AZ Alkmaar 4-1 De Graafschap: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 1 May 2016

Result

AZ Alkmaar 4-1 De Graafschap

Eredivisie · Sunday 1 May 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

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AZ Alkmaar 4-1 De Graafschap: match report

AZ Alkmaar defeated De Graafschap 4-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 1 May 2016. The half-time score was 3-1.

Mark Diemers opened the scoring in the 7th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Vincent Janssen (14', penalty), R. Haps (22'), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (40') and J. van Overeem (75'). De Graafschap scored through Mark Diemers (7').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; De Graafschap received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 5th on 53 points from 32 and De Graafschap 17th on 24 points from 32. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and De Graafschap 17th with 25.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and De Graafschap in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ridgeciano Haps of AZ Alkmaar (9.3), ahead of Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AZ Alkmaar win, 0 draws and 0 for De Graafschap.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Mark DiemersDe Graafschap · 0-1
  • 14'Penalty goal · Vincent JanssenAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 22'Goal · R. HapsAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · Alireza JahanbakhshAZ Alkmaar · 3-1
  • 68'Yellow card · T. ÇiçekDe Graafschap
  • 75'Goal · J. van OvereemAZ Alkmaar · 4-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Celso OrtizAZ Alkmaar
  • 83'Yellow card · Robin PröpperDe Graafschap

Head-to-head

1 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 1, draws 0, De Graafschap 0.

Team news

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AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Stijn Wuytens, Joris van Overeem, Muamer Tankovic, Ben Rienstra, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Vincent Janssen, Dabney dos Santos

De Graafschap line-up (4-3-1-2)

Hidde Jurjus, Robin Pröpper, Ted Van de Pavert, Nathaniël Will, Tolgahan Mulla Çiçek, Dean Koolhof, Bryan Smeets, Andy Driver, Mark Diemers, Vincent Vermeij, Cas Peters