Vaessen Turned Groningen's Goalkeeper Into an Attacking Position
Etienne Vaessen helped create Groningen's first three goals in a 4-1 win at ADO. His distribution can become a system if it survives opponents prepared for it.
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Football Club Groningen is a Dutch professional football club based in Groningen. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest football league of the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1915 as Unitas, later being renamed GVAV in 1917 and FC Groningen in 1971. Their home stadium was the Oosterpark…
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- Groningen, Netherlands
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- Euroborg
- Founded
- 1971
League table
Dutch Eredivisie
| Team | P | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 AZ Alkmaar | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
2 PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
3 Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
4 Twente | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
5 Ajax | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
6 Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
7 Excelsior | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8Groningen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
9 Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
10 Heerenveen | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
11 NEC Nijmegen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
12 Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
13 Telstar | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
14 Cambuur | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
15 Utrecht | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
16 PEC Zwolle | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
17 ADO Den Haag | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
18 Willem II | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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Groningen, Netherlands · The NetherlandsEuroborg
- Capacity
- 22550
- Opened
- 2005
- Architect
- Wiel Arets Architects
- Cost
- 45.500.000
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- UTC +01:00 Central European Time (CET)
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The Euroborg, for sponsorship reasons the Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion, or Hitachi Stadion for short, is the stadium of football club FC Groningen, with a capacity of 22,329 seats and located in Boumaboulevard 41, to the south-east of Groningen. The stadium site houses a casino, movie theater, school, supermarket, and a fitness centre. A temporary railway station at the Euroborg Stadium opened in late 2007,...
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ADO Den Haag did more than survive Feyenoord. Two purposeful breaks created a 2-0 lead and offered a survival blueprint that still needs more possession.
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PSV Eindhoven →AZ's Three-Goal Burst Revealed a Shared Attack
AZ scored through Peer Koopmeiners, Weslley Patati and Mexx Meerdink around halftime at Utrecht. The 4-1 win showed an attack whose danger is distributed across roles.
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