# 2009–10 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2009–10 season was Alkmaar Zaanstreek's 43rd competitive season, 12th consecutive season in the Eredivisie and 43rd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, AZ participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup, Johan Cruyff Shield and UEFA Champions League.

## 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 | CRO | Joey Didulica |
| 2 | DF | NED | Kew Jaliens |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Héctor Moreno |
| 6 | DF | NED | David Mendes da Silva |
| 7 | FW | NED | Jeremain Lens |
| 8 | MF | NED | Stijn Schaars |
| 10 | FW | MAR | Mounir El Hamdaoui |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Maarten Martens |
| 14 | DF | EST | Ragnar Klavan |
| 15 | MF | DEN | Simon Poulsen |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Pontus Wernbloom |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | BEL | Mousa Dembélé |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Elm |
| 21 | GK | NED | Erik Heijblok |
| 22 | GK | ARG | Sergio Romero |
| 23 | MF | NED | Nick van der Velden |
| 24 | MF | AUS | James Holland |
| 25 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander |
| 26 | MF | PAR | Celso Ortiz |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Brett Holman |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Gill Swerts |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Graziano Pellè |
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## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 1 August 2009 | 2 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 055.88 |
| KNVB Cup | 22 September 2009 | 22 December 2009 | Second round | Fourth Round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 25 July 2009 | 25 July 2009 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 16 September 2009 | 9 December 2009 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 80 | 46 | +34 | 050.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Johan Cruyff Shield

AZ, as Eredivisie winners in the previous season, played against Heerenveen in the 2009 Johan Cruyff Shield, who themselves won the KNVB Cup.

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 78 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Heracles | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 56 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 53 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitions

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | OLY | STL | AZ |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | AZ | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |