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AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam - November 23, 2008 / Eredivisie 2008/2009

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Eredivisie 2008/2009 - Round 12

AFAS Stadion - Alkmaar - Netherlands

November 23, 2008

17 149

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam

Demy de Zeeuw

22'

Assist by David Mendes da Silva Ari

51'

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22' - Goal Demy de Zeeuw22

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51' - Goal Ari51

62' - Substitution Miralem Sulejmaniis substituted by Leonardo

68' - Substitution Kennedy Bakircioglüis substituted by Gabri

73' - Substitution Ariis substituted by Brett Holman73

81' - Substitution Rasmus Lindgrenis substituted by Evander Sno

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam

AZ Alkmaar Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

Romero

Sergio Romero

Argentina

B.date22/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Moreno

Héctor Moreno

Mexico

B.date17/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

Mendes da Silva

David Mendes da Silva

Netherlands

B.date04/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Swerts

Gill Swerts

Belgium

B.date23/09/1982

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft central defender

Moisander

Niklas Moisander

Finland

B.date29/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Pocognoli

Sébastien Pocognoli

Belgium

B.date01/08/1987

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Schaars

Stijn Schaars

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

de Zeeuw22

Demy de Zeeuw

Netherlands

B.date26/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Ari5173

Ari

Russia

B.date11/12/1985

Age22 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

Martens

Maarten Martens

Belgium

B.date02/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

El Hamdaoui

Mounir El Hamdaoui

Morocco

B.date14/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sergio Romero		21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Héctor Moreno		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Mendes da Silva		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gill Swerts		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Niklas Moisander		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sébastien Pocognoli		21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stijn Schaars		24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Demy de Zeeuw	22	25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ari	5173	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maarten Martens		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mounir El Hamdaoui		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ajax Amsterdam

Vermeer

Kenneth Vermeer

Netherlands

B.date10/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

Oleguer

Spain

B.date02/02/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionVersatile Defender

Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

van der Wiel

Gregory van der Wiel

Netherlands

B.date03/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Emanuelson

Urby Emanuelson

Netherlands

B.date16/06/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Enoh

Eyong Enoh

Cameroon

B.date23/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Sulejmani62

Miralem Sulejmani

Serbia

B.date05/12/1988

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lindgren81

Rasmus Lindgren

Sweden

B.date29/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bakircioglü68

Kennedy Bakircioglü

Sweden

B.date02/11/1980

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Suárez

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kenneth Vermeer		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oleguer		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Vermaelen		23	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Vertonghen		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gregory van der Wiel		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Urby Emanuelson		22	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyong Enoh		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Miralem Sulejmani	62	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rasmus Lindgren	81	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kennedy Bakircioglü	68	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luis Suárez		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Brett Holman	73	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gabri	68	29	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Evander Sno	81	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonardo	62	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miralem Sulejmani

Dennis Rommedahl

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

158

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

van Gaal vs Ajax Amsterdam

3 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on November 23, 2008

van Gaal vs van Basten

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Marco van Basten

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

68 %

van Basten vs AZ Alkmaar

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 2008

van Basten vs van Gaal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 23, 2008

Referee

Roelof Luinge

13 victories	4 draws	13 losses	AZ Alkmaar30 matches	General total	Ajax Amsterdam69 matches	43 victories	8 draws	18 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	AZ Alkmaar4 matches	Season total	Ajax Amsterdam5 matches	3 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 04, 2009					Latest figure on May 06, 2010

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Key figures

Demy de Zeeuw played his game number 10 vs Ajax Amsterdam in his professional career

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 29/10/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 25/02/2007-18/03/2007 (4 matches).

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 16 matches with at least one goal scored in Eredivisie (since 23/03/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 05/04/2003-14/12/2003 (23 matches).

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

+3	1	AZ Alkmaar	26 pts	12 rd
-1	2	NAC Breda	26 pts	12 rd
-1	3	Ajax Amsterdam	25 pts	12 rd
-1	4	FC Groningen	23 pts	12 rd
	5	PSV Eindhoven	21 pts	12 rd

General ranking

+3	1	AZ Alkmaar	26 pts	12 rd
-1	2	NAC Breda	26 pts	12 rd
-1	3	Ajax Amsterdam	25 pts	12 rd
-1	4	FC Groningen	23 pts	12 rd
	5	PSV Eindhoven	21 pts	12 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAZ Alkmaar 1-0 PSV Eindhoven20/09/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 Heracles Almelo23/09/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 6-0 Sparta Rotterdam03/10/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 Volendam25/10/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 FC Twente09/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 1-0 PSV Eindhoven12/11/2008

Overall

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 Volendam25/10/2008

VRoda JC 0-2 AZ Alkmaar28/10/2008

DHeerenveen 3-3 AZ Alkmaar01/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 FC Twente09/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 1-0 PSV Eindhoven12/11/2008

DVitesse Arnhem 1-1 AZ Alkmaar16/11/2008

Current form

Away

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam21/09/2008

LHeerenveen 5-2 Ajax Amsterdam05/10/2008

LAston Villa 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam23/10/2008

VHeracles Almelo 1-3 Ajax Amsterdam29/10/2008

VFC Twente 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam01/11/2008

LVolendam 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam12/11/2008

Overall

VHeracles Almelo 1-3 Ajax Amsterdam29/10/2008

VFC Twente 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam01/11/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Zilina06/11/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 5-2 Sparta Rotterdam09/11/2008

LVolendam 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam12/11/2008

VAjax Amsterdam 4-1 PSV Eindhoven16/11/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	11
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	9	11
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	6	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	13
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	2
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
92	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
2.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.36
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Mounir El Hamdaoui	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Mounir El Hamdaoui	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Luis Suárez
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Luis Suárez
Demy de Zeeuw	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Evander Sno
Demy de Zeeuw	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Evander Sno
Mounir El Hamdaoui	13 goals, 4 assists during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 4 assists during the last 9 matches	Luis Suárez

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

7 v

9 d

16 l

36 gf

57 ga

Away

34 matches

1 v

4 d

29 l

30 gf

105 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Total

69 matches

10 v

14 d

45 l

71 gf

164 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

29 v

4 d

1 l

105 gf

30 ga

Away

32 matches

16 v

9 d

7 l

57 gf

36 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

69 matches

45 v

14 d

10 l

164 gf

71 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

January 13, 2008 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

Ajax Amsterdam

6 - 1

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

September 23, 2007 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

May 27, 2007 - Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2007

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 0

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

May 20, 2007 - Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2007

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

May 06, 2007 - KNVB-Beker 2006/2007

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 1

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Kenneth Perez	6 goals	2002 - 2005
Shota Arveladze	4 goals	2005 - 2007
Mousa Dembélé	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Robin Nelisse	2 goals	2000 - 2005
Henk van Rijnsoever	1 goal	1978 - 1978
David Mendes da Silva	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	5 goals	2006 - 2008

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	15 matches	2000 - 2008
Tim de Cler	13 matches	2002 - 2007
Barry van Galen	11 matches	2000 - 2006
Michael Buskermolen	11 matches	2000 - 2005
Kenneth Perez	10 matches	2001 - 2006
Kew Jaliens	10 matches	2004 - 2007

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

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

They played in both sides

Tim de Cler

208 matches

90 matches

1998 - 2007

Kenneth Perez

188 matches

66 matches

2000 - 2008

Henk Timmer

160 matches

4 matches

2000 - 2006

Olaf Lindenbergh

138 matches

50 matches

2000 - 2007

Denny Landzaat

106 matches

2 matches

1996 - 2006

Shota Arveladze

89 matches

125 matches

1997 - 2007

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Johnny Bosman

32 matches

164 matches

1983 - 2002

Shota Arveladze

89 matches

125 matches

1997 - 2007

Ronald Spelbos

10 matches

125 matches

1978 - 1988

Nourdin Boukhari

21 matches

100 matches

2002 - 2007

Tim de Cler

208 matches

90 matches

1998 - 2007

Kenneth Perez

188 matches

66 matches

2000 - 2008

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

November 21, 2008

Volendam

3 1

Roda JC

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November 22, 2008

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November 23, 2008

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+31	AZ Alkmaar	26	12	8	2	2	29	11	+18
-12	NAC Breda	26	12	8	2	2	23	11	+12
-13	Ajax Amsterdam	25	12	8	1	3	26	15	+11
-14	FC Groningen	23	12	7	2	3	26	9	+17
5	PSV Eindhoven	21	12	7	0	5	22	12	+10
6	FC Twente	21	12	6	3	3	19	12	+7
+27	Willem II	21	12	6	3	3	19	16	+3
-18	NEC Nijmegen	19	12	5	4	3	16	13	+3
-19	Heerenveen	19	12	5	4	3	25	28	-3
10	Utrecht	17	12	5	2	5	17	16	+1
+111	Feyenoord Rotterdam	15	12	4	3	5	25	19	+6
-112	Heracles Almelo	13	12	3	4	5	13	20	-7
13	Sparta Rotterdam	12	12	3	3	6	17	29	-12
14	ADO Den Haag	10	12	3	1	8	13	20	-7
15	Vitesse Arnhem	10	12	2	4	6	10	22	-12
16	Roda JC	9	12	2	3	7	13	24	-11
17	De Graafschap	8	12	2	2	8	8	24	-16
18	Volendam	7	12	2	1	9	13	33	-20

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AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam - November 23, 2008 / Eredivisie 2008/2009

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

van Gaal vs Ajax Amsterdam

van Gaal vs van Basten

Manager

van Basten vs AZ Alkmaar

van Basten vs van Gaal

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking