2006–07 FC Groningen season

FC Groningen 2006–07 Ron Jans Euroborg Eredivisie 8th KNVB Cup Third round UEFA Cup First round Erik Nevland (13) 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 season was FC Groningen's seventh consecutive campaign in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following their promotion in 1999–2000. It was the club's first full season at the newly inaugurated Euroborg, which seated over 20,000 spectators. Having finished fifth the previous year and secured a place in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup via the domestic play-offs, Groningen were eliminated in the first round, losing 4–3 on aggregate to Partizan.FC Groningen verliest met 4–2 van Partizan https://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/60216/fc-groningen-verliest-met-4-2-van-partizan 22 June 2025 RTV Noord 15 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20221208083017/https://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/60216/fc-groningen-verliest-met-4-2-van-partizan 8 December 2022 nl FC Groningen lose 4–2 to PartizanMisser Yuri Cornelisse nekt FC Groningen https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/misser-yuri-cornelisse-nekt-fc-groningen 22 June 2025 Voetbal International 28 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20250120120318/https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/misser-yuri-cornelisse-nekt-fc-groningen 20 January 2025 nl-NL Yuri Cornelisse miss costs FC Groningen dearly Domestically, Groningen finished eighth in the league, again qualifying for the European play-offs. They defeated Feyenoord in the first round and overcame Utrecht in the final to secure a return to the UEFA Cup for the following season. In the second half of the campaign, goalkeeper Bas Roorda lost his starting place to Brian van Loo, with manager Ron Jans opting for a change ahead of a league fixture against Twente. Roorda, then 31, had started every match up to that point.Jans passeert Roorda, Van Loo eerste keeper https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/jans-passeert-roorda-van-loo-eerste-keeper 22 June 2025 Voetbal International 16 March 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20250622174859/https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/jans-passeert-roorda-van-loo-eerste-keeper 22 June 2025 nl Jans drops Roorda, Van Loo becomes first-choice goalkeeper The season is particularly noted for the breakthrough of Luis Suárez, who had joined from Nacional in Uruguay ahead of the campaign. In his only season at the club, Suárez scored 15 goals in 37 appearances across all competitions, earning a transfer to Ajax in the summer of 2007 for a reported fee of €7.5 million.Volhardendheid vrouw bracht Suárez uiteindelijk bij FC Groningen https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/volhardendheid-vrouw-bracht-suarez-uiteindelijk-bij-fc-groningen 22 June 2025 Voetbal International 2 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250622174702/https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/volhardendheid-vrouw-bracht-suarez-uiteindelijk-bij-fc-groningen 22 June 2025 nl Suárez's move to FC Groningen was ultimately thanks to his wife's perseverancehttp://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/lfc-player-profiles/luis-suarez/2011/02/09/luis-suarez-s-rise-from-the-streets-of-montevideo-to-liverpool-fc-hero-part-one-100252-28138725/2/ Luis Suarez's rise from the streets of Montevideo to Liverpool FC hero – part one James Pearce Liverpool Echo Trinity Mirror 2 9 February 2011 21 August 2011 11 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311050859/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/lfc-player-profiles/luis-suarez/2011/02/09/luis-suarez-s-rise-from-the-streets-of-montevideo-to-liverpool-fc-hero-part-one-100252-28138725/2/ live First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/holland/2006-2007/ere/groning.htm FootballSquads - FC Groningen - 2006/07 NED GK Bas Roorda NED GK Brian van Loo NED DF Ewald Koster NED MF Tom Hiariej SWE MF Rasmus Lindgren UKR MF Yevhen Levchenko NED FW Yuri Cornelisse NED FW Marnix Kolder NED MF Koen van de Laak SER MF Goran LovreLovre was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). NED DF Martijn van der Laan CZE DF Ondřej Švejdík NED MF Paul Matthijs NOR FW Erik Nevland URU DF Bruno Silva NED DF Donovan Slijngard on loan from Ajax NED MF Mark-Jan Fledderus NED GK Gijs Koopmans NED MF Martijn Meerdink SLE DF Gibril Sankoh NED MF Marcel Pannekoek NED MF Danny Holla NED FW Jasmin Ramic NED FW Robbin Kieft NED DF Koert Thalen URU FW Luis Suárez NED FW Tim Velten NED DF Arnold Kruiswijk NED MF Sander Rozema NED DF Antoine van der Linden Left club during season NED MF Danny Buijs to Feyenoord SWE DF Mathias Florén to IF Elfsborg NED MF Stefano Seedorf to Apollon Limassol RSA FW Glen Salmon on loan to NAC Breda References 2 Groningen Category:FC Groningen seasons