During the 2008–09 Dutch football season, AZ Alkmaar competed in the Eredivisie, playing their 42nd season of competitive football (Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek had merged to form AZ in May 1967).
The club won its first Eredivisie title since 1981 and remains the second top flight title in its history to this day. The club secured 80 points in the 34 games under Louis van Gaal and finished 11 points ahead of second placed FC Twente. AZ were knocked out of the KNVB Cup in the quarterfinals suffering a 2-1 home loss to NAC Breda, although they did secure a notable 1-0 (aet) win over PSV Eindhoven in the third round.
^Didulica was born in Geelong, Australia, and represented them at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in April 2004.
^El Hamdaoui was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in February 2009.
January 01, 1970
2008, alkmaar, season, during, 2008, dutch, football, season, alkmaar, competed, eredivisie, playing, their, 42nd, season, competitive, football, alkmaar, zaanstreek, merged, form, 1967, alkmaar2008, seasonmanagerlouis, gaalstadiumafas, stadioneredivisie1stknv. During the 2008 09 Dutch football season AZ Alkmaar competed in the Eredivisie playing their 42nd season of competitive football Alkmaar 54 and FC Zaanstreek had merged to form AZ in May 1967 AZ Alkmaar2008 09 seasonManagerLouis van GaalStadiumAFAS StadionEredivisie1stKNVB CupQuarter finalsTop goalscorerLeague Mounir El Hamdaoui 23 All Mounir El Hamdaoui 24 2007 082009 10 Contents 1 Season summary 2 First team squad 2 1 Left club during season 3 References 4 NotesSeason summary editThe club won its first Eredivisie title since 1981 and remains the second top flight title in its history to this day The club secured 80 points in the 34 games under Louis van Gaal and finished 11 points ahead of second placed FC Twente AZ were knocked out of the KNVB Cup in the quarterfinals suffering a 2 1 home loss to NAC Breda although they did secure a notable 1 0 aet win over PSV Eindhoven in the third round van Gaal left the club at the end of the season to join FC Bayern Munich and was succeeded by Ronald Koeman First team squad editSquad at end of season 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 nbsp CRO Joey Didulica notes 1 2 DF nbsp NED Kew Jaliens 3 DF nbsp NED Gijs Luirink 4 DF nbsp MEX Hector Moreno 5 DF nbsp BEL Sebastien Pocognoli 6 MF nbsp NED David Mendes da Silva 7 MF nbsp NED Jeremain Lens 8 MF nbsp NED Stijn Schaars 9 FW nbsp BRA Ari 10 FW nbsp MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui notes 2 11 MF nbsp BEL Maarten Martens 14 DF nbsp EST Ragnar Klavan 15 DF nbsp DEN Simon Poulsen 16 MF nbsp FIN Toni Kolehmainen No Pos Nation Player 18 MF nbsp BEL Mousa Dembele 19 DF nbsp NED Kees Luijckx 20 MF nbsp NED Demy de Zeeuw 22 GK nbsp ARG Sergio Romero 23 MF nbsp NED Nick van der Velden 24 MF nbsp AUS James Holland 25 DF nbsp FIN Niklas Moisander 26 MF nbsp NED Marko Vejinovic 27 MF nbsp AUS Brett Holman 28 DF nbsp BEL Gill Swerts 29 FW nbsp ITA Graziano Pelle MF nbsp NED Kevin Brands MF nbsp ISL Johann Berg Gudmundsson Left club during season edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 10 MF nbsp GER Simon Cziommer on loan to FC Utrecht 12 DF nbsp NED Milano Koenders on loan to NEC Nijmegen 14 MF nbsp NED Ryan Donk on loan to West Bromwich Albion No Pos Nation Player 21 GK nbsp NED Boy Waterman on loan to ADO Den Haag 33 MF nbsp NED Gregory Nelson on loan to RBC Roosendaal References edit FootballSquads AZ Alkmaar 2008 09 Notes edit Didulica was born in Geelong Australia and represented them at U 23 level but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in April 2004 El Hamdaoui was born in Rotterdam Netherlands and represented them at U 21 level but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in February 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 09 AZ Alkmaar season amp oldid 1054849578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
