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| Groningen
deny deal with PSV's Arvid Smit |
27
Jun 2003 |
| Groningen
have rubbished reports suggesting that they have clinched a deal with PSV's
Arvid Smit. Reports in the Dutch media stated that Groningen and PSV had
already agreed terms for a transfer of the 22-year-old central
midfielder, who spent last season on loan at De Graafschap. However on the
club issued a statement on their website saying: "The reports
suggesting a deal has been done are fabrications." |
| Zwolle
demand investigation Groningen-PSV |
01
Jun 2003
|
Eredivisie club Zwolle are demanding
that the Dutch FA (KNVB) investigate last Thursday's end of season
match between Groningen and PSV in
which both side's played out a 0-0 draw, leaving Zwolle to battle out
it's survival in the end of season play-offs.
Both teams new before the match that a draw would suffice their goals. PSV
needing one point to the secure the title and Groningen needing just one
point to secure Eredivisie survival. Zwolle won their last regular season
match with De Graafschap but still finished in the play-off places.
In an interview on provincial Radio/TV station 'RTV Oost' Zwolle's chairmain
Ronald van Vliet said "In the interest of professional football we want
to see this game investigated,"
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| RBC
sign Ajax's Pius Ikedia |
28 May 2003
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RBC have have signed Ajax winger Pius
Ikedia on a two year deal. The 22-year-old Nigerian international, who was
unable to gain a first team place with the Amsterdammers, is currently on loan
at Groningen who also wanted to make use of his services next year. However,
Groningen were only interested in hiring the winger whereas RBC were prepared
to pay Ajax for the one year remaining on his contract. RBC
also tried to hire Ikedia last summer but were beaten at the post by Groningen.
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| Groningen
sign Regillio Vrede |
26 May 2003
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Relegation threaded Groningen, who face
PSV in their last game of the season this Thursday, have presented their third
signing for next year. After Brian Pinas (Excelsior) and Antoine der Linden (Emmen)
the northerners have finalised the signing of Regillio
Vrede who was also targeted by Eredivisie outfit RBC. Free agent
Vrede, who is currently playing for Greek side Iraklis on a one year deal, has
penned for two years.
|
| Ten
Rouwelaar one season with Twente |
19
May 2003
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Twente have signed PSV reserve goalkeeper
Jelle ten Rouwelaar a loan deal for next season. Ten
Rouwelaar is, who is currently on loan to strugglers Groningen, will make the
move next season where he will replace Sander Boschker who has been told that
there is no more room for him in Enschede. Ten Rouwelaar moved from
Eerstedivisie outfit Emmen to PSV last season but has been unable to impress PSV
sufficiently to warrant a first team place.
|
| Groningen
target Regilio Vrede |
15
May 2003 |
| Eredivisie
strugglers Groningen have set their sights on ex-Roda defender Regilio
Vrede. The 30-year-old defender who signed a one year deal with Greek
side Iraklis Saloniki last year is transfer free this summer. On
Groningen's website the club's technical director Henk Veldmaat stated
that they had already held talks with Vrede and were hoping to get
him to pen a deal before other clubs became interested the 6ft 6in
center-back. Veldmaat also stated that he hoped to hear if Veded
would be playing in the 'Oosterpark' within a few days . |
| Hoogstrate
out of action for rest of season |
12 May 2003
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19-year-old youth international Jordi
Hoogstrate, who will be making the transition from Groningen to PSV next season,
is out of action for the rest of the season now that it appears that he is
suffering from personal problems . PSV's general manager Frank Arnesesn has
insisted that the youngster be given the all the time he needs to get back on
the rails. His present club have called in the help of a social worker to
help the tormented talent. Arnesen: "It's not a meniscus injury when
you know how long it will take to heal. This is much deeper. The
problems are serious and he must conquer them himself. Jordi wants to do
everything perfectly - football and also his studies.
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| Groningen
coach angry with Dutch FA |
03 May 2003 |
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Groningen coach Ron Jans is angry at
the Dutch football association (KNVB) for calling up youth players Arnold
Kruiswijk for Holland's Under-19 side accusing the KNVB of forcing
Kruiswijk to put country before club. "I'm
angry with the Dutch FA for selecting Arnold Kruiswijk for the Under-19s.
They put their own interest above the interest of the clubs. It's
a shame that something like this is possible and we have to miss a
starting player for at least one match."
|
| Groningen
demand compensation from FA |
21 Apr
2003 |
Groningen
are planning to demand compensation for lost earnings after their home
match against NAC was postponed after a mystery virus made it impossible
for the visitors to field 11 players. On Groningen's website director
Hans Nijland stated that it has cost his club several ten thousands of
euros. "We have incurred
lots of costs for this game. We hired people, ordered catering, spent
money on printing material, bought air time on radio and TV. To postpone
a match because of sick players is something that only in Holland can be
done,"
The Dutch FA (KNVB) have informed Groningen that it had no other choice
than to postpone the match saying that it was needed to gaurantee a fair
competition. |
| Groningen
interested in Nygaard |
12 Apr 2003
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According to the provincial TV station 'RTV
Noord' Ere Divisie side Groningen are interested in signing striker Marc Nygaard at the end of
this season. Nygaard is the second Excelsior player to sign for the
northerners this term after Brian
Pinas agreed a three year deal last February .
Nygaard currently plays with Excelsior who
took him on loan from Roda JC, but may leave transfer free at the end of this
season after begin given to understand that he did not fit into Roda's future
plans.
The Danish forward has previously played
for Dutch side Heerenveen and also had a brief a spell of a few months with Belgian club
Lommel.
|
| Groningen
want Ikedia for one more season |
02 Apr 2003
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Ere divisie side Groningen would like to keep forward Pius Ikedia who is
currently on loan from Ajax for another season.
Because Ikedia has only one more season left on his contract the
Amsterdammers would prefer to sell the Nigerian in order to cash in on a
transfer deal but nonetheless Ajax have said that they are willing to loan
him out again. Groningen
director Hans Nijland, who has held talks with Ajax's technical
director Leo Beenhakker concerning a new loan period said:
"We only want to loan him, we have no money to buy Ikedia, I'm
afraid."
|
| Groningen
miss Elshot through injury |
02 Apr 2003
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Groningen have reported on their website that they will have to do without
right-back Kurt Elshot for the coming weeks after damaged the inner ligament
of his knee following a collision with team-mate Paul Matthijs during a
training. The
exact extent of the damage has not yet been assessed and Groningen's
medical staff will have to wait until swelling goes down to be able
to make a judgement. Elshot will definitely have to miss out of Saturday's trip
to Vitesse.
|
| Groningen
promote youth goalie Lamberts |
27 Mar 2003
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Groningen have offered 22-year-old
goalkeeper Jeroen
Lamberts the chance to take over as their reserve goalkeeper next season.
Lamberts, who is currently playing for Groningen's youth team, will be taking
over from Egbert
Darwinkel who has been told to look for employment elsewhere.
Groningen's other reserve goalkeeper Jelle ten Rouwelaar who is currently on
hire form PSV will be returning to his former club. Groningen had been hoping to lure Roda JC keeper Bas Roorda but Roorda
hopes to stay on for one more season at the Kerkrade-based outfit. Roorda, who has already had a stint at
Groningen, said: "I want to
become the first keeper at Groningen. Next season I want to stay with Roda,
but after that I would love to go to Groningen."
|
| Veendam
reserve goalie off to Groningen |
07
Mar 2003
|
37
year old goalkeer Egbert Darwinkel has swapped Eerste Divisie club
Veendam for Ere Divisie side Groningen where he will replace reserve
goalkeeper Aldo Swager who is out of action for the rest of the season
with an injury.
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| Groningen
return for goalkeeper Roorda |
06 Mar 2003 |
|
Groningen are hoping to solve their goalkeepers problems by bringing
back Roda JC goalie Bas Roorda back to the club and have held talks with
the players last weekend. The club are currently faced with only having
one goalkeeper in their squad next season after they informed second
choice Egbert Darwinkel that his contract would not be renewed.
|
| Groningen
knock Haarlem out of cup |
06
Feb 2003
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Groningen had no trouble rolling up Haarlem last night as the Ere
Divisie club knocked the Eerste Divisie club out of the Dutch Fa Cup
with a 3-0 victory with goals from Glen Salmon (25,84) and Martin Drent
(49).
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| Groningen
sign Brian Pinas |
05
Feb 2003
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Feyenoord's
25-year-old winger Brian Pinas who is currently on load at sister club
Excelsior has put pen to paper on a three year deal with Groningen and
will be joining the club at the end of the season. On Feyenoord's
website Pinas stated: 'Groningen is a wonderful club with fantastic fans.
Moreover they really wanted me and that is very important for me,
I have a good feeling'
|
| Groningen
target Van der Linden |
22
Jan 2003
|
| Groningen
have targeted Antoine van der Linden who is currently under contract
with Eerste Divisie club Emmen. Although van der Linden has been unable
to secure a first team place with Emmen due to a series of injuries,
Groningen still believe the former Swindon defender could be a valuable
addition to the squad. Van der Linden was somewhat surprised with
Groningen that they were prepared to buy an injured player. "That's
why I am so pleased with the interest, usually when you're injured, you
get out of the picture very quick." Van
der Linden also added: "The club will first have to sell a player
before they can become concrete in their interest. |
| Darwinkel
to leave Groningen in
the summer
|
16 Jan
2003
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Groningen's reserve goalkeeper Egbert Darwinkel, whose contract runs
a out at the end of the season has been given to understand that he will
not be offered a new contract. The 37 year old veteran was hoping to
play on for one more year with Groningen but the club have decided to
give preference to Roy Beukenkamp.
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| Groningen
get green-light for new Stadium |
15 Jan 2003
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Groningen's city council have
agreed to help finance the building of a new stadium for the Ere Divisie club
and will pay the
remaining
16 million euros that is needed to finalize the budget.
The completion of multifunctional stadium is planned for 2005 and will incorporate
a cinema, casino and a supermarket . Groningen who retain the exploitation
rights for the stadium will have to pay 1 million euros per year to rent to the
council plus a further half million euros for maintenance costs.
|
| Curovic
to stop at the end of the season |
14 Jan
2003
|
| Groningen
player Dejan Curovic has decided to hang up his boots at the end of this
season. The 34 year old Yugoslavian striker has decided to swap his life
on the bench for an active business career. Before coming to Groningen
in 2000, Curovic played six seasons for Vitesse. In 97/98 he was Vitesse
top scorer, netting seventeen goal. |
| Groningen
and Veendam swap players |
03 Jan 2003
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Ere Divisie club Groningen and their northern neighbours Veendam have agreed to
swap players. The Oosterpark side's Icelandic midfielder Joey Hardarson, who has
only managed two first team appearances this year against amateur clubs in
the Amstel Cup, is heading for Veendam while the Eerste Divisie side's
out-of-favor player Anton Jansen, currently on loan from Groningen, will be
returning to his old club. Veendam's trainer Jan Korte is unsatisfied with
Jongsma's motivation and believes that Joey Hardarson is more suited to
Veendam's style of playing. Korte is also convinced that the Icelander should
make a perfect midfield-duo with Ronnie Pander.
|
| Willem
II beat Groningen 1-0 |
21 Dec 2002
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Willem II have won their Ere
Divisie match against Groningen by a 1-0 margin in Tilburg tonight thanks to
a 48th minute goal by Dutch international Denny Landzaat. The result puts an
end to Groningen's run of 5 matches without defeat. Substitute Raymond
Victoria celebrated his 200th Ere Divisie appearance.
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| Groningen
beat Roda 3-2 |
13 Dec 2002
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Groningen booked their first home
success against Roda since 1990 with a 3-2 win. They were 0-2 down within
half an hour of the start after goal by Cristiano (16tt) and Ivan Vicelich
(25th) leading to some crowd unrest. The referee, Eric Braamhaar, had to
halt the match for a short while in the 33rd due to fireworks thrown on the
pitch. After 6 minutes cooling off Sander van Gessel reduced the gap for the
home team (40th). A rejuvenated Groningen came out of the dressing rooms for
the 2nd act and the Brazilian Hugo drew them level in the 63rd. Paul
Matthijs put away the winner 15 minutes before time. It continues the
Oosterpark side's recovery since Ron Jans took over with 12 points in 8
matches. Groningen are now 16th while Roda sink to 6th.
|
| Twente
and Groningen in 0-0 draw |
08 Dec 2002
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Twente stay in
midtable 11th place on 18 points from 15 played with this 0-0 against lowly 17th placed
Groningen who are just one point ahead of bottom-of-the-table De Graafschap
with 10 points. The Tukkers could have booked what would have been only
their 2nd home win of the season while Ron Jans will be pleased that his
team have gained another point, their 9th in 7 matches under the new
trainer.
|
| Groningen
scrape through in Cup 2-3 |
04 Dec 2002
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Groningen are through to the next
round of the Amstel Cup after a far-from-simple 2-3 win against amateurs SC
Joure. Trainer Ron Jans' team went 0-2 down after two goals by De Jonge (23rd,
37th) but Sander van Gessel (40th) and Martin Drent (55th, 85th) saved the
Oosterpark side from an embarassing exit.
|
| Groningen
and Heerenveen in 1-1 |
01 Dec 2002
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Groningen
lineup: Roy Beukenkamp, Kurt Elshot,
Arnold Kruiswijk, Mathias Florén, Hugo, Joost Broerse, Mile Krstev (65.
Paul Matthijs), Sander van Gessel, Rolf Landerl (78. Jordi Hoogstrate), Glen
Salmon (83. Martin Drent), Ignacio Tuhuteru.
Heerenveen
lineup: Hans Vonk, Ronnie Venema (35. Saïd
Bakkati), Johan Hansma, Petter Hansson, Erik Edman, Arek Radomski, Daniel
Jensen (76. Santi Kolk), John de Jong, Mika Väyrynen, Stefan Selakovic (70.
Georgios Samaras), Romano Denneboom.
Groningen gave away a
1-0 advantage, Glen Salmon scoring on the hour to leave trainer Ron Jans a
disappointed man after John de Jong put away the late 77th minute equalizer.
Neither side gain much ground with their one point each as Groningen stay in
17th place and Foppe de Haan's team stay in 15th.
|
| Zwolle
lose to Groningen 0-2 |
24 Nov 2002
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Zwolle
Lineup: Van der Werff - Kras, van der Haar, Ravensbergen - de Ridder, Karlsen, van
Steeg, Schops - R. Roelofsen, Lim-Duan, Promes.
Groningen
Lineup: Beukenkamp - Hoogstrate, van Gessel, Kruiswijk, Florén - Broerse, Krstev,
Hugo - Ikedia, Salmon, Landerl.
Bottom of the table Groningen, who finally
managed their first win of the season last week, found themselves once again
on the winning end this afternoon, this time beating Zwolle 0-2.
Thanks to 2 goals by substiture Martin Drent (64th,89th), Groningen climb 1 position,
sending De Graafschap bottom of the table.
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| Groningen
end talks with PSV's Addo |
24 Nov 2002
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| Groningen
want PSV's Eric Addo |
22 Nov 2002
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|
FC Groningen are hoping to add
Eric Addo to the squad on a loan-deal from PSV for the rest of the season. The
Ghanaian defender has been under contract to the Eindhoven club since 1999
(his contract runs out in the summer of 2004) but a string of injury
problems has meant he's seen little 1st team action. Groningen have been
negotiating the move since Tuesday, and talked to Addo himelf on Wednesday,
but the 24 year-old has asked for some time to consider the offer.
|
| Groningen
trial for young Icelanders |
19 Nov 2002
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FC Groningen have invited two
young Icelandic players for a trial this week. Midfielder Palmi Rafn
Palmason (Völsungur) and defender Bjarni Holm Adalsteinsson (Fram
Reykjavik) are both 18 years-of-age and also play for the Icelandic under 19
team. they'll get a chance to play for the Oosterpark side's Jong Groningen
tonight in a friendly against amateurs VV Bedum. Palmason, who recently had
a trial with Arsenal, scored 6 goals last season in 18 matches for 3rd
division Völsungur from the town of Húsavík.
|
| Groningen
beat De Graafschap 3-1 |
16 Nov 2002
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Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Van Gessel, Kruiswijk, Florén - Krstev, Hugo,
Broerse - Ikedia, Salmon, Tuhuteru.
De Graafschap lineup: Wevers - Bot, Van Gastel, Bakens,
Hermans - Zafarin, Van Leerdam, Hertog, Ter Avest - Van Vossen, Schulp.
This was an important relegation scrap for the
two teams with Groningen still looking to get a win, their 2nd point of the
season or at least a performance for new trainer Ron Jans to feel encouraged
about. It fulfilled all expectations for the home team with 2nd half
goals by Glen Salmon (64th), Rolf Landerl (77th), and Martin Drent (80th)
that clinched the points, Rody Turpijn scoring the visitors' consolation
goal in the 87th. The Doetinchemmers drop to last place on 4 points
while the Oosterpark side are now 17th on 5 points.
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| Groningen's
injury worries grow |
15 Nov 2002
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Groningen's worries keep on
growing, making things anything but easy for new trainer Ron Jans in his
first weeks at the Oosterpark stadium. The club's sick-list gets longer and
longer with Melchior Schoenmakers the latest to pick up an injury - he's got
a problem with an abdominal muscle. The 27 year-old is the 6th player to be
sidelined through illness/injury after Claus Boekweg, Paul Matthijs and
Jordi Hoogstrate picked up knee injuries while Dejan Curovic has a hamstring
injury and Magnus Johansson an ankle problem.
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| RBC
beat Groningen 2-0 |
12 Nov 2002
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|
RBC
Roosendaal lineup: Aerts - Hellemons, Nascimento, Oliseh, Fleur,
Heije - Maseland, De Graaf, Tininho - Vos, Den Ouden.
Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Schoenmakers, Florén - Van Gessel, Broerse,
Krstev, Hugo - Tuhuteru, Ikedia, Salmon.
Two goals by Eric Hellemons (53rd
and 88th) handed Groningen their latest defeat this season. Ron Jans has not
been able to shape a winning team out of a disillusioned side at the
Oosterpark and this was their 9th defeat of the season. They stay stuck at
the bottom of the table while RBC climb to 15th.
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| NAC
and Groningen in 0-0 |
09 Nov 2002
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NAC lineup: Babos
- Koning - Penders, Schenning, Gudelj, Fehér - Schreuder - Engelaar,
Boussaboun, Stewart, Bobson. Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Schoenmakers, Van Gessel, Florén - Krstev -
Broerse - Tuhuteru, Ikedia, Salmon, Landerl.
NAC and Groningen shared the points tonight in
a hard-fought goalless draw. It was only the Oosterpark side's 2nd
point in 10 games.For the Breda side the result was their 7th draw in 11
matches and Rob Penders' 200th professional appearance.
|
| Emmen
lose to Groningen 0-1 |
07 Nov 2002
|
| Groningen
have booked themselves a place in the 2nd round of the Amstel Cup with a
0-1 win at and against Emmen. The Northerners, currently bottom of the Ere
Divisie table, were simply stronger than the Eerste Divisie table-toppers.
It was Groningen's first win under their new trainer Ron Jans who had been
looking after Emmen before taking up his new post. The Oosterpark side
didn't have to work hard to beat their opponents and were even given a
helping hand when Donny de Groot was sent for an early shower after
picking up a red card on the half hour. Once they were reduced to 10 men
Emmen were unable to cope with Groningen, who even had a Martin Drent goal
dissallowed close to half-time. After the break Groningen went on the hunt
for a goal but were not very convincing in their efforts and it was a bit
of a relief when Joost Broerse's distance shot found the back of the net. |
| Groningen
lose to Feyenoord 0-2 |
03 Nov 2002
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|
Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot,
Schoenmakers, Kruiswijk, Florén - Krstev, Broerse - Ikedia, Drent,
Tuhuteru, Salmon.
Feyenoord
lineup: Lodewijks - Rzasa, Van Wonderen, Paauwe, Song C G - Bosvelt, Ono,
Buffel, Emerton - Kalou, Lurling.
Groningen continue to suffer
at the bottom of the table after their 8th defeat of the season and only un
point in their favour. All in all a disappointing start for new
trainer Ron Jans although his team did fight hard throughout the 1st half to
stay in the running. Two goals in the early part of the 2nd act put an end
to the Groningen resistance and from then on they were no match for the
visitors. Korean international Song set the freshly capped Belgian international Thomas
Buffel to put the Rotterdammers
ahead in the 47th and 'Japanese Wizard' Shinji Ono added a 2nd in the 55th.
The win gives Feyenoord the points and takes them into 3rd place on 20
points from 10 games.
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| Groningen
want Senden |
28 Oct 2002
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|
Groningen are seriously
interested in adding Roda's Ger Senden to the squad at the Oosterpark
stadium as a possible replacement for the departed Mohammed Allach.
"Some people from Groningen have taken a look at me a couple of times
to check how fit I am and now they want to do business." Senden's deal
with the 'Kerkrade Crew' runs out at the end of this season but the club's
technical director Nols Hendriks is reluctant to let him go before then. He
made his first appearance in the starting lineup this season last Saturday
in the 5-0 win against De Graafschap and knows that he's mostly had to be
content with a role as substitute in Limburg. "It's a difficult
situation as I've mostly been happy here with Roda, even though I'm
currently only a reserve, but I feel I've still got a couple of good years
in me yet and it remains to be seen whether they will be spent here or
elsewhere."
|
| Ron
Jans new Groningen trainer |
28 Oct 2002
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FC Groningen have
announced that the former Oosterpark player Ron Jans is the club's new coach,
replacing trainer Dwight Lodeweges who resigned last week
. After failing
to sign ex-Utrecht trainer Frans
Adelaar, whose current employer Akratitos wouldn't let him go, and also not
being able to interest their 2nd choice, PSV's assistant trainer Erwin
Koeman, the club have decided to install their 3rd choice. Jans, who
also previously played for PEC Zwolle, Roda JC and Veendam, was top amateur
side Achilles'94's trainer for 4 years and spent 3 years looking after
amateur team AVC. He gained his professional coaching diploma in May and has
since been assistant trainer at Eerste Divisie club Emmen.
|
| Groningen
want Frans Adelaar |
25 Oct 2002
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|
FC Groningen have set their
sights on former Utrecht trainer Frans Adelaar to succeed the recently
resigned Dwight Lodeweges. Adelaar is currently trainer with Greek side
Akrakitos but has told Dutch provincial paper 'Nieuwsblad van het Noorden'
that he'd be willing to hold talks with the Oosterpark club. Adelaar's
departure from Utrecht last season was an unexpected one, even though it was
common knowledge that there a lot of behind the scenes friction involving
the coach and technical director Han Berger. "I'm of course
totally unfamiliar with the 'ins and outs' of the club but I do know they
are similar in many ways to Utrecht, a real people's club. It's undoubtedly
a club where I could feel right at home." Groningen would like to
present a new face next week Wednesday and the names of Co Adriaanse, Jurrie
Koolhof, Danny Blind and Frank Rijkaard have all been mentioned in the press
but, for the time being, the club's technical manager Henk Veldmate is
remaining tight-lipped.
|
| Lodeweges
resigns at Groningen |
21 Oct 2002
|
|
Dwight Lodeweges has resigned
from his post as Groningen's coach after deciding that there's no longer
sufficient support at the club for him to continue. The 44 year-old former
Zwolle trainer joined the Oosterpark side in July 2001 but his team has had
a disastrous start to the current season and the latest defeat (3-2 by RKC)
was the last straw. Groningen remain stuck at the bottom of the table with
one point from 8 games. Lodeweges is now the second Ere Divisie trainer to
resign this season after John van 't Schip's exit at Twente during the
pre-season preparations.
|
| Groningen
lose to RKC 2-3 |
20 Oct 2002
|
|
Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Boekweg,
Kruiswijk, Florén - Matthijs, Krstev, Van Gessel - Ikedia, Salmon, Tuhuteru.
RKC
lineup: Van Dijk - Boulahrouz, Nikiforov, Van den Berg, De Graef - Molhoek,
Van Diemen, Fuchs, Cornelisse - Janssen, Hoogendorp.
RKC had veered off course the
last few weeks but today completely outplayed their Oosterpark opponents with
a leading role for Yuri Cornelisse who scored 2 of their 3 goals. The new
4-4-2 tactic, introduced after much internal soul-searching involving the
players, didn't help to produce a more effective Groningen while the return
of Sander van Gessel and Rold Landerl equally failed in the inspiration
department. Yuri Cornelisse put the Waalwijkers ahead in the 7th minute
while Groningen failed to take advantage of a penalty awarded them to draw
level, Van Gessel's wet spot-shot easily finding Rob van Dijk's arms. The
home team never really recovered and in the 47th minute Peter van den Bergh
headed in the 0-2, Cornelisse putting away the 0-3 from a lightning fast
counter. Supersub and goal-getter Martin Drent clawed one back for the home
team and Glen Salmon made the final score respectable on paper with a 2nd
but life will continue to look grim for Groningen after this latest
defeat.
|
| Mohammed
Allach moves to Dordrecht |
16 Oct 2002
|
|
Mohammed Allach has
completed his move from Ere Divisie Groningen to Eerste Divisie Dordrecht.
The 29 year-old defender is on loan till the end of this season when he'll
sign a one-year deal with his new club. Allach previously played for
Excelsior.
|
| Change
of tactic for Groningen |
15 Oct 2002
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Trainer Dwight Lodeweges has
decided to try a change of tactics in an attempt to get his team Groningen
off the bottom of the table. During their training camp in Marbella, Spain
he chosen to field a 4-4-2 system instead of the customary 4-3-3. The
Oosterpark side's technical staff hope that it will halt the loss of
possession that's characterised the team's game of late. They've had a
disastrous start to the season with only un point from 7
games.
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| Allach
and Groningen part |
11 Oct 2002
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Mohammed Allach and Groningen are
parting ways, effective immediately, after the 29
year-old defender and coach Dwight Lodeweges exchanged harsh words on Monday.
The conflict has been brewing for some time and finally came to a head
earlier this week - Allach being seen as a 'disruptive' influence while a
compromise was now out of the question after Monday's events. "There's
no way back", said technical manager Henk Veldmate, "but we'll
respect his contract (which runs till 2004)." The Moroccan arrived in
Groningen during the summer of 2000 after a spell with Excelsior. He's
played 63 matches in the last two seasons since joining the Oosterpark side
who are currently bottom of the table with only un point !
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| Groningen's
Van Gessel back from injury |
09 Oct 2002
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Groningen's Sander van Gessel has
played his first match since picking up an ankle injury in the Amstel Cup
match against Veendam last August. The 25 year-old midfielder turned out for
Jong Groningen in a friendly against amateurs Oranje Nassau on Tuesday and
has, in the meantime, flown with the 1st team squad to Marbella, Spain for a
week's training camp.
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| Allach
and Groningen in conflict! |
08 Oct 2002
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Mohammed Allach and his club Groningen are in a
state of conflict but noone's telling the story behind it! The 29 year-old
defender is sitting at home after the conflict erupted during the regular
squad meeting yesterday, will not be training with the squad during the next
few days and will also not be travelling to the training-camp in Marbella
later this week. The only information available is on Allach's own website
where he says that the problem has nothing to do with his failure to be
selected for the recent match against NEC. As soon as we know more we'll let
you know!
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| Groningen
take a break |
08 Oct 2002
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Groningen are travelling to the
luxurious surroundings of Atalaya Park in Marbella for a week's training
camp to try and rejuvenate the squad after 6 defeats and only a 0-0
draw against Utrecht at the Oosterpark stadium to show for their
efforts. "It's good to get together in different suroundings to
reexamine things, "said coach Dwight Lodeweges in 'Dagblad van het
Noorden'.
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| Groningen's
Hoogstrate on injured list |
04 Oct 2002
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Groningen will have to miss Jordi
Hoogstrate for the foreseeable future after the midfielder picked up a knee
injury in Wednesday's Ere Divisie match against NEC. The 19 year-old will be
going into hospital next Tuesday for an MRI-scan which should reveal the
exact extent of the damage and how long he'll be out of action for.
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| NEC
beat Groningen 2-0 |
02 Oct 2002
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NEC
lineup: Gentenaar, Wisgerhof, Wielaert, Hesp, Zonneveld, Schuurman,
Govedarica, Simr, Hersi, De Nooijer, Demouge.
Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp, Elshot, Boekweg, Matthijs, Kruiswijk, Ikedia, Hugo,
Hoogstrate, Broerse, Salmon, Tuhuteru. Groningen
are in crisis, sunk as they are at the bottom of the table, after yet
another defeat. They provided poor opposition for NEC and failed to create
anyngs worth mentioning tonight. The northerners started the match
with Claus Boekweg and Hugo back in the side after spells on the injured
list. Neither side made much of an impression in the theng 30 minutes
till Youssouf Hersi put the home team ahead in the 33rd. The referee, Mr.
Luijten, had to be replaced at halftime after being injured.
Groningen-trainer Dwight Lodeweges tried to turn things around by bringing
on Krstev for Hugo and Curovic for Hoogstrate but it didn't help. NEC
remained in control while Groningen failed to get any chances in front of
goal. Dennis de Nooijer and Frank Demouge came close with headers before De
Nooijer sealed the points with a 2nd goal. NEC climb to 6th place while
Groningen stay sunk in 18th.
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| Henk
de Haan returns to Groningen |
01 Oct 2002
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Henk de Haan will be returning soon to the club where
he started his playing career when he starts a new job with Groningen with their
commercial department. He joined the Oosterpark side as a 20 year-old and the
former defender turned out for the Northerners between 1982 and 1984. De Haan
played a total of 26 matches for the club with the highlights being his
appearances as substitute during the UEFA Cup matches against Atlético Madrid
(at home) and Inter Milan (away) in the 1983/1984 season. Groningen beat Atlético
1-0 but lost 5-1 in the following round to Inter Milan in the Stadio Giuseppe
Meazza.
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AZ rout Groningen 4-1 |
27 Sep 2002
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AZ
lineup: Moens - Tobiasen, Wijker, Lindenbergh, De Cler - Meerdink,
Robbemond, Opdam, Van Galen - Perez, Nelisse.
Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Allach, Kruiswijk, Florén - Matthijs,
Hoogstrate, Broerse -Ikedia, Salmon, Tuhuteru.
AZ routed Groningen tonight
thanks to a hattrick by Kenneth Perez. Groningen were able to field 1st
choice goalie Roy Beukenkamp who had picked up a calf injury but was deemed
fit enough to play. I didn't help much as the Oosterpark side went 1-0 down
after only two minutes when Perez scored his first of the match.The
Alkmaarders continued to exert pressure on the visitors and were rewarded by
Robin Nelisse's goal in the 20th for the 2-0. Groningen were in disarray and
had little to say in response to the home team's agression. Perez scored his 2nd of the evening in the 32nd minute and
the 3rd on the hour for the 4-0. Groningen trainer Dwight Lodeweges
decided it was finally time to make a substitution and Dejan Curovic was
replaced by Glen Salmon. It was too little, too late and there was little
consolation for them in Raymond Bronkhorst's 90th minute goal.
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| Groningen
miss Martin Drent against AZ |
27 Sep 2002
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Groningen will have to miss Martin Drent for their
Ere Divisie match against AZ tonight as the striker is still suffering from a
back-problem that was troubling him last week before the match against Utrecht.
Keeper Roy Beukenkamp is also doubtful to start tonight as he's picked up a calf
injury and coach Dwight Lodeweges has added 3rd choice keeper Jeroen Lambers to
the squad. Magnus Johansson, Sander van Gessel and Rolf Landerl will also miss
tonight's match. The Oosterpark side trainer will, however, be able to call on
the services of youth international Jordi Hoogstrate who missed last
week's match against Utrecht due to a calf injury.
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| Groningen
and Utrecht draw 0-0 |
22 Sep 2002
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Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Allach, Kruiswijk, Florén - Matthijs, Krstev,
Broerse - Ikedia, Salmon, Tuhuteru.
Utrecht
lineup: Wapenaar - Vreven, Touzani, Zwaanswijk, Van Mol - Tanghe, De Jong,
Bosschaart, Arts - Kuijt, Gluscevic.
Groningen finally won their first point
of the season and actually got off the bottom rung with this point against
the Domstad side. Utrecht were wanting to put the memory of
their painful 4-1 UEFA Cup defeat in Warsaw behind them and will have to be content with 5
points from 5 games. The result was a disappointment for trainer Dwight
Lodeweges as the Oosterpark team hit the woodwork 4 times in the match.
After a mediocre first half Groningen finally looked a bit dangerous while
Utrecht were content to try for a counter. Groningen continued to have the
best goal-scoring chances with Pius Ikedia hitting the bar and Joost Broerse's
attempt cleared off the line. Three minutes before time Dejan Curovic hit
the post.
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| Excelsior
get first win 4-2 v.Groningen |
14 Sep 2002
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Excelsior
lineup: Malkowski - Swerts, Olfers, Breuer, Mtiliga - Van Dieren,
Holman, Boutahar - Koswal, Lopes, Pinas.
Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Allach, Matthijs, Florén - Hoogstrate,
Krstev, Broerse - Ikedia, Salmon, Tuhuteru.
Excelsior got their first and really convincing
win of the season with this defeat of Groningen. It looked for a while as
if the visitors would be able to cope with the Rotterdammers after Paul Matthijs put the Oosterpark side ahead in
the 36th minute. However, Adrie Koster's team turned on the juice with a
Brian Pinas equalizer a minute later and Steve Olfers
gave the home team the lead in the 40th. Joost Broerse drew Groningen level
in the 57th but Cecilio Lopes returned the lead to the home team in the 69th
and Said Boutahar took the score to 4-2 in the 75th. Groningen are now
the only Ere Divisie team not to have won a point.
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| Groningen
lose to Ajax 1-3 |
01 Sep 2002
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Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp - Elshot, Boekweg, Allach, Florén - Hoogstrate,
Matthijs, Krstev, Broerse - Ikedia, Tuhuteru.
Ajax
lineup: Stekelenburg - Trabelsi, Bergdølmo, Chivu, O'Brien - Galásek, Van
der Vaart, Maxwell - Van der Meyde, Mido, Sikora.
Ajax had an easy win this afternoon thanks to
Groningen's overly-respectful and passive approach which gave Victor Sikora and Rafael van der
Vaart all the room they needed to harrass the home team's defence. The
Amsterdammers didn't even play particularly well and their fans, who
were banned from showing their faces in Groningen by the local mayor,
missed absolutely nothing in terms of footballing entertainment. Ajax went
ahead early on when Sikora set
up Van der Vaart with an easy chance to beat Roy Beukenkamp in the 13th
minute, the outstanding young talent slamming the ball high into the
back-of-the-net for the 1-0 and his first goal of the season. The Ajax duo were
also in on the second of
the Amsterdammers' first-half goals - Zlatan Ibrahimovich (who
replaced the injured Mido in the 36th) picked up the ball in midfield and
fed it through to Sikora. The winger then passed it on to Van der Vaart who
tapped in the low pass
from close range to give Ajax a comfortable 2-0 lead to take into the dressing room at halftime.
Six minutes into the 2nd half Sikora served up Andy van der Meyde with a
fine cross which was neatly headed in for the 0-3. Hugo and Martin
Drent were brought on for Hoogstrate and Ignacio Tuhuteru but it didn't help
the Oosterpark side very much, although they did put together some attacking moves which gave
them several opportunities to score. Hugo finally put one away for the home
team in the 75th when he hit in the rebound off Pius Ikedia's shot, which
had been parried by Maarten Stekelenburg. With the final whistle in sight(?) they then allowed Ajax to take over once
more but the Amsterdammers neglected to add to their tally. Nonetheless, Ronald Koeman will be more than happy with the three away points and
a top-of-the-table position.
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| PSV
beat Groningen 1 - 0 |
24 Aug 2002
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PSV
lineup: Waterreus - Bøgelund, Ooijer, Faber, Bouma - Vogel, Van Bommel,
Bruggink, Rommedahl - Robben, Kezman.
Groningen lineup: Beukenkamp
- Elshot, Schoenmakers, Boekweg, Florén - Allach, Hoogstrate, Matthijs,
Broerse - Krstev, Ikedia.
PSV hammered Groningen 0-8 last season but showed none of that display of
footballing superiority last night. In the dying stages of the match they
squeezed out a late 82nd minute goal, courtesy of Johann Vogel, for a weak
0-1 victory. It gives them, however, shared pole position in the Ere Divisie
along with RKC who booked a surprising win away at Heerenveen. The match
kicked-off 10 minutes later than the rest of last night's duels in order to
allow all the fans who'd booked a ticket to actually find their seats in the
Oosterpark stadium. Groningen put up a spirited resistance and, despite
bringing on Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink as extra firepower up front in place of defender Ernest Faber, the score was still 0-0 after 80
minutes. The home
team and their following were starting to hope for a minor upset but Vogel's
goal ended that dream.
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| Homesick
Kamata returns to France
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24 Aug 2002
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Pedro Kamata will not be playing for Groningen
against PSV today after the left-winger, who'd only just arrived at the
Oosterpark side from French club Auxerre, decided that he was so homesick he
just had to return home to France. Groningen and the French youth
international, who'd signed a deal for 4 years, will be discussing the
consequences during the coming days.
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| Groningen
lose to Vitesse 1-2 |
18 Aug 2002
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Groningen
lineup: Beukenkamp, Elshot, Schoenmakers, Boekweg, Florén, Hoogstrate,
Matthijs, Hugo, Ikedia, Drent and Kamata.
Vitesse lineup: Jevric,
Cornelisse, Stefanovic, Knol, Fränkel, Mbamba, T. Janssen, Claessens, Van
Beukering, Amoah and Levchenko.
Vitesse have repeated their successes of the
last two seasons by winning at the Oosterpark stadium. Groningen began well
enough and immediately put the visitors under pressure, new
signing Pedro Kamata showing off his skills by weaving past two
defenders to serve up his teammate Martin Drent who headed in ther
past Dragoslav Jevric in the 21st minute. The celebrations were short lived
indeed as poor defending by Claus Boekweg and Paul Mathijs gave Matthew Amoah
an easyng to equalize a minute
later. Vitesse grew in confidence under the leadership of Theo Janssen and
Amoah put the Arnhemmers ahead in the 67th. Groningen ran out of steam in
the heat and Amoah's 2nd goal was enough for the
Gelredome side to take home the points.
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| Van
Gessel misses season kickoff |
15 Aug 2002
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Sander van Gessel is going to miss the start of
Groningen's season, not only being absent for ther against Vitesse but
also several of the following duels. The 25 year-old picked up an ankle
injury during the Oosterpark side's Amstel Cup 1-1 draw against Veendam on
Tuesday after an unfortunate collision with opponent Marnix Kolder. The
ankle bone is bruised and there are also torn ligaments which will have to
heal before he can return for duty. Initially he thought that the ankle was
broken but x-rays revealed that his fears were unfounded although there's
always a possibility of a small fracture. It'll be a few days before the
swelling goes down and then a scan can be made to see exactly what the
extent of the damage is. It's the latest injury blow for Groningen who
already miss Rolf Landerl and Magnus Johansson.
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| Boekweg
extends Groningen deal |
08 Aug 2002
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| Groningen
welcome back Milko Djurovski |
01 Aug 2002
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A large group of Groningen fans are wetting their
lips at the prospect of seeing one of the club's all-time favourites back in
action. Macedonian striker Milko Djurovski will be playing with his old
attacking partner Hennie Meijer for an Oud-FC Groningen eleven against the
current Groningen lineup during the club'sday. The duo were a strike-force
to be reckoned with during three seasons at the beginning of the 1990s.
Djurovski had his debut, and most successful season, in 1990/91, scoring 14
goals. His partner Meijer, born in the former Dutch colony of Suriname, put away
12 and went on to score a total of 49 goals in 5 seasons while Djurovski
scored a total of 26 goals before leaving the club in 1993.
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| Veendam
hire Groningen's Jongsma |
01 Aug 2002
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Veendam have added Anton Jongsma to their squad for
next season. The 19 year-old midfielder is being hired from Groningen where he
made one appearance last season as substitute in the 2-0 win against De
Graafschap. He remains under contract with the Oosterpark side till the summer
of 2004 and could be fielded against them in the coming Amstel Cup qualifier on
August 13th.
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| Sergio
van Dijk signs for Helmond |
29 July 2002
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| Groningen
can field Kamata |
24 July 2002
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Groningen have been granted a temporary
permit by the Dutch FA (KNVB) to field the French striker Padro Kamata in
official league/cup matches and he'll be making his debut for the
Oosterpark side in the coming Amstel Cup qualifying round match against
ACV on August 10th. According
to their own rules FIFA should by now have announced a verdict in the
conflict between Groningen and Auxerre over the transfer. The French side have refused to cooperate in the transfer and
the French FA have in turn refused to release Kamata which led to
Groningen approaching FIFA with the request to intervene, which they have
so far failed to do! Auxerre can expect to receive compensation for the
money they've invested in the striker and FIFA are also the body who
decides how much that should be! |
| Groningen
waiting to field French signing |
22 July 2002
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Groningen are still waiting for the required
documentation to arrive at the Oosterpark stadium before they can field
their new French signing Pedro Kamata
in official league and cup matches. Chairman Jaap van der Linde hopes it
will be simply a question of a few days before the papers are in his
hands. The club still don't know exactly how much they're going to have to
pay for the player because the final bill will include the cost of his
apprenticeship at AJ Auxerre. Kamata has already shown what he can do by
providing three assists in the 7-0 friendly win against WVV.
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| Paul
Matthijs new Groningen captain |
13 July 2002
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Defender Paul Matthijs is Groningen's captain
for the coming season, taking over from goalie Roy Beukenkamp who asked to
be relieved of the responsibility. Beukenkamp feels that it's better for
the team if the captain is one of the other players and trainer Dwight
Lodeweges has asked Sander van Gessel to substitute for Matthijs when
necessary.
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| Groningen
win friendly |
07 July 2002
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Groningen won their first friendly of the
summer yesterday by beating amateurs GRC 4-1. Joiost Broerse, Paul
Matthijs, Dejan Curovic and Ignacio Tuhuteru the scorers. For GRC the
match was their 100th birthday and for Henk van de Velde a chance to score
from a direct freekick in his last match due to a chronic hip injury.
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| Last
chance for Groningen's Boekweg |
02 July 2002
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| Claus
Boekweg has been given till the end of July to be declared fit enough to
earn himself a contract to play for Groningen. There's a contract for one
year waiting for the 36 year-old defender, who has been plagued by a
string of knee- and calf- injuries, if he's declared fit to play. If not
he will be offered a job training the youth squad! Boekweg played for
Groningen between 1986 and 1995 before moving to FC Zwolle who he left
last season after a row with coach Paul Krabbe. He returned to the
Oosterpark stadium but then his tale of injury-woe began which resulted in
him making only two appearances last season!
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| NAC
sign Ali Boussaboun |
15 Jun 2002
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| NAC
make Ali Boussaboun offer |
12 Jun 2002
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| NAC
have made Groningen's Ali Boussaboun an offer and the 23 year-old looks
set to move to Breda as replacement for Glen Salmon who's going in the
opposite direction to the Oosterpark side. Willem II are also interested
in the striker who's been dropped in Groningen due to a series of
disciplinary problems last season. NAC badly need some firepower up front
now that Brazilian duo Sergio and Cristiano are gone and Earnest Stewart
is also entering his last season with the club.
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| Roel
Janssen exits Groningen |
09 Jun 2002
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| Groningen
have bought off the remainder of Roel Janssen's contract which was to run
out at the end of next season. The 26 year-old defender came to the club
in the summer of 2000 from MVV. He ended up spending the last 18 months on
loan to Veendam. His agent Edwin Olde Riekerink is looking for a new club
for him.
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| Salmon
moves from NAC to Groningen |
08 Jun 2002
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| Glen
Salmon is moving from NAC to Groningen. The 24 year-old South African
striker, whose contract in Breda runs till the summer of 2003, has signed
a deal for 5 years with the Oosterpark side. He joined NAC in November
1999 and has scored 28 goals in 82 matches for them.
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| Johansson
extends Groningen deal |
03 Jun 2002
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| Magnus
Johansson has extended his contract with Groningen for one more year - he
missed most of last season through injury. The 30 year-old left-back has
been with the Oosterpark side since he joined in January 1999 after 9
season with IFK Gothenburg. He's happy in Groningen and will be
hoping to help his team to do better than the 15th place end of season
ranking in 2001/2002.
|
| Rolf
Landerl has shoulder operation |
30 May 2002
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| Rolf
Landerl has undergone surgery on his shoulder to get him fit in time to
join his new club Groningen from Fortuna this summer. The forward picked
up the injury during his debut for Austria in their 6-2 thrashing of
Germany where his tackle on Sebastian Deisler put the German out of action
for the World Cup and gave Landerl the wrong kind of headlines!
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| Van
den herik signs for Eagles |
17 May 2002
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| Wouter
van den Herik looks set to make the move from FC Groningen to Deventer's
Go Ahead Eagles after signing a deal for the coming 3 years - it only
remains for the two clubs to agree on a price! The 22 year-old striker,
who was told last month that he could start looking for a new club, has
been on loan to Telstar this season. He's the latest signing for the
Eagles as they prepare for next season, other recent additions being
Martijn Kuiper, Bas Wijnen (Vitesse), Bram Marbus (Sparta), Dennis
Hulshoff (Twente) and Michel Kruijer (Excelsior).
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| Groningen
sign French talent |
16 May 2002
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| According
to their official site, Groningen have signed 21 year-old left-winger
Pedro Kamata who currently turns out for French Division 1 side AJ Auxerre.
The youngster, who originates from Angola, has signed a deal for 5 years
but his club is unwilling to see him go and FIFA will now have to decide
within the next two months what the transfer-fee will be.
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| Boussaboun
to leave Groningen |
15 May 2002
|
| Ali Boussaboun
has been told by Groningen that he can start looking for a new employer.
After the latest conflict between the club and the player concerning his
lack of professional attitude the Oosterpark side have decided it's best
for both parties if the striker moves elsewhere! He's been reprimanded,
fined and even relegated to the reserve squad several times this season
for being late and other 'offences'!
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| Groningen
to sign Youri Mulder? |
13 May 2002
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| Groningen
are negotiating the signing of Schalke 04's 33 year-old veteran striker
Youri Mulder. Mulder has been plagued by a recurrent knee injury in recent
years and has struggled to get in much matchplay. He's now ready to come
back to Holland after 9 years with the Bundesliga club and the Oosterpark
side are heading up the queue of Dutch clubs wanting to snap him up on a
transfer-free deal!
|
| PSV
finalise Jordi Hoogstrate signing |
08 May 2002
|
| Veendam
sign Groningen's Arjan Bisseling |
02 May 2002
|
| Veendam
have signed Groningen's Arjan Bisseling on a deal for two years. The 23
year-old has been with Groningen for the last 3 seasons but his contract
is not being extended at the Oosterpark side. He was captain of the
reserve team and has played 7 matches for the 1st team (including 3
appearances as substitute this season).
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| Groningen
sign amateur Bronkhorst |
02 May 2002
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| Groningen
have signed amateur player Raymond Bronkhorst, who's impressed during two
trials at the Oosterpark stadium during the last season, on a deal for one
year with an option for another. The 23 year-old right-footed midfielder
has been playing for "Hoofdklasse B" amateurs SV Huizen and,
before that, for ADO'20 in his home town Heemskerk.
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| Groningen
find new shirt sponsor |
30 Apr 2002
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|
Groningen have managed to find a new shirt
sponsor. Construction company "Beaufort Prefab Skeletonbouw"
from the town of Soesterberg have agreed to sponsor the club for the next
5 years. The building contractors have a clause in the new contract
stating that the deal will not go through if Groningen are relegated this
season. Groningen, who are in need of 1 point for Ere Divisie survival,
play their last match away on Sunday to Sparta.
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