2024–25 AFC Ajax season

AFC Ajax

2024–25 season
Owner	AFC Ajax N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: AJAX)
CEO	Menno Geelen (interim)
Head coach	Francesco Farioli[1]
Stadium	Johan Cruyff Arena
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Second round
UEFA Europa League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Davy Klaassen (5) All: Chuba Akpom, Mika Godts, Kenneth Taylor (6 each)
Highest home attendance	54,831 (vs PSV, 2 November 2024 Eredivisie)
Lowest home attendance	53,359 (vs Willem II, 27 October 2024 Eredivisie)
Average home league attendance	54,061
Biggest win	5–0 (vs Fortuna Sittard (H) 18 September 2024 Eredivisie)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of Ajax, and their 69th consecutive season in the Dutch top flight.^[2] The club is participating in the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup and UEFA Europa League.

As of 17 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 2 DF  NED Devyne Rensch 3 DF  DEN Anton Gaaei 4 DF  NED Jorrel Hato 5 DF  NED Owen Wijndal 6 MF  ENG Jordan Henderson (captain) 8 MF  NED Kenneth Taylor 9 FW  NED Brian Brobbey 10 FW  NGA Chuba Akpom 11 (39) FW  BEL Mika Godts 12 GK  NED Jay Gorter 13 DF  TUR Ahmetcan Kaplan 15 DF  NED Youri Baas 16 MF  NOR Sivert Mannsverk 18 MF  NED Davy Klaassen (3rd captain) 19 FW  NED Julian Rijkhoff

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  BFA Bertrand Traoré 21 MF  NED Branco van den Boomen 22 GK  NED Remko Pasveer (4th captain) 23 MF  NED Steven Berghuis (vice-captain) 24 (26) DF  ITA Daniele Rugani 25 FW  NED Wout Weghorst 27 FW  NED Amourricho van Axel Dongen 28 MF  NED Kian Fitz-Jim 29 FW  DEN Christian Rasmussen 30 DF  ARG Gastón Ávila 33 MF  BIH Benjamin Tahirović 36 DF  NED Dies Janse 37 DF  CRO Josip Šutalo 38 MF  ISL Kristian Hlynsson 40 GK  GER Diant Ramaj

Date	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2024	DF	Jorthy Mokio	Gent	Undisclosed	[3]
10 July 2024	FW	Daniel Skaarud	Lillestrøm	Undisclosed	[4]
15 July 2024	FW	Bertrand Traoré	Villarreal	Free transfer	[5]
29 August 2024	FW	Wout Weghorst	Burnley	€2,300,000	[6]
17 September 2024	MW	Davy Klaassen	Inter Milan	Free transfer	[7]

Date	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
22 May 2024	GK	Sten Kremers	De Graafschap	Free transfer	[8]
5 June 2024	FW	Francisco Conceição	Porto	€10,500,000[a]	[9]
19 June 2024	GK	Tom de Graaff	Utrecht	Undisclosed	[10]
1 July 2024	FW	Georges Mikautadze	Metz	€13,000,000	[11]
4 July 2024	DF	Jorge Sanchez	Cruz Azul	€3,000,000[12]	[13]
10 July 2024	MF	Gabriel Misehouy	Girona	Free transfer	[14]
11 July 2024	DF	Mateja Milovanović	Heerenveen	Free transfer	[15]
21 July 2024	GK	Tommy Setford	Arsenal	Undisclosed	[16]
31 July 2024	DF	Ar'jany Martha	Beerschot	Free transfer	[17]
11 August 2024	GK	Gerónimo Rulli	Marseille	€4,000,000	[18]
26 August 2024	DF	Olivier Aertssen	PEC Zwolle	€150,000	[19]
30 August 2024	MF	Silvano Vos	Milan	€3,000,000	[20]
2 September 2024	FW	Steven Bergwijn	Al-Ittihad	€21,000,000	[21]

Start date	Pos.	Player	From	End date	Fee	Ref.
21 August 2024	DF	Daniele Rugani	Juventus	30 June 2025	Undisclosed	[22]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	End date	Fee	Ref.
16 July 2024	DF	Tristan Gooijer	PEC Zwolle	30 June 2025	Undisclosed	[23]
17 August 2024	DF	Borna Sosa	Torino	30 June 2025	Undisclosed	[24]
20 August 2024	DF	Jakov Medić	VfL Bochum	30 June 2025	Undisclosed	[25]
29 August 2024	MF	Naci Ünüvar	Espanyol	30 June 2025	Undisclosed	[26]
31 August 2024	FW	Carlos Forbs	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2025	€2,500,000	[27]

On 23 May, Ajax signed the contract with new manager Francesco Farioli. His new assistant managers wil be Daniele Cavalletto, Dave Vos and Felipe Sanchez Mateos. Jelle ten Rouwelaar was signed as the new goalkeeping coach. Furthermore, Osman Kul is a new video analyst and new fitness coach is Callum Walsh, in the beginning of preseason together with Allesandro Schoenmaker.

On 31 May, the new away kit for the new season and training range was released; Ajax Away: A Work of Amsterdam. ^[28][29]

On 19 June, Ajax and Ziggo extended their sponsorship contract by two seasons until 2029. On the same day, Ajax appointed Nynke Hagen as a cultural manager.^[30][31]

On July 4, VI reported that Manchester United wanted to sign goalkeeping coach Jelle ten Rouwelaar. A day later, the media reported that Ten Rouwelaar had left the club; Manchester United had paid €100,000 for him.^[32]

The home shirt of this season together with a pre-match shirt were introduced on Friday July 5, the morning of the first practice game: Home is Here.^[33]

On July 8, a new goalkeeping coach Jarkko Tuomisto was reported in the media. He had worked with Farioli at previous clubs.^[34]

Ajax start the new season with a new manager, Francesco Farioli. Farioli's first day at Ajax from the new season was 12 July.^[35] A large part of the Ajax squad started on Wednesday 19 June, with the first tests and training methods at De Toekomst.^[36] The manager's first field training took place on Thursday, June 20. This was without players that had international games and were at Euro 2024 and Copa America 2024. On Friday, 28 July the manager welcomed players that had international games earlier this month, but were not at Euro 2024. This included Anton Gaaei, Sivert Mannsverk, Benjamin Tahirović, Kristian Hlynsson and Christian Rasmussen.

Ajax played the first practice game against PEC Zwolle on Friday, 5 July on a rainy De Toekomst, ending in a 0–1 loss. Due to renovations and the replacement of grass, the game was played behind closed doors. Furthermore, there are two other practice games played across the Netherlands, against Sint-Truiden and Rangers. These games are open to 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 will take place against Al-Wasl (open to public) and Olympiacos (behind closed doors). It is also the intention that an open training will be organized during the training camp.^{[37][38][39][40]}

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, at home game against Heerenveen.^[41][42]

Ajax announced that, on Monday 5, there will be the Open Day event.^[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled/ Susp.   Fixtures

Ajax v PEC Zwolle

5 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baas  80'	Report	Fontana 20'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Ajax v Sint-Truiden

9 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	4–0	Sint-Truiden	Oldebroek, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hato 8' Banel 46' Forbs 55' Taylor 81'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Bovenmolen Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Dennis Higler

Ajax v Rangers

13 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	2–1	Rangers	Wezep, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fitz-Jim 27' Van den Boomen 41'	Report	Lawrence 33'	Stadium: Sportpark Mulderssingel Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Ajax v Al-Wasl

18 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	2–1	Al-Wasl	Tiel, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rijkhoff 19' Van den Boomen 31'	Report	Caio 87'	Stadium: Sportpark De Lok

Ajax v Olympiacos

19 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	1–0	Olympiacos	Driel, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Forbs 43'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Driel Attendance: Behind closed doors

Ajax v Vitesse

26 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	4–1	Vitesse	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van den Boomen 14', 34' Rijkhoff 40' Mannsverk  86' Traoré 87'	Report	Kreekels  30' Yegoian 62'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: Behind closed doors

The league fixtures were announced on 21 June 2024.

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

Ajax v Vojvodina

25 July 2024 First leg	Ajax	1–0	Vojvodina	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CEST	Hato  47' Akpom  50' Taylor  54' Van den Boomen 86'	Report	Crnomarković  21' Petrović  46'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof closed) Attendance: 53,590 Referee: César Soto Grado (Spain)

Vojvodina v Ajax

1 August 2024 Second leg	Vojvodina	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Ajax	Bačka Topola, Serbia
20:00 CEST	Vukanović  37' Nikolić 59'	Report	Taylor  30' Šutalo 53' Hato 85' Traoré 90+2'	Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024.

Panathinaikos v Ajax

8 August 2024 First leg	Panathinaikos	0–1	Ajax	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST	Ingason  45+2' Mancini  45+2' Ioannidis  75' Arão  80' Đuričić  84'	Report	Berghuis 28' Šutalo  59'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,452 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Ajax v Panathinaikos

15 August 2024 Second leg	Ajax	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (13–12 p)	Panathinaikos	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:15 CEST	Akpom  53' Henderson  105'	Report	Bakasetas  6' Ioannidis  75' Mladenović  79' Tetê 89',  105' Jeremejeff  90+4' Mancini  105' Maksimović  after extra time'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof open) Attendance: 54,089 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)
	Penalties
	Bergwijn Van den Boomen Godts Taylor Brobbey Henderson Traoré Baas Gaaei Šutalo Pasveer Bergwijn Van den Boomen Godts Taylor Brobbey Gaaei		Mancini Jeremejeff Tetê Jedvaj Mladenović Vilhena Maksimović Ingason Vagiannidis Zeca Drągowski Mancini Jeremejeff Tetê Jedvaj Mladenović Vilhena

The play–off round draw was held on 5 August 2024.

Jagiellonia Białystok v Ajax

22 August 2024 First leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–4	Ajax	Białystok, Poland
20:45 CEST	Diéguez 5',  68'	Report	Akpom 9', 61', 69' (pen.) Godts 27' 79' Taylor  48' Hato  54'	Stadium: Jagiellonia Stadium Attendance: 19,553 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Ajax v Jagiellonia Białystok

29 August 2024 Second leg	Ajax	3–0 (7–1 agg.)	Jagiellonia Białystok	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 CEST	Henderson  32' Fitz-Jim 43' Taylor 64' Brobbey 71'	Report	Romanczuk  30'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof open) Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

The draw for the league phase was held on 30 August 2024.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lazio	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Ajax	4	3	1	0	13	1	+12	10
3	Galatasaray	4	3	1	0	12	8	+4	10
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10
5	Anderlecht	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10

Ajax v Beşiktaş

26 September 2024 1	Ajax	4–0	Beşiktaş	Amsterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fitz-Jim  21', 31' Hato  46' Godts 51', 73' Taylor 55'	Report	Hekimoğlu  45+1' Onana  51'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof closed) Attendance: 54,010 Referee: John Brooks (England)

Slavia Prague v Ajax

3 October 2024 2	Slavia Prague	1–1	Ajax	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holeš  9' Prebsl  27' Douděra  66' Chorý 67'	Report	Van den Boomen 18' (pen.),  78' Hato  35' Baas  47'  75' Taylor  69' Wijndal  90' Gaaei  90+1'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 19,296 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Qarabağ v Ajax

24 October 2024 3	Qarabağ	0–3	Ajax	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Romão  15' Cəfərquliyev  16'  79' Hüseynov  22' Benzia  45+5' Medina  73' Janković  80'	Report	Taylor  20', 36' Fitz-Jim  45+1' Weghorst 74' (pen.) Akpom 77'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 27,520 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

Ajax v Maccabi Tel Aviv

7 November 2024 4	Ajax	5–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 14' Taylor 27',  43' Godts 39' Brobbey 61' Fitz-Jim 69' Wijndal  82' Henderson  90'	Report	Kanichowsky  26' Addo  86' Patati  90+1'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof closed) Attendance: 53,719 Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

Real Sociedad v Ajax

28 November 2024 5	Real Sociedad	v	Ajax	San Sebastián, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Anoeta

Ajax v Lazio

12 December 2024 6	Ajax	v	Lazio	Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

RFS v Ajax

23 January 2025 7	RFS	v	Ajax	Riga, Latvia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Daugava Stadium

Ajax v Galatasaray

30 January 2025 8	Ajax	v	Galatasaray	Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	NED	Devyne Rensch	16	1	7	1	0	0	9	0
3	DF	DEN	Anton Gaaei	14	0	3+4	0	0	0	1+6	0
4	DF	NED	Jorrel Hato	19	3	8+1	2	0	0	10	1
5	DF	NED	Owen Wijndal	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
6	MF	ENG	Jordan Henderson	18	0	5+4	0	0	0	8+1	0
8	MF	NED	Kenneth Taylor	20	6	6+4	2	0	0	10	4
9	FW	NED	Brian Brobbey	16	2	6+3	0	0	0	4+3	2
10	FW	NGA	Chuba Akpom	17	6	4+3	2	0	0	5+5	4
11 (39)	FW	BEL	Mika Godts	19	6	7+3	2	0	0	5+4	4
12	GK	NED	Jay Gorter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	TUR	Ahmetcan Kaplan	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	NED	Youri Baas	17	1	8	1	0	0	9	0
16	MF	NOR	Sivert Mannsverk	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	8	5	6+2	5	0	0	0	0
19	FW	NED	Julian Rijkhoff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré	17	5	7+3	3	0	0	3+4	2
21	MF	NED	Branco van den Boomen	16	2	5+1	0	0	0	2+8	2
22	GK	NED	Remko Pasveer	19	0	9	0	0	0	10	0
23	FW	NED	Steven Berghuis	9	1	1+2	0	0	0	3+3	1
24 (26)	DF	ITA	Daniele Rugani	8	0	1+3	0	0	0	2+2	0
25	FW	NED	Wout Weghorst	8	4	2+4	3	0	0	1+1	1
27	FW	NED	Amourricho van Axel Dongen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	NED	Kian Fitz-Jim	14	4	3+4	1	0	0	7	3
29	FW	DEN	Christian Rasmussen	11	0	1+4	0	0	0	4+2	0
30	DF	ARG	Gastón Ávila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	BEL	Jorthy Mokio	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
33	MF	BIH	Benjamin Tahirović	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	DF	NED	Dies Janse	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	CRO	Josip Šutalo	19	1	9+1	0	0	0	9	1
38	FW	ISL	Kristian Hlynsson	5	1	2	1	0	0	1+2	0
40	GK	GER	Diant Ramaj	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	NED	Jaydon Banel	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
1	GK	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	NED	Steven Bergwijn	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+2	0
11	FW	POR	Carlos Forbs	6	0	0+1	0	0	0	5	0
18	DF	CRO	Jakov Medić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	NED	Silvano Vos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	CRO	Borna Sosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	TUR	Naci Ünüvar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rank	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Europa League	Total
1	10	FW		Chuba Akpom	2	0	4	6
	8	MF		Kenneth Taylor	2	0	4	6
	39	FW		Mika Godts	2	0	4	6
4	18	MF		Davy Klaassen	5	0	0	5
	20	FW		Bertrand Traoré	3	0	2	5
6	25	FW		Wout Weghorst	3	0	1	4
	28	MF		Kian Fitz-Jim	1	0	3	4
8	4	DF		Jorrel Hato	2	0	1	3
9	21	MF		Branco van den Boomen	0	0	2	2
	9	FW		Brian Brobbey	0	0	2	2
11	37	DF		Josip Šutalo	0	0	1	1
	23	FW		Steven Berghuis	0	0	1	1
	38	FW		Kristian Hlynsson	1	0	0	1
	2	DF		Devyne Rensch	1	0	0	1
	15	DF		Youri Baas	1	0	0	1
Own goal					0	0	0	0
Totals					23	0	25	48

Source: Competitive matches

Rank	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Europa League	Total
1	22	GK		Remko Pasveer	4	0	6	10
2	40	GK		Diant Ramaj	1	0	0	0
3	12	GK		Jay Gorter	0	0	0	0
Total					5	0	6	11

Source: Competitive matches

N	P	Nat.	Name	Eredivisie			KNVB Cup			Europa League			Total			Notes
3	DF		Anton Gaaei	2						1			3
4	DF		Jorrel Hato	1						3	1		4	1
5	DF		Owen Wijndal							2			2
6	MF		Jordan Henderson	1						3			4
8	MF		Kenneth Taylor							6			6
9	FW		Brian Brobbey	4									4
10	FW		Chuba Akpom							2			2
11	FW		Mika Godts	1									1
15	DF		Youri Baas	2							1		2	1
16	MF		Sivert Mannsverk	1									1
21	MF		Branco van den Boomen							1			1
23	MF		Steven Berghuis	1									1
28	MF		Kian Fitz-Jim							2			2
29	MF		Christian Rasmussen	1									1
37	DF		Josip Šutalo	2						1			3

Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.