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FC Groningen 2-1 AZ Alkmaar - February 17, 2008 / Eredivisie 2007/2008

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Eredivisie 2007/2008 - Round 25

Euroborg - Groningen - Netherlands

February 17, 2008

19 547

FC Groningen

2 - 1

AZ Alkmaar

Marcus Berg

30'

(penalty) Marcus Berg

86'

84'

Kew Jaliens

logo FC Groningen FCG

30' - Goal Marcus Berg30

logo FC Groningen FCG

55' - Substitution Mounir El Hamdaouiis substituted by Simon Cziommer

60' - Substitution Ariis substituted by Graziano Pellè

65' - Substitution Ruud Vormeris substituted by Julian Jenner

78' - Substitution Danny Hollais substituted by Sepp de Roover78

84' - Goal Kew Jaliens

86' - Goal Marcus Berg86

89' - Substitution Berry Powelis substituted by Stefan Nijland89

90' - Substitution Goran Lovreis substituted by Matías Cahais90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Groningen

2 - 1

AZ Alkmaar

FC Groningen AZ Alkmaar

Team line-ups

FC Groningen

van Loo

Brian van Loo

Netherlands

B.date02/04/1975

Age32 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Kruiswijk

Arnold Kruiswijk

Netherlands

B.date02/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Sankoh

Gibril Sankoh

Sierra Leone

B.date15/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Metaj

Shkodran Metaj

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Stenman

Fredrik Stenman

Sweden

B.date02/06/1983

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

Hiariej

Tom Hiariej

Netherlands

B.date25/07/1988

Age19 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Holla78

Danny Holla

Netherlands

B.date31/12/1987

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lovre90

Goran Lovre

Serbia

B.date23/03/1982

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight Midfielder

Meerdink

Martijn Meerdink

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Powel89

Berry Powel

Netherlands

B.date02/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Berg3086

Marcus Berg

Sweden

B.date17/08/1986

Age21 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brian van Loo		32	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arnold Kruiswijk		23	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gibril Sankoh		24	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shkodran Metaj		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fredrik Stenman		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Hiariej		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Holla	78	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Goran Lovre	90	25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martijn Meerdink		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Berry Powel	89	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Berg	3086	21	26	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

AZ Alkmaar

Romero

Sergio Romero

Argentina

B.date22/02/1987

Age20 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Mendes da Silva

David Mendes da Silva

Netherlands

B.date04/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Jaliens84

Kew Jaliens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Opdam

Barry Opdam

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1976

Age31 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Donk

Ryan Donk

Suriname

B.date30/03/1986

Age21 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Pocognoli

Sébastien Pocognoli

Belgium

B.date01/08/1987

Age20 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Poulsen

Simon Poulsen

Denmark

B.date07/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Vormer65

Ruud Vormer

Netherlands

B.date11/05/1988

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Ari60

Ari

Russia

B.date11/12/1985

Age22 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

El Hamdaoui55

Mounir El Hamdaoui

Morocco

B.date14/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Dembélé

Mousa Dembélé

Belgium

B.date17/07/1987

Age20 years

H1m77

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sergio Romero		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Mendes da Silva		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kew Jaliens	84	29	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Opdam		31	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Donk		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sébastien Pocognoli		20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Poulsen		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruud Vormer	65	19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ari	60	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mounir El Hamdaoui	55	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mousa Dembélé		20	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matías Cahais	90	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sepp de Roover	78	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefan Nijland	89	19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Simon Cziommer	55	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Jenner	65	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graziano Pellè	60	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shkodran Metaj

Mark-Jan Fledderus

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sergio Romero

Boy Waterman

OUT

Kew Jaliens

Graziano Pellè

OUT

Ari

Demy de Zeeuw

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Jans

216

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Jans vs AZ Alkmaar

3 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2008

Jans vs van Gaal

2 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

135

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

van Gaal vs FC Groningen

10 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2008

van Gaal vs Jans

2 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 17, 2008

Referee

Ben Haverkort

16 victories	5 draws	4 losses	FC Groningen25 matches	General total	AZ Alkmaar20 matches	10 victories	4 draws	6 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	FC Groningen3 matches	Season total	AZ Alkmaar2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 2011					Latest figure on May 10, 2009

Videos

Comments

Key figures

AZ Alkmaar keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 02/02/2008).

Only back at the time of Georg Kessler head of AZ Alkmaar (01/07/1978-01/07/1982), you can see a maanger go beneath Louis van Gaal with 1.16 goals conceded per game in Eredivisie (1.1).

AZ Alkmaar keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win running (since 19/01/2008).

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

+1	4	NAC Breda	47 pts	25 rd
-2	5	Heerenveen	45 pts	25 rd
	6	FC Groningen	44 pts	25 rd
	7	Roda JC	40 pts	25 rd
	8	FC Twente	39 pts	25 rd

General ranking

9	Utrecht	35 pts	25 rd
10	Vitesse Arnhem	35 pts	25 rd
11	AZ Alkmaar	29 pts	25 rd
12	De Graafschap	26 pts	25 rd
13	NEC Nijmegen	24 pts	25 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Groningen 1-0 VVV-Venlo01/12/2007

VFC Groningen 1-0 Willem II16/12/2007

VFC Groningen 2-1 PSV Eindhoven26/12/2007

VFC Groningen 3-2 Excelsior Rotterdam12/01/2008

VFC Groningen 5-1 NEC Nijmegen23/01/2008

DFC Groningen 1-1 Roda JC03/02/2008

Overall

VFC Groningen 3-2 Excelsior Rotterdam12/01/2008

LFC Twente 3-1 FC Groningen20/01/2008

VFC Groningen 5-1 NEC Nijmegen23/01/2008

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 1-1 FC Groningen27/01/2008

DFC Groningen 1-1 Roda JC03/02/2008

LVitesse Arnhem 2-1 FC Groningen09/02/2008

Current form

Away

LAjax Amsterdam 6-1 AZ Alkmaar13/01/2008

VDe Graafschap 1-2 AZ Alkmaar16/01/2008

LHeerenveen 4-0 AZ Alkmaar19/01/2008

LWillem II 3-0 AZ Alkmaar25/01/2008

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 2-2 AZ Alkmaar30/01/2008

LNEC Nijmegen 5-2 AZ Alkmaar10/02/2008

Overall

LHeerenveen 4-0 AZ Alkmaar19/01/2008

LAZ Alkmaar 1-2 NAC Breda22/01/2008

LWillem II 3-0 AZ Alkmaar25/01/2008

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 2-2 AZ Alkmaar30/01/2008

LAZ Alkmaar 0-2 PSV Eindhoven02/02/2008

LNEC Nijmegen 5-2 AZ Alkmaar10/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	14
Conceding streak	4	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	13	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	11
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	12
64	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	96
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
12	Victories (Competition total)	8
8	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.79
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.58

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Marcus Berg	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Ari
Marcus Berg	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Mounir El Hamdaoui
Evgen Levchenko	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ari
Marcus Berg	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Mounir El Hamdaoui

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

6 v

4 d

8 l

25 gf

29 ga

Away

19 matches

2 v

7 d

10 l

22 gf

38 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

39 matches

9 v

11 d

19 l

51 gf

70 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

10 v

7 d

2 l

38 gf

22 ga

Away

18 matches

8 v

4 d

6 l

29 gf

25 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

39 matches

19 v

11 d

9 l

70 gf

51 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

October 07, 2007 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 2

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

February 18, 2007 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

FC Groningen

1 - 1

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

December 17, 2006 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 0

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

April 23, 2006 - Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2006

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

April 20, 2006 - Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2006

FC Groningen

3 - 1

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Glen Salmon	4 goals	2003 - 2006
Eddy Bosman	2 goals	1985 - 1985
Erik Nevland	2 goals	2005 - 2007
Ondrej Svejdik	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Raymond Bronkhorst	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Mark-Jan Fledderus	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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
Danny Koevermans	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Robin Nelisse	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Shota Arveladze	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Ali El-Khattabi	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Max Huiberts	2 goals	2001 - 2002

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	12 matches	2001 - 2007
Mathias Floren	11 matches	2001 - 2006
Glen Salmon	10 matches	2002 - 2006
Kurt Elshot	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Bas Roorda	8 matches	2004 - 2007
Erik Nevland	8 matches	2005 - 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 FC Groningen

Barry Opdam	14 matches	2000 - 2007
Kenneth Perez	12 matches	2001 - 2006
Tim de Cler	11 matches	2002 - 2007
Barry van Galen	11 matches	2000 - 2006
Henk Timmer	10 matches	2000 - 2006
Michael Buskermolen	10 matches	2000 - 2005

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

They played in both sides

Paul Matthijs

174 matches

29 matches

1999 - 2007

Rolf Martin Landerl

52 matches

1 match

1999 - 2004

Martijn Meerdink

36 matches

120 matches

2002 - 2008

Pius Ikedia

32 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2006

Gijs Luirink

30 matches

24 matches

2004 - 2007

Total : 5 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Martijn Meerdink

36 matches

120 matches

2002 - 2008

Paul Matthijs

174 matches

29 matches

1999 - 2007

Gijs Luirink

30 matches

24 matches

2004 - 2007

Pius Ikedia

32 matches

15 matches

2002 - 2006

Rolf Martin Landerl

52 matches

1 match

1999 - 2004

Total : 5 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 15, 2008

Ajax Amsterdam

6 2

Sparta Rotterdam

Video availableLine-ups available

February 16, 2008

Willem II

0 1

PSV Eindhoven

Video availableLine-ups available

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February 17, 2008

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	PSV Eindhoven	56	25	17	5	3	52	18	+34
2	Ajax Amsterdam	47	25	13	8	4	67	35	+32
+13	Feyenoord Rotterdam	47	25	14	5	6	45	24	+21
+14	NAC Breda	47	25	14	5	6	31	26	+5
-25	Heerenveen	45	25	13	6	6	66	31	+35
6	FC Groningen	44	25	13	5	7	42	39	+3
7	Roda JC	40	25	11	7	7	44	38	+6
8	FC Twente	39	25	10	9	6	38	27	+11
9	Utrecht	35	25	10	5	10	47	43	+4
10	Vitesse Arnhem	35	25	10	5	10	32	39	-7
11	AZ Alkmaar	29	25	8	5	12	38	45	-7
12	De Graafschap	26	25	7	5	13	27	46	-19
13	NEC Nijmegen	24	25	6	6	13	28	42	-14
+414	VVV-Venlo	23	25	5	8	12	30	53	-23
-115	Heracles Almelo	23	25	6	5	14	25	49	-24
-116	Excelsior Rotterdam	22	25	6	4	15	28	57	-29
-117	Sparta Rotterdam	21	25	5	6	14	35	57	-22
-118	Willem II	20	25	5	5	15	27	33	-6

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FC Groningen 2-1 AZ Alkmaar - February 17, 2008 / Eredivisie 2007/2008

FC Groningen

2 - 1

AZ Alkmaar

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Jans vs AZ Alkmaar

Jans vs van Gaal

Manager

van Gaal vs FC Groningen

van Gaal vs Jans

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking