# 2021–22 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2021–22 season was the 55th season in the existence of AZ Alkmaar and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, AZ Alkmaar participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 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 Chatzidiakos |
| 4 | DF | NED | Bruno Martins Indi |
| 5 | DF | NED | Owen Wijndal (captain) |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Aboukhlal |
| 8 | FW | GHA | Kamal Sowah (on loan from Brugge) |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis |
| 10 | MF | NED | Dani de Wit |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Jesper Karlsson |
| 12 | GK | NED | Hobie Verhulst |
| 14 | MF | NED | Peer Koopmeiners |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Aslak Fonn Witry |
| 16 | GK | NED | Beau Reus |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Yusuf Barası |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Håkon Evjen |
| 19 | FW | NED | Jelle Duin |
| 20 | MF | NED | Jordy Clasie |
| 21 | FW | NED | Ernest Poku |
| 23 | MF | NED | Mohamed Taabouni |
| 24 | MF | NED | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 26 | DF | HUN | Milos Kerkez |
| 30 | GK | NED | Mees Bakker |
| 31 | DF | NED | Sam Beukema |

### 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 | Ferdy Druijf (at Rapid Wien until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | NED | Kenzo Goudmijn (at SBV Excelsior until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NED | Joris Kramer (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | NED | Thomas Ouwejan (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2022) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | NED | Timo Letschert |
| 65 | FW | NED | Jeremy Helmer |

## Transfers
### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 9 | FW | Myron Boadu | Monaco | €17,000,000 | 4 August 2021 | |
| 11 | MF | Albert Guðmundsson | Genoa | Undisclosed | 31 January 2022 | |

## 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 | 14 August 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 052.94 |
| Eredivisie Play-offs | 19 May 2022 | 29 May 2022 | Semi-finals | Winners | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 15 December 2021 | 3 March 2022 | Second round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 18 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 16 September 2021 | 17 March 2022 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 98 | 64 | +34 | 053.85 |
Last updated: 29 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AZ (O) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 51 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, PSV, qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League play-off berth awarded to the KNVB Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team Feyenoord, the highest-placed team not qualified for the Champions League. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage as their opponent in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final, Roma, qualified to the Europa League group stage through domestic performance by finishing sixth in the Serie A.

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.

#### European competition play-offs
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | RAN | JAB | CLJ |
| 1 | AZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Randers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Jablonec | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.