FC Groningen 0-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

FC Groningen 0-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 31 October 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Groningen 0-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Groningen lost to AZ Alkmaar 0-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 31 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from J. Lens of AZ Alkmaar in the 85th minute.

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card; AZ Alkmaar received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 16th on 10 points from 11 and AZ Alkmaar 8th on 15 points from 11. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and AZ Alkmaar 6th with 62.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 4 draws and 4 for AZ Alkmaar.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Brett HolmanAZ Alkmaar
  • 41'Yellow card · Graziano PellèAZ Alkmaar
  • 50'Yellow card · Stijn SchaarsAZ Alkmaar
  • 63'Yellow card · M. MartensAZ Alkmaar
  • 82'Yellow card · D. MentingFC Groningen
  • 85'Goal · J. LensAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Sergio RomeroAZ Alkmaar

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 2, draws 4, AZ Alkmaar 4.

Team news

FC Groningen line-up

Luciano, Gibril Sankoh, Fredrik Stenman, Andreas Granqvist, Goran Lovre, Koen van de Laak, Oluwafemi Ajilore, Leandro Bacuna, Morten Nordstrand, Thomas Enevoldsen, Sepp De Roover