2018–19 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen finished 2018–19 Eredivisie season as 8th.

FC Groningen
2018–19 season
Head coachNetherlands Danny Buijs
StadiumEuroborg
Eredivisie8th
KNVB Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mimoun Mahi (8 goals)
All: Mimoun Mahi (8 goals)
Highest home attendance22,288 (against AFC Ajax)
Lowest home attendance15,901 (against AZ Alkmaar)
Average home league attendance19,091
Biggest win5-2 (against NAC Breda) and 3-0 (against Heracles Almelo) in Eredivisie
Biggest defeat5-1 (against SBV Vitesse) in Eredivisie

The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 2–0 against FC Twente in the 1st round and are eliminated from the cup.

Mimoun Mahi was the top scorer of the club in this season with 8 goals in Eredivisie.

Sergio Padt was the most appeared player in this season with 37 appearances; 36 appearances in Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup. (3rd consecutive season)

Players

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First-team squad

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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 Sergio Padt
4 DF   NED Mike te Wierik
5 DF   BIH Samir Memišević
6 MF   NED Ludovit Reis
7 MF   JPN Ritsu Dōan
8 MF   MAR Iliass Bel Hassani
9 FW   NED Kaj Sierhuis
9 FW   COL Mateo Cassierra
10 FW   MAR Mimoun Mahi
11 FW   DEN Jannik Pohl
12 DF   NED Lars Kramer
14 FW   NED Mohamed El Hankouri
14 FW   MEX Uriel Antuna
15 MF   NED Thomas Bruns
16 GK   BEL Kevin Begois
17 MF   NED Jesper Drost
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   JPN Ko Itakura
18 FW   GUI Ahmad Mendes Moreira
19 FW   NED Paul Gladon
19 FW   NED Tom van Weert
20 DF   NED Amir Absalem
22 MF   NED Michael Breij
21 DF   NED Django Warmerdam
23 MF   AUS Ajdin Hrustic
24 DF   GER Jeff Chabot
29 DF   GER Tim Handwerker
31 GK   NED Jan Hoekstra
36 MF   NED Tom van de Looi
42 DF   NED Deyovaisio Zeefuik
45 GK   NED Pelle Boevink
53 DF   NED Tapmahoe Sopacua
58 MF   NED Daniël van Kaam

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
FW   Ahmad Mendes Moreira   Kozakken Boys Free[1] 1 Jul 2018
DF   Tim Handwerker   1. FC Köln On loan 14 Aug 2018
DF   Jeff Chabot   Sparta Rotterdam €1,200,000 16 Jul 2018
FW   Jannik Pohl   AaB Fodbold Free 29 Aug 2018
MF   Iliass Bel Hassani   AZ Alkmaar On loan 1 Jan 2019
FW   Kaj Sierhuis   Jong Ajax On loan 1 Jan 2019
MF   Thomas Bruns   SBV Vitesse On loan 1 Jan 2019
DF   Ko Itakura   Manchester City F.C. On loan 15 Jan 2019
FW   Mohamed El Hankouri   Feyenoord On loan 16 Jan 2019
FW   Paul Gladon   Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Free 16 Jan 2019
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
MF   Juninho Bacuna   Huddersfield Town A.F.C. €2,550,000 1 Jul 2018
FW   Lars Veldwijk   Sparta Rotterdam Free 1 Jul 2018
MF   Yoell van Nieff   Heracles Almelo Free 1 Jul 2018
DF   Kasper Larsen   Maccabi Haifa F.C. Free 3 Aug 2018
FW   Tom van Weert   AaB Fodbold Free 29 Aug 2018
MF   Jesper Drost   Heracles Almelo Free 30 Aug 2018
FW   Uriel Antuna   Manchester City F.C. End of loan 31 Dec 2018

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

29 July 2018 Friendly[2] FC Groningen 0-0 SV Werder Bremen Groningen
14:30 Report Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium
Attendance: 9,000

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 12 August 2018 21 May 2019 Week 1 8th 36 14 6 16 42 45 −3 038.89
KNVB 27 September 2018 27 September 2018 1st round 1st round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 37 14 6 17 42 47 −5 037.84

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

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Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 13 6 15 39 41  −2 45 10 1 6 26 17  +9 3 5 9 13 24  −11

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultLLWLLLDLLLWWLWDLDWLWWWDWDWLWWDLLWL
Position8
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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1st half

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12 August 2018 Week 1[3] SBV Vitesse 5-1 FC Groningen Arnhem
14:30 Bryan Linssen   22'
Matúš Bero   44'
Roy Beerens   62'
Jake Clarke-Salter   66'
Tim Matavž   71'
Report Ritsu Dōan   38' Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 13,434
17 August 2018 Week 2[4] FC Groningen 0-1 Willem II Groningen
20:00 Report Daniel Crowley   33' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,500
25 August 2018 Week 3[5] De Graafschap 0-1 FC Groningen Doetinchem
18:30 Report Michael Breij   44' Stadium: De Vijverberg
Attendance: 12,143
2 September 2018 Week 4[6] FC Groningen 0-1 PEC Zwolle Groningen
12:15 Vito van Crooij   64' Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,014
15 September 2018 Week 5[7] AFC Ajax 3-0 FC Groningen Amsterdam
20:45 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar   18'  66' (pen.)
Dušan Tadić   76'
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 52,720
23 September 2018 Week 6[8] FC Groningen 1-3 AZ Alkmaar Groningen
14:30 Jeff Chabot   25' Report Oussama Idrissi   27'
Fredrik Midtsjø   76'
Adam Maher   90'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 15,901
30 September 2018 Week 7[9] FC Groningen 1-1 FC Utrecht Groningen
14:30 Ahmad Mendes Moreira   76' Report Sander van de Streek   16' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,293
6 October 2018 Week 8[10] ADO Den Haag 1-0 FC Groningen The Hague
18:30 Elson Hooi   32' Report Stadium: Bingoal Stadion
Attendance: 11,584
21 October 2018 Week 9[11] Heracles Almelo 4-1 FC Groningen Almelo
14:30 Adrián Dalmau   25'  46'
Brandley Kuwas   78'  90+2'
Report Mimoun Mahi   14' Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 11,237
27 October 2018 Week 10[12] FC Groningen 1-2 PSV Eindhoven Groningen
19:45 Samir Memišević   42' (pen.) Report Donyell Malen   45+4'
Denzel Dumfries   86'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,445
2 November 2018 Week 11[13] Excelsior Rotterdam 2–4 FC Groningen Rotterdam
20:00 Ryan Koolwijk   36'
Luigi Bruins   59' (pen.)
Report Mimoun Mahi   26'
Ritsu Dōan   29'
Mateo Cassierra   51'
Jannik Pohl   75'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,257
11 November 2018 Week 12[14] FC Groningen 2-0 SC Heerenveen Groningen
12:15 Django Warmerdam   27'
Ritsu Dōan   38'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,731
25 November 2018 Week 13[15] Feyenoord 1-0 FC Groningen Rotterdam
14:30 Jens Toornstra   7' Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 45,000
2 December 2018 Week 14[16] FC Groningen 5-2 NAC Breda Groningen
16:45 Mimoun Mahi   6'  85'
Ritsu Dōan   58'
Deyovaisio Zeefuik   76'
Samir Memišević   90'
Report Mikhail Rosheuvel   16'
Mitchell te Vrede   56'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,377
9 December 2018 Week 15[17] VVV-Venlo 0-0 FC Groningen Venlo
14:30 Report Stadium: Covebo Stadion – De Koel
Attendance: 6,668
16 December 2018 Week 16[18] FC Groningen 1-2 FC Emmen Groningen
14:30 Mimoun Mahi   87' Report Nicklas Pedersen   88'  90+3' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,965
22 December 2018 Week 17[19] Fortuna Sittard 0-0 FC Groningen Sittard
18:30 Report Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 8,283

2nd half

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19 Januari 2019 Week 18[20] FC Groningen 3-0 Heracles Almelo Groningen
20:45 Samir Memišević   12' (pen.)
Thomas Bruns   74'  78'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,143
26 Januari 2019 Week 19[21] PSV Eindhoven 2-1 FC Groningen Eindhoven
19:45 Hirving Lozano   15'  19' Report Ludovit Reis   34' Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,900
2 February 2019 Week 20[22] Willem II 1–2 FC Groningen Tilburg
19:45 Marios Vrousai   55' Report Django Warmerdam   35'
Kaj Sierhuis   37'
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 12,633
10 February 2019 Week 21[23] FC Groningen 2-1 SBV Vitesse Groningen
14:30 Kaj Sierhuis   13'
Mohamed El Hankouri   90+1'
Report Oussama Darfalou   34' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,498
17 February 2019 Week 22[24] FC Groningen 1-0 Feyenoord Groningen
14:30 Report Tonny Vilhena   49'
Nicolai Jørgensen   59'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 20,259
23 February 2019 Week 23[25] NAC Breda 0-0 FC Groningen Breda
20:45 Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 18,572
3 March 2019 Week 24[26] FC Groningen 3-2 VVV-Venlo Groningen
14:30 Mimoun Mahi   24' (pen.)  41' (pen.)
Iliass Bel Hassani   64'
Report Danny Post   20'
Peniel Mlapa   46'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,757
8 March 2019 Week 25[27] FC Utrecht 0-0 FC Groningen Utrecht
20:00 Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 18,146
17 March 2019 Week 26[28] FC Groningen 1-0 ADO Den Haag Groningen
14:30 Lex Immers   34' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,291
30 March 2019 Week 27[29] AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen Alkmaar
20:45 Ron Vlaar   70' Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,404
2 April 2019 Week 28[30] FC Groningen 1-0 De Graafschap Groningen
14:30 Paul Gladon   76' Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,008
6 April 2019 Week 29[31] FC Groningen 1-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Groningen
19:45 Paul Gladon   70' Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,456
14 April 2019 Week 30[32] SC Heerenveen 1-1 FC Groningen Heerenveen
14:30 Pelle van Amersfoort   38' Report Paul Gladon   61' Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 21,056
20 April 2019 Week 31[33] FC Groningen 0-1 AFC Ajax Groningen
18:30 Report Klaas-Jan Huntelaar   78' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 22,288
29 April 2019 Week 32[34] PEC Zwolle 3-2 FC Groningen Zwolle
20:00 Lennart Thy   47'  81'
Bram van Polen   75'
Report Kaj Sierhuis   20'
Paul Gladon   75'
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,942
12 May 2019 Week 33[35] FC Groningen 3-0 Fortuna Sittard Groningen
14:30 Paul Gladon   38'
Ritsu Dōan   53'
Samir Memišević   90+3' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,738
15 May 2019 Week 34[36] FC Emmen 1-0 FC Groningen Emmen
19:30 Michael Chacón   27' Report Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 8,301

18 May 2019 European competition playoff 1st game[37] FC Groningen 2-1 SBV Vitesse Groningen
20:45 Mimoun Mahi   45+1'
Samir Memišević   56' (pen.)
Report Max Clark   70' Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 16,783
21 May 2019 European competition playoff 2nd game[38] SBV Vitesse 3-1 FC Groningen Arnhem
20:45 Tim Matavž   71'
Martin Ødegaard   28'  31'
Report Kaj Sierhuis   20' Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 9,756

Vitesse won 4–3 on aggregate.

KNVB Cup

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27 September 2018 First round[39] FC Groningen 0-2 FC Twente Groningen
18:30 Report Javier Espinosa   45'
Peet Bijen   68'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,192

Statistics

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Scorers

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Mimoun Mahi 8 0 8
2   Paul Gladon 5 0 5
  Ritsu Dōan 5 0 5
  Samir Memišević 5 0 5
5   Kaj Sierhuis 4 0 4
6   Django Warmerdam 2 0 2
  Thomas Bruns 2 0 2
8   Ahmad Mendes Moreira 1 0 1
  Deyovaisio Zeefuik 1 0 1
  Iliass Bel Hassani 1 0 1
  Jannik Pohl 1 0 1
  Jeff Chabot 1 0 1
  Ludovit Reis 1 0 1
  Mateo Cassierra 1 0 1
  Michael Breij 1 0 1
  Mohamed El Hankouri 1 0 1

Appearances

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Sergio Padt 36 1 37
2   Mike te Wierik 35 1 36
  Samir Memišević 35 1 36
4   Tim Handwerker 33 1 34
6   Ritsu Dōan 32 1 33
6   Deyovaisio Zeefuik 32 0 32
  Ludovit Reis 31 1 32
8   Jeff Chabot 28 1 29
9   Mimoun Mahi 28 0 28
10   Django Warmerdam 26 1 27
11   Ajdin Hrustic 20 1 21
12   Kaj Sierhuis 19 0 19
  Tom van de Looi 18 1 19
14   Thomas Bruns 18 0 18
15   Mohamed El Hankouri 17 0 17
16   Paul Gladon 16 0 16
17   Iliass Bel Hassani 14 0 14
18   Ahmad Mendes Moreira 13 0 13
19   Mateo Cassierra 10 0 10
  Michael Breij 9 1 10
  Uriel Antuna 9 1 10
22   Jannik Pohl 7 1 8
23   Tim Freriks 6 1 7
24   Amir Absalem 3 0 3
25   Jesper Drost 2 0 2
  Tom van Weert 2 0 2
27   Daniël van Kaam 1 0 1

Clean sheets

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# Player Eredivisie Total
1   Sergio Padt 12 12
Total 12 12

Disciplinary record

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
           
1   Deyovaisio Zeefuik 9 1 0 0 9 1
2   Ajdin Hrustic 6 1 0 0 6 1
3   Ritsu Dōan 3 1 1 0 4 1
4   Jeff Chabot 6 0 0 0 6 0
5   Ludovit Reis 5 0 0 0 5 0
  Mike te Wierik 5 0 0 0 5 0
7   Thomas Bruns 4 0 0 0 4 0
8   Tim Handwerker 3 0 0 0 3 0
9   Jannik Pohl 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Mimoun Mahi 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Samir Memišević 2 0 0 0 2 0
12   Ahmad Mendes Moreira 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Amir Absalem 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Django Warmerdam 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Kaj Sierhuis 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Michael Breij 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mohamed El Hankouri 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Paul Gladon 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Sergio Padt 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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