| 2015–16 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Hennie Henrichs | ||
| Manager | Frank de Boer | ||
| Eredivisie | 2nd | ||
| KNVB Cup | Third round | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | ||
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Arkadiusz Milik (21) All: Arkadiusz Milik (24) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 51,862 vsPEC Zwolle (3 April 2016) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,750 atExcelsior (20 September 2015) | ||
The2015–16AFC Ajax season saw the club participate in theEredivisie, theKNVB Cup, theUEFA Champions League and theUEFA Europa League. The first training took place on 6 July 2015 while the traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on 20 July.
The first training for the 2015–16 season was held on 6 June 2015. In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a training stage inNeustift, Austria. The squad, with managerFrank de Boer, remained there from 15 to 24 June. During this training stage, a friendly match was played againstDynamo Moscow, whereupon the club then traveled back to the Netherlands, residing at De Lutte for additional training. The squad stayed there from 30 June to 5 July, when further friendly matches were played againstNordsjælland,Panathinaikos andVfL Wolfsburg. Traveling to France, a further friendly match was played againstSaint-Étienne.
Appearances for competitive matches only
As of 7 March 2016
| Nationality | Total Players | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current squad selection | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 24 |
| Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection | 25 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| Players out on loan | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Current standing | Matches played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals for | Goals against | Yellow cards | Red cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 82 | 81 | 21 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 82 |
| 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 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 82 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 81 |
| Friendlies | Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 6 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 34 of 34 | 40 of 43 |
| Win | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 25 of 34 | 27 of 43 |
| Draw | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 7 of 34 | 9 of 43 |
| Loss | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 2 of 34 | 4 of 43 |
| Home | 2 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 17 | 2 of 20 |
| Away | 4 of 4 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 17 | 4 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 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Goals for | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 74 |
| Goals against | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 |
| Balance | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | +26 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties for | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties against | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Friendlies
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| Friendlies | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | 6 played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses | 4th Round Next opponent: De Graafschap | Third qualifying round Last opponent:SK Rapid Wien Placement for:UEFA Europa League Playoffs | Playoff Round Next opponent: FK Jablonec | — |
All times are inCEST
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven(C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 84 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 21 | +60 | 82 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 63 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropean competition play-offs[b] |
| 9 August 20151 | AZ | 0–3 | Ajax | Alkmaar |
| 12:30CEST | Van Overeem | Report | El Ghazi Gudelj Klaassen Riedewald | Stadium:AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,637 Referee:Bas Kuipers |
| 15 August 20152 | Ajax | 3–0 | Willem II | Amsterdam |
| 19:45CEST | Milik El Ghazi | Report | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,494 Referee:Bas Nijhuis |
| 23 August 20153 | NEC | 0–2 | Ajax | Nijmegen |
| Report |
| Stadium:Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,321 Referee:Dennis Higler |
| 30 August 20154 | Ajax | 4–0 | ADO Den Haag | Amsterdam |
| Report |
| Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 43,578 Referee:Danny Makkelie |
| 12 September 20155 | Twente | 2–2 | Ajax | Enschede |
| Report | Stadium:De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee:Pol van Boekel |
| 20 September 20156 | Excelsior | 0–2 | Ajax | Rotterdam |
| Report | Stadium:Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,750 Referee:Kevin Blom |
| 26 September 20157 | Ajax | 2–0 | Groningen | Amsterdam |
| Report |
| Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,676 Referee:Richard Liesveld |
| 4 October 20158 | Ajax | 1–2 | PSV | Amsterdam |
| Report | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,154 Referee:Bas Nijhuis |
| 17 October 20159 | Heracles | 0–2 | Ajax | Almelo |
| Report | Stadium:Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,080 Referee:Kevin Blom |
| 25 October 201510 | Vitesse | 1–3 | Ajax | Arnhem |
| Report | Stadium:GelreDome Attendance: 21,163 Referee:Richard Liesveld |
| 29 November 201514 | PEC Zwolle | 0–2 | Ajax |
| 5 December 201515 | Ajax | 5–2 | Heerenveen |
| 20 December 201517 | Ajax | 2–1 | De Graafschap |
| 17 January 201618 | ADO Den Haag | 0–1 | Ajax |
| 3 April 201629 | Ajax | 3–0 | PEC Zwolle |
| 20 April 201632 | Heerenveen | 0–2 | Ajax |
| 8 May 201634 | De Graafschap | 1–1 | Ajax |
| 23 September 2015Round 2 | Ajax | 2–0 | De Graafschap | Amsterdam |
| 20:45 | Fischer Heitinga | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 24,738 Referee:Jochem Kamphuis |
| 28 October 2015Round 3 | Feyenoord | 1–0 | Ajax | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Veltman | Stadium:De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee:Pol van Boekel |
| 29 July 2015First leg | Rapid Wien | 2–2 | Vienna,Austria | |
| 21:05 | Petsos Kainz Schwab Berić | Report | Klaassen Veltman | Stadium:Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 43,200 Referee:William Collum (Scotland) |
| 4 August 2015Second leg | Ajax | 2–3 (4–5aagg.) | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 20:15 | Milik Gudelj | Report | Berič Schaub | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia) |
| 20 August 2015First leg | Ajax | 1–0 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 19:00CET | Milik | Report | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,898 Referee:Tony Chapron (France) |
| 27 August 2015Second leg | FK Jablonec | 0–0 (1–0agg.) | Jablonec nad Nisou,Czech Republic | |
| 18:00CET | Report | Stadium:Chance Arena Attendance: 6,040 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOL | FEN | AJX | CEL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |
| 17 September 20151 | Ajax | 2–2 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 19:00CET | Fischer Schøne | Report | Bitton Lustig | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,455 Referee:Luca Banti (Italy) |
| 1 October 20152 | Molde | 1–1 | Molde,Norway | |
| 21:00CET | Hestad | Report | Fischer | Stadium:Molde Stadion Attendance: 7,890 Referee:Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
| 4 July 2015 | Ajax | 2–2 | Kematen,Austria | |
| 20:00 | Kuzmin Bazoer | Report | Kuzmin M'Vila | Stadium:Sportplatz Kematen |
| 10 July 2015 | Ajax | 1–3 | Hardenberg,Netherlands | |
| 16:30 | Bakker | Report | Ingvartsen Moberg Karlsson | Stadium:De Boshoek |
| 10 July 2015 | Ajax | 2–0 | Epe, Netherlands | |
| 20:00 | Milik El Ghazi | Report | Stadium:De Wachtelenberg |
| 17 July 2015 | Ajax | 1–1 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium:Amsterdam Arena |
| 22 July 2015 | Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | Valenciennes,France | |
| 19:00 | Bamba | Report | Stadium:Stade du Hainaut |
| 10 August 2015 | Ajax | 6–1 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 19:00 | Schöne Sanogo Andersen | Report | Sagbo | Stadium:Sportpark De Toekomst |
| 8 October 2015 | Ajax | 1–2 | Amsterdam,Netherlands | |
| 19:30 | Schöne | Report | Seager Juanmi | Stadium:Sportpark De Toekomst |
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2015 to 31 August 2015) please seeList of Dutch football transfers summer 2015.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | Previous club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return from loan spell | |||||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Loan | |||||
| Forward | 17 July 2015 | - | |||
| Transfer | |||||
| Forward | 1 April 2015 | €2,800,000 | |||
| Midfielder | 5 May 2015 | €500,000 | |||
| Midfielder | 6 May 2015 | €6,000,000 | |||
| Defender | 9 May 2015 | €150,000 | |||
| Defender | 19 June 2015 | €1,000,000 | |||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | €270,000 | |||
| Midfielder | 15 July 2015 | €1,500,000 | |||
| Free Transfer | |||||
| Defender | 25 June 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 24 August 2015 | - | |||
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out on loan | |||||
| Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 27 July 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 24 August 2015 | - | |||
| Loan return | |||||
| Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Transfer | |||||
| Forward | 1 July 2015 | €3,500,000 | |||
| Forward | 27 July 2015 | €4,000,000 | |||
| Free Transfer | |||||
| Defender | 29 April 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 20 May 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 20 May 2015 | - | |||
| Goalkeeper | 28 May 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 29 May 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 20 June 2015 | - | |||
| Goalkeeper | 23 June 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 30 June 2015 | – | - | ||
| Forward | 30 June 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 16 July 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 24 July 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 11 August 2015 | - | |||
| Goalkeeper | 14 August 2015 | - | |||
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2016 to 1 February 2016) please seeList of Dutch football transfers winter 2015–16.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return from loan spell | |||||
| Midfielder | 1 January 2016 | - | |||
| Goalkeeper | 5 January 2016 | - | |||
| Forward | 31 January 2016 | - | |||
| Defender | 31 January 2016 | - | |||
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out on loan | |||||
| Forward | 2 January 2015 | - | |||
| Forward | 4 January 2015 | - | |||
| Midfielder | 31 January 2015 | - | |||
| Defender | 31 January 2016 | - | |||
| Return from loan spell | |||||
| Forward | 31 January 2016 | - | |||
| Free Transfer | |||||
| Forward | 3 January 2016 | - | |||
| Defender | 31 January 2016 | – | - | ||