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Goalkeeper 1 Marco Bizot
Goalkeeper 16 Hobie Verhulst
Goalkeeper 30 Mees Bakker *
Goalkeeper 54 Sem Westerveld *
Goalkeeper 55 Beau Reus *
Goalkeeper 56 Elber Evora

Defender 2 Jonas Svensson
Defender 3 Pantelis Hatzidiakos
Defender 4 Ron Vlaar
Defender 15 Owen Wijndal *
Defender 22 Timo Letschert
Defender 26 Yukinari Sugawara
Defender 27 Ramon Leeuwin
Defender 29 Joris Kramer
Defender 35 Joey Jacobs *
Defender 40 Maxim Gullit *
Defender 45 Quinten Dekkers *
Defender 47 Rik Regeling *
Defender 49 Fons Gemmel *
Defender 51 Tijs Velthuis
Defender 53 Robin Lathouwers *
Defender 57 Jorn Berkhout *
Defender 59 Semn Dirks *

Midfielder 6 Fredrik Midtsjø
Midfielder 8 Teun Koopmeiners
Midfielder 10 Dani de Wit
Midfielder 18 Håkon Evjen
Midfielder 20 Jordy Clasie
Midfielder 21 Kenzo Goudmijn *
Midfielder 23 Mohamed Taabouni *
Midfielder 24 Tijjani Reijnders
Midfielder 25 Thijs Oosting *
Midfielder 28 Albert Guðmundsson
Midfielder 31 Peer Koopmeiners *
Midfielder 32 Des Kunst *
Midfielder 36 Emir Biberoğlu *
Midfielder 42 Bram Franken *
Midfielder 43 Richard Sedláček *
Midfielder 46 Rens Van Der Wacht *
Midfielder 52 Zico Buurmeester *

Forward 7 Calvin Stengs
Forward 9 Myron Boadu *
Forward 11 Oussama Idrissi
Forward 14 Ferdy Druijf
Forward 17 Zakaria Aboukhlal
Forward 37 Richonell Margaret
Forward 39 Iman Griffith *
Forward 44 Yusuf Barasi *
Forward 50 Soulyman Allouch *
Forward 60 Tijmen Wildeboer *

Coach

Coach Arne Slot

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Matches

26 August 2020

Second qualifying round

AZ Stadion Alkmaar

AZ Alkmaar win after extra time

AZ Alkmaar win after extra time

AZ Alkmaar (NED)

15 September 2020

Third qualifying round

NSK Olimpiyskiy Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

AZ Alkmaar (NED)

Form guide

L

MU Man. United 4-0 AZ AZ Alkmaar
2019/12/12 UEFA Europa League 12/12/2019
D

AZ AZ Alkmaar 1-1 LAS LASK
2020/02/20 UEFA Europa League 20/02/2020
L

LAS LASK 2-0 AZ AZ Alkmaar
2020/02/27 UEFA Europa League 27/02/2020
W

AZ AZ Alkmaar 3-1 PLZ Plzeň
2020/08/26 UEFA Champions League 26/08/2020
L

DK Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 AZ AZ Alkmaar
2020/09/15 UEFA Champions League 15/09/2020

Statistics

Assists 2

Saves 4

Fouls committed 38

Fouls suffered 27

Played 2

Lost 1

Won 1

Drawn 0

Average scored 1.5

Average conceded 1.5

Cards 7 Yellow cards

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