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FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar - May 17, 2017 / Eredivisie Europa League Play-offs 2017

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3' - Yellow card Ron Vlaar

45' - Goal Alireza Jahanbakhsh photo Calvin Stengs

45' - Substitution Alireza Jahanbakhshis substituted by Calvin Stengs

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58' - Substitution Alexander Sörlothis substituted by Tom van Weert58

66' - Goal Wout Weghorst

68' - Goal Jesper Drost68

69' - Substitution Levi Garciais substituted by Dabney Dos Santos

70' - Substitution Samir Memisevicis substituted by Roland Baas photo Ajdin Hrustic

70' - Substitution Bryan Linssenis substituted by Ajdin Hrustic70

74' - Goal Calvin Stengs

85' - Substitution Derrick Luckassenis substituted by Pantelis Chatzidiakos

90' - Yellow card Juninho Bacuna90

92' - Goal Wout Weghorst

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Groningen

1 - 4

AZ Alkmaar

FC Groningen AZ Alkmaar

Team line-ups

FC Groningen

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Linssen70

Bryan Linssen

Netherlands

B.date08/10/1990

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

13Sörloth58

Alexander Sörloth

Norway

B.date05/12/1995

Age21 years

H1m95

positionCentre forward

45Idrissi

Oussama Idrissi

Morocco

B.date26/02/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

8Jenssen

Ruben Jenssen

Norway

B.date04/05/1988

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

12Bacuna90

Juninho Bacuna

Curaçao

B.date07/08/1997

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

17Drost68

Jesper Drost

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1993

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

2Davidson

Jason Davidson

Australia

B.date29/06/1991

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

6Reijnen

Etiënne Reijnen

Netherlands

B.date05/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

5Memisevic70

Samir Memisevic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date13/08/1993

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

24Hiariej

Tom Hiariej

Netherlands

B.date25/07/1988

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

1Padt

Sergio Padt

Netherlands

B.date06/06/1990

Age26 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Padt		26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Samir Memisevic	70	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Etiënne Reijnen		30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jason Davidson		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Tom Hiariej		28	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jesper Drost	68	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ruben Jenssen		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Juninho Bacuna	90	19	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Alexander Sörloth	58	21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Bryan Linssen	70	26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Oussama Idrissi		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

AZ Alkmaar

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

28Garcia69

Levi Garcia

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date20/11/1997

Age19 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9Weghorst9266

Wout Weghorst

Netherlands

B.date07/08/1992

Age24 years

H1m97

positionStriker

7Jahanbakhsh4545

Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Iran

B.date08/10/1993

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

30Wuytens

Stijn Wuytens

Belgium

B.date08/10/1989

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

8Van Overeem

Joris Van Overeem

Netherlands

B.date01/06/1994

Age22 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

20Seuntjens

Mats Seuntjens

Netherlands

B.date17/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m87

positionSecond striker

22Ouwejan

Thomas Ouwejan

Netherlands

B.date30/09/1996

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

23Luckassen85

Derrick Luckassen

Netherlands

B.date03/07/1995

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

4Vlaar3

Ron Vlaar

Netherlands

B.date16/02/1985

Age32 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

17Svensson

Jonas Svensson

Norway

B.date06/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

24Krul

Tim Krul

Netherlands

B.date03/04/1988

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Tim Krul		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Derrick Luckassen	85	21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Stijn Wuytens		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ron Vlaar	3	32	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Jonas Svensson		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Thomas Ouwejan		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Levi Garcia	69	19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Joris Van Overeem		22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	4545	23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Wout Weghorst	9266	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mats Seuntjens		25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Stefan Van der Lei		24
30	G	Peter van der Vlag		39
23	D	Hedwiges Maduro		32
34	D	Roland Baas	70	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Glenn Bijl		21
36	M	Ajdin Hrustic	70	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	M	Robbert de Vos		20
19	F	Tom van Weert	58	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Rochet		24
12	D	Pantelis Chatzidiakos	85	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jop van der Linden		26
35	D	Owen Wijndal		17
6	M	Ben Rienstra		26
19	M	Dabney Dos Santos	69	20	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Calvin Stengs	7445	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Guus Til		19
26	M	Jeremy Helmer		19
18	M	Iliass Bel Hassani		24
27	F	Fred Friday		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alexander Sörloth

Mimoun Mahi

OUT

Tom Hiariej

Glenn Bijl

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ron Vlaar

Rens van Eijden

OUT

Joris Van Overeem

Iliass Bel Hassani

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernest Faber

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Faber vs AZ Alkmaar

2 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2017

Faber vs van den Brom

3 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

John van den Brom

132

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

van den Brom vs FC Groningen

5 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2017

van den Brom vs Faber

3 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2017

Referee

Bas Nijhuis

19 victories	14 draws	26 losses	FC Groningen59 matches	General total	AZ Alkmaar54 matches	31 victories	8 draws	15 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	FC Groningen1 match	Season total	AZ Alkmaar1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 04, 2024					Latest figure on May 19, 2024

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Key figures

It's the first time Alireza Jahanbakhsh scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 22/12/2013 (with vs )

FC Groningen keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Eredivisie European competition Playoffs running (since 22/05/2011). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Calvin Stengs scores 1 goal in his professional career with AZ Alkmaar

Read the next 25 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFC Groningen 2-3 Utrecht25/02/2017

DFC Groningen 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam05/03/2017

DFC Groningen 1-1 Willem II18/03/2017

VFC Groningen 2-0 NEC Nijmegen05/04/2017

VFC Groningen 5-1 Zwolle16/04/2017

DFC Groningen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven07/05/2017

Overall

VFC Groningen 2-0 NEC Nijmegen05/04/2017

LADO Den Haag 4-3 FC Groningen08/04/2017

VFC Groningen 5-1 Zwolle16/04/2017

VGo Ahead Eagles 2-3 FC Groningen22/04/2017

DFC Groningen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven07/05/2017

VFC Twente 3-5 FC Groningen14/05/2017

Current form

Away

DWillem II 1-1 AZ Alkmaar19/02/2017

LLyon 7-1 AZ Alkmaar23/02/2017

LFeyenoord Rotterdam 5-2 AZ Alkmaar12/03/2017

LAjax Amsterdam 4-1 AZ Alkmaar05/04/2017

VHeracles Almelo 1-2 AZ Alkmaar14/04/2017

LNEC Nijmegen 2-1 AZ Alkmaar07/05/2017

Overall

DAZ Alkmaar 1-1 Roda JC09/04/2017

VHeracles Almelo 1-2 AZ Alkmaar14/04/2017

VAZ Alkmaar 2-1 FC Twente22/04/2017

LAZ Alkmaar 0-2 Vitesse Arnhem30/04/2017

LNEC Nijmegen 2-1 AZ Alkmaar07/05/2017

LAZ Alkmaar 2-3 Utrecht14/05/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	5	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	12	6
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	13	2
Conceding streak	11	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

187	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	138
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

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Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

12 v

5 d

12 l

41 gf

42 ga

Away

30 matches

4 v

11 d

15 l

30 gf

55 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

61 matches

17 v

16 d

28 l

75 gf

100 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

15 v

11 d

4 l

55 gf

30 ga

Away

29 matches

12 v

5 d

12 l

42 gf

41 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

61 matches

28 v

16 d

17 l

100 gf

75 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 16, 1986
Home	6 - 2	April 08, 1984

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 26, 1981
Away	6 - 2	April 25, 1985

Latest head to head

April 01, 2017 - Eredivisie 2016/2017

AZ Alkmaar

0 - 0

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

October 23, 2016 - Eredivisie 2016/2017

FC Groningen

2 - 0

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

February 20, 2016 - Eredivisie 2015/2016

AZ Alkmaar

4 - 1

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

September 20, 2015 - Eredivisie 2015/2016

FC Groningen

2 - 0

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

February 08, 2015 - Eredivisie 2014/2015

FC Groningen

2 - 4

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Glen Salmon	4 goals	2003 - 2006
Tim Matavz	3 goals	2010 - 2010
Michael de Leeuw	3 goals	2014 - 2016
Marcus Berg	3 goals	2007 - 2008
Bryan Linssen	2 goals	2015 - 2016
Erik Nevland	2 goals	2005 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Kenneth Perez	4 goals	2002 - 2002
Markus Henriksen	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	3 goals	2011 - 2013
Robin Nelisse	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Nemanja Gudelj	3 goals	2014 - 2014
Danny Koevermans	3 goals	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Paul Matthijs	14 matches	2001 - 2009
Rasmus Lindgren	13 matches	2005 - 2016
Tom Hiariej	12 matches	2008 - 2017
Gibril Sankoh	12 matches	2005 - 2010
Mathias Floren	11 matches	2001 - 2006
Maikel Kieftenbeld	10 matches	2010 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Barry Opdam	15 matches	2000 - 2008
Kenneth Perez	12 matches	2001 - 2006
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	11 matches	2010 - 2014
Nick Viergever	11 matches	2010 - 2014
Simon Poulsen	11 matches	2008 - 2015
Barry van Galen	11 matches	2000 - 2006