2024–25 FC Groningen season

The 2024–25 season is FC Groningen's 54th season in existence and 45th in the Eredivisie.

FC Groningen
2024–25 season
ChairmanJakob Klompien
ManagerDick Lukkien
StadiumEuroborg
All statistics correct as of 24 June 2024.

The team will compete also in the KNVB Cup.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 6 September 2024[1]

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   SUR Etienne Vaessen
2 DF   NED Wouter Prins
3 DF   NED Thijmen Blokzijl
4 MF   NED Joey Pelupessy
5 DF   GER Marco Rente
6 MF   NED Stije Resink
7 MF   CUW Leandro Bacuna (captain)
8 MF   NOR Johan Hove
9 MF   ISL Brynjólfur Willumsson
10 MF   ITA Luciano Valente
11 FW   FRA Noam Emeran
14 MF   NED Jorg Schreuders
18 MF   NED Tika de Jonge
21 GK   NED Hidde Jurjus
22 DF   NED Finn Stam
23 FW   NED Fofin Turay
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK   NED Dirk Baron
25 FW   NED Thijs Oosting
26 FW   NED Thom van Bergen
27 FW   POR Rui Mendes
29 FW   NED Romano Postema
31 GK   NED Jasper Meijster
33 FW   SWE Alex Mortensen
36 DF   NED Maxim Mariani
43 DF   BEL Marvin Peersman
44 GK   NED Jasper Meijster
56 DF   NED Marco Speelman
57 MF   NED Nils Eggens
67 DF   NED Sven Bouland
70 DF   NED Roy Leicester
99 FW   NED Kevin van Veen

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
MF   Brynjólfur Willumsson   Kristiansund BK €75,000 1 Jul 2024
GK   Etienne Vaessen   RKC Waalwijk Free 1 Jul 2024
DF   Finn Stam   AZ Alkmaar On loan 10 Jul 2024
FW   Florian Krüger   Eintracht Braunschweig End of loan 30 Jun 2024
FW   Kevin van Veen   Kilmarnock F.C. End of loan 30 Jun 2024
MF   Ragnar Oratmangoen   Fortuna Sittard End of loan 30 Jun 2024
DF   Sven Bouland   FC Groningen U21 Free 1 Jul 2024
FW   Thijs Oosting   Willem II €1,000,000 2 Jul 2024
MF   Stije Resink   Almere City FC €700,000 20 Aug 2024
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
DF   Daniël Beukers   FC Volendam Free 1 Jul 2024
GK   Dirk Baron Free 1 Jul 2024
DF   Nick Bakker Free 1 Jul 2024
MF   Steyn Potma   SC Cambuur Free 1 Jul 2024
MF   Isak Dybvik Määttä   FK Bodø/Glimt €600,000 17 Jul 2024
FW   Kristian Lien   Kristiansund BK On loan 26 Jul 2024
FW   Ragnar Oratmangoen   F.C.V. Dender E.H. Free 13 Aug 2024
MF   Laros Duarte   Puskás Akadémia FC €875,000 23 Aug 2024
FW   Florian Krüger   K Beerschot VA €275,000 6 Sep 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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Overall record

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As of 23 November 2024
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 9 August 2024 Week 1 13 3 3 7 12 24 −12 023.08
KNVB Cup 29 October 2024 1st Round 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00
Total 14 4 3 7 17 25 −8 028.57

Source: ESPN

Eredivisie

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Heracles Almelo 13 3 4 6 14 25 −11 13
14 PEC Zwolle 13 3 3 7 14 24 −10 12
15 Groningen 13 3 3 7 12 24 −12 12
16 Sparta Rotterdam 13 2 5 6 13 20 −7 11 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17 Almere City 13 1 3 9 6 30 −24 6 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 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)

Results summary

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As of 23 November 2024
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
13 3 3 7 12 24  −12 12 2 2 2 7 5  +2 1 1 5 5 19  −14

Results by round

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As of 9 November 2024
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDDDLLLLLLW
Position232446913141513
Source: ESPN
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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1st half

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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

2nd half

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KNVB Cup

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29 October 2024 First round[18] 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

Statistics

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Scorers

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As of 9 November 2024[19]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Jorg Schreuders 3 0 3
  Thijs Oosting 0 3 3
3   Brynjólfur Willumsson 2 0 2
  Leandro Bacuna 2 0 2
  Rui Mendes 1 1 2
6   Luciano Valente 1 0 1
  Marco Rente 1 0 1
  Romano Postema 1 0 1
  Stije Resink 0 1 1
  Thom van Bergen 1 0 1

Assists

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As of 29 October 2024[19]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Leandro Bacuna 2 0 2
  Luciano Valente 1 1 2
  Thom van Bergen 1 1 2
4   Finn Stam 1 0 1
 Joey Pelupessy 1 0 1
  Jorg Schreuders 1 0 1
  Marco Rente 0 1 1
  Marvin Peersman 1 0 1
  Romano Postema 0 1 1
  Rui Mendes 1 0 1

Appearances

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As of 23 November 2024[19]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Johan Hove 13 1 14
  Jorg Schreuders 13 1 14
  Leandro Bacuna 13 1 14
  Luciano Valente 13 1 14
  Thom van Bergen 13 1 14
6   Thijs Oosting 12 1 13
7   Etienne Vaessen 12 0 12
  Romano Postema 11 1 12
  Rui Mendes 11 1 12
10   Finn Stam 10 1 11
  Marco Rente 10 1 11
  Wouter Prins 10 1 11
13   Brynjólfur Willumsson 10 0 10
  Joey Pelupessy 9 1 10
  Marvin Peersman 10 0 10
16   Thijmen Blokzijl 8 1 9
17   Stije Resink 7 1 8
18   Tika de Jonge 7 0 7
19   Alex Mortensen 2 0 2
  Hidde Jurjus 1 1 2
  Maxim Mariani 2 0 2
  Noam Emeran 2 0 2
23   Fofin Turay 1 0 1
  Laros Duarte 1 0 1
  Sven Bouland 1 0 1

Clean sheets

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As of 9 November 2024[19]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Etienne Vaessen 2 0 2
Total 2 0 2

Disciplinary record

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As of 9 November 2024[19]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
           
1   Marvin Peersman 5 1 0 0 5 1
2   Brynjólfur Willumsson 0 1 0 0 0 1
3   Leandro Bacuna 4 0 0 0 4 0
4   Finn Stam 3 0 0 0 3 0
  Luciano Valente 3 0 0 0 3 0
6   Jorg Schreuders 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Stije Resink 2 0 0 0 2 0
7   Etienne Vaessen 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Marco Rente 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Romano Postema 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Rui Mendes 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Thijmen Blokzijl 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Thom van Bergen 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Wouter Prins 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "2024-25 FC Groningen squad". Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Groningen vs. Dender". RTV Noord. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Groningen vs. Rot-Weiß Erfurt". FC Groningen. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  4. ^ "FC Groningen vs. FC Emmen". YouTube. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ^ "FC Groningen vs. NAC Breda". ESPN. 9 Aug 2024. Retrieved 14 Aug 2024.
  6. ^ "Waalwijk vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 17 Aug 2024. Retrieved 17 Aug 2024.
  7. ^ "FC Groningen vs. AZ". ESPN. 25 Aug 2024. Retrieved 25 Aug 2024.
  8. ^ "Almere City vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. ^ "FC Groningen vs. Feyenoord". ESPN. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  10. ^ "SC Heerenveen vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  11. ^ "FC Groningen vs. Go Ahead Eagles". ESPN. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  12. ^ "AFC Ajax vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  13. ^ "FC Groningen vs. FC Utrecht". ESPN. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Fortuna Sittard vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  15. ^ "NEC Nijmegen vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  16. ^ "FC Groningen vs. Sparta Rotterdam". ESPN. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  17. ^ "PSV Eindhoven vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  18. ^ "VV Kolping Boys vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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