2023–24 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen
2023–24 season
Manager	Dick Lukkien
Stadium	Euroborg
Eerste Divisie	14th
KNVB Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin van Veen (5); All: ; Kevin van Veen (5)
Biggest win	Groningen 4–0 Jong PSV
Biggest defeat	Groningen 0–3 Den Bosch
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 September 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Football Club Groningen's 53rd season in existence and first one back in the Eerste Divisie since 2000 after enduring a disastrous campaign in the previous season.^[1] They will also compete in the KNVB Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 August 2023^[2]

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	NED	Michael Verrips (on loan from Fortuna Sittard)
2	MF	NOR	Johan Hove
4	MF	NED	Joey Pelupessy
5	DF	GER	Marco Rente
6	MF	NED	Laros Duarte
7	MF	SVK	Tomáš Suslov
8	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna (captain)
9	FW	NED	Kevin van Veen
10	MF	SWE	Daleho Irandust
11	FW	SWE	Paulos Abraham
12	DF	NED	Radinio Balker
14	MF	NED	Jorg Schreuders
17	FW	NOR	Kristian Strømland Lien
18	DF	NOR	Isak Dybvik Määttä
19	DF	NED	Liam van Gelderen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	NED	Thijmen Blokzijl
21	GK	NED	Hidde Jurjus
23	FW	GER	Florian Krüger
24	DF	NED	Nordin Musampa
25	FW	NED	Thom van Bergen
26	DF	NED	Daniël Beukers
29	FW	NED	Romano Postema
34	FW	NED	Ragnar Oratmangoen
40	MF	ITA	Luciano Valente
42	FW	NED	Fofin Turay
43	DF	BEL	Marvin Peersman
44	GK	NED	Jasper Meijster
45	GK	NED	Dirk Baron
—	FW	FRA	Noam Emeran

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NED	Joël van Kaam
—	MF	BEL	Emmanuel Matuta


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SWE	Alex Mortensen
—	FW	NED	Kian Slor

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Michael Verrips	Fortuna Sittard	Loan	1 July 2023	^[3]
DF	Marco Rente	Heracles Almelo	€630,000	1 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Kevin van Veen	Motherwell	€586,000	1 July 2023	^[5]
FW	Noam Emeran	Manchester United U21	Undisclosed	24 August 2023	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jetro Willems	Heracles Almelo	Free	1 July 2023	^[7]
DF	Yahya Kalley	IFK Norrköping	Undisclosed	8 July 2023	^[8]
GK	Peter Leeuwenburgh	Apollon Limassol	Free	12 August 2023	^[9]
FW	Florian Krüger	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	29 August 2023	^[10]
MF	Tomáš Suslov	Hellas Verona	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Ragnar Oratmangoen	Fortuna Sittard	Loan	1 September 2023	^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 July 2023 Friendly	VV Annen	0–2	Groningen	Annen, Netherlands
15:00		Report	Van Veen 16' Irandust 20'	Attendance: 2,500

8 July 2023 Friendly	VV Onstwedder Boys	0–11	Groningen	Onstwedde, Netherlands
15:00		Report	Irandust 2' Blokzijl Krüger Van Gelderen Valente Postema Slor Van Bergen	Stadium: Sportpark de Boskamp Attendance: 1,900

15 July 2023 Friendly	Groningen	5–2	Deinze	Epe, Netherlands
17:30	Van Veen 17' Blokzijl 46' Van Kaam 65' Van Bergen 70' Postema 118'	Report	Ferdinand 36', 42'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Ericaweg
Note: Two periods of 60 minutes.

21 July 2023 Friendly	Hibernian	2–1	Groningen	Edinburgh, Scotland
21:15 UTC+1	Campbell 54', 56'		Van Veen 10'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 9,113 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

28 July 2023 Friendly	Groningen	1–0	De Graafschap	Middelstum, Netherlands
16:30	Postema 55'		Van Riel 75'	Stadium: Sportpark Middelstum

29 July 2023 Friendly	Groningen	1–1	Emmen	Rolde, Netherlands
15:00	Oratmangoen 39'		Parzyszek 8'	Stadium: Sportpark Boerbos

5 August 2023 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	0–0	Groningen	Zwolle, Netherlands
16:00				Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion

5 August 2023 Friendly	Groningen	1–1	Almere City	Groningen, Netherlands
16:00				Stadium: Euroborg

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 %
Eerste Divisie	11 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1	17	7	4	6	27	18	+9	041.18
KNVB Cup	1 November 2023		First round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				18	8	4	6	28	18	+10	044.44

Last updated: 1 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Eerste Divisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Willem II^[a] (C, P)	38	23	10	5	77	35	+42	79	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Groningen^[b] (P)	38	22	9	7	71	30	+41	75	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	Roda JC Kerkrade^[c]	38	21	12	5	69	34	+35	75	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Dordrecht	38	18	15	5	74	51	+23	69
5	ADO Den Haag	38	17	12	9	72	50	+22	63

Source: Flashscore, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
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)^[12]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)
^ Winner of the Third and Fourth Period (Rounds 20–29 and 30–38)
^ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

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
10	4	1	5	15	12	+3	13	2	1	2	8	5	+3	2	0	3	7	7	0

Last updated: 22 October 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L
Position	1	6	8	3	2	5	3	8	11	13

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[13]

11 August 2023 1	Groningen	4–1	Jong Ajax	Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rente 32' Postema 55' Suslov 72' Peersman 84' Balker 86' Hove 90+5'	Report	Hlynsson 24' Rasmussen 84' Gooijer 84'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 20,502 Referee: Martijn Vos

21 August 2023 2	Jong Utrecht	1–0	Groningen	Utrecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rijks 38'	Report	Määttä 81'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Referee: Clay Ruperti

27 August 2023 3	Groningen	0–0	Willem II	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rente 59' Bacuna 90+1'	Report	Bokila 43' Bosch 77'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 20,721 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

1 September 2023 4	TOP Oss	0–2	Groningen	Oss
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Eijma 45+6' Van Leeuwen 90+7'	Report	Rente 24' Van Veen 45+7', 66'	Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion Referee: Stan Teuben

15 September 2023 6	Groningen	0–1	ADO Den Haag	Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Veerman 16'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

18 September 2023 5	Groningen	4–0	Jong PSV	Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Määttä 11' Van Veen 22' Abraham 32' Balker 42'	Report		Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Jesse Rozendal

22 September 2023 7	Helmond Sport	1–2	Groningen	Helmond
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schroyen 62' Kaars 87' (pen.)	Report	Hove 62' Van Bergen 71' Määttä 72' Rente 86' Liam van Gelderen 90+5', 90+5'	Stadium: GS Staalwerken Stadion Referee: Robin Hensgens

29 September 2023 8	Groningen	0–3	Den Bosch	Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valente 10' Määttä 75' Postema 87'	Report	Ogbaidze 43', 67' Kostorz 52', 77' Ikeshita 55' Gyamfi 70' Mbete 87' Boumassaoudi 90+6' Leijten 90+7'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19,962 Referee: Martin Perezlindo

6 October 2023 9	NAC Breda	3–2	Groningen	Breda
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boere 4' Koscelník 44', 49' Leemans 88' Kemper 90+6'	Report	Van Veen 28', 75', 28' Postema 34' Hove 88' Pelupessy 90+5'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,371 Referee: Stan Teuben

20 October 2023 10	De Graafschap	2–1	Groningen	Doetinchem
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Colyn 14' Kaak 39' Büttner 54' (pen.) Hillen 81'	Report	Rente 40'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 11,379 Referee: Allard Lindhout

1 December 2023 17	Groningen	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Euroborg

8 December 2023 18	Groningen	v	Telstar	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Euroborg

KNVB Cup

1 November 2023 First round	Rijnsburgse Boys	0–1	Groningen	Rijnsburg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sportpark Middelmors

References

^ "FC Groningen set to play final home game of the season behind closed doors due to safety concerns". 28 June 2023.
^ "Selectie" [Squad] (in Dutch). FC Groningen. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "Confirmed Transfer: Groningen signs Michael Verrips". OneFootball. June 7, 2023.
^ "FC Groningen contracteert ervaren verdediger Rente". 9 June 2023.
^ "FC Groningen haalt topschutter Van Veen naar Nederland". FC Groningen. June 20, 2023.
^ "Noam Emeran signs for Groningen".
^ "Heracles sign Willems". Football Oranje. June 14, 2023.
^ "Kalley maakt definitieve overstap naar Norrköping". 8 July 2023.
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^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
^ "Keuken Kampioen Divisie: Het laatste nieuws, uitslagen, standen en samenvattingen". 24 August 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_WIL0.00080473581366462-12] Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)

[table_note_GRO0.00080473581366462-13] Winner of the Third and Fourth Period (Rounds 20–29 and 30–38)

[table_note_RJC0.00080473581366462-14] Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

[1] "FC Groningen set to play final home game of the season behind closed doors due to safety concerns". 28 June 2023.

[FCGSelectie-2] "Selectie" [Squad] (in Dutch). FC Groningen. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[3] "Confirmed Transfer: Groningen signs Michael Verrips". OneFootball. June 7, 2023.

[4] "FC Groningen contracteert ervaren verdediger Rente". 9 June 2023.

[5] "FC Groningen haalt topschutter Van Veen naar Nederland". FC Groningen. June 20, 2023.

[6] "Noam Emeran signs for Groningen".

[7] "Heracles sign Willems". Football Oranje. June 14, 2023.

[8] "Kalley maakt definitieve overstap naar Norrköping". 8 July 2023.

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[rules-15] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.

[16] "Keuken Kampioen Divisie: Het laatste nieuws, uitslagen, standen en samenvattingen". 24 August 2023.

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