# 2022–23 FC Groningen season

The 2022–23 season was the 67th in the history of FC Groningen and their 56th (23rd consecutive) season in the top flight. The club participated in Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The team ended up relegated at the end of the season.
In the KNVB Cup, FC Groningen lost 3–2 against SV Spakenburg in the second round and are eliminated from the cup.
Ricardo Pepi was the top scorer of the club in this season with 13 goals; 12 goals in Eredivisie and 1 goal in KNVB Cup.
Isak Dybvik Määttä was the most appeared player in this season with 34 appearances; 33 appearances in Eredivisie, 1 appearance in KNVB Cup.

## Players

    As of 22 September 2024
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 | Peter Leeuwenburgh |
| 2 | DF | SUR | Damil Dankerlui |
| 4 | MF | NED | Joey Pelupessy (captain) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Laros Duarte |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Tomáš Suslov |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Johan Hove |
| 9 | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi (on loan from FC Augsburg) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Daleho Irandust |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Paulos Abraham |
| 12 | DF | NED | Radinio Balker |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Emmanuel Matuta |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Isak Dybvik Määttä |
| 19 | DF | NED | Liam van Gelderen |
| 20 | GK | NED | Michael Verrips (on loan from Fortuna Sittard) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Oliver Antman (on loan from Nordsjælland) |
| 23 | FW | GER | Florian Krüger |
| 24 | DF | NED | Nordin Musampa |
| 25 | GK | NED | Jan de Boer |
| 26 | FW | NED | Kian Slor |
| 28 | FW | NED | Elvis Manu (on loan from Botev Plovdiv) |
| 29 | DF | DEN | Mads Bech Sørensen (on loan from Brentford) |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Aimar Sher (on loan from Spezia) |
| 34 | FW | NED | Ragnar Oratmangoen |
| 37 | DF | CZE | Matěj Chaluš (on loan from Malmö FF) |
| 39 | MF | NED | Jorg Schreuders |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Luciano Valente |
| 42 | DF | NED | Thijmen Blokzijl |
| 48 | DF | NED | Maxim Mariani |
| 55 | FW | NED | Thom van Bergen |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Kian Slor | FC Emmen | End of loan | 30 Jun 2022 |
| MF | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | Panathinaikos F.C. | End of loan | 30 Jun 2022 |
| DF | Joey Pelupessy | Giresunspor | Free | 1 Jul 2022 |
| DF | Liam van Gelderen | Ajax U21 | €450,000 | 1 Jul 2022 |
| DF | Nordin Musampa | Ajax U21 | Free | 1 Jul 2022 |
| FW | Ragnar Oratmangoen | Go Ahead Eagles | Undisclosed | 1 Jul 2022 |
| DF | Isak Dybvik Määttä | Ålesund | €1,200,000 | 1 Aug 2022 |
| FW | Florian Krüger | Arminia Bielefeld | €1,300,00 | 30 Aug 2022 |
| FW | Ricardo Pepi | FC Augsburg | On loan (€500,000) | 31 Aug 2022 |
| MF | Aimar Sher | Spezia Calcio | On loan | 17 Jan 2023 |
| MF | Johan Hove | Strømsgodset Toppfotball | €1,030,000 | 17 Jan 2023 |
| DF | Mads Bech Sørensen | Brentford F.C | On loan | 19 Jan 2023 |
| DF | Matěj Chaluš | Malmö FF | On loan | 27 Jan 2023 |
| FW | Elvis Manu | Botev Plovdiv | On loan | 31 Jan 2023 |
| FW | Oliver Antman | FC Nordsjælland | On loan | 31 Jan 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Alex Mortensen | Kalmar FF | End of loan | 30 Jun 2022 |
| DF | Melayro Bogarde | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | End of loan | 30 Jun 2022 |
| FW | Sebastian Tounekti | FK Bodø/Glimt | End of loan | 30 Jun 2022 |
| DF | Bart van Hintum | PEC Zwolle | Free | 1 Jul 2022 |
| DF | Bjorn Meijer | Club Brugge KV | €6,000,000 | 1 Jul 2022 |
| FW | Mohamed El Hankouri | 1. FC Magdeburg | Free | 1 Jul 2021 |
| FW | Michael de Leeuw | Willem II | €40,000 | 10 Aug 2022 |
| MF | Daniël van Kaam | SC Cambuur | Undisclosed | 31 Aug 2022 |
| FW | Romano Postema | Roda JC Kerkrade | On loan | 31 Aug 2022 |
| FW | Jørgen Strand Larsen | RC Celta de Vigo | €12,400,000 | 1 Sep 2022 |
| FW | Patrick Joosten | Apollon Limassol FC | Undicslosed | 1 Sep 2022 |
| FW | Cyril Ngonge | Hellas Verona FC | €550,000 | 19 Jan 2023 |
| DF | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | Feyenoord | €2,000,000 | 23 Jan 2023 |
| GK | Jan Hoekstra | PEC Zwolle | On loan | 31 Jan 2023 |
| DF | Mike te Wierik | FC Emmen | Free | 1 Feb 2023 |
| DF | Yahya Kalley | IFK Norrköping | On loan | 21 Feb 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 011.76 |
| KNVB Cup | 19 October 2022 | 12 January 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 78 | −42 | 013.89 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 36 | |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 32 | |
| 16 | Emmen (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Cambuur (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | −43 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | Groningen (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 18 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2023. Source: Eredivisie

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

##### 2nd half
### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Scorers

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Ricardo Pepi | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Florian Krüger | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Cyril Ngonge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Damil Dankerlui | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Johan Hove | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Laros Duarte | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Oliver Antman | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Joey Pelupessy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Liam van Gelderen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Radinio Balker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Tomáš Suslov | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Isak Dybvik Määttä | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | Radinio Balker | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | Ricardo Pepi | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | Tomáš Suslov | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 5 | Laros Duarte | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Michael Verrips | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Florian Krüger | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Luciano Valente | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Joey Pelupessy | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Ragnar Oratmangoen | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Damil Dankerlui | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Johan Hove | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Liam van Gelderen | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Daleho Irandust | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Mike te Wierik | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 14 | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 17 | Thijmen Blokzijl | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 18 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 19 | Cyril Ngonge | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 19 | Thom van Bergen | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | Mads Bech Sørensen | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 21 | Oliver Antman | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 | Elvis Manu | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Paulos Abraham | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | Peter Leeuwenburgh | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 26 | Matěj Chaluš | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Nordin Musampa | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 28 | Jetro Willems | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 29 | Aimar Sher | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Yahya Kalley | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 31 | Jorg Schreuders | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Marin Sverko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | Jan de Boer | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Romano Postema | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Emmanuel Matuta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Patrick Joosten | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Michael Verrips | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Peter Leeuwenburgh | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Jan de Boer | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 6 |

### Disciplinary record

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Isak Dybvik Määttä | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Radinio Balker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Nordin Musampa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Laros Duarte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Peter Leeuwenburgh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Tomáš Suslov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Luciano Valente | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Liam van Gelderen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike te Wierik | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Damil Dankerlui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Florian Krüger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Mads Bech Sørensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Marin Sverko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Ricardo Pepi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Yahya Kalley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Aimar Sher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Daleho Irandust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Joey Pelupessy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Johan Hove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Jorg Schreuders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Matěj Chaluš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Michael Verrips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ragnar Oratmangoen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Thom van Bergen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |