page_title: FC Groningen
section_title: Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: FC Groningen / Stadium
caption_attribution_description: English: Euroborg, after the match FC Groningen - AZ on 12-12-2010
context_page_description: Football Club Groningen is a Dutch professional association football club based in the city of Groningen, Groningen province. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the highest football league of the Netherlands.
  The club was founded on 16 June 1971. Its first home stadium was the Stadion Oosterpark. Since 2005, the club has played at the Euroborg.
  Groningen's best result in the Eredivisie was third place in 1991 and 2006, and their worst result was relegation to the Eerste Divisie in 1974 and 1998. The team won the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season.
context_section_description: The club plays its home games at the Euroborg stadium, with a capacity of 22,329 seats. In December 2005, the club played its last match in the 12,500 seat Oosterpark Stadion after having played there for 70 years. The average attendance in 2004–05 was 12,500; this has risen to just under 22,000 at the Euroborg. The Euroborg is known to be one of the more atmospheric of all Dutch stadiums. Despite its relatively short existence, it has already earned the nickname the Green Cathedral.
  Euroborg is easy to reach by public transport. Train station Groningen Europapark, located 200 meters from the stadium, is served every hour by a number of trains (coming from Groningen Central, Veendam and Germany) and buses. There are also a number of car parks (marked as P1, P2, etc.) in the surrounding area. The stadium is located 2.5 kilometers/1.5 miles from the city centre of Groningen
caption: Euroborg stadium in 2010
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