2014–15 AFC Ajax season

Ajax

2014–15 season
Chairman	Hennie Henrichs
Manager	Frank de Boer
Eredivisie	-
KNVB Cup	-
Champions League	-
Europa League	-
Johan Cruijff Schaal	-
Home colours Away colours

During the 2014–15 season AFC Ajax will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on Tuesday 24 June 2014. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Sunday 3 August 2014.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2014–15 season was held on 25 June 2014. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training stage in Neustift, Austria. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 15 June 2013 to 24 June 2013. During this training stage a friendly match was played against SDC Putten. The club then traveled to Stubaital, Austria for additional training. The squad stayed there from 30 June 2014 to 5 July 2014. Further friendly matches were played against Wacker Innsbruck in Austria. Returning to the Netherlands, further friendly matches were scheduled against Aalborg BK Olympique Lyonnais and Real Sociedad.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League		KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XVIII
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Joël Veltman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	FIN	Niklas Moisander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	DEN	Nicolai Boilesen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	NED	Mike van der Hoorn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	DEN	Viktor Fischer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	NED	Lerin Duarte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	NED	Ricardo Kishna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	NED	Mitchell Dijks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	DEN	Lucas Andersen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NED	Daley Blind	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	CRO	Robert Murić	0	0	0	style="text-align: center;" | 0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	SWE	Tobias Sana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	DEN	Lasse Schöne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	NED	Jasper Cillessen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	NED	Kenny Tete	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	RSA	Thulani Serero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	NED	Nick Viergever	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	NED	Ruben Ligeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	NED	Richairo Živković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	NED	Peter Leeuwenburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Milik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 2 July 2014

2014–15 Selection by Nationality

Nationality													Total Players
Current squad selection	19	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	29
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	22
Players out on loan	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2014–15

Current standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Points by match day

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Total points by match day

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standing by match day

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals by match day

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Statistics for the 2014–15 season

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2012–13 season.

	Friendlies	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	4 of 6	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 6	0 of 2	0 of 34	4 of 52
Win	3 of 6	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 6	0 of 2	0 of 34	3 of 50
Draw	1 of 6	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 2	0 of 34	1 of 50
Loss	0 of 6	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 2	0 of 34	0 of 45
Home	2 of 6	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 3	0 of 1	0 of 17	26 of 29
Away	1 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 3	0 of 1	0 of 17	1 of 23
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of substitutes used	42	0	0	0	0	0	42
Goals for	26	0	0	0	0	0	26
Goals against	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Balance	+22	0	0	0	0	0	+22
Clean sheets	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Penalties for	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penalties against	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

2014–15 Team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	AFC Ajax – SDC Putten ( 13–1 )
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	—
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	—
	UEFA Europa League	—
	Eredivisie	—
Biggest loss	Friendly match	—
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	—
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	—
	UEFA Europa League	—
	Eredivisie	—
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	AFC Ajax – SDC Putten ( 13–1 )
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	—
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	—
	UEFA Europa League	—
	Eredivisie	—

Topscorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Anwar El Ghazi 6 2. Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 3 Arkadiusz Milik 3 3. Ruben Ligeon 2 Danny Bakker 2 Tobias Sana 2 7. Nick Viergever 1 Lucas Andersen 1 Sheraldo Becker 1 Siem de Jong 1 Damon Mirani 1 Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui 1 Davy Klaassen 1 Lerin Duarte 1 Richairo Živković 1 Thulani Serero 1 Lasse Schöne 1 Lesley de Sa 1 Own goal Carlos Martínez (Real Sociedad) 1 Total 31

Johan Cruijff Schaal Nr. Name 1. – - Total -

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. – - Total -

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. – - Total -

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1. – - Total -

Eusébio Cup Nr. Name 1. Ricardo Kishna 1 Total 1

Placements

	Friendlies	Eusébio Cup	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	Eredivisie
Status	4 played, 3 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses	Winners Last opponent: Benfica	To be determined Next opponent: PEC Zwolle	2nd Round Next opponent: To be announced	Group Stage Next opponent: To be announced	Unplaced, 0 points in 0 matches Next opponent: Vitesse

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Main article: Johan Cruijff-schaal XIX

PEC Zwolle v Ajax

3 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	–	Ajax	Amsterdam
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

Eredivisie

Main article: 2014–15 Eredivisie

Matches

Ajax v Vitesse

10 August 2014 1	Ajax	–	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

AZ v Ajax

17 August 2014 2	AZ	–	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Ajax v PSV

24 August 2014 3	Ajax	–	PSV	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

FC Groningen v Ajax

31 August 2014 4	FC Groningen	–	Ajax	Groningen
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Euroborg

Ajax v Heracles Almelo

13 September 2014 5	Ajax	–	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Feyenoord v Ajax

21 September 2014 6	Feyenoord	–	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: De Kuip

NAC Breda v Ajax

27 September 2014 7	NAC Breda	–	Ajax	Breda
14:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion

Ajax v PEC Zwolle

5 October 2014 8	Ajax	–	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

FC Twente v Ajax

18 October 2014 9	FC Twente	–	Ajax	Enschede
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

Ajax v Go Ahead Eagles

25 October 2014 10	Ajax	–	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Ajax v FC Dordrecht

1 November 2014 11	Ajax	–	FC Dordrecht	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

SC Cambuur v Ajax

9 November 2014 12	SC Cambuur	–	Ajax	Leeuwarden
12:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Cambuur Stadion

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

22 November 2014 13	Ajax	–	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

ADO Den Haag v Ajax

30 November 2014 14	ADO Den Haag	–	Ajax	The Hague
12:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Kyocera Stadion

Ajax v Willem II

6 December 2014 15	Ajax	–	Willem II	Amsterdam
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Ajax v FC Utrecht

14 December 2014 16	Ajax	–	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Excelsior v Ajax

21 December 2014 17	Excelsior	–	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudestein

Ajax v FC Groningen

16 January 2015 18	Ajax	–	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
20:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Ajax v Feyenoord

25 January 2015 19	Ajax	–	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Vitesse v Ajax

1 February 2015 20	Vitesse	–	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30		Report		Stadium: GelreDome

Ajax v AZ

5 February 2015 21	Ajax	–	AZ	Amsterdam
20:45		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax

8 February 2015 22	Go Ahead Eagles	–	Ajax	Deventer
14:30		Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

Ajax v FC Twente

15 February 2014 23	Ajax	–	FC Twente	Amsterdam
16:45		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Willem II v Ajax

22 February 2015 24	Willem II	–	Ajax	Tilburg
12:30		Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

PSV v Ajax

1 March 2015 25	PSV	–	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:45		Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion

Ajax v Excelsior

8 March 2015 26	Ajax	–	Excelsior	Amsterdam
14:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

15 March 2015 27	SC Heerenveen	–	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

22 March 2015 28	Ajax	–	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

FC Utrecht v Ajax

5 April 2015 29	FC Utrecht	–	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30		Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

11 April 2015 30	Heracles Almelo	–	Ajax	Almelo
20:45		Report		Stadium: Polman Stadion

Ajax v NAC Breda

19 April 2015 31	Ajax	–	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
14:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

PEC Zwolle v Ajax

26 April 2015 32	PEC Zwolle	–	Ajax	Zwolle
14:30		Report		Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion

Ajax v SC Cambuur

10 May 2015 33	Ajax	–	SC Cambuur	Amsterdam
14:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

FC Dordrecht v Ajax

17 May 2015 34	FC Dordrecht	–	Ajax	Dordrecht
14:30		Report		Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Referee: -

Friendlies

Ajax v SDC Putten

28 June 2014	Ajax	13 – 1	SDC Putten	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Viergever 10' Andersen 33' Becker 39' Milik 41' de Jong 42' El Ghazi 48', 51', 81' Mirani 50' El Hasnaoui 59' Ligeon 78' Sigþórsson 85' Sana 87'	Report	Ozan 82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Wacker Innsbruck v Ajax

5 July 2014	Wacker Innsbruck	1 – 5	Ajax	Schwaz, Austria
	Hirschhofer 4'	Report	Ligeon 2' Klaassen 7' Duarte 13' Milik 30' Živković 46'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Schwaz

Ajax v SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter

12 July 2014	Ajax	6 – 0	SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter	Zeist, Netherlands
11:00	Serero 32' Sigþórsson 42', 57' El Ghazi 78', 79' Bakker 90'	Report

Ajax v Aalborg BK

12 July 2014	Ajax	2 – 2	Aalborg BK	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Schöne 36' Bakker 75'	Report	Enevoldsen 20' Heleniius 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Ajax v Olympique Lyonnais

12 July 2014	Ajax	Cancelled	Olympique Lyonnais	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Ajax v Achilles '29

19 July 2014	Ajax	2 – 1	Achilles '29	De Lutte, Netherlands
11:00	de Sa 7' Sana 72'	Report	Hendriks 75'	Stadium: Sportcomplex De Lutte

Ajax v Real Sociedad

19 July 2014	Ajax	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	Harderberg, Netherlands
19:30		Report		Stadium: De Boshoek

Hannover 96 v Ajax

19 July 2014	Hannover 96	Cancelled	Ajax	Minden, Germany
19:00		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion

Benfica v Ajax

26 July 2014	Benfica	0 – 1	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Hugo Miguel

Transfers for 2014–15

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2014 to 31 August 2014) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2014.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Mitchell Dijks	Defender	30 June 2014	SC Heerenveen	-
	Danzell Gravenberch	Defender	30 June 2014	N.E.C.	-
	Ilan Boccara	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Evian Thonon Gaillard	-
	Jody Lukoki	Forward	30 June 2014	SC Cambuur	-
	Gino van Kessel	Forward	30 June 2014	AS Trenčín	-
	Loan
	Arkadiusz Milik	Forward	30 June 2014	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	-
	Transfer
	Richairo Živković	Forward	9 March 2014	FC Groningen	€ 2,5 million
	Nick Viergever	Defender	24 May 2014	AZ	€ 2 million
	Free Transfer
	James Fofana	Defender	14 March 2014	PSV	-
	Robert Murić	Forward	18 June 2014	Dinamo Zagreb	-

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Mickey van der Hart	Goalkeeper	9 June 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
	Dejan Meleg	Forward	10 July 2014	SC Cambuur	-
	Fabian Sporkslede	Midfielder	10 July 2014	Willem II	-
	Lesley de Sa	Forward	22 July 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
	Loan return
	Bojan Krkić	Forward	30 June 2014	FC Barcelona	-
	Stanislav Lobotka	Midfielder	30 June 2014	AS Trenčín	-
	Transfer
	Eyong Enoh	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Antalyaspor	€ 600,000
	Danny Hoesen	Forward	28 May 2014	FC Groningen	€ 800,000
	Djavan Anderson	Midfielder	19 June 2014	AZ	€ 200,000
	Siem de Jong	Midfielder	2 July 2014	Newcastle United	€ 7,5 million
	Free Transfer
	Nick de Bondt	Forward	30 April 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
	Joeri de Kamps	Midfielder	6 May 2014	NAC Breda	-
	Jordi Bitter	Forward	20 May 2014	Almere City	-
	Serhat Çakmak	Forward	28 May 2014	Trabzonspor	-
	Sven Nieuwpoort	Defender	29 May 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
	Branco van den Boomen	Defender	19 June 2014	FC Eindhoven	-
	Derwin Martina	Defender	25 June 2014	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Emran Barakzai	Midfielder	30 June 2014	—	-
	Christian Poulsen	Midfielder	30 June 2014	—	-
	Maurits Schmitz	Goalkeeper	30 June 2014	—	-
	Geoffrey Castillion	Forward	30 June 2014	—	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website