2025–26 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar
2025–26 season
President	René Neelissen
General manager	Robert Eenhoorn
Head coach	Maarten Martens
Stadium	AFAS Stadion
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Third round
UEFA Conference League	Play-off
Top goalscorer	League: ; Troy Parrott (3); All: ; Troy Parrott (8)
Highest home attendance	17,935 vs Groningen, 10 August 2025, Eredivisie
Lowest home attendance	11,476 vs Vaduz, 7 August 2025, UEFA Conference League
Average home league attendance	14,705
Biggest win	4–1 (H)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season was the 59th season in the history of AZ Alkmaar, and was also the 28th consecutive season in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the KNVB Cup and UEFA Conference League.

Players

First team

As of 5 August 2025^[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	Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro
3	DF	NED	Wouter Goes
4	DF	NED	Maxim Dekker
5	DF	POR	Alexandre Penetra
6	MF	NED	Peer Koopmeiners
7	FW	NED	Ernest Poku
8	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie (captain)
9	FW	IRL	Troy Parrott
10	MF	NED	Sven Mijnans
11	FW	GHA	Ibrahim Sadiq
12	GK	NED	Hobie Verhulst
14	MF	SRB	Kristijan Belić
15	DF	MEX	Mateo Chávez
16	DF	JPN	Seiya Maikuma
17	FW	DEN	Isak Jensen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	NED	Dave Kwakman
22	DF	NED	Elijah Dijkstra
23	FW	SWE	Mayckel Lahdo
25	FW	NED	Lequincio Zeefuik
26	MF	NED	Kees Smit
27	FW	NED	Ro-Zangelo Daal
28	MF	NED	Zico Buurmeester
30	DF	NED	Denso Kasius
31	GK	NED	Daniël Virginio Deen
34	DF	NED	Mees de Wit
35	FW	NED	Mexx Meerdink
41	GK	NED	Jeroen Zoet
52	DF	NED	Billy van Duijl
—	FW	NED	Myron van Brederode

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
—	MF	NED	Lewis Schouten (at Excelsior Rotterdam until 30 June 2026)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NED	Sem Westerveld (at MVV Maastricht until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Elijah Dijkstra	Jong AZ		1 July 2025	^{[citation needed]}
DF	Mateo Chávez	Chivas	€2,000,000^{[citation needed]}	1 July 2025	^[2]
MF	Isak Jensen	Viborg FF	€4,000,000	15 July 2025	^{[citation needed]}	^[3]
MF	Billy van Duijl	Jong AZ		4 August 2025	^{[citation needed]}

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Lewis Schouten	Excelsior	Loan	1 July 2025	^[4]
GK	Sem Westerveld	MVV	Loan	2 July 2025	^[5]
MF	Jayden Addai	Como	€14,000,000	4 July 2025	^[6]
FW	Ruben van Bommel	PSV	€15,800,000	11 July 2025	^[7]
DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Sparta Rotterdam	Loan	15 July 2025	^[8]
DF	David Møller Wolfe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	€12,000,000	2 August 2025	^[9]
MF	Kristijan Belić	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Loan	10 August 2025	^[10]
FW	Ernest Poku	Bayer Leverkusen	€10,000,000	12 August 2025	^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2025 Friendly	AZ	0–1	Zulte Waregem	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:30		Report	Opoku 64'	Stadium: Sportpark V.V. Dirkshorn Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

9 July 2025 Friendly	AZ	3–2	Aris	Epe, Netherlands
17:00	Daal 49' Koopmeiners 61' Lahdo 65'	Report	Fadiga 13' Rose 73'	Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg

12 July 2025 Friendly	AZ	3–2	Almere City	Epe, Netherlands
13:00	Daal 27' Smit 31', 34'	Report	Dijkstra 90+22' (o.g.) Bais 90+42'	Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg

16 July 2025 Friendly	Gent	1–2	AZ	Gent, Belgium
19:00	Daal 27' Smit 31', 34'	Report	Dijkstra 90+22' (o.g.) Bais 90+42'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena

19 July 2025 Friendly	AZ	2–1	Lokomotiva	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:30	Dijkstra 30' Kasius 85'	Report	Vuković 28'	Stadium: Sportpark V.V. Dirkshorn

3 August 2025 Friendly	AZ	2–2	OFI Crete	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
15:00	Meerdink 57' Mijnans 81'	Report	Theodosoulakis 4' Shengelia 21'	Stadium: Sportpark V.V. Dirkshorn

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	10 August 2025	17 May 2026	Matchday 1	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	050.00
KNVB Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	24 July 2025		Second qualifying round	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	080.00
Total				7	5	1	1	20	7	+13	071.43

Last updated: 21 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	PEC Zwolle	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
7	Sparta Rotterdam	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
8	AZ	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4
9	FC Volendam	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
10	FC Twente	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 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)

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
2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4	1	0	0	4	1	+3	0	1	0	2	2	0

Last updated: 17 August 2025.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D
Position	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The full schedule was released in 18 June 2025.^[12]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 August 2025 1	AZ	4–1	Groningen	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kasius 5' Parrott 18', 87' Resink 32' (o.g.) de Wit 35' Smit 45+2'	Report	Rente 44' de Jong 47' Peersman 61'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,935 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

17 August 2025 2	FC Volendam	2–2	AZ	Volendam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Oehlers 7' Nordin Bukala 13' Mbuyamba 65'	Report	Sadiq 16' Mees de Wit 53' Parrott 54', 85' Buurmeester 89'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,376 Referee: Martijn Vos

24 August 2025 3	AZ	v	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

31 August 2025 4	NAC Breda	v	AZ	Breda
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion

KNVB Cup

TBD Third round		v
TBD CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2025.^[13]

24 July 2025 First leg	Ilves	4–3	AZ	Tampere, Finland
19:00 CEST (UTC+3)	Riski 8', 45+2' Akinyemi 68' Söderbäck 71'	Report	Parrott 16' Goes 43' Koopmeiners 45+3' Mijnans 61' Meerdink 90+1'	Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Attendance: 5,413 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)

31 July 2025 Second leg	AZ	5–0 (8–4 agg.)	Ilves	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2	Parrott 11', 22', 26' Mijnans 17' Poku 36' Kasius 42' Daal 45' de Wit 74'	Report	Rale 61'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,057 Referee: var Orri Kristjánsson (Iceland)

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 21 July 2025.^[14]

7 August 2025 First leg	AZ	3–0	Vaduz	Alkmaar, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Parrott 29', 74', 53' de Wit 62' Meerdink 80', 81'	Report	De Donno 82'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,476 Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France)

14 August 2025 Second leg	Vaduz	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	AZ	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mack 13' Berisha 64' Monsberger 68' Hoxha 86'	Report	Daal 2' Burmeester 47' Goes 64' Parrott 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Snir Levi (Israel Football Association)

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg	Levski Sofia	0–2	AZ	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rildo 24' Dimitrov 90+5'	Report	Jensen 44' Ibrahim Sadiq 56', 66' Parrott 62' Goes 90+5'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 29,930 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

28 August 2025 Second leg	AZ	v (2–0 agg.)	Levski Sofia	Alkmaar, Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Statistics

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Conference League	Total
1	41	GK	Jeroen Zoet	0	0	3	3
Totals				0	0	3	3

Last updated: 14 August 2025.
Source: FBref.com

References

^ "Spelers". az.nl. AZ. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ "Mateo Chávez es nuevo jugador del AZ Alkmaar". ESPN Deportes. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
^ "Bekræftet: AZ Alkmaar køber Isak Jensen". Bold Danmark. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
^ "Excelsior slaat twee keer toe en versterkt zich met Lewis Schouten en Adam Carlén". Algemeen Dagblad. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
^ "Sem Westerveld nieuwe doelman van MVV". Trepke B. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
^ "Calcio: Addai, al Como per raggiungere grandi risultati". www.ansa.it. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
^ "PSV neemt Van Bommel over van AZ: 'Geen recordtransfer, wel een grote'". nos.nl. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
^ "Sparta legt Bruno Martins Indi voor twee jaar vast". 15 July 2025.
^ "Wolves sign Norway left-back Wolfe from AZ Alkmaar". BBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "לב צהוב: מה יביא כריסטיאן בליץ' למכבי תל אביב?". Sport 5. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
^ "Ernest Poku in Duitsland om transfer naar Bayer Leverkusen af te ronden". De Telegraaf. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
^ "Preliminary Fixture Schedule Eredivisie 2025/26". eredivisie.eu. 18 June 2025.
^ "UEFA Conference League second qualifying round draw".
^ "UEFA Conference League third qualifying round draw".

[1] "Spelers". az.nl. AZ. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[2] "Mateo Chávez es nuevo jugador del AZ Alkmaar". ESPN Deportes. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.

[3] "Bekræftet: AZ Alkmaar køber Isak Jensen". Bold Danmark. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

[4] "Excelsior slaat twee keer toe en versterkt zich met Lewis Schouten en Adam Carlén". Algemeen Dagblad. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

[5] "Sem Westerveld nieuwe doelman van MVV". Trepke B. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

[6] "Calcio: Addai, al Como per raggiungere grandi risultati". www.ansa.it. Retrieved 2025-07-04.

[nos-7] "PSV neemt Van Bommel over van AZ: 'Geen recordtransfer, wel een grote'". nos.nl. Retrieved 2025-07-11.

[8] "Sparta legt Bruno Martins Indi voor twee jaar vast". 15 July 2025.

[9] "Wolves sign Norway left-back Wolfe from AZ Alkmaar". BBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[10] "לב צהוב: מה יביא כריסטיאן בליץ' למכבי תל אביב?". Sport 5. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.

[11] "Ernest Poku in Duitsland om transfer naar Bayer Leverkusen af te ronden". De Telegraaf. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[12] "Preliminary Fixture Schedule Eredivisie 2025/26". eredivisie.eu. 18 June 2025.

[13] "UEFA Conference League second qualifying round draw".

[14] "UEFA Conference League third qualifying round draw".

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