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2008–09 AZ Alkmaar season

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AZ Alkmaar
2008–09 season
ManagerNetherlands Louis van Gaal
StadiumAFAS Stadion
Eredivisie1st
KNVB CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mounir El Hamdaoui (23)
All: Mounir El Hamdaoui (24)

During the 2008–09 Dutch football season, AZ Alkmaar competed in the Eredivisie, playing their 42nd season of competitive football (Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek had merged to form AZ in May 1967).

Season summary

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The club won its first Eredivisie title since 1981 and remains the second top flight title in its history to this day. The club secured 80 points in the 34 games under Louis van Gaal and finished 11 points ahead of second placed FC Twente. AZ were knocked out of the KNVB Cup in the quarterfinals suffering a 2-1 home loss to NAC Breda, although they did secure a notable 1-0 (aet) win over PSV Eindhoven in the third round.


van Gaal left the club at the end of the season to join FC Bayern Munich and was succeeded by Ronald Koeman.

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[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 Croatia CRO Joey Didulica[notes 1]
2 DF Netherlands NED Kew Jaliens
3 DF Netherlands NED Gijs Luirink
4 DF Mexico MEX Héctor Moreno
5 DF Belgium BEL Sébastien Pocognoli
6 MF Netherlands NED David Mendes da Silva
7 MF Netherlands NED Jeremain Lens
8 MF Netherlands NED Stijn Schaars
9 FW Brazil BRA Ari
10 FW Morocco MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui[notes 2]
11 MF Belgium BEL Maarten Martens
14 DF Estonia EST Ragnar Klavan
15 DF Denmark DEN Simon Poulsen
16 MF Finland FIN Toni Kolehmainen
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Belgium BEL Mousa Dembélé
19 DF Netherlands NED Kees Luijckx
20 MF Netherlands NED Demy de Zeeuw
22 GK Argentina ARG Sergio Romero
23 MF Netherlands NED Nick van der Velden
24 MF Australia AUS James Holland
25 DF Finland FIN Niklas Moisander
26 MF Netherlands NED Marko Vejinović
27 MF Australia AUS Brett Holman
28 DF Belgium BEL Gill Swerts
29 FW Italy ITA Graziano Pellè
MF Netherlands NED Kevin Brands
MF Iceland ISL Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Germany GER Simon Cziommer (on loan to FC Utrecht)
12 DF Netherlands NED Milano Koenders (on loan to NEC Nijmegen)
14 MF Netherlands NED Ryan Donk (on loan to West Bromwich Albion)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Netherlands NED Boy Waterman (on loan to ADO Den Haag)
33 MF Netherlands NED Gregory Nelson (on loan to RBC Roosendaal)

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - AZ Alkmaar - 2008/09".

Notes

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  1. ^ Didulica was born in Geelong, Australia, and represented them at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in April 2004.
  2. ^ El Hamdaoui was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in February 2009.