2024–25 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen
2024–25 season
Chairman	Jakob Klompien
Manager	Dick Lukkien
Stadium	Euroborg
	← 2023–24 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	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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	NED	Fofin Turay
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
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

In

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

Out

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

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

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	9 August 2024		Week 1	7	2	3	2	10	8	+2	028.57
KNVB Cup								!—
Total				7	2	3	2	10	8	+2	028.57

Source: ESPN

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Sparta Rotterdam	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	10	Qualification for the UECL play-off
8	Go Ahead Eagles	7	3	1	3	6	9	−3	10	Qualification for the UECL play-off
9	Groningen	7	2	3	2	10	8	+2	9
10	Heracles Almelo	7	2	3	2	6	9	−3	9
11	Willem II	7	2	2	3	10	9	+1	8

Updated to match(es) played on 29 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
7	2	3	2	10	8	+2	9	1	2	1	6	4	+2	1	1	1	4	4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	L
Position	2	3	2	4	4	6	9

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

Matches

1st half

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

2nd half

Statistics

Scorers

As of 22 September 2024^[12]

#	Player	Eredivisie	Total
1	Brynjólfur Willumsson	2	2
	Jorg Schreuders	2	2
	Leandro Bacuna	2	2
4	Luciano Valente	1	1
	Marco Rente	1	1
	Rui Mendes	1	1
	Thom van Bergen	1	1

Assists

As of 22 September 2024^[12]

#	Player	Eredivisie	Total
1	Leandro Bacuna	2	2
2	Finn Stam	1	1
	Joey Pelupessy	1	1
	Jorg Schreuders	1	1
	Luciano Valente	1	1
	Marvin Peersman	1	1
	Rui Mendes	1	1
	Thom van Bergen	1	1

Appearances

As of 29 September 2024^[12]

#	Player	Eredivisie	Total
1	Etienne Vaessen	7	7
	Finn Stam	7	7
	Johan Hove	7	7
	Jorg Schreuders	7	7
	Leandro Bacuna	7	7
	Luciano Valente	7	7
	Thijs Oosting	7	7
	Thom van Bergen	7	7
9	Marvin Peersman	6	6
9	Rui Mendes	6	6
11	Brynjólfur Willumsson	5	5
	Joey Pelupessy	5	5
	Romano Postema	5	5
	Thijmen Blokzijl	5	5
15	Marco Rente	4	4
	Tika de Jonge	4	4
	Wouter Prins	4	4
18	Stije Resink	3	3
19	Noam Emeran	2	2
20	Laros Duarte	1	1
	Maxim Mariani	1	1
	Sven Bouland	1	1

Clean sheets

As of 25 August 2024^[12]

#	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB	Total
1	Etienne Vaessen	1	0	1
Total		1	0	1

Disciplinary record

As of 29 September 2024^[12]

#	Player	Eredivisie		KNVB		Total
#	Player
1	Marvin Peersman	1	1	0	0	1	1
2	Brynjólfur Willumsson	0	1	0	0	0	1
3	Finn Stam	3	0	0	0	3	0
3	Leandro Bacuna	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	Luciano Valente	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	Etienne Vaessen	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Jorg Schreuders	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Romano Postema	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Rui Mendes	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Stije Resink	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Thom van Bergen	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Wouter Prins	1	0	0	0	1	0

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Statistics of FC Groningen". ESPN. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.

External links

Official website

[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.

[assistscore-12] "Statistics of FC Groningen". ESPN. Retrieved 22 Sep 2024.

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