AFC Ajax (women)

AFC Ajax
Full name	Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax
Nickname(s)	De Godendochters (The Daughters of the Gods), De Ajacieden, De Amsterdames
Founded	18 May 2012; 12 years ago
Ground	De Toekomst; Johan Cruyff Arena (selected matches)
Capacity	5.000; 55,865
Owner	AFC Ajax N.V. (Euronext: AJAX)
Chairman	Menno Geelen (interim)
Head coach	Hesterine de Reus
League	Eredivisie
2023–24	2nd
Website	Club website

AFC Ajax Vrouwen is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam representing AFC Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. The team was founded in 2012.^[2]

Current squad

As of 2 September 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	NED	Regina Van Eijk
3	DF	NED	Roos van der Veen [nl]
4	DF	NED	Deau den Turk [nl]
5	DF	ARU	Soraya Verhoeve [nl]
6	MF	NED	Jonna van de Velde [nl]
8	MF	NED	Sherida Spitse (captain)
9	FW	NED	Danique Tolhoek [nl]
10	MF	NED	Nadine Noordam [nl]
12	MF	NED	Jade van Hensbergen [nl]
13	GK	NED	Lois Niënhuis [nl]
16	MF	NED	Danique Noordman [nl]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	NED	Bente Jansen [nl]
18	DF	NED	Milicia Keijzer [nl]
19	FW	NED	Tiny Hoekstra
20	MF	USA	Lily Yohannes
21	MF	NED	Rosa van Gool [nl]
22	MF	NED	Quinty Sabajo [nl]
23	FW	NED	Lotte Keukelaar [nl]
24	DF	NED	Daliyah de Klonia [nl]
25	DF	NED	Kay-lee de Sanders [nl]
26	DF	NED	Isa Kardinaal [nl]
31	GK	NED	Dionne van der Wal [nl]
—	MF	NED	Iris Stiekema [nl]

Former players

Results

BeNe League / Eredivisie

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Season	Division	Position	W – D – L = Pts	GF – GA	Top scorer	KNVB Cup
2012–13	BeNe League	04 / 16	12 – 6 – 10 = 42	47 – 36	Van Lunteren (10)	Quarterfinals
2013–14	BeNe League	03 / 14	16 – 6 – 4 = 54	68 – 23	Van Lunteren (13)	Winner
2014–15	BeNe League	03 / 13	17 – 2 – 5 = 53	54 – 20	Pieëte (10)	Final
2015–16	Eredivisie	02 / 7	17 – 5 – 2 = 56	46 – 11	Bakker (8)	Final
2016–17	Eredivisie	01 / 8	21 – 5 – 1 = 68	57 – 14	Van den Bighelaar (18)	Winner
2017–18	Eredivisie	01 / 9	16 – 7 – 1 = 55	57 – 24	Van den Bighelaar, Van Lunteren (12)	Winner
2018–19	Eredivisie	02 / 9	13 – 8 – 3 = 47	50 – 18	Ellen Jansen (14)	Winner
2019–20	Eredivisie	02 / 8^a	08 – 1 – 3 = 25^a	22 – 11^a	Van den Bighelaar (9)	Quarterfinals^a
2020–21	Eredivisie	03 / 8	13 – 1 – 6 = 40	40 – 21	Nikita Tromp (19)	Semifinals
2021–22	Eredivisie	02 / 9	17 – 3 – 4 = 54	70 – 22	Romée Leuchter (25)	Winner
2022–23	Eredivisie	01 / 11	18 – 1 – 1 = 55	67 – 15	Leuchter (18)	Round of 16
2023–24	Eredivisie	02 / 12	17 – 3 – 2 = 54	62 – 20	Leuchter (20)	Winner

a=at moment of abandonment due to Covid

UEFA Women's Champions League

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Ajax's goal tally first.

Season	Round	Team	Home	Away	Agg/Pos ^[a]
2017–18	Qualifying round	Standard Liège			3–0
		Pärnu			2–1
		Rīgas FS			6–0
	Round of 32	Brescia	1–0	0–2	1–2
2018–19	Qualifying round	Þór/KA			0–0
		Wexford Youths			4–1
		Linfield			2–0
	Round of 32	Sparta Prague	2–0	2–1	4–1
	Round of 16	Lyon	0–4	0–9	0–13
2020–21	Round of 32	Bayern Munich	0–3	1–3	1–6
2022–23	QR 1 semi-final	Kristianstads DFF			3–1
	QR 1 final	Eintracht Frankfurt			2–1
	QR 2	Arsenal	0–1	2–2	2–3
2023–24	QR 1 final	Dinamo Minsk			3–0
	QR 2	FC Zürich	2–0	6–0	8–0
	Group stage	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–1	2/4
		Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	1–3
		Roma	2–1	0–3
	Quarter-final	Chelsea	0–3	1–1	1–4
2024–25	QR 1 semi-final	Kolos Kovalivka			1–1, 4–1 aet
2024–25	QR 1 final	Fiorentina			0–1

^ or single match when home and away are empty

2023-24 UEFA Women’s Champions League Group C Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Ajax	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Bayern Munich	6	1	4	1	8	8	0	7
4	Roma	6	1	2	3	10	11	−1	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Record by club

As of 9 September 2024

Opponent	Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Season(s)
Dinamo Minsk	Belarus	1	1	0	0	3	0	2023–24
Standard Liège	Belgium	1	1	0	0	3	0	2017–18
Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	4	1	2018–19
Arsenal	England	2	0	1	1	2	3	2022–23
Chelsea	England	2	0	1	1	1	4	2023–24
Pärnu	Estonia	1	1	0	0	2	1	2017–18
Olympique Lyonnais	France	2	0	0	2	0	13	2018–19
Paris Saint-Germain	France	2	1	0	1	3	3	2023–24
Bayern Munich	Germany	4	1	1	2	3	7	2020–21, 2023–24
Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	1	0	0	2	1	2022–23
Þór/KA	Iceland	1	0	1	0	0	0	2018–19
Wexford Youths	Ireland	1	1	0	0	4	1	2018–19
Brescia	Italy	2	1	0	1	1	2	2013–14
Fiorentina	Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1	2024–25
Roma	Italy	2	1	0	1	2	4	2023–24
Rīgas FS	Latvia	1	1	0	0	6	0	2017–18
Linfield	Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	0	2018–19
Kristianstads DFF	Sweden	1	1	0	0	3	1	2022–23
Zürich	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	8	0	2023–24
Kolos Kovalivka	Ukraine	1	0	1	0	4	1	2024–25

Honours

National

Dutch League champion
- Winners (3): 2017, 2018, 2023
KNVB Women's Cup
- Winners (5): 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
BeNe League
- Third place (2): 2014, 2015

Affiliated clubs

On 13 January 2013, it was revealed that AFC Ajax Vrouwen would partner with SV Overbos, the women's team from Hoofddorp.^[3]

SV Overbos (2013–present)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Hesterine de Reus
Assistant coach	Sonny Silooy
Goalkeeping coach	Robbie Tetteroo
Technical coach	Wim Bouckaert

Head coaches

Ed Engelkes (2012–2016)^[4]
Benno Nihom [nl] (2016-2019)
Danny Schenkel (2019–2022)
Suzanne Bakker [nl] (2022–2024) ^[5]
Hesterine de Reus (2024–)

Broadcasting

As of 2024, all league matches played are broadcast on ESPN. Public service broadcaster NOS occasionally provides game highlights during the Studio Sport programme.^[6]

References

^ "De Toekomst - Ajax". AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "Vrouwen: Ajax en PSV in BeNeLeague, FC Den Bosch niet" (in Dutch). voetbalcentraal. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "Hechte samenwerking Ajax en sv Overbos uit Hoofddorp'"^{[permanent dead link]}, Overbos.nl, 13 January 2013
^ "Ajax-dames halen succescoach Engelkes" (in Dutch). FCupdate. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "Suzanne Bakker in her final season at Ajax Women" (in Dutch). Ajax.nl. 10 January 2024. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Women's Eredivisie secures coverage on Fox Sports and NOS". Sport Business. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

External links

Official site

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[1] "De Toekomst - Ajax". AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-11-18.

[2] "Vrouwen: Ajax en PSV in BeNeLeague, FC Den Bosch niet" (in Dutch). voetbalcentraal. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

[4] "Hechte samenwerking Ajax en sv Overbos uit Hoofddorp'"^{[permanent dead link]}, Overbos.nl, 13 January 2013

[5] "Ajax-dames halen succescoach Engelkes" (in Dutch). FCupdate. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

[6] "Suzanne Bakker in her final season at Ajax Women" (in Dutch). Ajax.nl. 10 January 2024. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[broadcast_2020-7] "Women's Eredivisie secures coverage on Fox Sports and NOS". Sport Business. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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