Volleyball team

AZ Alkmaar

Club · Netherlands · Eredivisie

«De Kaasboeren»

355 Matches

199 wins

75 draws

81 losses

702–411 Goals

+291 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

6 Sep	Eredivisie	Heerenveen A	3:2	W
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

Standing

Eredivisie

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	AZ Alkmaar	5	5	0	0	16:5	15
2	PSV Eindhoven	5	4	1	0	18:6	13
3	Feyenoord	5	3	2	0	13:7	11
4	Excelsior	5	3	1	1	12:5	10
5	FC Twente	5	3	1	1	10:5	10

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 355

355 Matches

199 wins

75 draws

81 losses

702–411 Goals

+291 Difference

2.0 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 355

199 75 81

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	355	188	167
Scored	702	431	271
Conceded	411	195	216
Scored per game	2.0	2.3	1.6
Conceded per game	1.2	1.0	1.3
Difference	+291	+236	+55

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Elijah Dijkstra Defender 31 Matches

Weslley Pinto Batista Midfielder 29 Matches

Wouter Goes Defender 29 Matches

Mees Jacobus Wilhelmus de Wit Defender 28 Matches

Billy van Duijl Defender 28 Matches

Ro-Zangelo Daal Midfielder 27 Matches

Hobie Verhulst Goalkeeper 27 Matches

Isak Steiner Jensen Forward 27 Matches

Squad of AZ Alkmaar

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
22	Elijah Dijkstra	Defender		31
7	Weslley Pinto Batista	Midfielder		29
3	Wouter Goes	Defender		29
34	Mees Jacobus Wilhelmus de Wit	Defender		28
23	Billy van Duijl	Defender	20	28
11	Ro-Zangelo Daal	Midfielder		27
12	Hobie Verhulst	Goalkeeper		27
17	Isak Steiner Jensen	Forward		27
9	Mexx Meerdink	Forward		26
9	Troy Parrott	Forward		26
10	Sven Mijnans	Midfielder		26
6	Peer Koopmeiners	Midfielder		25
10	K. Smith	Midfielder		25
11	Ibrahim Sadiq	Forward		25
31	Rion Ishihara	Defender	21	24
24	Ayoub Oufkir	Forward	20	24
1	Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro	Goalkeeper		24
33	Matěj Šín	Midfielder		24
5	Alexandre Manuel Penetra Correia	Defender		24
5	M. Chavez Garcia	Defender		23
41	Jeroen Zoet	Goalkeeper		22
20	K. Bugar	Midfielder		21
4	Maxim Dekker	Defender		16
2	Seiya Maikuma	Defender		14
18	B. Kovac	Forward	19	13
30	Denso Kasius	Defender		12
19	Jizz Hornkamp	Forward		11
21	Dave Kwakman	Midfielder		9
8	Jordy Clasie	Midfielder		8
31	Daniël Virginio Deen	Goalkeeper		6
25	Lequincio Zeefuik	Forward		6
28	Jari De Busser	Goalkeeper		5
4	Lewis Schouten	Defender		5
14	Calvin Stengs	Midfielder		5
75	Hessel de Wit	Midfielder	19	4
20	Andrea Natali	Defender		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