Willem II 2-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 18 September 2009

Result

Willem II 2-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Friday 18 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Willem II 2-1 FC Groningen: match report

Willem II defeated FC Groningen 2-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 18 September 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Koen van de Laak opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Willem II's goals came from Sergio Zijler (39') and Christophe Grégoire (43', penalty). FC Groningen scored through Koen van de Laak (7').

Discipline: Willem II received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Willem II were 17th on 3 points from 6 and FC Groningen 14th on 5 points from 6. Willem II went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and FC Groningen 8th with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Willem II wins, 1 draw and 3 for FC Groningen.

Going into the match Willem II's last five read L-L-L-L-L and FC Groningen's W-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Koen van de LaakFC Groningen · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Andreas GranqvistFC Groningen
  • 39'Goal · Sergio ZijlerWillem II · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Ondrej SvejdikFC Groningen
  • 43'Penalty goal · Christophe GrégoireWillem II · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Willem II 2, draws 1, FC Groningen 3.

Team news

Willem II line-up

Maikel Aerts, Jens Janse, Arjan Swinkels, Leo Veloso, Bart Biemans, Ibrahim Kargbo, Saïd Boutahar, Frank Demouge, Sergio Zijler, Gerson Sheotahul, Christophe Grégoire

FC Groningen line-up

Brian van Loo, Fredrik Stenman, Andreas Granqvist, Ondrej Svejdik, Mike Zonneveld, Koen van de Laak, Danny Holla, Morten Nordstrand, N. Pedersen, Thomas Enevoldsen, Sepp De Roover