the first year of professional football in the Netherlands. AZ in Europe Below is a table with AZ's international results in the past seasons. UEFA current ranking Domestic results Below is a table with AZ's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956. Notable (former) players For a list of former AZ players with a Wikipedia article, see . The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed represented their countries while playing for AZ and its predecessor AZ'67. Coaches Alkmaar '54 (1954–1956) Kick Smit (1956–1958) (1 July 1958 – 30 June 1960) Piet de Wolf (1960–1961) (1961–1962) (1962–1963) (1 July 1963 – 30 June 1965) Barry Hughes (1 July 1965 – 30 June 1967) KFC / FC Zaanstreek Bob Kelly (1955–1956) (1956–1958) (1958–1960) (1960–1963) (1963–1964) Piet de Wolf (1964–1965) (1965–1966) AZ '67 Lesley Talbot (1 July 1967 – 30 June 1968) (1968–1969) Robert Heinz (1969–1971) Cor van der Hart (1 July 1971 – 30 June 1973) Joop Brand (1 July 1973 – 30 June 1976) Hans Kraay Sr. (1 July 1976 – 30 June 1977) Jan Notermans (1977) Cor van der Hart (1 July 1977 – 30 June 1978) Georg Keßler (1 July 1978 – 30 June 1982) Hans Eijkenbroek (1 July 1982 – 30 June 1983) Piet de Visser (1 July 1983 – 30 June 1985) Joop Brand (1 July 1985 – 30 June 1986) Han Berger (1 July 1986 – 31 December 1986) AZ Hans Eijkenbroek (1987 – 30 June 1989) Hans van Doorneveld (1 July 1989 – 30 June 1990) Henk Wullems (1 July 1990 – 30 June 1993) Piet Schrijvers (1 July 1993 – 30 June 1994) Theo Vonk (1 July 1994 – 28 February 1997) Hans de Koning (interim) (28 February 1997 – 30 June 1997) Willem van Hanegem (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999) Gerard van der Lem (1 July 1999 – 30 March 2000) Henk van Stee (31 March 2000 – 30 October 2002) Co Adriaanse (30 October 2002 – 30 June 2005) Louis van Gaal (1 July 2005 – 30 June 2009) Ronald Koeman (1 July 2009 – 5 December 2009) Martin Haar (interim) (5 December 2009 – 10 December 2009) Dick Advocaat (10 December 2009 – 30 June 2010) Gertjan Verbeek (1 July 2010 – 29 September 2013) Martin Haar (interim) (29 September 2013 – 15 October 2013) Dick Advocaat