FC Groningen

Football Club Groningen is a Dutch professional association football club based in the city of Groningen, Groningen province. They are currently in the top-tier league of Dutch football, The Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1971 which marks this year as its 50 years. FC Groningen is in the top league for the past 22 years. 

Arjen Robben was one of the world-class players who came out of this youth club, to play for one of the best teams in Germany, Bayern Munich. Before retiring he came back to play for his boyhood club. Robben had 12 goals in 59 matches that he played for the club before retiring. He also assisted 7 times in those matches.

FC Groningen has won the Eerste Divisie once in 1979/80. After this season they have not yet been relegated to the second league. The win of that season gave them the promotion to the Eredivisie. FC Groningen has also won the KNVB Cup once . The season was 2014/15. In 2015/16, they were the runner-ups of the Super Cup. Find out about the upcoming fixtures, squad, and much more. Also, find out the live stream and the official tv broadcasters of the Eredivisie.

Upcoming fixtures

Eredivisie has only 18 teams. Each team will play 34 matches. The team that wins the league automatically qualifies for the Champions League. The team which comes in second place qualifies for the Champions League qualification stage. The third-place team qualifies for the Europa Conference League Qualification stage. The team who comes from 4th position to 7th position qualifies for Europa Conference League Playoff stage. At the bottom of the table, the team which ends up in the 18th position is relegated to the second division. Whereas the team above them has another chance to get back in Eredivisie as they go to the relegation playoff. Here are the fixtures for the new season. The time is standard UK time.

Please note that these fixtures can be changed due to league cup matches or any other circumstances. 

How to watch FC Groningen matches in the UK?

The Dutch Eredivisie football is live on Premier Sports for the 2021/22 season, showing up to 3 live matches each week. Ajax is the current Dutch champion and is regularly broadcast as well as other major clubs PSV, Feyenoord, FC Groningen, and Utrecht.

How to watch Eredivisie in New Zealand?

New Zealand doesn’t have any official streaming for the league. There are only a few games that would be telecasted. ZiggGO and Fox Sports would be the best option but they would only have the Dutch language in the game. To use these options, you need to use VPN.

How to watch FC Groningen matches in the USA?

ESPN’s online streaming platform ESPN+ holds the broadcasting right of Dutch Eredivisie live in the United States. The online streaming platform streams 3 matches per game week and a total of 102 fixtures throughout the entire season. Unfortunately, Canadian viewers won’t be able to watch any of these actions live as the service is not available in Canada.

ESPN+ is a subscription-only streaming service. It is pretty much cheaper though as the service costs 5.99 US Dollars per month. However, the annual subscription fee is cheaper as the customers will have to pay 49.99 US Dollars for 12 months of service

Another option is  NGSN. They have the USA’s rights and offer a streaming subscription for a couple of leagues, including the Eredivisie and the Portuguese and Russian leagues. You can also see other leagues on ESPN+ as it holds official rights of leagues other than Portuguese and Russian.

Eredivisie Reddit soccer teams

There is a platform where you can be up to date with the latest news of your favorite team, live scores, highlights, and much more. Reddit soccer streams is a free streaming website. Besides the live streaming, the website has the upcoming matches, live scores, highlights, and much more about other soccer teams and leagues globally.   This website is one of the most popular destinations to access your favorite team’s matches.

There is one requirement for seamless streaming of the matches you want to see. Good internet is a must for the live stream. The website is used for free streaming. The streaming would likely be in HD and the only issue you can face is the lagging of the video due to slow internet speed.

Eredivisie application

Nowadays, people are keener to know the live scores, transfer updates, and much more about their favorite team on their phones as sometimes they are too busy in their own life to see the match live. The league has its application which is known as Eredivisie from Eredivisie Livescore. It is available only on IOS. There is no official application for the league. There might be applications for specific teams but not for the league. It provides live scores, results, rankings, statics from the previous season, and much more. All the fans who watch this league should have this application. It also tells more about your favorite team as well.

Here are some of the alternatives to the application.

Fotmob – This application has the live scores, fixtures, league table, match statistics, player statistics, and much more for any team you want, They have the leagues according to country. They have more than 250 football leagues in their database. You can also select your favorite players, leagues as well as teams. For example, if you choose Ronaldo as your favorite, you will know whether he is in the lineup or as a substitute if he scores a goal if he grabs an assist. Also if he is given a card during the match you will get a notification on your device. It’s a user-friendly application for all football lovers. You will also get the latest news about your favorite teams.

Goal.com – Goal Live scored and Goal.com are the two applications for football. Both give you live scores, team news, and much more just like fotmob.Goal.com also provides team formation, top players, Head-to-head data of two teams, and much more to its users.

Last season form

FC Groningen is currently in the 10th position of the new season. They have won 1, lost one, and drew 1 match of the new season. They lost their previous match against PSV Eindhoven which was just before the international break. 

In the previous season, FC Groningen had a decent finish. After 34 games, they were in the 7th position with 50 points. FC Groningen had won 14 games and lost just 12 games in the whole season. The goal difference ended up as +3 at the end of the season. In the last five matches, FC Groningen was only able to get 4 points out of a possible 15. This season also FC Groningen will be looking for a top 10 finish.

Key players

Danny Buijs is the manager of FC Groningen for the ast 3 years. He would be well versed with their team in the context of their strength and weakness. The key players for him as well as FC Groningen would be Cyril Ngonge, Tomas Suslove, Larsen, and Bjorn Meijer. Cyril has already scored two goals this season whereas Larsen has one goal in his name. It will be a rising season for young players.

Where I can watch the highlights of FC Groningen?

You can watch the highlights of FC Groningen on their official youtube channel. The highlights are also available on their website as well as on youtube.

Another option would be the official League application. They have the highlights of all the teams in the competition. 

Fox sports website is one of the websites where you can find scores, live streams, and much more. They also have the highlights of your favorite club.