2023–24 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar
2023–24 season
ChairmanRené Neelissen
Head coachPascal Jansen
(until 17 January)
Maarten Martens
(from 17 January)
StadiumAFAS Stadion
Eredivisie4th
KNVB CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Vangelis Pavlidis (29)

All:
Vangelis Pavlidis (33)
Average home league attendance18,187[1]

The 2023–24 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

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First-team squad

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As of 1 February 2024[2]

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
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 Belić
15 FW Netherlands NED Ruben van Bommel
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Netherlands NED Sven Mijnans
18 DF Norway NOR David Møller 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 Gonçalo 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

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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
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

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Portugal Alexandre Penetra Portugal Famalicão €4,200,000 24 July 2023 [3]
FW Ghana Ibrahim Sadiq Sweden BK Häcken €4,000,000 1 September 2023 [4]
MF Serbia Kristijan Belić Serbia FK Partizan €4,000,000 13 January 2024 [5]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Turkey Yusuf Barası Turkey Adana Demirspor Undisclosed 26 August 2023 [6]
DF Greece Pantelis Chatzidiakos Italy Cagliari €2,000,000 1 September 2023 [7]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

19 July 2023 Friendly AZ Netherlands 1–1 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 1–2 Netherlands AZ Bruges
15:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
29 July 2023 Friendly Southampton England 0–1 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 1–0 Italy Bologna Alkmaar
17:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 8,021
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Competitions

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Overall record

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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 −1 033.33
UEFA Europa Conference League 10 August 2023 14 December 2023 Third qualifying round Group stage 10 4 2 4 14 15 −1 040.00
Total 47 24 11 12 90 61 +29 051.06

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

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League table

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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 European competition play-offs
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 2023–24 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

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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

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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

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The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[8]

13 August 2023 1 AZ 5–1 Go Ahead Eagles Alkmaar
14:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Danny Makkelie
20 August 2023 2 RKC Waalwijk 1–3 AZ Waalwijk
16:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Referee: Alex Bos
3 September 2023 4 Vitesse 0–2 AZ Arnhem
16:45 Report
Stadium: GelreDome
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
17 September 2023 5 AZ 2–0 Sparta Rotterdam Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+2 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Pol van Boekel
24 September 2023 6 PEC Zwolle 0–3 AZ Zwolle
16:45 UTC+2 Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
28 September 2023 3 AZ 1–1 Heracles Alkmaar
20:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Danny Makkelie
1 October 2023 7 AZ 4–0 Fortuna Sittard Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
8 October 2023 8 Ajax 1–2 AZ Amsterdam
12:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Referee: Allard Lindhout
21 October 2023 9 AZ 3–0 Heerenveen Alkmaar
19:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jochen Kamphuis
6 November 2023 11 Excelsior 1–1 AZ Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Referee: Laurens Gerrets
12 November 2023 12 Feyenoord 1–0 AZ Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+1
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Referee: Danny Makkelie
26 November 2023 13 AZ 3–0 Volendam Alkmaar
14:30 UTC+1 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
3 December 2023 14 Utrecht 1–1 AZ Utrecht
16:45 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Referee: Erwin Blank
6 December 2023 10 AZ 1–2 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.[9]
9 December 2023 15 AZ 4–1 Almere City Alkmaar
21:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 18,429
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
17 December 2023 16 AZ 0–4 PSV Alkmaar
20:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Dennis Higler
13 January 2024 17 Twente 2–1 AZ Enschede
18:45 UTC+1
Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
20 January 2024 18 AZ 2–2 PEC Zwolle Alkmaar
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Allard Lindhout
28 January 2024 19 Heerenveen 2–2 AZ Heerenveen
12:15 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Referee: Sander van der Wijk
4 February 2024 20 AZ 0–1 Feyenoord Alkmaar
12:30 UTC+1 Report Wieffer 6' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Danny Makkelie
10 February 2024 21 Almere City 0–0 AZ Almere
20:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Yanmar Stadion
Referee: A. Bos
17 February 2024 22 Fortuna Sittard 1–2 AZ Sittard
16:45 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
25 February 2024 23 AZ 2–0 Ajax Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+1
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Allard Lindhout
2 March 2024 24 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 AZ Rotterdam
16:45 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
10 March 2024 25 AZ 4–0 Excelsior Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+1
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
17 March 2024 26 Volendam 0–4 AZ Volendam
12:15 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Kras Stadion
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
30 March 2024 27 AZ 2–0 Vitesse Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+1 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
3 April 2024 28 Heracles 5–0 AZ Almelo
18:45 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Erve Asito
Referee: Allard Lindhout
6 April 2024 29 PSV 5–1 AZ Eindhoven
16:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Dennis Johan Higler
13 April 2024 30 AZ 3–2 RKC Waalwijk Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 18,309
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
27 April 2024 31 NEC 0–3 AZ Nijmegen
16:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Goffertstadion
Attendance: 12,540
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
4 May 2024 32 AZ 2–1 Twente Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 18,827
Referee: Danny Desmond Makkelie
12 May 2024 33 Go Ahead Eagles 0–3 AZ Deventer
16:45 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
19 May 2024 34 AZ 3–3 Utrecht Alkmaar
16:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 18,937
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

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AZ entered the KNVB Cup in the second round; the draw was made on 4 November 2023.[10] 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.[11]

20 December 2023 Second round HHC Hardenberg 2–3 (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 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 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 2–0 AZ Rotterdam
21:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Third qualifying round

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

10 August 2023 First leg FC Santa Coloma Andorra 0–1 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 2–0
(3–0 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

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

24 August 2023 First leg AZ Netherlands 1–1 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 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–4 agg.)
(5–6 p)
Netherlands AZ Bergen, Norway
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 14,355
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
Penalties

Group stage

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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 2–1 2–1 1–0
2 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 3–2 2–0 2–0
3 Netherlands AZ 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6 1–4 1–0 1–0
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4 1–1 1–2 4–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 September 2023 1 Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–3 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 1–0 Poland Legia Warsaw Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,239
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
26 October 2023 3 AZ Netherlands 1–4 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 2–1 Netherlands AZ Birmingham, England
21:00 Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,156
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
30 November 2023 5 AZ Netherlands 1–0 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 2–0 Netherlands AZ Warsaw, Poland
18:45
Report Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

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