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FC Utrecht vs AZ Alkmaar: match report
FC Utrecht hosted AZ Alkmaar at Stadion Galgenwaard on Saturday 15 August 2026, in the Eredivisie (round 2). Danny Makkelie is the referee.
Result and scorers
FC Utrecht 1-4 AZ Alkmaar. Goals: Peer Koopmeiners 45'+1' for AZ Alkmaar; Weslley Patati 47' for AZ Alkmaar; Mexx Meerdink 49' for AZ Alkmaar; Artem Stepanov 62' for FC Utrecht; Ayoub Oufkir 84' for AZ Alkmaar. Attendance: 22,738.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 23' Yellow card: Artem Stepanov (FC Utrecht)
- 45'+1' Goal: Peer Koopmeiners (AZ Alkmaar) 0-1
- 46' Yellow card: Ferdinand Pohl (FC Utrecht)
- 47' Goal: Weslley Patati (AZ Alkmaar) 0-2
- 49' Goal: Mexx Meerdink (AZ Alkmaar) 0-3
- 54' Yellow card: Guus Offerhaus (FC Utrecht)
- 56' Yellow card: Weslley Patati (AZ Alkmaar)
- 62' Goal: Artem Stepanov (FC Utrecht) 1-3
- 69' Yellow card: Arthur Zagre (FC Utrecht)
- 84' Goal: Ayoub Oufkir (AZ Alkmaar) 1-4
- 89' Yellow card: Mateo Chávez (AZ Alkmaar)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 47.8% | Possession | 52.2% |
| 8 | Shots | 24 |
| 2 | Shots on target | 9 |
| 3 | Corners | 9 |
| 23 | Fouls | 14 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
FC Utrecht 4-2-3-1
Coach: Anthony Correia
- 1 Vasilios Barkas GK
- 23 Niklas Vesterlund DEF
- 2 Siebe Horemans DEF
- 44 Mike Eerdhuijzen DEF
- 92 Arthur Zagré DEF
- 53 Ferdinand Pohl DEF
- 6 Guus Offerhaus DEF
- 11 Ángel Alarcon FWD
- 20 Dani de Wit MID
- 10 Yoann Cathline FWD
- 18 Artem Stepanov FWD
Bench
- 3 Matisse Didden DEF
- 30 Kevin Paredes MID
- 34 Davy van den Berg MID
- 15 Adrian Blake FWD
- 21 Neville Ogidi Nwankwo DEF
- 33 Kevin Gadellaa GK
- 25 Michael Brouwer GK
- 32 Per Kloosterboer DEF
- 8 Joris van Overeem MID
- 14 Zidane Iqbal MID
- 9 David Min FWD
- 47 Emmanuel Chigozie Owen FWD
AZ Alkmaar 4-2-3-1
Coach: Leeroy Echteld
- 28 Jari De Busser GK
- 22 Elijah Dijkstra DEF
- 3 Wouter Goes DEF
- 16 Lewis Schouten DEF
- 5 Mateo Chávez DEF
- 21 Dave Kwakman MID
- 6 Peer Koopmeiners MID
- 7 Weslley Pinto FWD
- 10 Kees Smit MID
- 11 Ro-Zangelo Daal FWD
- 35 Mexx Meerdink FWD
Bench
- 14 Calvin Stengs FWD
- 18 Rion Ichihara DEF
- 24 Ayoub Oufkir FWD
- 2 Seiya Maikuma DEF
- 12 Hobie Verhulst GK
- 1 Rome Owusu-Oduro GK
- 23 Billy van Duijl DEF
- 34 Mees de Wit DEF
- 75 Hessel de Wit MID
- 33 Matej Sín MID
- 45 Bendegúz Kovács FWD
- 27 Sem van Duijn FWD
Previous meetings
- Sunday 1 March 2026: FC Utrecht 2-0 AZ Alkmaar
- Sunday 26 October 2025: AZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Utrecht
- Saturday 18 January 2025: FC Utrecht 0-0 AZ Alkmaar
- Sunday 29 September 2024: AZ Alkmaar 1-2 FC Utrecht
- Sunday 19 May 2024: AZ Alkmaar 3-3 FC Utrecht