Ajax 3-2 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 October 2006

Result

Ajax 3-2 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 October 2006, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Ajax 3-2 FC Groningen: match report

Ajax beat FC Groningen 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 October 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

R. Babel opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Ajax's goals came from R. Babel (51'), R. Babel (74') and Urby Emanuelson (80'). FC Groningen scored through Evgeniy Levchenko (56', penalty) and Luis Suárez (60').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 15 points from 6 and FC Groningen 3rd on 14 points from 6. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and FC Groningen 5th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ajax wins, 0 draws and 2 for FC Groningen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Goal · R. BabelAjax · 1-0
  • 56'Penalty goal · Evgeniy LevchenkoFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Groningen · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · R. BabelAjax · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Urby EmanuelsonAjax · 3-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Ajax 2, draws 0, FC Groningen 2.

Team news

Ajax expected line-up

Maarten Stekelenburg, Olaf Lindenbergh, Hatem Trabelsi, Zdenek Grygera, Steven Pienaar, Hedwiges Maduro, Tomas Galasek, Markus Rosenberg, Thomas Vermaelen, Nourdin Boukhari, Urby Emanuelson