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
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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	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League		KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XVIII
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jasper Cillessen	42	0	32	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF		Ricardo van Rhijn	40	2	28	2	10	0	2	0
3	DF		Joël Veltman	33	4	25	4	7	0	1	0
4	DF		Niklas Moisander	31	0	25	0	5	0	1	0
5	DF		Nicolai Boilesen	31	0	22	0	8	0	1	0
6	DF		Mike van der Hoorn	22	2	9+6	2	2+2	0	3	0
7	FW		Viktor Fischer	4	3	3+1	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Daley Sinkgraven	14	0	9+1	0	1+3	0	0	0
9	FW		Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	27	7	13+8	7	4+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Davy Klaassen	44	8	30	6	10	2	4	0
11	FW		Ricardo Kishna
12	DF		Jaïro Riedewald	25	0	10+9	0	0+4	0	2	0
16	MF		Lucas Andersen	37	4	19+8	2	6+1	1	2+1	1
18	FW		Robert Murić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Arkadiusz Milik	34	23	14+7	11	6+3	4	4	8
20	FW		Lasse Schöne	38	11	26+3	8	7+1	3	1	0
21	FW		Anwar El Ghazi	43	10	23+8	9	5+4	1	1+2	0
23	DF		Kenny Tete	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK		André Onana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Thulani Serero	41	1	22+7	1	8+1	0	1+2	0
26	MF		Nick Viergever	39	3	21+5	2	8+1	1	4	0
27	MF		Riechedly Bazoer	22	2	14+3	1	4	1	1	0
30	FW		Richairo Živković	10	2	0+7	1	0+2	0	0+1	1
31	GK		Peter Leeuwenburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Niki Zimling	12	0	2+7	0	1+2	0	0	0
33	GK		Diederik Boer	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
34	FW		Queensy Menig	5	1	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	1
35	MF		Fabian Sporkslede	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		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		Kenneth Vermeer	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Lerin Duarte	6	1	0+4	0	0	0	2	1
17	MF		Daley Blind	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Stefano Denswil	6	0	1	0	1+1	0	3	0
28	MF		Tobias Sana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Ruben Ligeon	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+2	0

As of 17 May 2015

2014–15 Selection by Nationality

Nationality												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
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

This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2014–15 season.

	Friendlies	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	10 of 10	1 of 1	3 of 3	6 of 6	4 of 4	34 of 34	60 of 60
Win	8 of 10	0 of 1	2 of 3	1 of 6	3 of 4	21 of 34	35 of 60
Draw	2 of 10	0 of 1	0 of 2	2 of 6	0 of 4	8 of 34	12 of 60
Loss	0 of 10	1 of 1	1 of 3	3 of 6	1 of 4	5 of 34	11 of 60
Home	4 of 10	1 of 1	1 of 3	3 of 3	2 of 2	17 of 17	28 of 36
Away	6 of 10	0 of 0	2 of 3	3 of 3	2 of 2	17 of 17	26 of 26
Yellow cards	2	1	0	17	4	37	61
Red cards	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Number of substitutes used	59	3	7	17	12	100	194
Goals for	35	0	13	8	6	68	129
Goals against	5	1	4	10	2	29	51
Balance	+30	-1	+9	-2	+4	+40	+82
Clean sheets	3	0	2	1	2	12	20
Penalties for	0	0	1	1	0	2	4
Penalties against	1	0	0	1	0	1	3

2014–15 Team records

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

Topscorers

Friendlies

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

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr.	Name
1.	–	-
Total		0

Eredivisie

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

KNVB Cup

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

UEFA Champions League

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

UEFA Europa League

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

Eusébio Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	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 losses	Winners 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

Jasper Cillessen is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Anwar El Ghazi is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Arkadiusz Milik finishes as topscorer of the KNVB Cup with 8 goals in 3 matches.

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

3 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	1 – 0	Ajax	Amsterdam
20:45 CET	van Polen 52' Rienstra 54' Nijland 55' van Hintum 83'	Report	Moisander 45+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches

10 August 2014 1	Ajax	4 – 1	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST	Viergever 40' Ligeon 43' Schöne 48', 87' van der Hoorn 62' 82'	Report	Wallace 47' Vejinovic 84'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,494 Referee: Pol van Bokkel

17 August 2014 2	AZ	1 – 3	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST	Berghuis 50' Wuytens 75' Hupperts 90+3' Gouweleeuw 90+3'	Report	Klaassen 15' Sigþórsson 37' Schöne 69' El Ghazi 90' Moisander 90+4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,011 Referee: Kevin Blom

24 August 2014 3	Ajax	1 – 3	PSV	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST	El Ghazi 16'	Report	Rekik 12' Depay 52' 61' Narsingh 63' Jozefzoon 86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,513 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

31 August 2014 4	FC Groningen	2 – 0	Ajax	Groningen
14:30 CEST	Botteghin 48' de Leeuw 87'	Report	Boilesen 36'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,740 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

13 September 2014 5	Ajax	2 – 1	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST	Milik 3', 45+1' 74' Duarte 90+3'	Report	Weghorst 86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,408 Referee: Richard Liesveld

21 September 2014 6	Feyenoord	0 – 1	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST		Report	van Rhijn 4' Viergever 73'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

27 September 2014 7	NAC Breda	2 – 5	Ajax	Breda
14:30 CEST	Amieux 53' de Kamps 55' Perica 60', 76'	Report	van Rhijn 27' Sigþórsson 29', 38', 56' (penmiss), 89' Veltman 65'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,900 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

5 October 2014 8	Ajax	0 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST	Zimling 40' Klaassen 70'	Report	Thomas 32' Rienstra 35'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,892 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

18 October 2014 9	FC Twente	1 – 1	Ajax	Enschede
20:45 CEST	Corona 17' Castaignos 56'	Report	Veltman 56' Sigþórsson 71'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

25 October 2014 10	Ajax	3 – 1	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	El Ghazi 10' Milik 55' Schöne 75'	Report	Lewis 28'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,446 Referee: Pieter Vink

1 November 2014 11	Ajax	4 – 0	FC Dordrecht	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST	Schöne 21', 65' Veltman 69' Andersen 75'	Report	Lieder 8' Lima 16' Haddad 18' Ojo 63'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Ed Janssen

9 November 2014 12	SC Cambuur	2 – 4	Ajax	Leeuwarden
12:30 CEST	Steblecki 2' Ogbeche 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Milik 19', 60' Klaassen 23' El Ghazi 78'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

22 November 2014 13	Ajax	4 – 1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	Sinkgraven 66' (o.g.) El Ghazi 72' Kishna 73' 74' Milik 84' (pen.)	Report	Slagveer 18' 32', 43' Van Den Berg 32' Otigba 83'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,946 Referee: Kevin Blom

30 November 2014 14	ADO Den Haag	1 – 1	Ajax	The Hague
12:30 CET	Kramer 21' 85' Wormgoor 44' Zuiverloon 80' Jansen 90+5'	Report	Klaassen 8' 32' Viergever 90+5'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 14,657 Referee: Gözübüyük

6 December 2014 15	Ajax	5 – 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
20:45 CET	Sigþórsson 14' Milik 27', 43' Veltman 31' Klaassen 57'	Report	Messaoud 15' Dijks 35' Wuytens 44' Ippel 83'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,455 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

14 December 2014 16	Ajax	3 – 1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30 CET	Serero 16' Klaassen 20' El Ghazi 65'	Report	Rubin 35' Oar 40' Janssen 90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,007 Referee: Pol van Boekel

21 December 2014 17	Excelsior	0 – 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CET	Auassar 35'	Report	van Rhijn 75' van der Hoorn 83' Serero 87' Živković 88'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Tom van Sichem

16 January 2015 18	Ajax	2 – 0	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
20:00 CET	Kishna 15' Kappelhof 90' (o.g.)	Report	Hateboer 81'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,441 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

25 January 2015 19	Ajax	0 – 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30 CET		Report	Kongolo 66' Boëtius 72'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,472 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

1 February 2015 20	Vitesse	1 – 0	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30	Đurđević 85'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Pieter Vink

5 February 2015 21	Ajax	0 – 1	AZ	Amsterdam
20:45	Moisander 61'	Report	Berghuis 43' Jóhannsson 76'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,724 Referee: Pol van Boekel

8 February 2015 22	Go Ahead Eagles	1 – 2	Ajax	Deventer
14:30	Sander Duits 44' Plet 62' Overgoor 76' Verhoek 88' (o.g.)	Report	El Ghazi 24' Bazoer 51' Boilesen 55' Sinkgraven 90+1'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

15 February 2014 23	Ajax	4 – 2	FC Twente	Amsterdam
16:45	Viergever 10' Bazoer 15' Kishna 68', 75'	Report	Corona 6' Bjelland 39' Ziyech 50'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,874 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

22 February 2015 24	Willem II	1 – 1	Ajax	Tilburg
12:30	Messaoud 52'	Report	El Ghazi 35' Milik 37' 90+4' Klaassen 57' Viergever 73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

1 March 2015 25	PSV	1 – 3	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:45	de Jong 77' Arias 90+2'	Report	Kishna 29' Viergever 45+1' El Ghazi 72' 90+1' Schöne 83'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

8 March 2015 26	Ajax	1 – 0	Excelsior	Amsterdam
14:30	Viergever 59' El Ghazi 83'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 39,943 Referee: Dennis Higler

15 March 2015 27	SC Heerenveen	1 – 4	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30	Veltman 35' (o.g.) van Aken 63' van Aanholt 78'	Report	Milik 6', 67' Klaassen 11' Veltman 38'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 27,224 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

22 March 2015 28	Ajax	1 – 0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:30	Serero 54' Milik 84'	Report	Derijck 31' Yakovenko 45' van Duinen 80' Houtkoop 80o.g.'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,743 Referee: Richard Liesveld

5 April 2015 29	FC Utrecht	1 – 1	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30	Leeuwin 51' (o.g.) 87' Diemers 53' Markiet 85'	Report	Bazoer 65' Veltman 79'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

11 April 2015 30	Heracles Almelo	0 – 2	Ajax	Almelo
20:45		Report	Sigþórsson 45+2' Anderson 86'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Kevin Blom

19 April 2015 31	Ajax	0 – 0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
14:30		Report	ten Rouwelaar 70' Swerts 90+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,596 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

26 April 2015 32	PEC Zwolle	1 – 1	Ajax	Zwolle
14:30	Drost 6' 48'	Report	Andersen 33' Veltman 40' Sigþórsson 89'	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

10 May 2015 33	Ajax	3 – 0	SC Cambuur	Amsterdam
14:30	Fischer 57', 62' Schöne 83'	Report	de Ridder 21' El Makrini 33' Pereira 82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,140 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

17 May 2015 34	FC Dordrecht	2 – 1	Ajax	Dordrecht
14:30	Klaiber 70' Haddad 82' van Haaren 90+1'	Report	Fischer 57' Riedewald 89'	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Pol Van Boekel

KNVB Cup

24 September 2014 Second round	JOS Watergraafsmeer	0 – 9	Ajax	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST		Report	Milik 22', 26', 62', 82', 87', 88' Andersen 24' Kishna 64' Menig 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

28 October 2014 Third round	SV Urk	0 – 4	Ajax	Urk
19:30 CEST		Report	Duarte 34' Milik 37' (pen.), 40' Živković 86'	Stadium: Sportpark De Vormt

19 December 2014 Fourth round	Ajax	0 – 4	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST		Report	Traoré 22', 57' Labyad 45+1' Kazaishvili 60' Achenteh 65'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,853 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	PSG	AJA	APO
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–1	1–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13	Advance to knockout phase	3–2	—	3–1	1–0
3	Ajax	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	APOEL	6	0	1	5	1	12	−11	1		0–4	0–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2014 1	Ajax	1 – 1	Paris Saint-Germain	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaassen 30' Veltman 56' El Ghazi 68' Serero 69' Schöne 74'	Report	Cavani 14' Marquinhos 72'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,430 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

30 September 2014 2	APOEL	1 – 1	Ajax	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Manduca 31' (pen.) João Guilherme 81' Aloneftis 89'	Report	Andersen 28' Moisander 36' Viergever 48' Cillessen 56' Sigþórsson 90'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 17,190 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

21 October 2014 3	Barcelona	3 – 1	Ajax	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Neymar 7' Messi 24' Pedro 80' Ramírez 90+4'	Report	Veltman 32' van Rhijn 69' El Ghazi 88' Riedewald 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

5 November 2014 4	Ajax	0 – 2	Barcelona	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Ghazi 9' Veltman , 34' Moisander 40'	Report	Mascherano 8' Messi 36', 76' Jordi Alba 42' Dani Alves 45'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 52,117 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

25 November 2014 5	Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 1	Ajax	Paris, France
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cavani 33', 83' Ibrahimović 38' 78'	Report	Klaassen 18' 67'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,130 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

10 December 2014 6	Ajax	4 – 0	APOEL	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schöne 45' (pen.) Klaassen 53' Milik 74'	Report	Antoniades 45' Vinicius 47'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Carlos Velasco (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

19 February 2015 First leg	Ajax	1 – 0	Legia Warszawa	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 CET	Milik 34' Bazoer 45'	Report	Jodłowiec 36' Vrdoljak 90+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,761 Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)

26 February 2015 Second leg	Legia Warszawa	0 – 3 (0 – 4 agg.)	Ajax	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CET	Vrdoljak 18' Guilherme 21' Sá 24' Żyro 39' Rzezniczak 63'	Report	Milik 11', 43' Viergever 13'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 1,000 (away supporters only) Referee: David Fernández (Spain)

Round of 16

12 March 2015 First leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1 – 0	Ajax	Kiev, Ukraine
18:00 CET	Zozulya 30' 88' Fedetskiy 48' Rotan 51' Shakhov 89'	Report	Boilesen 23' Bazoer 50'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 10,581 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

19 March 2015 Second leg	Ajax	2 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 2 agg.)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 CET	Bazoer 60' Kishna 70' van der Hoorn 117' 120+4'	Report	Léo Matos 21' Bezus 80' Shakov 87' Konoplyanka 97' Boyko 120'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Aliaksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk advance to the Quarter-finals based on away goal rule.

Friendlies

28 June 2014	Ajax	13 – 1	SDC Putten	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Viergever 10' Andersen 33' Becker 39' Milik 41' De Jong 42' El Ghazi 48', 51', 81' Mirani 50' El Hasnaoui 59' Ligeon 78' Sigþórsson 85' Sana 87'	Report	Ozan 82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

5 July 2014	Wacker Innsbruck	1 – 5	Ajax	Schwaz, Austria
	Hirschhofer 4'	Report	Ligeon 2' Klaassen 7' Duarte 13' Milik 30' Živković 46'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Schwaz

12 July 2014	Ajax	6 – 0	SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter	Zeist, Netherlands
11:00	Serero 32' Sigþórsson 42', 57' El Ghazi 78', 79' Bakker 90'	Report

12 July 2014	Ajax	2 – 2	Aalborg BK	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Schöne 36' Bakker 75'	Report	Enevoldsen 20' Heleniius 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

12 July 2014	Ajax	Cancelled¹	Olympique Lyonnais	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

19 July 2014	Ajax	2 – 1	Achilles '29	De Lutte, Netherlands
11:00	de Sa 7' Sana 72'	Report	Hendriks 75'	Stadium: Sportcomplex De Lutte

19 July 2014	Ajax	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	Harderberg, Netherlands
19:30		Report		Stadium: De Boshoek

19 July 2014	Hannover 96	Cancelled¹	Ajax	Minden, Germany
19:00		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion

26 July 2014	Benfica	0 – 1	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Hugo Miguel

9 September 2014	Ajax	1 – 1	SC Cambuur	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Menig 10'	Report	Bakker 56', pen.'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

10 January 2015	Ajax	2 – 0	Schalke 04	Doha, Qatar
17:30	Milik 65' El Ghazi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium

13 January 2015	Ajax	6 – 0	Jong SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30	Zimling 11' El Ghazi 16', 73' Sigþórsson 24' Živković 52' Ligeon 68'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

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

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Mitchell Dijks	Defender	30 June 2014	SC Heerenveen	-
Danzell Gravenberch	Defender	30 June 2014	N.E.C.	-
Ilan Boccara	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Evian Thonon Gaillard	-
Jody Lukoki	Forward	30 June 2014	SC Cambuur	-
Gino van Kessel	Forward	30 June 2014	AS Trenčín	-
Loan
Arkadiusz Milik	Forward	30 June 2014	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	-
Niki Zimling	Midfielder	1 September 2014	1. FSV Mainz 05	-
Transfer
Richairo Živković	Forward	9 March 2014	FC Groningen	€2,5 million
Nick Viergever	Defender	24 May 2014	AZ	€2 million
Diederik Boer	Goalkeeper	31 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	€750,000
Free Transfer
James Fofana	Defender	14 March 2014	PSV	-
Robert Murić	Forward	18 June 2014	Dinamo Zagreb	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Mickey van der Hart	Goalkeeper	9 June 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Dejan Meleg	Forward	10 July 2014	SC Cambuur	-
Fabian Sporkslede	Midfielder	10 July 2014	Willem II	-
Lesley de Sa	Forward	22 July 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Bas Kuipers	Defender	4 August 2014	SBV Excelsior	-
Loan return
Bojan Krkić	Forward	30 June 2014	FC Barcelona	-
Stanislav Lobotka	Midfielder	30 June 2014	AS Trenčín	-
Transfer
Eyong Enoh	Midfielder	30 June 2014	Antalyaspor	€600,000
Danny Hoesen	Forward	28 May 2014	FC Groningen	€800,000
Djavan Anderson	Midfielder	19 June 2014	AZ	€200,000
Javairo Dilrosun	Forward	30 June 2014	Manchester City	€130,000
Siem de Jong	Midfielder	2 July 2014	Newcastle United	€7,5 million
Jody Lukoki	Forward	7 August 2014	PEC Zwolle	€1,5 million
Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Defender	29 August 2014	Manchester United	€380,000
Daley Blind	Defender	30 August 2014	Manchester United	€17,5 million
Kenneth Vermeer	Goalkeeper	31 August 2014	Feyenoord	€1 million
Mink Peeters	Forward	12 September 2014	Real Madrid	€110,000
Free Transfer
Nick de Bondt	Forward	30 April 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Joeri de Kamps	Midfielder	6 May 2014	NAC Breda	-
Jordi Bitter	Forward	20 May 2014	Almere City	-
Serhat Çakmak	Forward	28 May 2014	Trabzonspor	-
Sven Nieuwpoort	Defender	29 May 2014	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Branco van den Boomen	Defender	19 June 2014	FC Eindhoven	-
Derwin Martina	Defender	25 June 2014	RKC Waalwijk	-
Emran Barakzai	Midfielder	30 June 2014	VV Hoogland	-
Wang Chengkuai	Midfielder	19 August 2014	SC Coimbrões	-
Geoffrey Castillion	Forward	25 August 2014	New England Revolution	-
Gino van Kessel	Forward	25 August 2014	Arles-Avignon	-
Mitchell Dijks	Defender	28 August 2014	Willem II	-
Danzell Gravenberch	Defender	4 September 2014	Universitatea Cluj	-
Christian Poulsen	Midfielder	30 September 2014	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

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Fabian Sporkslede	Midfielder	26 January 2014	Willem II	-
Dejan Meleg	Forward	5 March 2015	SC Cambuur	-
Transfer
André Onana	Goalkeeper	14 January 2015	FC Barcelona	€200,000
Daley Sinkgraven	Midfielder	30 January 2015	SC Heerenveen	€7 milliion

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Sheraldo Becker	Forward	4 January 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	27 January 2015	NAC Breda	-
Lerin Duarte	Midfielder	31 January 2015	SC Heerenveen	-
Free Transfer
Maurits Schmitz	Goalkeeper	1 January 2015	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Stefano Denswil	Defender	3 January 2015	Club Brugge	-
Tobias Sana	Midfielder	14 January 2015	Malmö FF	-
Robert van Koesveld	Defender	2 February 2015	SC Heerenveen	-
Ilan Boccara	Midfielder	2 March 2015	Hapoel Kfar Saba	-

External links

References

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2014–15 AFC Ajax season

Contents

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Player statistics

2014–15 Selection by Nationality

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2014–15

Points by match day

Total points by match day

Standing by match day

Goals by match day

Statistics for the 2014–15 season

2014–15 Team records

Topscorers

Placements

Competitions

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Eredivisie

League table

Matches

KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Friendlies

Transfers for 2014–15

Summer transfer window

Arrivals

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Arrivals

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