2017–18 AFC Ajax season

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Ajax
2017–18 season
OwnerAFC Ajax N.V.
CEOEdwin van der Sar
ManagerMarcel Keizer
(until 21 December 2017)
Erik ten Hag
(from 1 January 2018)
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivisie2nd
KNVB CupRound of 16
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Neres (14)
All: David Neres (14)
Highest home attendance53,320 vs Feyenoord (21 January 2018)
Lowest home attendance30,295 vs VVV-Venlo (19 April 2018)
Average home league attendance49,711

During the 2017–18 season, Ajax participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. They also participated in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League but couldn't get past the qualification stage for either competitions. This marked the first time that Ajax did not qualify for the group stage of a UEFA club competition since the 1990–91 season, when they were excluded from competing in European football for a year due to the staafincident. The squad's first training took place on 29 June 2017.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos Nat Player Total Eredivisie UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
KNVB Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Cameroon CMR André Onana 38 0 33 0 4 0 1 0
3 DF Netherlands NED Joël Veltman 36 1 28+2 1 4 0 2 0
4 DF Netherlands NED Matthijs de Ligt 39 3 33 3 4 0 2 0
5 DF Austria AUT Maximilian Wöber 23 1 16+6 1 0 0 1 0
6 MF Netherlands NED Donny van de Beek 39 13 33+1 11 4 2 1 0
7 FW Brazil BRA David Neres 37 14 28+4 14 1+2 0 2 0
8 MF Netherlands NED Daley Sinkgraven 5 0 1+3 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Netherlands NED Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 32 13 24+4 13 0+3 0 0+1 0
10 MF Morocco MAR Hakim Ziyech 39 9 34 9 4 0 1 0
11 FW Germany GER Amin Younes 17 2 9+4 1 4 1 0 0
15 DF Netherlands NED Carel Eiting 6 0 1+3 0 0 0 2 0
17 MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Černý 7 1 2+2 0 0+1 0 2 1
18 FW Norway NOR Dennis Johnsen 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+2 0
19 FW Colombia COL Mateo Cassierra 5 1 0+4 1 0 0 0+1 0
20 FW Denmark DEN Lasse Schöne 36 11 27+3 10 4 1 2 0
21 MF Netherlands NED Frenkie de Jong 26 1 16+6 0 0+2 0 2 1
22 GK Netherlands NED Benjamin van Leer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Netherlands NED Siem de Jong 26 7 4+19 4 0 0 2+1 3
25 FW Denmark DEN Kasper Dolberg 30 9 11+12 6 4 0 3 3
26 DF Netherlands NED Nick Viergever 18 2 12 2 4 0 2 0
28 MF Colombia COL Luis Manuel Orejuela 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+1 0
30 GK Netherlands NED Norbert Alblas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Tagliafico 15 1 15 1 0 0 0 0
33 GK Greece GRE Kostas Lamprou 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Netherlands NED Abdelhak Nouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Netherlands NED Mitchell Dijks 12 0 8+1 0 2 0 1 0
36 MF Netherlands NED Dani de Wit 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Netherlands NED Noussair Mazraoui 8 0 3+5 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF Netherlands NED Azor Matusiwa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Nissen 8 0 5+3 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert 36 11 27+3 10 3+1 0 2 1
47 MF Netherlands NED Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
5 DF Colombia COL Davinson Sánchez 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
42 DF Netherlands NED Deyovaisio Zeefuik 9 0 2+3 0 0+2 0 0+2 0

As of 6 May 2018

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2017–18

Current standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
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Goals against
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Yellow cards
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Red cards
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2 34 25 4 5 79 89 33 58 3
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 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 1 0 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 79
Total points by match day 0 3 6 9 10 10 13 16 19 22 22 25 28 29 32 35 38 41 44 45 48 51 54 57 58 58 61 64 67 70 70 73 76 79 79
Standing by match day 12 8 6 3 6 7 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Goals by match day 1 3 2 3 1 1 4 4 4 3 1 8 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 0 3 4 2 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 4 3 2 89
Goals against per match day 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 33
Total goal difference per match day −1 +1 +3 +6 +6 +5 +9 +13 +16 +18 +17 +25 +29 +29 +32 +34 +35 +37 +39 +39 +41 +43 +44 +45 +45 +44 +47 +50 +51 +52 +49 +52 +55 +56 +56

Topscorers

Eredivisie

Nr. Name File:Soccerball shade.svg
1. Brazil David Neres 14
2. Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 13
3. Netherlands Donny van de Beek 11
4. Netherlands Justin Kluivert 10
Denmark Lasse Schöne 10
6. Morocco Hakim Ziyech 9
7. Denmark Kasper Dolberg 6
8. Netherlands Siem de Jong 4
9. Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt 3
10. Netherlands Nick Viergever 2
11. Colombia Mateo Cassierra 1
Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico 1
Netherlands Joël Veltman 1
Austria Maximilian Wöber 1
Germany Amin Younes 1
Own goal Netherlands Sherel Floranus (Sparta Rotterdam) 1
Belgium Ryan Sanusi (Sparta Rotterdam) 1
Total 89

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name File:Soccerball shade.svg
1. Denmark Kasper Dolberg 3
Netherlands Siem de Jong 3
3. Czech Republic Václav Černý 1
Netherlands Frenkie de Jong 1
Netherlands Justin Kluivert 1
Own goal Netherlands Ruben Koorndijk (Scheveningen) 1
Total 10

UEFA Champions League

Nr. Name File:Soccerball shade.svg
1. Netherlands Donny van de Beek 2
2. Colombia Davinson Sánchez 1
Total 3

UEFA Europa League

Nr. Name File:Soccerball shade.svg
1. Denmark Lasse Schöne 1
Germany Amin Younes 1
Total 2

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 (C) 34 26 5 3 87 39 +48 83 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
2 Ajax 34 25 4 5 89 33 +56 79 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 AZ 34 22 5 7 72 38 +34 71 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 34 20 6 8 76 39 +37 66 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Utrecht 34 14 12 8 58 53 +5 54 Qualification to European competition play-offs
Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: 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]
(C) Champions
Notes:

Matches

28 January 2018 20 Utrecht 0−0 Ajax Utrecht
12:30 CET Görtler Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Ayoub Yellow card 79'
Janssen Yellow card 80'
Report Huntelaar Yellow card 30' Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,768
Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Friendlies

8 July 2017 Werder Bremen Germany 2–1 Netherlands Ajax Hippach, Austria
16:00 CEST Cassierra File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Stadium: Lindenstadion
Note: Match was abandoned after 72 minutes when Abdelhak Nouri collapsed due to cardiac arrhythmia.

Transfers for 2017–18

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2017 to 31 August 2017) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2017.

Arrivals

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
upward-facing green arrow Croatia Robert Murić Forward 1 June 2017 Italy Pescara -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Richairo Zivkovic Forward 1 June 2017 Netherlands Utrecht -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Indy Groothuizen Goalkeeper 1 June 2017 Denmark Nordsjælland -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Django Warmerdam Defender 1 June 2017 Netherlands PEC Zwolle -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Leeroy Owusu Defender 1 June 2017 Netherlands Excelsior -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Queensy Menig Forward 1 June 2017 Netherlands PEC Zwolle -
upward-facing green arrow Morocco Zakaria El Azzouzi Forward 1 June 2017 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Mitchell Dijks Defender 1 June 2017 England Norwich City -
Transfer
upward-facing green arrow Denmark Victor Jensen Midfielder 2 June 2017 Denmark Copenhagen €2,600,000
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Benjamin van Leer Goalkeeper 28 June 2017 Netherlands Roda JC €700,000
upward-facing green arrow Brazil Danilo Forward 7 July 2017 Brazil Santos €2,000,000
upward-facing green arrow Croatia Dominik Kotarski Goalkeeper 7 July 2017 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb ?
upward-facing green arrow Colombia Luis Manuel Orejuela Defender 8 August 2017 Colombia Deportivo Cali €3,500,000
upward-facing green arrow Norway Dennis Johnsen Forward 11 August 2017 Netherlands Heerenveen €2,000,000
upward-facing green arrow Austria Maximilian Wöber Defender 24 August 2017 Austria Rapid Wien €7,500,000
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Siem de Jong Midfielder 28 August 2017 England Newcastle United €2,000,000
upward-facing green arrow South Africa Dean Solomons Defender 31 August 2017 South Africa Ajax Cape Town ?
upward-facing green arrow South Africa Leo Thethani Forward 31 August 2017 South Africa Ajax Cape Town ?
Free Transfer
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Forward 1 June 2017 Germany Schalke 04 -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Teun Bijleveld Midfielder 15 June 2017 Netherlands AZ -
upward-facing green arrow Morocco Issam El Maach Goalkeeper 21 June 2017 Netherlands Vitesse -
upward-facing green arrow Netherlands Robin Schouten Defender 4 July 2017 Netherlands AZ -
upward-facing green arrow Finland Saku Ylätupa Midfielder 21 July 2017 Finland HJK Helsinki -
upward-facing green arrow Greece Kostas Lamprou Goalkeeper 1 August 2017 Netherlands Willem II -

Departures

  • The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Leeroy Owusu Defender 21 June 2017 Netherlands Almere City -
downward-facing red arrow Morocco Zakaria El Azzouzi Forward 10 July 2017 Netherlands Excelsior -
Return from loan spell
downward-facing red arrow Burkina Faso Bertrand Traoré Forward 1 June 2017 England Chelsea -
Transfer
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Django Warmerdam Midfielder 1 May 2017 Netherlands Groningen €800,000
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Davy Klaassen Midfielder 15 June 2017 England Everton €27,000,000
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Richairo Zivkovic Forward 16 June 2017 Belgium Oostende ?
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Pelle Clement Forward 28 June 2017 England Reading €300,000
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Kenny Tete Defender 7 July 2017 France Lyon €5,000,000
downward-facing red arrow Serbia Dragiša Gudelj Defender 11 July 2017 Switzerland Wohlen ?
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Jaïro Riedewald Defender 24 July 2017 England Crystal Palace €9,000,000
downward-facing red arrow Colombia Davinson Sánchez Defender 18 August 2017 England Tottenham Hotspur €42,000,000
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Queensy Menig Forward 31 August 2017 France Nantes €500,000
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Indy Groothuizen Goalkeeper 31 August 2017 Netherlands ADO Den Haag ?
downward-facing red arrow Croatia Robert Murić Forward 31 August 2017 Portugal Braga €500,000
Free Transfer
downward-facing red arrow Indonesia Ezra Walian Forward 1 June 2017 Netherlands Almere City -
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Diederik Boer Goalkeeper 2 June 2017 Netherlands PEC Zwolle -
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Anderson López Forward 10 June 2017 France Monaco -
downward-facing red arrow South Africa Thulani Serero Midfielder 14 June 2017 Netherlands Vitesse -
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Daishawn Redan Forward 22 June 2017 England Chelsea -
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Joe van der Sar Goalkeeper 1 July 2017 Netherlands ADO Den Haag -
downward-facing red arrow Germany Heiko Westermann Defender 3 July 2017 Austria Austria Wien -
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Kees de Boer Midfielder 5 July 2017 Wales Swansea City -
downward-facing red arrow Denmark Markus Bay Midfielder 8 August 2017 Denmark Viborg -
downward-facing red arrow Belgium Nathan Leyder Defender 31 August 2017 Belgium Vigor Wuitens Hamme -

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2018 to 1 February 2018) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2017–18.

Arrivals

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Transfer
upward-facing green arrow Argentina Nicolás Tagliafico Defender 4 January 2018 Argentina Independiente €4,500,000
upward-facing green arrow Germany Nicolas Kühn Forward 16 January 2018 Germany RB Leipzig €2,000,000
upward-facing green arrow Denmark Rasmus Nissen Defender 23 January 2018 Denmark FC Midtjylland €5,500,000

Departures

  • The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Mauro Savastano Defender 2 January 2018 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles -
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Deyovaisio Zeefuik Defender 31 January 2018 Netherlands FC Groningen -
Transfer
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Damil Dankerlui Defender 9 January 2018 Netherlands Willem II ?
Free Transfer
downward-facing red arrow Netherlands Pascal Struijk Defender 26 January 2018 England Leeds United -

References

  1. "Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 21 January 2018.