2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ
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
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Cup.

Eredivisie[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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

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:

^ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

Matchday	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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Position	11	9	7	6	2	5	8	7	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: AZ Alkmaar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced in June 2017.^[2]

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 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 (2017-08-19) 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 (2017-08-26) 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 (2017-09-10) 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 (2017-09-15) 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 (2017-09-24) 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 (2017-10-01) 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 (2017-10-15) 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 (2017-10-22) 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 (2017-10-29) 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 (2017-11-04) 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 (2017-11-19) 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 (2017-11-24) 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 (2017-12-03) 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 (2017-12-09) 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 (2017-12-12) 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 (2017-12-17) 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 (2017-12-23) 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 (2018-01-19) 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 (2018-01-28) 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 (2018-02-04) 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 (2018-02-07) 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 (2018-02-10) 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 (2018-02-17) 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 (2018-02-24) 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 (2018-03-03) 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 (2018-03-11) 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 (2018-03-18) 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 (2018-03-31) 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 (2018-04-07) 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 (2018-04-13) 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 (2018-04-18) 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 (2018-04-29) 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 (2018-05-06) 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[edit]

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 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 (2017-10-26) 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 (2017-12-20) 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 (2018-01-31) 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 (2018-02-28) 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 (2018-04-22) 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[edit]

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 (2017-07-01)	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 (2017-07-06)	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 (2017-07-07)	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 (2017-07-12)	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 (2017-07-15)	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 (2017-07-20)	Panathinaikos	2–1	AZ Alkmaar	Athens
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Altman 45' Molins 58'	Report	63' Stengs	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Evangelou

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)	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 (2017-07-29)	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 (2017-07-29)	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 (2017-08-04)	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 (2017-08-05)	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 (2017-09-01)	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 (2017-11-08)	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 (2018-01-12)	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[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie^[a]		KNVB Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Marco Bizot	40	0	34	0	6	0
2	DF	NOR	Jonas Svensson	38	4	32	3	6	1
3	DF	NED	Rens van Eijden	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar	13	0	12	0	1	0
5	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan	37	0	31	0	6	0
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø	35	2	29	2	6	0
7	FW	IRN	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	39	22	33	21	6	1
8	MF	NED	Joris van Overeem	30	2	25	2	5	0
9	FW	NED	Wout Weghorst	37	27	31	18	6	9
10	MF	NED	Marko Vejinović	8	0	7	0	1	0
12	DF	GRE	Pantelis Hatzidiakos	29	2	26	1	3	1
14	MF	NED	Teun Koopmeiners	31	1	26	1	5	0
15	MF	NED	Guus Til	39	11	33	9	6	2
16	GK	NED	Gino Coutinho	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NED	Jeremy Helmer	12	1	9	1	3	0
18	MF	NED	Iliass Bel Hassani	7	0	6	0	1	0
19	FW	NED	Dabney dos Santos	9	1	8	1	1	0
20	MF	NED	Mats Seuntjens	37	3	31	3	6	0
21	FW	NED	Myron Boadu	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW	NED	Oussama Idrissi	15	6	12	3	3	3
23	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn	15	0	11	0	4	0
24	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	GK	NED	Nick Olij	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal	7	0	7	0	0	0
27	FW	CZE	Ondrej Mihalik	3	0	2	0	1	0
27	FW	NGA	Fred Friday	5	2	5	2	0	0
28	FW	TRI	Levi Garcia	6	1	4	0	2	1
29	FW	NED	Calvin Stengs	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	BEL	Stijn Wuytens	35	1	29	0	6	1
38	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf	3	0	3	0	0	0

Sources: Squad numbers,^[4] Eredivisie en KNVB Cup stats,^[5]

^ Main competition + play-offs

Transfers[edit]

In: 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	Marco Bizot (from KRC Genk)
—	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø (from Rosenborg BK)
—	FW	NED	Oussama Idrissi (from FC Groningen)
—	FW	CZE	Ondrej Mihalik (from FK Jablonec)
—	MF	NED	Marko Vejinović (on loan from Feyenoord)
—	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn (on loan from Club Brugge)

Out: 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	URU	Sergio Rochet (to Sivasspor)
—	DF	SWE	Mattias Johansson (to Panathinaikos F.C.)
—	DF	NED	Ridgeciano Haps (to Feyenoord)
—	FW	SWE	Muamer Tanković (to Hammarby IF)
—	DF	NED	Derrick Luckassen (to PSV Eindhoven)
—	DF	NED	Fernando Lewis (to Willem II)
—	MF	NED	Ben Rienstra (on loan to Willem II)
—	DF	NED	Jop van der Linden (on loan to Willem II)
—	FW	NED	Dabney dos Santos (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
—	FW	NGA	Fred Friday (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
—	FW	TRI	Levi Garcia (on loan to SBV Excelsior)
—	DF	NED	Levi Opdam (on loan to Go Ahead Eagles)

References[edit]

^ "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.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.67873247558192-1] Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.

[5] Main competition + play-offs

[2] "Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[3] "AZ Games". az.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[4] "Eerste training". AZ Alkmaar (in Dutch). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[6] "Rugnummers seizoen 2017–2018" [Squad numbers announced for 2017–2018 season]. voetbal.com (in Dutch). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[7] "AZ Alkmaar: Squad 2017/2018". soccerway.com.

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