Editing AZ Alkmaar (section)

==Stadium and sponsor==

===Stadium===
{{See also|AFAS Stadion}}

[[File:DSB-Stadion.jpg|250px|right|thumb|AFAS Stadion, AZ's home venue in Alkmaar. Photo includes the old roof and the old name, 'DSB Stadion'.]]

AZ play its home matches at the [[AFAS Stadion]], located in the southern part of the city of Alkmaar. The stadium, which is directly owned by the club, was opened in 2006 and replaced the old [[Alkmaarderhout]] venue as the [[DSB Bank|DSB Stadion]]. The stadium currently has a capacity of 17,023. During its design stages, the name Victorie Stadion was frequently used, referring to the [[Eighty Years' War|Dutch War of Independence]], the phrase ''"[[Siege of Alkmaar|In Alkmaar begint de victorie]]" (Victory begins in Alkmaar)'' in particular. Until now, this name has not been officially in use, the board instead opting for sponsorship deals because of financial motives. However, to this day, the name maintains a good share of support among the fans.

To further increase revenue, AZ's board of directors decided to expand the capacity of the new stadium to at least 30,000 somewhere in the future. The extension will be realised by constructing a second tier to three of the four stands. The main stand with all technical areas, VIP and sponsor and media facilities will remain in place. These plans, however, were put on hold after the DSB bankruptcy and there are no current plans to increase the capacity.

In October 2009, sponsor [[DSB Bank]] was declared bankrupt. The stadium name temporarily changed from DSB Stadion to AZ Stadion, as it was considered undesirable that the stadium was linked with a non-existent bank. In February 2010, a new main sponsor was found in construction works service provider BUKO, based in [[Beverwijk]].

A year later, in the 2010–11 season, {{ill|AFAS Software|nl}} took over as official stadium sponsor. The current external name of the ground is the AFAS Stadion.

On 10 August 2019, the roof of the stadium partially collapsed. No people were injured during the incident.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/4809756/dak-az-stadion-ingestort |title=Dak van AZ-stadion gedeeltelijk ingestort |date=10 August 2019 |website=RTL Nieuws |access-date=10 August 2019 |language=nl |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810163214/https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/4809756/dak-az-stadion-ingestort |url-status=live }}</ref> As the result AZ spent the rest of the year playing home matches at the [[Cars Jeans Stadion]] in [[The Hague]] whilst the damaged roof was being removed, before returning to the stadium on 15 December 2019, beating Ajax 1–0 in their first match back.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/samenvatting-az-ajax-1-0~bb8b52c5 |title=Samenvatting AZ-Ajax (1-0) |date=15 December 2019 |website=Het Parool |access-date=27 August 2020 |language=nl |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808184702/https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/samenvatting-az-ajax-1-0~bb8b52c5/ |url-status=live }}</ref> AZ played the rest of the 2019/20 season, until the COVID-19 pandemic cut it short, without a roof. During the 2020/21 season, a new roof was installed, held up by 20 crane-like arms on three sides and a so-called ''mega truss'' on the main stand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.az.nl/nl/nieuws/mega-truss-nieuw-hoogtepunt |title=Mega Truss: nieuw hoogtepunt |date=24 March 2021 |website=AZ.nl |publisher=AZ |access-date=16 February 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701223306/https://www.az.nl/nl/nieuws/mega-truss-nieuw-hoogtepunt |url-status=live }}</ref> The renewed stadium, which also included a capacity upgrade of nearly 2,500 seats for a new total capacity of 19,500, was officially opened on 11 September 2021, before the home game against PSV.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20210912_69456364 |title=Spetterende show bij heropening AZ-stadion. 'Gefeliciteerd met jullie nieuwe huis. Geniet ervan!' [video] |date=12 September 2021 |website=Noord-Hollands Dagblad |access-date=16 February 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216142644/https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20210912_69456364 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Period
! Kit manufacturer
! Shirt sponsor
|-
| 1977–1982
| rowspan=2|[[Adidas]]
|
|-
| 1982–1986
| |[[Sony]]
|-
| 1986–1988
| rowspan=2|[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
| |[[Electrolux]]
|-
| 1988–1989
| |Swingbo
|-
| 1989–1990
| |[[Reebok]]
| |[[Reebok]]
|-
| 1990–1993
| |[[Hi-Tec]]
| rowspan=5|Frisia
|-
| 1993–1998
| [[Hummel International|Hummel]]
|-
| 1998–1999
| |[[Kappa (brand)|Kappa]]
|-
| 1999–2001
| |none
|-
| 2001–2002
| rowspan=4|[[Umbro]]
|-
| 2002–2004
| |Actus Notarissen
|-
| 2004–2005
| |Frisia
|-
| 2005–2006
| rowspan=3|[[DSB Bank|DSB]]
|-
| 2006–2008
| |[[Quick (sportswear)|Quick]]
|-
| 2008–2009
| |[[Canterbury of New Zealand|Canterbury]]
|-
| 2009–2010
| rowspan=2|[[Quick (sportswear)|Quick]]
| |BUKO
|-
| 2010–2011
| rowspan=4|[[AFAS Software]]
|-
| 2011–2015
| |[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|-
| 2015–2019
| |[[Under Armour]]
|-
| 2020–
| |[[Nike, inc.|Nike]]
|-
| 2022–2024
| |[[Nike, inc.|Nike]]
| |[https://www.kansino.nl/ Kansino]
|}