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Ajax vs AZ Alkmaar is a balanced matchup with credible wins for both sides. The teams drew 1–1 at AZ Alkmaar on 8 February 2026; AZ then won 6–0 at home in the KNVB Beker on 14 January 2026, while Ajax and AZ had drawn 2–2 in Amsterdam on 16 March 2025. The contrast makes every future meeting a test of who can control the margin.
Past matches, Ajax vs AZ Alkmaar
Match center
Starting eleven
Starting XI AZ Alkmaar
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41G
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2D
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3D
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5D
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34D
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20M
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6M
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17M
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33M
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27M
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9F
Ajax Starting XI
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G
1
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D
3
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D
37
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D
15
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D
5
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M
18
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M
6
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M
48
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F
43
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F
9
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F
11
Substitutes AZ Alkmaar
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12G
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31G
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4D
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7F
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11F
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15D
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18D
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19F
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22D
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23D
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24F
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56M
Ajax Substitutes
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G
12
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G
52
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D
2
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D
4
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M
10
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F
17
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D
24
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F
25
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M
28
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D
30
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D
32
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D
47
Match events
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43'M. Chavez Garcia S. Maikuma
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46'J. Hornkamp M. Sin
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52'⚽W. Goes Normal Goal
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59'Mees de Wit Yellow Card
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66'K. Fitz-Jim D. Klaassen
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73'Weslley Patati I. Jensen
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73'I. Sadiq R. Daal
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75'Troy Parrott Goal cancelled
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76'O. Gloukh S. Steur
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76'O. Edvardsen R. Bounida
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76'O. Zinchenko O. Wijndal
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88'W. Weghorst M. Godts
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90' +5Peer Koopmeiners Yellow Card
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90'⚽K. Fitz-Jim Normal Goal (Asst: O. Edvardsen)
Stats for this game
Matchup Ajax VS AZ Alkmaar
A contest without a settled order
Neither club owns an automatic answer in this pairing. AZ Alkmaar’s 6–0 KNVB Beker win at home on 14 January 2026 was emphatic, but the 1–1 draw at AZ on 8 February 2026 points to a different kind of contest. Ajax had also drawn 2–2 at home on 16 March 2025, showing that AZ’s advantage in one meeting does not dictate the next. The contrast is too strong for a routine script.
Margins keep changing
Ajax have supplied their own counterweight through the 2–2 draw, while AZ’s 2–0 away win at Ajax on 18 October 2025 demonstrates that the visitors can also impose a clear result. Across these dated scorelines, the pairing moves between stalemate, narrow control and emphatic separation. Future meetings will ask which version appears and whether either side can turn a single advantage into sustained authority. Neither club can assume that one margin will settle the broader contest.