2009–10 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2009–10 season
Chairman Uri Coronel
Manager Martin Jol
Eredivisie 2nd
KNVB Cup Winners
Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Luis Suárez (35)
All:
Luis Suárez (49)
Home colours
Away colours

During the 2009–10 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The first training took place on Monday June 22, 2009. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Wednesday July 29, 2009.

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Pre-season

The first training for the 2009–10 season was held on June 22, 2009. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training camp in Amsterdam, Netherlands at the De Toekomst Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad from manager Martin Jol played friendly matches against Ajax Cape Town, DWV, WKE and SV Huizen before traveling to England to play one against Bristol City and play Southampton for the Ted Bates Trophy. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Atlético Madrid and SL Benfica in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Nat Pos Player Total Eredivisie UEFA Europa League KNBV Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Maarten Stekelenburg 50 0 33 0 10 0 7 0
2 DF Gregory van der Wiel 50 6 34 6 10 0 6 0
3 DF Oleguer 13 0 6 0 5 0 2 0
4 MF Zé Eduardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Jan Vertonghen 49 3 32 3 10 0 7 0
6 MF Rasmus Lindgren 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0
7 DF Timothée Atouba 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
8 FW Urby Emanuelson 48 8 31 5 10 1 7 2
9 FW Marko Pantelić 38 21 25 16 7 2 6 3
10 FW Miralem Sulejmani 31 3 17 2 10 1 4 0
11 FW Ismaïl Aissati 18 5 14 3 2 0 2 2
12 GK Kenneth Vermeer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Luis Suárez 48 49 33 35 9 6 6 8
17 DF Rob Wielaert 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
18 MF Gabri 15 0 13 0 1 0 1 0
19 DF Toby Alderweireld 45 3 31 2 8 0 6 1
21 MF Eyong Enoh 41 1 27 1 9 0 5 0
22 MF Siem de Jong 35 17 22 10 7 1 6 6
23 DF Vurnon Anita 35 1 26 0 4 0 5 1
28 FW Dennis Rommedahl 41 9 28 6 7 2 6 1
30 DF George Ogăraru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Kerlon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Kennedy Bakircioglü 15 5 9 2 3 1 3 2
39 FW Suk Hyun-Jun 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Demy de Zeeuw 48 11 32 7 10 1 6 3
41 GK Jeroen Verhoeven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW Marvin Zeegelaar 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
45 MF Nicolás Lodeiro 10 1 8 0 0 0 2 1
51 MF Christian Eriksen 21 1 15 0 2 0 4 1
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
15 DF Bruno Silva 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
20 FW Darío Cvitanich 11 4 6 4 3 0 2 0
26 MF Jeffrey Sarpong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Daley Blind 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Mitchell Donald 17 2 14 1 3 1 0 0
31 GK Sergio Padt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Javier Martina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 MF Tom Overtoom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 DF Timothy van der Meulen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

As of 24 October 2011

2009-10 Selection by Nationality

Nationality Total Players
Current squad selection 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 - - - 27
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 3
Players out on loan 7 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1 12

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2009-10

Standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goals against
Yellow cards
Red cards
2 34 27 4 3 85 106 20 55 2

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 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 85

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 7 10 13 16 19 20 23 26 29 29 32 35 35 38 39 42 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79 82 85 85

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 2nd 1st 6th 6th 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd

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 2 4 3 0 3 6 4 3 2 4 4 5 0 5 5 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 5 3 1 7 2 4 4 106

Statistics for the 2009-10 season

Friendlies Ted Bates Trophy Amsterdam
Tournament
Chippie Polar
Cup
KNVB Cup UEFA Europa League Eredivisie Total
Matches 8 1 2 2 7 10 34 64
Wins 7 1 0 2 7 4 27 48
Draws 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 10
Losses 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6
Home 1 0 2 0 2 5 17 27
Away 7 1 0 2 5 5 17 37
Yellow cards 1 0 0 0 11 17 55 84
Red cards 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
2 x yellow in 1 match 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Number of substitues used 61 3 9 0 18 29 89 209
Goals for 49 4 5 3 33 16 106 216
Goals against 5 1 6 0 6 9 20 47
Balance +44 +3 -1 +3 +27 +7 +86 +169
Clean sheets 4 0 0 2 2 4 20 31
Penalties for 3 1 1 1 0 3 9 18
Penalties against 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3

2009-10 Team records

Description Competition Result
Biggest win Friendly match HZVV - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 11 )
KNVB Cup WHC - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 14 )
UEFA Europa League AFC Ajax - Slovan Bratislava ( 5 - 0 )
Eredivisie AFC Ajax - VVV-Venlo ( 7 - 0 )
Biggest loss Friendly match
KNVB Cup
UEFA Europa League RSC Anderlecht - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 3 )
Eredivisie FC Utrecht - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 0 )
Most goals in a match Friendly match HZVV - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 11 )
KNVB Cup WHC - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 14 )
UEFA Europa League AFC Ajax - Slovan Bratislava ( 5 - 0 )
Eredivisie AFC Ajax - VVV-Venlo ( 7 - 0 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr. Name
1. Luis Suárez 8
2. Darío Cvitanich 6
3. Darko Bodul 5
4. Siem de Jong 4
Ismaïl Aissati 4
6. Kennedy Bakircioglü 3
7. Jan Vertonghen 2
Evander Sno 2
Mitchell Donald 2
Urby Emanuelson 2
Dennis Rommedahl 2
Javier Martina 2
13. Gregory van der Wiel 1
Oleguer 1
Rasmus Lindgren 1
Jan-Arie van der Heijden 1
Marvin Zeegelaar 1
Marko Pantelić 1
Albert Luque 1
Total 49

Eredivisie

Nr. Name
1. Luis Suárez 35
2. Marko Pantelić 16
3. Siem de Jong 10
4. Demy de Zeeuw 7
5. Gregory van der Wiel 6
Dennis Rommedahl 6
7. Urby Emanuelson 5
8. Darío Cvitanich 4
9. Jan Vertonghen 3
Ismaïl Aissati 3
11. Toby Alderweireld 2
Miralem Sulejmani 2
Kennedy Bakircioglü 2
14. Rasmus Lindgren 1
Eyong Enoh 1
Mitchell Donald 1
Total 106

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name
1. Luis Suárez 8
2. Siem de Jong 6
3. Demy de Zeeuw 3
Marko Pantelić 3
5. Ismaïl Aissati 2
Urby Emanuelson 2
Kennedy Bakircioglü 2
8. Toby Alderweireld 1
Vurnon Anita 1
Christian Eriksen 1
Nicolás Lodeiro 1
Dennis Rommedahl 1
Total 33

UEFA Europa League

Nr. Name
1. Luis Suárez 6
2. Dennis Rommedahl 2
Marko Pantelić 2
4. Siem de Jong 1
Demy de Zeeuw 1
Mitchell Donald 1
Urby Emanuelson 1
Miralem Sulejmani 1
Kennedy Bakircioglü 1
Total 16

Amsterdam Tournament

Nr. Name
1. Dennis Rommedahl 2
2. Mitchell Donald 1
Luis Suárez 1
Darío Cvitanich 1
Total 5

Ted Bates Trophy

# Name
1. Luis Suárez 2
2. Toby Alderweireld 1
Marvin Zeegelaar 1
Total 4

Chippie Polar Cup

Nr. Name
1. Urby Emanuelson 2
2. Toby Alderweireld 1
Total 3

Placements

Friendlies Ted Bates Trophy Amsterdam Tournament Chippie Polar Cup KNVB Cup UEFA Europa League Eredivisie
Status 8 played, 7 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses Winners 2nd place Winners Winners
18th title
Eliminated in Round of 32
Last opponent: Juventus
2nd place
85 points in 34 matches
qualified for UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Results

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

KNVB Cup

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group Stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Anderlecht 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
Ajax 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 0 4 6 8 -2 6
Politehnica Timişoara 6 0 2 3 4 9 –5 5

Knockout Stage

Round of 32

Ted Bates Trophy

Amsterdam Tournament

Final standings of the FWS Amsterdam Tournament 2009
Team Pld W D L GF Pts
Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 11
Ajax 2 0 1 1 5 6
Sunderland 2 1 0 1 2 5
Atlético Madrid 2 0 1 3 3 4

Chippie Polar Cup

Final standings of the Chippie Polar Cup 2010
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Ajax 2 2 0 0 7 0 6
N.E.C. 2 1 0 1 7 4 3
Hubentut Fortuna 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
Dutch Caribbean Stars 2 0 0 1 1 6 0

Friendlies

Transfers for 2009-10

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2009 to 1 September 2009) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2009.

Arrivals

Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
George Ogăraru Defender 30 June 2009 Steaua București -
Dennis Rommedahl Forward 30 June 2009 N.E.C. -
Loan
Zé Eduardo Midfielder 30 June 2009 Cruzeiro -
Kerlon Midfielder 30 June 2009 Internazionale -
Transfer
Jeroen Verhoeven Goalkeeper 9 July 2009 FC Volendam € 300.000
Demy de Zeeuw Midfielder 25 July 2009 AZ € 6,5 million
Free Transfer
Timothée Atouba Midfielder 7 July 2009 Hamburger SV -
Marko Pantelić Forward 30 August 2009 Hertha BSC -

Departures

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Evander Sno Midfielder 14 July 2009 Bristol City -
Albert Luque Forward 30 July 2009 Málaga CF -
Edgar Manucharyan Forward 6 August 2009 HFC Haarlem -
Darko Bodul Forward 31 August 2009 Sparta Rotterdam -
Jan-Arie van der Heijden Midfielder 31 August 2009 Willem II -
Transfer
Thomas Vermaelen Defender 19 June 2009 Arsenal € 12 million
Free Transfer
Dennis Gentenaar Goalkeeper 8 June 2009 VVV-Venlo -
Donovan Slijngard Defender 17 June 2009 Sparta Rotterdam -
Robbert Schilder Defender 24 June 2009 NAC Breda -
Leonardo Forward 31 August 2009 NAC Breda -

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2010 to 1 February 2010) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2009–10.

Arrivals
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Transfer
Nicolás Lodeiro Midfielder 22 January 2010 Nacional € 4 million
Free Transfer
Suk Hyun-Jun Forward 1 January 2010 Yongin Citizen -
Departures
Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Darío Cvitanich Forward 1 January 2010 Pachuca -
Jeffrey Sarpong Forward 1 January 2010 N.E.C. -
Daley Blind Defender 5 January 2010 FC Groningen -
Timothy van der Meulen Defender 15 January 2010 HFC Haarlem -
Tom Overtoom Midfielder 22 January 2010 HFC Haarlem -
Javier Martina Forward 25 January 2010 HFC Haarlem -
Sergio Padt Goalkeeper 25 January 2010 HFC Haarlem -
Mitchell Donald Midfielder 29 January 2010 Willem II -
Edgar Manucharyan Forward 1 February 2010 AGOVV -
Bruno Silva Defender 1 February 2010 Internacional -

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