2011–12 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar
2011–12 season
Chairman	René Neelissen
Manager	Gertjan Verbeek
Eredivisie	4th
UEFA Europa League	Group Stage
Home colours	Away colours

The 2011–12 AZ Alkmaar season is the club's 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[1]

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 Berg 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

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	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

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

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

Qualification rounds

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

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

Round of 32

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

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

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

References

"First Team Squad List". AZ. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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[1] "First Team Squad List". AZ. Retrieved 25 September 2011.