2014–15 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2014–15 season
Chairman Hennie Henrichs
Manager Frank de Boer
Eredivisie 2nd
KNVB Cup Fourth Round
Champions League Group stage
Europa League Round of 16
Johan Cruijff Schaal Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Arkadiusz Milik (11)
All:
Arkadiusz Milik (23)
Home colours
Away colours
Ajax lining up for the UEFA Europa League away match against Dnipro on 12 March 2015.

During the 2014–15 season AFC Ajax will participate in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The first training took place on Tuesday 24 June 2014. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Sunday 3 August 2014.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2014–15 season was held on 25 June 2014. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training stage in Neustift, Austria. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 15 June 2013 to 24 June 2013. During this training stage a friendly match was played against SDC Putten. The club then traveled to Stubaital, Austria for additional training. The squad stayed there from 30 June 2014 to 5 July 2014. Further friendly matches were played against Wacker Innsbruck in Austria. Returning to the Netherlands, further friendly matches were scheduled against Aalborg BK Olympique Lyonnais and Real Sociedad.

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 Jasper Cillessen 42 0 32 0 10 0 0 0
2 DF Netherlands Ricardo van Rhijn 40 2 28 2 10 0 2 0
3 DF Netherlands Joël Veltman 33 4 25 4 7 0 1 0
4 DF Finland Niklas Moisander 31 0 25 0 5 0 1 0
5 DF Denmark Nicolai Boilesen 31 0 22 0 8 0 1 0
6 DF Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 22 2 9+6 2 2+2 0 3 0
7 FW Denmark Viktor Fischer 4 3 3+1 3 0 0 0 0
8 MF Netherlands Daley Sinkgraven 14 0 9+1 0 1+3 0 0 0
9 FW Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 27 7 13+8 7 4+1 0 0+1 0
10 MF Netherlands Davy Klaassen 44 8 30 6 10 2 4 0
11 FW Netherlands Ricardo Kishna
12 DF Netherlands Jaïro Riedewald 25 0 10+9 0 0+4 0 2 0
16 MF Denmark Lucas Andersen 37 4 19+8 2 6+1 1 2+1 1
18 FW Croatia Robert Murić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Poland Arkadiusz Milik 34 23 14+7 11 6+3 4 4 8
20 FW Denmark Lasse Schöne 38 11 26+3 8 7+1 3 1 0
21 FW Netherlands Anwar El Ghazi 43 10 23+8 9 5+4 1 1+2 0
23 DF Netherlands Kenny Tete 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Cameroon André Onana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF South Africa Thulani Serero 41 1 22+7 1 8+1 0 1+2 0
26 MF Netherlands Nick Viergever 39 3 21+5 2 8+1 1 4 0
27 MF Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer 22 2 14+3 1 4 1 1 0
30 FW Netherlands Richairo Živković 10 2 0+7 1 0+2 0 0+1 1
31 GK Netherlands Peter Leeuwenburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Denmark Niki Zimling 12 0 2+7 0 1+2 0 0 0
33 GK Netherlands Diederik Boer 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
34 FW Netherlands Queensy Menig 5 1 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 1
35 MF Netherlands Fabian Sporkslede 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Netherlands Donny van de Beek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
1 GK Netherlands Kenneth Vermeer 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Netherlands Lerin Duarte 6 1 0+4 0 0 0 2 1
17 MF Netherlands Daley Blind 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Netherlands Stefano Denswil 6 0 1 0 1+1 0 3 0
28 MF Sweden Tobias Sana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Netherlands Ruben Ligeon 7 0 2+1 0 0 0 2+2 0

As of 17 May 2015

2014–15 Selection by Nationality

Nationality Netherlands Denmark Croatia Finland Iceland Poland South Africa Cameroon Germany Serbia Turkey Total Players
Current squad selection 18 5 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - 27
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 19 1 - - - - - 1 1 1 1 24
Players out on loan 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2014–15

Current standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goals against
Yellow cards
Red cards
Red card
2 34 21 8 5 71 68 29 37 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 3 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 0 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 6 6 6 9 12 15 16 17 20 23 26 29 30 33 36 39 42 43 43 43 46 49 50 53 56 59 62 63 66 67 68 71 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 1 2 3 7 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 0 1 3 4 4 4 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 68

Statistics for the 2014–15 season

Friendlies Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Eredivisie Total
Matches 10 of 101 of 13 of 36 of 64 of 434 of 3460 of 60
Win 8 of 100 of 12 of 31 of 63 of 421 of 3435 of 60
Draw 2 of 100 of 10 of 22 of 60 of 48 of 3412 of 60
Loss 0 of 101 of 11 of 33 of 61 of 45 of 3411 of 60
Home 4 of 101 of 11 of 33 of 32 of 217 of 1728 of 36
Away 6 of 100 of 02 of 33 of 32 of 217 of 1726 of 26
Yellow cards 2101743761
Red cards Red card 0000112
2 x yellow in 1 match Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 0001001
Number of substitutes used 59371712100194
Goals for 350138668129
Goals against 5141022951
Balance +30-1+9-2+4+40+82
Clean sheets 302121220
Penalties for 0011024
Penalties against 1001013

2014–15 Team records

Description Competition Result
Biggest win Netherlands Friendly match AFC Ajax – SDC Putten ( 13–1 )
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Schaal
Netherlands KNVB Cup JOS Watergraafsmeer – AFC Ajax ( 0–9 )
Europe UEFA Champions League AFC Ajax – APOEL FC ( 4–0 )
Europe UEFA Europa League Legia Warszawa – AFC Ajax ( 0–3 )
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax – Willem II ( 5–0 )
Biggest loss Netherlands Friendly match
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Schaal PEC Zwolle – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
Netherlands KNVB Cup AFC Ajax – Vitesse ( 0–4 )
Europe UEFA Champions League FC Barcelona – AFC Ajax ( 3–1 )
Paris Saint-Germain – AFC Ajax ( 3–1 )
Europe UEFA Europa League Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax – PSV ( 1–3 )
Most goals in a match Netherlands Friendly match AFC Ajax – SDC Putten ( 13–1 )
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Schaal PEC Zwolle – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
Netherlands KNVB Cup JOS Watergraafsmeer – AFC Ajax ( 0–9 )
Europe UEFA Champions League AFC Ajax – APOEL FC ( 4–0 )
Europe UEFA Europa League Legia Warszawa – AFC Ajax ( 0–3 )
Netherlands Eredivisie AFC Ajax – Willem II ( 5–0 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr. Name
1. Netherlands Anwar El Ghazi 9
2. Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 4
Poland Arkadiusz Milik 4
4. Netherlands Ruben Ligeon 3
5. Netherlands Danny Bakker 2
Sweden Tobias Sana 2
7. Netherlands Nick Viergever 1
Denmark Lucas Andersen 1
Netherlands Sheraldo Becker 1
Netherlands Siem de Jong 1
Netherlands Damon Mirani 1
Netherlands Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui 1
Netherlands Davy Klaassen 1
Netherlands Lerin Duarte 1
Netherlands Richairo Živković 1
South Africa Thulani Serero 1
Denmark Lasse Schöne 1
Netherlands Lesley de Sa 1
Netherlands Queensy Menig 1
Denmark Niki Zimling 1
Own goal Spain Carlos Martínez (Real Sociedad) 1
Total 38

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr. Name
1. -
Total 0

Eredivisie

Nr. Name
1. Poland Arkadiusz Milik 11
2. Netherlands Anwar El Ghazi 9
3. Denmark Lasse Schöne 8
4. Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 7
5. Netherlands Davy Klaassen 6
6. Netherlands Ricardo Kishna 5
7. Netherlands Joël Veltman 4
8. Denmark Viktor Fischer 3
9. Netherlands Nick Viergever 2
Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 2
Netherlands Ricardo van Rhijn 2
Denmark Lucas Andersen 2
13. South Africa Thulani Serero 1
Netherlands Richairo Živković 1
Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer 1
Own goal Netherlands Daley Sinkgraven (SC Heerenveen) 1
Netherlands Johan Kappelhof (FC Groningen) 1
Netherlands Wesley Verhoek (Go Ahead Eagles) 1
Netherlands Xander Houtkoop (ADO Den Haag) 1
Netherlands Ramon Leeuwin (FC Utrecht) 1
Total 68

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name
1. Poland Arkadiusz Milik 8
2. Denmark Lucas Andersen 1
Netherlands Ricardo Kishna 1
Netherlands Queensy Menig 1
Netherlands Lerin Duarte 1
Netherlands Richairo Živković 1
Total 13

UEFA Champions League

Nr. Name
1. Denmark Lasse Schöne 3
2. Netherlands Davy Klaassen 2
3. Denmark Lucas Andersen 1
Netherlands Anwar El Ghazi 1
Poland Arkadiusz Milik 1
Total 8

UEFA Europa League

Nr. Name
1. Poland Arkadiusz Milik 3
2. Netherlands Nick Viergever 1
Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer 1
Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 1
Total 6

Eusébio Cup

Nr. Name
1. Netherlands Ricardo Kishna 1
Total 1

Placements

Friendlies Eusébio Cup Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Eredivisie
Status 10 played, 8 wins, 2 draws, 0 lossesWinners
Last opponent:
Benfica
Runners-up
Last opponent:
PEC Zwolle
4th Round
Last opponent:
Vitesse
3rd place in Group F
Placement for: UEFA Europa League
Round of 16
Last opponent:
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2nd place, 71 points in 34 matches

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Eredivisie

Main article: 2014–15 Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 29 1 4 92 31 +61 88 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 21 8 5 69 29 +40 71 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 AZ 34 19 5 10 63 56 +7 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 34 17 8 9 56 39 +17 59 Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Vitesse (O) 34 16 10 8 66 43 +23 58
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

Matches

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2014–15 KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR PSG AJA APO
1 Spain Barcelona 6 5 0 1 15 5 +10 15 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 3–1 1–0
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 13 3–2 3–1 1–0
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 10 2 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 1–1 4–0
4 Cyprus APOEL 6 0 1 5 1 12 11 1 0–4 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16

Friendlies

1. Both matches cancelled by their respective football associations due to potential hooliganism after the Vuurwerkincident from the previous season.[1]

Transfers for 2014–15

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2014 to 31 August 2014) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2014.

Arrivals

Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Netherlands Mitchell DijksDefender30 June 2014Netherlands SC Heerenveen-
Netherlands Danzell GravenberchDefender30 June 2014Netherlands N.E.C.-
Netherlands Ilan BoccaraMidfielder30 June 2014France Evian Thonon Gaillard-
Netherlands Jody LukokiForward30 June 2014Netherlands SC Cambuur-
Netherlands Gino van KesselForward30 June 2014Slovakia AS Trenčín-
Loan
Poland Arkadiusz MilikForward30 June 2014Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen-
Denmark Niki ZimlingMidfielder1 September 2014Germany 1. FSV Mainz 05-
Transfer
Netherlands Richairo ŽivkovićForward9 March 2014Netherlands FC Groningen€2,5 million
Netherlands Nick ViergeverDefender24 May 2014Netherlands AZ€2 million
Netherlands Diederik BoerGoalkeeper31 August 2014Netherlands PEC Zwolle€750,000
Free Transfer
Sierra Leone James FofanaDefender14 March 2014Netherlands PSV-
Croatia Robert MurićForward18 June 2014Croatia Dinamo Zagreb-

Departures

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Netherlands Mickey van der HartGoalkeeper9 June 2014Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles-
Serbia Dejan MelegForward10 July 2014Netherlands SC Cambuur-
Netherlands Fabian SporksledeMidfielder10 July 2014Netherlands Willem II-
Netherlands Lesley de SaForward22 July 2014Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles-
Netherlands Bas KuipersDefender4 August 2014Netherlands SBV Excelsior-
Loan return
Spain Bojan KrkićForward30 June 2014Spain FC Barcelona-
Slovakia Stanislav LobotkaMidfielder30 June 2014Slovakia AS Trenčín-
Transfer
Cameroon Eyong EnohMidfielder30 June 2014Turkey Antalyaspor€600,000
Netherlands Danny HoesenForward28 May 2014Netherlands FC Groningen€800,000
Netherlands Djavan AndersonMidfielder19 June 2014Netherlands AZ€200,000
Netherlands Javairo DilrosunForward30 June 2014England Manchester City€130,000
Netherlands Siem de JongMidfielder2 July 2014England Newcastle United€7,5 million
Netherlands Jody LukokiForward7 August 2014Netherlands PEC Zwolle€1,5 million
Netherlands Timothy Fosu-MensahDefender29 August 2014England Manchester United€380,000
Netherlands Daley BlindDefender30 August 2014England Manchester United€17,5 million
Netherlands Kenneth VermeerGoalkeeper31 August 2014Netherlands Feyenoord€1 million
Netherlands Mink PeetersForward12 September 2014Spain Real Madrid€110,000
Free Transfer
Netherlands Nick de BondtForward30 April 2014Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles-
Netherlands Joeri de KampsMidfielder6 May 2014Netherlands NAC Breda-
Netherlands Jordi BitterForward20 May 2014Netherlands Almere City-
Turkey Serhat ÇakmakForward28 May 2014Turkey Trabzonspor-
Netherlands Sven NieuwpoortDefender29 May 2014Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles-
Netherlands Branco van den BoomenDefender19 June 2014Netherlands FC Eindhoven-
Curaçao Derwin MartinaDefender25 June 2014Netherlands RKC Waalwijk-
Afghanistan Emran BarakzaiMidfielder30 June 2014Netherlands VV Hoogland-
China Wang ChengkuaiMidfielder19 August 2014Portugal SC Coimbrões-
Netherlands Geoffrey CastillionForward25 August 2014United States New England Revolution-
Netherlands Gino van KesselForward25 August 2014France Arles-Avignon-
Netherlands Mitchell DijksDefender28 August 2014Netherlands Willem II-
Netherlands Danzell GravenberchDefender4 September 2014Romania Universitatea Cluj-
Denmark Christian PoulsenMidfielder30 September 2014Denmark FC København-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2015 to 1 February 2015) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2014–15.

Arrivals

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Return from loan spell
Netherlands Fabian SporksledeMidfielder26 January 2014Netherlands Willem II-
Serbia Dejan MelegForward5 March 2015Netherlands SC Cambuur-
Transfer
Cameroon André OnanaGoalkeeper14 January 2015Spain FC Barcelona€200,000
Netherlands Daley SinkgravenMidfielder30 January 2015Netherlands SC Heerenveen€7 milliion

Departures

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Netherlands Sheraldo BeckerForward4 January 2015Netherlands PEC Zwolle-
Netherlands Ruben LigeonDefender27 January 2015Netherlands NAC Breda-
Netherlands Lerin DuarteMidfielder31 January 2015Netherlands SC Heerenveen-
Free Transfer
Netherlands Maurits SchmitzGoalkeeper1 January 2015Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles-
Netherlands Stefano DenswilDefender3 January 2015Belgium Club Brugge-
Sweden Tobias SanaMidfielder14 January 2015Sweden Malmö FF-
Netherlands Robert van KoesveldDefender2 February 2015Netherlands SC Heerenveen-
Netherlands Ilan BoccaraMidfielder2 March 2015Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba-

External links

References

  1. "Ajax-Testspiel in Minden aus Sicherheitsgründen abgesagt". Mindener Tageblatt. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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