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

First team
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

Eredivisie
Main article: 2011–12 Eredivisie

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
6 Twente 34 17 9 8 82 46 +36 60 Qualification to European competition play-offs and Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 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
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
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
See also: 2011–12 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 6420156+914
AZ 6150107+38
Austria Wien 62221011−18
Malmö FF 6015415−111
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
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
Main article: List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011

References
  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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