000

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 7 August 2016 22 April 2017 Week 1 8th 34 10 13 11 55 51 +4 029.41
KNVB 20 September 2016 26 October 2016 1st round 2nd round 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 050.00
Total 36 11 13 12 59 52 +7 030.56

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

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League table

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Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 10 13 11 55 51  +4 43 5 8 4 25 24  +1 5 5 7 30 27  +3

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLDDWDLLWLDWWLWDWDDDLDLDLDDWLWWDW
Position8
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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1st half
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7 August 2016 Week 1[3] FC Groningen 0-5 Feyenoord Groningen
18:30 Report Tonny Vilhena   19'
Eljero Elia   36'  45'  56'
Nicolai Jørgensen   83'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,762
13 August 2016 Week 2[4] Excelsior Rotterdam 2–0 FC Groningen Rotterdam
18:30 Jurgen Mattheij   2'
Kevin Vermeulen   90+3'
Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 3,200
21 August 2016 Week 3[5] FC Groningen 3-4 FC Twente Groningen
12:30 Mimoun Mahi   52'
Oussama Idrissi   69'
Danny Hoesen   84'
Report Enes Ünal   23'  36'  39'
Jari Oosterwijk   90+2'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,051
28 August 2016 Week 4[6] PSV Eindhoven 0-0 FC Groningen Eindhoven
12:30 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
11 September 2016 Week 5[7] FC Groningen 1–1 Sparta Rotterdam Groningen
14:30 Mimoun Mahi   11' Report Zakaria El Azzouzi   18' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,845
16 September 2016 Week 6[8] FC Utrecht 1-5 FC Groningen Utrecht
20:00 Richairo Živković   60' Report Oussama Idrissi   13'  44'
Danny Hoesen   66'  90+3'
Tom van Weert   80'
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 15,217
24 September 2016 Week 7[9] FC Groningen 0–0 Heracles Almelo Groningen
18:30 Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,272
2 October 2016 Week 8[10] SBV Vitesse 2-1 FC Groningen Arnhem
18:30 Lewis Baker   44'
Kelvin Leerdam   76'
Report Danny Hoesen   4' (pen.) Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,055
15 October 2016 Week 9[11] FC Groningen 0-3 SC Heerenveen Groningen
20:45 Report Arbër Zeneli   7'
Sam Larsson   73'
Reza Ghoochannejhad   82'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,155
23 October 2016 Week 10[12] FC Groningen 2–0 AZ Alkmaar Groningen
14:30 Bryan Linssen   18'
Tom van Weert   45+2'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,565
29 October 2016 Week 11[13] Willem II 2–1 FC Groningen Tilburg
18:30 Thom Haye   66'
Bartholomew Ogbeche   85'
Report Mimoun Mahi   75' Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 12,700
5 November 2016 Week 12[14] NEC Nijmegen 1-1 FC Groningen Nijmegen
19:45 Ferdi Kadıoğlu   83' Report Tom van Weert   78' Stadium: Goffertstadion
Attendance: 10,750
19 November 2016 Week 13[15] FC Groningen 2–1 ADO Den Haag Groningen
20:45 Hans Hateboer   10'
Tom van Weert   54'
Report Édouard Duplan   42' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,818
26 November 2016 Week 14[16] PEC Zwolle 0-4 FC Groningen Zwolle
19:45 Report Simon Tibbling   1'
Tom van Weert   39'
Albert Rusnák   77'
Mimoun Mahi   11'
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,000
4 December 2016 Week 15[17] AFC Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen Amsterdam
16:45 Davinson Sánchez   9'
Hakim Ziyech   72' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 50,667
9 December 2016 Week 16[18] FC Groningen 2-0 Roda JC Kerkrade Groningen
20:00 Mimoun Mahi   10'
Alexander Sørloth   71'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,179
18 December 2016 Week 17[19] FC Groningen 1-1 Go Ahead Eagles Groningen
14:30 Mimoun Mahi   20' Report Jarchinio Antonia   31' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,442
2nd half
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14 January 2017 Week 18[20] Heracles Almelo 1-4 FC Groningen Almelo
19:45 Daryl van Mieghem   90' Report Mimoun Mahi   30'  87'
Desevio Payne   34'
Alexander Sørloth   39'
Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 10,513
21 January 2017 Week 19[21] FC Groningen 1-1 SBV Vitesse Groningen
20:45 Kelvin Leerdam   6' (o.g.) Report Navarone Foor   49' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,810
29 January 2017 Week 20[22] SC Heerenveen 0-0 FC Groningen Heerenveen
12:30 Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 21,750
5 February 2017 Week 21[23] FC Groningen 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Groningen
20:45 Mimoun Mahi   48' (pen.) Report Anouar Hadouir   80' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,844
11 February 2017 Week 22[24] Feyenoord 2-0 FC Groningen Rotterdam
19:45 Jens Toornstra   38'  66' Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
19 February 2017 Week 23[25] Sparta Rotterdam 2-2 FC Groningen Rotterdam
14:30 Paco van Moorsel   8'
Iván Calero   17'
Report Ruben Jenssen   21'
Mimoun Mahi   44'
Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 9,778
25 February 2017 Week 24[26] FC Groningen 2-3 FC Utrecht Groningen
18:30 Bryan Linssen   4'  45' Report Sébastien Haller   54'
Giovanni Troupée   79'
Yassin Ayoub   82'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,458
5 March 2017 Week 25[27] FC Groningen 1-1 AFC Ajax Groningen
14:30 Bryan Linssen   56' Report Davy Klaassen   82' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 22,312
12 March 2017 Week 26[28] Roda JC Kerkrade 3–1 FC Groningen Kerkrade
14:30 Abdul Jeleel Ajagun   31'
Christian Kum   54'
Dani Schahin   66'
Report Bryan Linssen   73' Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 12,870
18 March 2017 Week 27[29] FC Groningen 1-1 Willem II Groningen
18:30 Ruben Jenssen   49' Report Obbi Oularé   54' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,959
1 April 2017 Week 28[30] AZ Alkmaar 0-0 FC Groningen Alkmaar
18:30 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,828
5 April 2017 Week 29[31] FC Groningen 2-0 NEC Nijmegen Groningen
19:45 Mimoun Mahi   30'
Juninho Bacuna   67'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,069
8 April 2017 Week 30[32] ADO Den Haag 4-3 FC Groningen The Hague
19:45 Danny Bakker   13'
Dion Malone   21'  47'
Mike Havenaar   23'
Report Mimoun Mahi   52' (pen.)
Bryan Linssen   64'  90+4'
Stadium: Bingoal Stadion
Attendance: 11,348
16 April 2017 Week 31[33] FC Groningen 5-1 PEC Zwolle Groningen
14:30 Bryan Linssen   14'  38'
Mimoun Mahi   19'  53'
Ajdin Hrustic   88'
Report Nicolai Brock-Madsen   46' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,666
22 April 2017 Week 32[34] Go Ahead Eagles 2-3 FC Groningen Deventer
20:45 Sam Hendriks   74'
Darren Maatsen   89'
Report Mimoun Mahi   37'  90+3'
Jesper Drost   80'
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,383
7 May 2017 Week 33[35] FC Groningen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven Groningen
14:30 Mimoun Mahi   11' Report Sam Lammers   59' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,791
14 May 2017 Week 34[36] FC Twente 3-5 FC Groningen Enschede
14:30 Dylan George   19'
Mateusz Klich   64'
Enes Ünal   85'
Report Bryan Linssen   2'
Oussama Idrissi   25'  29'
Stefan Thesker   43' (o.g.)
Alexander Sørloth   66'
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 26,200

17 May 2017 European competition playoff 1st game[37] FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar Groningen
20:45 Jesper Drost   68' Report Alireza Jahanbakhsh   45'
Wout Weghorst   66'  90+2'
Calvin Stengs   74'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,610
20 May 2017 European competition playoff 2nd game[38] AZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Groningen Alkmaar
20:45 Wout Weghorst   9'
Joris van Overeem   54'  82'
Calvin Stengs   62'
Report Bryan Linssen   37' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 10,413

AZ Alkmaar won 8–2 on aggregate.

KNVB Cup

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20 September 2016 Third round[39] VV Capelle 0-4 FC Groningen Capelle aan den IJssel
17:00 Report Danny Hoesen   10'
Tom van Weert   15'
Hans Hateboer   65'
Alexander Sørloth   79'
Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot
Attendance: 1,500
26 October 2016 Second round[40] FC Utrecht 1–0 FC Groningen Utrecht
20:00 Nacer Barazite   90+2' Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 16,377

Statistics

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Scorers

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Mimoun Mahi 17 0 17
2   Bryan Linssen 11 0 11
3   Tom van Weert 5 1 6
4   Danny Hoesen 4 1 5
  Oussama Idrissi 5 0 5
6   Alexander Sørloth 3 1 4
7   Jesper Drost 2 0 2
  Ruben Jenssen 2 0 2
9   Ajdin Hrustic 1 0 1
  Albert Rusnák 1 0 1
  Desevio Payne 1 0 1
  Hans Hateboer 0 1 1
  Juninho Bacuna 1 0 1
  Simon Tibbling 1 0 1

Appearances

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Sergio Padt 36 2 38
2   Ruben Jenssen 35 2 37
3   Mimoun Mahi 32 2 34
4   Bryan Linssen 30 1 31
5   Etiënne Reijnen 29 1 30
  Oussama Idrissi 29 1 30
7   Alexander Sørloth 27 1 28
  Simon Tibbling 26 2 28
9   Samir Memišević 26 1 27
  Tom Hiariej 25 2 27
11   Juninho Bacuna 26 0 26
12   Kasper Larsen 23 2 25
  Yoell van Nieff 23 2 25
14   Jason Davidson 22 0 22
15   Hans Hateboer 19 2 21
16   Jesper Drost 19 0 19
  Tom van Weert 19 0 19
18   Albert Rusnák 13 2 15
19   Danny Hoesen 10 2 12
20   Ajdin Hrustic 7 0 7
21   Desevio Payne 6 0 6
22   Hedwiges Maduro 5 0 5
23   Jarchinio Antonia 3 0 3
24   Glenn Bijl 2 0 2
  Martijn Van Der Laan 2 0 2
26   Roland Baas 1 0 1

Clean sheets

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Sergio Padt 7 1 8
Total 7 1 8

Disciplinary record

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
           
1   Juninho Bacuna 4 3 0 0 4 3
2   Samir Memišević 1 2 0 0 1 2
3   Bryan Linssen 5 1 1 0 6 1
4   Jason Davidson 2 1 0 0 2 1
5   Hans Hateboer 6 0 0 0 6 0
6   Ruben Jenssen 5 0 0 0 5 0
  Simon Tibbling 4 0 1 0 5 0
8   Tom Hiariej 4 0 0 0 4 0
9   Alexander Sørloth 3 0 0 0 3 0
10   Desevio Payne 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Etiënne Reijnen 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Kasper Larsen 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Mimoun Mahi 1 0 1 0 2 0
  Oussama Idrissi 2 0 0 0 2 0
15   Albert Rusnák 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Glenn Bijl 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hedwiges Maduro 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Jesper Drost 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Tom van Weert 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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