2024–25 AFC Ajax season

The 2024–25 season will be the 125th season in the history of AFC Ajax and their 69th consecutive season in the top flight.[2] The club will participate in the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, UEFA Europa League.

AFC Ajax
2024–25 season
OwnerAFC Ajax N.V. (Euronext AmsterdamAJAX)
CEOMenno Geelen (interim)
Head coachFrancesco Farioli[1]
StadiumJohan Cruyff Arena
EredivisiePre-season
KNVB CupSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
2025–26 →

Players

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Squad

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As of 14 June 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ARG Gerónimo Rulli
2 DF   NED Devyne Rensch
3 DF   DEN Anton Gaaei
4 DF   NED Jorrel Hato
6 MF   ENG Jordan Henderson (3rd captain)
7 FW   NED Steven Bergwijn (captain)
8 MF   NED Kenneth Taylor
9 FW   NED Brian Brobbey
10 FW   NGA Chuba Akpom
11 FW   POR Carlos Forbs
12 GK   NED Jay Gorter
13 DF   TUR Ahmetcan Kaplan
16 MF   NOR Sivert Mannsverk
18 DF   CRO Jakov Medić
19 FW   NED Julian Rijkhoff
21 MF   NED Branco van den Boomen
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   NED Remko Pasveer
23 FW   NED Steven Berghuis (vice-captain)
24 DF   NED Silvano Vos
25 DF   CRO Borna Sosa
27 FW   NED Amourricho van Axel Dongen
28 MF   NED Kian Fitz-Jim
30 DF   ARG Gastón Ávila
33 MF   BIH Benjamin Tahirović
37 DF   CRO Josip Šutalo
38 MF   ISL Kristian Hlynsson
39 FW   BEL Mika Godts
40 GK   GER Diant Ramaj
DF   NED Youri Baas
FW   TUR Naci Ünüvar
DF   NED Owen Wijndal

Transfers

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Date Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Ref.
24 June 2024 DF   Jorthy Mokio   KAA Gent Undisclosed [3]
Date Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Ref.
5 June 2024 FW   Francisco Conceição   FC Porto €10,500,000 [4]
19 June 2024 GK   Tom de Graaff   FC Utrecht undisclosed [5]

Overview

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On 23 May Ajax signed the contract with new manager Francesco Farioli. His new assistent managers wil be Daniele Cavalletto, Dave Vos and Felipe Sanchez Mateos. Jelle ten Rouwelaar is the new goalkeeping coach. Further more Osman Kul is the new video analist and fitness coach is Callum Walsh.

On 31 May the new away kit for the new season and training range was released; Ajax Away: A Work of Amsterdam. [6][7]

Pre-season and friendlies

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Ajax’ starts the new season with new manager Francesco Farioli. Farioli’s first day at Ajax from the new season was 12 July. [8] A large part of the Ajax selection started on Wednesday 19 June with the first tests and training methods at De Toekomst.[9] The manager’s first field training took place on Thursday, June 20.

Ajax will play a practice game with PEC Zwolle on Friday, 5 July behind closed doors at De Toekomst. De Toekomst is closed for public due to renovations and the replacement of grass. Further more there are 2 practice games played across the Netherlands, against Sint-Truiden and Rangers, these are open for public.

Also there will be a midweek training camp at the Wageningse Berg, Netherlands, from Monday July 15 to Friday July 19. During this week, two friendly matches are expected to take place. It is also the intention that an open training will be organized during the training camp.[10][11][12]

The first official games will be on 25 July and 1 August for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League against Vojvodina. The first Eredivisie league game will be on August 11, a home game against SC Heerenveen.[13][14]


  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled/ Susp.   Fixtures

5 July 2024 Friendly Ajax   v   PEC Zwolle Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
Attendance: Behind closed doors
9 July 2024 Friendly Ajax   v   Sint-Truiden Oldebroek, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportpark Bovenmolen
13 July 2024 Friendly Ajax   v   Rangers Wezep, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportpark Mulderssingel

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 11 August 2024 18 May 2025 Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
KNVB Cup 17–19 December 2024 TBD Second round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Europa League 25 July 2024 TBD Second qualifying round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League play-off
First match(es) will be played: 9 August 2024. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
Result
Position
Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 21 June 2024.

11 August 2024 1 Ajax v SC Heerenveen Amsterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
18 August 2024 2 NAC Breda v Ajax Breda
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
24 August 2024 3 Ajax v Fortuna Sittard Amsterdam
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
1 September 2024 4 Feyenoord v Ajax Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Kuip
15 September 2024 5 Ajax v FC Utrecht Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
21 September 2024 6 Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
29 September 2024 7 RKC Waalwijk v Ajax Waalwijk
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
6 October 2024 8 Ajax v FC Groningen Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
20 October 2024 9 Heracles Almelo v Ajax Almelo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Erve Asito
27 October 2024 10 Ajax v Willem II Amsterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
2 November 2024 11 Ajax v PSV Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
10 November 2024 12 FC Twente v Ajax Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
24 November 2024 13 Ajax v PEC Zwolle Amsterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
1 December 2024 14 NEC v Ajax Nijmegen
16:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Goffertstadion
8 December 2024 15 AZ v Ajax Alkmaar
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
15 December 2024 16 Ajax v Almere City Amsterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
22 December 2024 17 Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax Rotterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
12 January 2025 18 Ajax v RKC Waalwijk Amsterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
19 January 2025 19 SC Heerenveen v Ajax Heerenveen
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
26 January 2025 20 Ajax v Go Ahead Eagles Amsterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
2 February 2025 21 Ajax v Feyenoord Amsterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
9 February 2025 22 Fortuna Sittard v Ajax Sittard
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
16 February 2025 23 Ajax v Heracles Almelo Amsterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
2 March 2025 24 Almere City v Ajax Almere
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Yanmar Stadion
9 March 2025 25 PEC Zwolle v Ajax Zwolle
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
16 March 2025 26 Ajax v AZ Amsterdam
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
30 March 2025 27 PSV v Ajax Eindhoven
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
6 April 2025 28 Ajax v NAC Breda Amsterdam
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
13 April 2025 29 Willem II v Ajax Tilburg
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
27 April 2025 30 Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam Amsterdam
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
4 May 2025 31 FC Utrecht v Ajax Utrecht
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
11 May 2025 32 Ajax v NEC Amsterdam
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
14 May 2025 33 FC Groningen v Ajax Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Euroborg
18 May 2025 34 Ajax v FC Twente Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

KNVB Cup

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UEFA Europa League

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Knockout phase

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Second qualifying round
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The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg Ajax   v   Vojvodina Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
1 August 2024 Second leg Vojvodina   v   Ajax Bačka Topola, Serbia
Stadium: TSC Arena

Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ "Francesco Farioli new Ajax head coach". AFC Ajax. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ajax Stats, Records and History". FBref.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "Ajax signs Jorthy Mokio". AFC Ajax. 24 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Francisco Conceição moves to FC Porto permanently". AFC Ajax. 5 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Ajax en FC Utrecht bereiken akkoord over Tom de Graaff" [Ajax and FC Utrecht reach agreement on Tom de Graaff]. AFC Ajax (in Dutch). 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ "New Ajax away kit for the 2024/2025 season". AFC Ajax. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Ajax Away: A Work of Amsterdam". AFC Ajax. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Farioli's first day at Ajax". AFC Ajax. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Preparation for the 2024/2025 season begins: Ajacieden at De Toekomst". AFC Ajax. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Ajax wil in Nederland open oefenduels voor supporters spelen" [Ajax wants to play open practice matches for supporters in the Netherlands] (in Dutch). ajaxlife.nl. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Training camp Ajax in own country". AFC Ajax. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  12. ^ "First three pre-season opponents announced". AFC Ajax. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Ajax draw FK Vojvodina in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League". AFC Ajax. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Draft fixture list: Ajax will start in Amsterdam". AFC Ajax. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.