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AZ Alkmaar
2023โ€“24 season
ChairmanRenรฉ Neelissen
Head coach Pascal Jansen
(until 17 January)
Maarten Martens
(from 17 January)
Stadium AFAS Stadion
Eredivisie 4th
KNVB Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League Group stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Vangelis Pavlidis (29)

All:
Vangelis Pavlidis (33)
2024โ€“25 →

The 2023โ€“24 season was AZ Alkmaar's 57th season in existence and second consecutive season in the Eredivisie. They also competed in the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia  AUS Mathew Ryan
2 DF Japan  JPN Yukinari Sugawara
3 DF Netherlands  NED Wouter Goes
4 DF Netherlands  NED Bruno Martins Indi ( captain)
5 DF Portugal  POR Alexandre Penetra
6 MF Portugal  POR Tiago Dantas (on loan from Benfica)
8 MF Netherlands  NED Jordy Clasie ( vice-captain)
9 FW Greece  GRE Vangelis Pavlidis
10 MF Netherlands  NED Dani de Wit
11 FW Ghana  GHA Ibrahim Sadiq
12 GK Netherlands  NED Hobie Verhulst
13 GK Netherlands  NED Sem Westerveld
14 MF Serbia  SRB Kristijan Beliฤ‡
15 FW Netherlands  NED Ruben van Bommel
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Netherlands  NED Sven Mijnans
18 DF Norway  NOR David Mรธller Wolfe
19 FW Netherlands  NED Myron van Brederode
20 GK Netherlands  NED Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro
21 FW Netherlands  NED Ernest Poku
22 DF Netherlands  NED Maxim Dekker
23 FW Sweden  SWE Mayckel Lahdo
24 MF Netherlands  NED Lewis Schouten
25 DF Netherlands  NED Riechedly Bazoer
27 DF Portugal  POR Gonรงalo Esteves (on loan from Sporting)
28 FW Netherlands  NED Lequincio Zeefuik
30 DF Netherlands  NED Denso Kasius
34 DF Netherlands  NED Mees de Wit

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands  NED Zico Buurmeester (at PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2024)
MF Netherlands  NED Kenzo Goudmijn (at Excelsior until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands  NED Peer Koopmeiners (at Almere City until 30 June 2024)
FW Netherlands  NED Mexx Meerdink (at Vitesse until 30 June 2025)
FW Denmark  DEN Jens Odgaard (at Bologna until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Portugal Alexandre Penetra Portugal Famalicรฃo โ‚ฌ4,200,000 24 July 2023 [2]
FW Ghana Ibrahim Sadiq Sweden BK Hรคcken โ‚ฌ4,000,000 1 September 2023 [3]
MF Serbia Kristijan Beliฤ‡ Serbia FK Partizan โ‚ฌ4,000,000 13 January 2024 [4]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Turkey Yusuf Barasฤฑ Turkey Adana Demirspor Undisclosed 26 August 2023 [5]
DF Greece Pantelis Chatzidiakos Italy Cagliari โ‚ฌ2,000,000 1 September 2023 [6]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

19 July 2023 Friendly AZ Netherlands 1โ€“1 England Norwich City Dirkshorn, Netherlands
18:30  UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Sander van der Eijk ( Netherlands)
22 July 2023 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 1โ€“2 Netherlands AZ Bruges
15:00  UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
29 July 2023 Friendly Southampton England 0โ€“1 Netherlands AZ Southampton, England
15:00  UTC+1 Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 7,277
Referee: Keith Stroud ( England)
5 August 2023 Friendly AZ Netherlands 1โ€“0 Italy Bologna Alkmaar
17:00  UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 8,021
Referee: Dennis Higler ( Netherlands)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 13 August 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 4th 34 19 8 7 70 39 +31 055.88
KNVB Cup 20 December 2023 7 February 2024 Second round Quarter-finals 3 1 1 1 6 7 โˆ’1 033.33
UEFA Europa Conference League 10 August 2023 14 December 2023 Third qualifying round Group stage 10 4 2 4 14 15 โˆ’1 040.00
Total 47 24 11 12 90 61 +29 051.06

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Feyenoord 34 26 6 2 92 26 +66 84 Qualification for the Champions League league stage
3 Twente 34 21 6 7 69 36 +33 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 AZ 34 19 8 7 70 39 +31 65 Qualification for the Europa League league stage [a]
5 Ajax 34 15 11 8 74 61 +13 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 NEC 34 14 11 9 68 51 +17 53 Qualification for the Conference League play-off
Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023โ€“24 KNVB Cup winners qualified for the Europa League league stage. Since the cup winners (Feyenoord) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.


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 19 8 7 70 39  +31 65 11 3 3 41 18  +23 8 5 4 29 21  +8

Source: [ citation needed]

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundHAHHAHHAHAAHAHHHAHAHAAHAHAHAA
ResultWWWWWDWWWDLWDLWLLDDLDWWDWWWL
Position11655522224333344444444444444
Points36912151619222526262930303333333435353639424346495252
Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2024. Source: [ citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023. [7]

13 August 2023 1 AZ 5โ€“1 Go Ahead Eagles Alkmaar
14:30  UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Danny Makkelie
20 August 2023 2 RKC Waalwijk 1โ€“3 AZ Waalwijk
16:45  UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Referee: Alex Bos
3 September 2023 4 Vitesse 0โ€“2 AZ Arnhem
16:45 Report
Stadium: GelreDome
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
17 September 2023 5 AZ 2โ€“0 Sparta Rotterdam Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+2 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Pol van Boekel
24 September 2023 6 PEC Zwolle 0โ€“3 AZ Zwolle
16:45  UTC+2 Report Stadium: MACยณPARK Stadion
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
28 September 2023 3 AZ 1โ€“1 Heracles Alkmaar
20:00  UTC+2 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Danny Makkelie
1 October 2023 7 AZ 4โ€“0 Fortuna Sittard Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Serdar Gรถzรผbรผyรผk
8 October 2023 8 Ajax 1โ€“2 AZ Amsterdam
12:30  UTC+2 Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Referee: Allard Lindhout
21 October 2023 9 AZ 3โ€“0 Heerenveen Alkmaar
19:00  UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jochen Kamphuis
6 November 2023 11 Excelsior 1โ€“1 AZ Rotterdam
16:45  UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Referee: Laurens Gerrets
12 November 2023 12 Feyenoord 1โ€“0 AZ Rotterdam
16:45  UTC+1
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Referee: Danny Makkelie
26 November 2023 13 AZ 3โ€“0 Volendam Alkmaar
14:30  UTC+1 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
3 December 2023 14 Utrecht 1โ€“1 AZ Utrecht
16:45  UTC+1
Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Referee: Erwin Blank
6 December 2023 10 AZ 1โ€“2 NEC Alkmaar
19:00  UTC+1 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
Note: Match originally scheduled on 29 October 2023, but was abandoned in injury time after NEC player Bas Dost collapsed. [8]
9 December 2023 15 AZ 4โ€“1 Almere City Alkmaar
21:00  UTC+1 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 18,429
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
17 December 2023 16 AZ 0โ€“4 PSV Alkmaar
20:00  UTC+1 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Dennis Higler
13 January 2024 17 Twente 2โ€“1 AZ Enschede
18:45  UTC+1
Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Referee: Serdar Gรถzรผbรผyรผk
20 January 2024 18 AZ 2โ€“2 PEC Zwolle Alkmaar
20:00  UTC+1
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Allard Lindhout
28 January 2024 19 Heerenveen 2โ€“2 AZ Heerenveen
12:15  UTC+1
Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Referee: Sander van der Wijk
4 February 2024 20 AZ 0โ€“1 Feyenoord Alkmaar
12:30  UTC+1 Report Wieffer 6' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Danny Makkelie
10 February 2024 21 Almere City 0โ€“0 AZ Almere
20:00  UTC+1 Report Stadium: Yanmar Stadion
Referee: A. Bos
17 February 2024 22 Fortuna Sittard 1โ€“2 AZ Sittard
16:45  UTC+1 Report Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
25 February 2024 23 AZ 2โ€“0 Ajax Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+1
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Allard Lindhout
2 March 2024 24 Sparta Rotterdam 1โ€“1 AZ Rotterdam
16:45  UTC+1 Report Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
10 March 2024 25 AZ 4โ€“0 Excelsior Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+1
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
17 March 2024 26 Volendam 0โ€“4 AZ Volendam
12:15  UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Kras Stadion
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
30 March 2024 27 AZ 2โ€“0 Vitesse Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+1 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
3 April 2024 28 Heracles 5โ€“0 AZ Almelo
18:45  UTC+2
Report Stadium: Erve Asito
Referee: Allard Lindhout
6 April 2024 29 PSV v AZ Eindhoven
16:45  UTC+2 Stadium: Philips Stadion
13 April 2024 30 AZ v RKC Waalwijk Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+2 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
27 April 2024 31 NEC v AZ Nijmegen
16:45  UTC+2 Stadium: Goffertstadion
4 May 2024 32 AZ v Twente Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+2 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
12 May 2024 33 Go Ahead Eagles v AZ Deventer
16:45  UTC+2 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
19 May 2024 34 AZ v Utrecht Alkmaar
16:45  UTC+2 Stadium: AFAS Stadion

KNVB Cup

AZ entered the KNVB Cup in the second round; the draw was made on 4 November 2023. [9] On 21 December 2023, the draw was made for the round of 16.[ citation needed] The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 20 January 2024. [10]

20 December 2023 Second round HHC Hardenberg 2โ€“3 ( a.e.t.) AZ Hardenberg
20:00  UTC+1
Report Stadium: De Boshoek
Attendance: 4,150
Referee: Robin Hensgens
16 January 2024 Round of 16 AZ 3โ€“3 ( a.e.t.)
(4โ€“2 p)
Quick Boys Alkmaar
21:00  UTC+1 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 7,578
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
Penalties
7 February 2024 Quarter-finals Feyenoord 2โ€“0 AZ Rotterdam
21:00  UTC+1 Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

10 August 2023 First leg FC Santa Coloma Andorra 0โ€“1 Netherlands AZ Andorra la Vella, Andorra
19:00  UTC+2
Report Stadium: Estadi Nacional
Attendance: 716
Referee: Sayat Karabayev ( Kazakhstan)
Note: FC Santa Coloma played their third qualifying round home match at the Estadi Nacional in Andorra la Vella, instead of their regular stadium, the Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella in Andorra la Vella, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
17 August 2023 Second leg AZ Netherlands 2โ€“0
(3โ€“0 agg.)
Andorra FC Santa Coloma Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:45  UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 10,014
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan ( Armenia)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

24 August 2023 First leg AZ Netherlands 1โ€“1 Norway Brann Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:45  UTC+2 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 10,888
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos ( Greece)
31 August 2023 Second leg Brann Norway 3โ€“3 ( a.e.t.)
(4โ€“4 agg.)
(5โ€“6 p)
Netherlands AZ Bergen, Norway
19:00  UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 14,355
Referee: Gergล‘ Bogรกr ( Hungary)
Penalties

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AVL LEG AZ ZRI
1 England Aston Villa 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to round of 16 2โ€“1 2โ€“1 1โ€“0
2 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3โ€“2 2โ€“0 2โ€“0
3 Netherlands AZ 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6 1โ€“4 1โ€“0 1โ€“0
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4 1โ€“1 1โ€“2 4โ€“3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 September 2023 1 Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 4โ€“3 Netherlands AZ Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18:45 Report Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Don Robertson ( Scotland)
5 October 2023 2 AZ Netherlands 1โ€“0 Poland Legia Warsaw Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,239
Referee: Nenad Minakoviฤ‡ ( Serbia)
26 October 2023 3 AZ Netherlands 1โ€“4 England Aston Villa Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,633
Referee: Sven Jablonski ( Germany)
9 November 2023 4 Aston Villa England 2โ€“1 Netherlands AZ Birmingham, England
21:00 Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,156
Referee: Luis Godinho ( Portugal)
30 November 2023 5 AZ Netherlands 1โ€“0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi ( Ukraine)
14 December 2023 6 Legia Warsaw Poland 2โ€“0 Netherlands AZ Warsaw, Poland
18:45
Report Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Referee: Harald Lechner ( Austria)

References

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  3. ^ "Sadiq nieuwste aanwinst AZ". www.az.nl.
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  5. ^ "Adana Demirspor Yusuf Barasi ile anlaลŸtฤฑฤŸฤฑnฤฑ aรงฤฑkladฤฑ!". Fotomaรง.
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  7. ^ "Defintief competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2023/24". Eredivisie. Ons Voetbal. June 30, 2023.
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  9. ^ "PSV - FC Twente in tweede ronde TOTO KNVB Beker". www.totoknvbbeker.nl. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  10. ^ "De ๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ van de #TOTOKNVBBeker zijn bekend! โš”๏ธ". KNVB Cup on X (formerly Twitter). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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