2017–18 FC Groningen season

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

FC Groningen

2017–18 season
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)
Home colours
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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.

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D
Position																																		12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1st half

FC Groningen v SC Heerenveen

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

AFC Ajax v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v FC Utrecht

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

FC Groningen v VVV-Venlo

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

NAC Breda v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v FC Twente

24 September 2017 Week 6[6]	FC Groningen	1-0	FC Twente	Groningen
14:30	Oussama Idrissi 51'	Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 20,110

PEC Zwolle v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v AZ Alkmaar

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

FC Groningen v Willem II

20 October 2017 Week 9[9]	FC Groningen	0-1	Willem II	Groningen
20:00		Report	Fran Sol 33'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 16,394

Sparta Rotterdam v FC Groningen

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

Heracles Almelo v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v SBV Vitesse

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

FC Groningen v Feyenoord

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

ADO Den Haag v FC Groningen

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

Roda JC Kerkrade v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v PSV Eindhoven

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

Excelsior Rotterdam v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v Sparta Rotterdam

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

Willem II v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v Heracles Almelo

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

SBV Vitesse v FC Groningen

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

Feyenoord v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v ADO Den Haag

11 February 2018 Week 23[23]	FC Groningen	0-0	ADO Den Haag	Groningen
16:45		Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 16,723

VVV-Venlo v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v NAC Breda

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

FC Twente v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v PEC Zwolle

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

AZ Alkmaar v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v AFC Ajax

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

SC Heerenveen v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v Roda JC Kerkrade

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

FC Utrecht v FC Groningen

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

FC Groningen v Excelsior Rotterdam

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

PSV Eindhoven v FC Groningen

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

USV Hercules v FC Groningen

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

Roda JC Kerkrade v FC Groningen

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

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#	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