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(C3) Europa League 2015/2016 - Journée 2 - Groupe L

AFAS Stadion - Alkmaar - Netherlands

October 01, 2015 - 19:00

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Spain

Assist by Muamer TankovicMarkus Henriksen

53'

(o.g) Eneko Bóveda

65'

73'

Aritz AdurizAssist by Eneko Bóveda

logo AZ Alkmaar AZ

47' - Yellow card Mattias Johansson47

50' - Yellow card Carlos Gurpegui photo Ander Iturraspe

50' - Yellow card Ander Iturraspe

53' - Goal Markus Henriksen53

57' - Substitution Ager Aketxeis substituted by Iñaki Williams

63' - Substitution Ander Iturraspeis substituted by Aritz Aduriz photo Raúl García

63' - Substitution Kike Solais substituted by Raúl García

65' - Own goal Eneko Bóveda65

71' - Yellow card Raúl García

73' - Goal Aritz Aduriz

76' - Substitution Muamer Tankovicis substituted by Derrick Luckassen76

78' - Substitution Vincent Janssenis substituted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh78

87' - Substitution Dabney Dos Santosis substituted by Thom Haye87

90' - Yellow card Gino Coutinho90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

AZ Alkmaar Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Tankovic76

Muamer Tankovic

Sweden

B.date22/02/1995

Age20 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18Janssen78

Vincent Janssen

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1994

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

10Henriksen53

Markus Henriksen

Norway

B.date25/07/1992

Age23 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

19Dos Santos87

Dabney Dos Santos

Netherlands

B.date31/07/1996

Age19 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Van Overeem

Joris Van Overeem

Netherlands

B.date01/06/1994

Age21 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

17Rienstra

Ben Rienstra

Netherlands

B.date05/06/1990

Age25 years

H1m82

positionBox-to-box midfielder

24Haps

Ridgeciano Haps

Suriname

B.date12/06/1993

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

14van der Linden

Jop van der Linden

Netherlands

B.date17/07/1990

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3Gouweleeuw

Jeffrey Gouweleeuw

Netherlands

B.date10/07/1991

Age24 years

H1m87

positionDefender

2Johansson47

Mattias Johansson

Sweden

B.date16/02/1992

Age23 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

16Coutinho90

Gino Coutinho

Netherlands

B.date05/08/1982

Age33 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Gino Coutinho	90	33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jop van der Linden		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ridgeciano Haps		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mattias Johansson	47	23	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ben Rienstra		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Muamer Tankovic	76	20	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Dabney Dos Santos	87	19	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Markus Henriksen	53	23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Joris Van Overeem		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Vincent Janssen	78	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Sola63

Kike Sola

Spain

B.date25/02/1986

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

21Viguera

Borja Viguera

Spain

B.date26/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

5Eraso

Javier Eraso

Spain

B.date22/03/1990

Age25 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

23Aketxe57

Ager Aketxe

Spain

B.date30/12/1993

Age21 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

17Rico

Mikel Rico

Spain

B.date04/11/1984

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight central midfielder

8Iturraspe6350

Ander Iturraspe

Spain

B.date08/03/1989

Age26 years

H1m87

positionRight central midfielder

30Lekue

Iñigo Lekue

Spain

B.date04/05/1993

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

4Laporte

Aymeric Laporte

Spain

B.date27/05/1994

Age21 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

18Gurpegui50

Carlos Gurpegui

Spain

B.date19/08/1980

Age35 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

2Bóveda65

Eneko Bóveda

Spain

B.date14/12/1988

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

13Herrerín

Iago Herrerín

Spain

B.date25/01/1988

Age27 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Iago Herrerín		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Carlos Gurpegui	50	35	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Aymeric Laporte		21	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Eneko Bóveda	65	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Iñigo Lekue		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ander Iturraspe	6350	26	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Mikel Rico		30	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ager Aketxe	57	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Javier Eraso		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kike Sola	63	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Borja Viguera		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Rochet		22
23	D	Derrick Luckassen	76	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jan Wuytens		30
5	D	Rajko Brezancic		26
20	M	Thom Haye	87	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	78	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Robert Mühren		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gorka Iraizoz		34
10	D	Óscar de Marcos		26
3	M	Gorka Elustondo		28
7	M	Beñat		28
22	M	Raúl García	6371	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Iñaki Williams	57	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Aritz Aduriz	7363	34	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ridgeciano Haps

Rajko Brezancic

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Iago Herrerín

Gorka Iraizoz

OUT

Javier Eraso

Raúl García

OUT

Kike Sola

Aritz Aduriz

OUT

Ager Aketxe

Markel Susaeta

OUT

Iñigo Lekue

Mikel Balenziaga

OUT

Carlos Gurpegui

Xabier Etxeita

OUT

Eneko Bóveda

Óscar de Marcos

OUT

Ander Iturraspe

Mikel San José

OUT

Mikel Rico

Beñat

OUT

Borja Viguera

Sabin Merino

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John van den Brom

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

van den Brom vs Athletic Bilbao

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 01, 2015

van den Brom vs Valverde

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 01, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

208

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Valverde vs AZ Alkmaar

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 01, 2015

Valverde vs van den Brom

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 01, 2015

Referee

Ivan Kruzliak

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	AZ Alkmaar3 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	AZ Alkmaar1 match	Season total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 18, 2023					Latest figure on September 14, 2017

Videos

Comments

Key figures

AZ Alkmaar keeps its 6 matches with at least 2 goals scored in Ligue Europa running (since 30/07/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/10/2006-15/03/2007 time period (8 matches).

The last time Athletic Bilbao has ended with the score 1-2 in Ligue Europa, It was on the 25/10/2012 (vs )

Joris Van Overeem played his game number 50 in his professional career

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Partizan Belgrade	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	AZ Alkmaar	3 pts	2 rd
-2	3	Athletic Bilbao	3 pts	2 rd
	4	Augsburg	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Partizan Belgrade	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	AZ Alkmaar	3 pts	2 rd
-2	3	Athletic Bilbao	3 pts	2 rd
	4	Augsburg	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAZ Alkmaar 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam09/08/2015

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 Willem II23/08/2015

VAZ Alkmaar 2-0 Astra Giurgiu27/08/2015

LAZ Alkmaar 0-1 Roda JC30/08/2015

VAZ Alkmaar 6-1 VVV-Venlo23/09/2015

VAZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heracles Almelo26/09/2015

Overall

LAZ Alkmaar 0-1 Roda JC30/08/2015

VDe Graafschap 1-3 AZ Alkmaar12/09/2015

LPartizan Belgrade 3-2 AZ Alkmaar17/09/2015

LFC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar20/09/2015

VAZ Alkmaar 6-1 VVV-Venlo23/09/2015

VAZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heracles Almelo26/09/2015

Current form

Away

DShamakhi 0-0 Athletic Bilbao06/08/2015

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Athletic Bilbao17/08/2015

LZilina 3-2 Athletic Bilbao20/08/2015

LEibar 2-0 Athletic Bilbao30/08/2015

LVillarreal 3-1 Athletic Bilbao20/09/2015

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Athletic Bilbao27/09/2015

Overall

LEibar 2-0 Athletic Bilbao30/08/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 3-1 Getafe13/09/2015

VAthletic Bilbao 3-1 Augsburg17/09/2015

LVillarreal 3-1 Athletic Bilbao20/09/2015

LAthletic Bilbao 1-2 Real Madrid23/09/2015

DReal Sociedad 0-0 Athletic Bilbao27/09/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	7	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	1
123	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	39
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jop van der Linden	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Aritz Aduriz
Jop van der Linden	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kike Sola
Jop van der Linden	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jop van der Linden	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dabney Dos Santos	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Markel Susaeta
Dabney Dos Santos	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ibai
Jop van der Linden	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	Aritz Aduriz