2004–05 AFC Ajax season

AFC Ajax
2004–05 season
Chairman John Jaakke
Manager Ronald Koeman (until 25 February)
Danny Blind
Eredivisie 2nd
KNVB Cup Semi-final
Champions League Group stage
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Johan Cruijff Schaal Runner-up
Top goalscorer League:
Wesley Sneijder and Ryan Babel (7)
All:
Ryan Babel (9)

During the 2004–05 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

Pre-season

The first training session for the 2004–05 season was held on July 7, 2004. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training camp in De Lutte, Netherlands at the De Thij Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad played friendly matches against FC Omniworld, DOS '19, Excelsior '31, HSV de Zuidvogels, Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Panathinaikos and Arsenal in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos Nat Player TotalEredivisie UEFA C.L. KNVB Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Romania Bogdan Lobonţ 9 0 6+1 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF Tunisia Hatem Trabelsi 32 0 24 0 6 0 2 0
3 DF Netherlands John Heitinga 35 1 23+3 1 6 0 3 0
4 DF France Julien Escudé 37 5 26+2 5 4+2 0 3 0
5 DF Brazil Maxwell 39 3 28+1 3 7 0 3 0
6 MF Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek 16 3 11+2 2 3 1 0 0
7 FW Argentina Mauro Rosales 30 6 20+2 5 6 0 2 1
8 MF South Africa Steven Pienaar 30 4 21+3 4 4 0 1+1 0
9 FW Greece Angelos Charisteas 16 5 12+1 4 0 0 2+1 1
10 MF Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart 31 7 20+2 6 6+1 1 2 0
12 MF Ghana Anthony Obodai 19 0 6+7 0 4+1 0 1 0
16 MF Netherlands Nigel de Jong 41 6 26+5 5 8 1 1+1 0
17 FW Greece Yannis Anastasiou 17 4 8+6 4 0+2 0 0+1 0
18 MF Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 40 8 25+5 7 6+1 0 3 1
20 FW Netherlands Daniël de Ridder 20 3 2+13 2 0+5 1 0 0
21 GK Netherlands Maarten Stekelenburg 16 0 10+1 0 4 0 1 0
23 DF Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 25 4 18 4 5 0 2 0
25 DF Brazil Filipe Luís 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Netherlands Hedwiges Maduro 15 2 12 2 0+1 0 2 0
27 FW Belgium Tom de Mul 7 1 6 1 0+1 0 0 0
28 MF Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 30 4 16+7 4 3+3 0 1 0
29 FW Romania Nicolae Mitea 29 3 10+11 2 4+2 1 2 0
30 FW Belgium Stanley Aborah 7 0 0+4 0 1+2 0 0 0
31 GK South Africa Hans Vonk 23 0 18+1 0 2 0 2 0
32 MF Netherlands Antilles Vurnon Anita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Netherlands Urby Emanuelson 5 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
38 MF Sweden Rasmus Lindgren 5 0 3+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
39 FW Argentina Gastón Sangoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF Netherlands Michael Timisela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW Netherlands Ryan Babel 27 9 13+7 7 4 1 1+2 1
56 MF Belgium Jan Vertonghen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 DF Netherlands Ruud Kras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 MF Netherlands Donovan Slijngard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
9 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
11 FW Belgium Tom Soetaers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF United States John O'Brien 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Belgium Wesley Sonck 13 2 4+5 1 3+1 1 0 0
65 MF Argentina Sebastián Rusculleda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2004-05 selection by nationality

Nationality Netherlands Belgium Brazil Czech Republic Greece Romania South Africa Argentina Ghana France Morocco Tunisia Netherlands Antilles Sweden Total Players
Current squad selection 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - 24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 5 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 9
Players out on loan 2 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 4

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings

Standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goals against
Yellow cards
Red cards
Red card
2 34 24 5 5 77 50 33 41 0

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 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 77

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 7 8 11 14 15 15 15 18 21 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 41 41 44 47 50 53 56 56 56 59 62 65 68 71 74 77 77

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 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 6th 5th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 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 3 6 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 5 4 2 1 4 2 0 1 2 2 2 4 1 0 1 2 3 1 4 4 2 2 50

Statistics for the 2004-05 season

Friendlies Amsterdam
Tournament
Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Eredivisie Total
Matches 10213623458
Wins 8102112437
Draws 11001058
Losses 101141513
Home 1211311726
Away 9002311732
Yellow cards 62371454490
Red cards Red card 00010528
2 x yellow in 1 match Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 00010203
Number of substitutes used 50521023858177
Goals for 620215176610172
Goals against 72131241470
Balance +55-2+1+12+5+25+6+102
Clean sheets 7001212224
Penalties for 30000306
Penalties against 00001304

2004–05 team records

Description Competition Result
Biggest win Netherlands Friendly match DOS '19 - AFC Ajax (0-15)
Netherlands KNVB Cup AFC Ajax - SC Heerenveen (2–0)
European Union UEFA Champions League AFC Ajax - Maccabi Tel Aviv (2-0)
European Union UEFA Cup AFC Ajax - AJ Auxerre (1-0)
Netherlands Eredivisie FC Den Bosch - AFC Ajax (5-0)
De Graafschap - AFC Ajax (5-0)
Biggest loss Spain Friendly match FC Barcelona - AFC Ajax (2-1)
Netherlands KNVB Cup Willem II - AFC Ajax (1-0)
European Union UEFA Champions League Bayern München - AFC Ajax (4-0)
European Union UEFA Cup AJ Auxerre - AFC Ajax (3-1)
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax - PSV (0-4)
Most goals in a match Netherlands Friendly match DOS '19 - AFC Ajax (0-15)
Netherlands KNVB Cup AFC Ajax - SC Heerenveen (2-0)
ADO Den Haag - AFC Ajax (0-2)
European Union UEFA Champions League Bayern München - AFC Ajax (4-0)
European Union UEFA Cup AJ Auxerre - AFC Ajax (3-1)
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax - NAC Breda (6-2)

Top scorers

Friendlies

Nr. Name
1 Greece Yannis Anastasiou 14
2 Belgium Wesley Sonck 6
3 Romania Nicolae Mitea 5
Sweden Rasmus Lindgren 5
5 Belgium Tom de Mul 4
Brazil Maxwell 4
7 Netherlands Nigel de Jong 2
Netherlands Daniël de Ridder 2
South Africa Steven Pienaar 2
10 Belgium Tom Soetaers 1
Finland Petri Pasanen 1
Ghana Anthony Obodai 1
Netherlands Hedwiges Maduro 1
Netherlands Victor Sikora 1
Greece Angelos Charisteas 1
France Julien Escudé 1
Total 51

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr. Name
1 South Africa Steven Pienaar 1
Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 1
Total 2

Eredivisie

Nr. Name
1 Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 7
Netherlands Ryan Babel 7
3 Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart 6
4 Netherlands Nigel de Jong 5
Argentina Mauro Rosales 5
France Julien Escudé 5
7 South Africa Steven Pienaar 4
Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 4
Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 4
Greece Yannis Anastasiou 4
Greece Angelos Charisteas 4
12 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 3
Brazil Maxwell 3
14 Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek 2
Netherlands Daniël de Ridder 2
Romania Nicolae Mitea 2
Netherlands Hedwiges Maduro 2
18 Belgium Tom de Mul 1
Netherlands John Heitinga 1
Belgium Wesley Sonck 1
Own goals Netherlands Mike Zonneveld (NAC Breda) 1
Netherlands Dave Bus (De Graafschap) 1
Total 74

UEFA Champions League

Nr. Name
1 Belgium Wesley Sonck 1
Netherlands Nigel de Jong 1
Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart 1
Netherlands Daniël de Ridder 1
Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek 1
Romania Nicolae Mitea 1
Total 6

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name
1 Greece Angelos Charisteas 1
Netherlands Ryan Babel 1
Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 1
Argentina Mauro Rosales 1
Total 4

UEFA Cup

Nr. Name
1 Brazil Maxwell 1
Netherlands Ryan Babel 1
Total 2

Amsterdam Tournament

Nr. Name
1 Belgium Wesley Sonck 2
2 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 1
Total 3

Placements

Friendlies Amsterdam Tournament Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Eredivisie
Status 10 played, 8 wins, 1 draw, 1 lossWinnersRunner-up
Last opponent:
FC Utrecht
Semifinals
Last opponent:
Willem II
3rd place in Group C
Placement for: UEFA Cup
Eliminated in Round of 32
Last opponent: Auxerre
2nd place
77 points in 34 matches
qualified for UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds

Results

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Eredivisie

Main article: 2004–05 Eredivisie

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2004–05 KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group Stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Juventus 651061+516
Germany Bayern München 6312125+710
Netherlands Ajax 6114610-44
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6114412–84

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup
Round of 32

Amsterdam Tournament

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2004
Team Pld W D L GF Pts
Netherlands Ajax 211037
Argentina River Plate 211015
Greece Panathinaikos 200222
England Arsenal 202002

Friendlies

Transfers

Summer

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2004 to 1 September 2004) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2004.

In

Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Netherlands Kiran BechanForward1 July 2004Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam-
Ethiopia Youssouf HersiMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Richard KnopperMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Heerenveen-
Netherlands Ruud KrasDefender1 July 2004Netherlands Volendam-
Ghana Kwame QuansahMidfielder1 July 2004Sweden AIK-
Netherlands Stefano SeedorfMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands NAC Breda-
Loan
Brazil Filipe LuísDefender1 July 2004Brazil Figueirense-
Argentina Gastón SangoyForward1 July 2004Argentina Boca Juniors-
Transfer
Argentina Mauro RosalesForward30 August 2004Argentina Newell's Old Boys €2.5 million
Free Transfer
South Africa Hans VonkGoalkeeper2 June 2004Netherlands Heerenveen-

Out

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Belgium Thomas VermaelenDefender2 June 2004Netherlands RKC Waalwijk-
Netherlands Victor SikoraMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Heerenveen-
Ghana Abubakari YakubuMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Vitesse-
Netherlands Cedric van der GunMidfielder28 July 2004Netherlands ADO Den Haag-
Loan return
Sweden Måns SörenssonForward1 July 2004Sweden Landskrona BoIS-
Transfer
Belgium Jelle van DammeDefender9 June 2004England Southampton €2.9 million
Finland Petri PasanenMidfielder20 July 2004Germany Werder Bremen €3.5 million
Sweden Zlatan IbrahimovićForward22 August 2004Italy Juventus €16 million
Free
Netherlands Jamal AkacharForward30 April 2004Netherlands Cambuur-
Denmark Michael Krohn-DehliForward6 May 2004Netherlands RKC Waalwijk-
Ethiopia Youssouf HersiMidfielder11 June 2004Netherlands Heerenveen-
Netherlands Sander BoschkerGoalkeeper1 July 2004Netherlands Twente-
Australia Jason CulinaMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Twente-
Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša GagulaDefender1 July 2004Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka-
Netherlands Richard KnopperMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Vitesse-
Finland Jussi KujalaMidfielder1 July 2004Finland Tampere United-
Finland Jari LitmanenMidfielder1 July 2004Finland Lahti-
Netherlands John NieuwenburgMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Dordrecht-
Netherlands Stefano SeedorfMidfielder1 July 2004Netherlands Groningen-
Ecuador José ValenciaMidfielder14 July 2004Netherlands N.E.C.-
Ghana Kwame QuansahMidfielder10 August 2004Netherlands Heracles Almelo-

Winter

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2005 to 1 February 2005) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2004–05.

In

Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Transfer
Greece Angelos CharisteasForward22 December 2004Germany Werder Bremen €4.5 million

Out

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Belgium Wesley SonckForward1 January 2005Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach-
Free
Netherlands Kiran BechanForward19 November 2004Netherlands Groningen-
Belgium Tom SoetaersForward4 January 2005Belgium Racing Genk-
United States John O'BrienMidfielder1 February 2005Netherlands ADO Den Haag-

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References

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