2024–25 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen 2024–25 football season
FC Groningen
2024–25 season
ChairmanJakob Klompien
ManagerDick Lukkien
StadiumEuroborg
2025–26 →
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

First-team squad

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

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
MF Iceland Brynjólfur Willumsson Norway Kristiansund BK €75,000 1 Jul 2024
GK Suriname Etienne Vaessen Netherlands RKC Waalwijk Free 1 Jul 2024
DF Netherlands Finn Stam Netherlands AZ Alkmaar On loan 10 Jul 2024
FW Germany Florian Krüger Germany Eintracht Braunschweig End of loan 30 Jun 2024
FW Netherlands Kevin van Veen Scotland Kilmarnock F.C. End of loan 30 Jun 2024
MF Indonesia Ragnar Oratmangoen Netherlands Fortuna Sittard End of loan 30 Jun 2024
DF Netherlands Sven Bouland Netherlands FC Groningen U21 Free 1 Jul 2024
FW Netherlands Thijs Oosting Netherlands Willem II €1,000,000 2 Jul 2024
MF Netherlands Stije Resink Netherlands Almere City FC €700,000 20 Aug 2024

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
DF Netherlands Daniël Beukers Netherlands FC Volendam Free 1 Jul 2024
GK Netherlands Dirk Baron Free 1 Jul 2024
DF Netherlands Nick Bakker Free 1 Jul 2024
MF Netherlands Steyn Potma Netherlands SC Cambuur Free 1 Jul 2024
MF Norway Isak Dybvik Määttä Norway FK Bodø/Glimt €600,000 17 Jul 2024
FW Norway Kristian Lien Norway Kristiansund BK On loan 26 Jul 2024
FW Indonesia Ragnar Oratmangoen Belgium F.C.V. Dender E.H. Free 13 Aug 2024
MF Cape Verde Laros Duarte Hungary Puskás Akadémia FC €875,000 23 Aug 2024
FW Germany Florian Krüger Belgium K Beerschot VA €275,000 6 Sep 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

VV GOMOS v Groningen
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
VV ASVB v FC Groningen
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
FC Groningen v F.C.V. Dender E.H.
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
FC Groningen v FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
13 July 2024 Friendly FC Groningen 1-0[3] FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Leek
15:00 Leandro Bacuna Attendance: 2,750
FC Groningen v FC Emmen
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

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 9 August 2024 Week 1 5 2 3 0 9 5 +4 040.00
KNVB Cup !
Total 5 2 3 0 9 5 +4 040.00

Source: ESPN

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 AZ 5 4 1 0 14 1 +13 13 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Utrecht 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Groningen 5 2 3 0 9 5 +4 9 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Willem II 5 2 2 1 8 4 +4 8 Qualification for the Conference League play-off
6 Feyenoord 4 1 3 0 9 5 +4 6
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 2 3 0 9 5  +4 9 1 2 0 6 3  +3 1 1 0 3 2  +1

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Source: ESPN
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1st half

FC Groningen v NAC Breda
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
RKC Waalwijk v FC Groningen
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
FC Groningen v AZ Alkmaar
25 August 2024 Week 3[7] FC Groningen 0-0 AZ Alkmaar Groningen
12:15 Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,981
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
Almere City FC v FC Groningen
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
FC Groningen v Feyenoord
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

2nd half

Statistics

Scorers

As of 14 September 2024[10]
# Player Eerste Divisie KNVB Total
1 Iceland Brynjólfur Willumsson 2 0 2
Netherlands Jorg Schreuders 2 0 2
Curaçao Leandro Bacuna 2 0 2
4 Germany Marco Rente 1 0 1
Portugal Rui Mendes 1 0 1
Netherlands Thom van Bergen 1 0 1

Assists

As of 15 September 2024[10]
# Player Eerste Divisie KNVB Total
1 Curaçao Leandro Bacuna 2 0 2
2 Netherlands Finn Stam 1 0 1
NetherlandsJoey Pelupessy 1 0 1
Netherlands Jorg Schreuders 1 0 1
Netherlands Luciano Valente 1 0 1
Belgium Marvin Peersman 1 0 1
Portugal Rui Mendes 1 0 1

Appearances

As of 15 September 2024[10]
# Player Eerste Divisie KNVB Total
1 Suriname Etienne Vaessen 5 0 5
Netherlands Finn Stam 5 0 5
Norway Johan Hove 5 0 5
Netherlands Jorg Schreuders 5 0 5
Curaçao Leandro Bacuna 5 0 5
Netherlands Luciano Valente 5 0 5
Belgium Marvin Peersman 5 0 5
Netherlands Thijs Oosting 5 0 5
Netherlands Thom van Bergen 5 0 5
10 Iceland Brynjólfur Willumsson 4 0 4
Germany Marco Rente 4 0 4
Portugal Rui Mendes 4 0 4
Netherlands Tika de Jonge 4 0 4
14 Netherlands Joey Pelupessy 3 0 3
Netherlands Romano Postema 3 0 3
Netherlands Thijmen Blokzijl 3 0 3
17 Netherlands Wouter Prins 2 0 2
18 Cape Verde Laros Duarte 1 0 1
France Noam Emeran 1 0 1
Netherlands Stije Resink 1 0 1
Netherlands Sven Bouland 1 0 1

Clean sheets

As of 25 August 2024[10]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Suriname Etienne Vaessen 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1

Disciplinary record

As of 15 September 2024[10]
# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Netherlands Finn Stam 3 0 0 0 3 0
Curaçao Leandro Bacuna 3 0 0 0 3 0
3 Netherlands Jorg Schreuders 1 0 0 0 1 0
Belgium Marvin Peersman 1 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Romano Postema 1 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Stije Resink 1 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Thom van Bergen 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

  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. ^ a b c d e "Statistics of FC Groningen". ESPN. Retrieved 15 Sep 2024.
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