2025–26 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar
2025–26 season
PresidentRené Neelissen
General managerRobert Eenhoorn
Head coachMaarten Martens
StadiumAFAS Stadion
Eredivisie4th
KNVB CupThird round
UEFA Conference LeaguePlay-off
Top goalscorerLeague:
Troy Parrott (2)
All:
Troy Parrott (6)
Highest home attendance17,935 vs Groningen, 10 August 2025, Eredivisie
Lowest home attendance11,476 vs Vaduz, 7 August 2025, UEFA Conference League
Average home league attendance14,705
Biggest win4–1 (H)
All statistics correct as of 14 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season was the 59th season in the history of AZ Alkmaar, and was also the 28th consecutive season in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the KNVB Cup and UEFA Conference League.

Players

First team

As of 5 August 2025[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro
3 DF Netherlands NED Wouter Goes
4 DF Netherlands NED Maxim Dekker
5 DF Portugal POR Alexandre Penetra
6 MF Netherlands NED Peer Koopmeiners
7 FW Netherlands NED Ernest Poku
8 MF Netherlands NED Jordy Clasie (captain)
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Troy Parrott
10 MF Netherlands NED Sven Mijnans
11 FW Ghana GHA Ibrahim Sadiq
12 GK Netherlands NED Hobie Verhulst
14 MF Serbia SRB Kristijan Belić
15 DF Mexico MEX Mateo Chávez
16 DF Japan JPN Seiya Maikuma
17 FW Denmark DEN Isak Jensen
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Netherlands NED Dave Kwakman
22 DF Netherlands NED Elijah Dijkstra
23 FW Sweden SWE Mayckel Lahdo
25 FW Netherlands NED Lequincio Zeefuik
26 MF Netherlands NED Kees Smit
27 FW Netherlands NED Ro-Zangelo Daal
28 MF Netherlands NED Zico Buurmeester
30 DF Netherlands NED Denso Kasius
31 GK Netherlands NED Daniël Virginio Deen
34 DF Netherlands NED Mees de Wit
35 FW Netherlands NED Mexx Meerdink
41 GK Netherlands NED Jeroen Zoet
52 DF Netherlands NED Billy van Duijl
— FW Netherlands NED Myron van Brederode

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Netherlands NED Lewis Schouten (at Excelsior Rotterdam until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Netherlands NED Sem Westerveld (at MVV Maastricht until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Netherlands Elijah Dijkstra Jong AZ 1 July 2025
DF Mexico Mateo Chávez Mexico Chivas €2,000,000 [2]
MF Denmark Isak Jensen Denmark Viborg FF €4,000,000 15 July 2025 [3]
MF Netherlands Billy van Duijl Jong AZ 4 August 2025

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Netherlands Lewis Schouten Netherlands Excelsior Loan 1 July 2025 [4]
GK Netherlands Sem Westerveld Netherlands MVV 2 July 2025 [5]
MF Netherlands Jayden Addai Italy Como €14,000,000 4 July 2025 [6]
FW Netherlands Ruben van Bommel Netherlands PSV €15,800,000 11 July 2025 [7]
DF Netherlands Bruno Martins Indi Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Loan 15 July 2025 [8]
DF Norway David Møller Wolfe England Wolverhampton Wanderers €12,000,000 2 August 2025 [9]
MF Serbia Kristijan Belić Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Loan 10 August 2025 [10]
FW Netherlands Ernest Poku Germany Bayer Leverkusen €10,000,000 12 August 2025 [11]

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2025 Friendly AZ Netherlands 0–1 Belgium Zulte Waregem Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:30 Report
  • Opoku 64'
 Stadium: Sportpark V.V. Dirkshorn
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
9 July 2025 Friendly AZ Netherlands 3–2 Greece Aris Epe, Netherlands
17:00
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg
12 July 2025 Friendly AZ 3–2 Almere City Epe, Netherlands
13:00
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg
16 July 2025 Friendly Gent Belgium 1–2 Netherlands AZ Gent, Belgium
19:00
Report
Stadium: Planet Group Arena
19 July 2025 Friendly AZ Netherlands 2–1 Croatia Lokomotiva Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:30
Report
Stadium: Sportpark V.V. Dirkshorn
3 August 2025 Friendly AZ Netherlands 2–2 Greece OFI Crete Dirkshorn, Netherlands
15:00
Report
Stadium: Sportpark V.V. Dirkshorn

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 10 August 2025 17 May 2026 Matchday 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
KNVB Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Conference League 24 July 2025 Second qualifying round 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 075.00
Total 5 4 0 1 16 5 +11 080.00

Last updated: 14 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2025–26 Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Feyenoord 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 PEC Zwolle 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 AZ 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4 Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6 Ajax 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
7 Utrecht 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 22 July 2025.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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GroundHAHA
ResultW
Position4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The full schedule was released in 18 June 2025.[12]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2025 1 AZ 4–1 Groningen Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 17,935
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
17 August 2025 2 FC Volendam v AZ Volendam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kras Stadion
24 August 2025 3 AZ v PEC Zwolle Alkmaar
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFAS Stadion
31 August 2025 4 NAC Breda v AZ Breda
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2025–26 KNVB Cup
TBD Third round v
TBD CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2025.[13]

24 July 2025 First leg Ilves Finland 4–3 Netherlands AZ Tampere, Finland
19:00 CEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion
Attendance: 5,413
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)
31 July 2025 Second leg AZ Netherlands 5–0
(8–4 agg.)		 Finland Ilves Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 13,057
Referee: var Orri Kristjánsson (Iceland)

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 21 July 2025.[14]

7 August 2025 First leg AZ Netherlands 3–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • De Donno Yellow card 82'
 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 11,476
Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)
14 August 2025 Second leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–1
(0–4 agg.)		 Netherlands AZ Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Snir Levi (Israel Football Association)

Play-off round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League play-off round
20 August 2025 First leg Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Netherlands AZ Sofia, Bulgaria
TBD CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
27 August 2025 Second leg AZ Netherlands v Bulgaria Levski Sofia Alkmaar, Netherlands
TBD CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Statistics

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos. Player Eredivisie KNVB Cup Conference League Total
1 41 GK Netherlands Jeroen Zoet 0 0 3 3
Totals 0 0 3 3

Last updated: 14 August 2025.
Source: FBref.com

References

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  9. ^ "Wolves sign Norway left-back Wolfe from AZ Alkmaar". BBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ^ "לב צהוב: מה יביא כריסטיאן בליץ' למכבי תל אביב?". Sport 5. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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  13. ^ "UEFA Conference League second qualifying round draw".
  14. ^ "UEFA Conference League third qualifying round draw".
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