Editing Groningen (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Groningen_-_Voetbalstadion_Euroborg_in_vogelvlucht.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Euroborg]] football stadium]]
[[File:Donar - Landstede Basketbal (2016).jpg|thumb|right|A [[Donar Groningen|Donar]] basketball game in [[MartiniPlaza]]]] 
[[FC Groningen]], founded in 1971, is the local [[association football|football]] club, and as of 2000 they play in the [[Eredivisie]], the highest football league of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Standings |url=https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/Standings |website=eredivisie.nl |publisher=Eredivisie |access-date=10 August 2020 |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425213654/https://eredivisie.nl/en-us/Standings |url-status=dead }}</ref> Winners of the [[KNVB Cup]] in the [[2014–15 KNVB Cup|2014–15 season]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/4042767/fc-groningen-pakt-eerste-knvb-beker-in-clubhistorie-koste-van-pec.html |title=FC Groningen pakt eerste KNVB-beker in clubhistorie ten koste van PEC – NU – Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl |language=nl |date=4 May 2015 |work=nu.nl |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> their best Eredivisie result was in the 1990–91 season when they finished third.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netherlands 1990/91 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/ned91.html |access-date=10 August 2020 |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.}}</ref> Their current stadium which opened in January 2006 has 22,525 seats.<ref>[http://www.imtech.eu/eCache/DEF/1/579.bGFuZz1FTg.html 10 million Euro orders for Olympic Stadium in Berlin and Euroborg Stadium in Groningen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228184900/http://www.imtech.eu/eCache/DEF/1/579.bGFuZz1FTg.html |date=28 December 2010 }} Imtech, 8 April 2004</ref><ref name="StadiumCapacity">{{cite web |url=https://www.fcgroningen.nl/club/info |title=Club Info – FC Groningen |work=FC Groningen |date=27 October 2008 |language=nl |access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> It is called the [[Euroborg|Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion]]; it was known as the "Euroborg stadium" before 2016, and "Noordlease Stadion" from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nu.nl/groningen/5336906/naam-stadion-fc-groningen-gaat-veranderen-in-hitachi-stadion.html |title=Naam stadion FC Groningen gaat veranderen in Hitachi Stadion |date=28 June 2018 |work=NU |access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref>

American sports are fairly popular in Groningen; it has [[American football]], [[baseball]], and [[basketball]] clubs. Groningen's professional basketball club [[Donar (basketball club)|Donar]] play in the highest professional league, the [[Dutch Basketball League]], and have won the national championship seven times.<ref name=jdus>{{Cite web |url=http://j-dus.com/landskampioenen-bekerwinnaars-en-competitiewinnaars/ |title=Landskampioenen, bekerwinnaars en competitiewinnaars |access-date=16 March 2018 |publisher=J-dus.com |language=nl}}</ref> The [[Groningen Giants]] are the American football team of the city who play in the premier league of the [[AFBN]] and are nicknamed as the "Kings of the North".<ref name="Coutinho2018">{{cite book |author=Steven W. Coutinho |title=Breaking Rank: How to lead change when yesterday's stories limit today's choices |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_BlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA285 |date=24 May 2018 |publisher=Steven Coutinho |pages=285–295 |id=GGKEY:DZLXX5LE9CR}}</ref>

The running event called [[4 Miles of Groningen]] takes place in the city on the second Sunday of October every year with over 23,000 participants.<ref>{{cite web |title=4 Mile of Groningen |url=https://campus.groningen.nl/en/events/4-mile-of-groningen |publisher=Campus Groningen |access-date=10 August 2020 |date=14 October 2018}}</ref> The [[2002 Giro d'Italia]] began in Groningen, including the prologue and the start of the first stage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Jeff |title=85th Giro d'Italia (GT) |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/giro02/ |access-date=10 August 2020 |work=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> The city hosted the start and finish of the fifth stage of the [[2013 Energiewacht Tour]].<ref name=technicalguide>{{cite news |url=http://www.energiewachttour.nl/images/stories/tg-ewt-el.pdf |work=energiewachttour.nl |access-date=2 April 2013 |title=Technical Guide Elite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905091513/http://www.energiewachttour.nl/images/stories/tg-ewt-el.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Further|Groninger Studenten Rugby Club}}