AZ Alkmaar (women)

AZ

Full name	Alkmaar Zaanstreek
Short name	AZ
Manager	Mark de Vries
League	Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie
Website	Club website

AZ or AZ Vrouwen is a women's association football club based in Alkmaar and the Zaanstreek, Netherlands. They are affiliated with the AZ men's team. They were founder members of the Eredivisie Vrouwen in 2007 and won the first three editions of the championship. In February 2011 AZ announced they were withdrawing support for their women's section, for financial reasons. ^[1]

Telstar entered a team in the 2011–12 women's Eredivisie and most of the AZ players signed for the newly formed club. ^[2]

In Januari 2022 AZ announced they were looking into restarting with a women's section. ^[3] Two months later AZ revealed they were going to financially support and were working closely with VV Alkmaar. ^[4] After AZ and VV Alkmaar already intensified their collaboration in 2022, AZ now takes the place of VV Alkmaar in the Azerion Women's Eredivisie starting from the 2023-2024 season. ^[5]

On 23 March 2023 Mark De Vries was confirmed as manager. ^{[6] [7]}

Honours

National

• National champion
  • Winners (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
• KNVB Women's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2011

Results Eredivisie

1	1	1	3
08	09	10	11
Women's eredivisie

Season	Division	Position	W – D – L = Pts	GF – GA	Top scorer	KNVB Beker
2007–08	Eredivisie	01 / 06	11 – 04 – 05 = 37	29 – 16	van den Heiligenberg (9)	Round of 32
2008–09	Eredivisie	01 / 07	15 – 04 – 05 = 49	45 – 16	van den Heiligenberg (11)
2009–10	Eredivisie	01 / 06	12 – 05 – 03 = 41	32 – 11	de Ridder (11)	Quarterfinals
2010–11	Eredivisie	03 / 08	12 – 04 – 05 = 40	43 – 25	de Ridder (19)	Champions

Players

As of 10 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NED Femke Liefting 2 DF   NED Ginia Caprino 3 DF   NED Djoeke de Ridder 4 DF   NED Karlijn Woons 5 DF   NED Camie Mol 6 MF   NED Isa Colin 7 FW   NED Veerle van der Most 8 MF   NED Manique de Vette 9 FW   NED Floor Spaan 10 MF   SUR Amy Banarsie 11 FW   NED Isabella Dekker 12 MF   NED Robin Blom 15 DF   NED Pleun Groot

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK   NED Trinette Booms 18 FW   NED Romaissa Boukaker 19 FW   NED Sanne Peereboom 20 MF   NED Mirte Van Bentum 21 MF   NED Desiree van Lunteren 22 FW   NED Bo op de Weegh 23 DF   NED Maudy Stoop 24 MF   NED Annemiek Kruijthof 25 DF   NED Yaël Mollink

European competition

Season	Cup	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg [lower-alpha 1]
2008-09	UEFA Women's Cup	1st qualifying round	Glasgow City LFC			1-1
			FC Narta Chisinau			7-0
			ŽFK Mašinac Niš			4-1
2009-10	Champions League	Round of 32	Brøndby	1-2	1-1	2-3
2010-11	Champions League	Round of 32	Lyon	1-2	0-8	1-10

1. or single match when home and away are empty

References

1. "AZ stopt met vrouwenvoetbal". AZ.nl. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
2. "Telstar vrouwen in eredivisie". I J Muider Courant. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
3. "Keert AZ terug in vrouwenvoetbal? "Serieus aan het onderzoeken"".
4. "AZ maakt stappen met VV Alkmaar: "In heel goede harmonie"".
5. "AZ Vrouwen: selectie, voorbereiding & meer".
6. "Trainer Mark de Vries verhuist mee van VV Alkmaar naar AZ Vrouwen". www.nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
7. Diamond, Drew (2023-10-16). "Vrouwen Eredivisie: Telstar take hard earned 1-0 victory over AZ Alkmaar". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

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