2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season
During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Beker.
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Source: eredivisie.nl
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:
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 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: AZ Alkmaar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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: Bjorn 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: Danny 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: Kevin 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: Ed 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: Siemen 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: Kevin 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: Bas 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: Bjorn 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: Jochem 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: Ed 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: Kevin 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: Allard 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: Martin 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: Bas 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: Edwin van de Graaf |
| 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: Denins 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: Danny 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: Pol 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: Serdar 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: Reinold 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: Kevin 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: Siemen 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: Allard 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: Jochem 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: Serdar 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: Pol 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: Dennis 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: Martin van den Kerkhof |
| 31 March 2018 29 | ADO Den Haag | 0–3 | AZ Alkmaar | The Hague |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Immers |
Report | Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Bjorn 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: Kevin 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: Jochem 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: Bas 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: Serdar 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: Allard 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
Sources: Squad numbers,[4] Eredivisie en KNVB Cup stats,[5]
- Main competition + play-offs
Transfers
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.
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