2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season
During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Cup.
2017–18 season | ||||
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Chairman | René Neelissen | |||
Manager | John van den Brom | |||
Ground | AFAS Stadion | |||
Eredivisie | 3rd | |||
KNVB Cup | Runners-up | |||
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 | |||
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Eredivisie
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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) Champions
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) Champions
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 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 |
19 August 2017 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 |
26 August 2017 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 |
10 September 2017 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 |
15 September 2017 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 |
24 September 2017 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 |
1 October 2017 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 |
15 October 2017 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 |
22 October 2017 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 |
29 October 2017 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 |
4 November 2017 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 |
19 November 2017 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 |
24 November 2017 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 |
3 December 2017 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 |
9 December 2017 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 |
12 December 2017 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: Denins Higler |
17 December 2017 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 |
23 December 2017 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 |
19 January 2018 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 |
28 January 2018 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 |
4 February 2018 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 |
7 February 2018 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 |
10 February 2018 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 |
17 February 2018 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 |
24 February 2018 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 |
3 March 2018 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 |
11 March 2018 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 |
18 March 2018 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 |
31 March 2018 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 |
7 April 2018 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 |
13 April 2018 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 |
18 April 2018 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 |
29 April 2018 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 |
6 May 2018 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
19 September 2017 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 |
26 October 2017 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 |
20 December 2017 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 |
31 January 2018 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 |
28 February 2018 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 |
22 April 2018 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.[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 58' (Pen.) | Report | 5', 43' van Overeem 30' dos Santos 61' Ouwejan 70' Til 75' Weghorst 81' Helmer |
Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn Attendance: 3,000 |
6 July 2017 | 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 |
7 July 2017 | 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 |
12 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 0–2 | Olympiacos | Leende |
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | 59', 63' (Pen.) Nabouhane | Stadium: Sportpark De Grote Speel Attendance: 50 |
15 July 2017 | 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 |
20 July 2017 | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | AZ Alkmaar | Athens |
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Altman 45' Molins 58' |
Report | 63' Stengs | Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Evangelou |
26 July 2017 | 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 |
29 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 3–0 | VVCS | Alkmaar |
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Helmer 10', 43' Rienstra 55' |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Referee: Vonken |
29 July 2017 | 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 |
4 August 2017 | 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 |
5 August 2017 | 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 |
1 September 2017 | 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 |
8 November 2017 | 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 |
12 January 2018 | 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
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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