FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Wednesday 17 May 2017

Result

FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Wednesday 17 May 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by AZ Alkmaar 1-4 in Eredivisie on Wednesday 17 May 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh opened the scoring in the 45th minute. FC Groningen's goal came from J. Drost (68'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Alireza Jahanbakhsh (45'), Wout Weghorst (66'), C. Stengs (74') and Wout Weghorst (90+2').

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card; AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 8th on 43 points from 34 and AZ Alkmaar 6th on 47 points from 34. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Wout Weghorst of AZ Alkmaar (8.7), ahead of Stijn Wuytens (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 2 draws and 4 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Ron VlaarAZ Alkmaar
  • 45'Goal · Alireza JahanbakhshAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 66'Goal · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar · 0-2
  • 68'Goal · J. DrostFC Groningen · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · C. StengsAZ Alkmaar · 1-3
  • 90'Yellow card · J. BacunaFC Groningen
  • 90+2'Goal · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 4.

Team news

FC Groningen line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Padt, Jason Davidson, Samir Memisevic, Etienne Reijnen, Tom Hiariej, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Oussama Idrissi, Bryan Linssen, Alexander Sørloth

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

Tim Krul, Ron Vlaar, Jonas Svensson, Thomas Ouwejan, Derrick Luckassen, Joris van Overeem, Mats Seuntjens, Stijn Wuytens, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Levi García