2014–15 AZ Alkmaar season

During the 2014–15 season, AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 17th consecutive season and the KNVB CUP under new manager Marco van Basten, and then John van den Brom after Van Basten relinquished his role after health issues, becoming assistant to Van den Brom.[1] Under Gertjan Verbeek and Dick Advocaat the previous season, AZ lost their title of KNVB Cup to PEC Zwolle after being eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual league winners Ajax and finishing eighth in the league.

AZ
Full nameAlkmaar Zaanstreek
Nickname(s)The Cheese Farmers
2014–15 AZ Alkmaar season
2014/15 season
ChairmanRené Neelissen
ManagerJohn van den Brom
GroundAFAS Stadion
, capacity: 17,023
Eredivisie3rd
KNVB CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerNemanja Gudelj

Background

Following the 2013–14 season in which AZ broke their record for most competitive games in a season (58) [2] which started in the KNVB Cup on 27 July 2013 (an extra time loss to Ajax) and ended in the Eredivisie UEFA Europa League play-offs (3–0 loss to Groningen).

During this run of 58 games, Gertjan Verbeek was sacked and Dick Advocaat was brought out of retirement to replace Verbeek until the end of the season.[3] The club finished in 8th and lost at the final stages of the play-offs for European football.

League results were inconsistent, although the club managed to make the quarter-finals of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, playing Atromitos,[4] PAOK, Maccabi Haifa, Shakhter Karagandy,[5] Slovan Liberec, Anzhi Makhachkala before being eliminated by Benfica.[6]

For the new season, Marco van Basten left Heerenveen to sign a two-year contract at AZ, expressing his desire for the new challenge.[7]

Transfers

Arrivals

  • The following players moved to AZ.
Name Position Previous club Fee Date
Guus Hupperts[8][9]RW Roda JC€1,000,000Summer
Robert Mühren[10][11]CF Volendam€300,000Summer
Djavan Anderson[12][13]RB Ajax U19€200,000Summer
Muamer Tanković[14][15][16]FW Fulham U21Free (end of contract)Summer
Sergio Rochet[17][18]GK DanubioUndiscolsedSummer

Departures

  • The following players moved from AZ.
Name Position New club Fee Date
Nick ViergeverCB/LB/CDM Ajax[19]€2,000,000Summer
Roy BeerensRW Hertha BSC[20]€1,500,000Summer
Ruud BoymansCF Utrecht[21]UndisclosedSummer
Thomas LamCB PEC Zwolle[22]Free (percentage of next sale)Summer
Johann Berg GuðmundssonLWCharlton Athletic[23]Free (end of contract)Summer
Etiënne ReijnenCB Cambuur[24]Free (end of contract)Summer
Erik FalkenburgCM NAC Breda[25]Free (end of contract)Summer
Hobie VelhurstGK MVV Maastricht[26]Free (end of contract)Summer
Erik HeijblokGK Volendam[27]Free (end of contract)Summer
Paul KokLB Oss[28]Free (end of contract)Summer
Willie OvertoomCAM Zulte Waregem [29]Contract terminatedSummer
Dirk MarcellisRB NAC Breda [30]Contract expiredSummer
Mikhail RosheuvelRW CambuurUndisclosedJanuary
Viktor ElmCM Kalmar FFUndisclosedMarch

Loans

  • The following players moved to new clubs whilst under contract at AZ.
Name Position New club Loan period
Jonas HeymansLB Willem II[31]Full season
Joris van OvereemCM Dordrecht[32]Full season
Denni AvdićST Heracles Almelo[33]Full season
Donny GorterLB/CM Aalborg BK[34]Full season
Fernando LewisFW Go Ahead Eagles[35]August–January
Fernando LewisFW DordrechtJanuary–May
Eli BabaljCF PEC ZwolleJanuary–May
Raymond GyasiFW Roda JCJanuary–May

Pre-season friendlies

AZ's pre-season began on 30 June with their first training session[36] and consisted of seven official matches which started with an away friendly match on 5 July 2014 against Dutch amateurs SVW '27 from Heerhugowaard, just outside Alkmaar, and amateur club AFC'34 from Alkmaar.

5 July 2014 Friendly SVW’27 1–14 AZ Heerhugowaard
Bakker  2' Tanković  4', 44'
Haye  7', 45'
Berghuis  16'
Gorter  28' (pen.)
Wuytens  35'
Johansson  42'
Avdić  49', 71'
Elm  57'
Rosheuvel  60'
Henriksen  62'
Haps  90'
Stadium: Sportpark de Kabel
9 July 2014 Friendly AFC'34 1–4 AZ Alkmaar
Ben Hamed  11' Tanković  12' (pen.), 32'
Henriksen  40'
Anderson  53'
Stadium: Robonsbosweg

Following the games against amateur opposition the club played a friendly with the full AZ squad, with two teams (blue and red) where both teams were mixed with regular first team players.

Then followed a weeks training camp in Epe, Netherlands where AZ played their first games against professional teams in the pre-season; they played reserves against NEC, newly relegated from the Eredivisie, on the Saturday and then on Sunday fielded a full strength team against Gabala FK of Azerbaijan on the final day of the training camp.

19 July 2014 Friendly AZ 0–0 NEC Epe
- - Stadium: sv Wissel
Attendance: 400
Referee: Wim Bronsvoort
20 July 2014 Friendly AZ 2–0 Gabala Epe
Tanković  27', 70' Urfan Abbasov  ?'
Ropotan  ?'
Marquinhos Carioca  ?'
Stadium: sv Wissel
Attendance: 250
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

After the training camp in Epe, AZ had a specially arranged friendly against Eerste Divisie side VVV to celebrate exactly 60th year anniversary since the two teams first met in a competitive game.[37] This special fixture had silverware to be won in the form of the Herman Teeuwen Bokkal, a pre-season competition organised by VVV to play larger teams for the trophy named after the legendary VVV player and scout Herman Teeuwen. After VVV winning against OFI Crete last year on this occasion AZ were victorious and awarded the cup;here is the AZ captain, Nemanja Gudelj, with the trophy.[38]

26 July 2014 Friendly VVV 0–2 AZ Venlo
- Gudelj  ?'
Gouweleeuw  83'
Ortiz  90'
Stadium: Seacon Stadion
Referee: Edwin de Graaf

After winning silverware, AZ agreed to play a friendly against German Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim as part of their training camp in Switzerland. The final match of pre-season has been arranged for 1 August on the training field outside AFAS Stadion[39] and will once again feature players from just the AZ squad. This game featured the squad wearing their new kits for the forthcoming season.[40] The white (away) kit was worn by fringe members of the squad and black (away) kits were worn by the reserve and under-19 AZ players. This concluded the pre-season with only eight days remaining until the Eredivisie season opener against Heracles Almelo away.

31 July 2014 Friendly AZ 0–3 1899 Hoffenheim Weggis
Gouweleeuw  ?'
Johansson  ?'
Firmino  25'
Rudy  57'
Modeste  71'
Salihović  88'
Stadium: Thermoplan Arena

Accurate as of 1 August

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player (pen.)
1. Muamer Tanković 7(1)
2. Thom Haye 2
Denni Avdić 2
Markus Henriksen 2
Donny Gorter 2 (2)
6. Steven Berghuis 1
Jan Wuytens 1
Mattias Johansson 1
Viktor Elm 1
Mikhail Rosheuvel 1
Ridgeciano Haps 1
Djavan Anderson 1
Joris van Overeem 1
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 1
Celso Ortiz 1
Total 25(3)

Goals conceded

Against (pen.) Scorers
1899 Hoffenheim 3 Rudy
Modeste
Salihović
AZ Rood 2(1) Tankovic
Gorter (pen.)
SVW’27 1 Bakker
AFC'34 1 Ben Hamed
AZ Blauw 1 van Overeem
NEC 0 -
Qabala 0 -
VVV 0 -
AZ Wit 0 -
AZ Zwart 0 -
Total 8(1)

Accurate as of 1 August

Eredivisie

The regular domestic league season began with an away fixture in the start of August 2015 to Heracles Almelo and finished away to Excelsior in mid-late May 2015.[41]

9 August 2014 1 Heracles Almelo 0–3 AZ Almelo
Fledderus  64' Berghuis  56'
Hupperts  62'
Tanković 75'
Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 8,315
Referee: Dennis Higler
17 August 2014 2 AZ 1–3 Ajax Alkmaar
Berghuis  50'
Wuytens  75'
Gouweleeuw  90'
Hupperts  90'
Klaassen  15'
Sigþórsson  37'
Schöne  69'
El Ghazi  90'
Moisander  90'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,011
Referee: Kevin Blom
23 August 2014 3 Willem II 3–0 AZ Tilburg
Andrade  14'
Messaoud  29'
Ondaan  33'
Vicento  86'
Summary Wuytens  37' Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
30 August 2014 4 Dordrecht 1–3 AZ Dordrecht
Gosens  3'
Lieder  53'
Haddad  68'
Summary Hupperts  6'
Tanković  22'
Gudelj  53'
Berghuis  58'
Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion
Attendance: 4,235
Referee: Ed Janssen
13 September 2014 5 AZ 0–1 Heerenveen Alkmaar
Johansson  67' Report Sinkgraven  38',  58'
De Roon  76'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,398
Referee: Nijhuis
21 September 2014 6 AZ 1–0 PEC Zwolle Alkmaar
Luckassen  57'
Henriksen  72'
Hoedt  84'
Report Reinstra  23' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,748
Referee: Kuipers
27 September 2014 7 ADO Den Haag 2–3 AZ The Hague
Zuiverloon  8'
Kramer  42'
Alberg  58'  85'
Report Luckassen  25'
Hupperts  29'
Poulsen  45'
Johansson  67'
Gudelj  83'
Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: 10,678
Referee: Tom van Sichem
5 October 2014 8 AZ 2–2 Twente Alkmaar
Mühren  28'
Tanković  84'
Rochet  90'
Summary Ebecilio  55'
Bjelland  57'
Ziyech  59'
Marsman  83'
Bengtsson  90+1'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,333
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer
18 October 2014 9 PSV 3–0 AZ Eindhoven
Narsingh  20'
Maher  29', 41'
L Luckassen  4'
Elm  47'
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 31,400
Referee: Kuipers
25 October 2014 10 AZ 2–2 Groningen Alkmaar
Johansson  57'
Rosheuvel  59'
Gudelj  83'
De Leeuw  10'
Hoesen  52'
Botteghin  58'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,019
Referee: Pol van Boekel
2 November 2014 11 AZ 3–3 Excelsior Alkmaar
Gudelj  33'
Van Diermen  68' (o.g.)
Tanković  73'
Johansson  83'
Summary Kuipers  5'
Auassar  10'
Fischer  39'
Karami  40'
Vermeulen  77'
De Reuver  84'
Bruins  86'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,236
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
8 November 2014 12 NAC Breda 0–1 AZ Breda
De Kamps  57' Summary Gudelj  20',  57'
Poulsen  81'
Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Tom van Sichem
22 November 2014 13 AZ 1–0 Vitesse Alkmaar
Jóhannsson  14' Summary Labyad  65'
Pröpper  87'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,517
Referee: Nijhuis
29 November 2014 14 Cambuur 0–2 AZ Leeuwarden
Report Gudelj  39' (pen.), 55' Stadium: Cambuur Stadion
Attendance: 9,843
Referee: Dennis Higler
6 December 2014 15 AZ 2-0 Go Ahead Eagles Alkmaar
Jóhannsson  25'
Johansson  53'
Gudelj  63'
Dos Santos  70'
Summary Van der Linden  49'
De Sa  89'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,188
Referee: Pieter Vink
14 December 2014 16 Feyenoord 2–2 AZ Rotterdam
Kazim-Richards  53'
Boëtius  58'
Clasie  90+3'
Summary Hoedt  25'
Haye  28'
Tanković  30'
Alvarado  59'
Gouweleeuw  59'
Haps  88'
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
20 December 2014 17 AZ 0–3 Utrecht Alkmaar
Haye  34'
Ortiz  53'
Summary Duplan  12', 28',  76'
Diemers  37'
Ayoub  66'
Hardeveld  88'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,825
Referee: Richard Liesveld
17 January 2015 18 AZ 2–0 Dordrecht Alkmaar
Poulsen  25'
Gudelj  51'
Summary Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,714
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
24 January 2015 19 PEC Zwolle 1–1 AZ Zwolle
Lukoki  15' Summary Gudelj  5',  66'
Gouweleeuw  72'
Ortiz  82'
Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,250
Referee: Pieter Vink
1 February 2015 20 AZ 3–1 Heracles Almelo Alkmaar
Jóhannsson  9'
Hupperts  26'
Haps  46'
Berghuis  54'
Henriksen  88'
Summary Aktaou  39'
Linssen  44'
Schenkeveld  75'
Darri  81'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,512
Referee: Björn Kuipers
5 February 2015 21 Ajax 0–1 AZ Amsterdam
Moisander  61' Summary Berghuis  43'
Jóhannsson  76'
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 47,724
Referee: Pol van Boekel
8 February 2015 22 Groningen 2–4 AZ Groningen
Berghuis  8' (o.g.)
De Leeuw  37'
Kieftenbeld  62'
Summary Berghuis  45'
Gouweleeuw  59'
Henriksen  65', 82'
Hoedt  80'
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 18,807
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
23 AZ v PSV Alkmaar
Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player (pen.)
1. Steven Berghuis 3
2= Guus Hupperts 2
Muamer Tanković 2
Total 7

Goals conceded

Against Scorers
Ajax 3 Davy Klaassen
Lasse Schöne
Anwar El Ghazi
Willem II 3 Bruno Andrade
Ali Messaoud
Charlton Vicento
Dordrecht 1 Mart Lieder
Heracles Almelo 0 -
Heerenveen - -
PEC Zwolle - -
ADO Den Haag - -
Twente - -
PSV - -
Groningen - -
Excelsior - -
NAC - -
Vitesse - -
Cambuur - -
Go Ahead Eagles - -
Feyenoord - -
Utrecht - -
Total 7

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 29 1 4 92 31 +61 88 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 21 8 5 69 29 +40 71 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 AZ 34 19 5 10 63 56 +7 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 34 17 8 9 56 39 +17 59 Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Vitesse (O) 34 16 10 8 66 43 +23 58
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Four teams played for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

KNVB Cup

AZ were drawn against the winners of the first round match on 27 August 2014 between Limburg amateurs EVV and Spirit'30, amateurs from Hoogkarspel for the second round of the KNVB Cup.[42][43] EVV were victorious in the match, winning 4–0, and AZ will visit the 2,000 capacity Sportpark "In de Bandert" on 24 September 2014.[44]

24 September 2014 Round 2 EVV 0–1 AZ Echt-Susteren
Summary Haye  27' Stadium: Sportpark "In de Bandert"
Attendance: 2,124
Referee: Dennis Higler
29 October 2014 Round 3 GVVV 0–5 AZ Veenendaal
Summary Gudelj  9'
Gouweleeuw  17'
Elm  80'
Mühren  82'
Rosheuvel  90'
Stadium: Sportpark Panhuis
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
17 December 2014 Round of 16 AZ 2–1 NEC Alkmaar
Tanković  33', 62' (pen.)
Haye  90+2'
Summary Santos  38'
Daemen  62'
Limbombe  66'
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 8,066
Referee: Tom van Sichem
27 January 2015 Quarter-final Twente 3–0 AZ Enschede
Castaignos  24'
Ziyech  44', 62'
Summary Ortiz  13'
Poulsen  38'
Gouweleeuw  66'
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 18,600
Referee: Kevin Blom

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player (pen.)
1. -(-)
Total -(-)

Goals conceded

Against (pen.) Scorers
EVV - -
Total -(-)

Squad Performance

Player League starts (pen.) Unused sub. Cup starts (pen.) Unused sub.
01. Esteban Alvarado 3 -6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
02. Mattias Johansson 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
03. Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04. Jan Wuytens 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06. Celso Ortiz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07. Guus Hupperts 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08. Nemanja Gudelj (c) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09. Aron Jóhannsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10. Markus Henriksen 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11. Muamer Tanković 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Viktor Elm 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
14. Wesley Hoedt 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
15. Simon Poulsen 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17. Djavan Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18. Mikhail Rosheuvel 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
19. Eli Babalj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20. Thom Haye 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
21. Robert Mühren 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
22. Steven Berghuis 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23. Derrick Luckassen 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
24. Ridgeciano Haps 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
25. Sergio Rochet 1 -1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
16. Yves De Winter 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Squad Numbers

Domestic

Player Team League starts (pen.) Unused sub. Cup starts (pen.) Unused sub.
Joris van Overeem Dordrecht 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonas Heymans Willem II 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denni Avdić Heracles Almelo 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernando Lewis Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Foreign

Player Team League XI (pen.) Unused sub. League Cup XI (pen.) Unused sub. European Competition XI (pen.)
Donny Gorter Aalborg BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Accurate as of matchday four.

International appearances

The following first team players played for their respective nations during the 2014–15 season:

Player National Team Position Time Played Goals
- - - - -

UEFA current ranking

As of 04/07/2014[45]
RankCountryTeamPoints
34Galatasaray47.980
35Dynamo Kyiv47.166
36AZ45.612
37Lazio45.568
38Athletic Bilbao43.299

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