2016–17 AFC Ajax season: Difference between revisions

Ajax
2016–17 season
Chairman	Hennie Henrichs
Manager	Peter Bosz
Eredivisie	2th
KNVB Cup	Third Round
Champions League	Play-off Round
Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Davy Klaassen (6); All: ; Davy Klaassen (10)
Highest home attendance	48,343 vs Roda JC (13 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	45,405 vs Willem II (20 August 2016)
Home colours	Away colours
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During the 2016–17 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.The first training took place on Saturday 25 June 2016. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Friday 29 July 2016.

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	NED	Tim Krul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NED	Kenny Tete	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	0
3	DF	NED	Joël Veltman	16	0	9	0	7	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald	15	1	6+2	0	5+1	1	1	0
5	DF	COL	Davinson Sánchez	13	2	9	2	4	0	0	0
6	DF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	10	1	3+2	0	2+1	0	2	1
7	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	14	0	3+4	0	3+2	0	2	0
8	MF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	16	1	9+3	1	3	0	1	0
9	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré	14	3	8+1	2	5	1	0	0
10	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	17	10	10	6	7	4	0	0
11	FW	GER	Amin Younes	15	1	8+1	0	5+1	1	0	0
16	DF	GER	Heiko Westermann	4	0	0+2	0	1	0	1	0
17	FW	CZE	Václav Černý	3	1	0	0	0+1	0	2	1
19	FW	COL	Mateo Cassierra	14	3	1+5	1	2+4	0	2	2
20	FW	DEN	Lasse Schöne	10	2	4+1	1	1+3	0	1	1
21	MF	NED	Frenkie de Jong	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	MAR	Hakim Ziyech	9	3	6	1	2	1	1	1
24	GK	CMR	André Onana	11	0	8	0	3	0	0	0
25	FW	DEN	Kasper Dolberg	17	7	6+3	5	4+3	2	1	0
26	DF	NED	Nick Viergever	14	1	7+1	1	6	0	0	0
27	MF	SRB	Nemanja Gudelj	12	2	5+1	2	6	0	0	0
30	MF	NED	Donny van de Beek	5	0	1+2	0	1	0	1	0
33	GK	NED	Diederik Boer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	MF	NED	Abdelhak Nouri	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
35	MF	NED	Mitchell Dijks	12	0	6+2	0	3	0	1	0
36	DF	NED	Matthijs de Ligt	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
40	DF	NED	Carel Eiting	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	FW	NED	Pelle Clement	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
1	GK	NED	Jasper Cillessen	6	0	2	0	4	0	0	0

As of 26 October 2016

2016–17 Selection by Nationality

Nationality												Total Players
Current squad selection	14	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	25
Youth/reserves squad selection	17	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	20
Players out on loan	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2016–17

Current standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
2	10	7	2	1	23	23	9	18	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	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	1																									23

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	4	4	7	10	13	16	19	22	23																									23

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	4	5	8	4	3	3	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	3	2	1	3	1	2	5	3	2	1																									23

Topscorers

Eredivisie

Nr.	Name
1.	Davy Klaassen	6
2.	Kasper Dolberg	5
3.	Nemanja Gudelj	2
	Davinson Sánchez	2
	Bertrand Traoré	2
6.	Daley Sinkgraven	1
	Mateo Cassierra	1
	Nick Viergever	1
	Lasse Schöne	1
	Hakim Ziyech	1
Own goal	Kevin Conboy (FC Utrecht)	1
	Total	23

KNVB Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	Mateo Cassierra	2
1.	Pelle Clement	2
3.	Riechedly Bazoer	1
	Matthijs de Ligt	1
	Hakim Ziyech	1
	Lasse Schöne	1
	Abdelhak Nouri	1
	Anwar El Ghazi	1
	Václav Černý	1
	Total	11

UEFA Champions League

Nr.	Name
1.	Davy Klaassen	4
2.	Kasper Dolberg	1
	Total	5

UEFA Europa League

Nr.	Name
1.	Bertrand Traoré	2
2.
	Jaïro Riedewald	1
	Kasper Dolberg	1
	Hakim Ziyech	1
	Total	5

Placements

	Friendlies	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie
Status	7 played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses	Third Round Next opponent: TBD	Play-off round Last opponent: FC Rostov	Group Stage 3 played, 2 win, 1 draws, 0 losses 1st	10 played, 7 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss 2th

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

League table

Template:2016–17 Eredivisie table

Matches

7 August 2016 1	Sparta	1 – 3	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Sanusi 8' 86' Pinteaux 50' Dumfries 76'	Report	Klaassen 5' 90+3' Dijks 11' Sinkgraven 54' Cassierra 68' Veltman 84' Westerman 90'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,599 Referee: Kevin Blom

13 August 2016 2	Ajax	2 - 2	Roda	Amsterdam
19:45 CEST	Dolberg 8', 44' Riedewald 90' Klaassen 90'	Report	Auassar 17' Gullón 26' Van Hyfte 90+1' Ananou 90+4'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 48,343 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

20 August 2016 3	Ajax	1 - 2	Willem II	Amsterdam
19:45 CEST	Klaassen 1'	Report	Falkenburg 28' Fran Sol 31' Peters 40' Lachman 62' van den Boomen 66'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 45,405 Referee: Dennis Higler

28 August 2016 4	Go Ahead Eagles	0 - 3	Ajax	Deventer
14:30 CEST	Ritzmaier 37' Maatsen 43'	Report	Sánchez 20' Klaassen 24' 35' (pen.) Dolberg 25' Veltman 44' Onana 45' Traoré 59' Gudelj 62'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,756 Referee: Pol van Boekel

11 September 2016 5	Ajax	1 - 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST	Viergever 27' 55'	Report	Arnold Kruiswijk 67'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 47,168 Referee: Richard Liesveld

18 September 2016 6	Heracles Almelo	0 - 2	Ajax	Almelo
16:45 CEST	Van Ooijen 79'	Report	Klaassen 66' Gudelj 76'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,032 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 September 2016 7	Ajax	5 - 1	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
19:45 CEST	Sánchez 8', 38' Dolberg 55', 64' Traore 59'	Report	Brama 4' Holla 15' Van Polen 17' Verdonk 83'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 48,088 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

2 October 2016 8	Ajax	3 - 2	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30 CEST	Klaassen 34' Leeuwin 47' (o.g.) Schöne 79' (pen.) Ziyech 87'	Report	Conboy 27' 40' Janssen 37' Ayoub 51' Amrabat 69' Barazite 71' Haller 75' Strieder 78' Van der Maarel 90'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 47,243 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

16 October 2016 9	ADO Den Haag	0 - 2	Ajax	Den Haag
16:45 CEST	Jansen 33'	Report	Klaassen 20' Traoré 52'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 13,764 Referee: Kevin Blom

23 October 2016 10	Feyenoord	1 - 1	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	El Ahmadi 66' Van der Heijden 78' Kuyt 85'	Report	Dolberg 55' Traoré 56' Veltman 61' Klaassen 63'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

29 October 2016 11	Ajax	v	Excelsior	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

6 November 2016 12	AZ	v	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

19 November 2016 13	Ajax	v	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

27 November 2016 14	Heerenveen	v	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

3 December 2016 15	Ajax	v	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

11 December 2016 16	FC Twente	v	Ajax	Enschede
16:45 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

18 December 2016 17	Ajax	v	PSV	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

15 January 2017 18	PEC Zwolle	v	Ajax	Zwolle
CEST				Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion

22 January 2017 19	FC Utrecht	v	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30 CEST				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

29 January 2017 20	Ajax	v	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

5 February 2017 21	Roda	v	Ajax	Kerkrade
12:30 CEST				Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion

12 February 2017 22	Ajax	v	Sparta	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST				Attendance: Amsterdam Arena

19 February 2017 23	Vitesse	v	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CEST				Stadium: GelreDome

26 February 2017 24	Ajax	v	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

5 March 2017 25	FC Groningen	v	Ajax	Groningen
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Euroborg

12 March 2017 26	Ajax	v	FC Twente	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

19 March 2017 27	Excelsior	v	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Stadion Woudestein

2 April 2017 28	Ajax	v	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

5 April 2017 29	Ajax	v	AZ	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

8 April 2017 30	N.E.C.	v	Ajax	Nijmegen
19:45 CEST				Stadium: Stadion de Goffert

16 April 2017 31	Ajax	v	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

23 April 2017 32	PSV	v	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST				Stadium: Philips Stadion

7 May 2017 33	Ajax	v	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

14 May 2017 34	Willem II	v	Ajax	Tilburg
14:30 CEST				Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

KNVB Cup

21 September 2016 Round 1	Ajax	5 - 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	Bazoer 13' De Ligt 25' Westermann 63' Ziyech 72' Schöne 82' Nouri 89'	report	Kali 58' Heerkens 75'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 33,250 Referee: Danny Makkelke

26 October 2016 Round 2	Kozakken Boys	1 - 6	Ajax	Werkendam
18:30 CEST	El Azzouti 13' Mulder 54' Mendes Moreira 63' Ignacio 85'	report	Casierra 25', 33' El Ghazi 29' Černý 41' De Ligt 48' Clement 51', 89'	Stadium: Sportpark De Zwaaier Referee: Jeroen Manschot

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

26 July 2016 First leg	Ajax	1 – 1	PAOK	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST	Dolberg 58' Schöne 90+2'	Report	Campos 27' Athanasiadis 30' Glykos 74'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 45,640 Referee: Javier Estrada

3 August 2016 Second leg	PAOK	1 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Ajax	Salonika, Greece
20:45 CEST	Athanasiadis 4' Leovac 45' Crespo 56'	Report	Klaassen 45+1' (pen.), 88' Gudelj 57' Tete 66' Riedewald 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Toumba Attendance: 24,930 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Play-off round

16 August 2016 First leg	Ajax	1 – 1	Rostov	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST	Klaassen 38' (pen.) 65' Veltman 88'	Report	Erokhin 8' Noboa 13' 90' Navas 37' Kudryashov 52' Ezatolahi 74' Gatskan 89'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 51,463 Referee: Willie Collum

24 August 2016 Second leg	Rostov	4 - 1 (5 - 2 agg.)	Ajax	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
20:45 CEST	Azmoun 34' 39' Poloz 41' 66' Erokhin 52' Navas 53' Noboa 60' Kudrayashov 83'	Report	Klaassen 84' (pen.) Viergever 87'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 15,320 Referee: Milorad Mažić

UEFA Europa League

Group Stage

Template:2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group G table

15 September 2016 1	Panathinaikos	1-2	Ajax	Athens, Greece
21:05 CEST	Marcus Berg 5' Koutroubis 35' Giandomenico Mesto 66' Zeca 68' Ivan Ivanov 69' Lucas Villafanez 71' Mubarak Wakaso 90+1'	report	Bertrand Traore 34' Nick Viergever 42' Jairo Riedewald 67' Hakim Ziyech 79' Joel Veltman 90+1'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 13,019 Referee: Andre Marriner

29 September 2016 2	Ajax	1-0	Standard Liège	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST	Dolberg 28' Sinkgraven 38'	report	Belfodil 43' Fai 72' Dompé 78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 31,352 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

20 October 2016 3	Celta Vigo	2-2	Ajax	Vigo, Spain
19:00 CEST	Fontàs 29' Planas 80' Orellana 82'	report	Sánchez 18' Ziyech 22' Gudelj 30' Veltman 31' Sinkgraven 57' Younes 71' Bazoer 90+2'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,397 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

3 November 2016 4	Ajax	v	Celta Vigo	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:05 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

24 November 2016 5	Ajax	v	Panathinaikos	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

8 December 2016 6	Standard Liège	v	Ajax	Liège, Belgium
21:05 CEST				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Friendlies

9 July 2016	Ajax	3 – 4	Liefering	Hippach, Austria
16:00 CEST	El Ghazi 68', 69' van de Beek 79'	Report	Hwang 15' Oberlin 23' Grabovac 75' Berisha 90'	Stadium: Lindenstadion Referee: Christoph Hofer

12 July 2016	AFC	2 – 2	Ajax	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST	Bosma 31' Jesse 57'	Report	Schöne 55' Murić 79'	Stadium: Sportpark Goed Genoeg

16 July 2015	Ajax	0 – 2	Gent	Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:00 CEST		Report	Coulibaly 13' Riedewald 46' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

16 July 2016	Ajax	1 – 2	Krylja Sovetov	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 CEST	Cassierra 10'	Report	Rodić 6' Tkache 69'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

20 July 2016	Béziers	0 – 2	Ajax	Béziers, France
15:00 CEST		Report	Sinkgraven 58' Živković 69'	Stadium: Stade de la Méditerranée

20 July 2016	Olympique Marseille	2 – 2	Ajax	Béziers, France
20:00 CEST	Sarr 60' (pen.) Alessandrini 63'	Report	Cassierra 7' Dolberg 86'	Stadium: Stade de la Méditerranée

6 October 2016	Ajax	2 – 1	N.E.C.	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Mazraoui 26' El Idrissi 48'	Report	Grot 48'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

Transfers for 2016–17

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2016 to 31 August 2016) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2016.

Arrivals

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Lerin Duarte	Midfielder	30 June 2016	NAC Breda	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	30 June 2016	FC Utrecht	-
Zakaria El Azzouzi	Forward	30 June 2016	FC Twente	-
Óttar Magnús Karlsson	Defender	30 June 2016	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Lucas Andersen	Forward	30 June 2016	Willem II	-
Queensy Menig	Forward	30 June 2016	PEC Zwolle	-
Sheraldo Becker	Forward	30 June 2016	PEC Zwolle	-
Lesly de Sa	Forward	30 June 2016	Willem II	-
Xavier Mous	Goalkeeper	30 June 2016	FC Oss	-
Loan
Tim Krul	Goalkeeper	25 August 2016	Newcastle United	-
Bertrand Traoré	Forward	12 August 2016	Chelsea	€2,0 million
Transfer
Hakim Ziyech	Midfielder	30 August 2016	FC Twente	€11.0 million
Davinson Sánchez	Defender	21 June 2016	Atlético Nacional	€5.0 million
Mateo Casierra	Forward	17 June 2016	Deportivo Cali	€5.0 million
Free Transfer
Heiko Westermann	Defender	14 July 2016	Real Betis	-
Boy Kemper	Defender	11 May 2016	FC Volendam	-
Danilho Doekhi	Defender	2 May 2016	Excelsior	-
Pascal Struijk	Defender	19 April 2016	ADO Den Haag	-
Abdallah Aberkane	Defender	11 April 2016	ADO Den Haag	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Robert Murić	Forward	20 August 2016	Pescara	-
Richairo Živković	Forward	30 June 2016	FC Utrecht	-
Indy Groothuizen	Goalkeeper	30 June 2016	FC Nordsjælland	-
Django Warmerdam	Defender	30 June 2016	PEC Zwolle	-
Leeroy Owusu	Defender	30 June 2016	Excelsior	-
Queensy Menig	Forward	30 June 2016	PEC Zwolle	-
Zakaria El Azzouzi	Forward	30 June 2016	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Transfer
Jasper Cillessen	Goalkeeper	25 August 2016	Barcelona	€13.0 + €2.0 million variables
Sheraldo Becker	Forward	21 August 2016	ADO Den Haag	€200.000
Arkadiusz Milik	Forward	2 August 2016	Napoli	€32.0 million
Ricardo van Rhijn	Defender	18 July 2016	Club Brugge	€1.8 million
Mike van der Hoorn	Defender	5 July 2016	Swansea City	€2.5 million
Lucas Andersen	Forward	5 July 2016	Grasshopper	€1.5 million
Viktor Fischer	Forward	26 May 2016	Middlesbrough	€5.0 million
Free Transfer
Danny Bakker	Midfielder	5 September 2016	Cambuur	-
Lerin Duarte	Midfielder	11 August 2016	Heracles Almelo	-
Elton Acolatse	Forward	21 July 2016	KVC Westerlo	-
Lesly de Sa	Forward	1 July 2016	Slovan Bratislava	-
Nicolai Boilesen	Defender	1 July 2016	Copenhagen	-
Milan Vissie	Midfielder	1 July 2016	SC Cambuur	-
Aschraf El Mahdioui	Midfielder	1 July 2016	ADO Den Haag	-
Philippe Sandler	Forward	17 June 2016	PEC Zwolle	-
Sam Hendriks	Forward	15 June 2016	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	9 June 2016	Slovan Bratislava	-
Damon Mirani	Defender	31 May 2016	Almere City	-
Xavier Mous	Goalkeeper	19 May 2016	FC Oss	-
Jordy Bruijn	Midfielder	13 May 2016	sc Heerenveen	-
Óttar Magnús Karlsson	Forward	22 April 2016	Vikingur Reykjavik	-
Damian van Bruggen	Defender	19 April 2016	PSV	-

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