AZ damer

AZ or AZ Vrouwen is a women's association football club based in Alkmaar and the Zaanstreek, Netherlands. They are affiliated with the AZ men's team. They were founder members of the Eredivisie Vrouwen in 2007 and won the first three editions of the championship. In February 2011 AZ announced they were withdrawing support for their women's section, for financial reasons.

Telstar entered a team in the 2011–12 women's Eredivisie and most of the AZ players signed for the newly formed club.

In Januari 2022 AZ announced they were looking into restarting with a women's section. Two months later AZ revealed they were going to financially support and were working closely with VV Alkmaar. After AZ and VV Alkmaar already intensified their collaboration in 2022, AZ now takes the place of VV Alkmaar in the Azerion Women's Eredivisie starting from the 2023-2024 season.

On 23 March 2023 Mark De Vries was confirmed as manager.

AZ damer, även känt som AZ Alkmaar Vrouwen, är en nederländsk fotbollsklubb för damer baserad i Alkmaar. Klubben grundades 1974 och spelar sina hemmamatcher på AFAS Stadion.

AZ damer har vunnit tre KNVB-cuper (2011, 2016, 2018) och har en gång varit tvåa i Eredivisie (2015-16). Klubben har också framgångsrikt deltagit i UEFA Women's Champions League, där de nådde semifinal 2019-20.

Bland de mest kända spelarna i AZ damer finns Vivianne Miedema, Danielle van de Donk och Sherida Spitse. Klubben har också fostrat flera talanger som har gått vidare till att representera det nederländska landslaget.

AZ damer är ett av de mest framgångsrika damfotbollslagen i Nederländerna och fortsätter att vara en stark utmanare i både inhemska och europeiska tävlingar.