AZ Alkmaar

Club · Netherlands · Eredivisie

«De Kaasboeren»

354 Matches

198 wins

75 draws

81 losses

699–409 Goals

+290 Difference

2.0 Scored per game

Form W W W W W W

The AFAS Stadion sits in Alkmaar with room for 19,478 people.

The club that plays there traces back to a merger. In May 1967, Alkmaar '54 joined with the professional wing of the Kooger Football Club, a Zaanstreek side founded in 1910, and the combined outfit took the name AZ '67 — Alkmaar Zaanstreek '67. The '67 stayed attached until 1986, when the club shortened itself to simply AZ. Locally it goes by De Kaasboeren, the cheese farmers, a nod to Alkmaar's standing as a centre of Dutch cheese production.

Two Eredivisie titles carry the club's history, in 1980–81 and 2008–09.

Amsterdam supplies the rivalry that matters most: matches against Ajax are known as the Noord-Hollandse derby, and there's a smaller, more local needle with Alkmaarse Football Club '34.

Kees Kist remains the name most attached to the club's best years. He scored 212 goals in an AZ shirt, and in 1979 became the first Dutchman to win the European Golden Boot, on 34 goals in a single season.

Latest results

All matches

29 Aug	Eredivisie	GO Ahead Eagles H	5:2	W
22 Aug	Eredivisie	Fortuna Sittard A	2:0	W
15 Aug	Eredivisie	Utrecht A	4:1	W
8 Aug	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag H	2:0	W
2 Aug	Super Cup	PSV Eindhoven A	4:0	W
25 Jul	Friendlies Clubs	Olympiakos Piraeus H	3:2	W

Standing

Eredivisie

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	AZ Alkmaar	4	4	0	0	13:3	12
2	PSV Eindhoven	4	3	1	0	15:5	10
3	Feyenoord	4	2	2	0	10:6	8
4	Ajax	3	2	1	0	8:2	7
5	GO Ahead Eagles	4	2	1	1	11:9	7

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 354

354 Matches

198 wins

75 draws

81 losses

699–409 Goals

+290 Difference

2.0 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 354

198 75 81

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	354	188	166
Scored	699	431	268
Conceded	409	195	214
Scored per game	2.0	2.3	1.6
Conceded per game	1.2	1.0	1.3
Difference	+290	+236	+54

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Elijah Dijkstra Defender 30 Matches

Weslley Pinto Batista Midfielder 28 Matches

Billy van Duijl Defender 28 Matches

Wouter Goes Defender 28 Matches

Hobie Verhulst Goalkeeper 27 Matches

Mees Jacobus Wilhelmus de Wit Defender 27 Matches

Isak Steiner Jensen Forward 27 Matches

Ro-Zangelo Daal Midfielder 26 Matches

Squad of AZ Alkmaar

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
22	Elijah Dijkstra	Defender		30
7	Weslley Pinto Batista	Midfielder		28
23	Billy van Duijl	Defender	20	28
3	Wouter Goes	Defender		28
12	Hobie Verhulst	Goalkeeper		27
34	Mees Jacobus Wilhelmus de Wit	Defender		27
17	Isak Steiner Jensen	Forward		27
11	Ro-Zangelo Daal	Midfielder		26
9	Troy Parrott	Forward		26
10	Sven Mijnans	Midfielder		26
9	Mexx Meerdink	Forward		25
10	K. Smith	Midfielder		25
11	Ibrahim Sadiq	Forward		25
6	Peer Koopmeiners	Midfielder		24
33	Matěj Šín	Midfielder		24
5	Alexandre Manuel Penetra Correia	Defender		24
31	Rion Ishihara	Defender	21	23
24	Ayoub Oufkir	Forward	20	23
1	Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro	Goalkeeper		23
5	M. Chavez Garcia	Defender		22
41	Jeroen Zoet	Goalkeeper		22
20	K. Bugar	Midfielder		21
4	Maxim Dekker	Defender		16
2	Seiya Maikuma	Defender		13
45	B. Kovac	Forward	19	12
30	Denso Kasius	Defender		12
19	Jizz Hornkamp	Forward		10
21	Dave Kwakman	Midfielder		8
8	Jordy Clasie	Midfielder		7
31	Daniël Virginio Deen	Goalkeeper		6
25	Lequincio Zeefuik	Forward		6
4	Lewis Schouten	Defender		4
28	Jari De Busser	Goalkeeper		4
14	Calvin Stengs	Midfielder		4
75	Hessel de Wit	Midfielder	19	3
56	Rio Robbemond	Midfielder		3
71	Jur Schipper	Goalkeeper		3
13	Sam de Grand	Defender	21	2
27	Sem van Duijn	Forward	22	2
14	Andrea Natali	Defender		2