2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season

Dutch association football season in the Eredivisie

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AZ 2017–18 football season

2017–18 season

Chairman

René Neelissen

Manager

Ground

Top goalscorer

League: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (21)
All: Wout Weghorst (27)

Highest home attendance

17,002 vs PSV Eindhoven

Lowest home attendance

12,511 vs NAC Breda

Average home league attendance

14,791 Eredivisie
13,317 KNVB Cup
14,636 in both competitions

Biggest win

6–0 vs PEC Zwolle

Biggest defeat

0–4 vs Feyenoord

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2016–17 2018–19 →

During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Cup.

Eredivisie

Main article: 2017–18 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
5	Utrecht	34	14	12	8	58	53	+5	54	Qualification to European competition play-offs

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)
(C) Champions
Notes:

Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.

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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Position	11	9	7	6	2	5	8	7	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: AZ Alkmaar
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.

PSV Eindhoven v AZ Alkmaar

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 1	PSV Eindhoven	3–2	AZ Alkmaar	Eindhoven
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lozano 31' Pereiro 48' van Ginkel 76'	Report	18' dos Santos 39' Vejinović 79' Vlaar 81' (Pen.) Weghorst 90' Seuntjens	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 32,700 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

AZ Alkmaar v ADO Den Haag

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 2	AZ Alkmaar	2–0	ADO Den Haag	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weghorst 29' (Pen.) 71' Til 70' Garcia 73'	Report	28' Meijers 28' Kanon	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,749 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Vitesse Arnhem v AZ Alkmaar

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 3	Vitesse Arnhem	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Arnhem
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matavž 68' Miazga 87'	Report	3', 81' Weghorst 33' Vejinović 63' Ouwejan 76' Wuytens	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ Alkmaar v NAC Breda

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 4	AZ Alkmaar	2–1	NAC Breda	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Seuntjens 34' Helmer 55' Til 58'	Report	84' Korte 87' Angeliño	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,511 Referee: Ed Janssen

Sparta Rotterdam v AZ Alkmaar

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) 5	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	AZ Alkmaar	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kortsmit 22'	Report	34', 61' Weghorst	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,210 Referee: Siemen Mulder

AZ Alkmaar v SBV Excelsior

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 6	AZ Alkmaar	0–2	SBV Excelsior	Alkmaar
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vlaar 7'	Report	2' (Pen.), 8' (Pen.) Bruins	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,527 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ Alkmaar v Feyenoord

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) 7	AZ Alkmaar	0–4	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vlaar 7'	Report	11' Berghuis 17', 41' Larsson 57' Vilhena	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,644 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

FC Groningen v AZ Alkmaar

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 8	FC Groningen	1–1	AZ Alkmaar	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Memišević 35' Mahi 53' (Pen.) 54' Idrissi 63' Jenssen 78'	Report	45' Jahanbakhsh 52' Wuytens	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 17,680 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

AZ Alkmaar v FC Utrecht

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9	AZ Alkmaar	3–0	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koopmeiners 21' Weghorst 55' Jahanbakhsh 62' Midtsjø 74' van Overeem 80' Til 90'	Report	41' Klaiber 77' Emanuelson	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,056 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

SC Heerenveen v AZ Alkmaar

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 10	SC Heerenveen	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vlap 21' Næss 27' Kobayashi 29' Schaars 63'	Report	23' Hatzidiakos 39' Koopmeiners 56' Midtsjø 66' Weghorst 73', 90' Til	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 19,136 Referee: Ed Janssen

AZ Alkmaar v Willem II

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 11	AZ Alkmaar	3–2	Willem II	Alkmaar
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahanbakhsh 35' (Pen.) Til 54' Weghorst 64' 86'	Report	25' Rienstra 34' Peters 85' Azzaoui	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,613 Referee: Kevin Blom

Roda JC Kerkrade v AZ Alkmaar

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19) 12	Roda JC Kerkrade	0–1	AZ Alkmaar	Kerkrade
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	28' Wuytens 44' Til 84' Seuntjens	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 12,411 Referee: Allard Lindhout

AZ Alkmaar v FC Twente

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 13	AZ Alkmaar	2–0	FC Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahanbakhsh 65' (Pen.) van Overeem 70'	Report	25' Lam	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,601 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

VVV-Venlo v AZ Alkmaar

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 14	VVV-Venlo	0–2	AZ Alkmaar	Venlo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	54' Wuytens 73' (Own goal) Seuntjens 84' Hatzidiakos	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 6,353 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

AZ Alkmaar v Heracles Almelo

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15	AZ Alkmaar	5–0	Heracles Almelo	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Castro 55' (Own goal) Til 75' Jahanbakhsh 81' Weghorst 85' Svensson 90'	Report	39' Duarte 43' Baas 86' van de Berg	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,863 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

PEC Zwolle v AZ Alkmaar

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16	PEC Zwolle	1–1	AZ Alkmaar	Zwolle
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcellis 18' Ondaan 32' Saymak 89'	Report	34' Jahanbakhsh 50' Yil 76' Wuytens 83' Midtsjø 86' Hatzidiakos 89' Seuntjens	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12,875 Referee: Dennis Higler

AZ Alkmaar v Ajax

17 December 2017 (2017-12-17) 17	AZ Alkmaar	1–2	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahanbakhsh 25' (Pen.) Hatzidiakos 50' Svensson 86'	Report	25' Zeefuik 43' Huntelaar 51' (Pen.) Schöne 88' de Jong	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ Alkmaar v SC Heerenveen

23 December 2017 (2017-12-23) 18	AZ Alkmaar	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van Rhijn 44' Dumfries 80' (Own goal) Friday 84', 90'	Report	48' van Amersfoort 60' Kobayashi 68' Thorsby	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,012 Referee: Pol van Boekel

FC Utrecht v AZ Alkmaar

19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 19	FC Utrecht	1–1	AZ Alkmaar	Utrecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ayoub 8' Dessers 74' Kerk 90'	Report	42' Weghorst 55' Svensson 73' Jahanbakhsh 78' Wuytens	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Willem II v AZ Alkmaar

28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 20	Willem II	0–2	AZ Alkmaar	Tilburg
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ogbeche 48' Chirivella 61'	Report	6' Seuntjens 14' Jahanbakhsh 73' Svensson	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11,350 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

AZ Alkmaar v Roda JC Kerkrade

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 21	AZ Alkmaar	2–2	Roda JC Kerkrade	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Banggaard 13' (Own goal) Midtsjø 36'	Report	22' Vancamp 71' Ndenge 73' Ngombo	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,007 Referee: Kevin Blom

FC Twente v AZ Alkmaar

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) 22	FC Twente	0–4	AZ Alkmaar	Enschede
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vučkić 9' Cuevas 73' Lam 82'	Report	10' (Pen.), 90' 60'Jahanbakhsh 64' Svensson 89', 90' Weghorst	Stadium: Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Siemen Mulder

AZ Alkmaar v VVV-Venlo

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 23	AZ Alkmaar	0–0	VVV-Venlo	Alkmaar
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bel Hassani 78'	Report	44' Castelen 68' Janssen	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Allard Lindhout

NAC Breda v AZ Alkmaar

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 24	NAC Breda	1–3	AZ Alkmaar	Breda
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Korte 51' Meijers 56' Sadiq 85'	Report	32'Jahanbakhsh 47' Til 52' Seuntjens	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,628 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

AZ Alkmaar v Sparta Rotterdam

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 25	AZ Alkmaar	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weghorst 44' Idrissi 86'	Report	19' Chabot	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,884 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

SBV Excelsior v AZ Alkmaar

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 26	SBV Excelsior	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Rotterdam
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koolwijk 34' Messaoud 64' Bruins 70'	Report	20' (Own goal) Zwarthoed 44'Jahanbakhsh 75' Svensson	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,218 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Feyenoord v AZ Alkmaar

11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) 27	Feyenoord	2–1	AZ Alkmaar	Rotterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Toornstra 19' Boëtius 33' van der Heijden 61' Jørgensen 73'	Report	23'Jahanbakhsh 26' Idrissi 90' Weghorst	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

AZ Alkmaar v FC Groningen

18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) 28	AZ Alkmaar	3–2	FC Groningen	Alkmaar
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Svensson 53' Til 66' Jahanbakhsh 90'	Report	33' Bacuna 70' van Weert 83' Doan 90' Zeefuik 90' te Wierik	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,459 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

ADO Den Haag v AZ Alkmaar

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 29	ADO Den Haag	0–3	AZ Alkmaar	The Hague
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Immers 41'	Report	18' Weghorst 30' Idrissi 43'Jahanbakhsh	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

AZ Alkmaar v PSV Eindhoven

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 30	AZ Alkmaar	2–3	PSV Eindhoven	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weghorst 53', 61' 77' Vlaar 78' 89' Midtsjø 89'	Report	74' Pereiro 76' Lozano 79' (Pen.) van Ginkel 90' Malen	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Kevin Blom

Heracles Almelo v AZ Alkmaar

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 31	Heracles Almelo	0–3	AZ Alkmaar	Almelo
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gladon 32' Monteiro 45'	Report	13' Svensson 25' Til 30' Idrissi 59'Jahanbakhsh	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 10,724 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

AZ Alkmaar v Vitesse Arnhem

18 April 2018 (2018-04-18) 32	AZ Alkmaar	4–3	Vitesse Arnhem	Alkmaar
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weghorst 7' Jahanbakhsh 12', 45', 54'	Report	22' Linssen 40' Matavž 66' Mount	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,067 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v AZ Alkmaar

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 33	Ajax	3–0	AZ Alkmaar	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van de Beek 38' Kluivert 49' Neres 87'	Report	31' Til 55' Svensson	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ Alkmaar v PEC Zwolle

6 May 2018 (2018-05-06) 34	AZ Alkmaar	6–0	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jahanbakhsh 13', 52', 88' Midtsjø 62' Weghorst 76', 77' Koopmeiners 90'	Report	35' Marcellis	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,532 Referee: Allard Lindhout

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2017–18 KNVB Cup MVV Maastricht v AZ Alkmaar

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) First round	MVV Maastricht	2–3	AZ Alkmaar	Maastricht
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mmaee 34', 72' Nys 75' Pereira 90'	Report	7' Hatzidiakos 43', 82' Weghorst	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 4.270 Referee: Makkelie

Almere City FC v AZ Alkmaar

26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) Second round	Almere City FC	0–4	AZ Alkmaar	Almere
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van Buuren 61' 61' Kvída 70'	Report	35' Wuytens 48', 59' Weghorst 75' Svensson	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Makkelie

Fortuna Sittard v AZ Alkmaar

20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) Third round	Fortuna Sittard	2–4	AZ Alkmaar	Sittard
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dianessy 27' 87' Stokkers 48' Essers 79'	Report	2', 89' Weghorst 87' 92' Jahanbakhsh 94' Garcia	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 5,089 Referee: Lindhout

AZ Alkmaar v PEC Zwolle

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) Quarter-finals	AZ Alkmaar	4–1	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weghorst 21', 71' Til 39' Idrissi 60'	Report	23' Mokhtar 32' Marinus 54' Boer	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,247 Referee: Nijhuis

AZ Alkmaar v FC Twente

28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) Semi-finals	AZ Alkmaar	4–0	FC Twente	Alkmaar
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Til 24' Weghorst 64' Idrissi 68', 73'	Report	30' Assaidi	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,388 Referee: Makkelie

AZ Alkmaar v Feyenoord

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) Final	AZ Alkmaar	0–3	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Midtsjø 37' Jahanbakhsh 43' Weghorst 43' Koopmeiners 46'	Report	28' Jørgensen 50' El Ahmadi 57' van Persie 69' Diks 77' Boëtius 93' Toornstra	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 46,084 Referee: Kuipers

Pre-season and friendlies

The first training session for the new season began on 25 June. Friendlies were arranged with smaller teams in the Netherlands as well as a few additional friendlies against foreign teams touring the Netherlands.

Regioselectie v AZ Alkmaar

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)	Regioselectie	1–7	AZ Alkmaar	Dirkshorn
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lanting 58' (Pen.)	Report	5', 43' van Overeem 30' dos Santos 61' Ouwejan 70' Til 75' Weghorst 81' Helmer	Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn Attendance: 3,000

Oleksandriya

v AZ Alkmaar

6 July 2017 (2017-07-06)	Oleksandriya	1–3	AZ Alkmaar	Dirkshorn
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hrytsuk 45' Polyarus 58' (Pen.)	Report	38' Helmer 45' (Pen.) Weghorst 76' van Overeem	Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lindhout

Polderse Selectie v AZ Alkmaar

7 July 2017 (2017-07-07)	Polderse Selectie	2–3	AZ Alkmaar	Anna Paulowna
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Broersen 5' Raap 31'	Report	14' van Overeem 59' Seuntjens 90' Luckassen	Stadium: Sportpark Kleine Sluis Attendance: 3,000

AZ Alkmaar v

Olympiacos

12 July 2017 (2017-07-12)	AZ Alkmaar	0–2	Olympiacos	Leende
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	59', 63' (Pen.) Nabouhane	Stadium: Sportpark De Grote Speel Attendance: 50

Club Brugge

v AZ Alkmaar

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15)	Club Brugge	1–3	AZ Alkmaar	Deinze
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Limbombe 4'	Report	27' (Pen.), 67', 70' Weghorst	Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion Referee: Lardot

Panathinaikos

v AZ Alkmaar

20 July 2017 (2017-07-20)	Panathinaikos	2–1	AZ Alkmaar	Athens
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Altman 45' Molins 58'	Report	63' Stengs	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Evangelou

AZ Alkmaar v

Malaga

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)	AZ Alkmaar	3–0	Malaga	Alkmaar
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ouwejan 65' van Overeem 71' Seuntjens 87'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Mulder

AZ Alkmaar v VVCS

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29)	AZ Alkmaar	3–0	VVCS	Alkmaar
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Helmer 10', 43' Rienstra 55'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Referee: Vonken

AZ Alkmaar v SC Cambuur

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29)	AZ Alkmaar	4–0	SC Cambuur	Alkmaar
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weghorst 8' van Overeem 17' dos Santos 81' Stengs 85'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Referee: Dröge

AZ Alkmaar v Willem II

4 August 2017 (2017-08-04)	AZ Alkmaar	2–1	Willem II	Alkmaar
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van der Linden 57' Rienstra 67'	Report	10' Coulibaly	Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Referee: Teuben

Udinese

v AZ Alkmaar

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05)	Udinese	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Udine
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perica 55' (Pen.)	Report	31' Vejinović 45' van Overeem	Stadium: Dacia Arena Attendance: 4,042 Referee: Pairetto

KV Mechelen

v AZ Alkmaar

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)	KV Mechelen	1–1	AZ Alkmaar	Mechelen
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitas 81'	Report	33' (Pen.) Vejinović	Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne Referee: Gumienny

SC Cambuur v AZ Alkmaar

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)	SC Cambuur	1–5	AZ Alkmaar	Leeuwarden
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	van Haaren 90'	Report	35' (Pen.) Seuntjens 43' Bel Hassani 45', 82' dos Santos 86' El Hasnaoui	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 100

AZ Alkmaar v

FC St. Gallen

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)	AZ Alkmaar	2–2	FC St. Gallen	Estepona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ouwejan 12' Bel Hassani 70'	Report	33' Gönitzer 73' (Pen.) Barnetta	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio

Player details

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Marco Bizot	40	0	34	0	6	0
2	DF	NOR	Jonas Svensson	38	4	32	3	6	1
3	DF	NED	Rens van Eijden	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar	13	0	12	0	1	0
5	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan	37	0	31	0	6	0
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø	35	2	29	2	6	0
7	FW	IRN	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	39	22	33	21	6	1
8	MF	NED	Joris van Overeem	30	2	25	2	5	0
9	FW	NED	Wout Weghorst	37	27	31	18	6	9
10	MF	NED	Marko Vejinović	8	0	7	0	1	0
12	DF	GRE	Pantelis Hatzidiakos	29	2	26	1	3	1
14	MF	NED	Teun Koopmeiners	31	1	26	1	5	0
15	MF	NED	Guus Til	39	11	33	9	6	2
16	GK	NED	Gino Coutinho	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NED	Jeremy Helmer	12	1	9	1	3	0
18	MF	NED	Iliass Bel Hassani	7	0	6	0	1	0
19	FW	NED	Dabney dos Santos	9	1	8	1	1	0
20	MF	NED	Mats Seuntjens	37	3	31	3	6	0
21	FW	NED	Myron Boadu	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW	NED	Oussama Idrissi	15	6	12	3	3	3
23	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn	15	0	11	0	4	0
24	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	GK	NED	Nick Olij	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal	7	0	7	0	0	0
27	FW	CZE	Ondrej Mihalik	3	0	2	0	1	0
27	FW	NGA	Fred Friday	5	2	5	2	0	0
28	FW	TRI	Levi Garcia	6	1	4	0	2	1
29	FW	NED	Calvin Stengs	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	BEL	Stijn Wuytens	35	1	29	0	6	1
38	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf	3	0	3	0	0	0

Sources: Squad numbers, Eredivisie en KNVB Cup stats,

Main competition + play-offs

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NED	Marco Bizot (from KRC Genk)
—	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø (from Rosenborg BK)
—	FW	NED	Oussama Idrissi (from FC Groningen)
—	FW	CZE	Ondrej Mihalik (from FK Jablonec)
—	MF	NED	Marko Vejinović (on loan from Feyenoord)
—	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn (on loan from Club Brugge)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URU	Sergio Rochet (to Sivasspor)
—	DF	SWE	Mattias Johansson (to Panathinaikos F.C.)
—	DF	NED	Ridgeciano Haps (to Feyenoord)
—	FW	SWE	Muamer Tanković (to Hammarby IF)
—	DF	NED	Derrick Luckassen (to PSV Eindhoven)
—	DF	NED	Fernando Lewis (to Willem II)
—	MF	NED	Ben Rienstra (on loan to Willem II)
—	DF	NED	Jop van der Linden (on loan to Willem II)
—	FW	NED	Dabney dos Santos (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
—	FW	NGA	Fred Friday (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
—	FW	TRI	Levi Garcia (on loan to SBV Excelsior)
—	DF	NED	Levi Opdam (on loan to Go Ahead Eagles)

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.

v t e AZ Alkmaar
Players Managers Statistics Seasons Current season Europe Jong AZ
Home stadium	Alkmaarderhout (1948–2006) AFAS Stadion (2006–present)
Seasons	1980-81 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

2017–18 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie Derde Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Women's Eredivisie
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) Johan Cruyff Shield KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Women's Champions League
National team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group A)

Club seasons
Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Excelsior Feyenoord Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NAC Breda PEC Zwolle PSV Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse VVV-Venlo Willem II
Eerste Divisie	Almere City Cambuur Den Bosch Dordrecht Eindhoven Emmen Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles De Graafschap Helmond Sport Jong Ajax Jong AZ Jong PSV Jong Utrecht MVV NEC Nijmegen Oss RKC Waalwijk Telstar Volendam
Women's Eredivisie	Achilles '29 ADO Den Haag Ajax Alkmaar Excelsior SC Heerenveen PSV FC Twente PEC Zwolle

Categories:

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

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

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