Eredivisie · NED · Round 8

Excelsior
1 - 5 Full time
FC Groningen

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Lineups

Excelsior4-3-3
SV1⚽van Gassel
ED2↓65'Moreira
CW4Widell
JP14Plug
SJ15↓65'Janssen
IY8⚽Yegoian
RM3Meissen
LH20Hartjes
AS7↓81'Sliti
DG19↓65'Garden
30↓65'Thorsteinsson
EV1Vaessen
JS14Schreuders
TB3Blokzijl
MR5⚽×2Rente
HH33↓72'Hateboer
TD8de Jonge
PC24Clement
DV17↓85'van der Werff
TV26⚽↓85'van Bergen
JO11↓66'Ondrejka
BW9⚽↓84'Willumsson
FC Groningen4-2-3-1

Excelsior substitutes

12 Kasey Bos 6.9 ↑65'
6 Daniël van Vianen 7.0 ↑65'
9 Mario Domínguez 5.9 ↑65'
18 Valentin Sulzbacher 6.5 ↑65'
11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↑81'
16 Celton Biai
24 Guilliano Cairo
22 Osman Mohamed Turay
21 Ilano Silva Timas
28 Nesto Groen

Coach: Ruben den Uil

FC Groningen substitutes

18 Tygo Land 6.8 ↑66'
4 Márk Csinger 6.3 ↑72'
20 Nils Eggens ↑84'
19 Oskar Zawada ↑85'
34 Ryan Metu ↑85'
13 Lovro Štubljar
30 Pelle Boevink
42 Jesper Mosselaar
2 Wouter Prins
16 Alvin Nordin
53 Jahelille Hall

Coach: Dick Lukkien · Unavailable: Malcolm Jeng (injury)

Match events

7'Marco Rente 0 - 1⚽
20'David van der Werff
36'Irakli Yegoian (penalty) 1 - 1⚽
38'Stijn van Gassel (own goal) 1 - 2⚽
Second half
64'Thom van Bergen (penalty) 1 - 3⚽
65'↑ Kasey Bos ↓ Simon Janssen⇄
65'↑ Mario Domínguez ↓ David Garden⇄
65'↑ Daniël van Vianen ↓ Ágúst Thorsteinsson⇄
65'↑ Valentin Sulzbacher ↓ Eric da Silva Moreira⇄
66'↑ Tygo Land ↓ Jacob Ondrejka⇄
67'Brynjólfur Willumsson assist: Pelle Clement 1 - 4⚽
72'↑ Márk Csinger ↓ Hans Hateboer⇄
80'Tygo Land
81'↑ Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↓ Aymen Sliti⇄
84'↑ Nils Eggens ↓ Brynjólfur Willumsson⇄
85'↑ Ryan Metu ↓ Thom van Bergen⇄
85'↑ Oskar Zawada ↓ David van der Werff⇄
90+5'Marco Rente 1 - 5⚽

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 11 October 2026, 14:45 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

5Excelsior wins4Draws12FC Groningen wins

21 past meetings on record. Biggest Excelsior win: FC Groningen 4–0 Excelsior (2018). Biggest FC Groningen win: Excelsior 0–2 FC Groningen (2025).

2 May 2026FC Groningen 2 - 3 ExcelsiorEredivisie
5 Dec 2025Excelsior 0 - 2 FC GroningenEredivisie
16 Jan 2024Excelsior 0 - 2 FC GroningenKNVB Cup
25 Feb 2023FC Groningen 3 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
8 Jan 2023Excelsior 1 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
15 Dec 2021Excelsior 2 - 4 FC GroningenKNVB Cup
6 Apr 2019FC Groningen 1 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
2 Nov 2018Excelsior 2 - 4 FC GroningenEredivisie
29 Apr 2018FC Groningen 4 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
17 Dec 2017Excelsior 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
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4 Feb 2017FC Groningen 1 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
13 Aug 2016Excelsior 2 - 0 FC GroningenEredivisie
12 Mar 2016Excelsior 2 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
21 Aug 2015FC Groningen 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
8 Apr 2015FC Groningen 3 - 0 ExcelsiorKNVB Cup
14 Feb 2015Excelsior 1 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
19 Oct 2014FC Groningen 1 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
23 Mar 2012Excelsior 0 - 1 FC GroningenEredivisie
17 Sep 2011FC Groningen 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
18 Dec 2010Excelsior 2 - 2 FC GroningenEredivisie
18 Sep 2010FC Groningen 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie