# 2017–18 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen finished 2017–18 Eredivisie season as 12th.
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. 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 | 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 55 | +0 | 025.00 |
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 | 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 |

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

| # | 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 |
| 6 | Juninho Bacuna | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Ajdin Hrustic | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Django Warmerdam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ludovit Reis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mike te Wierik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Samir Memišević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Yoell van Nieff | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 34 | 2 | 36 |
| 2 | Juninho Bacuna | 33 | 2 | 35 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 6 | Ritsu Dōan | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 14 | Tom van de Looi | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Ruben Jenssen | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Kasper Larsen | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Todd Kane | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | 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 |
| 24 | Tim Freriks | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Total |
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 7 | 7 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| # | Player | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Ajdin Hrustic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Ludovit Reis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 10 | Ritsu Dōan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 14 | Ruben Jenssen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sergio Padt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Uriel Antuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |