2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season
During the 2017–18 season AZ will compete in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Beker.
Full name | Alkmaar Zaanstreek |
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2017/18 season | ||||
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Chairman | René Neelissen | |||
Manager | John van den Brom | |||
Ground | AFAS Stadion | |||
Eredivisie | 3rd | |||
KNVB Beker | Runner-up | |||
Top goalscorer | League: All: | |||
Highest home attendance | 17002 vs PSV Eindhoven | |||
Lowest home attendance | 12511 vs NAC Breda | |||
Average home league attendance | 14791 Eredivisie 13317 KNVB Cup 14636 in both competitions | |||
Biggest win | 6 - 0 vs PEC Zwolle | |||
Biggest defeat | 0 - 4 vs Feyenoord | |||
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Eredivisie
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | PSV Eindhoven (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | AZ | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 71 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 2] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.
- Four teams play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 15 | +17 |
Last updated: 1 July 2017.
Source: Eredivisie
Results by matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Win Draw Loss
The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced in June 2017.[2]
12 August 2017 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 3 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Eindhoven |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Lozano Pereiro van Ginkel |
Report | Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 32.700 Referee: Kuipers |
19 August 2017 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 0 | ADO Den Haag | Alkmaar |
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst Til Garcia |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12.749 Referee: Makkelie |
26 August 2017 3 | Vitesse Arnhem | 1 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Arnhem |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Matavž Miazga |
Report | Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14.500 Referee: Blom |
10 September 2017 4 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 1 | NAC Breda | Alkmaar |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Seuntjens Helmer Til |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12.511 Referee: Janssen |
15 September 2017 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Rotterdam |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Kortsmit |
Report | Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10.210 Referee: Mulder |
24 September 2017 6 | AZ Alkmaar | 0 - 2 | SBV Excelsior | Alkmaar |
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vlaar |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12.527 Referee: Blom |
1 October 2017 7 | AZ Alkmaar | 0 - 4 | Feyenoord | Alkmaar |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vlaar |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14.644 Referee: Nijhuis |
15 October 2017 8 | FC Groningen | 1 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Groningen |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Memišević Mahi Idrissi Jenssen |
Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 17.680 Referee: Kuipers |
22 October 2017 9 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 - 0 | FC Utrecht | Alkmaar |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Koopmeiners Weghorst Jahanbakhsh Midtsjø van Overeem Til |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14.056 Referee: Kamphuis |
29 October 2017 10 | SC Heerenveen | 1 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Heerenveen |
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vlap Næss Kobayashi Schaars |
Report | Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 19.136 Referee: Janssen |
4 November 2017 11 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 - 2 | Willem II | Alkmaar |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jahanbakhsh Til Weghorst |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14.613 Referee: Blom |
19 November 2017 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 0 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Kerkrade |
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 12.411 Referee: Lindhout |
24 November 2017 13 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 0 | FC Twente | Alkmaar |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jahanbakhsh van Overeem |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14.601 Referee: van den Kerkhof |
3 December 2017 14 | VVV-Venlo | 0 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Venlo |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 6.353 Referee: Nijhuis |
9 December 2017 15 | AZ Alkmaar | 5 - 0 | Heracles Almelo | Alkmaar |
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Castro Til Jahanbakhsh Weghorst Svensson |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13.863 Referee: van de Graag |
12 December 2017 16 | PEC Zwolle | 1 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Zwolle |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Marcellis Ondaan Saymak |
Report | Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12.875 Referee: Higler |
17 December 2017 17 | AZ Alkmaar | 1 - 2 | Ajax | Alkmaar |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jahanbakhsh Hatzidiakos Svensson |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16.900 Referee: Makkelie |
23 December 2017 18 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 - 1 | SC Heerenveen | Alkmaar |
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | van Rhijn Dumfries Friday |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15.012 Referee: van Boekel |
19 January 2018 19 | FC Utrecht | 1 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Utrecht |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ayoub Dessers Kerk |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18.457 Referee: Gözübüyük |
28 January 2018 20 | Willem II | 0 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Tilburg |
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ogbeche Chirivella |
Report | Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11.350 Referee: Wiedemeijer |
4 February 2018 21 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 2 | Roda JC Kerkrade | Alkmaar |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Banggaard Midtsjø |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15.007 Referee: Blom |
7 February 2018 22 | FC Twente | 0 - 4 | AZ Alkmaar | Enschede |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vučkić Cuevas Lam |
Report | Stadium: Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23.400 Referee: Mulder |
10 February 2018 23 | AZ Alkmaar | 0 - 0 | VVV-Venlo | Alkmaar |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Bel Hassani |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14.023 Referee: Lindhout |
17 February 2018 24 | NAC Breda | 1 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar | Breda |
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Korte Meijers Sadiq |
Report | Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18.628 Referee: Kamphuis |
24 February 2018 25 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | Alkmaar |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst Idrissi |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14.884 Referee: Gözübüyük |
3 March 2018 26 | SBV Excelsior | 1 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Rotterdam |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Koolwijk Messaoud Bruins |
Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4.218 Referee: van Boekel |
11 March 2018 27 | Feyenoord | 2 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Rotterdam |
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Toornstra Boëtius van der Heijden Jørgensen |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 45.000 Referee: Higler |
18 March 2018 28 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 - 2 | FC Groningen | Alkmaar |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Svensson Til Jahanbakhsh |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16.459 Referee: van den Kerkhof |
31 March 2018 29 | ADO Den Haag | 0 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar | Den Haag |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Immers |
Report | Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 13.115 Referee: Kuipers |
7 April 2018 30 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 3 | PSV Eindhoven | Alkmaar |
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst Vlaar Midtsjø |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17.002 Referee: Blom |
13 April 2018 31 | Heracles Almelo | 0 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar | Almelo |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Gladon Monteiro |
Report | Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 10.724 Referee: Kamphuis |
18 April 2018 32 | AZ Alkmaar | 4 - 3 | Vitesse Arnhem | Alkmaar |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst Jahanbakhsh |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16.067 Referee: Nijhuis |
29 April 2018 33 | Ajax | 3 - 0 | AZ Alkmaar | Amsterdam |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | van de Beek Kluivert Neres |
Report | Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Gözübüyük |
6 May 2018 34 | AZ Alkmaar | 6 - 0 | PEC Zwolle | Alkmaar |
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jahanbakhsh Midtsjø Weghorst Koopmeiners |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16.532 Referee: Lindhout |
KNVB Beker
Matches
19 September 2017 1st round | MVV Maastricht | 2 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar * | Maastricht |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mmaee Nys Pereira |
Report | Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 4.270 Referee: Makkelie |
26 October 2017 2nd round | Almere City FC | 0 - 4 | AZ Alkmaar * | Almere |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | van Buuren Kvída |
Report | Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Makkelie |
20 December 2017 1/8 Final | Fortuna Sittard | 2 - 4 | AZ Alkmaar * | Sittard |
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Dianessy Stokkers Essers |
Report | Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 5.089 Referee: Lindhout |
31 January 2018 1/4 Final | AZ Alkmaar * | 4 - 1 | PEC Zwolle | Alkmaar |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst Til Idrissi |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13.247 Referee: Nijhuis |
28 February 2018 1/2 Final | AZ Alkmaar * | 4 - 0 | FC Twente | Alkmaar |
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Til Weghorst Idrissi |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13.388 Referee: Makkelie |
22 April 2018 Final | AZ Alkmaar | 0 - 3 | Feyenoord * | Rotterdam |
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Midtsjø Jahanbakhsh Weghorst Koopmeiners |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 46.084 Referee: Kuipers |
(Pre-season) friendlies
The first training session for the new season began on 25 June.[3] Friendlies were arranged with smaller teams in the Netherlands as well as a few additional friendlies against foreign teams touring the Netherlands.
1 July 2017 | Regioselectie | 1 - 7 | AZ Alkmaar | Dirkshorn |
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Lanting |
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn Attendance: 3.000 |
6 July 2017 | FC Oleksandriya | 1 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar | Dirkshorn |
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Hrytsuk Polyarus |
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn Attendance: 1.000 Referee: Lindhout |
7 July 2017 | Polderse Selectie | 2 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar | Anna Paulowna |
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Broersen Raap |
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Kleine Sluis Attendance: 3.000 |
12 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 0 - 2 | Leende | |
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Sportpark De Grote Speel Attendance: 50 |
15 July 2017 | Club Brugge | 1 - 3 | AZ Alkmaar | Deinze |
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Limbombe |
Report | Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion Attendance: - Referee: |
20 July 2017 | Panathinaikos F.C. | 2 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Athens |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Altman Molins |
Report | Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: |
26 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 - 0 | Alkmaar | |
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ouwejan van Overeem Seuntjens |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 3.200 Referee: Mulder |
29 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 3 - 0 | VVCS | Alkmaar |
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Helmer Rienstra |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Attendance: - Referee: Vonken |
29 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 4 - 0 | SC Cambuur | Alkmaar |
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst van Overeem dos Santos Stengs |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Attendance: - Referee: Dröge |
4 August 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 1 | Willem II | Alkmaar |
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | van der Linden Rienstra |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Attendance: - Referee: Teuben |
5 August 2017 | Udinese Calcio | 1 - 2 | AZ Alkmaar | Udine |
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Perica |
Report | Stadium: Dacia Arena Attendance: 4.042 Referee: |
1 September 2017 | KV Mechelen | 1 - 1 | AZ Alkmaar | Mechelen |
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vitas |
Report | Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne Attendance: - Referee: |
8 November 2017 | SC Cambuur | 1 - 5 | AZ Alkmaar | Leeuwarden |
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | van Haaren |
Report | Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 100 |
12 January 2018 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 - 2 | Estepona | |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ouwejan Bel Hassani |
Report | Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio Attendance: - |
Player details
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eredivisie[lower-alpha 1] | KNVB Cup | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Marco Bizot | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Jonas Svensson | 38 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
3 | DF | Rens van Eijden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Ron Vlaar | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Thomas Ouwejan | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Fredrik Midtsjø | 35 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
7 | FW | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 39 | 22 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 1 | |
8 | MF | Joris van Overeem | 30 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Wout Weghorst | 37 | 27 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 9 | |
10 | MF | Marko Vejinović | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | DF | Pantelis Hatzidiakos | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
14 | MF | Teun Koopmeiners | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Guus Til | 39 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 2 | |
16 | GK | Gino Coutinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Jeremy Helmer | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
18 | MF | Iliass Bel Hassani | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Dabney dos Santos | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Mats Seuntjens | 37 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Myron Boadu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | FW | Oussama Idrissi | 15 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
23 | DF | Ricardo van Rhijn | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
24 | MF | Tijjani Reijnders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | GK | Nick Olij | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | DF | Owen Wijndal | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | FW | Ondrej Mihalik | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
27 | FW | Fred Friday | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | FW | Levi Garcia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
29 | FW | Calvin Stengs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | DF | Stijn Wuytens | 35 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
38 | FW | Ferdy Druijf | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sources: Squad numbers,[4] Eredivisie en KNVB Cup stats,[5]
- Main competition + play-offs
Transfers
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References
- "Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- "AZ Games". az.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- "Eerste training". AZ Alkmaar (in Dutch). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- "Rugnummers seizoen 2017–2018" [Squad numbers announced for 2017–2018 season]. voetbal.com (in Dutch). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "AZ Alkmaar: Squad 2017/2018". soccerway.com.