2018–19 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2018–19 season
Chairman Hennie Henrichs
Manager Erik ten Hag
Stadium Johan Cruyff Arena
Eredivisie 2nd
KNVB Cup Second round
Champions League Group stage
Home colours
Away colours

During the 2018–19 season, Ajax participates in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. It also participates in the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on 21 June 2018.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos Nat Player TotalEredivisieKNVB CupUEFA Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Denmark Rasmus Nissen 3010100+10
3 DF Netherlands Joël Veltman 00000000
4 DF Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 142710071
5 DF Austria Maximilian Wöber 702+10102+10
6 MF Netherlands Donny van de Beek 1643+41114+42
7 FW Brazil David Neres 1416+101061
8 DF Netherlands Daley Sinkgraven 00000000
9 FW Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 15106+260074
10 MF Serbia Dušan Tadić 16885007+13
12 MF Morocco Noussair Mazraoui 1617+100081
15 MF Netherlands Carel Eiting 1204+20103+20
17 DF Netherlands Daley Blind 16080006+20
18 FW Burkina Faso Hassane Bandé 00000000
19 MF Morocco Zakaria Labyad 520+20120+20
20 MF Denmark Lasse Schöne 141600081
21 MF Netherlands Frenkie de Jong 1305+100070
22 MF Morocco Hakim Ziyech 166840082
24 GK Cameroon André Onana 160800080
25 FW Denmark Kasper Dolberg 631+22110+20
26 GK Greece Kostas Lamprou 10001000
27 DF Netherlands Perr Schuurs 210+101100
28 DF Colombia Luis Manuel Orejuela 00000000
30 MF Netherlands Dani de Wit 601+100+100+30
31 DF Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico 142700072
32 MF Czech Republic Václav Černý 00000000
35 DF Netherlands Mitchel Bakker 10001000
37 MF Netherlands Noa Lang 10000+1000
38 MF Netherlands Ryan Gravenberch 210+101100
39 FW Netherlands Kaj Sierhuis 301+10000+10
40 MF Netherlands Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 11000+1100
41 FW Norway Dennis Johnsen 100+100000
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
16 GK Netherlands Benjamin van Leer 00000000
23 MF Netherlands Siem de Jong 00000000

As of 7 October 2018

Team statistics

2018–19 selection by nationality

Nationality Netherlands Denmark Morocco Argentina Austria Brazil Burkina Faso Cameroon Colombia Czech Republic Greece Serbia South Africa Australia Croatia Finland Germany Norway Total Players
Current squad selection 9 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - 25
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 14 1 2 - - 1 - - - - - - 2 1 1 1 1 1 25
Players out on loan 3 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 4

Eredivisie standings 2018–19

Current standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goals against
Yellow cards
Yellow card
Red cards
Red card
2 8 6 1 1 19 21 4 9 0
Match day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Total
Points by match day 1 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 19
Total points by match day 1 4 7 10 13 13 16 19 19
Standing by match day 10 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Goals by match day 1 1 5 4 3 0 2 5 21
Goals against per match day 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
Total goal difference per match day ±0 +1 +6 +10 +13 +10 +12 +17 +17

Topscorers

Eredivisie

Nr. Name
1. Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 6
2. Serbia Dušan Tadić 5
3. Morocco Hakim Ziyech 4
4. Denmark Kasper Dolberg 2
5. Netherlands Donny van de Beek 1
Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 1
Own goal Netherlands Glenn Bijl (Emmen) 1
Netherlands Ricardo van Rhijn (AZ Alkmaar) 1
Total 21

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name
1. Morocco Zakaria Labyad 2
2. Netherlands Donny van de Beek 1
Denmark Kasper Dolberg 1
Netherlands Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 1
Netherlands Ryan Gravenberch 1
Netherlands Perr Schuurs 1
Total 7

UEFA Champions League

Nr. Name
1. Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 4
2. Serbia Dušan Tadić 3
3. Netherlands Donny van de Beek 2
Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico 2
Morocco Hakim Ziyech 2
6. Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 1
Morocco Noussair Mazraoui 1
Brazil David Neres 1
Denmark Lasse Schöne 1
Total 17

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven 8 8 0 0 30 3 +27 24 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Ajax 8 6 1 1 21 4 +17 19 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 8 5 2 1 17 10 +7 17 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Heracles Almelo 8 5 1 2 19 18 +1 16 Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Vitesse 8 3 3 2 14 9 +5 12
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[1]
Notes:

Matches

KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Netherlands Ajax 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Bayern Munich 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4[lower-alpha 1]
3 Portugal Benfica 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 3 Transfer to Europa League
4 Greece AEK Athens 2 0 0 2 2 6 4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Ajax 1, Bayern Munich 0.

Friendlies

Transfers for 2018–19

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2018 to 31 August 2018) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2018.

Arrivals

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name Position Period Previous club Fee
Transfer
Burkina Faso Hassane BandéForwardSummerBelgium Mechelen€8,250,000
Morocco Zakaria LabyadMidfielderSummerNetherlands Utrecht€7,000,000
Serbia Dušan TadićMidfielderSummerEngland Southampton€11,400,000
Netherlands Daley BlindDefenderSummerEngland Manchester United€16,000,000
Free Transfer
Return from loan spell
Netherlands Leeroy OwusuDefenderSummerNetherlands Almere City-
Netherlands Perr SchuursDefenderSummerNetherlands Fortuna Sittard-
Morocco Zakaria El AzzouziForwardSummerNetherlands Excelsior-

Departures

  • The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Name Position Period New club Fee
Transfer
Netherlands Leeroy OwusuDefenderSummerNetherlands De Graafschap?
Netherlands Darren SidoelDefenderSummerEngland Reading?
Netherlands Danilho DoekhiDefenderSummerNetherlands Vitesse?
Netherlands Zian FlemmingMidfielderSummerNetherlands PEC Zwolle?
Netherlands Justin KluivertForwardSummerItaly Roma€ 22,750,000
Free Transfer
Netherlands Norbert AlblasGoalkeeperSummerNetherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Peter LeeuwenburghGoalkeeperSummerSouth Africa Cape Town City-
Netherlands Léon BergsmaDefenderSummerNetherlands AZ-
Netherlands Mitchell DijksDefenderSummerItaly Bologna-
Netherlands Danilho DoekhiDefenderSummerNetherlands Vitesse-
Netherlands Ki-Jana HoeverDefenderSummerEngland Liverpool-
Netherlands Terry Lartey SanniezDefenderSummerNetherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Mauro SavastanoDefenderSummerNetherlands AZ-
Netherlands Nick ViergeverDefenderSummerNetherlands PSV-
Netherlands Deyovaisio ZeefuikDefenderSummerNetherlands Groningen-
Morocco Reda BoultamMidfielderSummerItaly Cremonese-
Netherlands Denilho CleoniseMidfielderSummerItaly Genoa-
Romania Ricardo FarcasMidfielderSummerItaly SPAL-
Netherlands Vince Gino DekkerForwardSummerNetherlands AZ-
Netherlands Mees de WitForwardSummerPortugal Sporting CP-
Germany Amin YounesForwardSummerItaly Napoli-
Out on loan
Netherlands Benjamin van LeerGoalkeeperSummerNetherlands NAC Breda-
Netherlands Robin SchoutenDefenderSummerNetherlands Volendam-
Netherlands Siem de JongMidfielderSummerAustralia Sydney FC-
Colombia Mateo CassierraForwardSummerNetherlands Groningen-

References

  1. "Eredivisie 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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