2017–18 FC Groningen season
FC Groningen 2017–18 football season
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FC Groningen finished 2017–18 Eredivisie season as 12th.
| 2017–18 season | ||
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| Head coach | Ernest Faber | |
| Stadium | Euroborg | |
| Eredivisie | 12th | |
| KNVB Cup | 2nd round | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Tom van Weert (12 goals) All: Tom van Weert (12 goals) | |
| Highest home attendance | 22,568 (against AFC Ajax) | |
| Lowest home attendance | 15,382 (against VVV-Venlo) | |
| Average home league attendance | 18,613 | |
| Biggest win | 4-0 (against Sparta Rotterdam and Excelsior Rotterdam in Eredivisie) | |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 (against Feyenoord in Eredivisie) | |
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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.
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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 | 23.53 |
| KNVB | 21 September 2017 | 25 October 2017 | 1st round | 2nd round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Total | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 55 | +0 | 25.00 | ||||
Source: Competitions
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: [citation needed]
Results by round
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
| 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
| # | 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
| # | 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
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 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 | |