2020–21 FC Groningen season

The 2020–21 season was the 65th season in existence of FC Groningen and the club's 54th (21st consecutive) season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Groningen participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

FC Groningen
2020–21 season
OwnerFc Groningen Beheer B.V.
ChairmanBert Middel
ManagerDanny Buijs
StadiumEuroborg
Eredivisie7th
KNVB Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jørgen Strand Larsen (9)

All:
Jørgen Strand Larsen (9)
Highest home attendance6,049 (against PSV Eindhoven in Eredivisie)
Lowest home attendance0 (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Average home league attendance356
Biggest win4-0 (against FC Emmen in Eredivisie)
Biggest defeat3-1 (against PSV Eindhoven, FC Twente, AFC Ajax and RKC Waalwijk) and 2-0 (against Feyenoord and SC Heerenveen) in Eredivisie
All statistics correct as of 14 September 2024.

FC Groningen finished 2020–21 Eredivisie season as 7th.

In the KNVB Cup, FC Groningen lost 2–1 against FC Emmen in the 2nd round and are eliminated from the cup.

Jørgen Strand Larsen was the top scorer of the club in this season with 9 goals in Eredivisie.

Ko Itakura and Sergio Padt were the most appeared players in this season with 36 appearances; 35 appearances in Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 1 February 2021[1]

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   SUR Damil Dankerlui
3 DF   NED Bart van Hintum
4 DF   NED Wessel Dammers
5 DF   JPN Ko Itakura (on loan from Manchester City)
6 MF   NED Azor Matusiwa
7 MF   SWE Ramon Pascal Lundqvist
8 MF   GER Sam Schreck
9 FW   NOR Jørgen Strand Larsen
10 FW   NED Arjen Robben (captain)
11 FW   MAR Mohamed El Hankouri
14 FW   NED Patrick Joosten
15 FW   SWE Gabriel Gudmundsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   ESP Miguel Ángel Leal (on loan from Villarreal)
18 MF   MAR Ahmed El Messaoudi
19 FW   SWE Paulos Abraham (on loan from AIK)
21 FW   NED Alessio Da Cruz (on loan from Parma)
23 GK   NOR Per Kristian Bråtveit (on loan from Djurgårdens)
25 GK   NED Jan de Boer
26 MF   NED Daniël van Kaam
31 MF   SVK Tomáš Suslov
32 DF   NED Mike te Wierik
33 FW   NED Joël van Kaam
34 FW   NED Kian Slor
37 FW   NED Thijs Dallinga
48 DF   NED Leonel Miguel

Out on loan

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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
16 GK   NED Jan Hoekstra (at Roda JC Kerkrade until 30 June 2021)
19 MF   DEN Nicklas Strunck (at Esbjerg fB until 30 June 2021)
24 GK   NED Nigel Bertrams (at PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW   NED Romano Postema (at Den Bosch until 30 June 2021)
DF   NED Thomas Poll (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
MF   Tom van de Looi   NEC Nijmegen End of loan 30 Jun 2020
DF   Amir Absalem   Almere City FC End of loan 30 Jun 2020
FW   Arjen Robben 1 Jul 2020
DF   Wessel Dammers   Fortuna Sittard Free 1 Jul 2020
DF   Damil Dankerlui   Willem II €375,000 27 Jul 2020
DF   Ko Itakura   Manchester City F.C. On loan 27 Jul 2020
FW   Patrick Joosten   FC Utrecht €600,000 6 Aug 2020
GK   Nigel Bertrams   MVV Maastricht Free 18 Aug 2020
FW   Jørgen Strand Larsen   Sarpsborg 08 FF €1,100,000 9 Sep 2020
DF   Migue Leal   Villarreal CF B On loan 19 Sep 2020
MF   Alessio da Cruz   Parma Calcio 1913 On loan 3 Oct 2020
GK   Per Kristian Bråtveit   Djurgårdens IF Fotboll On loan 4 Jan 2021
DF   Mike te Wierik   Derby County F.C. Undisclosed 19 Jan 2021
FW   Paulos Abraham   AIK On loan 1 Feb 2021
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
FW   Daishawn Redan   Hertha BSC End of loan 30 Jun 2020
FW   Joel Asoro   Swansea City A.F.C. End of loan 30 Jun 2020
DF   Ko Itakura   Manchester City F.C. End of loan 30 Jun 2020
DF   Django Warmerdam   FC Utrecht Free 1 Jul 2020
DF   Deyovaisio Zeefuik   Hertha BSC €4,000,000 6 Aug 2020
MF   Ajdin Hrustic   Eintracht Frankfurt €1,000,000 28 Sep 2020
DF   Nicklas Strunck   Esbjerg fB On loan 5 Oct 2020
DF   Görkem Can   Denizlispor Free 26 Jan 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

1 August 2020 Friendly Groningen   1–0   Heracles Almelo Groningen, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)
  • Slor   47'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Referee: Danny Makkelie
11 August 2020 Friendly Emmen   1–4   Groningen Emmen, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
14 August 2020 Friendly Groningen   0–2   PEC Zwolle Groningen, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC 2) Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.
21 August 2020 Friendly FC Volendam   0–2   Groningen Westwoud, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC 2) Report
Stadium: VV Woudia
22 August 2020 Friendly Almere City   1–1   Groningen Almere, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion
29 August 2020 Friendly Werder Bremen   4–0   Groningen Lohne, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)
Report Stadium: Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion
4 September 2020 Friendly Groningen   3–3   NEC Nijmegen Rolde, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC 2) Stadium: Sportpark Boerbos
6 September 2020 Friendly Groningen   1–1   Arminia Bielefeld Groningen, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)
Stadium: Euroborg

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 13 September 2020 16 May 2021 Matchday 1 7th 34 14 8 12 40 37 3 041.18
Eredivisie Play-offs 19 May 2021 Semi-finals Semi-finals 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
KNVB Cup 2 December 2020 15 December 2020 First round Second round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 36 14 8 14 41 40 1 038.89

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Feyenoord (O) 34 16 11 7 64 36 28 59 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
6 Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 11 53
7 Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 1 47
9 Heracles Almelo 34 12 8 14 42 53 −11 44
Source: Eredivisie,[2] Soccerway[3]
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)[4]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

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 14 8 12 40 37   3 50 7 6 4 17 13   4 7 2 8 23 24  −1

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWLWDWWLDWWWWLDWDLWLDWDWLDLWLLLWDL
Position149138887788655676666666666666677777
Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.[5]

13 September 2020 1 Groningen 1–3 PSV Groningen
16:45 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 6,049
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
20 September 2020 2 ADO Den Haag 0–1 Groningen The Hague
12:15 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Danny Makkelie
25 September 2020 3 Twente 3–1 Groningen Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
4 October 2020 4 Groningen 1–0 Ajax Groningen
12:15 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
18 October 2020 5 Groningen 0–0 Utrecht Groningen
16:45 CEST (UTC 2)
Report Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
25 October 2020 6 Fortuna Sittard 1–3 Groningen Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
31 October 2020 7 Groningen 2–1 VVV-Venlo Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
8 November 2020 8 Feyenoord 2–0 Groningen Rotterdam
14:30 CET
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
21 November 2020 9 Groningen 1–1 Vitesse Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Björn Kuipers
29 November 2020 10 Groningen 1–0 Willem II Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
6 December 2020 11 AZ 1–2 Groningen Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
12 December 2020 12 Groningen 2–0 RKC Waalwijk Groningen
16:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
19 December 2020 13 Sparta Rotterdam 2–3 Groningen Rotterdam
16:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
23 December 2020 14 Groningen 0–1 Heracles Almelo Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC 1) Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
9 January 2021 15 Utrecht 2–2 Groningen Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
14 January 2021 16 Willem II 2–3 Groningen Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
17 January 2021 17 Groningen 2–2 Twente Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom
23 January 2021 18 Vitesse 1–0 Groningen Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Björn Kuipers
26 January 2021 19 Groningen 3–0 ADO Den Haag Groningen
21:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rob Dieperink
30 January 2021 20 Heracles Almelo 1–0 Groningen Almelo
16:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
13 February 2021 22 Groningen 1–0 PEC Zwolle Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
21 February 2021 23 SC Heerenveen 1–1 Groningen Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom
24 February 2021 21 Groningen 0–0 Feyenoord Groningen
18:45 CET (UTC 1) Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
28 February 2021 24 Groningen 1–0 Fortuna Sittard Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC 1)
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
7 March 2021 25 Ajax 3–1 Groningen Amsterdam
12:15 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
13 March 2021 26 Groningen 1–1 Emmen Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
20 March 2021 27 RKC Waalwijk 3–1 Groningen Waalwijk
21:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
3 April 2021 28 VVV-Venlo 0–1 Groningen Venlo
18:45 CEST (UTC 2) Report
Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
11 April 2021 29 Groningen 0–2 SC Heerenveen Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
24 April 2021 30 PSV 1–0 Groningen Eindhoven
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
2 May 2021 31 Groningen 1–2 Sparta Rotterdam Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
9 May 2021 32 Emmen 0–4 Groningen Emmen
12:15 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
13 May 2021 33 Groningen 0–0 AZ Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
16 May 2021 34 PEC Zwolle 1–0 Groningen Zwolle
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Richard Martens

European competition play-offs

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19 May 2021 Semi-finals Utrecht 1–0 Groningen Utrecht
18:45 CEST (UTC 2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

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2 December 2020 First round SV TEC Bye Groningen Tiel
19:45 CET (UTC 1) Stadium: Sportpark De Lok
15 December 2020 Second round Emmen 2–1 Groningen Emmen
21:00 CET (UTC 1)
Report
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom

Statistics

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Scorers

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Jørgen Strand Larsen 9 0 9
2   Ahmed El Messaoudi 8 0 8
3   Alessio da Cruz 4 0 4
4   Mohamed El Hankouri 3 0 3
  Patrick Joosten 3 0 3
  Paulos Abraham 3 0 3
  Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 2 1 3
8   Bart van Hintum 2 0 2
  Tomáš Suslov 2 0 2
10   Daniël van Kaam 1 0 1
  Ko Itakura 1 0 1
  Remco Balk 1 0 1
  Wessel Dammers 1 0 1

Appearances

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1   Ko Itakura 35 1 36
  Sergio Padt 35 1 36
3   Daniël van Kaam 33 1 34
  Mohamed El Hankouri 34 0 34
5   Bart van Hintum 32 1 33
6   Jørgen Strand Larsen 31 1 32
7   Ahmed El Messaoudi 29 1 30
  Damil Dankerlui 29 1 30
  Tomáš Suslov 29 1 30
10   Wessel Dammers 27 1 28
11   Patrick Joosten 26 1 27
  Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 26 1 27
13   Azor Matusiwa 23 1 24
14   Alessio da Cruz 23 0 23
  Gabriel Gudmundsson 23 0 23
16   Mike te Wierik 16 0 16
17   Paulos Abraham 14 0 14
  Sam Schreck 13 1 14
19   Remco Balk 11 1 12
20   Migue Leal 10 0 10
21   Arjen Robben 7 0 7
  Thijs Dallinga 6 1 7
23   Joël van Kaam 6 0 6
  Kian Slor 5 1 6
25   Thomas Poll 4 0 4
26   Romano Postema 3 0 3
27   Ajdin Hrustic 1 0 1
  Bjorn Meijer 1 0 1
  Leonel Miguel 1 0 1

Clean sheets

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# Player Eredivisie Total
1   Sergio Padt 13 13
Total 13 13

Disciplinary record

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# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
           
1   Mohamed El Hankouri 3 1 0 0 3 1
2   Azor Matusiwa 2 1 0 0 2 1
  Damil Dankerlui 2 1 0 0 2 1
4   Wessel Dammers 8 0 1 0 9 0
5   Alessio da Cruz 5 0 0 0 5 0
  Bart van Hintum 5 0 0 0 5 0
  Mike te Wierik 5 0 0 0 5 0
8   Ko Itakura 4 0 0 0 4 0
9   Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 3 0 0 0 3 0
10   Ahmed El Messaoudi 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Remco Balk 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Sam Schreck 2 0 0 0 2 0
  Sergio Padt 2 0 0 0 2 0
14   Gabriel Gudmundsson 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Joël van Kaam 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Jørgen Strand Larsen 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Patrick Joosten 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Tomáš Suslov 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "Selectie". FC Groningen. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "2020-21 statistics of FC Groningen". ESPN. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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