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AZ Alkmaar 1-0 NEC Nijmegen - December 28, 2008 / Eredivisie 2008/2009

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Eredivisie 2008/2009 - Round 17

AFAS Stadion - Alkmaar - Netherlands

December 28, 2008

16 000

AZ Alkmaar

1 - 0

NEC Nijmegen

Graziano Pellè

75'

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67' - Substitution Lasse Schöneis substituted by Rachid Bouaouzan

70' - Substitution Demy de Zeeuwis substituted by Graziano Pellè photo Mousa Dembélé

70' - Substitution Ariis substituted by Mousa Dembélé70

75' - Goal Graziano Pellè75

77' - Substitution Mark Ottenis substituted by Tim Janssen

88' - Substitution Mounir El Hamdaouiis substituted by Nick Van der Velden88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

AZ Alkmaar

1 - 0

NEC Nijmegen

AZ Alkmaar NEC Nijmegen

Team line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

Romero

Sergio Romero

Argentina

B.date22/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Mendes da Silva

David Mendes da Silva

Netherlands

B.date04/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Luijckx

Kees Luijckx

Netherlands

B.date11/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m90

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

de Zeeuw70

Demy de Zeeuw

Netherlands

B.date26/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Schaars

Stijn Schaars

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Ari70

Ari

Russia

B.date11/12/1985

Age23 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Martens

Maarten Martens

Belgium

B.date02/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

El Hamdaoui88

Mounir El Hamdaoui

Morocco

B.date14/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sergio Romero		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Mendes da Silva		26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kees Luijckx		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gill Swerts		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Niklas Moisander		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sébastien Pocognoli		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Demy de Zeeuw	70	25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stijn Schaars		24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ari	70	23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maarten Martens		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mounir El Hamdaoui	88	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

NEC Nijmegen

Babos

Gabor Babos

Hungary

B.date24/10/1974

Age34 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Otten77

Mark Otten

Netherlands

B.date02/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Zomer

Ramon Zomer

Netherlands

B.date13/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Wisgerhof

Peter Wisgerhof

Netherlands

B.date19/11/1979

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Davids

Lorenzo Davids

Netherlands

B.date04/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m74

positionLeft central defender

El Akchaoui

Youssef El Akchaoui

Morocco

B.date18/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

Dani Fernandez

Spain

B.date20/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Sibum

Bas Sibum

Netherlands

B.date26/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

Schöne67

Lasse Schöne

Denmark

B.date27/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

Van Beukering

Jhonny Van Beukering

Indonesia

B.date29/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m82

positionForward

John

Collins John

Netherlands

B.date17/10/1985

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gabor Babos		34	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Otten	77	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ramon Zomer		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wisgerhof		29	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lorenzo Davids		22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Youssef El Akchaoui		27	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dani Fernandez		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bas Sibum		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lasse Schöne	67	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jhonny Van Beukering		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Collins John		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
F	Mousa Dembélé	70	21	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graziano Pellè	7570	23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nick Van der Velden	88	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tim Janssen	77	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Rachid Bouaouzan	67	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Mendes da Silva

Brett Holman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Collins John

Rachid Bouaouzan

OUT

Mark Otten

Moestafa El Kabir

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

163

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

van Gaal vs NEC Nijmegen

12 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

van Gaal vs Been

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Mario Been

108

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Been vs AZ Alkmaar

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Been vs van Gaal

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2008

Referee

Bas Nijhuis

31 victories	8 draws	15 losses	AZ Alkmaar54 matches	General total	NEC Nijmegen47 matches	18 victories	8 draws	21 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	AZ Alkmaar3 matches	Season total	NEC Nijmegen3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 19, 2024					Latest figure on September 28, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Graziano Pellè scores a goal in Eredivisie since the 30/01/2008 (with AZ Alkmaar vs Feyenoord Rotterdam )

The last time NEC Nijmegen has ended with the score 0-1 away from home, It was on the 09/12/2007 (vs )

AZ Alkmaar keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 20/09/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/04/2006-17/12/2006 time period (28 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

1	AZ Alkmaar	41 pts	17 rd
2	Ajax Amsterdam	38 pts	17 rd
3	FC Twente	34 pts	17 rd
4	PSV Eindhoven	30 pts	17 rd
5	NAC Breda	29 pts	17 rd

General ranking

+2	6	Heerenveen	29 pts	17 rd
-1	7	FC Groningen	26 pts	17 rd
-1	8	NEC Nijmegen	26 pts	17 rd
+1	9	Utrecht	25 pts	17 rd
-1	10	Willem II	24 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 Volendam25/10/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 3-0 FC Twente09/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 1-0 PSV Eindhoven12/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam23/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Heracles Almelo06/12/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Utrecht19/12/2008

Overall

DVitesse Arnhem 1-1 AZ Alkmaar16/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam23/11/2008

VFC Groningen 0-2 AZ Alkmaar28/11/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Heracles Almelo06/12/2008

VFeyenoord Rotterdam 0-1 AZ Alkmaar13/12/2008

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Utrecht19/12/2008

Current form

Away

LAjax Amsterdam 2-0 NEC Nijmegen26/10/2008

VSparta Rotterdam 0-2 NEC Nijmegen02/11/2008

LRoda JC 3-0 NEC Nijmegen15/11/2008

DNAC Breda 1-1 NEC Nijmegen22/11/2008

VSpartak Moscow 1-2 NEC Nijmegen03/12/2008

VWillem II 1-2 NEC Nijmegen13/12/2008

Overall

VNEC Nijmegen 6-1 Volendam30/11/2008

VSpartak Moscow 1-2 NEC Nijmegen03/12/2008

LNEC Nijmegen 1-2 Utrecht07/12/2008

VWillem II 1-2 NEC Nijmegen13/12/2008

VNEC Nijmegen 2-0 Udinese18/12/2008

DNEC Nijmegen 0-0 ADO Den Haag21/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	9	5
Unbeaten streak	9	16
Drawless streak	12	5
Scoring streak	12	16
Invincibility streak	9	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	7
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
53	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	36
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
12	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.13
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

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)	3
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

23	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mounir El Hamdaoui	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Saido Ntibazonkiza
Mounir El Hamdaoui	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Jhonny Van Beukering
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jhonny Van Beukering
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jhonny Van Beukering
Demy de Zeeuw	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Bas Sibum
Demy de Zeeuw	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Bas Sibum
Mounir El Hamdaoui	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	Saido Ntibazonkiza

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

15 v

13 d

3 l

64 gf

23 ga

Away

31 matches

8 v

8 d

15 l

31 gf

39 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

63 matches

24 v

21 d

18 l

97 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

15 v

8 d

8 l

39 gf

31 ga

Away

31 matches

3 v

13 d

15 l

23 gf

64 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

63 matches

18 v

21 d

24 l

62 gf

97 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	November 12, 1978
Home	8 - 1	November 12, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	February 10, 2008
Away	1 - 0	September 25, 1993

Latest head to head

February 10, 2008 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

NEC Nijmegen

5 - 2

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

November 03, 2007 - Eredivisie 2007/2008

AZ Alkmaar

4 - 0

NEC Nijmegen logo NEC Nijmegen

December 24, 2006 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

AZ Alkmaar

0 - 0

NEC Nijmegen logo NEC Nijmegen

September 10, 2006 - Eredivisie 2006/2007

NEC Nijmegen

0 - 2

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

March 03, 2006 - Eredivisie 2005/2006

NEC Nijmegen

0 - 2

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against NEC Nijmegen

Robin Nelisse	4 goals	2002 - 2004
Kenneth Perez	3 goals	2004 - 2005
Denny Landzaat	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Shota Arveladze	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Johnny Bosman	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Stijn Schaars	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Andrzej Niedzielan	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Danny Hesp	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Resit Schuurman	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Kevin Bobson	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Brett Holman	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Dennis de Nooijer	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs NEC Nijmegen

Barry Opdam	17 matches	2000 - 2008
Robin Nelisse	10 matches	2000 - 2005
Tim de Cler	10 matches	2003 - 2006
Barry van Galen	10 matches	2000 - 2005
Kenneth Perez	10 matches	2001 - 2006
Michael Buskermolen	9 matches	2001 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Peter Wisgerhof	15 matches	2000 - 2008
Rob Wielaert	10 matches	2001 - 2005
Dennis Gentenaar	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Muslu Nalbantoglu	7 matches	2005 - 2008
Andrzej Niedzielan	7 matches	2004 - 2006
Jeffrey Leiwakabessy	7 matches	2002 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jeremain Lens

31 matches

39 matches

2006 - 2008

Brett Holman

13 matches

69 matches

2006 - 2008

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brett Holman

13 matches

69 matches

2006 - 2008

Jeremain Lens

31 matches

39 matches

2006 - 2008

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2008

Feyenoord

3 1

NAC Breda

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December 27, 2008

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December 28, 2008

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	AZ Alkmaar	41	17	13	2	2	37	11	+26
2	Ajax Amsterdam	38	17	12	2	3	41	17	+24
3	FC Twente	34	17	10	4	3	33	16	+17
4	PSV Eindhoven	30	17	9	3	5	30	17	+13
5	NAC Breda	29	17	9	2	6	26	25	+1
+26	Heerenveen	29	17	8	5	4	36	37	-1
-17	FC Groningen	26	17	8	2	7	36	24	+12
-18	NEC Nijmegen	26	17	7	5	5	25	18	+7
+19	Utrecht	25	17	7	4	6	23	21	+2
-110	Willem II	24	17	7	3	7	24	26	-2
11	Heracles Almelo	20	17	5	5	7	17	26	-9
12	Feyenoord Rotterdam	19	17	5	4	8	30	26	+4
13	Sparta Rotterdam	18	17	5	3	9	30	41	-11
14	ADO Den Haag	15	17	4	3	10	19	26	-7
15	Vitesse Arnhem	15	17	3	6	8	15	30	-15
16	Roda JC	14	17	3	5	9	21	34	-13
17	De Graafschap	13	17	3	4	10	12	34	-22
18	Volendam	11	17	3	2	12	19	45	-26

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AZ Alkmaar 1-0 NEC Nijmegen - December 28, 2008 / Eredivisie 2008/2009

AZ Alkmaar

1 - 0

NEC Nijmegen

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 NEC Nijmegen

van Gaal vs Been

Manager

Been vs AZ Alkmaar

Been 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 NEC Nijmegen

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Players with most games played vs NEC Nijmegen

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