AZ Alkmaar 3-1 SC Heerenveen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

AZ Alkmaar 3-1 SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 December 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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AZ Alkmaar 3-1 SC Heerenveen: match report

AZ Alkmaar won against SC Heerenveen 3-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Pelle van Amersfoort opened the scoring in the 48th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from an own goal by Denzel Dumfries (80'), Fred Friday (84') and Fred Friday (90'). SC Heerenveen scored through Pelle van Amersfoort (48').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; SC Heerenveen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and SC Heerenveen 9th on 23 points from 17. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and SC Heerenveen 7th with 49.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and SC Heerenveen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fred Friday of AZ Alkmaar (8.7), ahead of Pantelis Hatzidiakos (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Ricardo Van RhijnAZ Alkmaar
  • 48'Goal · Pelle van AmersfoortSC Heerenveen · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Morten ThorsbySC Heerenveen
  • 60'Yellow card · Yuki KobayashiSC Heerenveen
  • 80'Own goal · Denzel DumfriesAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Fred FridayAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Fred FridayAZ Alkmaar · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 1, draws 0, SC Heerenveen 0.

Team news

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marco Bizot, Thomas Ouwejan, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Ricardo van Rhijn, Stijn Wuytens, Fredrik Midtsjø, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Joris van Overeem, Teun Koopmeiners, Guus Til, Wout Weghorst

SC Heerenveen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Warner Hahn, Denzel Dumfries, Daniel Høegh, Kik Pierie, Doke Schmidt, Stijn Schaars, Morten Thorsby, Michel Vlap, Pelle van Amersfoort, Yuki Kobayashi, Henk Veerman