Groningen — ADO Den Haag
Marco Bizot, Johan Kappelhof, Eric Botteghin, Timo Letschert (David Texeira 79), Giliano Wijnaldum, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Tjaronn Chery (Krisztián Adorján 60), Tom Hiariej (Michael de Leeuw 60), Filip Kostić, Andraž Kirm, Richairo Živković
Staff: Erwin van de Looi, Marcel Groninger, Alfons Arts, Dick Lukkien
Stadium: Euroborg
Referees: Serdar Gözübüyük, Mark Strijker, Jermain Lapar
Official matchday programme (programmaboekje) 08.12.2013 | Groningen — ADO Den Haag (NL Eredivisie 2013/14)
FC Groningen printed matchday programmes regularly that season. For this match a 72-page A5 programme was issued.
Snapshot of the Era: Match Almanac
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📜 The Academy Rollercoaster: 7-0 Heaven to 8-0 Hell
If you want to understand the brutal, character-building reality of youth football, you only need…
📜 The Pre-Match Fuel: SILO TODAY and the Oosterpoort Ritual
The matchday experience for an FC Groningen fan does not begin at the turnstiles of the Euroborg; it…
📜 The Tremors in Print: When Earthquakes Became Everyday Business
A football matchday programme is designed to offer escapism, but occasionally, a single line of…
📜 Across the Wadden Sea: The Ameland Connection
If you want to map the true territorial footprint of a football club, look at…
📜 Winter Magic: Disco on Ice and the December Line-Up
December in the northern Netherlands is cold, dark, and often unforgiving. For a football club,…
📜 The Glasgow Connection: Scouting Virgil and Courting Celtic
A matchday programme is a local document, but occasionally, it provides a window into the…
📜 In-House Muscle: When FC Groningen Built Its Own Security Firm
In modern football, stadium security is almost universally outsourced to massive, faceless private security corporations….
📜 The 71-Match Streak: A Masterclass in Eredivisie Aggression
If you want to understand the physical, combative nature of FC Groningen during the early 2010s, you…
📜 Rewarding the Local Boy: Tom Hiariej Claims Man of the Match
While the "Essent Speler van het Jaar" SMS voting is often dominated by flashy wingers,…
📜 The Burden of the Number 10: Tjaronn Chery Faces His Past
In the previous pages of the December 2013 matchday programme, ADO Den Haag manager Maurice…
📜 The One That Got Away: Steijn Laments Losing Chery
It is incredibly rare for a football manager to use an official matchday programme to…
📜 The Art of the Comeback: Seven Games Unbeaten
If the early months of the 2013/2014 season were defined by tactical chaos and red…