# 2024–25 FC Groningen season

The 2024–25 season is FC Groningen's 54th season in existence and 45th in the Eredivisie.
The team will compete also in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 23 January 2025
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 | SUR | Etienne Vaessen |
| 2 | DF | NED | Wouter Prins |
| 3 | DF | NED | Thijmen Blokzijl |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Hjalmar Ekdal |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marco Rente |
| 6 | MF | NED | Stije Resink |
| 7 | MF | CUW | Leandro Bacuna (captain) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Johan Hove |
| 9 | MF | ISL | Brynjólfur Willumsson |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Luciano Valente |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Noam Emeran |
| 14 | MF | NED | Jorg Schreuders |
| 16 | MF | NED | Dave Kwakman |
| 18 | MF | NED | Tika de Jonge |
| 20 | MF | NED | Mats Seuntjens |
| 21 | GK | NED | Hidde Jurjus |
| 22 | DF | NED | Finn Stam |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | NED | Fofin Turay |
| 24 | GK | NED | Dirk Baron |
| 25 | FW | NED | Thijs Oosting |
| 26 | FW | NED | Thom van Bergen |
| 27 | FW | POR | Rui Mendes |
| 29 | FW | NED | Romano Postema |
| 31 | GK | NED | Jasper Meijster |
| 33 | FW | SWE | Alex Mortensen |
| 36 | DF | NED | Maxim Mariani |
| 43 | DF | BEL | Marvin Peersman |
| 44 | GK | NED | Jasper Meijster |
| 56 | DF | NED | Marco Speelman |
| 57 | MF | NED | Nils Eggens |
| 67 | DF | NED | Sven Bouland |
| 70 | DF | NED | Roy Leicester |
| 99 | FW | NED | Kevin van Veen |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Florian Krüger | Eintracht Braunschweig | End of loan | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Kevin van Veen | Kilmarnock F.C. | End of loan | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Ragnar Oratmangoen | Fortuna Sittard | End of loan | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Brynjólfur Willumsson | Kristiansund BK | €75,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Etienne Vaessen | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Sven Bouland | FC Groningen U21 | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Finn Stam | AZ Alkmaar | On loan | 10 July 2024 |
| FW | Thijs Oosting | Willem II | €1,000,000 | 2 July 2024 |
| MF | Stije Resink | Almere City FC | €700,000 | 20 August 2024 |
| MF | Kevin van Veen | St Mirren F.C. | End of loan | 5 November 2024 |
| MF | David van der Werff | FC Groningen U21 | Free | 23 December 2024 |
| MF | Kristian Lien | Kristiansund BK | End of loan | 31 December 2024 |
| FW | Paulos Abraham | IFK Göteborg | End of loan | 31 December 2024 |
| MF | Mats Seuntjens | CD Castellón | Free | 3 January 2025 |
| MF | Dave Kwakman | AZ Alkmaar | On loan | 20 January 2025 |
| DF | Hjalmar Ekdal | Burnley F.C. | On loan | 23 January 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Daniël Beukers | FC Volendam | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Dirk Baron | | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Nick Bakker | | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Steyn Potma | SC Cambuur | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Isak Dybvik Määttä | FK Bodø/Glimt | €600,000 | 17 July 2024 |
| FW | Kristian Lien | Kristiansund BK | On loan | 26 July 2024 |
| FW | Ragnar Oratmangoen | F.C.V. Dender E.H. | Free | 13 August 2024 |
| MF | Laros Duarte | Puskás Akadémia FC | €875,000 | 23 August 2024 |
| FW | Florian Krüger | K Beerschot VA | €275,000 | 6 September 2024 |
| MF | Joey Pelupessy | Lommel S.K. | | 3 January 2025 |
| FW | Paulos Abraham | Hammarby Fotboll | €1,300,000 | 29 January 2025 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

    As of 16 March 2025
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 9 August 2024 | | Week 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 032.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 29 October 2024 | 18 December 2024 | 1st Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 033.33 |
Source: ESPN

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 32 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Groningen | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 31 | |
| 10 | Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 31 | |
| 11 | NEC | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 29 | |
* ↑ The 2024–25 KNVB Cup winners (AZ or Go Ahead Eagles) qualify for the Europa League league phase (or the fourth-placed team if the KNVB Cup winners finish in the top three). If the KNVB Cup winners finish in the top four, the Europa League second round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team. If the KNVB Cup winners finish in the top eight, the fourth European competition play-off spot will be passed to the ninth-placed team.

#### Results summary

    As of 16 March 2025
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: https://www.espn.nl/voetbal/stand/_/competitie/ned.1

#### Results by round

    As of 16 March 2025
| 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 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | | 13 | 15 | 15 | | 15 | 8 | 10 | 9 |

### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Scorers

    As of 16 March 2025
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Brynjólfur Willumsson | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Thijs Oosting | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Jorg Schreuders | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Leandro Bacuna | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Stije Resink | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Thom van Bergen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Luciano Valente | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Romano Postema | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Rui Mendes | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Dave Kwakman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Marco Rente | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tika de Jonge | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Wouter Prins | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Assists

    As of 16 March 2025
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Luciano Valente | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Thom van Bergen | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Leandro Bacuna | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Marco Rente | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Marvin Peersman | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Mats Seuntjens | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Stije Resink | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Finn Stam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Joey Pelupessy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Jorg Schreuders | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romano Postema | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Rui Mendes | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

    As of 16 March 2025
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Thom van Bergen | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| 2 | Jorg Schreuders | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | Leandro Bacuna | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | Luciano Valente | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | Etienne Vaessen | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Marco Rente | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Romano Postema | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Johan Hove | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Thijmen Blokzijl | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Thijs Oosting | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Brynjólfur Willumsson | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Wouter Prins | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Stije Resink | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Marvin Peersman | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Finn Stam | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | Rui Mendes | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 17 | Joey Pelupessy | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | Tika de Jonge | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 | Mats Seuntjens | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | Dave Kwakman | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Hjalmar Ekdal | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | David van der Werf | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Hidde Jurjus | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Noam Emeran | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Alex Mortensen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Maxim Mariani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Sven Bouland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Fofin Turay | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Laros Duarte | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 16 March 2025
| # | Player | Eredivisie |
| 1 | Etienne Vaessen | 7 |
| Total | Total | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 1 March 2025
| # | Player | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Marvin Peersman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Marco Rente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Brynjólfur Willumsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Thijmen Blokzijl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Leandro Bacuna | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Luciano Valente | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Stije Resink | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Etienne Vaessen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Finn Stam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Rui Mendes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Jorg Schreuders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Thom van Bergen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Romano Postema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Tika de Jonge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Wouter Prins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |