2011–12 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar

2011–12 season
Chairman	René Neelissen
Manager	Gertjan Verbeek
Eredivisie	2nd
UEFA Europa League	Group Stage
Home colours Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 AZ Alkmaar season is the clubs 45th season of existence, and their 14th season in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch football.

Club

First team

As of 1 August 2011

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Dirk Marcellis 4 DF Nick Viergever 6 DF Etiënne Reijnen 7 FW Jóhann Guðmundsson 8 MF Adam Maher 9 FW Ruud Boymans 10 MF Erik Falkenburg 11 MF Maarten Martens 14 DF Ragnar Klavan 15 DF Simon Poulsen 16 MF Pontus Wernbloom 17 FW Jozy Altidore 20 MF Rasmus Elm 21 GK Erik Heijblok 23 FW Roy Beerens

No. Position Player 24 DF Erik Schouten 25 DF Niklas Moisander (captain) 26 MF Celso Ortiz 27 FW Brett Holman 28 DF Thomas Lam 30 MF James Holland 31 GK Niki Mäenpää 32 DF Giliano Wijnaldum 34 GK Esteban Alvarado 35 FW Charlison Benschop 36 MF Ali Messaoud 37 GK Hobie Verhulst 39 DF Milan Hoek 41 DF Toine van Huizen

Competitions

Eredivisie

AZ Alkmaar v PSV

7 August 2011 1	AZ Alkmaar	3–1	PSV	Alkmaar
11:30	Martens  26' Moisander  38', 82' Viergever  40' Altidore  80' Altidore  88'	Summary	Mertens  45+2' Ojo  61' Pieters  76'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,298 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

FC Twente v AZ Alkmaar

13 August 2011 2	FC Twente	2–0	AZ Alkmaar	Enschede
17:45	Janko  3' Ruiz  66'	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Pieter Vink

AZ Alkmaar v NEC

21 August 2011 3	AZ Alkmaar	4–0	NEC	Alkmaar
13:30	Altidore  54' (73) Elm  64' (pen.) Moisander  85'	Summary	Čmovs  63' van Eijden  75' Schøne  79'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,589 Referee: Pol Van Boekel

FC Groningen v AZ Alkmaar

28 August 2011 4	FC Groningen	0–3	AZ Alkmaar	Groningen
13:30	Holla  30'	Summary	Viergever  1' Holman  27' Wernbloom  38' Altidore  68' Elm  75' Gudmundsson  79' Elm  84' Falkenburg  90'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,128 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ Alkmaar v Vitesse Arnhem

10 September 2011 5	AZ Alkmaar	4–0	Vitesse Arnhem	Alkmaar
18:45	Wernbloom  22' (26) Beerens  38' Elm  45' (pen.) Viergever  47'	Summary	Hofs  15' van der Struijk  44' Bony  45', 70' Jenner  70'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

RKC Waalwijk v AZ Alkmaar

18 September 2011 6	RKC Waalwijk	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Waalwijk
13:30	Guy Ramos  9' Castillion  45+1' Castillion  71'	Summary	Elm  10' (pen.) Elm  11' Marcellis  21' Wernbloom  39' Benschop  65' Alvarado  89'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Richard Liesveld

AZ Alkmaar v Feyenoord

25 September 2011 7	AZ Alkmaar	2–1	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
11:30	Elm  60' Holman  85' Wernbloom  90'	Summary	Bakkal  36' Schaken  54' de Vrij  60' Leerdam  68' Martins Indi  77' El Ahmadi  90'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,773 Referee: Pol Van Boekel

VVV v AZ Alkmaar

2 October 2011 8	VVV	1–3	AZ Alkmaar	Venlo
11:30	Cullen  90+1'	Summary	Elm  32' Marcellis  54' Maher  62' Poulsen  73'	Stadium: Seacon Stadion Attendance: 7,350 Referee: Luc Wouters

Ajax v AZ Alkmaar

15 October 2011 9	Ajax	2–2	AZ Alkmaar	Amsterdam
17:45	Enoh  43', 70' Ooijer  44' Sulejmani  47' (pen.) Janssen  70' Anita  79' Janssen  82'	Summary	Holman  14' Beerens  22' Moisander  29' Holman  35' Maher  89'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,585 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

AZ Alkmaar v Roda

23 October 2011 10	AZ Alkmaar	1–0	Roda	Alkmaar
13:30	Elm  51' Altidore  63'	Summary	Wielaert  19' Fledderus  38', 51' Monteyne  48' Hempte  68'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Heracles v AZ Alkmaar

30 October 2011 11	Heracles	0–1	AZ Alkmaar	Almelo
15:30		Summary	Klavan  56' Maher  89'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Richard Liesveld

AZ Alkmaar v ADO Den Haag

6 November 2011 12	AZ Alkmaar	3–0	ADO Den Haag	Alkmaar
13:30	Holman  11' Elm  51' Maher  64' Wernbloom  67' Altidore  83'	Summary	Immers  18' Mörec  34' Toornstra  84'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,222 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Excelsior v AZ Alkmaar

7 December 2011 13	Excelsior	0–0	AZ Alkmaar	Rotterdam
18:30	de Graaf  32'	Summary	Moisander  50'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ Alkmaar v FC Utrecht

25 November 2011 14	AZ Alkmaar	2–0	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
19:00	Wernbloom  19' Moisander  43' Elm  67' Gudmundsson  89'	Summary	Bulthuis  20' Mårtensson  38' de Kogel  59' Wuytens  66'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ed Janssen

SC Heerenveen v AZ Alkmaar

4 December 2011 15	SC Heerenveen	5–1	AZ Alkmaar	Heerenveen
15:30	Dost  14' van La Parra  31' Đuričić  46' Zomer  48' Narsingh  74'	Summary	Altidore  20' Holman  43' Klavan  82'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

AZ Alkmaar v De Graafschap

10 December 2011 16	AZ Alkmaar	4–0	De Graafschap	Alkmaar
18:45	Maher  22' Poulsen  31' Wormgoor  54' (o.g.) Benschop  79'	Summary		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,198 Referee: Richard Liesveld

NAC Breda v AZ Alkmaar

18 December 2011 17	NAC Breda	2–1	AZ Alkmaar	Breda
13:30	Lurling  31' Gilissen  87' Koenders  90' Koenders  90+1'	Summary	Holman  45'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,720 Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ Alkmaar v Ajax

22 January 2012 18	AZ Alkmaar	1–1	Ajax	Alkmaar
13:30	Elm  37'	Summary	Poulsen  75' (o.g.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,761 Referee: Pieter Vink

Roda JC v AZ Alkmaar

28 January 2012 19	Roda JC	2–0	AZ Alkmaar	Kerkrade
19:45	Sanharib Malki  10' Junker  33' Vuković  36' Wielaert  52'	Summary	Moisander  65' Altidore  80'	Stadium: Limburg Stadion Attendance: 14,655 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

ADO Den Haag v AZ Alkmaar

4 February 2012 20	ADO Den Haag	0–6	AZ Alkmaar	Den Haag
17:45	Supusepa  39'	Summary	Benschop  33' (47), 69' Martens  73' Altidore  85' (88)	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ Alkmaar v Excelsior

11 February 2012 21	AZ Alkmaar	2–0	Excelsior	Alkmaar
17:45	Martens  58' (60)	Summary		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,964 Referee: Jack Van Hulten

Utrecht v AZ Alkmaar

19 February 2012 22	Utrecht	3–0	AZ Alkmaar	Utrecht
14:30	Gerndt  15([pen)' (21) Demouge  23' Duplan  41' van der Hoorn  90+1'		Moisander 15 Marcellis  18' Elm  39'	Stadium: Galgenwaard Stadion Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ Alkmaar v Heerenveen

26 February 2012 23	AZ Alkmaar	3–3	Heerenveen	Alkmaar
16:30	Altidore  26' (58) Falkenburg  83'	Summary	Kums  7' Đuričić  55' Alvarado  76' (o.g.) Narsingh  81'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,763 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

AZ Alkmaar v Heracles

3 March 2012 24	AZ Alkmaar	3–1	Heracles	Alkmaar
14:45	Poulsen  31' Altidore  43' Maher  52'	Summary	Overtoom  56' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,078 Referee: Ruud Bossen

De Graafschap v AZ Alkmaar

11 March 2012 25	De Graafschap	0–2	AZ Alkmaar	Alkmaar
11:30		Summary	Elm  64' Falkenburg  90+2'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,145 Referee: Pieter Vink

AZ Alkmaar v NAC Breda

18 March 2012 26	AZ Alkmaar	0–0	NAC Breda	Alkmaar
15:30	Reijnen  73'	Summary	Bonevacia  57' Gilissen  87'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,268 Referee: Jan Wegereef

AZ Alkmaar v RKC Waalwijk

25 March 2012 27	AZ Alkmaar	1–0	RKC Waalwijk	Alkmaar
11:30	Gudmundsson  49'	Summary		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,368 Referee: Jack Van Hulten

Vitesse v AZ Alkmaar

1 April 2012 28	Vitesse	2–2	AZ Alkmaar	Arnhem
15:30	Gashia  35'  38' van Ginkel  47' Bony  66'	Summary	Martens  14' Moisander  29' Altidore  32' Holman  38', 63' Maher  46' Poulsen  59'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 22,164 Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ Alkmaar v Twente

11 April 2012 29	AZ Alkmaar	2–2	Twente	Alkmaar
18:00	Altidore  3'  70' Marcellis  19' Martens  26'	Summary	de Jong  31' Douglas  39' Rosales  73' Nils Röseler  76' Bajrami  90' Tiendalli  90+1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,801 Referee: Pieter Vink

PSV v AZ Alkmaar

14 April 2012 30	PSV	3-2	AZ Alkmaar	Eindhoven
17:45	Lens  17'  45'  77' Strootman  42' Labyad  45' Toivonen  90+2' Matavž  90+3'	Summary	Altidore  24' Beerens  34' Reijnen  68'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,200 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

AZ Alkmaar v VVV

22 April 2012 31	AZ Alkmaar	2-1	VVV	Alkmaar
13:30	Moisander  23' Holman  47' Altidore  65'	Summary	Kruijsen  59'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,459 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Feyenoord v AZ Alkmaar

29 April 2012 32	Feyenoord	1–0	AZ Alkmaar	Rotterdam
13:30	Clasie  3' Bakkal  54'	Summary	Viergever  68' Klavan  73'	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

NEC v AZ Alkmaar

2 May 2012 33	NEC	1-1	AZ Alkmaar	Nijmegen
19:00	Zeefuik  13' Conboy  63'	Summary	Boymans  59' Maher  70'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,498 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ Alkmaar v Groningen

6 May 2012 34	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 0	Groningen	Alkmaar
13:30	Falkenburg  26'	Summary	Kappelhof  73'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Pol Van Boekel

KNVB Cup

AZ Alkmaar v Groningen

22 September 2011 2	AZ Alkmaar	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Groningen	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Klavan  74' Viergever  76'  109' Maher  84'  99' Moisander  93' Guðmundsson  115'	Summary	Texeira  6' Sparv  23', 97' Burnet  52' Bacuna  90' van Loo  100' Keurntjes  103' Ivens  120'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 7,160 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

FC Dordrecht v AZ Alkmaar

27 October 2011 3	FC Dordrecht	2–3 (a.e.t.)	AZ Alkmaar	Dordrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+01)	Shayron Curiel  71' Hulst  73' Beugelsdijk  120+2'	Summary	Wernbloom  44' Klavan  61' Maher  97' Alvarado  120+2'	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 3,287 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v AZ Alkmaar

19 January 2012 4	Ajax	2–3 (a.e.t.)	AZ Alkmaar	Amsterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+01)	de Jong  10' (37)	Summary	Martens  24' Benschop  32' Moisander  36' Elm  55' (pen.) Holman  57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Pol Van Boekel

AZ Alkmaar v GVVV

1 February 2012 Quarter Final	AZ Alkmaar	2–1	GVVV	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Martens  19' (66)	Summary	Dennis van Meegdenburg  10' Wouter Bonke  84'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 9,137 Referee: Jan Wegereef

AZ Alkmaar v Heracles

22 March 2012 Semi Final	AZ Alkmaar	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Heracles	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Maher  20' Guðmundsson  22' Klavan  81'	Summary	Everton  7' Armenteros  47' Quansah  66' Bruns  110' Dennis Telgenkamp  118' Gouriye  120'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 10,669 Referee: Richard Liesveld

UEFA Europa League

See also: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Qualification rounds

Third qualifying round

AZ v Jablonec

28 July 2011 First leg	AZ	2–0	Jablonec	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:00	Wernbloom  64' Guðmundsson  88'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 8,871 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Jablonec v AZ

4 August 2011 Second leg	Jablonec	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	AZ	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
20:30	Loučka  80'	Report	Benschop  45'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 4,844 Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine)

Play-off round

Aalesund v AZ

18 August 2011 First leg	Aalesund	2–1	AZ	Ålesund, Norway
19:00	Barrantes  13' (pen.)  73' Morrison  51'	Report	Moisander  13' Martens  30' Benschop  87'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,646 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

AZ v Aalesund

25 August 2011 Second leg	AZ	6–0 (7–2 agg.)	Aalesund	Alkmaar, Netherlands
19:00	Wernbloom  7' Altidore  25', 59' Martens  54' Holman  68' Moisander  90' (pen.)	Report	Okronokwo  19' Barrantes  57' Jääger  59' Phillips  62' Jalasto  72'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,814 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Group Stage

Group G Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Metalist Kharkiv	6	4	2	0	15	6	+9	14
AZ	6	1	5	0	10	7	+3	8
Austria Wien	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8
Malmö FF	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1

Match reports

AZ v Malmö

15 September 2011 Group G	AZ	4–1	Malmö	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:05	Altidore  21' Elm  32' (pen.) Beerens  35' Maher  39' Holman  49' Reijnen  72' Alvarado  75'	Report	Pekalski  16' Ricardinho  31' Larsson  72' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,905 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Metalist Kharkiv v AZ

29 September 2011 Group G	Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	AZ	Kharkiv, Ukraine
19:00	Torres  39' Gueye  60' Taison  76'  90+2'	Report	Altidore  26'  28' Wernbloom  44' Poulsen  59' Elm  62'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium Attendance: 37,122 Referee: Marcin Borski

AZ v Austria Wien

20 October 2011 Group G	AZ	2–2	Austria Wien	Alkmaar, Netherlands
19:00	Moisander  13', 90+2' Wernbloom  42'  83' Hlinka  80' (o.g.) Poulsen  90+3'	Report	Gorgon  29' Marcellis  18' (o.g.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,321 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Austria Wien v AZ

3 November 2011 Group G	Austria Wien	2–2	AZ	Vienna, Austria
20:05	Ortlechner  58' Barazite  61' Junuzović  63' Mader  73'	Report	Elm  19' (pen.) Wernbloom  44'  69' Viergever  52'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 10,450 Referee: Tony Chapron

Malmö v AZ

30 November 2011 Group G	Malmö	0–0	AZ	Malmö, Sweden
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Durmaz  67' Wílton Figueiredo  75'	Report		Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 7,632 Referee: Mark Courtney

AZ v Metalist Kharkiv

15 December 2011 Group G	AZ	1–1	Metalist Kharkiv	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:05 CET (UTC+01)	Maher  37' Guðmundsson  52'	Report	Devych  37' Torsiglieri  45+2' Shelayev  54' Blanco  63'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,268 Referee: Carlos Clos Gomez

Knock-out round

Round of 32

AZ v Anderlecht

16 February 2012 First Leg	AZ	1–0	Anderlecht	Alkmaar
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Maher  35' Marcellis  80' Guðmundsson  89'	Report	Suárez  84' Mbokani  89'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,744 Referee: Florian Meyer

Anderlecht v AZ

23 February 2012 Second Leg	Anderlecht	0–1 (0-2 agg.)	AZ	Brussels
21:05 CET (UTC+01)	Kljestan  54' Juhász  60' Mbokani  70' Wasilewski  78'	Report	Marcellis  33' Martens  53'  54' Moisander  85'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pedro Garcia Proenca

Round of 16

AZ v Udinese

8 March 2012 First Leg	AZ	2–0	Udinese	Alkmaar
21:05 CET (UTC+01)	Martens  63' Elm  75' Falkenburg  84'	Report	Domizzi  57' Pazienza  84' Danilo  90+1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,579 Referee: David Fernandez Borbalan

Udinese v AZ

15 March 2012 Second Leg	Udinese	2–1 (2-3 agg.)	AZ	Udine
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Di Natale  3' (pen.)  15' Pasquale  39' Domizzi  63' Pazienza  73' Pinzi  90+4'	Report	Viergever  3' Falkenburg  31' Altidore  55' Maher  65'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Milorad Mažić

Quarter Finals

AZ v Valencia

29 March 2012 First Leg	AZ	2–1	Valencia	Alkmaar
21:05 CET (UTC+01)	Holman  45+1' Martens  79' Maher  87'	Report	Topal  52' Barragán  64' Dealbert  88'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,100 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Valencia v AZ

5 April 2012 Second Leg	Valencia	4–0 (5-2 agg.)	AZ	Valencia
21:05 CET (UTC+01)	Costa  4' Rami  15' (17) Jordi Alba  56' Barragán  74' Pablo Hernández  80'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pavel Kralovec

Transfers

Main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011