2017–18 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen
2017–18 season
Head coachErnest Faber
StadiumEuroborg
Eredivisie12th
KNVB Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tom van Weert (12 goals)
All: Tom van Weert (12 goals)
Highest home attendance22,568 (against AFC Ajax)
Lowest home attendance15,382 (against VVV-Venlo)
Average home league attendance18,613
Biggest win4-0 (against Sparta Rotterdam and Excelsior Rotterdam in Eredivisie)
Biggest defeat3-0 (against Feyenoord in Eredivisie)

FC Groningen finished 2017–18 Eredivisie season as 12th.

The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 3–1 against Roda JC Kerkrade in the 2nd round and are eliminated from the cup.

Tom van Weert was the top scorer of the club in this season with 12 goals in Eredivisie.

Sergio Padt was the most appeared player in this season with 36 appearances; 34 appearances in Eredivisie and 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup. (2nd consecutive season)

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NED Sergio Padt
2 DF  NED Deyovaisio Zeefuik
2 DF  ENG Todd Kane
3 DF  DEN Kasper Larsen
4 DF  NED Mike te Wierik
5 DF  BIH Samir Memišević
6 MF  NED Etiënne Reijnen
7 MF  CUW Juninho Bacuna
8 MF  NOR Ruben Jenssen
9 FW  RSA Lars Veldwijk
10 FW  MAR Mimoun Mahi
11 FW  MAR Oussama Idrissi
14 FW  MEX Uriel Antuna
16 GK  BEL Kevin Begois
17 MF  NED Jesper Drost
19 FW  NED Tom van Weert
20 MF  NED Yoell van Nieff
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  NED Django Warmerdam
23 MF  AUS Ajdin Hrustic
25 MF  JPN Ritsu Dōan
31 GK  NED Jan Hoekstra
33 GK  NED Abdel El Ouazzane
36 MF  NED Tom van de Looi
37 DF  NED Lars Kramer
39 DF  NED Amir Absalem
43 FW  NED Robbert de Vos
47 MF  NED Michael Breij
48 MF  PNG David Browne
49 MF  NED Gerald Postma
50 MF  NED Tim Freriks
53 DF  NED Tim Riksman
68 MF  NED Ludovit Reis
— FW  NED Joël Donald

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
DF Django Warmerdam Young Ajax Free 1 Jul 2017
GK Kevin Begois PEC Zwolle Free 1 Jul 2017
DF Mike te Wierik Heracles Almelo Free 1 Jul 2017
MF Ritsu Dōan Gamba Osaka On loan 1 Jul 2017
DF Todd Kane Chelsea F.C. On loan 1 Jul 2017
FW Uriel Antuna Manchester City U23 On loan 2 Jul 2017
FW Lars Veldwijk K.V. Kortrijk €375,000 17 Jul 2017
DF Deyovaisio Zeefuik AFC Ajax On loan 31 Jan 2018

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
DF Jason Davidson Huddersfield Town A.F.C. End of loan 30 Jun 2017
FW Alexander Sørloth FC Midtjylland €450,000 1 Jul 2017
DF Desevio Payne Excelsior Rotterdam Free 1 Jul 2017
GK Erwin Heidekamp Oranje Nassau Groningen Free 1 Jul 2017
DF Glenn Bijl FC Emmen Free 1 Jul 2017
GK Nick Borgman VV Hoogeveen Free 1 Jul 2017
GK Stefan van der Lei Willem II Free 1 Jul 2017
MF Tom Hiariej Central Coast Mariners FC Free 1 Jul 2017
FW Bryan Linssen SBV Vitesse €1,000,000 3 Jul 2017
MF Keziah Veendorp FC Emmen Free 4 Jul 2017
MF Hedwiges Maduro AC Omonia Free 20 Jul 2017
MF Simon Tibbling Brøndby IF €700,000 21 Jul 2017
DF Martijn Van Der Laan SC Cambuur Free 28 Jul 2017
DF Roland Baas Heracles Almelo Free 30 Aug 2017
FW Danny Hoesen San Jose Earthquakes €100,000 1 Jan 2018
MF Ruben Jenssen 1. FC Kaiserslautern On loan 4 Jan 2018
FW Oussama Idrissi AZ Alkmaar €2,000,000 17 Jan 2018
DF Todd Kane Chelsea F.C. End of loan 30 Jan 2018
MF Etiënne Reijnen Maccabi Haifa F.C. Free 31 Jan 2018

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 13 August 2017 6 May 2018 Week 1 12th 34 8 14 12 50 50 +0 023.53
KNVB 21 September 2017 25 October 2017 1st round 2nd round 2 1 0 1 5 5 +0 050.00
Total 36 9 14 13 55 55 +0 025.00

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2017–18 Eredivisie

League table

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
34 8 14 12 50 50  0 38 7 7 3 32 21  +11 1 7 9 18 29  −11

Source:

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWDLWLDLLLWLWDDLWDDLLDDDDWLLDWDWD
Position12
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1st half
13 August 2017 Week 1[1] FC Groningen 3-3 SC Heerenveen Groningen
16:45 Lars Veldwijk 53'
Mimoun Mahi 82' 88' (pen.)		 Report Morten Thorsby 6' 86'
Reza Ghoochannejhad 40'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,255
20 August 2017 Week 2[2] AFC Ajax 3-1 FC Groningen Amsterdam
14:30 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 38'
Hakim Ziyech 38'
Lasse Schöne 79'		 Report Oussama Idrissi 73' Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 51,152
27 August 2017 Week 3[3] FC Groningen 2-1 FC Utrecht Groningen
16:45 Django Warmerdam 8'
Jesper Drost 40'		 Report Jean-Christophe Bahebeck 64' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,032
10 September 2017 Week 4[4] FC Groningen 1-1 VVV-Venlo Groningen
16:45 Mimoun Mahi 15' Report Kelechi Nwakali 90+1' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 15,832
16 September 2017 Week 5[5] NAC Breda 2-1 FC Groningen Breda
19:45 Rai Vloet 58' 60' Report Mimoun Mahi 70' Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 18,563
24 September 2017 Week 6[6] FC Groningen 1-0 FC Twente Groningen
14:30 Oussama Idrissi 51' Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,110
30 September 2017 Week 7[7] PEC Zwolle 3-2 FC Groningen Zwolle
19:45 Stef Nijland 19'
Ryan Thomas 60'
Youness Mokhtar 90+3'		 Report Ritsu Dōan 15'
Tom van Weert 54'		 Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,160
15 October 2017 Week 8[8] FC Groningen 1-1 AZ Alkmaar Groningen
14:30 Mimoun Mahi 70' Report Alireza Jahanbakhsh 45+1' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,680
20 October 2017 Week 9[9] FC Groningen 0-1 Willem II Groningen
20:00 Report Fran Sol 33' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,394
29 October 2017 Week 10[10] Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 FC Groningen Rotterdam
14:30 Robert Mühren 22'
Loris Brogno 43' (pen.)		 Report Ludovit Reis 36' Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 10,010
4 November 2017 Week 11[11] Heracles Almelo 2-1 FC Groningen Almelo
19:45 Reuven Niemeijer 14'
Jeff Hardeveld 82' (pen.)		 Report Lars Veldwijk 44' (pen.) Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 10,411
19 November 2017 Week 12[12] FC Groningen 4-2 SBV Vitesse Groningen
14:30 Fankaty Dabo 59' (o.g.)
Oussama Idrissi 65'
Mimoun Mahi 78'
Tom van Weert 82'		 Report Kasper Larsen 32' (o.g.)
Tim Matavž 62' (pen.)		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,263
25 November 2017 Week 13[13] FC Groningen 0-2 Feyenoord Groningen
19:45 Report Tonny Vilhena 49'
Nicolai Jørgensen 59'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,294
2 December 2017 Week 14[14] ADO Den Haag 0-3 FC Groningen The Hague
18:30 Report Ritsu Dōan 45+1'
Oussama Idrissi 74'
Juninho Bacuna 89'		 Stadium: Bingoal Stadion
Attendance: 10,416
10 December 2017 Week 15[15] Roda JC Kerkrade 2-2 FC Groningen Kerkrade
12:30 Simon Gustafson 14' 34' Report Tom van Weert 37' 59' (pen.) Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 10,515
13 December 2017 Week 16[16] FC Groningen 3-3 PSV Eindhoven Groningen
18:30 Yoell van Nieff 31'
Lars Veldwijk 54' (pen.)
Mike te Wierik 90+5'		 Report Marco van Ginkel 7' 37' (pen.)
Bart Ramselaar 16'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,103
17 December 2017 Week 17[17] Excelsior Rotterdam 2–0 FC Groningen Rotterdam
16:45 Milan Massop 8'
Stanley Elbers 83'		 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 3,808
24 December 2017 Week 18[18] FC Groningen 4-0 Sparta Rotterdam Groningen
12:30 Lars Veldwijk 49'
Tom van Weert 74'
Frederik Holst 86' (o.g.)
Ritsu Dōan 90'		 Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,617
2nd half
21 January 2018 Week 19[19] Willem II 1–1 FC Groningen Tilburg
14:30 Ismail Azzaoui 71' Report Ritsu Dōan 14' Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 12,160
27 January 2018 Week 20[20] FC Groningen 3-3 Heracles Almelo Groningen
18:30 Tom van Weert 28'
Jesper Drost 43'
Mimoun Mahi 45'		 Report Jamiro Monteiro 34'
Vincent Vermeij 63'
Robin Pröpper 78'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,526
2 February 2018 Week 21[21] SBV Vitesse 2-0 FC Groningen Arnhem
20:00 Matt Miazga 6'
Mason Mount 32'		 Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,675
8 February 2018 Week 22[22] Feyenoord 3-0 FC Groningen Rotterdam
20:45 Jens Toornstra 53'
Jerry St. Juste 72'
Robin van Persie 78'		 Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 37,500
11 February 2018 Week 23[23] FC Groningen 0-0 ADO Den Haag Groningen
16:45 Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,723
16 February 2018 Week 24[24] VVV-Venlo 1-1 FC Groningen Venlo
20:00 Vito van Crooij 2' Report Ritsu Dōan 15' Stadium: Covebo Stadion – De Koel
Attendance: 6,624
11 February 2018 Week 25[25] FC Groningen 1-1 NAC Breda Groningen
20:00 Pablo Marí 66' (o.g.) Report Mitchell te Vrede 86' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,875
4 March 2018 Week 26[26] FC Twente 1-1 FC Groningen Enschede
16:45 Tom Boere 71' Report Ritsu Dōan 57' Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 23,900
11 March 2018 Week 27[27] FC Groningen 2-0 PEC Zwolle Groningen
12:30 Ryan Thomas 25' (o.g.)
Ajdin Hrustic 90'		 Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,896
18 March 2018 Week 28[28] AZ Alkmaar 3-2 FC Groningen Alkmaar
12:30 Jonas Svensson 53'
Guus Til 66'
Alireza Jahanbakhsh 90+2'		 Report Tom van Weert 70'
Ritsu Dōan 83'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,459
1 April 2018 Week 29[29] FC Groningen 1-2 AFC Ajax Groningen
14:30 Tom van Weert 14' Report Justin Kluivert 64'
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 89'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 22,568
8 April 2018 Week 30[30] SC Heerenveen 1-1 FC Groningen Heerenveen
14:30 Michel Vlap 31' Report Tom van Weert 55' Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 23,150
15 April 2018 Week 31[31] FC Groningen 2-1 Roda JC Kerkrade Groningen
14:30 Ritsu Dōan 15'
Jesper Drost 49'		 Report Christian Kum 70' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,402
19 April 2018 Week 32[32] FC Utrecht 1-1 FC Groningen Utrecht
18:30 Willem Janssen 8' Report Tom van Weert 73' (pen.) Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 19,540
29 April 2018 Week 33[33] FC Groningen 4-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Groningen
14:30 Tom van Weert 42' 73'
Samir Memišević 45+1'
Ritsu Dōan 71'		 Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,847
6 May 2018 Week 34[34] PSV Eindhoven 0-0 FC Groningen Eindhoven
14:30 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,700

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2017–18 KNVB Cup
22 September 2017 First round[35] USV Hercules 2-4 FC Groningen Utrecht
18:30 Fouad Belarbi 11'
Leroy Oehlers 86'		 Report Oussama Idrissi 40'
Ritsu Dōan 46'
Juninho Bacuna 65'
Ajdin Hrustic 76'		 Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 3,000
25 October 2017 Second round[36] Roda JC Kerkrade 3-1 FC Groningen Kerkrade
19:45 Tsiy-William Ndenge 44' 69'
Mikhail Rosheuvel 90+2'		 Report Juninho Bacuna 56' Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 7,273

Statistics

Scorers

[37]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Tom van Weert 12 0 12
2 Ritsu Dōan 9 1 10
3 Mimoun Mahi 7 0 7
4 Oussama Idrissi 4 1 5
5 Lars Veldwijk 4 0 4
6 Jesper Drost 3 0 3
Juninho Bacuna 1 2 3
8 Ajdin Hrustic 1 1 2
9 Django Warmerdam 1 0 1
Ludovit Reis 1 0 1
Mike te Wierik 1 0 1
Samir Memišević 1 0 1
Yoell van Nieff 1 0 1

Appearances

[37]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Sergio Padt 34 2 36
2 Juninho Bacuna 33 2 35
Mike te Wierik 33 2 35
4 Tom van Weert 31 2 33
5 Django Warmerdam 30 2 32
6 Jesper Drost 30 1 31
Ritsu Dōan 29 2 31
Samir Memišević 29 2 31
9 Mimoun Mahi 26 1 27
10 Yoell van Nieff 21 0 21
11 Lars Veldwijk 18 2 20
12 Ajdin Hrustic 18 1 19
13 Ludovit Reis 16 2 18
14 Oussama Idrissi 15 1 16
Tom van de Looi 16 0 16
16 Deyovaisio Zeefuik 13 0 13
Ruben Jenssen 12 1 13
18 Kasper Larsen 12 0 12
Todd Kane 11 1 12
Uriel Antuna 11 1 12
21 Etiënne Reijnen 8 2 10
22 Amir Absalem 8 1 9
22 Michael Breij 3 0 3
24 Lars Kramer 1 0 1
Tim Freriks 1 0 1

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

[38]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Ajdin Hrustic 1 1 1 0 2 1
Ludovit Reis 2 1 0 0 2 1
Tom van Weert 2 1 0 0 2 1
4 Mike te Wierik 8 0 0 0 8 0
5 Django Warmerdam 7 0 0 0 7 0
6 Deyovaisio Zeefuik 6 0 0 0 6 0
Juninho Bacuna 5 0 1 0 6 0
8 Samir Memišević 5 0 0 0 5 0
9 Oussama Idrissi 4 0 0 0 4 0
10 Kasper Larsen 3 0 0 0 3 0
Ritsu Dōan 3 0 0 0 3 0
Yoell van Nieff 3 0 0 0 3 0
13 Todd Kane 2 0 0 0 2 0
14 Mimoun Mahi 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ruben Jenssen 1 0 0 0 1 0
Sergio Padt 1 0 0 0 1 0
Uriel Antuna 1 0 0 0 1 0

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