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Heerenveen
Eredivisie
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AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen vs AZ Alkmaar: match report
Heerenveen hosted AZ Alkmaar at Abe Lenstra Stadion on Sunday 6 September 2026, in the Eredivisie (round 5). Jeroen Manschot is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.1.
Result and scorers
Heerenveen 2-3 AZ Alkmaar. Goals: Ro-Zangelo Daal 7' for AZ Alkmaar; Nolhan Courtens 21' for Heerenveen; Ringo Meerveld 30' for Heerenveen; Mexx Meerdink 69' for AZ Alkmaar; Ayoub Oufkir 83' for AZ Alkmaar. Attendance: 22,164.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 7' Goal: Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ Alkmaar) 0-1
- 21' Goal: Nolhan Courtens (Heerenveen) 1-1
- 28' Yellow card: Nolhan Courtens (Heerenveen)
- 30' Goal: Ringo Meerveld (Heerenveen) 2-1
- 54' Yellow card: Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ Alkmaar)
- 69' Goal: Mexx Meerdink (AZ Alkmaar) 2-2
- 83' Goal: Ayoub Oufkir (AZ Alkmaar) 2-3
- 90'+1' Yellow card: Ayoub Oufkir (AZ Alkmaar)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 45.3% | Possession | 54.7% |
| 14 | Shots | 15 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 4 | Corners | 3 |
| 9 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Heerenveen 4-2-3-1
Coach: Robin Veldman
- 22 Bernt Klaverboer GK
- 45 Oliver Braude DEF
- 4 Sam Kersten DEF
- 3 Maas Willemsen DEF
- 19 Vasilios Zagaritis DEF
- 36 Nolhan Courtens MID
- 6 Dirk Proper MID
- 20 Jacob Trenskow FWD
- 10 Ringo Meerveld MID
- 7 Maxence Rivera FWD
- 9 Dylan Vente FWD
Bench
- 11 Luca Oyen FWD
- 17 Roberts Uldriķis FWD
- 14 Levi Smans MID
- 28 Hristiyan Petrov DEF
- 44 Andries Noppert GK
- 30 Timo Schreuder GK
- 41 Jimte Scholten DEF
- 49 Anass Bouziane MID
- 23 Darling Bladi MID
- 29 Lanroy Machine FWD
- 21 Marko Lawk Farji FWD
AZ Alkmaar 4-2-3-1
Coach: Leeroy Echteld
- 28 Jari De Busser GK
- 22 Elijah Dijkstra DEF
- 3 Wouter Goes DEF
- 4 Lewis Schouten DEF
- 5 Mateo Chávez DEF
- 8 Jordy Clasie MID
- 6 Peer Koopmeiners MID
- 7 Weslley Pinto FWD
- 21 Dave Kwakman MID
- 11 Ro-Zangelo Daal FWD
- 9 Mexx Meerdink FWD
Bench
- 34 Mees de Wit DEF
- 14 Calvin Stengs FWD
- 17 Valdemar Byskov MID
- 2 Seiya Maikuma DEF
- 24 Ayoub Oufkir FWD
- 71 Ismail Ka GK
- 1 Rome Owusu-Oduro GK
- 20 Andrea Natali DEF
- 31 Rion Ichihara DEF
- 75 Hessel de Wit MID
- 18 Bendegúz Kovács FWD
- 19 Jizz Hornkamp FWD
Previous meetings
- Sunday 12 April 2026: AZ Alkmaar 3-0 Heerenveen
- Sunday 23 November 2025: Heerenveen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar
- Thursday 22 May 2025: AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Heerenveen
- Sunday 2 March 2025: Heerenveen 3-1 AZ Alkmaar
- Saturday 14 September 2024: AZ Alkmaar 9-1 Heerenveen