FC Groningen is a professional sport club from Groningen, the Netherlands. It is known by its nicknames "green and white army" (because of the colors of the team, green and white) and "pride of the North". It was founded in 1971.Hosts the visting teams at Euroborg Stadium.

The best ranking in the Dutch championship was third place in the 1990/91 season. The club also reached the final of the Dutch Super Cup (Johan Cruyff Shield) in 2015. The biggest achievement is the Dutch Cup, won in the 2014/15 season.

The beginning of football in the city of Groningen was laid in 1887, when local students founded the cricket and football club "Bee Quick", which became a founding member of the first football league in the northern Netherlands. Later, another football club merged with the Groningen Football Association to form the Groningen Football and Athletics Association (AFAG / GVAV). GVAV enjoyed relative success in the country, but later, in the early 1960s, began to experience financial difficulties. Over the next decade, the team's financial situation deteriorated further. It eventually became the Groningen Football Club and, having won a promotion to the Eredivisie the previous season, FC Groningen began its existence at the highest level of Dutch football.

The first decade (70s of the 20th century) was difficult. The team dropped out of the Eredivisie and found itself in poor financial situation, almost bankrupt. But they have managed to return to the Eredivisie in 1980. The team then had some success, but in 1989 the manager was found guilty of embezzling and using "dirty money" to lure players to join FC Groningen.

A further deterioration of the team's situation followed and in 1998 they dropped out of the Eredivisie, but eventually managed to cope with the difficulties again and return to the highest level of football in the Netherlands.

Coach: Buijs Danny (Netherlands) Age: 38