The Groningen Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
AZ come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Groningen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stije Resink stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stije Resink and Groningen agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mats Seuntjens in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Groningen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Groningen
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Groningen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stije Resink is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thom van Bergen pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
In brief
- Market Groningen promote Marten Lang from within
- Market One of our own: Marten Hateboer joins the Groningen first team
- Market Tim Van de Beek steps up from the Groningen academy
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Groningen