Football Club Groningen is a Dutch professional association football club based in the city of Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the 2022–23 Eredivisie. Groningen played their inaugural season in the Eredivisie, before the side were relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties. Groningen were promoted back to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 and remained in the top flight for almost 20 seasons before they dropped to the second tier in 1997–98. The team won promotion to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000, where they remained for 23 seasons before suffering relegation in 2022–23.
Raimundus Johannes Hendrikus van der Gouw is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
AGOVV is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's men's first squad plays in 2023–24 in the Tweede Klasse.
Joseph Anthonius John van den Brom is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After his playing career, Van den Brom became a manager. He worked as a head coach for AGOVV Apeldoorn (2007–2010), ADO Den Haag (2010–2011), Vitesse (2011–2012) and Anderlecht (2012–2014). After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.
Stanley Purl Menzo is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and worked as a manager of Ajax Cape Town in the South African Premier Soccer League.
Hans de Koning is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. De Koning played as a goalkeeper.
Robert Patrick Maaskant is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager, who played as a midfielder.
Jan Michels is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His first professional club was PEC Zwolle in 1990. He later played with the Go Ahead Eagles, Motherwell in Scotland, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Den Bosch and AGOVV Apeldoorn.
Joey Godee is a Dutch footballer who plays for Dutch Vierde Klasse club HVC Amersfoort.
Darije Kalezić is a Bosnian/Dutch professional football manager and former football player. Darije is currently head coach of Eerste Divisie team ADO Den Haag.
Soufiane Laghmouchi is a footballer who plays as a winger for Derde Divisie club Sportlust '46. He formerly played for AGOVV Apeldoorn, FC Emmen and FC Volendam. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco at under-23 international level.
Martin Guarino is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Defensores de Belgrano as a left defender.
Chiró Vuza N'Toko Mena, known as Chiró N'Toko, is a footballer who plays as a centre back. He most recently played for El Paso Locomotive in the USL Championship.
Paul de la Cruz Mulders is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He was last signed by Ceres–Negros in the Philippines Football League. Mulders is also a member of the Philippines national team. He had previously played for HFC Haarlem, FC Omniworld, AGOVV Apeldoorn, ADO Den Haag, Global Cebu and Cambuur.
The 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-sixth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and ended in June 2012 with the nacompetitie, a promotion-and-relegation tournament also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2011–12 Eredivisie. The competition was won by FC Zwolle on 13 April 2012, after drawing FC Eindhoven 0–0 at home in their 32nd match of the season.
Tim Charles Pieter Receveur is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht. He formerly played for AGOVV Apeldoorn, VVV-Venlo, De Graafschap, and Almere City.
Wim Bleijenberg was a Dutch international football player, who played for FC Wageningen, Rigtersbleek, AFC Ajax, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Go Ahead Eagles and AGOVV Apeldoorn during his career.
André Krul is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Glacis United. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Japan, Australia, Germany and Gibraltar.
John Stegeman is a Dutch professional football manager and former footballer.
Adrie Poldervaart is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.
