2013–14 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2013–14 season
Chairman Hennie Henrichs
Manager Frank de Boer
Eredivisie 1st
KNVB Cup Runners-up
Champions League Group stage
Europa League Round of 32
Johan Cruijff Schaal Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Davy Klaassen and Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (10)
All:
Lasse Schöne (14)
Home colours
Away colours

During the 2013–14 season AFC Ajax will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.The first training took place on Monday 24 June 2012. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Wednesday 25 July 2013, followed by a testimonial match on 3 July 2013 for the retired former Ajax forward Sjaak Swart also known as "Mr. Ajax" for his 75th birthday.

The 2013–14 AFC Ajax season marks the Jupiler League debut of the AFC Ajax reserves' squad Jong Ajax.[1] Previously playing in the Beloften Eredivisie (a separate league for reserve teams, not included in the Dutch professional or amateur league structure) players were allowed to move around freely between the reserve team and the first first team during the course of the season. This will no longer be the case as Jong Ajax will register and field a separate squad from that of Ajax first team whose home matches will be played at Sportpark De Toekomst while playing in the Eerste Divisie, except for the occasional match in the Amsterdam Arena.[2] The only period in which players will be able to move between squads will be during the transfer windows.[3] Furthermore the team is not eligible for promotion to the Eredivisie. Jong Ajax are joined in the Eerste Divisie by Jong Twente and Jong PSV, reserve teams who have also moved from the Beloften Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie.[4]

Pre-season

The first training for the 2013–14 season was held on 24 June 2013. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training stage in De Lutte, Netherlands. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 15 June 2013 to 24 June 2013. During this training stage friendly matches were played against SDC Putten. The club then traveled to Stubaital, Austria for additional training. The squad stayed there from 1 July 2013 to 9 July 2013. A further friendly match was played against Dynamo Dresden in Germany. Returning to the Netherlands, further friendly matches were scheduled against RKC Waalwijk and De Graafschap on the same day, as well as Osasuna and Werder Bremen on the same day, a few days later.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos Nat Player TotalEredivisie UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
KNVB Cup
Johan Cruijff-schaal XVIII
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands Kenneth Vermeer 16 0 10 0 1 0 5 0
2 DF Netherlands Ricardo van Rhijn 45 3 31+1 2 8 0 4+1 1
4 DF Finland Niklas Moisander 33 1 22+1 1 5 0 5 0
5 MF Denmark Christian Poulsen 42 1 14+14 1 5+3 0 2+4 0
6 DF Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 9 0 2+1 0 1+4 0 1 0
7 FW Denmark Viktor Fischer 35 7 19+5 3 5+1 0 4+1 4
8 MF Netherlands Lerin Duarte 22 3 6+8 3 4+1 0 2+1 0
9 FW Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 42 12 20+10 10 6+1 0 3+2 2
10 FW Netherlands Siem de Jong 27 9 16+2 7 6 0 3 2
11 FW Spain Bojan Krkić 32 5 17+7 4 3+1 0 4 1
12 DF Netherlands Joël Veltman 34 1 24+1 1 4 0 4+1 0
15 DF Denmark Nicolai Boilesen 28 1 17+3 1 3+1 0 3+1 0
16 FW Denmark Lucas Andersen 16 1 4+5 0 1+3 0 2+1 1
17 DF Netherlands Daley Blind 43 1 28 1 8 0 7 0
18 FW Netherlands Davy Klaassen 36 11 23+3 10 5 1 5 0
19 FW Sweden Tobias Sana 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Denmark Lasse Schöne 40 13 25+4 8 3+3 2 5 3
22 GK Netherlands Jasper Cillessen 33 0 24+1 0 7 0 1 0
24 DF Netherlands Stefano Denswil 28 2 15+2 1 6+1 1 3+1 0
25 MF South Africa Thulani Serero 40 5 25+4 3 4+1 1 4+2 1
27 DF Netherlands Ruben Ligeon 8 0 4+1 0 0 0 3 0
30 GK Netherlands Mickey van der Hart 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 FW Germany Marvin Höner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Serbia Dejan Meleg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Netherlands Lesley de Sa 18 1 5+7 1 2+1 0 1+2 0
36 DF Netherlands Kenny Tete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Netherlands Fabian Sporkslede 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Slovakia Stanislav Lobotka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Netherlands Sam Hendriks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Netherlands Peter Leeuwenburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF Netherlands Jaïro Riedewald 6 2 3+2 2 0+1 0 0 0
43 FW Netherlands Ricardo Kishna 10 1 5+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
44 DF Netherlands Kenny Tete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Netherlands Sheraldo Becker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
3 DF Belgium Toby Alderweireld 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
8 FW Denmark Christian Eriksen 5 2 4 2 0 0 1 0
21 FW Netherlands Derk Boerrigter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Netherlands Danny Hoesen 19 6 4+10 2 1+1 1 3 3
26 DF Netherlands Dico Koppers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Cameroon Eyong Enoh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Netherlands Sven Nieuwpoort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Netherlands Joeri de Kamps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF Netherlands Ilan Boccara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 FW Netherlands Jody Lukoki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 FW Netherlands Gino van Kessel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Boban Lazić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 DF Netherlands Danzell Gravenberch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 FW Netherlands Geoffrey Castillion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 FW Nigeria Moses Simon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

As of 11 January 2014

2013–14 Selection by Nationality

Nationality Netherlands Denmark Finland Iceland South Africa Spain Sweden China Germany Serbia Slovakia Cameroon Total Players
Current squad selection 14 5 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - 24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 18 - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 - 22
Players out on loan 9 - - - - - - - - - - 1 10

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2013–14

Current standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goals against
Yellow cards
Red cards
Red card
1 34 20 11 3 71 69 28 31 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 0 3 1 1 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 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 3 6 7 8 11 11 14 17 18 19 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 44 47 48 51 54 57 58 59 62 65 66 69 70 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 2 8 3 4 4 3 7 4 4 4 2 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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 3 2 2 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 0 0 3 3 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 2 69

Statistics for the 2013–14 season

Friendlies Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Eredivisie Total
Matches 8 of 81 of 16 of 66 of 62 of 234 of 3457 of 57
Win 7 of 81 of 15 of 62 of 60 of 220 of 3435 of 57
Draw 0 of 80 of 10 of 62 of 60 of 211 of 3412 of 57
Loss 1 of 80 of 11 of 62 of 62 of 23 of 349 of 57
Home 1 of 11 of 13 of 63 of 31 of 117 of 1725 of 27
Away 7 of 70 of 03 of 63 of 31 of 117 of 1729 of 31
Yellow cards 4061053148
Red cards Red card 0001012
2 x yellow in 1 match Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 0010001
Number of substitutes used 5131818696190
Goals for 233165169114
Goals against 729862860
Balance +17+1+7-3-5+41+54
Clean sheets 302201522
Penalties for 0000044
Penalties against 0003115

2013–14 Team records

Description Competition Result
Biggest win Netherlands Friendly match RKC Waalwijk – AFC Ajax ( 1–5 )
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Schaal AZ – AFC Ajax ( 2–3 )
Netherlands KNVB Cup AFC Ajax – ASWH ( 4–1 )
Europe UEFA Champions League AFC Ajax – FC Barcelona ( 2–1 )
Europe UEFA Europa League
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax – Go Ahead Eagles ( 6–0 )
Biggest loss Turkey Friendly match Galatasaray – AFC Ajax ( 2–1 )
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Schaal
Netherlands KNVB Cup PEC Zwolle – AFC Ajax ( 5–1 )
Europe UEFA Champions League FC Barcelona – AFC Ajax ( 4–0 )
Europe UEFA Europa League AFC Ajax – Red Bull Salzburg ( 0–3 )
Netherlands Eredivisie PSV – AFC Ajax ( 4–0 )
Most goals in a match Netherlands Friendly match RKC Waalwijk – AFC Ajax ( 1–5 )
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Schaal AZ – AFC Ajax ( 2–3 )
Netherlands KNVB Cup AFC Ajax – FC Volendam ( 4–2 )
Europe UEFA Champions League FC Barcelona – AFC Ajax ( 4–0 )
Europe UEFA Europa League AFC Ajax – Red Bull Salzburg ( 0–3 )
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax – Go Ahead Eagles ( 6–0 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr. Name
1. Denmark Christian Eriksen 3
Netherlands Derk Boerrigter 3
3. Netherlands Davy Klaassen 2
Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 2
4. Serbia Dejan Meleg 1
Denmark Nicolai Boilesen 1
Netherlands Jody Lukoki 1
Netherlands Danny Hoesen 1
Netherlands Ruben Ligeon 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Boban Lazić 1
Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 1
Denmark Viktor Fischer 1
Nigeria Moses Simon 1
Netherlands Daley Blind 1
Spain Bojan Krkić 1
Sweden Tobias Sana 1
South Africa Thulani Serero 1
Denmark Lucas Andersen 1
Netherlands Lerin Duarte 1
Netherlands Stefano Denswil 1
Total 26

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr. Name
1. Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 1
Netherlands Siem de Jong 1
Own goals Netherlands Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (AZ) 1
Total 3

Eredivisie

Nr. Name
1. Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 10
Netherlands Davy Klaassen 10
3. Denmark Lasse Schöne 8
4. Netherlands Siem de Jong 7
5. Spain Bojan Krkić 4
6. Denmark Viktor Fischer 3
South Africa Thulani Serero 3
Netherlands Lerin Duarte 3
9. Netherlands Ricardo van Rhijn 2
Denmark Christian Eriksen 2
Netherlands Danny Hoesen 2
Netherlands Jaïro Riedewald 2
Netherlands Joël Veltman 2
14. Finland Niklas Moisander 1
Netherlands Lesley de Sa 1
Denmark Nicolai Boilesen 1
Netherlands Daley Blind 1
Netherlands Ricardo Kishna 1
Netherlands Stefano Denswil 1
Denmark Christian Poulsen 1
Own goals Netherlands Maikel van der Werff (PEC Zwolle) 1
Netherlands Jop van der Linden (Go Ahead Eagles) 1
Netherlands Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (N.E.C.) 1
Total 69

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name
1. Denmark Viktor Fischer 4
2. Denmark Lasse Schöne 3
Netherlands Danny Hoesen 3
4. Denmark Lucas Andersen 1
Netherlands Siem de Jong 1
Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 1
Spain Bojan Krkić 1
South Africa Thulani Serero 1
Netherlands Ricardo van Rhijn 1
Total 16

UEFA Champions League

Nr. Name
1. Denmark Lasse Schöne 2
2. Netherlands Stefano Denswil 1
South Africa Thulani Serero 1
Netherlands Danny Hoesen 1
Total 5

UEFA Europa League

Nr. Name
1. Netherlands Davy Klaassen 1
Total 1

Antalya Cup

Nr. Name
1. Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 2
Total 2

Placements

Friendlies Antalya Cup Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Eredivisie
Status 7 played, 7 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses4th placeWinners
Last opponent:
AZ
Runners-up
Last opponent:
PEC Zwolle
3rd Place in Group H
Placement for: UEFA Europa League
Round of 32
Last opponent:
Red Bull Salzburg
Champions
71 points in 34 matches
33rd title

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Eredivisie

Main article: 2013–14 Eredivisie

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax (C) 34 20 11 3 69 28+41 71 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Feyenoord 34 20 7 7 76 40+36 67 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Twente 34 17 12 5 72 37+35 63 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round
4 PSV 34 18 5 11 60 45+15 59 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Heerenveen 34 16 9 9 72 51+21 57 Qualification to European competition play-offs

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1PEC Zwolle qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round by winning the 2013–14 KNVB Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Matches

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2013–14 KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain Barcelona 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13
Italy Milan 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 5 8 3 8
Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 3 14 11 3

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Antalya Cup

Final standings of the 2014 Antalya Cup
Team Pld W D L GF Pts
Turkey Galatasaray 220036
Scotland Celtic 210143
Turkey Trabzonspor 210123
Netherlands Ajax 200220

Friendlies

Transfers for 2013–14

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2013 to 31 August 2013) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2013.

Arrivals

Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Cameroon Eyong EnohMidfielder30 June 2013England Fulham-
Netherlands Gino van KesselForward30 June 2013Netherlands Almere City-
Netherlands Dico KoppersDefender30 June 2013Netherlands ADO Den Haag-
Netherlands Sven NieuwpoortDefender30 June 2013Netherlands Almere City-
Loan
Slovakia Stanislav LobotkaMidfielder30 June 2013Slovakia AS Trenčín-
Spain Bojan KrkićForward5 July 2013Spain FC Barcelona-
Transfer
Netherlands Sam HendriksForward24 June 2013Netherlands De Graafschap€150.000
Germany Marvin HönerForward25 June 2013Germany Arminia Bielefeld€150.000
Netherlands Mike van der HoornDefender5 July 2013Netherlands FC Utrecht€3,8 million
Netherlands Lerin DuarteMidfielder31 August 2013Netherlands Heracles Almelo€2,5 million
Free Transfer
Angola Azor MatusiwaForward9 February 2013Netherlands Almere City-
Netherlands Joe van der SarGoalkeeper10 April 2013Netherlands VV Noordwijk-
Netherlands Anwar El GhaziForward15 April 2013Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam-
Belgium Nathan LeyderDefender15 April 2013Belgium Zulte-Waregem-
Iceland Óttar Magnús KarlssonForward27 April 2013Iceland Víkingur-
Nigeria Moses SimonForward10 May 2013Nigeria GBS Academy-
Denmark Markus BayMidfielder11 May 2013Denmark Brøndby IF-
Netherlands Jan VermolenGoalkeeper22 May 2013Netherlands FC Twente-
China Wang ChengkuaiMidfielder2 October 2013China Dalian Shide-

Departures

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Netherlands Mitchell DijksDefender22 May 2013Netherlands SC Heerenveen-
Netherlands Gino van KesselForward14 July 2013Slovakia AS Trenčín-
Netherlands Jody LukokiForward2 August 2013Netherlands SC Cambuur-
Netherlands Sven NieuwpoortDefender29 August 2013Netherlands Almere City-
Netherlands Joeri de KampsMidfielder1 September 2013Netherlands SC Heerenveen-
Netherlands Ilan BoccaraMidfielder2 September 2013France Evian Thonon Gaillard-
Loan return
Spain Isaac CuencaMidfielder30 June 2013Spain FC Barcelona-
Transfer
Netherlands Dico KoppersDefender23 July 2013Netherlands FC Twente€800,000
Netherlands Derk BoerrigterForward30 July 2013Scotland Celtic€3,5 million
Denmark Christian EriksenMidfielder30 August 2013England Tottenham Hotspur€13,5 million
Belgium Toby AlderweireldDefender31 August 2013Spain Atlético Madrid€7 million
Free Transfer
Serbia Miralem SulejmaniForward15 February 2013Portugal SL Benfica-
Cyprus Iosif PapamelodiasDefender13 May 2013Netherlands FC Utrecht-
Netherlands Stan BijlGoalkeeper25 May 2013Netherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Roly BonevaciaMidfielder1 June 2013Netherlands Roda JC Kerkrade-
Netherlands Ryan BabelForward5 June 2013Turkey Kasımpaşa S.K.-
Netherlands Chiel KramerGoalkeeper6 June 2013Netherlands SC Heerenveen-
Netherlands Mike BusseDefender6 June 2013Netherlands Almere City-
Netherlands Xandro SchenkDefender14 June 2013Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles-
Finland Henri ToivomäkiDefender17 July 2013Finland FC Lahti-
Nigeria Moses SimonForward25 July 2013Slovakia AS Trenčín-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2014 to 1 February 2014) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2013–14.

Arrivals

Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Loan return
Netherlands Gino van KesselForward1 December 2013Slovakia AS Trenčín-

Departures

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Cameroon Eyong EnohMidfielder11 January 2013Turkey Antalyaspor-
Netherlands Geoffrey CastillionForward17 January 2013Netherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Danzell GravenberchDefender17 January 2013Netherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Gino van KesselForward18 January 2013Slovakia AS Trenčín-
Netherlands Danny HoesenForward30 January 2013Greece PAOK-
Free Transfer
Bosnia and Herzegovina Boban LazićForward31 January 2014Greece Olympiacos-
Serbia Stefan MarinkovićDefender31 January 2014Finland Inter Turku-
Netherlands Vincent VermeijForward31 January 2014Netherlands De Graafschap-

External links

References

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