# 2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season

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

## Eredivisie
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
* ↑ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 July 2017. Source: Eredivisie

### Results by matchday

| 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 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced in June 2017.

## Pre-season and friendlies

The first training session for the new season began on 25 June. Friendlies were arranged with smaller teams in the Netherlands as well as a few additional friendlies against foreign teams touring the Netherlands.

## Player details

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | 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, Eredivisie en KNVB Cup stats,
* ↑ Main competition + play-offs

## Transfers

| 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) |
| 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) |