Eredivisie · NED · Round 15

Excelsior
3 - 3 Full time
AZ Alkmaar

Stadion Woudestein

Lineups

Excelsior4-3-3
TM22Muyters
KK2Karami
JM15Mattheij
HD4Drost
BK5Kuipers
JF12Fortes
KV18↓90'Vermeulen
HF24âš½Faik
SE11⚽↓88'Elbers
NH7âš½Hasselbaink
F17↓80'Fredy
SR1Rochet
MJ2Johansson
SW30âš½Wuytens
RV4↓68'Vlaar
RH5Haps
MS20Seuntjens
RM21⚽Mühren
BR6Rienstra
IB18↓67'Hassani
WW9↓77'Weghorst
MT11âš½Tankovic
AZ Alkmaar4-3-3

Excelsior substitutes

10 Luigi Bruins ↑80'
9 Terell Ondaan ↑88'
8 Ryan Koolwijk ↑90'
6 Anour Hadouir
34 Dogucan Haspolat
1 Filip Kurto
3 Leeroy Owusu
16 Mike Havekotte
23 Milan Massop

Coach: Mitchell van der Gaag

AZ Alkmaar substitutes

7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↑67'
8 Joris van Overeem ↑68'
27 Fred Friday ↑77'
19 Dabney Dos Santos
23 Derrick Luckassen
29 Fernando Lewis
25 Nick Olij
22 Thomas Ouwejan

Coach: John van den Brom

Match events

9'Stanley Elbers assist: Kevin Vermeulen 1 - 0âš½
12'Robert Mühren assist: Muamer Tankovic 1 - 1⚽
26'Wout Weghorst
27'Nigel Hasselbaink (penalty) 2 - 1âš½
30'Kevin Vermeulen
34'Muamer Tankovic assist: Ridgeciano Haps 2 - 2âš½
Second half
65'Hicham Faik assist: Nigel Hasselbaink 3 - 2âš½
67'↑ Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↓ Iiass Bel Hassani⇄
68'↑ Joris van Overeem ↓ Ron Vlaar (injured)⇄
72'Fredy
76'Stijn Wuytens assist: Joris van Overeem 3 - 3âš½
77'↑ Fred Friday ↓ Wout Weghorst⇄
80'↑ Luigi Bruins ↓ Fredy⇄
88'↑ Terell Ondaan ↓ Stanley Elbers⇄
90'↑ Ryan Koolwijk ↓ Kevin Vermeulen (injured)⇄

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 3 December 2016, 18:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5Excelsior wins5Draws7AZ Alkmaar wins

17 past meetings on record. Biggest Excelsior win: AZ Alkmaar 5–0 Excelsior (2023). Biggest AZ Alkmaar win: Excelsior 1–4 AZ Alkmaar (2023).

10 Feb 2023AZ Alkmaar 5 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
11 Jan 2023Excelsior 1 - 4 AZ AlkmaarKNVB Cup
23 Oct 2022Excelsior 2 - 1 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
15 May 2019Excelsior 4 - 2 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
15 Dec 2018AZ Alkmaar 2 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
4 Aug 2018AZ Alkmaar 2 - 3 ExcelsiorClub Friendlies
3 Mar 2018Excelsior 1 - 2 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
24 Sep 2017AZ Alkmaar 0 - 2 ExcelsiorEredivisie
5 Mar 2017AZ Alkmaar 1 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
6 Mar 2016AZ Alkmaar 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
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15 Aug 2015Excelsior 2 - 2 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
17 May 2015Excelsior 1 - 4 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
2 Nov 2014AZ Alkmaar 3 - 3 ExcelsiorEredivisie
11 Feb 2012AZ Alkmaar 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
7 Dec 2011Excelsior 0 - 0 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
5 Feb 2011Excelsior 2 - 1 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie
29 Aug 2010AZ Alkmaar 1 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie