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2011–12 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2011–12 AZ Alkmaar season was the club's 45th season of existence, and their 14th season in the Eredivisie, the top-flight of Dutch football.

AZ Alkmaar
2011–12 season
ChairmanRené Neelissen
ManagerGertjan Verbeek
Eredivisie4th
KNVB CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jozy Altidore (16)
All:
Jozy Altidore (20)

Club edit

First team edit

As of 1 August 2011[1]
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. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   NED Dirk Marcellis
4 DF   NED Nick Viergever
6 DF   NED Etiënne Reijnen
7 FW   ISL Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
8 MF   NED Adam Maher
9 FW   NED Ruud Boymans
10 MF   NED Erik Falkenburg
11 MF   BEL Maarten Martens
14 DF   EST Ragnar Klavan
15 DF   DEN Simon Poulsen
16 MF   SWE Pontus Wernbloom
17 FW   USA Jozy Altidore
20 MF   SWE Rasmus Elm
21 GK   NED Erik Heijblok
23 FW   NED Roy Beerens
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   NED Erik Schouten
25 DF   FIN Niklas Moisander (captain)
26 MF   PAR Celso Ortiz
27 FW   AUS Brett Holman
28 DF   FIN Thomas Lam
30 MF   AUS James Holland
31 GK   FIN Niki Mäenpää
32 DF   NED Giliano Wijnaldum
34 GK   CRC Esteban Alvarado
35 FW   NED Charlison Benschop
36 MF   MAR Ali Messaoud
37 GK   NED Hobie Verhulst
39 DF   NED Milan Hoek
41 DF   NED Toine van Huizen

Competitions edit

Eredivisie edit

Main article: 2011–12 Eredivisie

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Feyenoord 34 21 7 6 70 37 +33 70 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 PSV 34 21 6 7 87 47 +40 69 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
4 AZ 34 19 8 7 64 35 +29 65
5 Heerenveen 34 18 10 6 79 59 +20 64 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6 Twente 34 17 9 8 82 46 +36 60 Qualification to European competition play-offs and Europa League first qualifying round[b]
Source: Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b PSV qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 KNVB Cup. As they finished third in the league, all Europa League berths and play-off places were moved down one spot from the original scheme.
  2. ^ Twente qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League based on the 2011–12 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking, which awarded one extra qualifying spot to the Netherlands. This allowed qualification for Twente despite their loss in the European competition Playoffs.[2][3]

Matches edit

7 August 2011 1 AZ 3–1 PSV Alkmaar
11:30 Martens   26'
Moisander   38'   82'
Viergever   40'
Altidore   80',   88'		 Summary Mertens   45+2'
Ojo   61'
Pieters   76'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,298
Referee: Eric Braamhaar  
13 August 2011 2 Twente 2–0 AZ Enschede
17:45 Janko   3'
Ruiz   66'		 Summary Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Pieter Vink  
21 August 2011 3 AZ 4–0 NEC Alkmaar
13:30 Altidore   54', 73'
Elm   64' (pen.)
Moisander   85'		 Summary Čmovš   63'
Van Eijden   75'
Schøne   79'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,589
Referee: Pol van Boekel  
28 August 2011 4 Groningen 0–3 AZ Groningen
13:30 Holla   30' Summary Viergever   1'
Holman   27'
Wernbloom   38'
Altidore   68'
Elm   75',   84'
Guðmundsson   79'
Falkenburg   90'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 22,128
Referee: Kevin Blom  
10 September 2011 5 AZ 4–0 Vitesse 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  
18 September 2011 6 RKC Waalwijk 1–2 AZ Waalwijk
13:30 Ramos   9'
Castillion   45+1'
Castillion   71'		 Summary Elm   10' (pen.),   11'
Marcellis   21'
Wernbloom   39'
Benschop   65'
Alvarado   89'		 Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Richard Liesveld  
25 September 2011 7 AZ 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  
2 October 2011 8 VVV 1–3 AZ Venlo
11:30 Cullen   90+1' Summary Elm   32'
Marcellis   54'
Maher   62'
Poulsen   73'		 Stadium: Seacon Stadion
Attendance: 7,350
Referee: Luc Wouters  
15 October 2011 9 Ajax 2–2 AZ Amsterdam
17:45 Enoh   43'   70'
Ooijer   44'
Sulejmani   47' (pen.)
Janssen   70',   82'
Anita   79'		 Summary Holman   14',   35'
Beerens   22'
Moisander   29'
Maher   89'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51,585
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers  
23 October 2011 10 AZ 1–0 Roda JC 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  
30 October 2011 11 Heracles Almelo 0–1 AZ Almelo
15:30 Summary Klavan   56'
Maher   89'		 Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Richard Liesveld  
6 November 2011 12 AZ 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  
7 December 2011 13 Excelsior 0–0 AZ Rotterdam
18:30 De Graaf   32' Summary Moisander   50' Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Kevin Blom  
25 November 2011 14 AZ 2–0 Utrecht Alkmaar
19:00 Wernbloom   19'
Moisander   43'
Elm   67'
Guðmundsson   89'		 Summary Bulthuis   20'
Mårtensson   38'
De Kogel   59'
Wuytens   66'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Ed Janssen  
4 December 2011 15 Heerenveen 5–1 AZ 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  
10 December 2011 16 AZ 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  
18 December 2011 17 NAC Breda 2–1 AZ 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  
22 January 2012 18 AZ 1–1 Ajax Alkmaar
13:30 Elm   37' Summary Poulsen   75' (o.g.) Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,761
Referee: Pieter Vink  
28 January 2012 19 Roda JC 2–0 AZ Kerkrade
19:45 Malki   10'
Junker   33'
Vuković   36'
Wielaert   52'		 Summary Moisander   65'
Altidore   80'		 Stadium: Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 14,655
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük  
4 February 2012 20 ADO Den Haag 0–6 AZ The Hague
17:45 Supusepa   39' Summary Benschop   33', 47', 69'
Martens   73'
Altidore   85', 88'		 Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: 8,756
Referee: Kevin Blom
11 February 2012 21 AZ 2–0 Excelsior Alkmaar
17:45 Martens   58', 60' Summary Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,964
Referee: Jack Van Hulten
19 February 2012 22 Utrecht 3–0 AZ 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
26 February 2012 23 AZ 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
3 March 2012 24 AZ 3–1 Heracles Almelo Alkmaar
14:45 Poulsen   31'
Altidore   43'
Maher   52'		 Summary Overtoom   56' (pen.) Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,078
Referee: Ruud Bossen
11 March 2012 25 De Graafschap 0–2 AZ Alkmaar
11:30 Summary Elm   64'
Falkenburg   90+2'		 Stadium: De Vijverberg
Attendance: 12,145
Referee: Pieter Vink
18 March 2012 26 AZ 0–0 NAC Breda Alkmaar
15:30 Reijnen   73' Summary Bonevacia   57'
Gilissen   87'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,268
Referee: Jan Wegereef
25 March 2012 27 AZ 1–0 RKC Waalwijk Alkmaar
11:30 Guðmundsson   49' Summary Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,368
Referee: Jack Van Hulten
1 April 2012 28 Vitesse 2–2 AZ Arnhem
15:30 Kashia   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
11 April 2012 29 AZ 2–2 Twente Alkmaar
18:00 Altidore   3', 70'
Marcellis   19'
Martens   26'		 Summary De Jong   31'
Douglas   39'
Rosales   73'
Röseler   76'
Bajrami   90'
Tiendalli   90+1'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,801
Referee: Pieter Vink
14 April 2012 30 PSV 3–2 AZ Eindhoven
17:45 Lens   17', 77',   45'
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
22 April 2012 31 AZ 2–1 VVV Alkmaar
13:30 Moisander   23'
Holman   47'
Altidore   65'		 Summary Kruijsen   59' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,459
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
29 April 2012 32 Feyenoord 1–0 AZ Rotterdam
13:30 Clasie   3'
Bakkal   54'		 Summary Viergever   68'
Klavan   73'		 Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
2 May 2012 33 NEC 1-1 AZ Nijmegen
19:00 Zeefuik   13'
Conboy   63'		 Summary Boymans   59'
Maher   70'		 Stadium: Goffertstadion
Attendance: 12,498
Referee: Kevin Blom
6 May 2012 34 AZ 1–0 Groningen Alkmaar
13:30 Falkenburg   26' Summary Kappelhof   73' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Pol Van Boekel

KNVB Cup edit

22 September 2011 2 AZ 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
27 October 2011 3 Dordrecht 2–3 (a.e.t.) AZ Dordrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+01) 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
19 January 2012 4 Ajax 2–3 (a.e.t.) AZ 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
1 February 2012 Quarter-final AZ 2–1 GVVV Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+01) Martens   19' (66) Summary Van Meegdenburg   10'
Bonke   84'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 9,137
Referee: Jan Wegereef
22 March 2012 Semi-final AZ 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'
Telgenkamp   118'
Gouriye   120'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 10,669
Referee: Richard Liesveld

UEFA Europa League edit

See also: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Qualification rounds edit

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

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
15 September 2011 Group G AZ   4–1   Malmö FF 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)
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
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
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
30 November 2011 Group G   Malmö FF 0–0 AZ   Malmö, Sweden
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Durmaz   67'
Figueiredo   75'		 Report Stadium: Swedbank Stadion
Attendance: 7,632
Referee:   Mark Courtney
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 edit

Round of 32 edit
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
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 edit
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
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 edit
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
5 April 2012 Second leg   Valencia 4–0
(5–2 agg.)		   AZ Valencia
21:05 CET (UTC+01) T. Costa   4'
Rami   15', 17'
Alba   56'
Barragán   74'
Hernández   80'		 Report Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Pavel Kralovec

Transfers edit

Main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011

References edit

  1. ^ "First Team Squad List". AZ. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Norway wins UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking". UEFA. 7 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Twente toch Europa in dankzij fairplay-klassement" (in Dutch). demorgen.be. 13 May 2012.
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