2021–22 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar
2021–22 season
Executive director; Technical director	Robert Eenhoorn; Max Huiberts
Chairman	René Neelissen
Head coach	Pascal Jansen
Stadium	AFAS Stadion
Eredivisie	8th
KNVB Cup	Second round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jesper Karlsson; Vangelis Pavlidis; (7 each); All: ; Vangelis Pavlidis; (9 goals)
Biggest defeat	0–2 (vs. Celtic (a), 18 August 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 55th season in the existence of AZ Alkmaar and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, AZ Alkmaar are participating in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 31 August 2021^[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	DEN	Peter Vindahl Jensen
2	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara
3	DF	GRE	Pantelis Chatzidiakos
4	DF	NED	Bruno Martins Indi
5	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal (captain)
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø
7	FW	MAR	Zakaria Aboukhlal
9	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis
10	MF	NED	Dani de Wit
11	FW	SWE	Jesper Karlsson
12	GK	NED	Hobie Verhulst
14	MF	NED	Peer Koopmeiners


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	NOR	Aslak Fonn Witry
16	GK	NED	Beau Reus
18	MF	NOR	Håkon Evjen
19	FW	NED	Jelle Duin
20	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie
22	DF	NED	Timo Letschert
23	MF	NED	Mohamed Taabouni
24	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders
25	DF	NED	Thijs Oosting
28	FW	ISL	Albert Guðmundsson
30	GK	NED	Mees Bakker
31	DF	NED	Sam Beukema

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
14	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf (at KV Mechelen until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	NED	Kenzo Goudmijn (at Sparta until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NED	Joris Kramer (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2022)

Other players under contract[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
65	FW	NED	Jeremy Helmer

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Myron Boadu	Monaco	€17,000,000	4 August 2021	^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly	AZ	4–1	N.E.C.	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boadu 27' Aboukhlal 60' Beukema 76', 87'	Report	Okita 36'	Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn

7 July 2021 Friendly	AZ	3–0	TOP Oss	Wissel, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Wit 12', 69' Poku 47'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg Epe

14 July 2021 Friendly	Genk	1–1	AZ	Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 78'	Report	Oosting 90'	Stadium: B-Veld Racing Genk

17 July 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–0	AZ	Leipzig, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samardžić 51'	Report		Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 1 Attendance: 600

25 July 2021 Friendly	AZ	3–0	Panathinaikos	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson 12' Boadu 85' Reijnders 88'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion

28 July 2021 Friendly	AZ	2–0	OFI	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 8' Berkhout 58'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn

31 July 2021 Friendly	AZ	1–0	Real Sociedad	Alkmaar, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aboukhlal 33'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

8 August 2021 Friendly	AZ	2–1	Torino	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson 14' Pavlidis 86'	Report	Pjaca 1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Sander van der Eijk

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	14 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1		16	8	2	6	30	22	+8	050.00
KNVB Cup	15 December 2021		Second round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	18 August 2021	26 August 2021	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	16 September 2021		Group stage		6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	066.67
Total					24	13	4	7	40	28	+12	054.17

Last updated: 12 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Feyenoord	18	12	3	3	42	17	+25	39	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4	Vitesse	18	10	3	5	25	25	0	33	Qualification to European competition play-offs
5	AZ	18	10	2	6	35	23	+12	32
6	Twente	18	9	5	4	28	22	+6	32
7	Utrecht	18	8	5	5	33	23	+10	29

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2021. 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)^[3]

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
16	8	2	6	30	22	+8	26	5	1	1	19	9	+10	3	1	5	11	13	−2

Last updated: 12 December 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W
Position	11	8	5	9	9	12	10	9	7	7	6	6	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.^[4]

14 August 2021 1	RKC Waalwijk	1–0	AZ	Waalwijk
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramer 44'	Report	Guðmundsson 75' Sugawara 89'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 3,860 Referee: Joey Kooij

29 August 2021 3	SC Heerenveen	1–3	AZ	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Veerman 11'	Report	Pavlidis 14' Letschert 38' Fonn Witry 50' De Wit 88'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

11 September 2021 4	AZ	0–3	PSV	Alkmaar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Boscagli 14' Vertessen 69' Doan 83'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

19 September 2021 5	Heracles Almelo	3–2	AZ	Almelo
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sierhuis 45+1' Vloet 49', 90+4' Quagliata 50' Burgzorg 50', 72'	Report	Guðmundsson 19' Clasie 45' Reijnders 89' Midtsjø 90+3'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

23 September 2021 6	FC Twente	3–1	AZ	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2	Van Wolfswinkel 1' Rots 17' Pröper 56' Limminios 90+1'	Report	Martins Indi 39' Karlsson 44' De Wit 51' Gudmundsson 84' Hatzidiakos 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

26 September 2021 7	AZ	5–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Dennis Higler

3 October 2021 8	SC Cambuur	1–3	AZ	Leeuwarden
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

17 October 2021 9	AZ	5–1	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlidis 6' Karlsson 12' De Wit 39', 56' Gudmundsson 86' (pen.)	Report	Timber 90'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,037 Referee: Kevin Blom

24 October 2021 10	FC Groningen	2–0	AZ	Groningen
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Euroborg

30 October 2021 11	AZ	3–2	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

7 November 2021 12	Feyenoord	1–0	AZ	Rotterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dessers 90+2'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Allard Lindhout

20 November 2021 13	AZ	1–1	N.E.C.	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion

28 November 2021 14	Vitesse	0–0	AZ	Arnhem
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: GelreDome

2 December 2021 2	AZ	2–1	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion

5 December 2021 15	AZ	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion

12 December 2021 16	Ajax	1–2	AZ	Amsterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez 32' Haller 73' Gravenberch 90+2'	Report	Pavlidis 50' Wijndal 69' Aboukhlal 83'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup[]

15 December 2021 Second round	AZ	v	Heracles Almelo	Alkmaar
20:00 CET(UTC+1)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

UEFA Europa League[]

Play-off round[]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[5]

18 August 2021 First leg	Celtic	2–0	AZ	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Furuhashi 12' Letschert 61' (o.g.) Ralston 63' McCarthy 83'	Report	De Wit 49'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

26 August 2021 Second leg	AZ	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Celtic	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Aboukhlal 6' Starfelt 26' (o.g.)	Report	Furuhashi 3'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[6]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AZ	RAN	JAB	CLJ
1	AZ	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	14	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	1–0	2–0
2	Randers	6	1	4	1	9	9	0	7	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–2	—	2–2	2–1
3	Jablonec	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6		1–1	2–2	—	1–0
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	4		0–1	1–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Randers	2–2	AZ	Randers, Denmark
21:00	Piesinger 27' Graves 68'	Report	Clasie 24' Pavlidis 34'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 3,365 Referee: (Croatia)

30 September 2021 2	AZ	1–0	Jablonec	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45	Guðmundsson 53'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 9,071 Referee: (Slovenia)

21 October 2021 3	CFR Cluj	0–1	AZ	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:00 (22:00 EEST)		Report	Karlsson 18'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,628 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

4 November 2021 4	AZ	2–0	CFR Cluj	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45	Guðmundsson 5' Pavlidis 86'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 10,554 Referee: (Luxembourg)

25 November 2021 5	Jablonec	1–1	AZ	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
21:00	Kratochvíl 7'	Report	Evjen 44'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

9 December 2021 6	AZ	1–0	Randers	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45	Oosting 87'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: (Malta)

References[]

^ "Spelers". az.nl. AZ. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^ "Official | Monaco sign Dutch striker Myron Boadu | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[1] "Spelers". az.nl. AZ. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[2] "Official | Monaco sign Dutch striker Myron Boadu | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

[3] "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[4] "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021.

[5] "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[6] "UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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