AZ or AZ Vrouwen was a

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club based in Alkmaar and the

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. They were 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.

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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 Vrouwenvoetbal Alkmaar, commonly known as VV Alkmaar, is a Dutch association football, football (soccer) club that competes in the Eredivisie (women), Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. The club is the only one in the league no ...

Honours

National * National champion ** Winners (1):

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, 2009, 2010 *

KNVB Women's Cup The KNVB Women's Cup ( nl, KNVB Beker voor Vrouwen) is the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands. The competition was established in 1980, along with the KNVB Amateur Cup. From the 2007-08 season onwards, the first round of th ...

** Winners (1): 2011

Results Eredivisie

Former players

European competition

References

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