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Groningen
Full nameFootball Club Groningen
Nickname(s)Trots van het Noorden
(Pride of the North)
De FC (The FC)
Founded16 June 1971; 52 years ago (1971-06-16)
GroundEuroborg
Capacity22,525
OwnerFC Groningen Beheer B.V.
ChairmanErik Mulder
Head coachDick Lukkien
LeagueEerste Divisie
2022–23Eredivisie, 18th of 18 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Football Club Groningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛfˈseː ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)]) is a Dutch professional association football club based in the city of Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the 2022–23 Eredivisie. Groningen played their inaugural season in the Eredivisie, before the side were relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties. Groningen were promoted back to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 and remained in the top flight for almost 20 seasons before they dropped to the second tier in 1997–98. The team won promotion to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000, where they remained for 23 seasons before suffering relegation in 2022–23.

Groningen have won the KNVB Cup once—in 2014–15—and were runners-up in 1988–89. Groningen achieved their highest-ever league position in 1990–91 when they finished third in the Eredivisie. The side's first participation in European competition came in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup; Groningen defeated Atlético Madrid on aggregate in the first round, but were eliminated by Inter Milan in the following round. Notable players who have played for the club include Ronald Koeman, Arjen Robben, Luis Suárez and Virgil van Dijk.

The team's first home stadium was Oosterparkstadion; since 2006, they have played their home games at Euroborg. Groningen's home kit colours are based on the city's coat of arms: green and white. The club is nicknamed "Trots van het Noorden" (lit. 'Pride of the North'), and has a rivalry with Frisian side sc Heerenveen, with whom it contests the Derby of the North.

History[edit]

Foundation[edit]

Black and white image of a football team
GVAV's team in 1964
A statue of a goalkeeper in front of a football stadium
Statue of goalkeeper Tonny van Leeuwen, who died a day before Groningen's foundation

In 1956, GVAV became founder members of the Eredivisie, the first tier in Dutch football.[1] GVAV were one of the four professional sides from the city of Groningen, the others being Be Quick, Velocitas and Oosterparkers [nl].[2] Although GVAV averaged home attendances of at least 10,000 during the early 1960s, it became mired in financial difficulties. It led to the establishment of "Stichting Betaald Voetbal GVAV" (lit. 'Professional Football Foundation GVAV') in 1963, a triumvirate of GVAV, the Groningen municipality government and an organization representing local businesses.[3] The three parties paid 300,000 Dutch guilders each to be the foundation's shareholders;[3] GVAV's finances remained in a weak position and their future as a professional side was uncertain; GVAV were also the only remaining professional team from the city of Groningen.[4] The club remained in the Eredivisie until it was relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1969–70.[5]

In February 1970, Harm Brink, the chairman of amateur club GRC Groningen [nl], suggested the foundation of a new professional team representing Groningen. Several other amateur clubs from the city supported Brink's idea, and the local businesses and the Groningen municipality government were willing to remit the debt of Stichting Betaald Voetbal GVAV.[5] In September 1970, the GVAV members accepted the plans. GVAV won promotion to the Eredivisie after a one-year absence, and "Football Club Groningen" were founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, who returned to amateur football.[6] During the 1970–71 season, GVAV goalkeeper and Dutch international Tonny van Leeuwen conceded only seven goals; no goalkeeper conceded fewer during the year, and Van Leeuwen was honoured by the Royal Dutch Football Association in Rotterdam. On his way home, he died in a car accident, one day before the club's foundation.[7][8] Groningen played their first match on 17 July, defeating German Regionalliga side TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven 6–0.[3] The team played in a green and white kit, the colours of the city's coat of arms.[6]

Financial difficulties (1971–1980)[edit]

Groningen lost their first league game 1–0 at home against FC Utrecht in front of an attendance of 13,000 spectators.[9] The team recorded their first league victory on the 10th matchday—a 2–1 win at Vitesse—and finished the 1971–72 Eredivisie season 12th out of 18 sides.[10] The club was still mired in financial difficulties; to cut transfer expenses, Groningen established a scouting system.[11] In 1973, Piet Fransen retired after playing 484 matches for GVAV and Groningen, and gaining 6 caps for the Dutch national team.[12] The following year, Groningen ranked bottom and were relegated to the Eerste Divisie; during the season, the team lost 9–0 to Ajax, Groningen's record defeat.[9] The club came very close to bankruptcy but was saved by the Groningen municipality government.[13] In 1974–75, the side finished runners-up to NEC Nijmegen because of a worse goal difference. Groningen qualified for the play-offs which determined the second and final team to gain promotion to the Eredivisie; the side finished second behind FC Eindhoven and remained in the second tier.[14]

In 1975, Groningen established a youth boarding school, and the club tried to rebuild the squad with youth players.[15] The side placed 8th in the 1976–77 Eerste Divisie—Groningen's lowest league finish—before they missed promotion to the Eredivisie on goal difference in the promotion play-offs in 1977–78, despite the 31 goals of Peter Houtman during the season.[9][16] Groningen finished runners-up to Excelsior in 1978–79,[17] but returned to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 under coach Theo Verlangen [nl], losing only 4 times in 36 matches.[18] Most of the squad came from Groningen's youth academy.[1]

First European matches (1980–1991)[edit]

A black and white picture of a football chairman
Renze de Vries [nl], Groningen's chairman from 1980 to 1989

In 1982–83, Groningen qualified for European competition for the first time following a 5th-place position in the Eredivisie.[19] Ronald Koeman left the club in 1983 and joined Ajax, while his brother Erwin remained at Groningen; both players had made their professional debut at Groningen.[20] The team debuted in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup first round with an away match against Atlético Madrid—European Cup finalists in 1974[21]—and lost 2–1. Groningen recorded a 3–0 victory in the return game and won 4–2 on aggregate. They faced Inter Milan in the second round; Groningen won 2–0 at their Oosterparkstadion but lost 5–1 in Italy and were eliminated from the competition.[22] Groningen competed in European competition again on five occasions from 1986 until 1992,[1] with a place in the third round in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup (eliminated by Vitória de Guimarães) and the 1988–89 UEFA Cup (eliminated by VfB Stuttgart) as their best results.[23]

As a result of their successful spell, Groningen became almost fully professional during the mid-1980s—only Jan van Dijk and Adri van Tiggelen remained semi-professional—and the club recorded the fourth highest average home attendances in Dutch football—behind Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord—as it attracted at least 10,000 fans for each match.[24][25] In 1989, Groningen reached their first KNVB Cup final but lost 4–1 against PSV.[26] During the same year, Groningen chairman Renze de Vries [nl] was found guilty by the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) of embezzlement and using dirty money to lure players into signing for the club.[27] De Vries, Groningen's chairman since 1980, stepped down and later spent several days in prison.[28][29] Although several other clubs were also investigated and punished by the FIOD during this period,[29] Groningen received an additional assessment of 700,000 Dutch guilders from the Tax and Customs Administration.[27] The club was saddled with millions of debt and came close to bankruptcy.[30]

Despite the financial situation, Groningen recorded their highest-ever league finish in 1990–91—third place. Managed by Hans Westerhof, Groningen competed for the league title with Ajax and PSV until the last part of the season, when suspensions and injuries to first-team players saw the team drop points. Groningen's Henny Meijer was named Dutch Footballer of the Year after the season ended.[31]

Recovery and a new stadium (1991–2010)[edit]

A coloured picture of a football coach
Ron Jans, Groningen coach from 2002 to 2010

Although Groningen recorded a 5th-place finish in 1991–92 and qualified for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup,[32] the team began to slide down the league table; they were eventually relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1997–98.[33] Groningen had little financial resources left and made many managerial changes in a search for success.[33][34] The side returned to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000 following a first-place finish in the promotion play-offs group.[35] During the season, Groningen set several club records: they scored 81 goals, won 10 matches in a row and recorded their largest victory—10–1 against DVS '33 in the KNVB Cup.[33] In December 2000, 16-year-old Arjen Robben made his professional debut under coach Jan van Dijk; Robben was soon sold to PSV for a fee of 3.9 million euros.[36] Groningen avoided relegation in their first seasons back in the Eredivisie; under coach Ron Jans, appointed in 2002, Groningen began to return into the top half of the Eredivisie.[37]

In January 2006, Groningen moved from the outdated Oosterparkstadion—the club's first home stadium—to the newly built Euroborg.[38] The club's average home attendance increased from about 12,000 in the Oosterparkstadion to around 20,000 in its new stadium.[37] The team went the first 15 league games unbeaten at Euroborg,[39] and the stadium was soon nicknamed "De Groene Hel" ("The Green Hell").[37] At the end of the 2005–06 season, Groningen finished in fifth place and qualified for the play-offs which determined a place in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League. Groningen reached the final but lost against Ajax on aggregate in the last minutes of the second leg; the team qualified instead for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup in which they were eliminated by Partizan Belgrade in the preliminary round.[37] Groningen again qualified for the UEFA Cup preliminary round the following season but were eliminated by Italian side Fiorentina after a penalty shootout.[37][40] In 2010, Jans left the club and went to local rivals Heerenveen; his successor was former Groningen player Pieter Huistra.[41]

First major honour (2010–2022)[edit]

Murals in a football stadium
Murals of Piet Fransen (left) and Arjen Robben (right) in the Euroborg

Under Huistra, the team finished 5th in 2010–11 and reached the European competition play-off final; Groningen turned around a 5–1 deficit against ADO Den Haag but lost after a penalty shootout.[42] In 2013–14, Groningen won the European competition play-off final under coach Erwin van de Looi and qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League,[43] losing against Aberdeen in the second qualifying round.[44] Groningen claimed their first major honour during the season, however, defeating PEC Zwolle 2–0 in the 2015 KNVB Cup final.[45] The side became the third Groningen-based team to win a major honour, after Be Quick won the 1919–20 Dutch League Championship and Velocitas claimed the 1933–34 KNVB Cup.[46][47] By winning the cup, Groningen qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage,[48] gaining only two points from six matches and finished the group in bottom place.[49] In 2019, Hans Nijland [nl]—Groningen's CEO since 1996 and the longest-serving director in Dutch professional football—stepped down and was replaced by Excelsior's Wouter Gudde.[50] In 2020, Arjen Robben came out of retirement and returned to Groningen as a player;[51] Robben made seven appearances for the club before retiring again in 2021.[52]

Worst-ever season and decline (2022–)[edit]

In 2022–23, Groningen finished the season in bottom place, winning only 4 times in 34 matches, and were relegated to the Eerste Divisie for the third time.[53][54] Before the start of the season, the German Frank Wormuth was appointed coach.[55] He was sacked in November 2022, after which Wormuth labelled the working conditions as "mentally unsafe".[54] Under his successor, Dennis van der Ree, Groningen won only once in 21 matches, and were eliminated from the KNVB Cup at home by amateur club SV Spakenburg.[54][56] During the season, director of football Mark-Jan Fledderus was sacked, and two board members stepped down.[54] Gudde concluded the squad was unfit, unbalanced, and lacked quality and "personality".[57] Groningen were placed first by HITC Sevens in their ranking of "7 clubs who have had terrible 2022–23 seasons".[58]

Crest and colours[edit]

Scarfs of FC Groningen
Groningen supporter scarfs with the club crest

Shortly after Groningen were founded in June 1971, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden organised a competition to design a crest for the club. The draft of 21-year-old Reint Rozema, a designer at a local printing house, was chosen: an abstract letter "G", referring to "Groningen".[6] In 1993, board member Jos Smulders proposed the addition of a Pegasus to the badge in order to give the Groningen team "more dynamism and aggression"; in 1996, the Pegasus was removed and the original crest was restored.[59]

Groningen's colours have been green and white since the club's foundation, derived from the city's coat of arms. During their first seasons, the team also played several matches in a purple kit.[6] Groningen's jerseys were manufactured by local companies until 1975, when Adidas became the first to have its logo on the club's shirt.[60] The team's first kit sponsor was AGO in 1982. Since then, the club has had a variety of kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors.[19] Until the early 1990s, Groningen used various permutations of green and white on their home kits, when the club adopted a white shirt with two vertical green stripes.[61]

Stadium[edit]

The inside of a football stadium pictured
Euroborg during a match in 2015

The side have played their home matches at Euroborg since January 2006, which replaced Oosterparkstadion, the home of GVAV and Groningen since the 1930s.[38] The Dutch national team played two international matches at Oosterparkstadion: against Cyprus in 1981 and in 1983 against Iceland.[62] In 1985, Groningen recorded their largest attendance at the stadium in a 1–1 draw against Feyenoord, when 21,500 spectators attended.[63] The club first expressed an interest in building a new stadium away from Oosterparkstadion in 1996 as it had become outdated and had only a capacity of around 12,500. In 2003, Groningen started with the building of Euroborg; Wiel Arets was the architect. The stadium was opened on 13 January 2006 with a match against Heerenveen, which Groningen won 2–0.[37][38] It hosted the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final, in which the Netherlands defeated Serbia 4–1.[64] In 2014, Groningen became the first Dutch club to have its own solar power plant;[65] more than 1,000 solar panels were placed on the roof of Euroborg to make Groningen "more eco-friendly".[66]

Euroborg's current capacity is 22,525,[67] and is nicknamed "De Groene Hel" ("The Green Hell") and "De Groene Kathedraal" ("The Green Cathedral").[37][38] The stadium consists of four stands: the Tonny van Leeuwen Tribune, the Piet Fransen Tribune, the Koeman Familie Tribune and a stand containing skyboxes.[68]

Supporters and rivalries[edit]

Football fans before a match
Groningen fans before a game in 2015

Groningen's supporters are mainly drawn from the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe.[69] During their early years, Groningen, and their predecessor GVAV, also had a decent following in Friesland as they were the only Northern team in the Eredivisie, which earned them the nickname "Trots van het Noorden" ("Pride of the North").[4] During the late 1970s, an ultras group known as the Z-side emerged from within Groningen's fanbase.[70] The Z-side and other Groningen ultras groups have had long-standing friendships with the ultras and hooligans of A.S. Roma, Beerschot and Rot-Weiß Erfurt.[71][72] In 1984, a Groningen supporters' association was formed.[73] The club's fans have had a long-standing friendship with supporters of Scottish team Hibernian since the 1990s. Several Groningen and Hibernian fans regularly make an overseas journey to visit each other's matches.[74]

As Groningen are one of the few professional sides in the Northern Netherlands and the only team from the province of Groningen,[69] the team lack rivalries.[75] Until SC Veendam was dissolved in 2013,[76] Groningen contested the Groningse derby [nl] with the club.[77] The sides met only four times in the Eredivisie—in 1986–87 and 1988–89, with both teams winning once—as Veendam spent most of their existence in the lower divisions.[78] During the 1990s, Groningen contested heated matches with Twente as hooligans of both clubs often clashed.[79]

During the 1990s, a local rivalry between Groningen and Frisian club Heerenveen developed—known as the Derby of the North (Dutch: Derby van het Noorden)—following Heerenveen's first ever promotion to the Eredivisie in 1989–90.[80][81] Groningen went down to the Eerste Divisie in 1998, and by 2000, the club was surpassed, in results, by Heerenveen. During the 2000s, the rivalry reached its peak and fans of both clubs pulled pranks, such as Groningen fans painting the statue of Heerenveen's Abe Lenstra in green-white colours. The rivalry faded during the mid-2010s as another Frisian club, Cambuur, won promotion to the Eredivisie; Heerenveen regard Cambuur as their main rivals.[80]

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 27 February 2024[82]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Netherlands NED Joey Pelupessy
5 DF Germany GER Marco Rente
6 MF Cape Verde CPV Laros Duarte
7 MF Norway NOR Johan Hove
8 MF Curaçao CUW Leandro Bacuna (captain)
14 MF Netherlands NED Jorg Schreuders
15 DF Netherlands NED Nick Bakker
17 FW Norway NOR Kristian Strømland Lien
18 DF Norway NOR Isak Dybvik Määttä
19 DF Netherlands NED Liam van Gelderen
20 DF Netherlands NED Thijmen Blokzijl
21 GK Netherlands NED Hidde Jurjus
22 FW France FRA Noam Emeran
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Netherlands NED Nordin Musampa
25 FW Netherlands NED Thom van Bergen
26 DF Netherlands NED Daniël Beukers
27 FW Portugal POR Rui Mendes
29 FW Netherlands NED Romano Postema
38 FW Netherlands NED Kian Slor
40 MF Italy ITA Luciano Valente
42 FW Netherlands NED Fofin Turay
43 DF Belgium BEL Marvin Peersman
44 GK Netherlands NED Jasper Meijster
45 GK Netherlands NED Dirk Baron
47 MF Netherlands NED Tika de Jonge
50 DF Netherlands NED Wouter Prins

Out on loan[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Germany GER Florian Krüger (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2024)
— FW Indonesia IDN Ragnar Oratmangoen (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2024)
— FW Netherlands NED Kevin van Veen (at Kilmarnock until 30 June 2024)
— FW Sweden SWE Paulos Abraham (at IFK Göteborg until 31 December 2024)

Management[edit]

Football management[edit]

Position Name
Head coach Dick Lukkien
Assistant coaches Casper Goedkoop
Marcel Groninger
Chairman Erik Mulder
Chief executive officer Wouter Gudde
Chief operating officer Marc-Jan Oldenbandringh
Director of football Vacant

Source:[82][83]

Coaches[edit]

Ron Groenewoud was the club's first coach; he was relegated with Groningen to the Eerste Divisie in 1974 and remained in charge until 1975.[84] Groningen won the Eerste Divisie title in 1979–80 under coach Theo Verlangen, who also led the team to qualification for their first ever European campaign in 1983.[18] Hans Westerhof led Groningen to their best ever league finish: third in the 1990–91 Eredivisie.[31] After relegation in 1998, the team won promotion back to the top flight under Jan van Dijk in 1999–2000.[33] Erwin van de Looi led Groningen to their first major honour: the 2014–15 KNVB Cup.[85] The German Frank Wormuth became the club's first foreign coach when he took the post in 2022.[55]

Honours and achievements[edit]

Football fans during a cup final
Groningen fans during the 2015 KNVB Cup Final

Eredivisie (Tier 1)[86]

Eerste Divisie (Tier 2)[87]

KNVB Cup[47]

Johan Cruyff Shield[88]

Records and statistics[edit]

Historical chart of Groningen's league performance (including GVAV)

The record for the most first team appearances in all competitions for Groningen is held by Jan van Dijk, who played 537 games between 1975 and 1992.[89] The club's top goal scorer is Peter Houtman, who scored 128 goals in three spells for Groningen.[90] He also holds the club record for the most goals scored in a season, when he netted 31 times in 1977–78.[9] The youngest player to play for Groningen is Richairo Živković, who was aged 16 years and 88 days on his debut against Heracles Almelo in 2012.[91] The club's oldest player is goalkeeper Peter van der Vlag, who played his last match aged 37 years and 163 days against NAC Breda in 2015.[92][93] In 1991, Hennie Meijer won the Dutch Footballer of the Year award, the first and to date only time a Groningen player achieved this.[31]

Groningen's largest ever victory has been a 10–1 win against DVS '33 in the 1999–2000 KNVB Cup. The club's largest win in league football has been a 7–1 home victory against Willem II in the 2010–11 Eredivisie.[33] The largest defeat is an 9–0 loss to Ajax in the 1973–74 Eredivisie.[9]

The highest transfer fee received is €11 million from Celta de Vigo for Norwegian striker Jørgen Strand Larsen in 2022,[94] while the highest transfer fee paid by the club was for Nigerian midfielder Oluwafemi Ajilore from Midtjylland in 2008; he was bought for a fee of €3.3 million.[95]

See also[edit]

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General

  • Donker, Martin; Heuvelman, Dick; Mennega, Jan; Mulder, Henk; Nederlof, Bert; Penning, Wessel; Swart, Nico; Verkamman, Matty; Visser, Jaap; Zweverink, Paul (2011). 40 jaar FC Groningen en de historie van GVAV (in Dutch). Uitgeverij de Buitenspelers. ISBN 9789071359439.
  • Poker, Henk (1996). 25 jaar FC Groningen (in Dutch). Profiel Uitgeverij. ISBN 9789052941394.

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