2006–07 AFC Ajax season

Pre-season[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Placements[edit]

Results[edit]

Transfers for 2006–07[edit]

External links[edit]

2006–07 Eredivisie standings[edit]

Statistics for the 2006–07 season[edit]

2006–07 team records[edit]

Johan Cruijff Schaal[edit]

Eredivisie[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

KNVB Cup[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

Amsterdam Tournament[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

Summer transfer window[edit]

Winter transfer window[edit]

Points by match day[edit]

Total points by match day[edit]

Standing by match day[edit]

Goals by match day[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Final phase[edit]

Arrivals[edit]

Departures[edit]

Arrivals[edit]

Departures[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

Ajax
2006–07 season
Chairman	John Jaakke
Manager	Henk ten Cate
Eredivisie	Runners-up
KNVB Cup	Winners
Champions League	Play-off Round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Johan Cruyff Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (21 goals); All: ; Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (35 goals)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006–07 season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on Saturday, 8 July 2006. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Wednesday, 8 August 2006, followed by a testimonial match for the retired former Ajax striker Dennis Bergkamp.

The first training for the 2006–07 season was held on July 8, 2006. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training camp in De Lutte, Netherlands at the De Thij Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad from manager Henk ten Cate played friendly matches against JOS Watergraafsmeer, ABS, SV de Lutte, HHC Hardenberg, VV Bennekom, SV Spakenburg and FC Emmen before traveling to Germany to play against Borussia Dortmund. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Internazionale and Manchester United in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Cup		KNVB Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	43	0	32	0	7	0	4	0
2	DF	NED	John Heitinga	44	8	32	6	7	1	3+2	1
3	DF	NED	Jaap Stam	36	2	25	1	7	0	4	1
4	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen	33	0	16+7	0	4+1	0	5	0
5	DF	NED	Urby Emanuelson	39	3	30+1	3	4	0	3+1	0
6	DF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro	24	2	9+6	0	5	1	3+1	1
8	FW	NED	Ryan Babel	36	7	25+2	5	3+2	2	2+2	0
9	FW	NED	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	45	32	31+1	21	7	7	5+1	4
10	FW	NED	Wesley Sneijder	41	20	30	18	7	1	4	1
11	MF	DEN	Kenneth Perez	38	15	10+17	12	4+1	0	3+3	3
12	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	MF	NED	Edgar Davids	14	1	11	1	0	0	3	0
14	MF	ESP	Roger	17	2	7+4	1	4	1	1+1	0
15	MF	NED	Olaf Lindenbergh	19	0	5+7	0	2+2	0	3	0
16	FW	BEL	Tom De Mul	38	4	23+5	4	2+5	0	2+1	0
18	MF	ESP	Gabri	40	6	31	5	6	0	3	1
19	FW	DEN	Dennis Rommedahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ROU	George Ogăraru	33	6	18+10	5+1	0	0	5	0
21	FW	ROU	Nicolae Mitea	12	3	1+7	2	0+1	0	0+3	1
22	DF	CZE	Zdeněk Grygera	31	4	21+1	3	5	1	4	0
23	DF	BRA	Leonardo	11	3	4+3	1	1+1	1	2	1
24	MF	NED	John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NED	Jeffrey Sarpong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	FW	ARM	Edgar Manucharyan	8	1	0+5	0	2	1	1	0
30	GK	NED	Dennis Gentenaar	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
32	GK	NED	Marco van Duin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ANT	Vurnon Anita	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	DF	NED	Vito Wormgoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	NED	Gregory van der Wiel	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	NED	Mitchell Donald	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	BEL	Toby Alderweireld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ANT	Javier Martina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	NED	Dionitio Liesdek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	NED	Michael Timisela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	DF	NED	Murat Yıldırım	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
7	FW	ARG	Mauro Rosales	19	1	6+6	1	3+1	0	3	0
17	FW	DEN	Michael Krohn-Dehli	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SWE	Markus Rosenberg	13	5	9	0	3	3	1	2
27	FW	GRE	Angelos Charisteas	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	5	0	1+2	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	FW	NED	Rydell Poepon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	BEL	Stanley Aborah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	NED	Derk Boerrigter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	NED	Donovan Slijngard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 14 November 2011

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
2	34	23	6	5	75	84	34	60	4

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	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	3	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	75

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	3	6	9	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	30	31	31	34	35	38	38	41	42	45	48	51	54	55	56	56	59	62	65	66	69	72	75	75

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	Standing
Standing	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd

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
Goals	5	2	3	0	2	3	3	4	2	2	3	0	1	0	6	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	1	0	4	5	3	2	2	5	2	84

This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2006–07 season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie	UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-offs	Total
Matches	9	2	1	6	2	8	34	4	66
Wins	6	0	1	6	1	5	23	2	44
Draws	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	8
Losses	3	1	0	0	1	2	5	2	14
Home	0	2	0	3	1	4	17	2	29
Away	9	0	1	3	1	4	17	2	37
Yellow cards	3	5	1	5	6	19	60	8	107
Red cards	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4
Number of substitutes used	50	7	3	15	5	21	98	10	119
Goals for	56	1	3	17	2	18	84	8	189
Goals against	9	2	1	4	3	9	34	3	65
Balance	+24	-1	+2	+13	-1	+9	+50	+5	+124
Clean sheets	5	0	0	3	0	1	12	2	23
Penalties for	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6
Penalties against	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	SV de Lutte – AFC Ajax ( 0–18 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax – HFC Haarlem ( 4–0 )
	UEFA Champions League	F.C. København – AFC Ajax ( 1–2 )
	UEFA Cup	AFC Ajax – IK Start ( 4–0 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – Willem II ( 6–0 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	Ajax Cape Town – AFC Ajax ( 3–1 )
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax – F.C. København ( 0–2 )
	UEFA Cup	SV Werder Bremen – AFC Ajax ( 3–0 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – NAC Breda ( 1–3 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	SV de Lutte – AFC Ajax ( 0–18 )
	KNVB Cup	Jong RKC – AFC Ajax ( 2–5 )
	UEFA Champions League	F.C. København – AFC Ajax ( 1–2 )
	UEFA Cup	IK Start – AFC Ajax ( 2–5 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – Sparta Rotterdam ( 5–2 )

Friendlies

Nr.	Name
1.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	11
2.	Angelos Charisteas	9
3.	Nicolae Mitea	5
	Rydell Poepon	5
	Mauro Rosales	5
6.	Robbert Schilder	4
7.	Kenneth Perez	3
	Jeffrey Sarpong	3
	Tom De Mul	3
10.	Edgar Manucharyan	2
11.	Olaf Lindenbergh	1
	Jaap Stam	1
	Wesley Sneijder	1
	Thomas Vermaelen	1
	Jan Vertonghen	1
	Ryan Babel	1
Total		56

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr.	Name
1.	Mauro Rosales	1
	Kenneth Perez	1
	Wesley Sneijder	1
Total		3

Eredivisie

Nr.	Name
1.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	21
2.	Wesley Sneijder	18
3.	Kenneth Perez	11
4.	John Heitinga	6
5.	Ryan Babel	5
5.	Gabri	5
7.	Tom De Mul	3
8.	Urby Emanuelson	3
8.	Zdeněk Grygera	3
10.	Nicolae Mitea	2
11.	Mauro Rosales	1
	Roger	1
	Jaap Stam	1
	Leonardo	1
	Edgar Davids	1
Own goals	Ryan Donk (AZ)	1
Total		83

KNVB Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	4
2.	Kenneth Perez	3
3.	Markus Rosenberg	2
4.	Hedwiges Maduro	1
	Jaap Stam	1
	Leonardo	1
	John Heitinga	1
	Wesley Sneijder	1
	Gabri	1
	Nicolae Mitea	1
Own goals	Ray Fränkel (HFC Haarlem)	1
Total		17

UEFA Champions League

Nr.	Name
1.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2
Total		2

UEFA Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	7
2.	Markus Rosenberg	3
3.	Ryan Babel	2
4.	Wesley Sneijder	1
	Gabri	1
	Zdeněk Grygera	1
	Edgar Manucharyan	1
	John Heitinga	1
	Leonardo	1
Total		18

Amsterdam Tournament

Nr.	Name
1.	Wesley Sneijder	1
Total		1

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie
Status	9 played, 6 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses	4th place	Winners Last opponent: AZ	Eliminated in Play-Off round Last opponent: Copenhagen	Eliminated in Round of 32 Last opponent: Werder Bremen	2nd place 75 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds

Wesley Sneijder is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Ryan Babel is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.

All times are in CEST

13 August 2006	PSV	1–3	Ajax	Amsterdam
18:00 CET	Cocu 49'		Rosales 7' Perez 69' Sneijder 82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: René Temmink

20 August 2006 1	Ajax	5–0	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
13:30	Babel 33' Sneijder 44', 69' Heitinga 52' Rosales 89'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.688 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

27 August 2006 2	NAC Breda	1–2	Ajax	Breda
13:30	De Graaf 63'	Report	Sneijder 73', 84'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15.432 Referee: Jan Wegereef

10 September 2006 3	Ajax	3–0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
13:30	Huntelaar 32', 55' Roger 46'	Report	Knol	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.001 Referee: René Temmink

17 September 2006 4	Roda JC	2–0	Ajax	Kerkrade
11:30	De Fauw 9' Oper 65'	Report		Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Frank de Bleeckere

24 September 2006 5	Ajax	2–0	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
13:30	Perez 60', 82'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.081 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

1 October 2006 6	FC Utrecht	2–3	Ajax	Utrecht
11:30	Van Dijk 80' (pen.), 84' Fortuné 85'	Report	Gabri 7' Heitinga 45' Perez 87'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 24.000 Referee: Dick van Egmond

14 October 2006 7	Ajax	3–2	Groningen	Amsterdam
18:30	Babel 51', 74' Emanuelson 80'	Report	Levchenko 56' (pen.) Suárez 60'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.782 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

22 October 2006 8	Feyenoord	0–4	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Van Hooijdonk Pardo 85'	Report	Huntelaar 12', 38' Perez 50' (pen), 62'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 45.000 Referee: René Temmink

25 October 2006 9	Ajax	2–0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
19:30	Gabri 30' Sneijder 32'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45.757 Referee: Jan Wegereef

28 October 2006 10	SC Heerenveen	0–2	Ajax	Heerenveen
18:30		Report	De Mul 17' Sneijder 76'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 26.000 Referee: Kevin Blom

5 November 2006 11	Heracles Almelo	0–3	Ajax	Almelo
13:30		Report	Perez 39', 82' (pen.) Heitinga Sneijder 87'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8.500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

12 November 2006 12	Ajax	0–1	PSV	Amsterdam
11:30		Report	Simons 63' Méndez 71'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.496 Referee: Jan Wegereef

19 November 2006 13	Ajax	1–1	FC Twente	Amsterdam
13:30	Sneijder 48'	Report	Engelaar 8'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.364 Referee: Kevin Blom

26 November 2006 14	Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Rose 35' Polak 60' (pen.) Medunjanin 84'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10.500 Referee: Ruud Bossen

3 December 2006 15	Ajax	6–0	Willem II	Amsterdam
13:30	Grygera 4' Emanuelson 10' Mitea 19' Huntelaar 23', 45' De Mul 78'	Report	Valencia 80'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.695 Referee: René Temmink

10 December 2006 16	Ajax	2–2	AZ	Amsterdam
11:30	Heitinga 35' Huntelaar 75'	Report	Arveladze 51' Mendes da Silva 57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.649 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

17 December 2006 17	Excelsior	1–3	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Van Nieuwstadt 36' Zijm 53' Piqué 90'	Report	Huntelaar 24', 48', 74'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

24 December 2006 18	Vitesse	4–2	Ajax	Arnhem
11:30	Lazović 49' Junker 51' Benson 89' Hersi 90'	Report	Grygera 4' De Mul 35' Gabri 70'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 24.450 Referee: Pieter Vink

27 December 2006 19	Ajax	2–0	Roda JC	Amsterdam
19:15	Sneijder 15' Grygera 41'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.334 Referee: Kevin Blom

30 December 2006 20	N.E.C.	2–2	Ajax	Nijmegen
19:30	Denneboom 76' Wisgerhof 78'	Report	Perez 62' Gabri 80'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12.500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

21 January 2007 21	Ajax	2–0	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30	Heitinga 11' Sneijder 21'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44.740 Referee: Ruud Bossen

28 January 2007 22	Groningen	2–3	Ajax	Groningen
13:30	Levchenko 20' (pen.) Suárez 40'	Report	Stam 53' Heitinga 82' Leonardo 90'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19.500 Referee: Jan Wegereef

4 February 2007 23	Ajax	4–1	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
11:30	Sneijder 20', 32', 87' De Mul 34'	Report	Charisteas 42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.490 Referee: Dick van Egmond

11 February 2007 24	ADO Den Haag	1–2	Ajax	The Hague
12:30	Kolk 20'	Report	Heitinga 58' Huntelaar 70'	Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadion Attendance: 8.276 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

18 February 2007 25	Ajax	2–2	Excelsior	Amsterdam
13:30	Davids 19' Huntelaar 38'	Report	Slory 25' Rojer 30'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47.905 Referee: Pol van Boekel

25 February 2007 26	AZ	1–1	Ajax	Alkmaar
11:30	Martens 79'	Report	Davids 45' Perez 65'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

4 March 2007 27	Ajax	0–1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
13:30		Report	Nilsson 18'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.174 Referee: Pieter Vink

11 March 2007 28	FC Twente	1–4	Ajax	Enschede
13:30	Nkufo 7'	Report	Huntelaar 21', 30', 75' Babel 45'	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: 13.250 Referee: Frank de Bleeckere

18 March 2007 29	PSV	1–5	Ajax	Eindhoven
13:30	Kluivert 68'	Report	Huntelaar 17', 72' Sneijder 44' Gabri 73' Perez 89'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33.000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

1 April 2007 30	Ajax	3–0	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
13:30	Sneijder 11' Huntelaar 50', 52'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.109 Referee: Ben Haverkort

8 April 2007 31	RKC Waalwijk	2–2	Ajax	Waalwijk
13:30	Vertonghen 10' Berger 71' Sektioui 89'	Report	Gabri 9' Sneijder 21'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Dick Jol

13 April 2007 32	Ajax	2–0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
19:30	Perez 18' (pen.) Babel 64'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.737 Referee: Kevin Blom

22 April 2007 33	Ajax	5–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
13:30	Sneijder 9', 17' Huntelaar 21' Perez 76' (pen.) Mitea 82'	Report	Bouaouzan 37' Moreno 47'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.364 Referee: Pieter Vink

29 April 2007 34	Willem II	0–2	Ajax	Tilburg
13:30			Emanuelson 19' Huntelaar 69'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Round 1

9 May 2007 1st Leg	SC Heerenveen	1–0	Ajax	Heerenveen
19:00	Nilsson 18'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23.500 Referee: Jack van Hulten

13 May 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	4–0 (4–1 agg.)	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
13:30	Huntelaar 22', 61' Babel 23' Perez 86'	Report	Vandenbussche 59'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 29,241 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Round 2

20 May 2007 1st Leg	AZ	2–1	Ajax	Alkmaar
11:30	Cziommer 2' Arveladze 90'	Report	Sneijder 14'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 15.993 Referee: Roelof Luinge

27 May 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	AZ	Amsterdam
13:30	Heitinga 55' Donk 58' (o.g.) Gabri 90'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.201 Referee: Pieter Vink

20 September 2006 2nd round	Jong RKC	2–5	Ajax	Waalwijk
19:45	Vink 2' (pen.) Fung-a-Wing 65'	Report	Rosenberg 21', 85' Maduro 29' Perez 48' Huntelaar 57'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

9 November 2006 3rd round	Ajax	2–0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
18:30	Stam 8' Huntelaar 65'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 7.909 Referee: Jack van Hulten

24 January 2007 Round of 16	Ajax	4–0	HFC Haarlem	Amsterdam
18:30	Fränkel 8' (o.g.) Leonardo 34' Perez 40', 90'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 23.100 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

28 February 2007 Quarterfinals	Willem II	0–2	Ajax	Tilburg
19:45			Huntelaar 15' Heitinga 81'	Stadium: Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Dick van Egmond

18 April 2007 Semifinals	Ajax	3–1	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
19:45	Sneijder 12' Gabri 66' Mitea 88'		Heitinga 32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 34.600 Referee: Ruud Bossen

6 May 2007 Final	AZ	1–1 (8–9 p)	Ajax	Rotterdam
19:45	Dembélé 4'}		Huntelaar 51' Gabri	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 42.200 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Play-Off round

9 August 2006 1st Leg	FC København	1–2	Ajax	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:30	Hangeland 47'		Huntelaar 37', 84'	Stadium: Parken Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (Spain)

23 August 2006 2nd Leg	Ajax	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	FC København	Amsterdam
20:30			Silberbauer 59' Vermaelen 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35.600 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

First round

14 September 2006 1st Leg	IK Start	2–5	Ajax	Lillestrøm, Norway
17:15	Johnsen 28' Fevang 56'	Report	Huntelaar 18', 87' Rosenberg 43' Sneijder 63' Roger 67'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 1.840 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

28 September 2006 2nd Leg	Ajax	4–0 (9–2 agg.)	IK Start	Amsterdam
19:45	Rosenberg 6', 26' Grygera 43' Babel 68'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 23.500 Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Espanyol	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12
Ajax	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	7
Zulte Waregem	4	2	0	2	9	11	−2	6
Sparta Praha	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4
Austria Wien	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0

2 November 2006 1	Ajax	3–0	Austria Wien	Amsterdam
19:45	Huntelaar 35', 68' Manucharyan 65'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 32,285 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

23 November 2006 2	Sparta Praha	0–0	Ajax	Prague, Czech Republic
17:30		Report		Stadium: Juliska Attendance: 12.230 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

30 November 2006 3	Ajax	0–2	Espanyol	Amsterdam
20:45		Report	Pandiani 36' Coro 78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 41,248 Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

13 December 2006 4	Zulte Waregem	0–3	Ajax	Gent, Belgium
19:45		Report	Huntelaar 4', 56' Heitinga 83'	Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: 11.603 Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)

14 February 2007 1st Leg	Werder Bremen	3–0	Ajax	Bremen, Germany
19:30	Mertesacker 48' Naldo 54' Frings 71'			Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38.146 Referee: Paulo Baptista (Portugal)

22 February 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	3–1 (3–4 agg.)	Werder Bremen	Amsterdam
20:00	Leonardo 3' Huntelaar 60' Babel 74'		Almeida 13'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

4 August 2006	AFC Ajax	1–1	Internazionale	Amsterdam
21:15	Sneijder 87'	Report	Solari 19'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

5 August 2006	AFC Ajax	0–1	Manchester United	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Giggs 77'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2006

8 July 2006	JOS Watergraafsmeer	1–5	Ajax	Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:00	Blankendaal 71'	Report	Mitea 10', 77' Huntelaar 25' Poepon 69' Charisteas 74'	Stadium: Sportpark Drie Burg Attendance: - Referee: -

11 July 2006	ABS	0–11	Ajax	Bathmen, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Huntelaar 9' (pen.), 17', 20' Rosales 53', 56' Charisteas 68', 73', 81' Mitea 83' Lindenbergh 84' Sarpong 88'	Stadium: Sportpark de Looënk Attendance: - Referee: René Temmink

12 July 2006	SV de Lutte	0–18	Ajax	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Perez 8', 11', 15' Poepon 18', 42', 45' De Mul 32' Schilder 35', 62' Charisteas 52', 55', 78', 87' Manucharyan 54' Mitea 57', 90' Sarpong 59' Rosales 72'	Stadium: Sportpark de Vondersweijde Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Luuk Hoopman

13 July 2006	HHC Hardenberg	0–4	Ajax	Hardenberg, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Manucharyan 14' Huntelaar 37' (pen.), 51', 66'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 4,500 Referee: -

15 July 2006	VV Bennekom	0–8	Ajax	Bennekom, Netherlands
15:00		Report	De Mul 7' Stam 25' Charisteas 34' Rosales 55' Poepon 62' Huntelaar 78', 80' Sarpong 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Eikelhof Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dennis van Aken

18 July 2006	SV Spakenburg	3–2	Ajax	Spakenburg, Netherlands
19:30	Van Metelen 31' De Harder 37' Aksit 84'	Report	De Mul 58' Schilder 94'	Stadium: Sportpark de Westmaat Attendance: 5.979 Referee: Lex Stofkooper

25 July 2006	FC Emmen	0–6	Ajax	Veenoord, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Rosales 5' Sneijder 15' Vermaelen 37' Schilder 45' Vertonghen 66' Huntelaar 87'	Stadium: Sportpark Veenoord Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben Haverkort

29 July 2006	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Ajax	Lüdenscheid, Germany
14:00	Kringe 71' Kruska 80' (pen.)	Report	Huntelaar 31'	Stadium: Nattenbergstadion Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Philipp Metzger

14 January 2007	Ajax Cape Town	3–1	Ajax	Cape Town, South Africa
15:00	Scott 47', 50' Paulse 51'	Report	Babel 15'	Stadium: Athlone Stadium Attendance: - Referee: -

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2006 to 1 September 2006) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2006.

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Stanley Aborah	Midfielder	1 July 2006	FC Den Bosch	-
Transfer
George Ogăraru	Defender	23 May 2006	Steaua București	€3.3 million
Kenneth Perez	Defender	1 July 2006	AZ	€3 million
Jaap Stam	Defender	12 July 2006	Milan	€3 million
Free Transfer
Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	1 July 2006	RKC Waalwijk	-
Dennis Gentenaar	Goalkeeper	1 July 2006	Borussia Dortmund	-
Gabri	Midfielder	6 June 2006	Barcelona	-
Roger	Midfielder	12 August 2006	Villarreal	-

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Victor Sikora	Midfielder	1 July 2006	NAC Breda	-
Robbert Schilder	Midfielder	7 August 2006	Heracles Almelo	-
Emmanuel Boakye	Defender	10 August 2006	Heracles Almelo	-
Tom Kalkhuis	Forward	31 August 2006	FC Omniworld	-
Loan return
Juanfran	Defender	1 July 2006	Beşiktaş	-
Transfer
Rasmus Lindgren	Midfielder	1 March 2006	Groningen	€300,000
Gideon De Graaf	Forward	1 July 2006	Mechelen	€2.8 million
Angelos Charisteas	Forward	31 August 2006	Feyenoord	€2.6 million
Free Transfer
Nourdin Boukhari	Midfielder	15 May 2006	FC Nantes	-
Tomáš Galásek	Defender	1 July 2006	1. FC Nürnberg	-
Steven Pienaar	Midfielder	1 July 2006	Borussia Dortmund	-
Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	1 July 2006	Ajax Cape Town	-
Ioannis Anastasiou	Forward	1 July 2006	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Hatem Trabelsi	Defender	10 August 2006	Manchester City	-

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2007 to 1 February 2007) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2006–07.

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Transfer
Leonardo	Forward	19 December 2006	NAC Breda	€660,000
Free Transfer
Edgar Davids	Midfielder	30 January 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	-

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Derk Boerrigter	Forward	30 January 2007	HFC Haarlem	-
Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	31 January 2007	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Jan Vertonghen	Defender	31 January 2007	RKC Waalwijk	-
Rydell Poepon	Forward	31 January 2007	Willem II	-
Donovan Slijngard	Midfielder	31 January 2007	Groningen	-
Transfer
Markus Rosenberg	Forward	27 January 2007	Werder Bremen	€3.3 million
Mauro Rosales	Forward	31 January 2007	River Plate	€1.8 million
Free Transfer
Stanley Aborah	Midfielder	6 January 2007	FCV Dender	-

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