2010–11 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2010–11 season
Chairman Uri Coronel
Manager Martin Jol (until December 6, 2010)
Frank de Boer
Eredivisie 1st
KNVB Cup Runners-up
Champions League Group Stage
Europa League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Mounir El Hamdaoui (13)
All:
Mounir El Hamdaoui (19)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2010/2011 season is AFC Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie, they will participate in the tournament for the Champions Cup and playing in the Champions League. The first training of the new season took place on Sunday, June 27, 2010. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Friday, July 23, 2010.

Contents

Pre-season

In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a trainings stage in Austria. The team of Martin Jol stayed in Stubaital from July 5 to July 11. During this training camp friendly matches were played against Al-Ahly and Rapid Bucharest. Further practice matches were played against Ajax (amateurs), FC Horst, FC Porto, Rijnsburgse Boys and Chelsea.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Nat Pos Player Total Eredivisie UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
KNVB Cup
Johan Cruijff-schaal XV
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Maarten Stekelenburg 44 0 26 0 13 0 5 0
2 DF Gregory van der Wiel 52 1 32 1 14 0 6 0
3 DF Toby Alderweireld 43 5 26 2 12 3 5 0
4 DF Jan Vertonghen 51 8 32 6 13 1 6 1
5 DF Vurnon Anita 46 4 27+4 3 9+1 0 3+2 1
6 MF Eyong Enoh 45 1 23+4 1 12+1 0 4+1 0
7 FW Miralem Sulejmani 53 13 22+10 8 9+5 2 6+1 3
8 MF Christian Eriksen 47 8 21+7 6 6+6 1 5+2 1
9 FW Mounir El Hamdaoui 38 19 25+1 13 9+1 3 2 3
10 MF Siem de Jong 52 17 31+1 12 12+1 2 7 3
12 GK Kenneth Vermeer 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF André Ooijer 18 1 8+5 1 2+1 0 1+1 0
15 MF Nicolás Lodeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Daley Blind 18 0 8+2 0 4 0 2+2 0
18 MF Rasmus Lindgren 26 2 7+8 1 4+4 1 1+2 0
20 MF Demy de Zeeuw 47 5 19+8 1 10+3 2 7 2
21 FW Suk Hyun-Jun 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Bruno Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Oleguer 9 1 2+1 1 1+3 0 2 0
27 FW Darío Cvitanich 8 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
28 MF Roly Bonevacia 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 DF Timothée Atouba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Jeroen Verhoeven 6 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 1 0
32 MF Nicolai Boilesen 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW Aras Özbiliz 19 1 3+11 1 0+2 0 0+3 0
36 GK Ronald Graafland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Jody Lukoki 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW Lorenzo Ebecilio 24 5 14+2 3 4 0 4 2
42 FW Geoffrey Castillion 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW Florian Jozefzoon 5 1 0+4 0 0 0 1 1
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
11 MF Urby Emanuelson 32 2 17+1 1 10 0 3+1 1
16 FW Luis Suárez 24 12 13 7 9 4 2 1
19 MF Teemu Tainio 5 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
22 MF Ismaïl Aissati 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Marvin Zeegelaar 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Jeffrey Sarpong 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
35 FW Mido 6 3 1+4 2 0 0 0+1 1

As of 15 May 2011

2010-11 Selection by Nationality

Nationality Total Players
Current squad selection 10 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 9 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 11
Players out on loan 4 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 5

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2010-11

Standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goals against
Yellow cards
Red cards
1 34 22 7 5 73 72 30 55 3

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 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 3 3 0 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 73

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 1 4 7 10 13 16 17 17 20 21 24 27 27 27 28 31 32 35 38 38 41 44 45 48 49 52 55 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 73

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 7th 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st

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 5 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 72

Statistics for the 2010-11 season

Friendlies Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Eredivisie Total
Matches 12 of 12 1 of 1 6 of 6 10 of 10 4 of 4 34 of 34 67 of 67
Win 8 of 12 0 of 1 5 of 6 3 of 10 2 of 4 22 of 34 40 of 67
Draw 1 of 12 0 of 1 0 of 6 4 of 10 0 of 4 7 of 34 12 of 67
Loss 2 of 12 1 of 1 1 of 6 3 of 10 2 pf 4 5 of 34 14 of 67
Home 1 of 2 1 of 1 5 of 5 5 of 5 2 of 2 17 of 17 32 of 32
Away 10 of 10 0 of 0 1 of 1 5 of 5 2 of 2 17 of 17 35 of 35
Yellow cards 5 2 10 19 6 55 97
Red cards 1 1 0 1 0 3 6
2 x yellow in 1 match 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Number of substitutes used 59 3 15 23 10 87 193
Goals for 48 0 20 13 5 72 157
Goals against 10 1 5 16 4 30 66
Balance +38 -1 +15 -3 +1 +42 +91
Clean sheets 3 0 3 1 2 15 24
Penalties for 1 0 2 0 0 4 7
Penalties against 1 0 0 3 1 2 7

2010-11 Team records

Description Competition Result
Biggest win Friendly match FC Horst - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 21 )
KNVB Cup AFC Ajax - RKC Waalwijk ( 5 - 1 )
UEFA Champions League AC Milan - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 2 )
UEFA Europa League RSC Anderlecht - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 3 )
Eredivisie De Graafschap - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 5 )
Biggest loss Friendly match Hamburger SV - AFC Ajax ( 4 - 2 )
KNVB Cup FC Twente - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 2 )
UEFA Champions League AFC Ajax - Real Madrid ( 0 - 4 )
UEFA Europa League Spartak Moskva - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 0 )
Eredivisie FC Utrecht - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 0 )
Most goals in a match Friendly match FC Horst - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 21 )
KNVB Cup AFC Ajax - RKC Waalwijk ( 5 - 1 )
UEFA Champions League PAOK FC - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 3 )
UEFA Europa League RSC Anderlecht - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 3 )
Eredivisie AFC Ajax - Vitesse ( 4 - 2 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr. Name
1. Siem de Jong 9
2. Miralem Sulejmani 7
3. Suk Hyun-Jun 5
4. Darío Cvitanich 3
5.
Jeffrey Sarpong 2
Mitchell Donald 2
Aras Özbiliz 2
Ismaïl Aissati 2
Darko Bodul 2
Christian Eriksen 2
Luis Suárez 2
Lorenzo Ebecilio 2
12.
Daylon Claasen 1
Toby Alderweireld 1
Eyong Enoh 1
Urby Emanuelson 1
Johan Kappelhof 1
Marvin Zeegelaar 1
Demy de Zeeuw 1
Vurnon Anita 1
Total 48

Eredivisie

Nr. Name
1. Mounir El Hamdaoui 13
2. Siem de Jong 12
3. Miralem Sulejmani 8
4. Luis Suárez 7
5. Jan Vertonghen 6
Christian Eriksen 6
7. Vurnon Anita 3
Lorenzo Ebecilio 3
9. Mido 2
Toby Alderweireld 2
11. Gregory van der Wiel 1
Urby Emanuelson 1
Eyong Enoh 1
Rasmus Lindgren 1
André Ooijer 1
Demy de Zeeuw 1
Oleguer 1
Aras Özbiliz 1
Total 70

UEFA Champions League

1. Luis Suárez 4
2. Mounir El Hamdaoui 2
Demy de Zeeuw 2
Toby Alderweireld 2
5. Siem de Jong 1
Rasmus Lindgren 1
Jan Vertonghen 1
Total 13

KNVB Cup

1. Miralem Sulejmani 3
Mounir El Hamdaoui 3
Siem de Jong 3
4. Demy de Zeeuw 2
Lorenzo Ebecilio 2
6. Jan Vertonghen 1
Urby Emanuelson 1
Florian Jozefzoon 1
Christian Eriksen 1
Mido 1
Luis Suárez 1
Vurnon Anita 1
Total 20

UEFA Europa League

# Name
1. Miralem Sulejmani 2
2. Mounir El Hamdaoui 1
3. Christian Eriksen 1
4. Toby Alderweireld 1
Total 5

Placements

Friendlies KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Eredivisie
Status 12 played, 8 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses Runner-up
Lost to: FC Twente
3rd Place in Group G
Placement for: UEFA Europa League
Eliminated in Round of 16
Last opponent: Spartak Moscow
Champions
73 points in 34 matches
30th title

Results

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Eredivisie

Dutch Eredivisie 2010-11

AFC Ajax
30th title

KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round
Playoff round
Group stage
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 15 2 +13 16
Milan 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
Ajax 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
Auxerre 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32
Round of 16

Friendlies

Transfers for 2010-11

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2010 to 1 September 2010) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2010.

Arrivals
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Mitchell Donald Midfielder 16 May 2010 Willem II -
Darko Bodul Forward 18 May 2010 Sparta Rotterdam -
Daley Blind Defender 30 June 2010 FC Groningen -
Evander Sno Midfielder 30 June 2010 Bristol City -
Transfer
Mounir El Hamdaoui Forward 30 July 2010 AZ € 5 million
Free Transfer
André Ooijer Defender 9 August 2010 PSV -
Mido Forward 23 August 2010 Middlesbrough -
Teemu Tainio Midfielder 31 August 2010 Sunderland -
Ronald Graafland Goalkeeper 9 September 2010 Vitesse -
Departures
Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Sergio Padt Goalkeeper 1 June 2010 Go Ahead Eagles -
Jan-Arie van der Heijden Midfielder 30 July 2011 Willem II -
Rob Wielaert Defender 22 August 2010 Roda JC -
Ismaïl Aissati Midfielder 24 August 2010 Vitesse -
Loan return
Zé Eduardo Forward 30 June 2010 Cruzeiro -
Kerlon Forward 30 June 2010 Internazionale -
Transfer
Jeffrey Sarpong Midfielder 23 August 2010 Real Sociedad € 200.000
Free Transfer
Gabri Midfielder 26 May 2010 Umm-Salal -
Kennedy Bakircioglü Forward 6 July 2010 Racing Santander -
Edgar Manucharyan Forward 10 July 2010 FC Pyunik -
Dennis Rommedahl Forward 11 July 2011 Olympiacos -
George Ogăraru Defender 17 July 2010 FC Sion -
Daylon Claasen Midfielder 13 August 2010 Lierse -
Marko Pantelić Forward 20 August 2010 Olympiacos -
Javier Martina Forward 25 August 2010 Toronto FC -
Albert Luque Forward 1 July 2010 Málaga CF -

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2011 to 1 February 2011) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2010–11.

Arrivals
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Darío Cvitanich Forward 1 January 2011 Pachuca -
Bruno Silva Defender 1 January 2011 Internacional -
Departures
Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Marvin Zeegelaar Forward 24 January 2011 Excelsior -
Transfer
Urby Emanuelson Midfielder 23 January 2011 Milan € 1,7 million
Luis Suárez Forward 28 January 2011 Liverpool € 26,5 million
Free Transfer
Mido Forward 22 January 2011 Zamalek -
Darko Bodul Forward 31 January 2011 Nacional -
Teemu Tainio Midfielder 8 March 2011 New York Red Bulls -

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