AZ's Three-Goal Burst Revealed a Shared Attack
AZ scored through Peer Koopmeiners, Weslley Patati and Mexx Meerdink around halftime at Utrecht. The 4-1 win showed an attack whose danger is distributed across roles.
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AZ Alkmaar
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Alkmaar Zaanstreek, better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ, is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaanstreek. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and hosts home matches at the AFAS Stadion. AZ has won the Eredivisie twice, in…
- Home
- Alkmaar, Netherlands
- Stadium
- AFAS Stadion Alkmaar
- Founded
- 1967
League table
Dutch Eredivisie
| Team | P | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2 PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
3 Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
4 Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
5 Groningen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
6 Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
7 Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
9 Heerenveen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
10 Excelsior | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 NEC Nijmegen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
12 Twente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
13 Telstar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
14 PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
16 Willem II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 ADO Den Haag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
18 Cambuur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Alkmaar, Netherlands · The NetherlandsAFAS Stadion Alkmaar
- Capacity
- 19478
- Opened
- 2006
- Architect
- ZJA
- Cost
- 65.500.000
- Timezone
- UTC +01:00 Central European Time (CET)
- Location
- Alkmaar, Netherlands
AFAS Stadion is a stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands. It is used for football matches and is the home stadium of AZ Alkmaar. AZ's women's team also plays select matches in the stadium. The stadium is able to hold 19,478 people and bears the name of a Dutch software company. Due to UEFA's sponsorship regulations, the stadium is named AZ Stadion in European matches.
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