2016–17 AFC Ajax season

Ajax

2016–17 season
Chairman	Hennie Henrichs
Manager	Peter Bosz
Eredivisie	3th
KNVB Cup	First Round
Champions League	Play-off Round
Europa League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Davy Klaassen (5) All: Davy Klaassen (9)
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

During the 2016–17 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League .

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
				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	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Joël Veltman	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald	11	1	6	0	5	1	0	0
5	DF	COL	Davinson Sánchez	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
7	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	9	0	3+2	0	3+1	0	0	0
8	MF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	6	1	2+3	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré	8	1	4+1	0	3	1	0	0
10	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	11	9	6	5	5	4	0	0
11	FW	GER	Amin Younes	9	0	4+1	0	3+1	0	0	0
16	DF	GER	Heiko Westermann	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	CZE	Václav Černý	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	FW	COL	Mateo Cassierra	8	1	1+3	1	2+2	0	0	0
20	FW	DEN	Lasse Schöne	4	0	0+1	0	0+3	0	0	0
21	MF	NED	Frenkie de Jong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	MAR	Hakim Ziyech	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
24	GK	CMR	André Onana	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	DEN	Kasper Dolberg	10	3	2+3	2	2+3	1	0	0
26	DF	NED	Nick Viergever	8	1	3+1	1	4	0	0	0
27	MF	SRB	Nemanja Gudelj	9	2	5	2	4	0	0	0
30	MF	NED	Donny van de Beek	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	NED	Diederik Boer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	NED	Abdelhak Nouri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	NED	Mitchell Dijks	9	0	6	0	3	0	0	0
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 18 September 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
3	6	3	1	1	13	12	5	14	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																													13

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																													13

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																													3

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																													12

Topscorers

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Davy Klaassen 5 2. Nemanja Gudelj 2 2. Kasper Dolberg 2 4. Daley Sinkgraven 1 4. Mateo Cassierra 1 4. Nick Viergever 1 Total 12

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. Total 0

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1. Davy Klaassen 4 2. Kasper Dolberg 1 Total 5 UEFA Europa League Nr. Name 1. Bertrand Traoré 1 1. Jaïro Riedewald 1 Total 2

Placements

	Friendlies	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie
Status	6 played, 1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses	First Round Next opponent: Willem II	Play-off round Last opponent: FC Rostov	Group Stage 1 played, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses 1st	6 played, 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss 3th

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

Main article: 2016–17 Eredivisie

Matches

Sparta v Ajax

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: 11.000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v Roda

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

Ajax v Willem II

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

Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax

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

Ajax v Vitesse

11 September 2016 5	Ajax	1 - 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST	Viergever  27' 55'	Report	Arnold Kruiswijk  67'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

18 September 2016 4	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

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2016-17 KNVB Cup

Ajax v Willem II

21 september 2016 Round 1	Ajax	v	Willem II	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round

Ajax v PAOK

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

PAOK v Ajax

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Ajax v Rostov

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

Rostov v Ajax

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group Stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Panathinaikos v Ajax

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 Referee: Andre Marriner

Ajax v Standard Liège

29 September 2016 2	Ajax	v	Standard Liège	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Celta Vigo v Ajax

20 October 2016 3	Celta Vigo	v	Ajax	Vigo, Spain
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Balaídos

Ajax v Celta Vigo

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

Ajax v Panathinaikos

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

Standard Liège v Ajax

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

Friendlies

Ajax v Liefering

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

AFC v Ajax

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

Ajax v Gent

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

Ajax v Krylja Sovetov

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

Béziers v Ajax

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

Olympique Marseille v Ajax

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

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	-