The squad led by Pascal Jansen finished the season in fourth place, a position that grants access to the Pre-Qualifying Round of the Conference League. With a great season, AZ Alkmaar has a lot of players with top of the class performances in their respective positions. To understand their individual impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defense used for the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
AZ Alkmaar’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Eredivisie).
Star Player:
- Tijjani Reijnders (M) – 7.89
With incredible performances, AZ Alkmaar’s Defensive Midfielder (M) was the player with the highest average rating of the squad.
Other Key Players:
- V. Pavlidis (CF) – 7.60
- S. Mijnans (M) – 7.67
With several players having great seasons, we need emphasise the average rating obtained by Mijnans, an incredible young player with a lot of potencial.
Additional information regarding the team (Eredivisie).
With more positive results away than at home (9 Home Wins & 11 Away Wins), it is possible to consider AZ Alkmaar a stronger team away than at home. Besides that, the positive goal difference highlights the great attacking setup (2,00 goals per game) with a good defensive setup (1,03 goals per game).
AZ Alkmaar’s eleven and subs with the most minutes played in Conference League (Minimum 300 minutes played in this competition).
With another presence in European Competitions, AZ Alkmaar lost to the future champions of this competition: West Ham. In terms of the Europa League performances, T. Reijnders, S. Beukema, S. Mijnans and V. Pavlidis had incredible performances during the tournament.
Position most in need of strengthening:
- GK
In a solid squad, AZ Alkmaar should invest on upgrading the Goalkeeper (GK) position.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref