# 2019–20 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2019–20 season was AZ Alkmaar's 53rd season in existence and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. AZ Alkmaar competed in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players

    As of 30 August 2019
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 | GRE | Pantelis Hatzidiakos |
| 4 | DF | NED | Ron Vlaar |
| 5 | DF | NED | Thomas Ouwejan |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø |
| 7 | FW | NED | Calvin Stengs |
| 8 | MF | NED | Teun Koopmeiners (captain) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Myron Boadu |
| 10 | MF | NED | Dani de Wit |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Oussama Idrissi |
| 14 | FW | NED | Ferdy Druijf |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NED | Owen Wijndal |
| 16 | GK | NED | Jasper Schendelaar |
| 17 | FW | NED | Zakaria Aboukhlal |
| 20 | MF | NED | Jordy Clasie |
| 21 | MF | NED | Kenzo Goudmijn |
| 22 | GK | NED | Rody de Boer |
| 23 | DF | NED | Léon Bergsma |
| 24 | MF | NED | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yukinari Sugawara (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 28 | FW | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson |
| 29 | DF | NED | Joris Kramer |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Stijn Wuytens |

### 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 FC Volendam until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | NED | Jeremy Helmer ( at De Graafschap until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | NED | Mees Hoedemakers ( at Cambuur until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NOR | Bjørn Maars Johnsen ( at Rosenborg until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | CZE | Ondřej Mihálik ( at Viktoria Plzeň until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Yukinari Sugawara | Nagoya Grampus | Loan | Season | |
| 22 July 2019 | MF | Jordy Clasie | Southampton | Transfer | Free | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Nick Olij | NAC Breda | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Mats Seuntjens | Gençlerbirliği S.K. | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Adam Maher | FC Utrecht | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Piet Velthuizen | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Ricardo van Rhijn | Sc Heerenveen | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Jamie Jacobs | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Ondrej Mihalik | Viktoria Plzen | Loan | Season with Option |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Mees Hoedemakers | SC Cambuur | Loan | Season with Option |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | Iliass Bel Hassani | PEC Zwolle | Transfer | Undisclosed |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 4 August 2019 | 24 May 2020 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 072.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 18 December 2019 | 12 February 2020 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 25 July 2019 | 27 February 2020 | Second qualifying round | Round of 32 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 035.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 87 | 33 | +54 | 059.52 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | C | L | W | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | AZ | PAR | AST |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Partizan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Astana | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 | | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | NED | Marco Bizot | 41 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NED | Jasper Schendelaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Rody de Boer | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jonas Svensson | 38 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Pantelis Chatzidiakos | 20 | 2 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Ron Vlaar | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Thomas Ouwejan | 19 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Owen Wijndal | 39 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yukinari Sugawara | 28 | 3 | 5+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+9 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | NED | Ramon Leeuwin | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NED | Joris Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Stijn Wuytens | 35 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Midtsjø | 39 | 1 | 22+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Teun Koopmeiners | 42 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Dani de Wit | 33 | 5 | 19+3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Håkon Evjen | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Jordy Clasie | 32 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NED | Kenzo Goudmijn | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Mohamed Taabouni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED | Calvin Stengs | 42 | 10 | 24+1 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Myron Boadu | 39 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Oussama Idrissi | 42 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 13+1 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | NED | Ferdy Druijf | 21 | 5 | 1+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+7 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | NED | Zakaria Aboukhlal | 15 | 0 | 0+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson | 8 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | NED | Guus Til | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Competitions