2020–21 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar

2020–21 season
Executive director Technical director	Robert Eenhoorn Max Huiberts
Chairman	René Neelissen
Manager	Arne Slot
Stadium	AFAS Stadion
Eredivisie	Preseason
KNVB Cup	First round
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2020–21 AZ Alkmaar season is 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 will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 July 2020

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
4	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar
5	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan
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	MAR	Oussama Idrissi
14	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf
15	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal
16	GK	NED	Hobie Verhulst

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	NED	Zakaria Aboukhlal
18	MF	NOR	Håkon Evjen
20	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie
21	MF	NED	Kenzo Goudmijn
23	DF	NED	Léon Bergsma
24	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders
26	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara
27	DF	NED	Ramon Leeuwin
28	FW	ISL	Albert Guðmundsson
29	DF	NED	Joris Kramer
34	MF	NED	Mohamed Taabouni
38	MF	NED	Thijs Oosting
54	GK	NED	Mees Bakker
—	FW	NED	Jeremy Helmer

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	Jasper Schendelaar (at Telstar until 30 June 2021)
—	GK	NED	Rody de Boer (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

AZ v Genk

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

Utrecht v AZ

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

AZ v PEC Zwolle

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

AZ v Lille

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

AZ v Monaco

15 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	v	Monaco	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	12 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
KNVB Cup	2020		TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	25–26 August 2020		Second qualifying round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: September 2020
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2020–21 Eredivisie

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.

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12 September 2020 1

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KNVB Cup

Main article: 2020–21 KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

AZ v Viktoria Plzeň

25–26 August 2020 Second qualifying round	AZ	v	Viktoria Plzeň	Alkmaar
				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
		FW		[[]]
Totals

External links

• Official website