2005–06 AFC Ajax season

During the 2005–06 Dutch football season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on 3 July 2005. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on 3 August 2005.

Ajax

2005–06 season
Chairman	John Jaakke
Manager	Danny Blind
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Winners
Champions League	Round of 32
Johan Cruyff Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (16 goals) All: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (22 goals)
Home colours Away colours European home colours

Pre-season

The first training for the 2005–06 season was held on 3 July 2005. In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a training camp in De Lutte, Netherlands, at the De Thij Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad from manager Danny Blind played friendly matches against DWV, WHC, Quick '20, HHC Hardenberg, Rijnsburgse Boys, Fortuna Sittard, Arminia Bielefeld and FC Omniworld. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Arsenal and Boca Juniors in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.[1]

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA C.L.		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Maarten Stekelenburg	37	0	27	0	6	0	4	0
2	DF		Hatem Trabelsi	30	0	20	0	7+1	0	2	0
3	DF		Zdeněk Grygera	27	1	18	1	8	0	1	0
4	DF		John Heitinga	28	1	13+6	1	3+3	0	2+1	0
6	MF		Tomáš Galásek	36	4	25+1	4	5+1	0	3+1	0
7	FW		Mauro Rosales	35	2	23+6	0	3+1	1	2	1
8	MF		Hedwiges Maduro	40	3	27+1	3	9	0	1+2	0
9	FW		Angelos Charisteas	24	9	7+10	8	1+3	0	2+1	1
10	MF		Steven Pienaar	24	2	14+1	2	9	0	0	0
11	FW		Ryan Babel	37	6	12+13	2	5+4	2	0+3	2
12	GK		Hans Vonk	12	0	7+1	0	4	0	0	0
15	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	33	4	22+2	3	5	0	4	1
17	FW		Yannis Anastasiou	9	3	3+3	0	3	3	0	0
18	MF		Wesley Sneijder	29	11	18+1	5	7	4	3	2
19	MF		Urby Emanuelson	36	2	22+4	1	8	0	2	1
21	DF		Olaf Lindenbergh	26	0	16+2	0	5	0	2+1	0
22	DF		Juanfran	21	0	11+5	0	2+1	0	2	0
24	FW		Markus Rosenberg	43	14	28+3	12	6+2	2	4	0
25	FW		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	21	22	16	16	2	1	3	5
27	MF		Edgar Manucharyan	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF		Nourdin Boukhari	36	6	17+7	4	7+2	1	3	1
29	FW		Nicolae Mitea	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Kenneth Vermeer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Emmanuel Boakye	7	0	3+3	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF		Vurnon Anita	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Robbert Schilder	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW		Rydell Poepon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Javier Martina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Jeffrey Sarpong	10	0	4+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
39	MF		John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF		Michael Timisela	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0
52	FW		Derk Boerrigter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF		Jan Vertonghen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	MF		Donovan Slijngard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
5	DF		Julien Escudé	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Maxwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Nigel de Jong	24	5	12+4	2	5+2	3	1	0
20	FW		Daniël de Ridder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Bogdan Lobonț	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	MF		Sebastián Rusculleda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 26 November 2011

Players by nationality

Nationality														Total Players
Current squad selection	10	1	2	2	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	23
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	7	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Players out on loan	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
4	34	18	6	10	60	66	41	57	7

Points by matchday

Matchday	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	1	3	0	1	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	3	3	3	0	1	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	3	3	3	60

Total points by matchday

Matchday	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	1	4	4	7	7	10	13	14	14	15	15	18	18	21	21	24	27	30	33	33	34	37	37	37	40	43	46	49	52	53	53	54	57	60	60

Standing by matchday

Matchday	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	6th	4th	6th	6th	6th	5th	5th	5th	5th	6th	6th	6th	9th	8th	6th	4th	4th	4th	6th	4th	7th	8th	6th	5th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5th	5th	5th	4th	4th	4th

Goals by matchday

Matchday	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	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	6	3	6	0	2	1	1	2	4	66

Overview

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	Eredivisie	UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-offs	Total
Matches	11	2	1	4	10	34	4	66
Wins	10	0	1	4	4	18	3	40
Draws	1	0	0	0	4	6	0	11
Losses	0	2	0	0	2	10	1	15
Home	1	2	1	2	5	17	2	30
Away	10	0	0	3	5	17	2	37
Yellow cards	8	0	3	7	14	54	4	90
Red cards	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	8
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3
Number of substitutes used	50	5	2	10	23	85	8	177
Goals for	62	0	2	15	17	66	10	172
Goals against	7	2	1	3	12	41	4	70
Balance	+55	-2	+1	+12	+5	+25	+6	+102
Clean sheets	7	0	0	1	2	12	2	24
Penalties for	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	6
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4

2005–06 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	Rijnsburgse Boys – Ajax ( 0 – 12 )
	KNVB Cup	FC Eindhoven – Ajax ( 1 – 6 )
	UEFA Champions League	Thun – Ajax ( 2 – 4 )
	Eredivisie	Ajax – RBC Roosendaal ( 6 – 0 ) Ajax – Sparta Rotterdam ( 6 – 0 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	—
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	Ajax – Arsenal ( 1 – 2 )
	Eredivisie	Ajax – Utrecht ( 1 – 4 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	Rijnsburgse Boys – Ajax ( 0 – 12 )
	KNVB Cup	FC Eindhoven – Ajax ( 1 – 6 )
	UEFA Champions League	Thun – Ajax ( 2 – 4 )
	Eredivisie	Ajax – RBC Roosendaal ( 6 – 0 ) Ajax – Sparta Rotterdam ( 6 – 0 )

Top scorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Yannis Anastasiou 10 Nicolae Mitea 10 3. Nourdin Boukhari 6 Nigel de Jong 6 5. Markus Rosenberg 5 6. Daniël de Ridder 4 7. Wesley Sneijder 3 Javier Martina 3 9. Rasmus Lindgren 2 Julien Escudé 2 Jan Vertonghen 2 Derk Boerrigter 2 13. Tom De Mul 1 Zdeněk Grygera 1 Tomáš Galásek 1 Ryan Babel 1 John Heitinga 1 Rydell Poepon 1 Own goals Rick Severein (VV Hierden) 1 Total 62

Johan Cruijff Schaal Nr. Name 1. Nourdin Boukhari 1 Ryan Babel 1 Total 2

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 16 2. Markus Rosenberg 12 3. Angelos Charisteas 8 4. Wesley Sneijder 5 5. Tomáš Galásek 4 Nourdin Boukhari 4 7. Hedwiges Maduro 3 Thomas Vermaelen 3 9. Steven Pienaar 2 Nigel de Jong 2 Ryan Babel 2 12. Urby Emanuelson 1 Zdeněk Grygera 1 Michael Timisela 1 John Heitinga 1 Own goals Daniel Majstorović (Twente) 1 Total 66

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 5 2. Wesley Sneijder 2 Ryan Babel 2 4. Angelos Charisteas 1 Nourdin Boukhari 1 Thomas Vermaelen 1 Mauro Rosales 1 Urby Emanuelson 1 Own goals Frank Demouge (FC Eindhoven) 1 Total 15

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1. Wesley Sneijder 4 2. Yannis Anastasiou 3 Nigel de Jong 3 4. Markus Rosenberg 2 Ryan Babel 2 6. Nourdin Boukhari 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Mauro Rosales 1 Total 17

Placements

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	Eredivisie
Status	11 played, 10 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses	4th place	Winners Last opponent: PSV	Winners Last opponent: PSV	Eliminated in Round of 32 Last opponent: Internazionale	4th place 60 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds

• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar finishes as top-scorer of the Eredivisie with 33 goals in 34 matches. (17 with Heerenveen / 16 with Ajax)
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is voted Player of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.
• Urby Emanuelson and Thomas Vermaelen are voted Talent of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.

Results

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

PSV v Ajax

5 August 2005	PSV	1 – 2	Ajax	Amsterdam
18:00 CET	Bouma  51'		Boukhari  72' Babel  78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Eredivisie

Main article: 2005–06 Eredivisie

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

14 August 2005 1	Ajax	−	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
14:30		Match rescheduled for 21 September 2005		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: - Referee: -

RBC Roosendaal v Ajax

20 August 2005 2	RBC Roosendaal	0 − 2	Ajax	Roosendaal
18:30		Report	Pienaar  59' Rosenberg  85'	Stadium: RBC Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v Feyenoord

28 August 2005 3	Ajax	1 − 2	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
11:30	Charisteas  79'	Report	Kalou  16' Kuyt  47'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,567 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Willem II v Ajax

10 September 2005 4	Willem II	0 − 2	Ajax	Tilburg
18:30		Report	Galásek  34' Grygera  60'  Charisteas  86'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ben Haverkort

AZ v Ajax

18 September 2005 5	AZ	4 – 2	Ajax	Alkmaar
11:30	Arveladze  35', 37' Perez  56', 58'	Report	Sneijder  10', 47' Lindenbergh  88'	Stadium: Alkmaarderhout Attendance: 8,747 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

21 September 2005 1	Ajax	2 − 2	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
19:15	Maduro  20' Sneijder  28' Heitinga  63'	Report	Elia  90' Saeijs  90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 42,854 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Roda JC

24 September 2005 6	Ajax	4 − 1	Roda JC	Amsterdam
19:15	Charisteas  27', 40' Pienaar  69' Galásek  86' (pen.)	Report	Eddy Sonko  81'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,856 Referee: René Temmink

Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax

2 October 2005 7	Sparta Rotterdam	1 − 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Polak  52'	Report	De Jong  63', 77'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Ajax v Heracles Almelo

15 October 2005 8	Ajax	0 − 0	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
19:15		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,650 Referee: Tom van Sichem

PSV v Ajax

23 October 2005 9	PSV	1 − 0	Ajax	Eindhoven
11:30	Simons  10' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v Heerenveen

28 October 2005 10	Ajax	0 – 0	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
19:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,364 Referee: Jack van Hulten

N.E.C. v Ajax

6 November 2005 11	N.E.C.	1 – 0	Ajax	Nijmegen
11:30	Denneboom  46'	Report		Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v Twente

19 November 2005 12	Ajax	2 – 0	Twente	Amsterdam
19:15	Majstorović  70' (o.g.) Rosenberg  90'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,120 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Utrecht v Ajax

27 November 2005 13	Utrecht	1 – 0	Ajax	Utrecht
11:30	Tiendalli  59'	Report		Stadium: Nieuw Galgenwaard Attendance: 22,137 Referee: Johan Verbist

Ajax v RKC Waalwijk

26 November 2006 14	Ajax	4 – 1	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
11:30	Maduro  46' Sneijder  48' Rosenberg  84' Babel  86'	Report	Hoogendorp  43'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Vitesse v Ajax

11 December 2005 15	Vitesse	0 – 2	Ajax	Arnhem
13:30		Report	Galásek  17' (pen.) Charisteas  75'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 24,400 Referee: Pieter Vink

NAC Breda v Ajax

18 December 2005 16	NAC Breda	0 – 2	Ajax	Breda
13:30		Report	Rosenberg  39' Sneijder  80'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 12,395 Referee: Dick Jol

Ajax v Groningen

27 December 2005 17	Ajax	3 – 2	Groningen	Amsterdam
19:00	Rosenberg  7' Charisteas  18', 67'	Report	Salmon  80' Levchenko  89'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,547 Referee: Rien Koopman

Heerenveen v Ajax

30 December 2005 18	Heerenveen	4 – 2	Ajax	Heerenveen
19:00	Samaras  35', 76' Huntelaar  38' Hanssen  67' Bosvelt  90'	Report	Vermaelen  79' Galásek  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v N.E.C.

15 January 2006 19	Ajax	1 – 1	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
13:30	Rosenberg  12'	Report	Wielaert  6'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Twente v Ajax

22 January 2006 20	Twente	2 – 3	Ajax	Enschede
11:30	Nkufo  25', 52'	Report	Rosenberg  51' Maduro  89' Emanuelson  90'	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: 13,250 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v Utrecht

29 January 2006 21	Ajax	1 – 4	Utrecht	Amsterdam
13:30	Rosenberg  46'	Report	Ramzi  2', 48', 86' Nelisse  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Dick Jol

Feyenoord v Ajax

5 February 2006 22	Feyenoord	3 – 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Hofs  21' Castelen  46' Kuyt  48'	Report	Rosenberg  23' Huntelaar  90'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: René Temmink

Ajax v Willem II

8 February 2006 23	Ajax	1 – 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
19:15	Rosenberg  55'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond

ADO Den Haag v Ajax

12 February 2006 24	ADO Den Haag	1 – 2	Ajax	The Hague
11:30	Mols  33'	Report	Grygera  30' Huntelaar  55'	Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadion Attendance: 9,133 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v RBC Roosendaal

19 February 2006 25	Ajax	6 – 0	RBC Roosendaal	Amsterdam
13:30	Huntelaar  4', 71', 78', 83' Rosenberg  28', 86'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,383 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

26 February 2006 26	Heracles Almelo	1 – 3	Ajax	Almelo
13:30	Sluijter  19'	Report	Huntelaar  45' Timisela  82' Babel  90'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam

5 March 2006 27	Ajax	6 – 0	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
13:30	Boukhari  5', 14' Huntelaar  40', 53', 56', 62'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,476 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v PSV

11 March 2006 28	Ajax	0 – 0	PSV	Amsterdam
13:30		Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,741 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Groningen v Ajax

19 March 2006 29	Groningen	3 – 2	Ajax	Groningen
13:30	Levchenko  13' (pen.) Nevland  47' Van der Linden  71'	Report	Huntelaar  17' Vermaelen  68'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19,814 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v NAC Breda

26 March 2006 30	Ajax	1 – 1	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
13:30	Huntelaar  2'	Report	Mendes da Silva  80'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,700 Referee: Dick Jol

Roda JC v Ajax

8 April 2007 31	Roda JC	2 – 1	Ajax	Kerkrade
13:30	Lindenbergh  27' (o.g.) Sonko  89'	Report	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  18' Juanfran  78'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 16.200 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v AZ

9 April 2006 32	Ajax	1 – 0	AZ	Amsterdam
19:30	Boukhari  33'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,150 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v Vitesse Arnhem

12 April 2006 33	Ajax	2 – 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Amsterdam
19:00	Huntelaar  89' Charisteas  93'	Report	Hersi  62'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,686 Referee: Dick van Egmond

RKC Waalwijk v Ajax

29 April 2007 34	RKC Waalwijk	2 – 4	Ajax	Waalwijk
13:30	Lurling  18' Keller  43'  Peters  90'	Report	Heitinga  26' Huntelaar  44' (pen), 87' Boukhari  50'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Jack van Hulten

Play-offs

First round

Ajax v Feyenoord

20 April 2006 First leg	Ajax	3 – 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
19:15	Rosales  27' Pienaar  75'  Heitinga  79' Huntelaar  80'	Report	Bahia  61'  Castelen  84'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 34,364 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Feyenoord v Ajax

23 April 2006 Second leg	Feyenoord	2 – 4 (2 – 7 agg.)	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Kuyt  59', 87'	Report	Rosales  34' Huntelaar  40' Boukhari  51' Mitea  81'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 30,470 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Second round

Ajax v Groningen

26 April 2006 First leg	Ajax	2 – 0	Groningen	Amsterdam
19:15	Rosenberg  9' Charisteas  69'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 38,060 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Groningen v Ajax

3 May 2006 Second leg	Groningen	2 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Ajax	Groningen
18:00	Nevland  43' Silva  61' Buijs  90'	Report	Sneijder  88' Boukhari  90'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19,634 Referee: Ben Haverkort

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2005–06 KNVB Cup

FC Eindhoven v Ajax

22 December 2005 Round of 16	FC Eindhoven	1 − 6	Ajax	Eindhoven
23:00	Stojanović  69'		Charisteas  4' Sneijder  14', 62' Demouge  16' (o.g.) Boukhari  19' Vermaelen  81'	Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Kevin Blom

Heerenveen v Ajax

2 February 2006 Quarter-finals	Heerenveen	0 − 3	Ajax	Heerenveen
23:00			Rosales  9' Huntelaar  89' Emanuelson  90'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Ajax v Roda JC

22 March 2006 Semi-finals	Ajax	4 − 1 (a.e.t.)	Roda JC	Amsterdam
23:00	Huntelaar  90', 109' Babel  94', 106'		Oper  61'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 26,449 Referee: Eric Brramhaar

Ajax v PSV

7 May 2006 Final	Ajax	2 − 1	PSV	Rotterdam
19:45	Huntelaar  48', 90' Galásek  42'  64'		Lamey  53' Lamey  53'  70'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Brøndby v Ajax

10 August 2005 First leg	Brøndby	2 – 2	Ajax	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00	Skoubo  33' Escudé  90' (o.g.)	Report	Rosenberg  30' Babel  73'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 24,917 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Ajax v Brøndby

24 August 2005 Second leg	Ajax	3 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.)	Brøndby	Amsterdam
19:30	Babel  50' Sneijder  80', 88'	Report	Elmander  44'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 39,075 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	16
Ajax	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
Thun	6	1	1	4	4	9	-5	4
Sparta Prague	6	0	2	4	2	9	–7	2

Sparta Prague v Ajax

14 September 2005 1	Sparta Prague	1 – 1	Ajax	Prague, Czech Republic
19:45	Matušovič  66'	Report	Sneijder  90'	Stadium: Stadion Juliska Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Ajax v Arsenal

27 September 2005 2	Ajax	1 – 2	Arsenal	Amsterdam
19:45	Rosenberg  71'	Report	Ljungberg  2' Pires  69' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51.000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Ajax v Thun

18 October 2005 3	Ajax	2 – 0	Thun	Amsterdam
19:45	Anastasiou  36', 55'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44,772 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Thun v Ajax

2 November 2005 4	Thun	2 – 4	Ajax	Bern, Switzerland
19:45	Lustrinelli  56' Pimenta  74'	Report	Sneijder  27' Anastasiou  63' De Jong  90' Boukhari  90'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 30.919 Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)

Ajax v Sparta Prague

22 November 2005 5	Ajax	2 – 1	Sparta Prague	Amsterdam
19:45	De Jong  68', 89'	Report	Petráš  90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.158 Referee: Valentin Ivanov ((Russia))

Arsenal v Ajax

7 December 2005 6	Arsenal	0 – 0	Ajax	London, England
19:45		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35.376 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González ((Spain))

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Ajax v Internazionale

22 February 2006 1st Leg	Ajax	2 – 2	Internazionale	Amsterdam
19:45	Huntelaar  16' Rosales  20'	Report	Stanković  49' Cruz  86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,663 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Internazionale v Ajax

14 March 2006 2nd Leg	Internazionale	1 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Ajax	Milan, Italy
21:05	Stanković  57'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49,900 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Amsterdam Tournament

Ajax v Arsenal

29 July 2005	Ajax	0 − 1	Arsenal	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Lupoli  87'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Ajax v Boca Juniors

31 July 2005	Ajax	0 − 1	Boca Juniors	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Calvo  41'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: - Referee: Paul Allaerts

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2005

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	Pts
Arsenal	2	2	0	0	3	9
Porto	2	1	0	1	3	6
Boca Juniors	2	1	0	1	1	4
Ajax	2	0	0	2	0	0

Friendlies

DWV v Ajax

9 July 2005	DWV	0 − 7	Ajax	Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:00		Report	Sneijder  50', 79' Anastasiou  53', 54', 89' Mitea  56', 89'	Stadium: Spieringhorn Attendance: - Referee: -

WHC v Ajax

11 July 2005	WHC	3 − 4	Ajax	Wezep, Netherlands
18:45	De Weerdt  12' Füchten  14' Buitenhuis  40'	Report	Anastasiou  7' Lindgren  23' De Mul  34' Boukhari  90'	Stadium: Sportpark Mulder Singel Attendance: 7,000 Referee: -

Quick '20 v Ajax

12 July 2005	Quick '20	0 − 4	Ajax	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Boukhari  3' Mitea  34' De Jong  43' Grygera  82'	Stadium: Sportpark de Vondersweijde Attendance: 4,000 Referee: -

HHC Hardenberg v Ajax

14 July 2005	HHC Hardenberg	1 − 5	Ajax	Hardenberg, Netherlands
19:30	Buitenhuis  9'	Report	Galásek  54' (pen.) Rosenberg  57' De Ridder  76' De Jong  86' Mitea  90'	Stadium: De Boshoek Attendance: 4,500 Referee: -

Rijnsburgse Boys v Ajax

16 July 2005	Rijnsburgse Boys	0 − 12	Ajax	Rijnsburg, Netherlands
15:00		Report	Rosenberg  21', 35', 42' Escudé  32' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Lindgren  34' De Ridder  37', 74' Boukhari  38' De Jong  56', 76' Anastasiou  84'	Stadium: Sportpark Eikelhof Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dennis van Aken

Fortuna Sittard v Ajax

20 July 2005	Fortuna Sittard	2 − 3	Ajax	Sittard, Netherlands
19:30	Dassen  49' Daemen  63'	Report	Mitea  20' De Jong  42' Anastasiou  61'	Stadium: Trendwork Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: -

Arminia Bielefeld v Ajax

23 July 2005	Arminia Bielefeld	0 − 4	Ajax	Bielefeld, Germany
18:00		Report	Sneijder  26' Babel  35' Rosenberg  55' Heitinga  79'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 10,500 Referee: -

Ajax v FC Omniworld

3 August 2005	Ajax	3 − 0	FC Omniworld	Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:30	Anastasiou  18' De Jong  24' De Ridder  25'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 20,000

HFC Haarlem v Ajax

11 January 2006	HFC Haarlem	0 − 0	Ajax	Haarlem, Netherlands
20:00		Report		Stadium: Haarlem Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: -

FC Hilversum v Ajax

20 May 2006	FC Hilversum	0 − 10	Ajax	Hilversum, Netherlands
16:00		Report	Mitea  1', 23' Vertonghen  2', 57' Anastasiou  10' Boukhari  27', 35' Martina  37', 51' Boerrigter  85'	Stadium: Sportpark Crailoo Attendance: - Referee: -

VV Hierden v Ajax

23 May 2006	VV Hierden	1 − 10	Ajax	Hierden, Netherlands
23:00	van den Hul  21'	Report	Mitea  5', 10', 41' Martina  30' Anastasiou  36', 39' Poepon  79' Boerrigter  83' Boukhari  85' Severein  89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Mheenzicht Attendance: - Referee: -

Transfers

Summer

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2005 to 1 September 2005) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2005.

In

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Pius Ikedia	Forward	1 July 2005	RBC Roosendaal	-
	Thomas Vermaelen	Defender	1 July 2005	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Abubakari Yakubu	Defender	1 July 2005	Vitesse Arnhem	-
	Loan
	Juanfran	Defender	1 July 2005	Beşiktaş	-
	Transfer
	Markus Rosenberg	Forward	6 June 2005	Malmö FF	€5.3M
	Olaf Lindenbergh	Midfielder	9 June 2005	AZ	€1.2M
	Free Transfer
	Edgar Manucharyan	Forward	15 April 2005	Pyunik	-

Out

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Rasmus Lindgren	Midfielder	9 August 2005	Groningen	-
	Tom de Mul	Midfielder	24 August 2005	Vitesse Arnhem	-
	Loan return
	Filipe Luís	Defender	1 July 2005	Figueirense	-
	Gastón Sangoy	Forward	1 July 2005	Boca Juniors	-
	Transfer
	Rafael van der Vaart	Midfielder	1 June 2005	Hamburg	€5.5M
	Wesley Sonck	Forward	1 July 2005	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€2.5M
	Abubakari Yakubu	Midfielder	1 July 2005	Vitesse Arnhem	€0.75M
	Daniël de Ridder	Midfielder	31 August 2005	Celta Vigo	?
	Free
	Pius Ikedia	Forward	1 July 2005	AZ	-
	Ruud Kras	Defender	13 July 2005	Dordrecht	-
	Anthony Obodai	Midfielder	30 August 2005	Sparta Rotterdam	-

Winter

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2006 to 1 February 2006) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2005–06.

In

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Victor Sikora	Midfielder	1 January 2006	Heerenveen	-
	Transfer
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Forward	29 December 2005	Heerenveen	€9M

Out

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Stanley Aborah	Midfielder	4 November 2005	FC Den Bosch	-
	Victor Sikora	Midfielder	1 January 2006	NAC Breda	-
	Transfer
	Julien Escudé	Defender	18 January 2006	Sevilla	€1.5M
	Bogdan Lobonţ	Goalkeeper	22 January 2006	Fiorentina	€1.2M
	Nigel de Jong	Midfielder	26 January 2006	Hamburg	€3.5M
	Free
	Sebastián Rusculleda	Midfielder	29 December 2005	Boca Juniors	-
	Maxwell	Defender	2 January 2006	Internazionale	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website

References

1. "AFC Ajax Seizoen 2005-2006 (Dutch)". AjaxF-Side.nl. Retrieved 2012-02-01.