2024–25 AFC Ajax season
2024–25 season | |||
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Owner | AFC Ajax N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: AJAX) | ||
CEO | Menno Geelen (interim) | ||
Head coach | Francesco Farioli[1] | ||
Stadium | Johan Cruyff Arena | ||
Eredivisie | Pre-season | ||
KNVB Cup | Second round | ||
UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | ||
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The 2024–25 season will be the 125th season in the history of Ajax and their 69th consecutive season in the top flight.[2] The club will participate in the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup and UEFA Europa League.
Players
Squad
- 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.
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Transfers
In
Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Ref. |
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24 June 2024 | DF | ![]() |
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Undisclosed | [3] |
15 July 2024 | FW | ![]() |
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Free transfer | [4] |
Out
Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Ref. |
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5 June 2024 | FW | ![]() |
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€10,500,000 | [5] |
19 June 2024 | GK | ![]() |
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Undisclosed | [6] |
1 July 2024 | FW | ![]() |
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€13,000,000 | [7] |
4 July 2024 | DF | ![]() |
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€3,000,000[8] | [9] |
10 July 2024 | MF | ![]() |
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Free transfer | [10] |
Overview
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 analist and new fitness coach is Callum Walsh next to Allesandro Schoenmaker.
On 31 May, the new away kit for the new season and training range was released; Ajax Away: A Work of Amsterdam. [11][12]
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.[13][14]
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 and Manchester United had paid €100,000 for him.[15]
The home shirt of this season together with a prematch shirt were introduced on Friday July 5, the morning of the first practice game: Home is Here.[16]
On July 8, a new goalkeeping coach Jarkko Tuomisto was reported in the media. He had worked with Farioli at previous clubs.[17]
Pre-season and friendlies
Ajax starts the new season with new manager Francesco Farioli. Farioli's first day at Ajax from the new season was 12 July.[18] A large part of the Ajax selection started on Wednesday 19 June with the first tests and training methods at De Toekomst.[19] 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 urlier this month but were not at Euro 2024. This were Anton Gaaei, Sivert Mannsverk, Benjamin Tahirović, Kristian Hlynsson and Christian Rasmussen.
Ajax played the first practice game against PEC Zwolle on Friday, 5 July at a rainy De Toekomst ending in a 0–1 loss. Due to renovations and the replacement of grass, the game was 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.[20][21][22][23]
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 Heerenveen.[24][25]
Ajax announced that on Monday 5 there will be the Open Day event.[26]
Win
Draw
Loss
Cancelled/ Susp.
Fixtures
5 July 2024 Friendly | Ajax ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands |
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Marc Nagtegaal |
9 July 2024 Friendly | Ajax ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Oldebroek, Netherlands |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sportpark Bovenmolen Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Dennis Higler |
13 July 2024 Friendly | Ajax ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Wezep, Netherlands |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportpark Mulderssingel Referee: Jeroen Manschot |
18 July 2024 Friendly | Ajax ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Tiel, Netherlands |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportpark De Lok |
19 July 2024 Friendly | Ajax ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Driel, Netherlands |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Sportpark Driel Attendance: Behind closed doors |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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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
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League group 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 |
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
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 21 June 2024.
11 August 2024 1 | Ajax | v | Heerenveen | Amsterdam |
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena |
24 August 2024 3 | Ajax | v | Fortuna Sittard | Amsterdam |
--:-- 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 |
24 November 2024 13 | Ajax | v | PEC Zwolle | Amsterdam |
16:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena |
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 | 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 |
9 February 2025 22 | Fortuna Sittard | v | Ajax | Sittard |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion |
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 |
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 |
KNVB Cup
UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round
The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024.
25 July 2024 First leg | Ajax ![]() | v | ![]() | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
20:30 CEST | Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena |
1 August 2024 Second leg | Vojvodina ![]() | v | ![]() | Bačka Topola, Serbia |
20:00 CEST | Stadium: TSC Arena |
Statistics
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