UEFA Europa LeagueMatchday 3Ararat-Armenia vs AZ Alkmaar 0-4
- Valdemar Byskov Andreasen21'
- Weslley Pinto Batista27'
- Weslley Pinto Batista76'
- Mexx Meerdink79'
- Kick-off
- Thu, 22 Oct 2026 · 16:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
- Referee
- Patrik Kolaric
Match timeline
- 80’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarRion Ichihara ONWesley Hoedt OFF - 80’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarHessel de Wit ONValdemar Byskov Andreasen OFF - 79’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarMexx MeerdinkAssist: Weslley Pinto Batista0 – 4 - 76’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarWeslley Pinto BatistaAssist: Ro Zangelo Daal0 – 3 - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaBernardo Oliveira ONJuan Andres Balanta OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaArayik Eloyan ONSandro Lima OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaBruno Pereira ONEdgar·Grigoryan OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaCarlos Henrique França Freires ONZhirayr Shaghoyan OFF
Show 8 earlier events
- 65’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarMexx Meerdink ONBendegúz Kovács OFF - 65’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarDenso Kasius ONSeiya Maikuma OFF - 57’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaKaren Muradyan ONArmen Ambartsumyan OFF - 45’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarRo Zangelo Daal ONAyoub Oufkir OFF - 44’Yellow card
Ararat-ArmeniaArmen Ambartsumyan - 27’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarWeslley Pinto BatistaAssist: Seiya Maikuma0 – 2 - 23’Yellow card
Ararat-ArmeniaBruno Wilson - 21’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarValdemar Byskov Andreasen0 – 1 - 1’Kick-off
Key stats
- 39%Possession61%
- 9Shots17
- 0.41xG1.70
- 4Shots on Target9
- 5Corners6
- 9Fouls15
- 2Offsides0
- 5Saves4
- 366Passes571
- 2Yellow Cards0
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Ararat-Armenia4 - 3 - 3
- 98Bravim
- 2Oliveira
- 43Wilson
- 47Malis
- 16Grigoryan
- 10Ambartsumyan
- 8Balanta
- 17Carlier
- 77Serobyan
- 91Lima
- 7Shaghoyan
Substitutions
- 57’↑19 K. Muradyan↓10 A. Ambartsumyan
- 73’↑70 B. Oliveira↓8 J. Balanta
- 73’↑9 A. Eloyan↓91 Sandro Lima
- 73’↑14 Bruno Pereira↓ Edgar·Grigoryan
- 73’↑ Carlos Henrique França Freires↓7 Z. Shaghoyan
Unused substitutes 25 A. Ndour, 5 Luís Felipe, 1 A. Nersesyan, 95 França
Coach Tulipa
AZ Alkmaar4 - 3 - 3
Substitutions
- 45’↑11 R. Daal↓24 A. Oufkir
- 65’↑9 M. Meerdink↓18 B. Kovacs
- 65’↑30 D. Kasius↓2 S. Maikuma
- 80’↑31 R. Ichihara↓29 W. Hoedt
- 80’↑75 H. de Wit↓ Valdemar Byskov Andreasen
Unused substitutes 12 H. Verhulst, 14 C. Stengs, 1 R. Owusu-Oduro, 22 E. Dijkstra, 5 M. Chávez, 27 Wassim bouziane, 54 Jerolldino Bergraaf
Coach L. Echteld
Match facts
- Competition
- UEFA Europa League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Date
- Thu, 22 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 16:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
- Referee
- Patrik Kolaric
- Ararat-Armenia coach
- Tulipa
- AZ Alkmaar coach
- L. Echteld
League table
UEFA Europa League
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 12 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 12 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 12 | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +8 | 10 | |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 10 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 |
Player ratings
- 1
J. Balanta6.9 - 2
M. Carlier6.6 - 3
João Bravim6.5 - 4
A. Malis6.5 - 5
França6.4 - 6
Z. Shaghoyan6.2 - 7
Sandro Lima6.1 - 8
B. Oliveira5.9 - 9
K. Muradyan5.8 - 10
Bruno Pereira5.8 - 11
Hugo Oliveira5.6 - 12
A. Ambartsumyan5.6 - 13
A. Eloyan5.5 - 14
Bruno Wilson5.4 - 15
A. Serobyan5.2 - 16
E. Grigoryan4.9 - 17
A. Nersesyan0.0 - 18
Luís Felipe0.0 - 19
A. Ndour0.0
- 1
Weslley Patati9.3 - 2
V. Byskov8.2 - 3
M. de Wit7.9 - 4
R. Daal7.7 - 5
W. Hoedt7.7 - 6
J. De Busser7.6 - 7
L. Schouten7.4 - 8
M. Meerdink7.3 - 9
S. Maikuma7.3 - 10
D. Kasius7.1 - 11
D. Kwakman7.1 - 12
R. Ichihara7.0 - 13
P. Koopmeiners6.9 - 14
H. de Wit6.8 - 15
A. Oufkir6.7 - 16
B. Kovacs6.3 - 17Jerolldino Bergraaf0.0
- 18Wassim bouziane0.0
- 19
M. Chávez0.0 - 20
E. Dijkstra0.0 - 21
R. Owusu-Oduro0.0 - 22
C. Stengs0.0 - 23
H. Verhulst0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match

Weslley Patati
AZ Alkmaar
- 2
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
Rated 9.3, the best on the pitch — 2 goals and 1 assist in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
- W-D-L
- 1-1-3
- Scored / match
- 0.8
- Conceded / match
- 2.0
- W-D-L
- 2-1-2
- Scored / match
- 1.0
- Conceded / match
- 1.2
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What happened
Match report
AZ Alkmaar won 4-0 at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, with four different moments in front of goal deciding the match. Valdemar Byskov Andreasen opened the scoring in the 21st minute and Weslley Pinto Batista added the second six minutes later.
Ararat-Armenia had Bruno Wilson booked in the 23rd minute and Armen Ambartsumyan booked on 44 minutes before the interval. AZ were 2-0 up at half-time.
AZ made a change at the break, with Ayoub Oufkir replaced by Ro Zangelo Daal on 45 minutes, and the third goal came in the 76th minute when Weslley Pinto Batista scored his second of the match from Daal's assist. Mexx Meerdink, who came on in the 65th minute, then made it 4-0 on 79 minutes from Batista's pass. AZ made two changes on 65 minutes and another two on 80 minutes, while Ararat-Armenia made four changes on 73 minutes.
AZ had 61% of the possession, 571 passes to Ararat-Armenia's 366, and 17 shots to 9. They also had 9 shots on target to Ararat-Armenia's 4, 1.7 expected goals to 0.41, and 6 corners to 5. Ararat-Armenia had 5 saves to AZ's 4, and AZ kept the cleaner attacking edge across the numbers.
Ararat-Armenia received two yellow cards, for Bruno Wilson in the 23rd minute and Armen Ambartsumyan in the 44th minute. AZ finished with no bookings and no red cards for either side.
Match record
- Competition
- UEFA Europa League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
- Referee
- Patrik Kolaric
- Match ID
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16 events
- 21’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarValdemar Byskov Andreasen0 – 1 - 23’Yellow card
Ararat-ArmeniaBruno Wilson - 27’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarWeslley Pinto BatistaAssist: Seiya Maikuma0 – 2 - 44’Yellow card
Ararat-ArmeniaArmen Ambartsumyan - 45’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarRo Zangelo Daal ONAyoub Oufkir OFF - 57’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaKaren Muradyan ONArmen Ambartsumyan OFF - 65’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarMexx Meerdink ONBendegúz Kovács OFF - 65’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarDenso Kasius ONSeiya Maikuma OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaBernardo Oliveira ONJuan Andres Balanta OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaArayik Eloyan ONSandro Lima OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaBruno Pereira ONEdgar·Grigoryan OFF - 73’Substitution
Ararat-ArmeniaCarlos Henrique França Freires ONZhirayr Shaghoyan OFF - 76’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarWeslley Pinto BatistaAssist: Ro Zangelo Daal0 – 3 - 79’Goal!
AZ AlkmaarMexx MeerdinkAssist: Weslley Pinto Batista0 – 4 - 80’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarRion Ichihara ONWesley Hoedt OFF - 80’Substitution
AZ AlkmaarHessel de Wit ONValdemar Byskov Andreasen OFF




