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AZ Alkmaar 2-1 FC Groningen - April 23, 2006 / Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2006

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Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2006 - First round

Alkmaarderhout Stadion - Alkmaar - Netherlands

April 23, 2006

7 728

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

FC Groningen

Assist by Kenneth PerezDanny Koevermans

42'

Shota Arveladze

56'

61'

Danny Buijs (header) Assist by Gibril Sankoh

logo AZ Alkmaar AZ

42' - Goal Danny Koevermans42

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56' - Goal Shota Arveladze56

57' - Substitution Stijn Schaarsis substituted by Barry Opdam57

61' - Substitution Kenneth Perezis substituted by Tarik Sektioui61

61' - Goal Danny Buijs

75' - Substitution Erik Nevlandis substituted by Glen Salmon

78' - Substitution Stein Huysegemsis substituted by Haris Medunjanin78

87' - Substitution Danny Buijsis substituted by Koen van de Laak

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

FC Groningen

AZ Alkmaar FC Groningen

Team line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

Timmer

Henk Timmer

Netherlands

B.date03/12/1971

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Jaliens

Kew Jaliens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Mathijsen

Joris Mathijsen

Netherlands

B.date05/04/1980

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Steinsson

Greitar Steinsson

Iceland

B.date09/01/1982

Age24 years

H1m89

positionRight full-back

de Cler

Tim de Cler

Netherlands

B.date08/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Perez61

Kenneth Perez

Denmark

B.date29/08/1974

Age31 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Schaars57

Stijn Schaars

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1984

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Landzaat

Denny Landzaat

Netherlands

B.date06/05/1976

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Huysegems78

Stein Huysegems

Belgium

B.date16/06/1982

Age23 years

H1m86

positionForward

Koevermans42

Danny Koevermans

Netherlands

B.date01/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Arveladze56

Shota Arveladze

Georgia

B.date22/02/1973

Age33 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Henk Timmer		34	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kew Jaliens		27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joris Mathijsen		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greitar Steinsson		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tim de Cler		27	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenneth Perez	61	31	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stijn Schaars	57	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Denny Landzaat		29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stein Huysegems	78	23	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Koevermans	42	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shota Arveladze	56	33	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Groningen

Roorda

Bas Roorda

Netherlands

B.date13/02/1973

Age33 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Buijs6187

Danny Buijs

Netherlands

B.date21/06/1982

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Luirink

Gijs Luirink

Netherlands

B.date12/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Van der Linden

Antoine Van der Linden

Netherlands

B.date17/03/1976

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Sankoh

Gibril Sankoh

Sierra Leone

B.date15/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Silva

Bruno Silva

Uruguay

B.date29/03/1980

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Matthijs

Paul Matthijs

Netherlands

B.date05/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fledderus

Mark-Jan Fledderus

Netherlands

B.date14/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Cornelisse

Yuri Cornelisse

Netherlands

B.date08/05/1975

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lindgren

Rasmus Lindgren

Sweden

B.date29/11/1984

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nevland75

Erik Nevland

Norway

B.date10/11/1977

Age28 years

H1m77

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bas Roorda		33	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Buijs	6187	23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gijs Luirink		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Antoine Van der Linden		30	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gibril Sankoh		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno Silva		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Matthijs		29	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark-Jan Fledderus		23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yuri Cornelisse		30	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rasmus Lindgren		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erik Nevland	75	28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Barry Opdam	57	30	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Haris Medunjanin	78	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tarik Sektioui	61	28	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Koen van de Laak	87	23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Glen Salmon	75	28	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Greitar Steinsson

Pius Ikedia

OUT

Stein Huysegems

Barry Opdam

OUT

Danny Koevermans

Barry van Galen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

van Gaal vs FC Groningen

9 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 2006

van Gaal vs Jans

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 23, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Jans

143

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Jans vs AZ Alkmaar

2 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 2006

Jans vs van Gaal

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 23, 2006

Referee

Kevin Blom

28 victories	14 draws	13 losses	AZ Alkmaar55 matches	General total	FC Groningen49 matches	13 victories	13 draws	23 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	AZ Alkmaar1 match	Season total	FC Groningen1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 17, 2021					Latest figure on November 07, 2021

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Key figures

End of streak for FC Groningen after 7 consecutive matches without a loss (since 19/03/2006). It was the best streak for the club since 15/04/2000-23/08/2000 (9 matches).

It's the first time Danny Buijs scores 1 goal in Eredivisie CL Play-offs

It's the first time in history that a game ends with 2-1 in Eredivisie CL Play-offs

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VAZ Alkmaar 5-1 Ter Leede27/08/2002

LAZ Alkmaar 1-3 Feyenoord Rotterdam26/01/2005

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 NEC Nijmegen21/12/2005

VAZ Alkmaar 4-0 Maastricht VV31/01/2006

LFC Groningen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar20/04/2006

Overall

VRKC Waalwijk 0-1 AZ Alkmaar26/03/2006

VAZ Alkmaar 3-2 NAC Breda04/04/2006

LAjax Amsterdam 1-0 AZ Alkmaar09/04/2006

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 FC Twente12/04/2006

VHeerenveen 2-4 AZ Alkmaar16/04/2006

LFC Groningen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar20/04/2006

Current form

Neutral ground

LFC Groningen 1-2 NAC Breda22/09/2004

VFC Groningen 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam21/09/2005

VFC Groningen 3-0 ADO Den Haag26/10/2005

VFC Groningen 3-0 Volendam22/12/2005

LFC Groningen 2-3 PSV Eindhoven01/02/2006

VFC Groningen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar20/04/2006

Overall

DNEC Nijmegen 2-2 FC Groningen25/03/2006

VFC Groningen 2-1 Vitesse Arnhem02/04/2006

DPSV Eindhoven 1-1 FC Groningen09/04/2006

VFC Groningen 2-1 Utrecht12/04/2006

DFC Twente 1-1 FC Groningen16/04/2006

VFC Groningen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar20/04/2006

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	7
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	9	8
Conceding streak	2	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

20	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	48
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Kew Jaliens	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Antoine Van der Linden
Kew Jaliens	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Antoine Van der Linden
Kenneth Perez	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Erik Nevland
Kenneth Perez	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Erik Nevland
Kew Jaliens	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Antoine Van der Linden

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

9 v

6 d

2 l

34 gf

20 ga

Away

17 matches

8 v

3 d

6 l

28 gf

24 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

35 matches

17 v

9 d

9 l

63 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

6 v

3 d

8 l

24 gf

28 ga

Away

17 matches

2 v

6 d

9 l

20 gf

34 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

35 matches

9 v

9 d

17 l

47 gf

63 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 26, 1981
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 16, 1986
Neutral ground	3 - 1	April 20, 2006

Latest head to head

April 20, 2006 - Eredivisie CL Play-offs 2006

FC Groningen

3 - 1

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

January 21, 2006 - Eredivisie 2005/2006

AZ Alkmaar

1 - 1

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

November 20, 2005 - Eredivisie 2005/2006

FC Groningen

0 - 0

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

May 01, 2005 - Eredivisie 2004/2005

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

November 28, 2004 - Eredivisie 2004/2005

FC Groningen

1 - 2

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Kenneth Perez	4 goals	2002 - 2002
Robin Nelisse	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Ali El-Khattabi	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Max Huiberts	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Kew Jaliens	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Jamal Dibi	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Glen Salmon	4 goals	2003 - 2006
Eddy Bosman	2 goals	1985 - 1985
Peter Houtman	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Erik Nevland	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Walter Walderboos	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Arvid Smit	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Kenneth Perez	11 matches	2001 - 2006
Barry van Galen	11 matches	2000 - 2006
Michael Buskermolen	10 matches	2000 - 2005
Barry Opdam	10 matches	2000 - 2006
Robin Nelisse	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Tim de Cler	9 matches	2002 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Paul Matthijs	10 matches	2001 - 2006
Mathias Floren	10 matches	2001 - 2006
Kurt Elshot	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Glen Salmon	8 matches	2002 - 2006
Martin Drent	8 matches	2000 - 2005
Roy Beukenkamp	7 matches	2000 - 2004