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FC Groningen is a football club from Groningen in the Netherlands.
[edit] History
The club was founded in June 16, 1971 by the Groningen Football and Athletics Association (GVAV, founded January 26, 1921). They enjoyed top flight football for most of their existence, although the club was relegated to the second division after the third season.
The club was then propelled back into success by the Koeman brothers, Ronald Koeman and his elder brother Erwin Koeman together with defending midfielder Jan van Dijk resulting in qualification to European football for the first time in the 1982/83 season. Their best season in the Eredivisie was during the 1990/91 season when they finished third.
FC Groningen's home colors are green and white. The club plays its home games in the 22,000 seat Euroborg stadium. In December 2005, the club played its last match ever in the 12,500 seat Oosterpark Stadion after having played there for 72 years. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 12,500 people. This has risen to just below 22,000 people in the new stadium. There are plans to expand the stadium to a capacity of 30.000 or 40.000. The Euroborg Stadium is known to be one of the more atmospheric of all Dutch stadiums. Despite its relative short existence, it has already earned the nickname the Green Hell.
[edit] 2005-06 season
The 2005/06 season turned out to be one of the best in a long time for FC Groningen, with the club finishing 5th place in the league. This allowed Groningen to enter the play-off tournament for the UEFA Champions League third round qualification. However, they were beaten by Ajax in the finals who scored a goal two minutes before the final whistle.
By finishing fifth in the league, FC Groningen qualified for European football for the first time in 14 years, where they were defeated 4-3 on aggregate in the first round by Partizan Belgrade.
[edit] 2006-07 season
In the 2006/07 season FC Groningen again managed to get an entrance for the UEFA Cup. They ended the season on an 8th place but thanks to the play-off tournament system, in which they beat Feyenoord and FC Utrecht, they qualified for the UEFA Cup where they faced ACF Fiorentina in the first round. Both matches in Groningen and Florence ended in a draw, 1-1. FC Groningen were defeated after penalties and knocked out in the first round.
FC Groningen Ranking Graph 1976-2005
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Out on loan
[edit] Reserve squad
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Position |
Player |
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GK |
Leon ter Wielen |
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GK |
Theo Timmermans |
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DF |
Bart Apotheker |
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DF |
Danny Holband |
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DF |
Jorrit Kunst |
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DF |
Jelle Wagenaar |
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DF |
Mart Dijkstra |
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DF |
Darryl Lachman |
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DF |
Danny Post |
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MF |
Jeffrey Rijsdijk |
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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MF |
Philippe Janssens |
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MF |
Robert Pomstra |
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MF |
Enrico Pellegriti |
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MF |
Mesut Eslik |
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MF |
Jordi Hoogstrate |
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MF |
Frank Olijve |
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FW |
Jasmin Ramić |
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FW |
Dennis Krohne |
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FW |
Ridouan Tabaouni |
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