2008–09 AFC Ajax season

During the 2008–09 season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on Monday July 14, 2008. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Tuesday August 5, 2008, followed by a testimonial match for the retired former Ajax defender Jaap Stam.

Ajax

2008–09 season
Chairman	Uri Coronel
Manager	Marco van Basten (until 6 May 2009) John van 't Schip (interim)
Eredivisie	3rd
KNVB Cup	Third Round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Suárez (22 goals) All: Luis Suárez (28 goals)
Home colours Away colours

Pre-season

The first training for the 2008–09 season was held on July 14, 2008. 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 Marco van Basten played friendly matches against VV Noordwijk, CVV Germanicus and Excelsior '31 before traveling to the United Kingdom to play against Cardiff City and Sunderland, then traveling to Spain to play Real Murcia. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Arsenal and Internazionale in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Cup		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Maarten Stekelenburg	15	0	12	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Bruno Silva	13	0	5+3	0	3+1	0	1	0
3	DF		Oleguer	37	1	26+1	1	9	0	1	0
4	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	41	5	31	4	8	1	2	0
5	DF		Jan Vertonghen	35	5	23+3	4	7	1	2	0
6	MF		Rasmus Lindgren	32	2	15+7	2	6+2	0	1+1	0
7	DF		Kennedy Bakircioglü	12	2	5+3	1	2+1	1	1	0
8	DF		Urby Emanuelson	42	4	31+1	4	9	0	1	0
10	FW		Miralem Sulejmani	34	10	23+4	8	7	2	0	0
11	FW		Ismaïl Aissati	11	1	8+1	1	2	0	0	0
12	GK		Kenneth Vermeer	31	0	22	0	8	0	1	0
15	DF		Gregory van der Wiel	43	2	31+1	2	8+1	0	2	0
16	FW		Luis Suárez	43	28	30+1	22	10	5	2	1
17	DF		Rob Wielaert	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Gabri	21	1	12+4	1	3+1	0	1	0
20	FW		Darío Cvitanich	23	9	14+4	9	2+2	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Eyong Enoh	25	2	17+2	1	5	1	1	0
22	MF		Siem de Jong	16	1	5+5	1	2+2	0	1+1	0
23	FW		Leonardo	33	4	5+19	2	0+8	2	0+1	0
24	MF		Jan-Arie van der Heijden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Evander Sno	15	1	4+6	1	2+2	0	1	0
26	MF		Jeffrey Sarpong	14	1	6+4	1	2+1	0	1	0
28	MF		Vurnon Anita	21	1	12+4	0	3+2	1	0	0
29	MF		Mitchell Donald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Dennis Gentenaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Darko Bodul	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Javier Martina	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Robbert Schilder	18	0	7+4	0	3+2	0	0+2	0
38	DF		Toby Alderweireld	8	0	2+3	0	2+1	0	0	0
39	MF		Daley Blind	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	FW		Marvin Zeegelaar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
9	FW		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	15	9	10	6	4	2	1	1
11	FW		Kenneth Perez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Dennis Rommedahl	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Laurent Delorge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK		Hans Vonk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 31 October 2011

2008-09 selection by nationality

Nationality															Total Players
Current squad selection	11	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	27
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Players out on loan	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2008-09

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
3	34	21	5	8	68	74	41	60	6

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	0	3	1	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	3	68

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	0	3	4	7	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	25	26	29	32	35	38	41	41	41	42	42	45	48	51	52	55	58	61	64	64	65	65	68	68

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	12th	9th	12th	6th	10th	9th	5th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd

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	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	2	5	4	0	1	2	3	6	3	4	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	7	2	1	0	1	74

Statistics for the 2008-09 season

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2008-09 season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	KNVB Cup	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	7	2	2	10	34	55
Wins	4	0	1	5	21	31
Draws	1	0	0	3	5	9
Losses	2	2	1	2	8	14
Home	0	2	1	5	17	25
Away	7	0	1	5	17	30
Yellow cards	2	2	2	17	60	83
Red cards	0	0	0	2	6	8
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	1	3	4
Number of substitutes used	47	8	6	27	89	177
Goals for	24	2	2	16	74	118
Goals against	8	4	1	10	41	64
Balance	+16	-2	+1	+6	+33	+54
Clean sheets	3	0	1	4	14	22
Penalties for	2	0	0	2	8	12
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	3	3

2008-09 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	Excelsior '31 - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 8 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax - FC Utrecht ( 2 - 0 )
	UEFA Cup	FK Borac Čačak - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 4 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax - Willem II ( 7 - 0 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	VfB Stuttgart - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 2 )
	KNVB Cup	FC Volendam - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 0 )
	UEFA Cup	Olympique de Marseille - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 1 )
	Eredivisie	PSV - AFC Ajax ( 6 - 2 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	Excelsior '31 - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 8 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax - FC Utrecht ( 2 - 0 )
	UEFA Cup	FK Borac Čačak - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 4 )
	Eredivisie	PSV - AFC Ajax ( 6 - 2 )

Top scorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 5 2. Darío Cvitanich 4 3. Gabri 3 4. Leonardo 2 Kenneth Perez 2 6. Jeffrey Sarpong 1 Albert Luque 1 Jan-Arie van der Heijden 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü 1 Javier Martina 1 Siem de Jong 1 Vurnon Anita 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 24

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 22 2. Darío Cvitanich 9 3. Miralem Sulejmani 8 4. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 6 5. Thomas Vermaelen 4 Jan Vertonghen 4 Urby Emanuelson 4 8. Leonardo 2 Rasmus Lindgren 2 Gregory van der Wiel 2 11. Jeffrey Sarpong 1 Oleguer 1 Siem de Jong 1 Evander Sno 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü 1 Gabri 1 Rob Wielaert 1 Ismaïl Aissati 1 Eyong Enoh 1 Own goals Erik Pieters (PSV) 1 Fernández (N.E.C.) 1 Total 74

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 2

UEFA Cup Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 5 2. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 Miralem Sulejmani 2 Leonardo 2 5. Jeffrey Sarpong 1 Thomas Vermaelen 1 Jan Vertonghen 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü 1 Eyong Enoh 1 Total 16

Amsterdam Tournament Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 2

Placements

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	KNVB Cup	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie
Status	7 played, 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses	4th place	Eliminated in Third Round Last opponent: FC Volendam	Eliminated in Round of 16 Last opponent: Olympique de Marseille	3rd place 68 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Europa League Qualifying rounds

• Luis Suárez is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• Gregory van der Wiel is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.

Results

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

Main article: 2008–09 Eredivisie

Willem II v Ajax

30 August 2008 1	Willem II	2 − 1	Ajax	Tilburg
18:45	Demouge  47' Akgün  65'	Report	Sulejmani  23' Sno  83'	Stadium: Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v Roda JC

14 September 2008 2	Ajax	1 − 0	Roda JC	Amsterdam
14:30	Vermaelen  54'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,468 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Feyenoord v Ajax

21 September 2008 3	Feyenoord	2 − 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Tomasson  50', 85' (pen.)	Report	Sarpong  38' Huntelaar  69'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Vitesse

28 September 2008 4	Ajax	3 − 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  61' Vertonghen  76', 82'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeier

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

30 August 2009 5	SC Heerenveen	5 − 2	Ajax	Heerenveen
16:30	Silva  4' (o.g.) Beerens  8' Sibon  51' Pranjić  63', 90' (pen.)	Report	Huntelaar  79' Suárez  81' (pen.) Van der Wiel  19'  89'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v FC Groningen

18 October 2008 6	Ajax	1 − 0	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
20:45	Oleguer  37'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,531 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v N.E.C.

26 October 2008 7	Ajax	2 − 0	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  44' Suárez  73'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

29 October 2008 8	Heracles Almelo	1 − 3	Ajax	Almelo
20:00	Wuytens  29' Van den Bergh	Report	Suárez  2' Huntelaar  77', 82'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Richard Liesveld

FC Twente v Ajax

1 November 2008 9	FC Twente	0 − 2	Ajax	Enschede
18:45		Report	De Jong  40' Lindgren  91'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam

9 November 2008 10	Ajax	5 − 2	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  16' Suárez  21' Sno  42' Bakircioglü  74' Leonardo  85'	Report	John  57' Rose  89'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Ajax v PSV

16 November 2008 11	Ajax	4 − 1	PSV	Amsterdam
12:30	Suárez  27' Sulejmani  74' Pieters  78' (o.g.) Leonardo  90+1'	Report	Afellay  56'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,665 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ v Ajax

23 November 2008 12	AZ	2 − 0	Ajax	Alkmaar
12:30	De Zeeuw  22' (pen.) Ari  51'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v FC Utrecht

30 November 2008 13	Ajax	1 − 1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30	Sulejmani  62'	Report	Keller  34'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,929 Referee: Tom van Sichem

FC Volendam v Ajax

7 December 2008 14	FC Volendam	1 − 2	Ajax	Volendam
14:30	Sheotahul  41'	Report	Suárez  44' Vertonghen  64'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Ajax v NAC Breda

12 December 2008 15	Ajax	3 − 0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
20:45	Cvitanich  27' Suárez  55' (pen.) Lindgren  64'	Report	Kwakman  50'  54'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,541 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

De Graafschap v Ajax

21 December 2008 16	De Graafschap	0 − 6	Ajax	Doetinchem
12:30	Volmer  35'	Report	Cvitanich  10', 71' Sulejmani  12' Suárez  53' (pen.), 62' Emanuelson  67'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

28 December 2008 17	Ajax	3 − 0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:30	Cvitanich  7', 18', 57'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

N.E.C. v Ajax

18 January 2009 18	N.E.C.	2 − 4	Ajax	Nijmegen
14:30	Zomer  50' El-Akchaoui  67'	Report	Sulejmani  48', 54' Cvitanich  3'  70' Fernández  79' (o.g.) Gabri  95'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

FC Groningen v Ajax

25 January 2009 19	FC Groningen	1 − 0	Ajax	Groningen
14:30	Holla  39'	Report	Vertonghen  54'  86'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,230 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

31 January 2009 20	Ajax	0 − 1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:45	Vermaelen  47'	Report	Pranjić  58'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,333 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v Heracles Almelo

3 February 2009 21	Ajax	2 − 2	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
20:15	Sulejmani  70' Suárez  72' (pen.)	Report	Van de Bergh  12' Schulmeister  31'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,355 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Vitesse v Ajax

8 February 2009 22	Vitesse	4 − 1	Ajax	Arnhem
12:30	Nilsson  7', 44' Stevanovič  40' Van Wolfswinkel  68'	Report	Suárez  15'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,775 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v Feyenoord

15 February 2009 23	Ajax	2 − 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30	Vermaelen  51' Emanuelson  90+1'	Report	Tiendalli  73'  82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,136 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v FC Volendam

22 February 2009 24	Ajax	2 − 1	FC Volendam	Amsterdam
16:30	Suárez  29' Vermaelen  75'	Report	Sheotahul  14'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,749 Referee: Raymond van Meenen

FC Utrecht v Ajax

1 March 2009 25	FC Utrecht	0 − 2	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30		Report	Van der Wiel  8' Vertonghen  62'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

ADO Den Haag v Ajax

8 March 2009 26	ADO Den Haag	1 − 1	Ajax	The Hague
12:30	Verhoek  63'	Report	Wielaert  60'	Stadium: ADO Den Haag Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v De Graafschap

15 March 2009 27	Ajax	3 − 0	De Graafschap	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  23', 69' (pen.) Cvitanich  41'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,587 Referee: Ben Haverkor

NAC Breda v Ajax

22 March 2009 28	NAC Breda	0 − 3	Ajax	Breda
14:30		Report	Vermaelen  35' Van der Wiel  64' Suárez  86'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Pieter Vink

Roda JC v Ajax

5 April 2009 29	Roda JC	1 − 2	Ajax	Kerkrade
12:30	Cissé  71'	Report	Suárez  2' Aissati  66'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Johan Verbist

Ajax v Willem II

12 April 2009 30	Ajax	7 − 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
16:30	Cvitanich  2', 20' Enoh  10' Suárez  35' (pen.), 69', 82' (pen.) Emanuelson  45'	Report	Martha  81'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,038 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

PSV v Ajax

19 April 2009 31	PSV	6 − 2	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:30	Méndez  22' Afellay  31' Amrabat  40' Culina  56' Dzsudzsák  65' Bakkal  90'	Report	Suárez  44' Sulejmani  76'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v AZ

26 April 2009 32	Ajax	1 − 1	AZ	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  87' (pen.)	Report	Lens  23' Schaars  57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,128 Referee: Pieter Vink

Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax

3 May 2009 33	Sparta Rotterdam	4 − 0	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30	Duplan  40' Rose  45' John  77' Adeleye  90'	Report	Oleguer  76'	Stadium: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,894 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v FC Twente

10 May 2009 34	Ajax	1 − 0	FC Twente	Amsterdam
14:30	Emanuelson  59'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,518 Referee: Ruud Bossen

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2008–09 KNVB Cup

Ajax v FC Utrecht

25 October 2008 Second Round	Ajax	2 − 0	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
20:45	Suárez  70' Huntelaar  87'	Report	Neşu  27'  68'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Jan Wegereef

FC Volendam v Ajax

12 November 2008 Third Round	FC Volendam	1 −0 (a.e.t.)	Ajax	Volendam
18:30	Tuijp  111'	Report		Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 5,224 Referee: Jack van Hulten

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

First round

Borac Čačak v Ajax

18 September 2008 First leg	Borac Čačak	1 – 4	Ajax	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00	Milovanović  50'	Report	Sulejmani  13' Suárez  36' Huntelaar  71', 86'	Stadium: Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Ajax v Borac Čačak

2 October 2008 Second leg	Ajax	2 – 0 (6 – 1 agg.)	Borac Čačak	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30	Sarpong  71' Suárez  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 18,139 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage § Group F

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hamburg	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
Ajax	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Aston Villa	4	2	0	2	5	6	-1	6
Žilina	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	4
Slavia Praha	4	0	2	2	2	5	–3	2

Aston Villa v Ajax

23 October 2008 1	Aston Villa	2 – 1	Ajax	Birmingham, England
21:15	Laursen  8' Barry  45'	Report	Vermaelen  22'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Ajax v Žilina

6 November 2008 2	Ajax	1 – 0	Žilina	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Suárez  42'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)

Hamburg v Ajax

27 November 2008 3	Hamburg	0 – 1	Ajax	Hamburg, Germany
20:45		Report	Leonardo  78'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Ajax v Slavia Praha

17 December 2008 4	Ajax	2 – 2	Slavia Praha	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Vertonghen  3' Suárez  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Černý  13' Jarolim  41'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Final phase

Round of 32

Fiorentina v Ajax

19 February 2009 First leg	Fiorentina	0 – 1	Ajax	Florence, Italy
20:45		Report	Bakircioglü  60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 19,018 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

Ajax v Fiorentina

26 February 2009 Second leg	Ajax	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Fiorentina	Amsterdam
20:45	Leonardo  88'	Report	Gilardino  61'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Round of 16

Marseille v Ajax

12 March 2009 First leg	Marseille	2 – 1	Ajax	Marseille, France
20:45	Cheyrou  18' Niang  32'	Report	Suárez  35' (pen.) Van der Wiel  41'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Ajax v Marseille

18 March 2009 Second leg	Ajax	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 agg.)	Marseille	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Enoh  33' Sulejmani  74' Silva  122'	Report	Niang  33' Mears  109'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,650 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Amsterdam Tournament

Ajax v Arsenal

8 August 2008	Ajax	2 – 3	Arsenal	Amsterdam
21:15	Suárez  34' Huntelaar  36'	Report	Adebayor  67', 83' Bendtner  75'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v Internazionale

9 August 2008	Ajax	0 − 1	Internazionale	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Adriano  5'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2008

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	Pts
Arsenal	2	1	1	0	4	8
Internazionale	2	1	1	0	1	5
Sevilla FC	2	0	2	0	1	3
Ajax	2	0	0	2	2	2

Friendlies

VV Noordwijk v Ajax

19 July 2008	VV Noordwijk	2 − 5	Ajax	Noordwijk, Netherlands
15:00	Ketting  14', 38'	Report	Sarpong  13' Leonardo  20' Luque  55' Suárez  90' Van der Heijden  90'	Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pieter Vink

CVV Germanicus v Ajax

22 July 2008	CVV Germanicus	0 − 7	Ajax	Coevorden, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Cvitanich  14', 20' Gabri  45' Bakircioglü  48' Martina  60' Leonardo  80' De Jong  88'	Stadium: Sportpark De Pampert Attendance: 5,000 Referee: -

Excelsior '31 v Ajax

24 July 2008	Excelsior '31	1 − 8	Ajax	Rijssen, Netherlands
19:30	Van der Berg  11'	Report	Suárez  8', 30' Cvitanich  13' Gabri  20', 42' Perez  57' (pen.), 88' Anita  70'	Stadium: Sportpark Grote Geert Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Cardiff City v Ajax

1 August 2008	Cardiff City	0 − 0	Ajax	Cardiff, Wales
20:45		Report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Mark Whitby

Sunderland v Ajax

3 August 2008	Sunderland	0 − 1	Ajax	Sunderland, England
15:00		Report	Huntelaar  54'	Stadium: Stadium Of Light Attendance: 19,768 Referee: Mark Halsey

Real Murcia v Ajax

16 August 2008	Real Murcia	2 − 1	Ajax	Murcia, Spain
21.30	Despotovic  52' Dialiba  84'	Report	Suárez  58'	Stadium: Estadio Nueva Condomina Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Gregorio Bernabé Garcia

VfB Stuttgart v Ajax

10 January 2009	VfB Stuttgart	3 − 2	Ajax	Ferreiras, Portugal
16:00	Lanig  21' Schieber  29' Hitzlsperger  40'	Report	Suárez  22' Cvitanich  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Nora Attendance: 300 Referee: Paolo Felipe

Transfers for 2008-09

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2008 to 1 September 2008) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2008.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Kenneth Vermeer	Goalkeeper	30 June 2008	Willem II	-
	Transfer
	Darío Cvitanich	Midfielder	28 April 2008	Banfield	€6,5 million
	Miralem Sulejmani	Forward	4 July 2008	SC Heerenveen	€16,25 million
	Ismaïl Aissati	Midfielder	19 July 2008	PSV	€4,1 million
	Oleguer	Defender	29 July 2008	FC Barcelona	€3 million
	Evander Sno	Midfielder	21 August 2008	Celtic	€1,5 million
	Free Transfer
	Darko Bodul	Forward	14 June 2008	SC Heerenveen	-
	Eyong Enoh	Midfielder	31 August 2008	Ajax Cape Town	-
	Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	31 August 2008	Ajax Cape Town	-

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Donovan Slijngard	Defender	27 July 2008	Sparta Rotterdam	-
	George Ogăraru	Defender	30 August 2008	Steaua București	-
	Albert Luque	Forward	31 August 2008	Málaga CF	-
	Transfer
	Rydell Poepon	Forward	30 May 2008	Sparta Rotterdam	€1 million
	John Heitinga	Defender	15 August 2008	Atlético Madrid	€12 million
	Free Transfer
	Edgar Davids	Midfielder	20 May 2008	—	-
	Marco van Duin	Goalkeeper	21 June 2008	HFC Haarlem	-
	Erik Heijblok	Goalkeeper	30 June 2008	De Graafschap	-
	Ismael Urzaíz	Forward	15 July 2008	—	-
	Jurgen Colin	Defender	20 August 2008	Sporting de Gijón	-
	Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	29 August 2008	Brøndby IF	-
	Nicolae Mitea	Forward	31 August 2008	Dinamo București	-
	Samuel Kuffour	Defender	1 September 2008	Asante Kotoko	-
	Vito Wormgoor	Defender	2 September 2008	FC Utrecht	-
	Kenneth Perez	Midfielder	4 September 2008	FC Twente	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2009 to 1 February 2009) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2008–09.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Transfer
	Rob Wielaert	Defender	22 January 2010	FC Twente	€3,15 million

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Dennis Rommedahl	Forward	20 January 2009	N.E.C.	-
	Transfer
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Forward	1 January 2009	Real Madrid	€27 million
	John Goossens	Forward	1 February 2009	N.E.C.	€900,000
	Free Transfer
	Laurent Delorge	Midfielder	6 January 2008	Roda JC	-
	Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	20 January 2009	SC Heerenveen	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website