2014–15 AFC Ajax season

Ajax

2014–15 season
Ajax lining up for the match against Dnipro on 12 March 2015
Chairman	Hennie Henrichs
Manager	Frank de Boer
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Johan Cruyff Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Arkadiusz Milik (11) All: Arkadiusz Milik (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

During the 2014–15 season, AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The first training took place on Tuesday 24 June 2014. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on 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 to 5 July. Further friendly matches were played against Wacker Innsbruck in Austria. Returning to the Netherlands, further friendly matches were scheduled against Aalborg BK Lyon 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	Jasper Cillessen	42	0	32	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn	40	2	28	2	10	0	2	0
3	DF	NED	Joël Veltman	33	4	25	4	7	0	1	0
4	DF	FIN	Niklas Moisander	31	0	25	0	5	0	1	0
5	DF	DEN	Nicolai Boilesen	31	0	22	0	8	0	1	0
6	DF	NED	Mike van der Hoorn	22	2	9+6	2	2+2	0	3	0
7	FW	DEN	Viktor Fischer	4	3	3+1	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	14	0	9+1	0	1+3	0	0	0
9	FW	ISL	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	27	7	13+8	7	4+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	44	8	30	6	10	2	4	0
11	FW	NED	Ricardo Kishna
12	DF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald	25	0	10+9	0	0+4	0	2	0
16	MF	DEN	Lucas Andersen	37	4	19+8	2	6+1	1	2+1	1
18	FW	CRO	Robert Murić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Milik	34	23	14+7	11	6+3	4	4	8
20	FW	DEN	Lasse Schöne	38	11	26+3	8	7+1	3	1	0
21	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	43	10	23+8	9	5+4	1	1+2	0
23	DF	NED	Kenny Tete	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	CMR	André Onana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	RSA	Thulani Serero	41	1	22+7	1	8+1	0	1+2	0
26	MF	NED	Nick Viergever	39	3	21+5	2	8+1	1	4	0
27	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	22	2	14+3	1	4	1	1	0
30	FW	NED	Richairo Zivkovic	10	2	0+7	1	0+2	0	0+1	1
31	GK	NED	Peter Leeuwenburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	DEN	Niki Zimling	12	0	2+7	0	1+2	0	0	0
33	GK	NED	Diederik Boer	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
34	FW	NED	Queensy Menig	5	1	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	1
35	MF	NED	Fabian Sporkslede	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	NED	Donny van de Beek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
1	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	NED	Lerin Duarte	6	1	0+4	0	0	0	2	1
17	MF	NED	Daley Blind	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil	6	0	1	0	1+1	0	3	0
28	MF	SWE	Tobias Sana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	NED	Ruben Ligeon	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+2	0

As of 17 May 2015

2014–15 selection by nationality

Nationality												Total Players
Current squad selection	18	5	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	27
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	19	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	24
Players out on loan	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2014–15

Current standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
2	34	21	8	5	71	68	29	37	1

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	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	1	1	3	0	71

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	3	6	6	6	9	12	15	16	17	20	23	26	29	30	33	36	39	42	43	43	43	46	49	50	53	56	59	62	63	66	67	68	71	71	71

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	1	2	3	7	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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	4	3	1	0	2	1	5	0	1	3	4	4	4	1	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	1	4	1	1	2	0	1	3	1	68

Statistics for the 2014–15 season

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2014–15 season.

	Friendlies	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	10 of 10	1 of 1	3 of 3	6 of 6	4 of 4	34 of 34	60 of 60
Win	8 of 10	0 of 1	2 of 3	1 of 6	3 of 4	21 of 34	35 of 60
Draw	2 of 10	0 of 1	0 of 2	2 of 6	0 of 4	8 of 34	12 of 60
Loss	0 of 10	1 of 1	1 of 3	3 of 6	1 of 4	5 of 34	11 of 60
Home	4 of 10	1 of 1	1 of 3	3 of 3	2 of 2	17 of 17	28 of 36
Away	6 of 10	0 of 0	2 of 3	3 of 3	2 of 2	17 of 17	26 of 26
Yellow cards	2	1	0	17	4	37	61
Red cards	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Number of substitutes used	59	3	7	17	12	100	194
Goals for	35	0	13	8	6	68	129
Goals against	5	1	4	10	2	29	51
Balance	+30	-1	+9	-2	+4	+40	+82
Clean sheets	3	0	2	1	2	12	20
Penalties for	0	0	1	1	0	2	4
Penalties against	1	0	0	1	0	1	3

2014–15 Team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	AFC Ajax – SDC Putten ( 13–1 )
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	—
	KNVB Cup	JOS Watergraafsmeer – AFC Ajax ( 0–9 )
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax – APOEL FC ( 4–0 )
	UEFA Europa League	Legia Warszawa – AFC Ajax ( 0–3 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – Willem II ( 5–0 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	—
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	PEC Zwolle – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax – Vitesse ( 0–4 )
	UEFA Champions League	FC Barcelona – AFC Ajax ( 3–1 ) Paris Saint-Germain – AFC Ajax ( 3–1 )
	UEFA Europa League	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – PSV ( 1–3 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	AFC Ajax – SDC Putten ( 13–1 )
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	PEC Zwolle – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
	KNVB Cup	JOS Watergraafsmeer – AFC Ajax ( 0–9 )
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax – APOEL FC ( 4–0 )
	UEFA Europa League	Legia Warszawa – AFC Ajax ( 0–3 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – Willem II ( 5–0 )

Topscorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Anwar El Ghazi 9 2. Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 4 Arkadiusz Milik 4 4. Ruben Ligeon 3 5. 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 Zivkovic 1 Thulani Serero 1 Lasse Schöne 1 Lesley de Sa 1 Queensy Menig 1 Niki Zimling 1 Own goal Carlos Martínez (Real Sociedad) 1 Total 38

Johan Cruijff Schaal Nr. Name 1. – - Total 0

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Arkadiusz Milik 11 2. Anwar El Ghazi 9 3. Lasse Schöne 8 4. Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 7 5. Davy Klaassen 6 6. Ricardo Kishna 5 7. Joël Veltman 4 8. Viktor Fischer 3 9. Nick Viergever 2 Mike van der Hoorn 2 Ricardo van Rhijn 2 Lucas Andersen 2 13. Thulani Serero 1 Richairo Zivkovic 1 Riechedly Bazoer 1 Own goal Daley Sinkgraven (Heerenveen) 1 Johan Kappelhof (Groningen) 1 Wesley Verhoek (Go Ahead Eagles) 1 Xander Houtkoop (ADO Den Haag) 1 Ramon Leeuwin (Utrecht) 1 Total 68

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. Arkadiusz Milik 8 2. Lucas Andersen 1 Ricardo Kishna 1 Queensy Menig 1 Lerin Duarte 1 Richairo Zivkovic 1 Total 13

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1. Lasse Schöne 3 2. Davy Klaassen 2 3. Lucas Andersen 1 Anwar El Ghazi 1 Arkadiusz Milik 1 Total 8

UEFA Europa League Nr. Name 1. Arkadiusz Milik 3 2. Nick Viergever 1 Riechedly Bazoer 1 Mike van der Hoorn 1 Total 6

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

Placements

	Friendlies	Eusébio Cup	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie
Status	10 played, 8 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses	Winners Last opponent: Benfica	Runners-up Last opponent: PEC Zwolle	4th Round Last opponent: Vitesse	3rd place in Group F Placement for: UEFA Europa League	Round of 16 Last opponent: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2nd place, 71 points in 34 matches

• Jasper Cillessen is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• Anwar El Ghazi is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• Arkadiusz Milik finishes as topscorer of the KNVB Cup with 8 goals in 3 matches.

Competitions

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield

PEC Zwolle v Ajax

3 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	1–0	Ajax	Amsterdam
20:45 CET	Van Polen  52' Rienstra  54' Nijland 55' Van Hintum  83'	Report	Moisander  45+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Eredivisie

Main article: 2014–15 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV (C)	34	29	1	4	92	31	+61	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ajax	34	21	8	5	69	29	+40	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	AZ	34	19	5	10	63	56	+7	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Feyenoord	34	17	8	9	56	39	+17	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
5	Vitesse (O)	34	16	10	8	66	43	+23	58

Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Matches

Ajax v Vitesse

10 August 2014 1	Ajax	4–1	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST	Viergever 40' Ligeon  43' Schöne 48', 87' Van der Hoorn 62',  82'	Report	Wallace  47' Vejinović 84'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,494 Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ v Ajax

17 August 2014 2	AZ	1–3	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST	Berghuis 50' Wuytens  75' Hupperts  90+3' Gouweleeuw  90+3'	Report	Klaassen 15' Sigþórsson  37' Schöne 69' El Ghazi 90' Moisander  90+4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,011 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v PSV

24 August 2014 3	Ajax	1–3	PSV	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST	El Ghazi 16'	Report	Rekik  12' Depay 52',  61' Narsingh 63' Jozefzoon 86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,513 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Groningen v Ajax

31 August 2014 4	Groningen	2–0	Ajax	Groningen
14:30 CEST	Botteghin 48' De Leeuw 87'	Report	Boilesen  36'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,740 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v Heracles

13 September 2014 5	Ajax	2–1	Heracles	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST	Milik 3', 45+1',  74' Duarte  90+3'	Report	Weghorst 86' Wierik  87'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,408 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Feyenoord v Ajax

21 September 2014 6	Feyenoord	0–1	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST		Report	Van Rhijn 4' Viergever  73'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

NAC Breda v Ajax

27 September 2014 7	NAC Breda	2–5	Ajax	Breda
14:30 CEST	Amieux  53' De Kamps  55' Perica 60', 76'	Report	Van Rhijn 27' Sigþórsson 29', 38', 89' Veltman 65'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,900 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer|

Ajax v PEC Zwolle

5 October 2014 8	Ajax	0–0	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST	Zimling  40' Klaassen  70'	Report	Thomas  32' Rienstra  35'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,892 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Twente v Ajax

18 October 2014 9	Twente	1–1	Ajax	Enschede
20:45 CEST	Corona 17' Castaignos  56'	Report	Veltman  56' Sigþórsson 71'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Ajax v Go Ahead Eagles

25 October 2014 10	Ajax	3–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	El Ghazi 10' Milik 55' Schöne 75'	Report	Lewis 28'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,446 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v Dordrecht

1 November 2014 11	Ajax	4–0	Dordrecht	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST	Schöne 21', 65' Veltman 69' Andersen 75'	Report	Lieder  8' Lima  16'  62' Haddad  18' Ojo  63'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Ed Janssen

Cambuur v Ajax

9 November 2014 12	Cambuur	2–4	Ajax	Leeuwarden
12:30 CEST	Steblecki 2' Ogbeche 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Milik 19', 60' Klaassen 23' El Ghazi 78'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Ajax v Heerenveen

22 November 2014 13	Ajax	4–1	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	Sinkgraven 66' (o.g.) El Ghazi 72' Kishna 73',  74' Milik 84' (pen.)	Report	Slagveer 18',  32'  43' Van den Berg  32' Otigba  83'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,946 Referee: Kevin Blom

ADO Den Haag v Ajax

30 November 2014 14	ADO Den Haag	1–1	Ajax	The Hague
12:30 CET	Kramer  21', 85' Wormgoor  44' Zuiverloon  80'  90+5' Jansen  90+5'	Report	Klaassen 8',  32' Viergever  90+5'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 14,657 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Ajax v Willem II

6 December 2014 15	Ajax	5–0	Willem II	Amsterdam
20:45 CET	Sigþórsson 14' Milik 27', 43' Veltman 31' Klaassen 57'	Report	Messaoud  15' Dijks  35' Wuytens  44' Ippel  83'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,455 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v Utrecht

14 December 2014 16	Ajax	3–1	Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30 CET	Serero 16' Klaassen 20' El Ghazi 65'	Report	Rubin 35' Oar  40' Janssen  90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,007 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Excelsior v Ajax

21 December 2014 17	Excelsior	0–2	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CET	Auassar  35'	Report	Van Rhijn  75' Van der Hoorn 83' Serero  87' Zivkovic 88'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Tom van Sichem

Ajax v Groningen

16 January 2015 18	Ajax	2–0	Groningen	Amsterdam
20:00 CET	Kishna 15' Kappelhof 90' (o.g.)	Report	Hateboer  81'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,441 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v Feyenoord

25 January 2015 19	Ajax	0–0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30 CET		Report	Kongolo  66' Boëtius  72'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,472 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Vitesse v Ajax

1 February 2015 20	Vitesse	1–0	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30	Đurđević 85'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v AZ

5 February 2015 21	Ajax	0–1	AZ	Amsterdam
20:45	Moisander  61'	Report	Berghuis  43' Jóhannsson 76'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,724 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax

8 February 2015 22	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	Ajax	Deventer
14:30	Sander Duits  44' Plet  62' Overgoor 76'	Report	El Ghazi 24' Verhoek 88' (o.g.) Bazoer  51' Boilesen  55' Sinkgraven  90+1'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v Twente

15 February 2015 23	Ajax	4–2	Twente	Amsterdam
16:45	Viergever 10' Bazoer 15' Kishna 68', 75'	Report	Corona 6' Bjelland  39' Ziyech 50'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,874 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Willem II v Ajax

22 February 2015 24	Willem II	1–1	Ajax	Tilburg
12:30	Messaoud 52'	Report	El Ghazi  35' Milik 37',  90+4' Klaassen  57' Viergever  73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

PSV v Ajax

1 March 2015 25	PSV	1–3	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:45	De Jong 77' Arias  90+2'	Report	Kishna 29' Viergever  45+1' El Ghazi  72', 90+1' Schöne 83'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Ajax v Excelsior

8 March 2015 26	Ajax	1–0	Excelsior	Amsterdam
14:30	Viergever  59' El Ghazi 83'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 39,943 Referee: Dennis Higler

Heerenveen v Ajax

15 March 2015 27	Heerenveen	1–4	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30	Veltman 35' (o.g.) Van Aken  63' Van Aanholt  78'	Report	Milik 6', 67' Klaassen 11' Veltman 38'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 27,224 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

22 March 2015 28	Ajax	1–0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:30	Serero  54' Milik  84' Houtkoop 80' (o.g.)	Report	Derijck  31' Yakovenko  45' Van Duinen  80'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,743 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Utrecht v Ajax

5 April 2015 29	Utrecht	1–1	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30	Diemers  53' Markiet 85'	Report	Leeuwin 51' (o.g.),  87' Bazoer  65' Veltman  79'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Heracles v Ajax

11 April 2015 30	Heracles	0–2	Ajax	Almelo
20:45		Report	Sigþórsson 45+2' Andersen 86'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v NAC Breda

19 April 2015 31	Ajax	0–0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
14:30		Report	Ten Rouwelaar  70' Swerts  90+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,596 Referee: Björn Kuipers

PEC Zwolle v Ajax

26 April 2015 32	PEC Zwolle	1–1	Ajax	Zwolle
14:30	Drost  6', 48'	Report	Andersen  33' Veltman  40' Sigþórsson 89'	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Cambuur

10 May 2015 33	Ajax	3–0	Cambuur	Amsterdam
14:30	Fischer 57', 62' Schöne 83'	Report	De Ridder  21' El Makrini  33' Pereira  82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,140 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Dordrecht v Ajax

17 May 2015 34	Dordrecht	2–1	Ajax	Dordrecht
14:30	Klaiber 70' Haddad  82' Van Haaren 90+1'	Report	Fischer 57' Riedewald  89'	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Pol van Boekel

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2014–15 KNVB Cup

JOS Watergraafsmeer v Ajax

24 September 2014 Second round	JOS Watergraafsmeer	0–9	Ajax	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST		Report	Milik 22', 26', 62', 82', 87', 88' Andersen 24' Kishna 64' Menig 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

SV Urk v Ajax

28 October 2014 Third round	SV Urk	0–4	Ajax	Urk
19:30 CEST		Report	Duarte 34' Milik 37' (pen.), 40' Zivkovic 86'	Stadium: Sportpark De Vormt

Ajax v Vitesse

19 December 2014 Fourth round	Ajax	0–4	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST		Report	Traoré 22', 57' Labyad 45+1' Kazaishvili 60' Achenteh  65'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,853 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	PAR	AJX	APO
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–1	1–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13			3–2	—	3–1	1–0
3	Ajax	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	APOEL	6	0	1	5	1	12	−11	1			0–4	0–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Ajax v Paris Saint-Germain

17 September 2014 1	Ajax	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaassen  30' Veltman  56' El Ghazi  68' Serero  69' Schöne 74'	Report	Cavani 14' Marquinhos  72'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,430 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

APOEL v Ajax

30 September 2014 2	APOEL	1–1	Ajax	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Manduca 31' (pen.) João Guilherme  81' Aloneftis  89'	Report	Andersen 28' Moisander  36' Viergever  48' Cillessen  56' Sigþórsson  90'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 17,190 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Barcelona v Ajax

21 October 2014 3	Barcelona	3–1	Ajax	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Neymar 7' Messi 24' Pedro  80' Sandro 90+4'	Report	Veltman  32' Van Rhijn  69' El Ghazi 88' Riedewald  90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Ajax v Barcelona

5 November 2014 4	Ajax	0–2	Barcelona	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Ghazi  9' Veltman  34'  71' Moisander  40'	Report	Mascherano  8' Messi 36', 76' Alba  42' Alves  45'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,117 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Paris Saint-Germain v Ajax

25 November 2014 5	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Ajax	Paris, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cavani 33', 83' Ibrahimović  38', 78'	Report	Klaassen  18', 67'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,130 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Ajax v APOEL

10 December 2014 6	Ajax	4–0	APOEL	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schöne 45' (pen.), 50' Klaassen 53' Milik 74'	Report	Antoniades  45' Vinícius  47'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Ajax v Legia Warszawa

19 February 2015 First leg	Ajax	1–0	Legia Warszawa	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 CET	Milik 34' Bazoer  45'	Report	Jodłowiec  36' Vrdoljak  90+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,761 Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)

Legia Warszawa v Ajax

26 February 2015 Second leg	Legia Warszawa	0–3 (0–4 agg.)	Ajax	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CET	Vrdoljak  18' Guilherme  21' Sá  24' Żyro  39' Rzezniczak  63'	Report	Milik 11', 43' Viergever 13'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 1,000 (away supporters only) Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Round of 16

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Ajax

12 March 2015 First leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0	Ajax	Kyiv, Ukraine
18:00 CET	Zozulya 30',  88' Fedetskiy  48' Rotan  51' Shakhov  89'	Report	Boilesen  23' Bazoer  50'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 10,581 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Ajax v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

19 March 2015 Second leg	Ajax	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 CET	Bazoer 60' Kishna  70' Van der Hoorn 117',  120+4'	Report	Matos  21' Bezus  80' Shakov  87' Konoplyanka 97' Boyko  120'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Aliaksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

• Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk advance to the quarter-finals based on away goal rule.

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' Zivkovic 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 Lyon

12 July 2014	Ajax	Cancelled1	Lyon	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	Cancelled1	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

Ajax v Cambuur

9 September 2014	Ajax	1–1	Cambuur	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Menig 10'	Report	Bakker 56', pen.'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

Ajax v Schalke 04

10 January 2015	Ajax	2–0	Schalke 04	Doha, Qatar
17:30	Milik 65' El Ghazi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium

Ajax v Jong SC Heerenveen

13 January 2015	Ajax	6–0	Jong SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30	Zimling 11' El Ghazi 16', 73' Sigþórsson 24' Zivkovic 52' Ligeon 68'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

1. Both matches cancelled by their respective football associations due to potential hooliganism after the Vuurwerkincident from the previous season.

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	Heerenveen	-
	Danzell Gravenberch	Defender	30 June 2014	NEC	-
	Ilan Boccara	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Evian Thonon Gaillard	-
	Jody Lukoki	Forward	30 June 2014	Cambuur	-
	Gino van Kessel	Forward	30 June 2014	Trenčín	-
	Loan
	Arkadiusz Milik	Forward	30 June 2014	Bayer Leverkusen	-
	Niki Zimling	Midfielder	1 September 2014	Mainz 05	-
	Transfer
	Richairo Zivkovic	Forward	9 March 2014	Groningen	€2,500,000
	Nick Viergever	Defender	24 May 2014	AZ	€2,000,000
	Diederik Boer	Goalkeeper	31 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	€750,000
	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	Cambuur	-
	Fabian Sporkslede	Midfielder	10 July 2014	Willem II	-
	Lesley de Sa	Forward	22 July 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
	Bas Kuipers	Defender	4 August 2014	Excelsior	-
	Loan return
	Bojan	Forward	30 June 2014	Barcelona	-
	Stanislav Lobotka	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Trenčín	-
	Transfer
	Eyong Enoh	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Antalyaspor	€600,000
	Danny Hoesen	Forward	28 May 2014	Groningen	€800,000
	Djavan Anderson	Midfielder	19 June 2014	AZ	€200,000
	Javairô Dilrosun	Forward	30 June 2014	Manchester City	€130,000
	Siem de Jong	Midfielder	2 July 2014	Newcastle United	€7,500,000
	Jody Lukoki	Forward	7 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	€1,500,000
	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Defender	29 August 2014	Manchester United	€380,000
	Daley Blind	Defender	30 August 2014	Manchester United	€17,500,000
	Kenneth Vermeer	Goalkeeper	31 August 2014	Feyenoord	€1,000,000
	Mink Peeters	Forward	12 September 2014	Real Madrid	€110,000
	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	VV Hoogland	-
	Wang Chengkuai	Midfielder	19 August 2014	Coimbrões	-
	Geoffrey Castillion	Forward	25 August 2014	New England Revolution	-
	Gino van Kessel	Forward	25 August 2014	Arles-Avignon	-
	Mitchell Dijks	Defender	28 August 2014	Willem II	-
	Danzell Gravenberch	Defender	4 September 2014	Universitatea Cluj	-
	Christian Poulsen	Midfielder	30 September 2014	Copenhagen	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2015 to 1 February 2015) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2014–15.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Fabian Sporkslede	Midfielder	26 January 2014	Willem II	-
	Dejan Meleg	Forward	5 March 2015	Cambuur	-
	Transfer
	André Onana	Goalkeeper	14 January 2015	Barcelona	€200,000
	Daley Sinkgraven	Midfielder	30 January 2015	Heerenveen	€7,000,000

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Sheraldo Becker	Forward	4 January 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
	Ruben Ligeon	Defender	27 January 2015	NAC Breda	-
	Lerin Duarte	Midfielder	31 January 2015	Heerenveen	-
	Free Transfer
	Maurits Schmitz	Goalkeeper	1 January 2015	Go Ahead Eagles	-
	Stefano Denswil	Defender	3 January 2015	Club Brugge	-
	Tobias Sana	Midfielder	14 January 2015	Malmö FF	-
	Robert van Koesveld	Defender	2 February 2015	Heerenveen	-
	Ilan Boccara	Midfielder	2 March 2015	Hapoel Kfar Saba	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website