# 2022–23 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2022–23 season was the 56th in the history of AZ Alkmaar and their 25th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

    As of 1 September 2022
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 | DEN | Peter Vindahl Jensen |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yukinari Sugawara |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Pantelis Hatzidiakos |
| 4 | DF | NED | Bruno Martins Indi (captain) |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Milos Kerkez |
| 6 | MF | NED | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Jens Odgaard |
| 8 | MF | NED | Jordy Clasie |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis |
| 10 | MF | NED | Dani de Wit |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Jesper Karlsson |
| 12 | GK | NED | Hobie Verhulst |
| 13 | GK | NED | Sem Westerveld |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NED | Peer Koopmeiners |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Yusuf Barası |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Håkon Evjen |
| 19 | FW | NED | Myron van Brederode |
| 21 | FW | NED | Ernest Poku |
| 22 | DF | NED | Maxim Dekker |
| 23 | FW | SWE | Mayckel Lahdo |
| 25 | MF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter) |
| 28 | MF | NED | Zico Buurmeester |
| 31 | DF | NED | Sam Beukema |
| 34 | DF | NED | Mees de Wit |

### 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 |
| — | FW | NED | Jelle Duin (at Aarhus GF until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | NED | Mees Bakker (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Kenzo Goudmijn (at Excelsior until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 058.82 |
| KNVB Cup | 11 January 2023 | 7 February 2023 | Second round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 18 May 2023 | Second qualifying round | Semi-finals | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 072.22 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 34 | 7 | 13 | 110 | 53 | +57 | 062.96 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 75 | Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 69 | Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 59 | Qualification for the 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: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | DNI | APL | VAD |
| 1 | AZ | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |