2022–23 AZ Alkmaar season

AZ Alkmaar 2022–23 football season

AZ Alkmaar

2022–23 season

Chairman

René Neelissen

Head coach

Pascal Jansen

Stadium

AFAS Stadion

Eredivisie

4th

KNVB Cup

Round of 16

UEFA Europa Conference League

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

League:
Vangelis Pavlidis (12)
All:
Vangelis Pavlidis (22)

Highest home attendance

18,772 (vs. Ajax, 18 September 2022)

Lowest home attendance

8,523 (vs. Vaduz, 15 September 2022)

Biggest win

7–0 (vs. Dundee United (H), 11 August 2022 UEFA Conference League)

Biggest defeat

1–3 (vs. Feyenoord (H), 16 October 2022 Eredivisie)
1–3 (vs. RKC Waalwijk (A), 6 November 2022 Eredivisie)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2021–22

2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 56th in the history of AZ Alkmaar and their 25th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

As of 1 September 2022^[1]

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	DEN	Peter Vindahl Jensen
2	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara
3	DF	GRE	Pantelis Hatzidiakos
4	DF	NED	Bruno Martins Indi (captain)
5	DF	HUN	Milos Kerkez
6	MF	NED	Tijjani Reijnders
7	FW	DEN	Jens Odgaard
8	MF	NED	Jordy Clasie
9	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis
10	MF	NED	Dani de Wit
11	FW	SWE	Jesper Karlsson
12	GK	NED	Hobie Verhulst
13	GK	NED	Sem Westerveld


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	NED	Peer Koopmeiners
17	FW	TUR	Yusuf Barası
18	MF	NOR	Håkon Evjen
19	FW	NED	Myron van Brederode
21	FW	NED	Ernest Poku
22	DF	NED	Maxim Dekker
23	FW	SWE	Mayckel Lahdo
25	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer
27	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden (on loan from Inter)
28	MF	NED	Zico Buurmeester
31	DF	NED	Sam Beukema
34	DF	NED	Mees de Wit

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NED	Jelle Duin (at Aarhus GF until 30 June 2023)
—	GK	NED	Mees Bakker (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Kenzo Goudmijn (at Excelsior until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

PEC Zwolle

2 July 2022 Friendly	AZ	3–1	PEC Zwolle	Dirkshorn
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barası 10' Lahdo 23' Pavlidis 55'		Landu 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Dirkshorn

PAOK

6 July 2022 Friendly	AZ	2–2	PAOK	Wenum-Wiesel
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlidis 27' Griffith 72'		A. Živković 5' Kargas 13'	Stadium: Sportpark Wiesel

Olympiacos

9 July 2022 Friendly	Olympiacos	1–0	AZ	Piraeus, Greece
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Abou Cissé 45'			Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

Westerlo

16 July 2022 Friendly	Westerlo	0–1	AZ	Westerlo, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Evjen 88'	Stadium: Het Kuipje

Bologna

24 July 2022 Friendly	AZ	1–0	Bologna	Alkmaar, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Buurmeester 41'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Clay Ruperti (Netherlands)

Atalanta

29 December 2022 Friendly	Atalanta	0–1	AZ	Bergamo
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zapata 79'	Report	Evjen 1'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	7 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	4th	34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	058.82
KNVB Cup	11 January 2023	7 February 2023	Second round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	18 May 2023	Second qualifying round	Semi-finals	18	13	0	5	37	15	+22	072.22
Total					54	34	7	13	110	53	+57	062.96

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	23	6	5	89	40	+49	75	Champions League third qualifying round
3	Ajax	34	20	9	5	86	38	+48	69	Europa League play-off round
4	AZ	34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	67	Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Twente (O)	34	18	10	6	66	27	+39	64	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6	Sparta Rotterdam	34	17	8	9	60	37	+23	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(O) Play-off Winner

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	67	9	5	3	36	20	+16	11	2	4	32	15	+17

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2022.^[2]

AZ v Go Ahead Eagles

7 August 2022 1	AZ	2–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Alkmaar
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlidis 70' Van Brederode 86'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,438 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Sparta Rotterdam v AZ

14 August 2022 2	Sparta Rotterdam	2–3	AZ	Rotterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Crooij 1', 59'	Report	D. de Wit 57' Kerkez 65' Pavlidis 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 9,631 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

SC Cambuur v AZ

28 August 2022 4	SC Cambuur	0–1	AZ	Leeuwarden
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Clasie 90'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rob Dieperink

AZ v NEC

1 September 2022 3	AZ	1–1	NEC	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Odgaard 57'	Report	Márquez 54'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,945 Referee: Dennis Higler

FC Emmen v AZ

4 September 2022 5	FC Emmen	0–3	AZ	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Odgaard 21' D. de Wit 27' Reijnders 34'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Martin Pérez

AZ v FC Twente

11 September 2022 6	AZ	1–1	FC Twente	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Odgaard 54'	Report	Ugalde 81'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,269 Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ v Ajax

18 September 2022 7	AZ	2–1	Ajax	Alkmaar
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	M. de Wit 40' Odgaard 45+6'	Report	Kudus 12'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18,772 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

FC Groningen v AZ

1 October 2022 8	FC Groningen	1–4	AZ	Groningen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pepi 42'	Report	de Wit 3' Karlsson 19' Kerkez 61' Lahdo 85'	Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion Attendance: 18,890 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

FC Utrecht v AZ

9 October 2022 9	FC Utrecht	1–2	AZ	Utrecht
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sylla 90+3'	Report	van Brederode 31' Sugawara 68'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 20,873 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ v Feyenoord

16 October 2022 10	AZ	1–3	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Odgaard 26'	Report	Kökçu 31' (pen.) Szymański 56' Danilo 82'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,039 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Excelsior v AZ

23 October 2022 11	Excelsior	2–1	AZ	Rotterdam
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Horemans 6' Azarkan 31'	Report	Sugawara 48'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Allard Lindhout

AZ v FC Volendam

30 October 2022 12	AZ	2–1	FC Volendam	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Odgaard 20' Reijnders 40'	Report	H. Veerman 48'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18,255 Referee: Joey Kooij

RKC Waalwijk v AZ

6 November 2022 13	RKC Waalwijk	3–1	AZ	Waalwijk
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bel Hassani 32' Bakkali 87', 90+2'	Report	Karlsson 9'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 5,067 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

PSV v AZ

12 November 2022 14	PSV	0–1	AZ	Eindhoven
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pavlidis 18'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,009 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ v Vitesse

7 January 2023 15	AZ	1–1	Vitesse	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlidis 77'	Report	Sankoh 87'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,277 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

SC Heerenveen v AZ

14 January 2023 16	SC Heerenveen	0–2	AZ	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	D. de Wit 33' Reijnders 46'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,019 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ v Fortuna Sittard

22 January 2023 17	AZ	3–1	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	D. de Wit 4' Navarro 24' (o.g.) Pavlidis 56'	Report	Yılmaz 11' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,652 Referee: Dennis Higler

Go Ahead Eagles v AZ

25 January 2023 18	Go Ahead Eagles	1–4	AZ	Deventer
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Willumsson 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Pavlidis 38' Mihailovic 57' Sugawara 87' Buurmeester 90+5'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,457 Referee: Allard Lindhout

AZ v FC Utrecht

28 January 2023 19	AZ	5–5	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dekker 20' Pavlidis 31', 34', 78' M. de Wit 70'	Report	Douvikas 12', 16', 65' Viergever 41' van de Streek 80'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,765 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

FC Volendam v AZ

4 February 2023 20	FC Volendam	1–1	AZ	Volendam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mbuyamba 62'	Report	Odgaard 83'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Martin Pérez

AZ v Excelsior

10 February 2023 21	AZ	5–0	Excelsior	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mijnans 20', 30' Karlsson 27' Odgaard 35' Pavlidis 38'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,187 Referee: Alex Bos

Feyenoord v AZ

18 February 2023 22	Feyenoord	2–1	AZ	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jahanbakhsh 45+2' Pedersen 90'	Report	Dilrosun 17' (o.g.)	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

AZ v SC Cambuur

25 February 2023 23	AZ	2–1	SC Cambuur	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlidis 40' Goes 73'	Report	Johnsen 85' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,869 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Vitesse v AZ

5 March 2023 24	Vitesse	0–1	AZ	Arnhem
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Karlsson 29'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 16,367 Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ v FC Groningen

12 March 2023 25	AZ	1–0	FC Groningen	Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson 4'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,526 Referee: Pol van Boekel

FC Twente v AZ

19 March 2023 26	FC Twente	2–1	AZ	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ugalde 8', 11'	Report	Karlsson 66'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Allard Lindhout

AZ v SC Heerenveen

1 April 2023 27	AZ	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Alkmaar
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mous 75' (o.g.)	Report	van Hooijdonk 5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18,393 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

AZ v Sparta Rotterdam

8 April 2023 28	AZ	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lauritsen 45+1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18,002 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Fortuna Sittard v AZ

16 April 2023 29	Fortuna Sittard	0–3	AZ	Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Odgaard 24' Kerkez 42' Pavlidis 84'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 9,825 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

AZ v RKC Waalwijk

23 April 2023 30	AZ	3–0	RKC Waalwijk	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mijnans 8' Lahdo 50' van Brederode 63'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,787 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Ajax v AZ

6 May 2023 31	Ajax	0–0	AZ	Amsterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,841 Referee: Danny Makkelie

AZ v FC Emmen

14 May 2023 32	AZ	5–1	FC Emmen	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mijnans 13' van Brederode 15' Reijnders 23' Beukema 28' Clasie 45+1'	Report	Živković 50'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,481 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

N.E.C. v AZ

21 May 2023 33	N.E.C.	0–3	AZ	Nijmegen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Karlsson 28', 50' Clasie 43'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

AZ v PSV

28 May 2023 34	AZ	1–2	PSV	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson 84' (pen.)	Report	Simons 65', 90+8'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

Excelsior v AZ

11 January 2023 Second round	Excelsior	1–4	AZ	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kharchouch 32'	Report	Odgaard 13' D. de Wit 35' Karlsson 39' Pavlidis 79'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4.300 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

AZ v FC Utrecht

7 February 2023 Round of 16	AZ	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Karlsson 86'	Report	Viergever 58' Maeda 93'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 10,214 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

Tuzla City

21 July 2022 Second leg	AZ	1–0	Tuzla City	Alkmaar
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	D. de Wit 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 9,047 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

Tuzla City

28 July 2022 First leg	Tuzla City	0–4 (0–5 agg.)	AZ	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	D. de Wit 34' Pavlidis 61' Lahdo 63' F. de Jong 81'	Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

Dundee United

4 August 2022 First leg	Dundee United	1–0	AZ	Dundee, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Middleton 61'	Report		Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 10,181 Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Portugal)

Dundee United

11 August 2022 Second leg	AZ	7–0 (7–1 agg.)	Dundee United	Alkmaar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlidis 21', 36' Reijnders 31', 41' Evjen 44' D. de Wit 46' Clasie 63' Lahdo 74'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,005 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

Gil Vicente

18 August 2022 First leg	AZ	4–0	Gil Vicente	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D. de Wit 24', 89' Lahdo 78' Pavlidis 85'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,211 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

Gil Vicente

25 August 2022 Second leg	Gil Vicente	1–2 (1–6 agg.)	AZ	Barcelos
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Boselli 86'	Report	Evjen 60' Reijnders 64'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 4,625 Referee: Fran Jovic (Croatia)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AZ	DNI	APL	VAD
1	AZ	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6	15	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	3–2	4–1
2	Dnipro-1	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Apollon Limassol	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7		1–0	1–3	—	1–0
4	Vaduz	6	0	2	4	5	11	−6	2		1–2	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Dnipro-1

8 September 2022 1	Dnipro-1	0–1	AZ	Košice, Slovakia^[4]
21:00 CEST		Report	D. de Wit 63'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 3,347^[5] Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

Vaduz

15 September 2022 2	AZ	4–1	Vaduz	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45 CEST	Barası 19' Beukema 81' Sugawara 90+2' D. de Wit 90+5'	Report	Goelzer 22'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 8,523^[6] Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

Apollon Limassol

6 October 2022 3	AZ	3–2	Apollon Limassol	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CEST	Odgaard 16' D. de Wit 62' (pen.) Karlsson 85'	Report	Joosten 19' Cabral 71'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 10,016^[7] Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Apollon Limassol

13 October 2022 4	Apollon Limassol	1–0	AZ	Nicosia, Cyprus
18:45 CEST	Roberge 32'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium^[8] Attendance: 3,011^[9] Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Vaduz

27 October 2022 5	Vaduz	1–2	AZ	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:45 CEST	Halser 76' Ulrich 83'	Report	Kerkez 50' van Brederode 75'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1.949 Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Dnipro-1

3 November 2022 6	AZ	2–1	Dnipro-1	Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45 CET	Odgaard 8' Pavlidis 87'	Report	Dovbyk 40'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12.387 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Lazio

7 March 2023 First leg	Lazio	1–2	AZ	Rome
18:45 CET(UTC+1)	Pedro 18'	Report	Pavlidis 45' Kerkez 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 19,584 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Lazio

16 March 2023 Second leg	AZ	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Lazio	Alkmaar
21:00 CET(UTC+1)	Karlsson 28' Pavlidis 62'	Report	Felipe Anderson 21'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Quarter-finals

Anderlecht

13 April 2023 First leg	Anderlecht	2–0	AZ	Brussels
21:00 CET(UTC+1)	Murillo 22' Ashimeru 70'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 18,157^[10] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Anderlecht

20 April 2023 Second leg	AZ	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–1 p)	Anderlecht	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlidis 5' (pen.), 13'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 19,500^[11] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
	Penalties
	Clasie Sugawara Reijnders Meerdink		Vertonghen Kana Sardella
Note: 2 –2 on aggregate. AZ won 4–1 on penalties.

Semi-finals

West Ham United

11 May 2023 First leg	West Ham United	2–1	AZ	London
21:00 (20:00 BST)	Benrahma 67' (pen.) Antonio 76'	Report	Reijnders 41'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,412 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

West Ham United

18 May 2023 Second leg	AZ	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	West Ham United	Alkmaar
21:00		Report	Fornals 90+4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

References

^ "Spelers". az.nl. AZ. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld".
^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[3] Therefore, Dnipro-1 play at Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro.
^ "Dnipro-1 vs. AZ" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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^ "AZ vs. Apollon Limassol" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ Apollon Limassol play their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, instead of their regular stadium, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
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^ "AZ vs. Anderlecht" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

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Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax AZ SC Cambuur FC Emmen Excelsior Rotterdam Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles FC Groningen SC Heerenveen NEC PSV RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam FC Twente FC Utrecht Vitesse FC Volendam
Eerste Divisie	ADO Den Haag Almere City FC FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht FC Eindhoven De Graafschap Helmond Sport Heracles Almelo Jong Ajax Jong AZ Jong PSV Jong FC Utrecht MVV Maastricht NAC Breda PEC Zwolle Roda JC Kerkrade Telstar TOP Oss VVV-Venlo Willem II
Women's Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag Ajax VV Alkmaar Excelsior Rotterdam SC Heerenveen PEC Zwolle PSV FC Twente