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AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam - May 20, 2007 / Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2007

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2' - Goal Simon Cziommer2

13' - Goal Wesley Sneijder

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53' - Substitution Greitar Steinssonis substituted by Gijs Luirink53

68' - Substitution Klaas-Jan Huntelaaris substituted by Olaf Lindenbergh

72' - Substitution Maarten Martensis substituted by Danny Koevermans72

73' - Substitution Kenneth Perezis substituted by Tom De Mul

79' - Substitution Julian Jenneris substituted by Jeremain Lens79

89' - Substitution Urby Emanuelsonis substituted by Nicolae Mitea

90' - Goal Shota Arveladze90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam

AZ Alkmaar Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

Waterman

Boy Waterman

Netherlands

B.date24/01/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Jaliens

Kew Jaliens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1978

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Donk

Ryan Donk

Suriname

B.date30/03/1986

Age21 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Steinsson53

Greitar Steinsson

Iceland

B.date09/01/1982

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight full-back

de Cler

Tim de Cler

Netherlands

B.date08/11/1978

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Cziommer2

Simon Cziommer

Germany

B.date06/11/1980

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

de Zeeuw

Demy de Zeeuw

Netherlands

B.date26/05/1983

Age23 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Martens72

Maarten Martens

Belgium

B.date02/07/1984

Age22 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

Boukhari

Nourdin Boukhari

Morocco

B.date30/06/1980

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Jenner79

Julian Jenner

Netherlands

B.date28/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight Winger

Arveladze90

Shota Arveladze

Georgia

B.date22/02/1973

Age34 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Boy Waterman		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kew Jaliens		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Donk		21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greitar Steinsson	53	25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim de Cler		28	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Cziommer	2	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Demy de Zeeuw		23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maarten Martens	72	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nourdin Boukhari		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julian Jenner	79	23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shota Arveladze	90	34	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ajax Amsterdam

Stekelenburg

Maarten Stekelenburg

Netherlands

B.date22/09/1982

Age24 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Heitinga

Johnny Heitinga

Netherlands

B.date15/11/1983

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Emanuelson89

Urby Emanuelson

Netherlands

B.date16/06/1986

Age20 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Ogararu

George Ogararu

Romania

B.date03/02/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

van der Wiel

Gregory van der Wiel

Netherlands

B.date03/02/1988

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Roger

Spain

B.date15/12/1976

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Perez73

Kenneth Perez

Denmark

B.date29/08/1974

Age32 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Sneijder13

Wesley Sneijder

Netherlands

B.date09/06/1984

Age22 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Huntelaar68

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Netherlands

B.date12/08/1983

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Babel

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maarten Stekelenburg		24	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johnny Heitinga		23	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Vermaelen		21	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Urby Emanuelson	89	20	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Ogararu		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gregory van der Wiel		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenneth Perez	73	32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wesley Sneijder	13	22	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	68	23	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel		20	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gijs Luirink	53	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Danny Koevermans	72	28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Olaf Lindenbergh	68	33	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom De Mul	73	21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolae Mitea	89	22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Julian Jenner

Mousa Dembélé

OUT

Nourdin Boukhari

Rogier Molhoek

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kenneth Perez

Edgar Davids

OUT

Gregory van der Wiel

Jaap Stam

OUT

Roger

Tom De Mul

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

102

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

van Gaal vs Ajax Amsterdam

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 20, 2007

van Gaal vs ten Cate

7 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 20, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Henk ten Cate

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

ten Cate vs AZ Alkmaar

4 victories

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 20, 2007

ten Cate vs van Gaal

0 victory

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 20, 2007

Referee

Roelof Luinge

13 victories	4 draws	13 losses	AZ Alkmaar30 matches	General total	Ajax Amsterdam69 matches	43 victories	8 draws	18 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	AZ Alkmaar2 matches	Season total	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 04, 2009					Latest figure on May 06, 2010

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Key figures

It's the first time Wesley Sneijder scores a goal in Eredivisie CL Play-offs since the 03/05/2006 (with Ajax Amsterdam vs FC Groningen )

AZ Alkmaar keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Eredivisie CL Play-offs running (since 23/04/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 3 consecutive losses away from home in Eredivisie CL Play-offs running (since 03/05/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 Feyenoord Rotterdam11/03/2007

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Newcastle United15/03/2007

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 RKC Waalwijk31/03/2007

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 Werder Bremen05/04/2007

VAZ Alkmaar 1-0 Vitesse Arnhem15/04/2007

VAZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heerenveen22/04/2007

Overall

VAZ Alkmaar 6-0 NAC Breda19/04/2007

VAZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heerenveen22/04/2007

LExcelsior Rotterdam 3-2 AZ Alkmaar29/04/2007

DAjax Amsterdam 1-1 AZ Alkmaar06/05/2007

DFC Twente 1-1 AZ Alkmaar09/05/2007

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 FC Twente13/05/2007

Current form

Away

VWillem II 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam28/02/2007

VFC Twente 1-4 Ajax Amsterdam11/03/2007

VPSV Eindhoven 1-5 Ajax Amsterdam18/03/2007

DRKC Waalwijk 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam08/04/2007

VWillem II 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam29/04/2007

LHeerenveen 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam09/05/2007

Overall

VAjax Amsterdam 3-1 RKC Waalwijk18/04/2007

VAjax Amsterdam 5-2 Sparta Rotterdam22/04/2007

VWillem II 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam29/04/2007

DAjax Amsterdam 1-1 AZ Alkmaar06/05/2007

LHeerenveen 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam09/05/2007

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Heerenveen13/05/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	17	3
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	2	9
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

16	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	13
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Simon Cziommer	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Julian Jenner	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Tim de Cler	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

6 v

9 d

15 l

32 gf

53 ga

Away

32 matches

1 v

4 d

27 l

29 gf

96 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Total

65 matches

9 v

14 d

42 l

66 gf

151 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

27 v

4 d

1 l

96 gf

29 ga

Away

30 matches

15 v

9 d

6 l

53 gf

32 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

65 matches

42 v

14 d

9 l

151 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 01, 1974
Home	3 - 0	December 01, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	November 29, 1970
Away	6 - 1	October 26, 1986

Latest head to head

May 06, 2007 - KNVB-Beker 2006/2007

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 1

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

February 25, 2007 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

AZ Alkmaar

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

December 10, 2006 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 2

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

April 09, 2006 - Eredivisie 2005/2006

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

September 18, 2005 - Eredivisie 2005/2006

AZ Alkmaar

4 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Kenneth Perez	6 goals	2002 - 2005
Shota Arveladze	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Robin Nelisse	2 goals	2000 - 2005
Tarik Sektioui	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Pier Tol	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Michael Buskermolen	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Johan Cruijff	15 goals	1966 - 1970
Dick Schoenaker	9 goals	1976 - 1985
Johnny Bosman	7 goals	1986 - 1987
Ruud Geels	6 goals	1975 - 1977
Gerald Vanenburg	6 goals	1981 - 1986
Frank Rijkaard	5 goals	1983 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Barry Opdam	12 matches	2000 - 2006
Tim de Cler	11 matches	2002 - 2007
Barry van Galen	11 matches	2000 - 2006
Michael Buskermolen	11 matches	2000 - 2005
Jan Kromkamp	10 matches	2000 - 2005
Kenneth Perez	10 matches	2001 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Ruud Krol	23 matches	1969 - 1980
Piet Schrijvers	21 matches	1974 - 1983
Dick Schoenaker	18 matches	1976 - 1985
Wim Suurbier	17 matches	1966 - 1977
Peter Boeve	16 matches	1979 - 1987
Frank Rijkaard	16 matches	1980 - 1987