# 2018–19 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2018–19 season was the 53rd season of AZ Alkmaar and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, AZ Alkmaar participated in the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 March 2019
For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2017–18
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 | GER | Henri Weigelt |
| 4 | DF | NED | Ron Vlaar (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Thomas Ouwejan |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø |
| 7 | FW | NED | Calvin Stengs |
| 8 | MF | NED | Teun Koopmeiners |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Bjørn Maars Johnsen |
| 10 | MF | NED | Guus Til (captain) |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Oussama Idrissi |
| 12 | DF | GRE | Pantelis Hatzidiakos |
| 15 | DF | NED | Owen Wijndal |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | NED | Rody de Boer |
| 17 | MF | NED | Jeremy Helmer |
| 20 | MF | NED | Mats Seuntjens |
| 21 | FW | NED | Myron Boadu |
| 22 | GK | NED | Piet Velthuizen |
| 23 | DF | NED | Léon Bergsma |
| 24 | MF | NED | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 25 | GK | NED | Jasper Schendelaar |
| 26 | MF | NED | Adam Maher |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Ondrej Mihálik |
| 28 | FW | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Stijn Wuytens |
| 34 | DF | NED | Ricardo van Rhijn |

### 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 | Nick Olij (on loan at TOP Oss until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | MAR | Iliass Bel Hassani (on loan at FC Groningen until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | NGA | Fred Friday (on loan at FC Twente until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | NED | Ferdy Druijf (on loan at NEC until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | NED | Marko Vejinović (on loan at Arka Gdynia until 30 June 2019) |

## 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 | 10 August 2018 | 15 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 September 2018 | 28 February 2019 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 080.00 |
| Europa League | 26 July 2018 | 2 August 2018 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 82 | 47 | +35 | 053.66 |
Last updated: 15 May 2019 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* ↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| NEC | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | RKC Waalwijk* | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | FC Den Bosch | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | TOP Oss | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Sparta Rotterdam* | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SC Cambuur | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | SC Cambuur | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | De Graafschap | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2019. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
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| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |