Excelsior 3-3 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 December 2016

Result

Excelsior 3-3 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 December 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Excelsior 3-3 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Excelsior drew with AZ Alkmaar 3-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 3 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-2.

Stanley Elbers opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Stanley Elbers (9'), Nigel Hasselbaink (26', penalty) and H. Faik (65'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Robert Mühren (11'), M. Tankovic (34') and S. Wuytens (76').

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

Going into the game Excelsior were 17th on 12 points from 14 and AZ Alkmaar 5th on 22 points from 14. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 35 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Muamer Tankovic of AZ Alkmaar (8.0), ahead of Stijn Wuytens (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 2 draws and 2 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Stanley ElbersExcelsior · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Robert MührenAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar
  • 26'Penalty goal · Nigel HasselbainkExcelsior · 2-1
  • 29'Yellow card · K. VermeulenExcelsior
  • 34'Goal · M. TankovicAZ Alkmaar · 2-2
  • 65'Goal · H. FaikExcelsior · 3-2
  • 72'Yellow card · FredyExcelsior
  • 76'Goal · S. WuytensAZ Alkmaar · 3-3

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Excelsior 0, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 2.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Khalid Karami, Henrico Drost, Bas Kuipers, Jurgen Matheij, Jeffry Fortes, Kevin Vermeulen, Hicham Faik, Nigel Hasselbaink, Stanley Elbers, Fredy

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

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Stijn Wuytens, Ben Rienstra, Mats Seuntjens, Robert Mühren, Wout Weghorst, Muamer Tankovic, Iliass Bel Hassani