2020–21 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar
2020–21 season
Executive director; Technical director	Robert Eenhoorn; Max Huiberts
Chairman	René Neelissen
Manager	Arne Slot; (until 4 December); Pascal Jansen; (from 4 December)
Stadium	AFAS Stadion
Eredivisie	3rd
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Myron Boadu (15); All: ; Myron Boadu (15)

The 2020–21 AZ Alkmaar season was the club's 54th season in existence and the 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, AZ participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

On 5 December 2020, manager Arne Slot was sacked following rumors that he was negotiating to become the new manager of Feyenoord for the following season.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

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	NED	Marco Bizot
2	DF	NOR	Jonas Svensson
3	DF	GRE	Pantelis Chatzidiakos
5	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø
7	FW	NED	Calvin Stengs
8	MF	NED	Teun Koopmeiners (captain)
9	FW	NED	Myron Boadu
10	MF	NED	Dani de Wit
11	FW	SWE	Jesper Karlsson
15	DF	NED	Bruno Martins Indi (on loan from Stoke City)
16	GK	NED	Hobie Verhulst


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	MAR	Zakaria Aboukhlal
18	MF	NOR	Håkon Evjen
20	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie
21	MF	NED	Kenzo Goudmijn
22	DF	NED	Timo Letschert
23	MF	NED	Mohamed Taabouni
24	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders
26	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara
27	DF	NED	Ramon Leeuwin
28	FW	ISL	Albert Guðmundsson
30	GK	NED	Mees Bakker

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
—	GK	NED	Rody de Boer (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf (at KV Mechelen until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	NED	Joris Kramer (at SC Cambuur until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Thijs Oosting (at RKC until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan (at Udinese Calcio until 30 June 2021)
—	GK	NED	Jasper Schendelaar (at Telstar until 30 June 2021)

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
—	FW	NED	Jeremy Helmer

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
11	FW	Jesper Karlsson	Elfsborg	Undisclosed	11 September 2020	^[2]
15	DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Stoke City	Loan	6 October 2020	^[3]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

25 July 2020 Friendly	AZ	0–1	Genk	Alkmaar, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dessers 19' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	1–0	AZ	Utrecht, Netherlands
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 10'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

5 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Epe, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Flemming 68'	Stadium: Sportpark De Wachtelenberg Attendance: 0

8 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	2–1	Lille	Alkmaar, Netherlands
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sugawara 73' Ouwejan 84'	Report	Pied 58'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jaafar Aaffouallah

15 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	0–2	Monaco	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Golovin 20' Ben Yedder 73'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Puts

20 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	Cancelled	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion

29 August 2020 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	1–0	AZ	The Hague, Netherlands
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arweiler 45'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

3 September 2020 Friendly	AZ	1–1	Gent	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sugawara 76'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 51'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Hardeman

16 April 2021 Friendly	AZ	1–0	FC Utrecht	Wijdewormer, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wijndal 76' Boadu 89'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

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	19 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	3rd	34	21	8	5	75	41	+34	061.76
KNVB Cup	20 January 2021		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Champions League	26 August 2020	15 September 2020	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	033.33
Total					43	24	10	9	85	50	+35	055.81

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	28	4	2	102	23	+79	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	21	9	4	74	35	+39	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AZ	34	21	8	5	75	41	+34	71	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Vitesse	34	18	7	9	52	38	+14	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Feyenoord (O)	34	16	11	7	64	36	+28	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]

Source: Eredivisie,^[4] Soccerway^[5]
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)^[6]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference 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	21	8	5	75	41	+34	71	12	2	3	39	18	+21	9	6	2	36	23	+13

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W
Position	11	12	13	13	11	10	9	8	7	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[7]

19 September 2020 2	AZ	1–1	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stengs 17' Boadu 68' Guðmundsson 72' Svensson 90+2'	Report	Van Duinen 9' Leemans 38' Huiberts 40' Van Polen 71' Lam 74', 83' Nakayama 90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

26 September 2020 3	Fortuna Sittard	3–3	AZ	Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Flemming 9', 90+6' Hansson 79' Rota 87' Smeets 90+5'	Report	De Wit 23' Chatzidiakos 37' Koopmeiners 52' Boadu 69'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

4 October 2020 4	Sparta Rotterdam	4–4	AZ	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Harroui 57' Abels 64' Thy 88' (pen.) Mijnans 90', 90+5'	Report	Aboukhlal 9', 19', 67' De Wit 14', 33' Bizot 55' 85' Boadu 56'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

17 October 2020 5	AZ	2–2	VVV-Venlo	Alkmaar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson 2' Stengs 24' Svensson 41' De Wit 78'	Report	Machach 19' Gelmi 30' Hunte 46' Linthorst 86' Giakoumakis 88'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

25 October 2020 6	ADO Den Haag	2–2	AZ	The Hague
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Boer 47' Van Ewijk 64' Kramer 87' Besuijen 90+3'	Report	Guðmundsson 33' De Wit 60' Karlsson 66'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Referee: Allard Lindhout

1 November 2020 7	AZ	3–0	RKC Waalwijk	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs 5' Chatzidiakos 34' Guðmundsson 72', 90+1'	Report	Ngonge 56' Azhil 83'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

8 November 2020 8	SC Heerenveen	0–3	AZ	Heerenveen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van Hecke 28'	Report	Koopmeiners 29' Woudenberg 41' Karlsson 47'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

21 November 2020 9	AZ	1–0	FC Emmen	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martins Indi 11' Koopmeiners 86' Svensson 88'	Report	Bernadou 60' Cavlan 62'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

29 November 2020 10	Heracles Almelo	1–2	AZ	Almelo
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bakış 69' Schoofs 75' Quagliata 86'	Report	Koopmeiners 41' (pen.) Boadu 44' De Wit 66'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

6 December 2020 11	AZ	1–2	FC Groningen	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Midtsjø 8' 57' Koopmeiners 21', 90+5' Martins Indi 78' 85' Stengs 90+1' Wijndal 90+5'	Report	El Messaoudi 69', 74' Joosten 79' El Hankouri 90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

13 December 2020 12	FC Twente	1–3	AZ	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Drommel 33' Danilo 73' (pen.), 90+2' Oosterwolde 88'	Report	Koopmeiners 34' (pen.), 90' Sugawara 43'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

20 December 2020 13	AZ	5–3	Willem II	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 38', 43' Stengs 53' Midtsjø 65' Karlsson 69' (pen.)	Report	Aboukhlal 22' (o.g.) Ndayishimiye 36' (pen.) Köhn 68' Nunnely 90'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

23 December 2020 14	AZ	3–1	Vitesse	Alkmaar
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson 5' Boadu 40' Druijf 75'	Report	Openda 46'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

27 December 2020 1	FC Utrecht	2–2	AZ	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoogma 16' Elia 30' Van Overeem 45+4' Gustafson 63' Dalmau 90+3'	Report	Koopmeiners 64' (pen.) Stengs 83'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

9 January 2021 15	PEC Zwolle	1–1	AZ	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Clement 9' Kersten 80'	Report	Midtsjø 67'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

13 January 2021 16	PSV	1–3	AZ	Eindhoven
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rosario 26' Dumfries 56' Max 59' Sangaré 69'	Report	Koopmeiners 31' (pen.), 39' Chatzidiakos 58' Martins Indi 68' Wijndal 77' Stengs 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

16 January 2021 17	AZ	2–1	ADO Den Haag	Alkmaar
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aboukhlal 72', 89'	Report	Kramer 58'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

24 January 2021 18	Feyenoord	2–3	AZ	Rotterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Jørgensen 32' Diemers 58' Sinisterra 90+7'	Report	Karlsson 10' Boadu 47', 70' Koopmeiners 90+6'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

27 January 2021 19	AZ	0–1	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wijndal 70'	Report	Ramselaar 51' Van de Streek 69' Janssen 81'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

31 January 2021 20	AZ	0–3	Ajax	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Antony 14' Klaassen 60' Neres 90+4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

6 February 2021 21	FC Emmen	0–1	AZ	Emmen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Chatzidiakos 42' Sugawara 71'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

14 February 2021 22	AZ	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Alkmaar
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs 20' Koopmeiners 47' (pen.) Chatzidiakos 60' Guðmundsson 81'	Report	Van Hecke 46' Schöne 54' Kongolo 87'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

20 February 2021 23	VVV-Venlo	1–4	AZ	Venlo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Donis 24' Kum 58'	Report	Karlsson 15' Wijndal 23' Evjen 56' Boadu 64', 85'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

28 February 2021 24	AZ	4–2	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sugawara 9' Boadu 22', 41', 64' Koopmeiners 76' (pen.)	Report	Senesi 8' Sinisterra 25' Linssen 47' Botteghin 69' Fer 75' Berghuis 83'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

7 March 2021 25	Vitesse	2–1	AZ	Arnhem
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bero 12' Tannane 12' Openda 31' Rasmussen 72' Cornelisse 79' Dasa 90+3'	Report	De Wit 19' Karlsson 81'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

13 March 2021 26	AZ	4–1	FC Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boadu 4' Đumić 22' (o.g.) Drommel 34' (o.g.) Martins Indi 43' Koopmeiners 78'	Report	Đumić 36' Guðmundsson 40' (o.g.) Zerrouki 57'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

21 March 2021 27	AZ	2–0	PSV	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson 4' Koopmeiners 68'	Report	Sangaré 73'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

3 April 2021 28	Willem II	0–1	AZ	Tilburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Llonch 37' Saddiki 74'	Report	Koopmeiners 5' Guðmundsson 72' Midtsjø 77'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

10 April 2021 29	AZ	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Clasie 13' De Wit 66'	Report	Pinto 71'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

25 April 2021 30	Ajax	2–0	AZ	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen 66', 90'	Report	Karlsson 42'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

1 May 2021 31	RKC Waalwijk	1–3	AZ	Waalwijk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oosting 17' Sow 69'	Report	Guðmundsson 28' Boadu 63' Letschert 69' Stengs 82' Sugawara 90+3'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

8 May 2021 32	AZ	1–0	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 29' (pen.) Aboukhlal 31' Leeuwin 49' Bizot 90+3' Midtsjø 90+5'	Report	Van Osch 27'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

13 May 2021 33	FC Groningen	0–0	AZ	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Itakura 68' Te Wierik 72' Van Hintum 80'	Report	Svensson 70'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

16 May 2021 34	AZ	5–0	Heracles Almelo	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boadu 41', 74' Karlsson 50', 57' Leeuwin 80' Wijndal 87', 87' Bizot 90'	Report	Fadiga 59' Knoester 76'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

KNVB Cup

20 January 2021 Round of 16	AZ	0–1	Ajax	Alkmaar
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guðmundsson 69' Koopmeiners 74'	Report	Labyad 34' Rensch 41' Klaassen 84' Gravenberch 90+3'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

26 August 2020 Second qualifying round	AZ	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Viktoria Plzeň	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leeuwin 76' Koopmeiners 90+5' (pen.) Guðmundsson 98', 118' Druijf 106' Boadu 110' Wijndal 112'	Report	Hejda 52' Limberský 78' Hruška 84'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

15 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	AZ	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Buyalskyi 15' Rodrigues 19', 49' Kędziora 85' Shaparenko 86'	Report	Stengs 33' Clasie 83' Idrissi 85'	Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	RSO	AZ	RJK
1	Napoli	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	0–1	2–0
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	AZ	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		1–1	0–0	—	4–1
4	Rijeka	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4		1–2	0–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Napoli	0–1	AZ	Naples, Italy
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Koulibaly 90'	Report	De Wit 57', 81'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 494 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

29 October 2020 2	AZ	4–1	Rijeka	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 6' (pen.), 17' Guðmundsson 20', 60', 31' Karlsson 51'	Report	Kulenović 13', 72' Menalo 34' Lepinjica 86'	Stadium: AZ Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

5 November 2020 3	Real Sociedad	1–0	AZ	San Sebastián, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Silva 45+1' Portu 58'	Report	Guðmundsson 7' Druijf 72' Svensson 90+2'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

26 November 2020 4	AZ	0–0	Real Sociedad	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Midtsjø 26' Svensson 42' Martins Indi 75' Chatzidiakos 79' Boadu 90+3'	Report	Oyarzabal 75'	Stadium: AZ Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

3 December 2020 5	AZ	1–1	Napoli	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martins Indi 41', 54' Wijndal 56' Koopmeiners 60'	Report	Mertens 6' Demme 90+2'	Stadium: AZ Stadion Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

10 December 2020 6	Rijeka	2–1	AZ	Rijeka, Croatia
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Menalo 28', 52' Capan 38' Lončar 82' Tomečak 90+3'	Report	Wijndal 38', 57' Midtsjø 45+1' Karlsson 81' Stengs 83'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 27 December 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NED	Marco Bizot	21	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
16	GK	NED	Hobie Verhulst	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	NED	Mees Bakker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NOR	Jonas Svensson	14	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
3	DF	GRE	Pantelis Chatzidiakos	19	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal	20	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
15	DF	NED	Bruno Martins Indi	14	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	5	1
19	DF	NED	Juan Castillo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	NED	Timo Letschert	10	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
26	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara	14	1	6+3	1	0	0	0+2	0	3	0
27	DF	NED	Ramon Leeuwin	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
40	DF	NED	Maxim Gullit	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
51	DF	NED	Tijs Velthuis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø	21	1	13	1	0	0	2	0	6	0
8	MF	NED	Teun Koopmeiners	22	11	14	9	0	0	2	1	6	1
10	MF	NED	Dani de Wit	17	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	5	1
18	MF	NOR	Håkon Evjen	7	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
20	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	NED	Kenzo Goudmijn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	NED	Mohamed Taabouni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders	8	0	3+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NED	Thijs Oosting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Calvin Stengs	20	4	12	4	0	0	2	0	6	0
9	FW	NED	Myron Boadu	18	4	10+2	4	0	0	2	0	2+2	0
11	FW	SWE	Jesper Karlsson	18	6	12	5	0	0	0	0	5+1	1
14	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf	12	1	0+8	1	0	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
17	FW	MAR	Zakaria Aboukhlal	16	2	4+7	2	0	0	0	0	1+4	0
28	FW	ISL	Albert Guðmundsson	15	7	6+1	3	0	0	1+1	2	5+1	2
44	FW	TUR	Yusuf Barasi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
11	FW	MAR	Oussama Idrissi	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 26 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Champions League	Total
1	28	FW	Albert Guðmundsson	2	2
2	8	MF	Teun Koopmeiners	1	1
Totals				3	3

References

^ "Arne Slot per direct weg bij AZ". foxsports.nl. Fox Sports NL. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ "Karlsson naar AZ" [Karlsson to AZ]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "AZ versterkt zich met Martins Indi" [AZ reinforces itself with Martins Indi]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations profesional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EUPO0.24746837711309-4] Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

[1] "Arne Slot per direct weg bij AZ". foxsports.nl. Fox Sports NL. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[2] "Karlsson naar AZ" [Karlsson to AZ]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[3] "AZ versterkt zich met Martins Indi" [AZ reinforces itself with Martins Indi]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[5] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[6] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[rules2020-21-7] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations profesional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[8] "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

[9] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	8	5	75	41	+34	71	12	2	3	39	18	+21	9	6	2	36	23	+13

v t e AZ Alkmaar
Players Managers Statistics Seasons Current season Europe Jong AZ
Home stadium	Alkmaarderhout (1948–2006) AFAS Stadion (2006–present)
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	8	5	75	41	+34	71	12	2	3	39	18	+21	9	6	2	36	23	+13

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	8	5	75	41	+34	71	12	2	3	39	18	+21	9	6	2	36	23	+13