In
Wout Weghorst (att) (Heracles Almelo), Mats Seuntjens (att) (NAC Breda), Rens van Eijden (def) (NEC Nijmegen), Guus Hupperts (att) (Willem II – loan ended), Fred Friday (att) (Lillestrom SK)
Out
Thom Haye (sp)(mid) (Willem II), Celso Ortiz (sp)(mid) (Monterrey), Vincent Janssen (k)(att) (Tottenham Hotspur)
Target
AZ Alkmaar will compete for a top five spot again, but putting the pressure on Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord could be too much to ask for. Finishing fourth or fifth would be a more than decent achievement for this outfit.