2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season
| 2017–18 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Cup.
Eredivisie
League table
| Pos | Team | 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[a] | 
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to European competition play-offs[b] | 
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 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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  Pereiro van Ginkel  | 
Report | 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  Til Garcia  | 
Report | 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  Miazga  | 
Report | 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  Helmer Til  | 
Report | 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  | 
Report | 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  | 
Report | 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  | 
Report | 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  Mahi Idrissi Jenssen  | 
Report | 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  Weghorst Jahanbakhsh Midtsjø van Overeem Til  | 
Report | 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  Næss Kobayashi Schaars  | 
Report | 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  Til Weghorst  | 
Report | 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 | 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  van Overeem  | 
Report | 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 | 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  Til Jahanbakhsh Weghorst Svensson  | 
Report | 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  Ondaan Saymak  | 
Report | Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12,875 Referee: Dennis Higler  | 
| 17 December 2017 17 | AZ Alkmaar | 1–2 | Ajax | Alkmaar | 
| 14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jahanbakhsh  Hatzidiakos Svensson  | 
Report | 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  Dumfries Friday  | 
Report | 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  Dessers Kerk  | 
Report | 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  Chirivella  | 
Report | 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  Midtsjø  | 
Report | 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  Cuevas Lam  | 
Report | 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  | 
Report | 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  Meijers Sadiq  | 
Report | 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  Idrissi  | 
Report | 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  Messaoud Bruins  | 
Report | 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  Boëtius van der Heijden Jørgensen  | 
Report | 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  Til Jahanbakhsh  | 
Report | 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  | 
Report | 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  Vlaar Midtsjø  | 
Report | 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  Monteiro  | 
Report | 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  Jahanbakhsh  | 
Report | 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  Kluivert Neres  | 
Report | 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  Midtsjø Weghorst Koopmeiners  | 
Report | 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  Nys Pereira  | 
Report | 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  Kvída  | 
Report | 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  Stokkers Essers  | 
Report | 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  Til Idrissi  | 
Report | 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  Weghorst Idrissi  | 
Report | 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  Jahanbakhsh Weghorst Koopmeiners  | 
Report | 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  | 
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn Attendance: 3,000  | 
| 6 July 2017 |  Oleksandriya  | 1–3 | AZ Alkmaar | Dirkshorn | 
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Hrytsuk  Polyarus  | 
Report | 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  Raap  | 
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Kleine Sluis Attendance: 3,000  | 
| 12 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 0–2 |   | Leende | 
| 16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Sportpark De Grote Speel Attendance: 50  | 
| 15 July 2017 |  Club Brugge  | 1–3 | AZ Alkmaar | Deinze  | 
| 16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Limbombe  | 
Report | Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion  Referee:  | 
| 20 July 2017 |  Panathinaikos  | 2–1 | AZ Alkmaar | Athens  | 
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Altman  Molins  | 
Report | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee:  | 
| 26 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 3–0 |   | Alkmaar | 
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ouwejan  van Overeem Seuntjens  | 
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  Rienstra  | 
Report | Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Referee: Vonken  | 
| 29 July 2017 | AZ Alkmaar | 4–0 | SC Cambuur | Alkmaar | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Weghorst  van Overeem dos Santos Stengs  | 
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  Rienstra  | 
Report | Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Referee: Teuben  | 
| 5 August 2017 |  Udinese  | 1–2 | AZ Alkmaar | Udine  | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Perica  | 
Report | Stadium: Dacia Arena Attendance: 4,042 Referee:  | 
| 1 September 2017 |  KV Mechelen  | 1–1 | AZ Alkmaar | Mechelen  | 
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vitas  | 
Report | Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne Referee:  | 
| 8 November 2017 | SC Cambuur | 1–5 | AZ Alkmaar | Leeuwarden | 
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | van Haaren  | 
Report | Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 100  | 
| 12 January 2018 | AZ Alkmaar | 2–2 |   | Estepona  | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ouwejan  Bel Hassani  | 
Report | Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio | 
Player details
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eredivisie[a] | KNVB Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Marco Bizot | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Jonas Svensson | 38 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 3 | DF | Rens van Eijden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Ron Vlaar | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Thomas Ouwejan | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Fredrik Midtsjø | 35 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 39 | 22 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Joris van Overeem | 30 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Wout Weghorst | 37 | 27 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 9 | |
| 10 | MF | Marko Vejinović | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Pantelis Hatzidiakos | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | Teun Koopmeiners | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Guus Til | 39 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 2 | |
| 16 | GK | Gino Coutinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Jeremy Helmer | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Iliass Bel Hassani | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Dabney dos Santos | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Mats Seuntjens | 37 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 21 | FW | Myron Boadu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Oussama Idrissi | 15 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 23 | DF | Ricardo van Rhijn | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Tijjani Reijnders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | GK | Nick Olij | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Owen Wijndal | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Ondrej Mihalik | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Fred Friday | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | Levi Garcia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 29 | FW | Calvin Stengs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | DF | Stijn Wuytens | 35 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 38 | FW | Ferdy Druijf | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sources: Squad numbers,[4] Eredivisie en KNVB Cup stats,[5]
- ^ Main competition + play-offs
 
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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.