Groningen — N.E.C.
Marco Bizot, Johan Kappelhof, Eric Botteghin, Giliano Wijnaldum, Stéfano Magnasco, Maikel Kieftenbeld (Rasmus Lindgren 80), Krisztián Adorján (Tom Hiariej 71), Tjaronn Chery, Michael de Leeuw (Género Zeefuik 89), Filip Kostić, Andraž Kirm
Staff: Erwin van de Looi, Alfons Arts, Marcel Groninger, Dick Lukkien
Stadium: Euroborg
Referees: Ed Janssen, Arie Brink, Erik Kleinjan
Official matchday programme (programmaboekje) 22.12.2013 | Groningen — N.E.C. (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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📜 Books and Boots: The Dual Reality of the Academy
The layout of a matchday programme is often dictated by available space, but sometimes, the…
📜 “Living Without Worries”: The Heartbreaking Irony of Page 66
If you want to understand the profound tragedy that struck the northern Netherlands in the…
📜 The Brutal Filter: A Tale of Three Academies
The youth academy pages at the back of a matchday programme are usually filled with…
📜 Print Media and the Cloud: The Paradox of Page 55
When flipping through a football matchday programme from the early 2010s, you expect to see…
📜 The Final Line-Up of 2013: A Junior Club Farewell
The final home match before the winter break is a special occasion, not just for…
📜 Fifty Years a Club Icon: The Full Story of Martin Koeman
While the first page of the December 2013 matchday programme announced the tragic passing of Martin…
📜 The Streak Survives: 73 Matches of Unbroken Aggression
In the previous matchday programme, we marveled at a statistical anomaly that seemed impossible in…
📜 The Patriarch’s Numbers: Martin Koeman’s Playing Career
The December 22, 2013 matchday programme was defined by mourning. As we noted from page…
📜 Building Beauty: Drenth BV and the Colors of Reitdiephaven
Local B2B advertisements in matchday programmes usually rely on pictures of vans, tools, or company…
📜 Sheep on the Dike: The Rural Soul of the Pride of the North
While FC Groningen plays its matches in a modern, concrete cathedral on the edge of a bustling…
📜 The Reward for Resilience: Andraz Kirm Wins the Fans’ Vote
Football fans have a long memory, especially when it comes to players who give everything…
📜 The Winter Standings: A Tight League and a Teenage Top Scorer
The league table printed in the final matchday programme before the winter break is always…
📜 Playing Through the Pain: Marco Bizot and the Goalkeeper Brotherhood
Football is often described as a family, but that cliché is only truly tested when…
📜 The Double-Header Headache: Anton Janssen’s December Nightmare
The Dutch football calendar occasionally throws up bizarre scheduling quirks, and the December 2013 fixture…
📜 The Christmas Tree Ultimatum: Van de Looi’s Winter Pressure
The final match before the Eredivisie winter break carries a unique psychological weight. It is…
📜 The End of an Era: Farewell to Martin Koeman
There are matchday programmes that celebrate victories, and there are those that serve as historical…