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Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 FC Groningen - October 18, 2008 / Eredivisie 2008/2009

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Eredivisie 2008/2009 - Round 6

Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam - Netherlands

October 18, 2008

49 531

1 - 0

FC Groningen

Assist by Jan Vertonghen Oleguer

37'

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

37' - Goal Oleguer37

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

57' - Substitution Jeffrey Sarpongis substituted by Dennis Rommedahl57

62' - Substitution Oluwafemi Ajiloreis substituted by Berry Powel

76' - Substitution Koen van de Laakis substituted by Paul Matthijs

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

FC Groningen

Ajax Amsterdam FC Groningen

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

Vermeer

Kenneth Vermeer

Netherlands

B.date10/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

Oleguer37

Oleguer

Spain

B.date02/02/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Defender

Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Silva

Bruno Silva

Uruguay

B.date29/03/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Emanuelson

Urby Emanuelson

Netherlands

B.date16/06/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Gabri

Spain

B.date10/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Sarpong57

Jeffrey Sarpong

Netherlands

B.date03/08/1988

Age20 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lindgren

Rasmus Lindgren

Sweden

B.date29/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Huntelaar

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Netherlands

B.date12/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Suárez

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kenneth Vermeer		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Vertonghen		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oleguer	37	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Vermaelen		22	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno Silva		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Urby Emanuelson		22	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabri		29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeffrey Sarpong	57	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rasmus Lindgren		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luis Suárez		21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Groningen

Luciano da Silva

Brazil

B.date16/03/1980

Age28 years

H1m74

positionGoalkeeper

Sankoh

Gibril Sankoh

Sierra Leone

B.date15/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Granqvist

Andreas Granqvist

Sweden

B.date16/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

Stenman

Fredrik Stenman

Sweden

B.date02/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

de Roover

Sepp de Roover

Belgium

B.date12/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Ajilore62

Oluwafemi Ajilore

Nigeria

B.date18/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Lovre

Goran Lovre

Serbia

B.date23/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight Midfielder

Holla

Danny Holla

Netherlands

B.date31/12/1987

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

van de Laak76

Koen van de Laak

Netherlands

B.date03/09/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Andersson

Petter Andersson

Sweden

B.date20/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Berg

Marcus Berg

Sweden

B.date17/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m84

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Luciano da Silva		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gibril Sankoh		25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andreas Granqvist		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fredrik Stenman		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sepp de Roover		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Oluwafemi Ajilore	62	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Goran Lovre		26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Holla		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Koen van de Laak	76	26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Andersson		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Berg		22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Dennis Rommedahl	57	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Matthijs	76	32	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Berry Powel	62	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gabri

Gregory van der Wiel

OUT

Oleguer

Darío Cvitanich

OUT

Rasmus Lindgren

Eyong Enoh

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Danny Holla

Evgen Levchenko

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Marco van Basten

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

van Basten vs FC Groningen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

van Basten vs Jans

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Jans

236

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Jans vs Ajax Amsterdam

2 victories

1 draw

12 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Jans vs van Basten

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Referee

Bas Nijhuis

42 victories	12 draws	14 losses	Ajax Amsterdam68 matches	General total	FC Groningen59 matches	19 victories	14 draws	26 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Ajax Amsterdam2 matches	Season total	FC Groningen5 matches	2 victories	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on October 27, 2024					Latest figure on March 04, 2024

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Key figures

FC Groningen keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Eredivisie running (since 20/04/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/04/2006-24/09/2006 time period (9 matches).

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 25 matches with at least one goal scored vs FC Groningen in Eredivisie running (since 09/11/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/03/1986 (17 matches)

Gibril Sankoh played his game number 100 in Eredivisie

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

+4	5	FC Twente	11 pts	6 rd
-1	6	ADO Den Haag	10 pts	6 rd
+3	7	Ajax Amsterdam	10 pts	6 rd
-2	8	AZ Alkmaar	9 pts	5 rd
-2	9	Heracles Almelo	9 pts	6 rd

General ranking

+2	1	NAC Breda	15 pts	6 rd
-1	2	FC Groningen	13 pts	6 rd
-1	3	PSV Eindhoven	12 pts	6 rd
	4	Heerenveen	11 pts	6 rd
+4	5	FC Twente	11 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 3-1 Heerenveen05/05/2008

DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 FC Twente18/05/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Roda JC14/09/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Utrecht25/09/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Vitesse Arnhem28/09/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Borac Cacak02/10/2008

Overall

VBorac Cacak 1-4 Ajax Amsterdam18/09/2008

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam21/09/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Utrecht25/09/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Vitesse Arnhem28/09/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Borac Cacak02/10/2008

LHeerenveen 5-2 Ajax Amsterdam05/10/2008

Current form

Away

LUtrecht 1-0 FC Groningen20/04/2008

DUtrecht 2-2 FC Groningen01/05/2008

LNEC Nijmegen 1-0 FC Groningen08/05/2008

VVitesse Arnhem 0-4 FC Groningen29/08/2008

DHeracles Almelo 1-1 FC Groningen20/09/2008

VHVV Hollandia 2-3 FC Groningen25/09/2008

Overall

VVitesse Arnhem 0-4 FC Groningen29/08/2008

VFC Groningen 2-0 Utrecht14/09/2008

DHeracles Almelo 1-1 FC Groningen20/09/2008

VHVV Hollandia 2-3 FC Groningen25/09/2008

VFC Groningen 3-1 Feyenoord Rotterdam28/09/2008

VFC Groningen 3-0 ADO Den Haag05/10/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	5	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	1
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
67	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	129
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.6
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Marcus Berg
Jan Vertonghen	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Petter Andersson
Luis Suárez	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Marcus Berg
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Marcus Berg
Luis Suárez	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Koen van de Laak
Gregory van der Wiel	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Berry Powel
Luis Suárez	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Marcus Berg

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

26 v

8 d

2 l

101 gf

36 ga

Away

33 matches

22 v

5 d

6 l

81 gf

40 ga

Total

69 matches

48 v

13 d

8 l

182 gf

76 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

6 v

5 d

22 l

40 gf

81 ga

Away

36 matches

2 v

8 d

26 l

36 gf

101 ga

Total

69 matches

8 v

13 d

48 l

76 gf

182 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	January 06, 1974
Home	9 - 0	January 06, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 15, 1989
Away	2 - 0	May 03, 1994

Latest head to head

April 16, 2008 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

FC Groningen

1 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

September 02, 2007 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 2

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

January 28, 2007 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

FC Groningen

2 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

October 14, 2006 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 2

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

May 03, 2006 - Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2006

FC Groningen

2 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Stefan Pettersson	9 goals	1988 - 1993
Wim Kieft	8 goals	1980 - 1982
Rafael van der Vaart	7 goals	2001 - 2005
Jari Litmanen	6 goals	1994 - 1998
Nikos Machlas	6 goals	2001 - 2002
Johnny Bosman	5 goals	1986 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Ronald Koeman	5 goals	1981 - 1983
Evgen Levchenko	4 goals	2005 - 2007
Erik Nevland	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Rob McDonald	3 goals	1983 - 1985
Ron Jans	3 goals	1982 - 1983
Marcus Berg	2 goals	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Danny Blind	26 matches	1986 - 1998
John van't Schip	21 matches	1983 - 1992
Stanley Menzo	21 matches	1985 - 1994
Sonny Silooy	20 matches	1981 - 1996
Frank de Boer	19 matches	1988 - 1998
Frank Rijkaard	18 matches	1981 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Paul Matthijs	12 matches	2002 - 2007
Arnold Kruiswijk	12 matches	2002 - 2008
Karel Hiddink	11 matches	1980 - 1985
Martin Drent	10 matches	2000 - 2004
Glen Salmon	10 matches	2003 - 2006
Jan Van Dijk	10 matches	1980 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Johan Neeskens

171 matches

7 matches

1970 - 1985

Ronald Koeman

113 matches

97 matches

1980 - 1986

Peter Hoekstra

88 matches

14 matches

1996 - 2001

Luis Suárez

52 matches

37 matches

2006 - 2008

Hennie Meijer

34 matches

5 matches

1987 - 1991

Pius Ikedia

32 matches

1999 - 2003

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Rasmus Lindgren

27 matches

98 matches

2005 - 2008

Ronald Koeman

113 matches

97 matches

1980 - 1986

Ignacio Tuhuteru

4 matches

88 matches

1993 - 2004

Bruno Silva

21 matches

83 matches

2005 - 2008

Stefano Seedorf

7 matches

66 matches

2002 - 2006

Luis Suárez

52 matches

37 matches

2006 - 2008

Total : 12 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

October 17, 2008

ADO Den Haag

2 0

Volendam

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October 18, 2008

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October 19, 2008

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+21	NAC Breda	15	6	5	0	1	16	9	+7
-12	FC Groningen	13	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10
-13	PSV Eindhoven	12	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7
4	Heerenveen	11	6	3	2	1	16	13	+3
+45	FC Twente	11	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3
-16	ADO Den Haag	10	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3
+37	Ajax Amsterdam	10	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1
-28	AZ Alkmaar	9	5	3	0	2	13	7	+6
-29	Heracles Almelo	9	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2
-210	NEC Nijmegen	8	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3
11	Willem II	7	5	2	1	2	9	10	-1
12	Utrecht	7	5	2	1	2	5	7	-2
13	De Graafschap	6	5	2	0	3	3	8	-5
14	Feyenoord Rotterdam	4	5	1	1	3	9	10	-1
15	Roda JC	3	6	0	3	3	5	11	-6
16	Vitesse Arnhem	2	5	0	2	3	3	11	-8
17	Sparta Rotterdam	2	5	0	2	3	5	15	-10
18	Volendam	0	6	0	0	6	5	17	-12

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Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 FC Groningen - October 18, 2008 / Eredivisie 2008/2009

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

FC Groningen

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

van Basten vs FC Groningen

van Basten vs Jans

Manager

Jans vs Ajax Amsterdam

Jans vs van Basten

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 FC Groningen

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking