Eredivisie · NED · Round 25

Ajax
3 - 1 Full time
FC Groningen

Johan Cruijff Arena · Amsterdam

Lineups

Ajax4-3-3
MS1Stekelenburg
JT2Timber
4Álvarez
LM21Martinez
NT31Tagliafico
DK6↓88'Klaassen
MK20↓63'Kudus
RG8⚽Gravenberch
DN7↓78'Neres
SH22⚽Haller
DT10⚽↓78'Tadic
SP1Padt
DD2Dankerlui
MT32↓74'Wierik
KI5Itakura
BV3↓83'van Hintum
DV26↓83'van Kaam
RL7↓74'Lundqvist
TS31Suslov
ME11El Hankouri
PA19↓46'Abraham
AD21Da Cruz
FC Groningen4-2-3-1

Ajax substitutes

18 Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 6.3 ↑63'
39 Antony 6.4 ↑78'
9 Oussama Idrissi 6.2 ↑78'
19 Zakaria Labyad ↑88'
33 Dominik Kotarski
16 Kjell Scherpen
15 Devyne Rensch
3 Perr Schuurs
5 Sean Klaiber
25 Kenneth Taylor
23 Lassina Traore

Coach: Erik ten Hag · Unavailable: Aaron Bouwman (injury), Bertrand Traoré (injury), Branco van den Boomen (injury), Mika Godts (injury)

FC Groningen substitutes

14 Patrick Joosten 6.8 ↑46'
4 Wessel Dammers 6.0 ↑74'
18 Ahmed El Messaoudi 6.8 ⚽↑74'
33 Joel van Kaam ↑83'
8 Sam Schreck ↑83'
25 Jan de Boer
23 Per Kristian Bråtveit
17 Miguel Leal
34 Kian Slor

Coach: Danny Buijs · Unavailable: Fofin Turay (injury), Noam Emeran (injury)

Match events

5'Ryan Gravenberch assist: Dusan Tadic 1 - 0⚽
Second half
46'↑ Patrick Joosten ↓ Paulos Abraham⇄
48'Mohammed Kudus
54'Sebastien Haller assist: David Neres 2 - 0⚽
63'↑ Jurgen Ekkelenkamp ↓ Mohammed Kudus⇄
72'Mike te Wierik
74'↑ Wessel Dammers ↓ Mike te Wierik⇄
74'↑ Ahmed El Messaoudi ↓ Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist⇄
77'Dusan Tadic (penalty) 3 - 0⚽
78'↑ Antony ↓ David Neres⇄
78'↑ Oussama Idrissi ↓ Dusan Tadic⇄
83'↑ Joel van Kaam ↓ Bart van Hintum⇄
83'↑ Sam Schreck ↓ Daniel van Kaam⇄
83'Davy Klaassen
84'Ahmed El Messaoudi assist: Tomas Suslov 3 - 1⚽
88'↑ Zakaria Labyad ↓ Davy Klaassen⇄

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 7 March 2021, 11:15 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

20Ajax wins4Draws4FC Groningen wins

28 past meetings on record. Biggest Ajax win: Ajax 6–1 FC Groningen (2022). Biggest FC Groningen win: FC Groningen 0–3 Ajax (2012).

14 May 2025FC Groningen 2 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
6 Oct 2024Ajax 3 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
16 May 2023FC Groningen 2 - 3 AjaxEredivisie
14 Aug 2022Ajax 6 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
2 Apr 2022FC Groningen 1 - 3 AjaxEredivisie
25 Sep 2021Ajax 3 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
4 Oct 2020FC Groningen 1 - 0 AjaxEredivisie
26 Jan 2020FC Groningen 2 - 1 AjaxEredivisie
28 Sep 2019Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
20 Apr 2019FC Groningen 0 - 1 AjaxEredivisie
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15 Sep 2018Ajax 3 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
1 Apr 2018FC Groningen 1 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
20 Aug 2017Ajax 3 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
5 Mar 2017FC Groningen 1 - 1 AjaxEredivisie
4 Dec 2016Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
14 Feb 2016FC Groningen 1 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
26 Sep 2015Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
16 Jan 2015Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
31 Aug 2014FC Groningen 2 - 0 AjaxEredivisie
6 Feb 2014Ajax 2 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
1 Sep 2013FC Groningen 1 - 1 AjaxEredivisie
12 May 2013FC Groningen 0 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
20 Dec 2012FC Groningen 0 - 3 AjaxKNVB Cup
8 Dec 2012Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
22 Apr 2012Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
2 Oct 2011FC Groningen 1 - 0 AjaxEredivisie
10 Apr 2011Ajax 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
8 Aug 2010FC Groningen 2 - 2 AjaxEredivisie