2019–20 AZ Alkmaar season

The 2019–20 season was AZ Alkmaar's 53rd season in existence and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. AZ Alkmaar competed in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

AZ Alkmaar

2019–20 season
Chairman	René Neelissen
Head coach	Arne Slot
Stadium	AFAS Stadion Cars Jeans Stadion
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Myron Boadu (14) All: Myron Boadu (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

As of 30 August 2019^[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  NED Marco Bizot 2 DF  NOR Jonas Svensson 3 DF  GRE Pantelis Hatzidiakos 4 DF  NED Ron Vlaar 5 DF  NED Thomas Ouwejan 6 MF  NOR Fredrik Midtsjø 7 FW  NED Calvin Stengs 8 MF  NED Teun Koopmeiners (captain) 9 FW  NED Myron Boadu 10 MF  NED Dani de Wit 11 FW  MAR Oussama Idrissi 14 FW  NED Ferdy Druijf

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  NED Owen Wijndal 16 GK  NED Jasper Schendelaar 17 FW  NED Zakaria Aboukhlal 20 MF  NED Jordy Clasie 21 MF  NED Kenzo Goudmijn 22 GK  NED Rody de Boer 23 DF  NED Léon Bergsma 24 MF  NED Tijjani Reijnders 26 DF  JPN Yukinari Sugawara (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) 28 FW  ISL Albert Guðmundsson 29 DF  NED Joris Kramer 30 DF  BEL Stijn Wuytens

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 — FW  NED Jelle Duin ( at FC Volendam until 30 June 2020) — FW  NED Jeremy Helmer ( at De Graafschap until 30 June 2020) — MF  NED Mees Hoedemakers ( at Cambuur until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NOR Bjørn Maars Johnsen ( at Rosenborg until 30 June 2020) — FW  CZE Ondřej Mihálik ( at Viktoria Plzeň until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF	Yukinari Sugawara	Nagoya Grampus	Loan	Season	[2]
22 July 2019	MF	Jordy Clasie	Southampton	Transfer	Free	[3]

Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	GK	Nick Olij	NAC Breda	Transfer	Free	[4]
1 July 2019	MF	Mats Seuntjens	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	Transfer	Undisclosed	[5]
1 July 2019	MF	Adam Maher	FC Utrecht	Transfer	Free	[6]
1 July 2019	GK	Piet Velthuizen	Released	Transfer	Free	[7]
1 July 2019	DF	Ricardo van Rhijn	Sc Heerenveen	Transfer	Free	[8]
1 July 2019	MF	Jamie Jacobs	SC Cambuur	Transfer	Undisclosed	[9]
1 July 2019	FW	Ondrej Mihalik	Viktoria Plzen	Loan	Season with Option	[10]
1 July 2019	MF	Mees Hoedemakers	SC Cambuur	Loan	Season with Option	[11]
2 July 2019	MF	Iliass Bel Hassani	PEC Zwolle	Transfer	Undisclosed	[citation needed]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

AZ v Eendracht Aalst

22 June 2019 Friendly	AZ	3–1	Eendracht Aalst	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn

AZ v Oleksandriya

29 June 2019 Friendly	AZ	0–3	Oleksandriya	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Hrechyshkin 21' (pen.) Dovhyi 56' Kovalets 82'	Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn

AZ v PAOK

3 July 2019 Friendly	AZ	1–0	PAOK	Wenum-Wiesel, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stengs 45'			Stadium: Sportpark Wiesel

AZ v Club Brugge

6 July 2019 Friendly	AZ	5–2	Club Brugge	Garderen, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark De Westeneng

Telstar v AZ

13 July 2019 Friendly	Telstar	3–0	AZ	Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rabobank IJmond Stadion

Gent v AZ

17 July 2019 Friendly	Gent	2–0	AZ	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

AZ v Beerschot-Wilrijk

27 July 2019 Friendly	AZ	0–1	Beerschot-Wilrijk	Wijdewormer, Netherlands
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex

KV Mechelen v AZ

10 January 2020 Friendly	KV Mechelen	1–5	AZ	Oliva, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Camargo 10'		Stengs 17' De Wit 35' Idrissi 40' Druijf 65', 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	4 August 2019	24 May 2020	Matchday 1	2nd	25	18	2	5	54	17	+37	072.00
KNVB Cup	18 December 2019	12 February 2020	Second round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
Europa League	25 July 2019	27 February 2020	Second qualifying round	Round of 32	14	5	7	2	27	13	+14	035.71
Total					42	25	9	8	87	33	+54	059.52

Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2019–20 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax	25	18	2	5	68	23	+45	56	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	AZ	25	18	2	5	54	17	+37	56	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	25	14	8	3	50	35	+15	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	PSV Eindhoven	26	14	7	5	54	28	+26	49	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Willem II	26	13	5	8	37	34	+3	44	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)^[12]

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
25	18	2	5	54	17	+37	56	10	1	2	32	8	+24	8	1	3	22	9	+13

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	C	L	W	W	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.^[13] The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.^[14][15]

AZ v Fortuna Sittard

4 August 2019 1	AZ	4–0	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlaar 53' Idrissi 55' Boadu 59' Sugawara 83'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,858 Referee: Dennis Higler

RKC Waalwijk v AZ

11 August 2019 2	RKC Waalwijk	0–2	AZ	Waalwijk
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Idrissi 35', 48'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Allard Lindhout

AZ v Groningen

18 August 2019 3	AZ	0–0	Groningen	The Hague
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 8,563 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Vitesse v AZ

1 September 2019 4	Vitesse	2–1	AZ	Arnhem
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Matavž 45+1' Bero 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Koopmeiners 33' (pen.)	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,290 Referee: Dennis Higler

AZ v Sparta Rotterdam

14 September 2019 5	AZ	5–1	Sparta Rotterdam	The Hague
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Idrissi 4', 45' Boadu 16', 33' Koopmeiners 81'	Report	Harroui 2'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

ADO Den Haag v AZ

22 September 2019 6	ADO Den Haag	0–1	AZ	The Hague
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Koopmeiners 75'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 12,091 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Feyenoord v AZ

26 September 2019 7	Feyenoord	0–3	AZ	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Boadu 39' Stengs 50' Idrissi 83'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

AZ v Heracles Almelo

29 September 2019 8	AZ	2–0	Heracles Almelo	The Hague
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Koopmeiners 55' Stengs 88'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 7,241 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Willem II v AZ

6 October 2019 9	Willem II	1–1	AZ	Tilburg
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Köhlert 31'	Report	Koopmeiners 22'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12,707 Referee: Dennis Higler

AZ v Heerenveen

19 October 2019 10	AZ	2–4	Heerenveen	The Hague
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlaar 31' Stengs 48'	Report	Botman 7' Kongolo 36' Odgaard 45+3' Koopmeiners 63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 7,648 Referee: Björn Kuipers

PSV v AZ

27 October 2019 11	PSV	0–4	AZ	Eindhoven
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thomas  22'	Report	Wijndal  33' Boadu 45', 46' Svensson 71' De Wit 76'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ v Twente

2 November 2019 12	AZ	3–0	Twente	The Hague
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hatzidiakos 45+2' De Wit 55' Boadu 78'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ v Emmen

10 November 2019 13	AZ	3–0	Emmen	The Hague
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 36' (pen.) Boadu 45' Stengs 58'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Utrecht v AZ

23 November 2019 14	Utrecht	0–3	AZ	Utrecht
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Koopmeiners 24' Idrissi 31' Boadu 50'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 22,401 Referee: Björn Kuipers

AZ v VVV-Venlo

1 December 2019 15	AZ	1–0	VVV-Venlo	The Hague
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sugawara 39'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 6,007 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

PEC Zwolle v AZ

7 December 2019 16	PEC Zwolle	0–3	AZ	Zwolle
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Boadu 15' Idrissi 42', 65'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,708 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ v Ajax

15 December 2019 17	AZ	1–0	Ajax	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Svensson  59' Clasie  80' Idrissi  86' Boadu 90'	Report	Ziyech  69'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Sparta Rotterdam v AZ

21 December 2019 18	Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	AZ	Rotterdam
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Auassar 18' Smeets 29' Dervişoğlu 57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,031 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ v Willem II

18 January 2020 19	AZ	1–3	Willem II	Alkmaar
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wuytens  11' Idrissi 27' Wijndal  71'	Report	Peters  56' Köhlert 65' Pavlidis 78' Ndayishimiye 83'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,442 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Heerenveen v AZ

25 January 2020 20	Heerenveen	1–2	AZ	Heerenveen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Veerman  28' Ejuke 69'	Report	De Wit 35' Boadu 72' Koopmeiners  76'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 19,638 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ v RKC Waalwijk

31 January 2020 21	AZ	4–0	RKC Waalwijk	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Idrissi 29', 51' Boadu 36' Stengs 65'	Report	Mulder  4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,712 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Twente v AZ

15 February 2020 23	Twente	2–0	AZ	Enschede
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aburjania 25' Menig 30' Busquets  65'	Report	Idrissi  38'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,300 Referee: Allard Lindhout

AZ v PEC Zwolle

23 February 2020 24	AZ	2–0	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 54' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Report	Zetterer  42' Paal  59'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,306 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Ajax v AZ

1 March 2020 25	Ajax	0–2	AZ	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Boadu 4' Wijndal  67' Idrissi 74' Leeuwin  79'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,707 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ v ADO Den Haag

7 March 2020 26	AZ	4–0	ADO Den Haag	Alkmaar
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Clasie  2' Koopmeiners 13' (pen.), 84' Wijndal 19' Druijf 89'	Report	Meijers  61' Băluță  78' Necid  90+1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,117 Referee: Dennis Higler

VVV-Venlo v AZ

15 March 2020 27	VVV-Venlo	Cancelled	AZ	Venlo
16:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: De Koel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 15 March, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[16]

Groningen v AZ

22 March 2020 28	Groningen	Cancelled	AZ	Groningen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 22 March, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[16]

AZ v Vitesse

4 April 2020 29	AZ	Cancelled	Vitesse	Alkmaar
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 4 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

AZ v Feyenoord

8 April 2020 22	AZ	Cancelled	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 8 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

Heracles Almelo v AZ

11 April 2020 30	Heracles Almelo	Cancelled	AZ	Almelo
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polman Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 11 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

AZ v PSV

21 April 2020 31	AZ	Cancelled	PSV	Alkmaar
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 21 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

Fortuna Sittard v AZ

25 April 2020 32	Fortuna Sittard	Cancelled	AZ	Sittard
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 25 April, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

AZ v Utrecht

3 May 2020 33	AZ	Cancelled	Utrecht	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 3 May, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

Emmen v AZ

10 May 2020 34	Emmen	Cancelled	AZ	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 10 May, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[17]

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2019–20 KNVB Cup

AZ v Groene Ster

18 December 2019 Second round	AZ	3–0	Groene Ster	Alkmaar
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Clasie  55' Druijf 60' Svensson 62' De Wit 67'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,082 Referee: Erwin Blank

TOP Oss v AZ

21 January 2020 Round of 16	TOP Oss	0–2	AZ	Oss
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Herik  52' Rommens  67'	Report	De Wit 36' Svensson  47' Koopmeiners 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

AZ v NAC Breda

12 February 2020 Quarter-finals	AZ	1–3	NAC Breda	Alkmaar
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Idrissi  56', 65'	Report	El Allouchi 35' Schouten 60' Noblejas 86' Verschueren  89'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Pol van Boekel

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

AZ v BK Häcken

25 July 2019 First leg	AZ	0–0	BK Häcken	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wijndal  18'	Report	Ekpolo  43' Ghani  60'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,492 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

BK Häcken v AZ

1 August 2019 Second leg	BK Häcken	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	AZ	Gothenburg, Sweden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lindgren  39'	Report	Wuytens  17' Stengs  39', 56' Boadu 42' Idrissi 67'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 3,845 Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

Third qualifying round

Mariupol v AZ

8 August 2019 First leg	Mariupol	0–0	AZ	Odesa, Ukraine
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Chekh  26' Polehenko  90+3'	Report	Svensson  25' Boadu  60'	Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 4,426 Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

AZ v Mariupol

15 August 2019 Second leg	AZ	4–0 (4–0 agg.)	Mariupol	The Hague, Netherlands[a]
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Idrissi  18' Stengs 20' Svensson  40' Ouwejan 44' Wuytens 62' Midtsjø  87' Yavorskyi 90' (o.g.)	Report	Myshnyov  68'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 8,018 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Play-off round

AZ v Antwerp

22 August 2019 First leg	AZ	1–1	Antwerp	Enschede, Netherlands[a]
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koopmeiners  25' Stengs  49' Boadu 82' Vlaar  85' Idrissi  90+3'	Report	Batubinsika 38' Buta  47'  73' Mbokani  63' Bolat  88' Lamkel Zé  90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Antwerp v AZ

29 August 2019 Second leg	Antwerp	1–4 (a.e.t.) (2–5 agg.)	AZ	Brussels, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodrigues  26' Mbokani  32'  35' Lamkel Zé  51'  74', 73' Seck  90+4' Bolat  97' Haroun  98' Batubinsika  101'	Report	Bizot  36' Boadu  40' Idrissi  86' Stengs 90',  97' Koopmeiners  91', 102' (pen.) Druijf 96' Wijndal  97' Guðmundsson 113'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 19,786 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	AZ	PAR	AST
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	3–0	1–0
2	AZ	6	2	3	1	15	8	+7	9			0–0	—	2–2	6–0
3	Partizan	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8			0–1	2–2	—	4–1
4	Astana	6	1	0	5	4	19	−15	3			2–1	0–5	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Partizan v AZ

19 September 2019 1	Partizan	2–2	AZ	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zdjelar  26' Natkho 42' (pen.), 61'	Report	Stengs 13' Svensson  27' Midtsjø  43' Boadu 67'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 22,564 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

AZ v Manchester United

3 October 2019 2	AZ	0–0	Manchester United	The Hague, Netherlands[b]
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dalot  90+1'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 13,863 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

AZ v Astana

24 October 2019 3	AZ	6–0	Astana	The Hague, Netherlands[b]
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Koopmeiners 39' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Boadu 43' Stengs 77' Sugawara 85' Idrissi 90+2'	Report	Shomko  38' Mayewski  41' Postnikov  83'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Astana v AZ

7 November 2019 4	Astana	0–5	AZ	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
21:50 ALMT (UTC+6)	Postnikov  75' Pertsukh  79'	Report	Boadu 29', 77' De Wit  33' Midtsjø 52' Idrissi 57' Hatzidiakos 76'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 11,584 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

AZ v Partizan

28 November 2019 5	AZ	2–2	Partizan	The Hague, Netherlands[b]
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs  38' Koopmeiners  54' Boadu  54'  84' Midtsjø  85' Druijf 85', 90+2' Bizot  90+8'	Report	Asano 16' Soumah 27' Stojković  77' Natkho  90' Brežančić  90+7'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 9,092 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Manchester United v AZ

12 December 2019 6	Manchester United	4–0	AZ	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Young 53' Greenwood 58', 64' Mata 62' (pen.) Laird  82'	Report	Clasie  29' Midtsjø  58' Koopmeiners  84'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 65,773 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase § Round of 32

AZ v LASK

20 February 2020 First leg	AZ	1–1	LASK	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs  31' Boadu  34' De Wit  71' Koopmeiners 86' (pen.)	Report	Raguž 26' Renner  29' Filipović  42' Holland  86'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,526 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

LASK v AZ

27 February 2020 Second leg	LASK	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	AZ	Linz, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Wiesinger  37'  88' Raguž 44' (pen.), 50' Filipović  63'	Report	Wijndal  24'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 12,855 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NED	Marco Bizot	41	0	24	0	3	0	14	0
16	GK	NED	Jasper Schendelaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	NED	Rody de Boer	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NOR	Jonas Svensson	38	2	23	1	3	1	12	0
3	DF	GRE	Pantelis Chatzidiakos	20	2	7+4	1	0	0	4+5	1
4	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar	13	2	10	2	0	0	1+2	0
5	DF	NED	Thomas Ouwejan	19	1	4+6	0	2+1	0	4+2	1
15	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal	39	1	24	1	1	0	14	0
26	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara	28	3	5+11	2	0+1	0	2+9	1
27	DF	NED	Ramon Leeuwin	8	0	4+1	0	1	0	2	0
29	DF	NED	Joris Kramer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	BEL	Stijn Wuytens	35	1	21	0	3	0	11	1
Midfielders
6	MF	NOR	Fredrik Midtsjø	39	1	22+1	0	3	0	13	1
8	MF	NED	Teun Koopmeiners	42	16	25	11	3	1	14	4
10	MF	NED	Dani de Wit	33	5	19+3	3	3	2	8	0
18	MF	NOR	Håkon Evjen	6	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
20	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie	32	0	10+8	0	2+1	0	3+8	0
21	MF	NED	Kenzo Goudmijn	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	MF	NED	Mohamed Taabouni	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Calvin Stengs	42	10	24+1	5	2+1	0	14	5
9	FW	NED	Myron Boadu	39	20	24	14	2	0	13	6
11	FW	MAR	Oussama Idrissi	42	17	25	13	3	1	13+1	3
14	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf	21	5	1+11	1	1+1	1	0+7	3
17	FW	NED	Zakaria Aboukhlal	15	0	0+12	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
28	FW	ISL	Albert Guðmundsson	8	1	1+3	0	0	0	1+3	1
Players transferred out during the season
10	MF	NED	Guus Til	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	NOR	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Notes

1. After a roof collapse on 10 August 2019 at their regular stadium, AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, AZ's third qualifying round home match was moved to Cars Jeans Stadion, The Hague. Their play-off round home match was moved to De Grolsch Veste, Enschede.
2. AZ played their home matches at Cars Jeans Stadion, The Hague, instead of their regular home stadium AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar due to the latter's roof collapse.^[18]