Vlag, who played his last match aged 37 years and 163 days against NAC Breda in 2015. In 1991, Hennie Meijer won the Dutch Footballer of the Year award, the first and to date only time a Groningen player achieved this. Groningen's largest ever victory has been a 10–1 win against DVS '33 in the 1999–2000 KNVB Cup. The club's largest win in league football has been a 7–1 home victory against Willem II in the 2010–11 Eredivisie. The largest defeat is an 9–0 loss to Ajax in the 1973–74 Eredivisie. The highest transfer fee received is €11 million from Celta de Vigo for Norwegian striker Jørgen Strand Larsen in 2022, while the highest transfer fee paid by the club was for Nigerian midfielder Oluwafemi Ajilore from Midtjylland in 2008; he was bought for a fee of €3.3 million. References Specific General External links FC Groningen on RTV Noord: Club news FC Groningen news on Boerenmacht.nl FC Groningen stats on FCG Stats Football clubs in Groningen (city) Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1971 1971 establishments in the Netherlands