2009–10 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2009–10 season was Alkmaar Zaanstreek's 43rd competitive season, 12th consecutive season in the Eredivisie and 43rd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, AZ participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup, Johan Cruyff Shield and UEFA Champions League.

AZ

2009–10 season
Manager	Ronald Koeman (until 5 December) Martin Haar (caretaker, from 5 December to 10 December) Dick Advocaat (from 10 December)
Stadium	DSB Stadion
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Fourth round
Johan Cruyff Shield	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mounir El Hamdaoui (20) All: Mounir El Hamdaoui (23)
Home colours
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Squad

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  CRO Joey Didulica 2 DF  NED Kew Jaliens 4 DF  MEX Héctor Moreno 6 DF  NED David Mendes da Silva 7 FW  NED Jeremain Lens 8 MF  NED Stijn Schaars 10 FW  MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui 11 MF  BEL Maarten Martens 14 DF  EST Ragnar Klavan 15 MF  DEN Simon Poulsen 16 MF  SWE Pontus Wernbloom

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  BEL Mousa Dembélé 20 MF  SWE Rasmus Elm 21 GK  NED Erik Heijblok 22 GK  ARG Sergio Romero 23 MF  NED Nick van der Velden 24 MF  AUS James Holland 25 DF  FIN Niklas Moisander 26 MF  PAR Celso Ortiz 27 MF  AUS Brett Holman 28 DF  BEL Gill Swerts 29 FW  ITA Graziano Pellè

Source: ^[1]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	1 August 2009	2 May 2010	Matchday 1	5th	34	19	5	10	64	34	+30	055.88
KNVB Cup	22 September 2009	22 December 2009	Second round	Fourth Round	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	066.67
Johan Cruyff Shield	25 July 2009		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
UEFA Champions League	16 September 2009	9 December 2009	Group stage	Group stage	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	000.00
Total					44	22	9	13	80	46	+34	050.00

Source: Competitions

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2009 Johan Cruyff Shield

AZ, as Eredivisie winners in the previous season, played against Heerenveen in the 2009 Johan Cruyff Shield, who themselves won the KNVB Cup.

AZ v Heerenveen

25 July 2009 Final	AZ	5–1	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holman 15' El Hamdaoui 25' Martens 28' Lens 67', 87'	Report	Breuer  10' Papadopulos 60'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Björn Kuipers

Eredivisie

Main article: 2009–10 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	PSV	34	23	9	2	72	29	+43	78	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	Feyenoord	34	17	12	5	54	31	+23	63
5	AZ	34	19	5	10	64	34	+30	62	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Heracles	34	17	5	12	54	49	+5	56	Qualification to European competition play-offs
7	Utrecht (O)	34	14	11	9	39	33	+6	53

Source: eredivsie.nl (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

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
34	19	5	10	64	34	+30	62	11	2	4	33	16	+17	8	3	6	31	18	+13

Source: Competitions

Matches

Heracles v AZ

1 August 2009 1	Heracles	3–2	AZ	Almelo
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Everton 7' Overtoom 48' Fledderus 62'	Report	Pellè 77' El Hamdaoui 77'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

AZ v Sparta Rotterdam

7 August 2009 2	AZ	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
20:50 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 6' El Hamdaoui 64'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Eric Braamhaar

RKC Waalwijk v AZ

15 August 2009 3	RKC Waalwijk	0–6	AZ	Waalwijk
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	El Hamdaoui 15', 67' Dembélé 52' Martens 75', 79' Lens 82'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Referee: Richard Liesveld

Heerenveen v AZ

23 August 2009 4	Heerenveen	0–2	AZ	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lejsal 30' (o.g.) El Hamdaoui 64'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Ruud Bossen

AZ v Willem II

29 August 2009 5	AZ	2–1	Willem II	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holman 7' Moreno 24'	Report	Zijler 23'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Kevin Blom

ADO Den Haag v AZ

12 September 2009 6	ADO Den Haag	2–1	AZ	The Hague
20:50 CEST (UTC+2)	Verhoek 4' Immers 54'	Report	Lens 86'	Stadium: ADO Den Haag Stadion Referee: Roelof Luinge

AZ v NEC

19 September 2009 7	AZ	0–1	NEC	Alkmaar
20:47 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Davids 87'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Björn Kuipers

Utrecht v AZ

26 September 2009 8	Utrecht	1–0	AZ	Utrecht
18:48 CEST (UTC+2)	Keller 14'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Referee: Eric Braamhaar

AZ v NAC Breda

3 October 2009 9	AZ	1–0	NAC Breda	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lens 30'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Richard Liesveld

Twente v AZ

17 October 2009 10	Twente	3–2	AZ	Enschede
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Perez 36' Ruiz 61' Nkufo 90'	Report	El Hamdaoui 57' Wisgerhof 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Pieter Vink

AZ v Ajax

25 October 2009 11	AZ	2–4	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	El Hamdaoui 28' Pellè 90+2'	Report	Emanuelson 57' Suárez 58', 90+1' Van der Wiel 65'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Danny Makkelie

Groningen v AZ

31 October 2009 12	Groningen	0–1	AZ	Groningen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lens 85'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Tom van Sichem

AZ v Feyenoord

8 November 2009 13	AZ	1–1	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Holmann 55'	Report	Cissé 5'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Björn Kuipers

Roda JC v AZ

21 November 2009 14	Roda JC	2–4	AZ	Kerkrade
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kah 27' Yulu-Matondo 53' Junker  54'	Report	Lens 3', 75' Elm 70' Jonathas 80',  83',  90+1'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ v VVV-Venlo

28 November 2009 15	AZ	2–0	VVV-Venlo	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lens 21' Holman 47'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ v Vitesse Arnhem

4 December 2009 16	AZ	1–2	Vitesse Arnhem	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 9',  79'	Report	Molhoek  48' Nilsson 50' Stevanović 59',  79'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Roelof Luinge

PSV v AZ

12 December 2009 17	PSV	1–0	AZ	Eindhoven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Toivonen 86'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Referee: Pieter Vink

AZ v ADO Den Haag

19 December 2009 18	AZ	3–0	ADO Den Haag	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Elm 10' Pocognoli 30' Martens 88'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v AZ

24 January 2010 19	Ajax	1–0	AZ	Amsterdam
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van der Wiel 63'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Björn Kuipers

AZ v Groningen

30 January 2010 20	AZ	0–1	Groningen	Alkmaar
19:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Matavž 55'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Bas Nijhuis

NAC Breda v AZ

2 February 2010 21	NAC Breda	1–1	AZ	Breda
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kwakman 90'	Report	Moisander 75'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Referee: Ed Janssen

Feyenoord v AZ

7 February 2010 22	Feyenoord	1–2	AZ	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wernbloom 39' (o.g.)	Report	El Hamdaoui 28' Moreno 87'	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Eric Braamhaar

AZ v Roda JC

13 February 2010 23	AZ	2–0	Roda JC	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kah 70' (o.g.) Elm 84'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Jan Wegereef

VVV-Venlo v AZ

20 February 2010 24	VVV-Venlo	3–3	AZ	Venlo
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Auassar 55' Schaken 69' Uchebo 75'	Report	Wernbloom 30' Poulsen  37', 61' El Hamdaoui 62'	Stadium: De Koel Referee: Dick van Egmond

Vitesse Arnhem v AZ

27 February 2010 25	Vitesse Arnhem	0–3	AZ	Arnhem
19:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	El Hamdaoui 45', 49', 56'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ v Heerenveen

6 March 2010 26	AZ	4–1	Heerenveen	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Martens 22' Schaars  25' El Hamdaoui 35' Lens 68' Holman 90'	Report	Đuričić 20',  21'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Pieter Vink

AZ v RKC Waalwijk

13 March 2010 27	AZ	6–2	RKC Waalwijk	Alkmaar
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	El Hamdaoui 1', 35', 74' Dembélé 9' Moreno 21' Lens 71'	Report	De Ceulaer 8' Boerrigter 90+1'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Michel Winter

Sparta Rotterdam v AZ

21 March 2010 28	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	AZ	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mendes 4' Jaliens  36' Moreno  85'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Referee: Björn Kuipers

AZ v Heracles

27 March 2010 29	AZ	3–2	Heracles	Alkmaar
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lens 40', 64', 84' Moreno  76'	Report	Douglas 72' Armenteros 79'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Jan Wegereef

AZ v Utrecht

3 April 2010 30	AZ	2–0	Utrecht	Alkmaar
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Martens 4' El Hamdaoui 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Kevin Blom

NEC v AZ

10 April 2010 31	NEC	0–0	AZ	Nijmegen
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vleminckx  20' Fejzullahu  72'	Report		Stadium: Goffertstadion Referee: Eric Braamhaar

AZ v Twente

13 April 2010 32	AZ	1–0	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	El Hamdaoui 8'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Pieter Vink

Willem II v AZ

18 April 2010 33	Willem II	0–3	AZ	Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Moreno 12' Holman 71' El Hamdaoui 78'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Referee: Bas Nijhuis

AZ v PSV

2 May 2010 34	AZ	1–1	PSV	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Moisander  60' El Hamdaoui 69'	Report	Bakkal 61',  85'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2009–10 KNVB Cup

AZ v Jong Ajax

22 September 2009 Second round	AZ	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Jong Ajax	Alkmaar
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dembélé 91', 94'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion

AZ v Spakenburg

28 October 2009 Third round	AZ	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Spakenburg	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wernbloom 51', 105' Schaars 76' Jonathas 113' El Hamdaoui 120'	Report	Houwing 6' Bonevacia 90'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Referee: Ruud Bossen

Feyenoord v AZ

22 December 2009 Fourth Round	Feyenoord	1–0	AZ	Rotterdam
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wijnaldum 41'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Jack van Hulten

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	OLY	STL	AZ
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–0	4–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10			1–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Standard Liège	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League		2–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	AZ	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4			1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Olympiacos v AZ

16 September 2009 1	Olympiacos	1–0	AZ	Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Torosidis 79'	Report	Mendes  37' Schaars  84'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 29,018[2] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

AZ v Standard Liège

29 September 2009 2	AZ	1–1	Standard Liège	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	El Hamdaoui  18', 48'	Report	Sarr  40' Jovanović  63' Traoré 90+1'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16,373[3] Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

AZ v Arsenal

20 October 2009 3	AZ	1–1	Arsenal	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lens  89' Mendes 90+3'	Report	Fàbregas 36' Van Persie  48' Clichy  66' Vela  77'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16,666[4] Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Arsenal v AZ

4 November 2009 4	Arsenal	4–1	AZ	London, England
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Fàbregas 25', 52' Nasri 43' Diaby 72'	Report	Moisander  66' Lens 82'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,345[5] Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

AZ v Olympiacos

24 November 2009 5	AZ	0–0	Olympiacos	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Pocognoli  65' Moreno  90+1'	Report	Mitroglou  73' Bravo  81'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16,213[6] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Standard Liège v AZ

9 December 2009 6	Standard Liège	1–1	AZ	Liège, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré  90' Bolat 90+5'	Report	Lens 42' Pocognoli  43' Jaliens  87'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 24,359[7] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)