| Club: | Groningen |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Chairman: | Bert Middel |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Manager: | Danny Buijs |
| Stadium: | Euroborg |
| League: | Eredivisie |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | KNVB Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
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| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Eredivisie was suspended on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands and was abandoned on 24 April 2020.[1]
FC Groningen finished 2019–20 Eredivisie season as 9th.
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 1–0 against FC Twente in the 2nd round and are eliminated from the cup. Feyenoord and FC Utrecht were finalists but the KNVB Cup was also abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands and the final game is not played.
Kaj Sierhuis was the top scorer of the club in this season with 6 goals in Eredivisie.
Deyovaisio Zeefuik was the most appeared player in this season with 28 appearances; 26 appearances in Eredivisie and 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup.
| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2019 | DF | Azor Matusiwa | Ajax AFC | Transfer | Free | [3] | |
| 1 Jul 2019 | MF | Gabriel Gudmundsson | Halmstads BK | Transfer | Undisclosed | [4] | |
| 1 Jul 2019 | MF | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | NAC Breda | Transfer | Undisclosed | [5] | |
| 1 Jul 2019 | MF | Sam Schreck | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Undisclosed | [6] | |
| 5 Jul 2019 | GK | Marco van Duin | NEC | Transfer | Free | [7] | |
| 6 Jul 2019 | DF | Bart van Hintum | Heracles Almelo | Transfer | Free | [8] | |
| 9 Jul 2019 | FW | Charlison Benschop | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Free | [9] | |
| 11 Aug 2019 | MF | Nicklas Strunck | FC Nordsjælland | Transfer | Undisclosed | ||
| 15 Aug 2019 | DF | Ahmed El Messaoudi | K.V. Mechelen | Transfer | Undisclosed | ||
| 15 Aug 2019 | FW | Joel Asoro | Swansea City A.F.C. | Loan | Undisclosed | ||
| 25 Jan 2020 | DF | Görkem Can | FC Schalke 04 II | Transfer | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 Jan 2020 | FW | Daishawn Redan | Hertha BSC | Loan | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Ludovit Reis | FC Barcelona | Transfer | Undisclosed | [10] | |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Mimoun Mahi | FC Zurich | Transfer | Free | [11] | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Gerald Postma | Harkemase Boys | Transfer | Free | [12] | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Lars Kramer | Viborg FF | Transfer | Undisclosed | [13] | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Jeff Chabot | Sampdoria | Transfer | €3.7M | [14] | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Daniel Bouman | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Free | [15] | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Matthijs Hardijk | ACV Assen | Transfer | Free | [16] | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Kellian van der Kaap | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Free | [17] | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Marijn Ploem | HVV Hollandia | Transfer | Free | [18] | |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Pelle Boevink | SSV Jeddeloh | Transfer | Free | [19] | |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Paul Gladon | Released | Transfer | Free | [20] | |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Tim Riksman | Released | Transfer | Free | [21] | |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Kevin Begois | N/A | Retired | N/A | [22] |
See main article: 2019–20 Eredivisie.
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| Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaj Sierhuis | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Ajdin Hrustic | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Charlison Benschop | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Joel Asoro | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
 Samir Memišević | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Ahmed El Messaoudi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Django Warmerdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike te Wierik | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ritsu Dōan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 26 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | Ajdin Hrustic | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| Sergio Padt | 26 | 1 | 27 | |
| 4 | Azor Matusiwa | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Mike te Wierik | 23 | 1 | 24 | |
| 6 | Ko Itakura | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| Mohamed El Hankouri | 21 | 2 | 23 | |
| 8 | Ahmed El Messaoudi | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| Django Warmerdam | 21 | 1 | 22 | |
| 10 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Charlison Benschop | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Joel Asoro | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Bart van Hintum | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Daniël van Kaam | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Kaj Sierhuis | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
| Sam Schreck | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
| Samir Memišević | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
| 18 | Romano Postema | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 19 | Gabriel Gudmundsson | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | Amir Absalem | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Daishawn Redan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Kaj Sierhuis | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 23 | Ritsu Dōan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Thomas Poll | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | Jan Hoekstra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kian Slor | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tomáš Suslov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Eredivisie | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 9 | 9 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 | ||
| Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike te Wierik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Django Warmerdam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Azor Matusiwa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ko Itakura | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Samir Memišević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ajdin Hrustic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Amir Absalem | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bart van Hintum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlison Benschop | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ahmed El Messaoudi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gabriel Gudmundsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mohamed El Hankouri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sam Schreck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | Joel Asoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaj Sierhuis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Romano Postema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thomas Poll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |