# 2019–20 FC Groningen season

The 2019–20 Eredivisie was suspended on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands and was abandoned on 24 April 2020.
FC Groningen finished 2019–20 Eredivisie season as 9th.
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 1–0 against FC Twente in the 2nd round and are eliminated from the cup. Feyenoord and FC Utrecht were finalists but the KNVB Cup was also abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands and the final game is not played.
Kaj Sierhuis was the top scorer of the club in this season with 6 goals in Eredivisie.
Deyovaisio Zeefuik was the most appeared player in this season with 28 appearances; 26 appearances in Eredivisie and 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 February 2020
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 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Bart van Hintum |
| 4 | DF | NED | Mike te Wierik (captain) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Azor Matusiwa |
| 8 | MF | GER | Sam Schreck |
| 9 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Joel Asoro (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Mohamed El Hankouri |
| 15 | FW | SWE | Gabriel Gudmundsson |
| 16 | GK | NED | Jan Hoekstra |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Ko Itakura (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Ahmed El Messaoudi |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Nicklas Strunck |
| 21 | DF | NED | Django Warmerdam |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Görkem Can |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Ajdin Hrustic |
| 26 | MF | NED | Daniël van Kaam |
| 27 | FW | NED | Thijs Dallinga |
| 28 | DF | NED | Tapmahoe Sopacua |
| 29 | FW | NED | Romano Postema |
| 32 | GK | NED | Marco van Duin |
| 36 | GK | NED | Jan de Boer |
| 42 | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik |
| 43 | FW | NED | Joel van Kaam |
| 46 | DF | NED | Thomas Poll |
| 51 | FW | NED | Kian Slor |
| 52 | FW | SVK | Tomáš Suslov |
| 53 | FW | NED | Giovanni Zwikstra |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | MAR | Amir Absalem (at Almere City until 30 June 2020) |
| 36 | MF | NED | Tom van de Looi (at NEC until 30 June 2020) |

## Player transfers
### Players In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 Jul 2019 | DF | Azor Matusiwa | Ajax AFC | Transfer | Free |
| 1 Jul 2019 | MF | Gabriel Gudmundsson | Halmstads BK | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 Jul 2019 | MF | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | NAC Breda | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 Jul 2019 | MF | Sam Schreck | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 5 Jul 2019 | GK | Marco van Duin | NEC | Transfer | Free |
| 6 Jul 2019 | DF | Bart van Hintum | Heracles Almelo | Transfer | Free |
| 9 Jul 2019 | FW | Charlison Benschop | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Free |
| 11 Aug 2019 | MF | Nicklas Strunck | FC Nordsjælland | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 15 Aug 2019 | DF | Ahmed El Messaoudi | K.V. Mechelen | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 15 Aug 2019 | FW | Joel Asoro | Swansea City A.F.C. | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 25 Jan 2020 | DF | Görkem Can | FC Schalke 04 II | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 Jan 2020 | FW | Daishawn Redan | Hertha BSC | Loan | Undisclosed |

### Players Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Ludovit Reis | FC Barcelona | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Mimoun Mahi | FC Zurich | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Gerald Postma | Harkemase Boys | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Lars Kramer | Viborg FF | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Jeff Chabot | Sampdoria | Transfer | €3.7M |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Daniel Bouman | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Matthijs Hardijk | ACV Assen | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Kellian van der Kaap | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Marijn Ploem | HVV Hollandia | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Pelle Boevink | SSV Jeddeloh | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Paul Gladon | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Tim Riksman | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Kevin Begois | N/A | Retired | N/A |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 3 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Week 1 | 9th | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 038.46 |
| KNVB | 30 October 2019 | 19 December 2019 | 1st round | 2nd round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 039.29 |
Source: Competitions

## Eredivisie
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |

### Matches
#### 2nd half
## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 49 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 44 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 41 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 41 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heracles Almelo | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 36 | |
| 9 | Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 35 | |
| 10 | Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 33 | |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 33 | |
| 12 | Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 32 | |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 28 | |
| 14 | Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 27 | |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 26 | |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 26 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 15 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
* ↑ Seven teams, one from the Eredivisie and six from the Eerste Divisie, play for one spot in the 2020–21 Eredivisie. The remaining teams play in the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie.

## Statistics
### Scorers

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Kaj Sierhuis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Ajdin Hrustic | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Charlison Benschop | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Joel Asoro | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Samir Memišević | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Ahmed El Messaoudi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Django Warmerdam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mike te Wierik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ritsu Dōan | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 26 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | Ajdin Hrustic | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| 2 | Sergio Padt | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | Azor Matusiwa | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Mike te Wierik | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Ko Itakura | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Mohamed El Hankouri | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Ahmed El Messaoudi | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Django Warmerdam | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Charlison Benschop | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Joel Asoro | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Bart van Hintum | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Daniël van Kaam | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Kaj Sierhuis | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Sam Schreck | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Samir Memišević | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 18 | Romano Postema | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 19 | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | Amir Absalem | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Daishawn Redan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Kaj Sierhuis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Ritsu Dōan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Thomas Poll | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Jan Hoekstra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Kian Slor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Tomáš Suslov | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Total |
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 9 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 9 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Mike te Wierik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Django Warmerdam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Azor Matusiwa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Ko Itakura | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Samir Memišević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Ajdin Hrustic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Amir Absalem | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Bart van Hintum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Charlison Benschop | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Ahmed El Messaoudi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Mohamed El Hankouri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sam Schreck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Joel Asoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Kaj Sierhuis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Romano Postema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Thomas Poll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |