Sports thumb|left|The Euroborg football stadium thumb|right|A Donar basketball game in MartiniPlaza FC Groningen, founded in 1971, is the local football club, and as of 2000 they play in the Eredivisie, the highest football league of the Netherlands. Winners of the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season, their best Eredivisie result was in the 1990–91 season when they finished third. Their current stadium which opened in January 2006 has 22,525 seats.10 million Euro orders for Olympic Stadium in Berlin and Euroborg Stadium in Groningen Imtech, 8 April 2004 It is called the Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion; it was known as the "Euroborg stadium" before 2016, and "Noordlease Stadion" from 2016 to 2018.
Sports thumb|left|The Euroborg football stadium thumb|right|A Donar basketball game in MartiniPlaza FC Groningen, founded in 1971 is the local football club, and as of 2000 they play in the Eredivisie, the highest football league of the Netherlands. Winners of the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season, their best Eredivisie result was in the 1990–91 season when they finished third. Their current stadium which opened in January 2006 has 22525 seats10 million Euro orders for Olympic Stadium in Berlin and Euroborg Stadium in Groningen Imtech, 8 April 2004 It is called the Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion; it was known as the "Euroborg stadium" before 2016, and "Noordlease Stadion" from 2016 to 2018.