AZ Alkmaar
Formed: 1967
Nickname: Kaaskoppen (Cheeseheads)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Cup: (1981)

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 2 (2009)
Dutch Cup: 3 (1982)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise)
2010/11: group stage
2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage
2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2007/08: group stage
2006/07: quarter-finals
2005/06: round of 32
2004/05: semi-finals
2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2001/02: did not take part in UEFA club competition

Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
11-1: AZ v FC Differdange 03
14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Biggest away win
0-5: FC Differdange 03 v AZ
27/09/77, UEFA Cup first round second leg

• Heaviest home defeat
2-3: AZ v Everton FC
20/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage
1-2: AZ v FC Dynamo Kyiv
21/10/10, UEFA Europa League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat
4-0: Valencia CF v AZ
05/04/12, UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg

UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
• Biggest home win
11-1: AZ v FC Differdange 03 (see above)

• Biggest away win
0-5: FC Differdange 03 v AZ (see above)

• Heaviest home defeat
2-3: AZ v Everton FC (see above)
1-2: AZ v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above)

• Heaviest away defeat
4-0: Valencia v AZ (see above)