The AZ Alkmaar 2016-17 third shirt combines a purple base with white for the logos and pale orange for the v-collar. On ...the front is a unique all-over graphic print to complete the bold and modern look. The kit is inspired by the castle of Alkmaar and the clothes that bore the city's defenders during the 'Siege of Alkmaar.' Alkmaar was in 1573 the first Dutch city that managed to resist the powerful Spanish army during the Eighty Years' War.