2015–16 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2015–16 season
Chairman	Hennie Henrichs
Manager	Frank de Boer
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arkadiusz Milik (21); All: ; Arkadiusz Milik (24)
Highest home attendance	51,862 vs PEC Zwolle (3 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance	3,750 at Excelsior (20 September 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 AFC Ajax season saw the club participate in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The first training took place on 6 July 2015 while the traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on 20 July.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2015–16 season was held on 6 June 2015. In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a training stage in Neustift, Austria. The squad, with manager Frank de Boer, remained there from 15 to 24 June. During this training stage, a friendly match was played against Dynamo Moscow, whereupon the club then traveled back to the Netherlands, residing at De Lutte for additional training. The squad stayed there from 30 June to 5 July, when further friendly matches were played against Nordsjælland, Panathinaikos and VfL Wolfsburg. Traveling to France, a further friendly match was played against Saint-Étienne.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League		KNVB Cup 2015 Johan Cruyff Shield
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Jasper Cillessen	39	0	31	0	8	0	0	0
2	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn	14	0	12	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Joël Veltman	37	2	32	2	5	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Mike van der Hoorn	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	32	5	28	5	4	0	0	0
7	FW	DEN	Viktor Fischer	34	9	26	7	8	2	0	0
8	MF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	20	0	16	0	4	0	0	0
9	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Milik	36	22	29	21	7	1	0	0
10	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	37	15	29	13	8	2	0	0
11	MF	GER	Amin Younes	31	6	25	6	6	0	0	0
17	DF	DEN	Nicolai Boilesen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	NED	Richairo Zivkovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	DEN	Lasse Schöne	30	5	24	4	6	1	0	0
21	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	33	11	26	11	7	0	0	0
22	DF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald	29	0	21	0	8	0	0	0
23	DF	NED	Kenny Tete	27	0	20	0	7	0	0	0
24	GK	CMR	André Onana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	RSA	Thulani Serero	15	1	12	1	3	0	0	0
26	DF	NED	Nick Viergever	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	SRB	Nemanja Gudelj	40	5	32	4	8	1	0	0
29	FW	NED	Sam Hendriks	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	NED	Donny van de Beek	10	1	8	0	2	1	0	0
31	FW	CRO	Robert Murić	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	CZE	Václav Černý	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	NED	Diederik Boer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	NED	Abdelhak Nouri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	NED	Mitchell Dijks	35	0	28	0	7	0	0	0
36	MF	NED	Mauro Savastano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	DEN	Kasper Dolberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	NED	Norbert Alblas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	NED	Leeroy Owusu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	NED	Damian van Bruggen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 7 March 2016

2015–16 selection by nationality

Nationality												Total Players
Current squad selection	14	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	25	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	32
Players out on loan	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2015–16

Current standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
2nd	34	25	7	2	82	81	21	3	0

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	3	3	1	3	3	0	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	1	3	3	1	82

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	9	12	13	16	19	19	22	25	28	29	32	35	38	38	41	44	47	48	49	52	55	58	61	64	65	68	71	74	75	78	81	82	82

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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	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	3	2	4	2	2	2	1	2	3	6	1	5	2	5	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	3	1	2	2	4	1	81

Statistics for the 2015–16 season

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

	Friendlies	Johan Cruyff Shield	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	6 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 2	0 of 0	34 of 34	40 of 43
Win	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 2	0 of 0	25 of 34	27 of 43
Draw	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 2	0 of 0	7 of 34	9 of 43
Loss	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 2	0 of 0	2 of 34	4 of 43
Home	2 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 17	2 of 20
Away	4 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 17	4 of 23
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of substitutes used	43	0	0	0	0	0	43
Goals for	12	0	0	0	0	62	74
Goals against	8	0	0	0	0	21	29
Balance	+4	0	0	0	0	+22	+26
Clean sheets	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Penalties for	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2015–16 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	Ajax – Umm Salal ( 6–1 )
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	—
	UEFA Europa League	—
	Eredivisie	AZ – Ajax ( 0–3 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	Ajax – Nordsjælland ( 1–3 )
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	Ajax – Rapid Wien ( 2–3 )
	UEFA Europa League	—
	Eredivisie	—
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	Ajax – Umm Salal ( 6–1 )
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	Ajax – Rapid Wien ( 2–3 )
	UEFA Europa League	—
	Eredivisie	AZ – Ajax ( 0–3 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr.	Name
1.	Yaya Sanogo	3
2.	Lasse Schöne	2
3.	Riechedly Bazoer	1
	Danny Bakker	1
	Arkadiusz Milik	1
	Anwar El Ghazi	1
	Davy Klaassen	1
	Lucas Andersen	1
Own goal	Maksim Kuzmin (Dynamo Moscow)	1
Total		12

Eredivisie

Nr.	Name
1.	Arkadiusz Milik	21
2.	Davy Klaassen	12
3.	Anwar El Ghazi	11
4.	Viktor Fischer	7
5.	Amin Younes	6
6.	Riechedly Bazoer	5
7.	Nemanja Gudelj	4
8.	Lasse Schöne	4
9.	Joël Veltman	2
10.	Thulani Serero	1
Total		64

KNVB Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	Viktor Fischer	1
1.	John Heitinga	1
Total		2

UEFA Champions League

Nr.	Name
1.	Davy Klaassen	2
2.	Arkadiusz Milik	1
2.	Nemanja Gudelj	1
Total		4

UEFA Europa League

Nr.	Name
1.	—	-
Total		—

Placements

	Friendlies	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie
Status	6 played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses	4th Round Next opponent: De Graafschap	Third qualifying round Last opponent: SK Rapid Wien Placement for: UEFA Europa League Playoffs	Playoff Round Next opponent: FK Jablonec	—

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven (C)	34	26	6	2	88	32	+56	84	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ajax	34	25	7	2	81	21	+60	82	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	19	6	9	62	40	+22	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	AZ	34	18	5	11	70	53	+17	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Utrecht	34	15	8	11	57	48	+9	53	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[b]

Source: Eredivisie, NUsport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 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 (only if deciding champion, European competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 KNVB Cup.
^ Four teams played for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Matches

9 August 2015 1	AZ	0–3	Ajax	Alkmaar
12:30 CEST	Van Overeem 66'	Report	El Ghazi (14), 38', 33' Gudelj 40' Klaassen 69' Riedewald 90'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,637 Referee: Bas Kuipers

15 August 2015 2	Ajax	3–0	Willem II	Amsterdam
19:45 CEST	Milik 18' El Ghazi 67', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,494 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

23 August 2015 3	NEC	0–2	Ajax	Nijmegen
	Kane 37'	Report	Milik 48' Sinkgraven 79' Van Eijden 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,321 Referee: Dennis Higler

30 August 2015 4	Ajax	4–0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
Report	El Ghazi 16', 74' Klaassen 20' Veltman 58'		Alberg 34' Beugelsdijk 83'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 43,578 Referee: Danny Makkelie

12 September 2015 5	Twente	2–2	Ajax	Enschede
	Ede 16' Gutiérrez 20' Ziyech 51' (pen.) Makotjo 62' Olaitan 71' Drommel 81'	Report	Viergever 17' Gudelj 51', 82' (pen.) El Ghazi 59' Fischer 65'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

20 September 2015 6	Excelsior	0–2	Ajax	Rotterdam
	Mattheij 54' Hasselbaink 60'	Report	El Ghazi 33' Milik 42' Riedewald 58'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Kevin Blom

26 September 2015 7	Ajax	2–0	Groningen	Amsterdam
	Gudelj 23' Fischer 80'	Report	Bacuna 85'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,676 Referee: Richard Liesveld

4 October 2015 8	Ajax	1–2	PSV	Amsterdam
	Younes 10' Tete 51' Veltman 65' Dijks 88'	Report	Pereiro 7', 79', 90' Bruma 17' Guardado 29' Locadia 55'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,154 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

17 October 2015 9	Heracles	0–2	Ajax	Almelo
	Pelupessy 58' Te Wierik 62' Bruns 69'	Report	El Ghazi 14' Gudelj 22', 74' Dijks 79'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,080 Referee: Kevin Blom

25 October 2015 10	Vitesse	1–3	Ajax	Arnhem
	Nakamba 46' Qazaishvili 54' Van der Werff 61' Leerdam 70' Ibarra 90+2'	Report	Gudelj 1' Dijks 39' Fischer 71' Bazoer 73' Schöne 86'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,163 Referee: Richard Liesveld

31 October 2015 11

Ajax

6–0

Roda JC

8 November 2015 12

Feyenoord

1–1

Ajax

21 November 2015 13

Ajax

5–1

Cambuur

29 November 2015 14

PEC Zwolle

0–2

Ajax

5 December 2015 15

Ajax

5–2

Heerenveen

13 December 2015 16

Utrecht

1–0

Ajax

20 December 2015 17

Ajax

2–1

De Graafschap

17 January 2016 18

ADO Den Haag

0–1

Ajax

23 January 2016 19

Ajax

1–0

Vitesse

26 January 2016 20

Ajax

0–0

Heracles

31 January 2016 21

Roda JC

2–2

Ajax

7 February 2016 22

Ajax

2–1

Feyenoord

14 February 2016 23

Groningen

1–2

Ajax

21 February 2016 24

Ajax

3–0

Excelsior

28 February 2016 25

Ajax

4–1

AZ

6 March 2016 26

Willem II

0–4

Ajax

13 March 2016 27

Ajax

2–2

NEC

20 March 2016 28

PSV

0–2

Ajax

3 April 2016 29

Ajax

3–0

PEC Zwolle

9 April 2016 30

Cambuur

0–1

Ajax

17 April 2016 31

Ajax

2–2

Utrecht

20 April 2016 32

Heerenveen

0–2

Ajax

1 May 2016 33

Ajax

4–0

Twente

8 May 2016 34

De Graafschap

1–1

Ajax

KNVB Cup

23 September 2015 Round 2	Ajax	2–0	De Graafschap	Amsterdam
20:45	Fischer 41' Heitinga 85'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 24,738 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

28 October 2015 Round 3	Feyenoord	1–0	Ajax	Rotterdam
19:45	Veltman 90+5' (o.g.)			Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

29 July 2015 First leg	Rapid Wien	2–2	Ajax	Vienna, Austria
21:05	Petsos 42' Kainz 48' Schwab 59' Berić 76'	Report	Klaassen 25', 43', 71' Veltman 76'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 43,200 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

4 August 2015 Second leg	Ajax	2–3 (4–5 a agg.)	Rapid Wien	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:15	Milik 52' Gudelj 75'	Report	Berič 12' Schaub 39', 77'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Play-off round

20 August 2015 First leg	Ajax	1–0	FK Jablonec	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CET	Milik 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,898 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

27 August 2015 Second leg	FK Jablonec	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Ajax	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Chance Arena Attendance: 6,040 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MOL	FEN	AJX	CEL
1	Molde	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	1–1	3–1
2	Fenerbahçe	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	1–0	1–1
3	Ajax	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7		1–1	0–0	—	2–2
4	Celtic	6	0	3	3	8	12	−4	3		1–2	2–2	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

17 September 2015 1	Ajax	2–2	Celtic	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CET	Fischer 25' Schøne 84'	Report	Bitton 8' Lustig 42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,455 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

1 October 2015 2	Molde	1–1	Ajax	Molde, Norway
21:00 CET	Hestad 8'	Report	Fischer 19'	Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 7,890 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Friendlies

4 July 2015	Ajax	2–2	Dynamo Moscow	Kematen, Austria
20:00	Kuzmin 19' (o.g.) Bazoer 59'	Report	Kuzmin 30' M'Vila 83'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen

10 July 2015	Ajax	1–3	Nordsjælland	Hardenberg, Netherlands
16:30	Bakker 81'	Report	Ingvartsen 8' Moberg Karlsson 17', 66'	Stadium: De Boshoek

10 July 2015	Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos	Epe, Netherlands
20:00	Milik 33' El Ghazi 87'	Report		Stadium: De Wachtelenberg

17 July 2015	Ajax	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

22 July 2015	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Ajax	Valenciennes, France
19:00	Bamba 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

10 August 2015	Ajax	6–1	Umm Salal	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00	Schöne 2', 13' Sanogo 6', 17', 35' Andersen 30'	Report	Sagbo 53'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

8 October 2015	Ajax	1–2	Southampton	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:30	Schöne 60' (pen.)	Report	Seager 19' Juanmi 60'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

Transfers for 2015–16

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2015 to 31 August 2015) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2015.

Arrivals

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Sheraldo Becker	Forward	30 June 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
Lerin Duarte	Midfielder	30 June 2015	Heerenveen	-
Mickey van der Hart	Goalkeeper	30 June 2015	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Bas Kuipers	Defender	30 June 2015	Excelsior	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	30 June 2015	NAC Breda	-
Lesly de Sa	Forward	30 June 2015	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Loan
Yaya Sanogo	Forward	17 July 2015	Arsenal	-
Transfer
Arkadiusz Milik	Forward	1 April 2015	Bayer Leverkusen	€2,800,000
Francesco Antonucci	Midfielder	5 May 2015	Anderlecht	€500,000
Nemanja Gudelj	Midfielder	6 May 2015	AZ	€6,000,000
Dragiša Gudelj	Defender	9 May 2015	NAC Breda	€150,000
Mitchell Dijks	Defender	19 June 2015	Willem II	€1,000,000
Kasper Dolberg	Forward	30 June 2015	Silkeborg	€270,000
Amin Younes	Midfielder	15 July 2015	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€1,500,000
Free Transfer
John Heitinga	Defender	25 June 2015	Hertha BSC	-
Keshone Mettendaf	Midfielder	30 June 2015	Almere City	-
Frenkie de Jong	Midfielder	24 August 2015	Willem II	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Xavier Mous	Goalkeeper	30 June 2015	Oss	-
Peter Leeuwenburgh	Goalkeeper	30 June 2015	Dordrecht	-
Sheraldo Becker	Forward	30 June 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	30 June 2015	Willem II	-
Lesly de Sa	Forward	30 June 2015	Willem II	-
Richairo Zivkovic	Forward	30 June 2015	Willem II	-
Queensy Menig	Forward	27 July 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
Lucas Andersen	Midfielder	24 August 2015	Willem II	-
Loan return
Niki Zimling	Midfielder	30 June 2015	Mainz 05	-
Transfer
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	Forward	1 July 2015	Nantes	€3,500,000
Ricardo Kishna	Forward	27 July 2015	Lazio	€4,000,000
Free Transfer
Tom Noordhoff	Defender	29 April 2015	Telstar	-
Marvin Höner	Forward	20 May 2015	SV Rödinghausen	-
Sinan Keskin	Forward	20 May 2015	Utrecht	-
Joost Meendering	Goalkeeper	28 May 2015	HVV Hollandia	-
Melvin Vissers	Midfielder	29 May 2015	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Bas Kuipers	Defender	20 June 2015	Excelsior	-
Mike Grim	Goalkeeper	23 June 2015	Almere City	-
Niklas Moisander	Defender	30 June 2015	Sampdoria	-
James Efmorfidis	Midfielder	30 June 2015	AZ	-
Shaquill Sno	Defender	30 June 2015	–	-
Samet Bulut	Forward	30 June 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
Fabian Sporkslede	Midfielder	16 July 2015	Chievo	-
Donyell Malen	Forward	24 July 2015	Arsenal	-
Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui	Midfielder	11 August 2015	PEC Zwolle	-
Mickey van der Hart	Goalkeeper	14 August 2015	PEC Zwolle	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2016 to 1 February 2016) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2015–16.

Arrivals

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Frenkie de Jong	Midfielder	1 January 2016	Willem II	-
Peter Leeuwenburgh	Goalkeeper	5 January 2016	Dordrecht	-
Richairo Zivkovic	Forward	31 January 2016	Willem II	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	31 January 2016	Willem II	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Óttar Magnús Karlsson	Forward	2 January 2015	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Zakaria El Azzouzi	Forward	4 January 2015	Twente	-
Lerin Duarte	Midfielder	31 January 2015	NAC Breda	-
Ruben Ligeon	Defender	31 January 2016	Utrecht	-
Return from loan spell
Yaya Sanogo	Forward	31 January 2016	Arsenal	-
Free Transfer
Dejan Meleg	Forward	3 January 2016	Vojvodina	-
John Heitinga	Defender	31 January 2016	–	-

References

^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal Seizoen 2015/'16" [Regulations professional football 2015–16 season] (pdf) (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. p. 44. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.10878683911114-1] Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 KNVB Cup.

[table_note_res_EUPO0.10878683911114-2] Four teams played for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

[3] "Reglementen betaald voetbal Seizoen 2015/'16" [Regulations professional football 2015–16 season] (pdf) (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. p. 44. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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Grounds	Het Veldje (1893–1900) Amsterdam-Noord (1900–1907) Het Houten Stadion (1907–1934) De Meer Stadion (1934–1996) Olympic Stadium (1934–1996) Johan Cruyff Arena (1996–present)
Training grounds	Sportpark De Toekomst (1996–present) adidas miCoach Performance Centre (2011–present)
Academy	Ajax Youth Academy
Tournaments	Amsterdam Tournament (1975–2009) U19: Copa Amsterdam (2005–present) U17: Future Cup (2010–present)
Rivalries	De Klassieker (with Feyenoord) De Topper (with PSV) Noord-Hollandse Derby (with AZ ‧ Telstar ‧ FC Volendam) Hofstad vs. Hoofdstad (with ADO Den Haag) Stadsderby (with Blauw-Wit ‧ DWS ‧ De Volewijckers) Other (with FC Groningen ‧ FC Twente ‧ FC Utrecht)
Supporters	AFCA Supportersclub Ajax Business Associates Supportersvereniging Ajax
Culture	A.F.C.A (clothing) A.F.C.A (hooligans) AFC Ajax N.V. "Ajax" Ajax Experience "Ajax Hup Hup Hup" "Ajax-mars" "Ajax, Olé Olé Olé" Ajax Supportershome Battle of Beverwijk Big Three "Blah Blah Blah" "Bloed, zweet en tranen" Club van 100 F-side Halte ArenA "Hava Nagila" De kabel Kamp Seedorf Lucky Lynx "Mijn Stad" De Mistwedstrijd Nail bombs incident North Up Alliance "Oei Oei Oei (Dat Was Me Weer Een Loei)" South Crew Staafincident "Three Little Birds" "Tokyo" Total Football VAK410 "De Voetbalmatch" Vuurwerkincident "We gaan naar Londen" "We gaan naar Rome" "Wij zijn Ajax" World of Ajax
Media	1900 Ajax Life Ajax Magazine Ajax TV Ajax, dit is mijn club Ajax-nieuws Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings Ajaxjournaal Becoming Zlatan The Price of Heaven Superjews
Former teams	Ajax Baseball Club (1922–1972) Ajax Cape Town (1999–2020) Ajax Orlando Prospects (2002–2007) Ajax Hellas Youth Academy (2011–2016)
Affiliated clubs	Almere City Barcelona Beijing Guoan Cruzeiro Gamba Osaka Guangzhou R&F Pachuca Palmeiras Sagan Tosu Sharjah FC Sparta Rotterdam Sydney FC AS Trenčín