The Green-White-Army have sacked the former FC Twente player from his managerial post at Euroborg Stadion after a disappointing 2011/12 campaign.
Reports from Euroborg Stadion confirm that FC Groningen have sacked head coach, Pieter Huistra, with immediate effect following a poor 2011/12 campaign.
Pride of the North appointed the 45-year-old tactician before the start of the 2010/11 season, and the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 winger guided his side to a fifth spot finish.
However, victim of his own success, the Dutch trainer lost two of his star players ahead of the 2011/12 campaign; Tim Matavz joined PSV Eindhoven while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andreas-Granqvist-c5728 moved to Genoa.
Despite losing two of his key players, the 45-year-old led Pride of the North to decent results in the first-half of the season. However, far from pleasing results after the winter break, winning only three of their 17 league fixtures, dropped his side to the bottom-half of the table to finish 14th in the league standings.
The club management have reportedly started their search to find Huistra’s successor ahead of the 2012/13 season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven earlier this year, is tipped to replace the former Rangers player at Euroborg Stadion.
Rumours are rife that the Groningen management could also appoint Co Adriaanse, who was sacked from the head coach position at FC Twente earlier this year.
It is not certain who will be leading http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at Euroborg Stadion, it will certainly be a good move by the club.
Rutten has managed the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 and PSV Eindhoven while he has also led Bundesliga outfit, Schalke 04.
On the other hand, Adriaanse has been in the coaching profession for almost a couple of decades, and has managed to win silverware with many different clubs.
However, his most successful stint has been with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186, where he managed to lift the Portuguese Liga title and the Portuguese Cup in his one-year stay.
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