2012–13 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2012–13 season
Chairman	Hennie Henrichs
Manager	Frank de Boer
Eredivisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Round of 32
Johan Cruyff Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Siem de Jong (12 goals); All: ; Siem de Jong (16 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

During the 2012–13 season AFC Ajax will participate in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on Tuesday 26 June 2012. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Wednesday 27 June 2012.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2012–13 season was held on 26 June 2012. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training stage in De Lutte, Netherlands. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 2 July 2012 to 7 July 2012. During this training stage friendly matches were played against SV Huizen, VV Oldenzaal and FC Emmen. Further friendly matches were played against SC Veendam, VV Noordwijk, Celtic, Southampton and Norwich City.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League		KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XVII
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kenneth Vermeer	39	0	30	0	8	0	1	0
2	DF		Ricardo van Rhijn	43	1	30	0	8	1	5	0
3	DF		Toby Alderweireld	45	4	33	2	8	1	4	1
4	DF		Niklas Moisander	41	6	29	4	8	2	4	0
5	MF		Christian Poulsen	37	0	21+4	0	7+1	0	3+1	0
7	FW		Miralem Sulejmani	8	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
8	FW		Christian Eriksen	45	13	33	10	8	1	3+1	2
9	FW		Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	20	9	12+3	7	2	0	1+2	2
10	FW		Siem de Jong	47	16	34	12	8	3	4+1	1
11	FW		Isaac Cuenca	5	0	2+1	0	2	0	0	0
15	DF		Nicolai Boilesen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Lucas Andersen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Daley Blind	46	2	32+2	2	8	0	4	0
18	FW		Davy Klaassen	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Tobias Sana	19	5	9+4	4	3+2	0	1	1
20	MF		Lasse Schöne	44	7	28+4	6	3+4	0	4+1	1
21	FW		Derk Boerrigter	43	5	17+13	4	5+3	1	5	0
22	GK		Jasper Cillessen	11	0	4+1	0	0+1	0	5	0
23	FW		Danny Hoesen	25	7	4+14	5	1+2	1	3+1	1
25	MF		Thulani Serero	11	3	4+5	3	0+1	0	1	0
27	FW		Jody Lukoki	22	3	8+8	3	1+1	0	3+1	0
30	GK		Mickey van der Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Ruben Ligeon	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Joël Veltman	10	0	2+5	0	0	0	2+1	0
34	DF		Stefano Denswil	5	1	2+2	0	0	0	1	1
35	DF		Mitchell Dijks	9	0	3+3	0	0	0	3	0
37	FW		Lesley de Sa	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Viktor Fischer	33	12	21+2	10	3+2	0	3+2	2
40	MF		Fabian Sporkslede	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
42	FW		Joeri de Kamps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF		Ilan Boccara	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK		Chiel Kramer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW		Ryan Babel	22	5	9+7	4	4	0	1+1	1
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
2	DF		Gregory van der Wiel	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Vurnon Anita	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Eyong Enoh	9	0	1+2	0	1+3	0	1+1	0
11	FW		Lorenzo Ebecilio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Theo Janssen	3	1	1+1	1	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Aras Özbiliz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF		Dico Koppers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF		Mats Rits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Roly Bonevacia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Sven Nieuwpoort	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW		Yener Arıca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	FW		Gino van Kessel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF		Xandro Schenk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 4 July 2012

2012–13 Selection by Nationality

Nationality												Total Players
Current squad selection	12	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11
Players out on loan	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2012–13

Current standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
1	34	22	10	2	76	83	31	25	4

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	1	3	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	0	3	1	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	76

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	1	4	7	8	11	12	15	16	17	18	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	37	40	40	43	44	47	48	51	54	57	60	63	66	67	70	73	76	76

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	5	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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	2	6	5	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	0	4	2	2	3	2	4	0	3	2	3	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	1	2	5	2	83

Statistics for the 2012–13 season

This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2012–13 season.

	Friendlies	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	10 of 11	1 of 1	5 of 5	6 of 6	2 of 2	34 of 34	57 of 58
Win	7 of 11	0 of 1	4 of 5	1 of 6	1 of 2	22 of 34	35 of 58
Draw	2 of 11	0 of 1	0 of 5	1 of 6	0 of 2	10 of 34	13 of 58
Loss	1 of 11	1 of 1	1 of 5	4 of 6	1 of 2	2 of 34	9 of 58
Home	2 of 11	1 of 1	1 of 5	3 of 3	1 of 1	17 of 17	27 of 27
Away	8 of 11	0 of 1	4 of 5	3 of 3	1 of 1	17 of 17	33 of 34
Yellow cards	0	4	7	7	4	33	51
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Number of substitutes used	82	3	15	17	6	94	217
Goals for	39	2	12	8	2	83	146
Goals against	5	4	3	16	2	31	61
Balance	+34	-2	+9	-8	0	+52	+86
Clean sheets	5	0	4	0	1	15	25
Penalties for	1	0	0	0	2	1	4
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	4	0	4

2012–13 Team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	VV Oldenzaal – AFC Ajax ( 0–11 )
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	—
	KNVB Cup	SBV Vitesse - AFC Ajax ( 0–4 )
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax – Manchester City ( 3–1 )
	UEFA Europa League	AFC Ajax - Steaua București ( 2–0 )
	Eredivisie	NEC – AFC Ajax ( 1–6 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	Vasco da Gama – AFC Ajax ( 1–0 )
	Johan Cruijff Schaal	AFC Ajax – PSV ( 2–4 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax – AZ ( 0–3 )
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax - Real Madrid ( 1–4 ) AFC Ajax - Borussia Dortmund ( 1–4 )
	UEFA Europa League	Steaua București - AFC Ajax ( 2–0 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – SBV Vitesse ( 0–2 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	VV Oldenzaal – AFC Ajax ( 0–11 )
	Johan Cruyff Shield	AFC Ajax – PSV ( 2–4 )
	KNVB Cup	SBV Vitesse - AFC Ajax ( 0–4 )
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax - Real Madrid ( 1–4 ) AFC Ajax - Borussia Dortmund ( 1–4 )
	UEFA Europa League	AFC Ajax - Steaua București ( 2–0 )
	Eredivisie	NEC – AFC Ajax ( 1–6 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr.	Name
1.	Aras Özbiliz	6
2.	Davy Klaassen	5
3.	Siem de Jong	4
	Viktor Fischer	4
	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	4
6.	Thulani Serero	3
7.	Lesley de Sa	2
7.	Lasse Schöne	2
9.	Joël Veltman	1
	Jody Lukoki	1
	Ruben Ligeon	1
	Lorenzo Ebecilio	1
	Theo Janssen	1
	Daley Blind	1
	Mats Rits	1
Own goals	Kelvin Maynard (FC Emmen)	1
Own goals	Michal Mravec (FC Emmen)	1
Total		39

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr.	Name
1.	Toby Alderweireld	1
Own goals	Marcelo (PSV)	1
Total		2

Eredivisie

Nr.	Name
1.	Siem de Jong	12
2.	Christian Eriksen	10
2.	Viktor Fischer	10
4.	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	7
5.	Lasse Schöne	6
6.	Derk Boerrigter	5
6.	Danny Hoesen	5
8.	Tobias Sana	4
	Niklas Moisander	4
	Ryan Babel	4
11.	Jody Lukoki	3
11.	Thulani Serero	3
13.	Toby Alderweireld	2
13.	Daley Blind	2
15.	Gregory van der Wiel	1
15.	Theo Janssen	1
Own goals	Ben Rienstra (Heracles Almelo)	1
	Guram Kashia (Vitesse)	1
	Rens van Eijden (NEC)	1
	Tim Gilissen (NAC Breda)	1
Total		83

KNVB Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	Christian Eriksen	2
	Viktor Fischer	2
	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	2
3.	Tobias Sana	1
	Ryan Babel	1
	Stefano Denswil	1
	Siem de Jong	1
	Danny Hoesen	1
	Lasse Schöne	1
Total		12

UEFA Champions League

Nr.	Name
1.	Siem de Jong	3
2.	Niklas Moisander	2
3.	Christian Eriksen	1
	Danny Hoesen	1
	Derk Boerrigter	1
Total		8

UEFA Europa League

Nr.	Name
1.	Toby Alderweireld	1
1.	Ricardo van Rhijn	1
Total		2

Placements

	Friendlies	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie
Status	10 played, 7 wins, 2 draw, 1 loss	Runner-up Last opponent: PSV	Semi-finals Last opponent: AZ	3rd Place in Group D Placement for: UEFA Europa League	Round of 32 Last opponent: Steaua București	Champions 76 points in 34 matches 32nd title

Daley Blind is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Viktor Fischer is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Frank de Boer is winner of the Rinus Michels Award 2013 in the category: Best Trainer/Coach in Professional Football.
Niklas Moisander is voted Finnish Footballer of the Year: 2012 by the Football Association of Finland.
Niklas Moisander is voted Finnish Sports’ Journalists Player of the Year: 2012
Viktor Fischer is voted Danish Talent of the Year by the Danish Football Association and TV2.
Christian Eriksen wins the Silver boots award.

Pre-season and friendlies

30 June 2012	SV Huizen	1 – 3	Ajax	Huizen, Netherlands
15:00	Denswil 18' (o.g.)	Report	Klaassen 51' De Jong 61' Fischer 62'	Stadium: Sportpark De Wolfskamer Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

6 July 2012	VV Oldenzaal	0 – 11	Ajax	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
19:00		Report	Fischer 6', 41' Klaassen 12', 45' Özbiliz 12', 18', 43', 68' Serero 28' De Sa 54', 74'	Stadium: Sportpark De Thij Attendance: - Referee: Björn Kuipers

7 July 2012	FC Emmen	0 – 5	Ajax	Emmen, Netherlands
14:30		Report	Maynard 8' (o.g.) Sigþórsson 14' De Jong 30' Klaassen 49' Mravec 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Univé Stadion

11 July 2012	SC Veendam	1 – 5	Ajax	Buitenpost, Germany
19:00	Katschner 11'	Report	Özbiliz 13' De Jong 19' Fischer 42' Veltman 86' Lukoki 90'	Stadium: Sportpark De Swadde Attendance: 4,200

16 July 2012	VV Noordwijk	0 – 8	Ajax	Noordwijk, Netherlands
15:00		Report	Serero 7' Schöne 17' Ligeon 41' Ebecilio 56' Klaassen 58' Janssen 72' Sigþórsson 81', 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering

21 July 2012	Ajax	4 – 0	Celtic	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00	De Jong 13' Sigþórsson 21' Serero 27' Blind 66', pen'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

28 July 2012	Southampton	0 – 1	Ajax	Southampton, England
16:00		Report	Özbiliz 64'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium

31 July 2012	Norwich City	1 – 1	Ajax	Norwich, England
20:45	Pilkington 7'	Report	Schöne 30'	Stadium: Carrow Road

9 October 2012	Ajax	1 – 1	AS Trenčín	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Rits 76'	Report	Mondek 24'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

13 January 2013	Vasco da Gama	1 – 0	Ajax	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Wendel 16'	Report		Stadium: São Januário

25 May 2013	Ajax	Cancelled	Milan	Beijing, China
15:00		Report		Stadium: Workers Stadium

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruyff Shield

5 August 2012	PSV	4 – 2	Ajax	Amsterdam
18:00 CET	Toivonen 3', 53' Lens 11' Wijnaldum 90+3'	Report	Alderweireld 44' Marcelo 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Eredivisie

12 August 2012 1	Ajax	2 – 2	AZ	Amsterdam
16:30	Van der Wiel 9' Blind 45' Sigþórsson 83'	Report	Altidore 48', 50' Moisander 57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,412 Referee: Kevin Blom

19 August 2012 2	NEC	1 – 6	Ajax	Nijmegen
16:30	Nuytinck 63'	Report	Lukoki 13', 62' Eriksen 17' Sana 20', 83' Janssen 38' Dijks 47' De Jong 53'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

25 August 2012 3	Ajax	5 – 0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
20:45	De Jong 2', 90+1' Moisander 11' Sana 40' Serero 49'	Report	De Roover 47' Botteghin 84'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,785 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

2 September 2012 4	Heerenveen	2 – 2	Ajax	Heerenveen
16:30	Finnbogason 30', 45' Kruiswijk 66' Zomer 69' Đuričić 84'	Report	Serero 13', 47', 53' Van Rhijn 75'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Pol van Boekel

15 September 2012 5	Ajax	2 – 0	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
18:45	Schöne 52' Moisander 62' Lukoki 69'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,068 Referee: Richard Liesveld

23 September 2012 6	ADO Den Haag	1 – 1	Ajax	The Hague
12:30	Beugelsdijk 14' Toornstra 66'	Report	Schöne 21' Babel 62' Moisander 83'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

29 September 2012 7	Ajax	1 – 0	Twente	Amsterdam
20:45	Eriksen 68'	Report	Tadić 45+1' Brama 86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Pieter Vink

7 October 2012 8	Ajax	1 – 1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30	Babel 6'	Report	Sporkslede 51' (o.g.) Kali 65'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,836 Referee: Jan Wegereef

20 October 2012 9	Heracles Almelo	3 – 3	Ajax	Almelo
18:45	Te Wierik 61' Bruns 80' Pedro 90'	Report	Rienstra 10' (o.g.) Schöne 25' Sana 62'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Referee: Kevin Blom

28 October 2012 10	Feyenoord	2 – 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Boëtius 23' Immers 48' De Vrij 50' Martins Indi 52' Clasie 84' Pellè 90', 90+1'	Report	Moisander 26' 75' Eriksen 12' De Jong 48', 84'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

3 November 2012 11	Ajax	0 – 2	Vitesse	Amsterdam
18:45	Blind 41' Denswil 79'	Report	Bony 38', 46' Janssen 78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,965 Referee: Björn Kuipers

11 November 2012 12	PEC Zwolle	2 – 4	Ajax	Zwolle
12:30	Mokhtar 66' Avdić 81' Drost 83'	Report	Alderweireld 12' Fischer 32', 48' De Jong 76'	Stadium: Ijsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 11,324 Referee: Dennis Higler

17 November 2012 13	Ajax	2 – 0	VVV-Venlo	Amsterdam
19:45	Boerrigter 47' Hoesen 84'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,395 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

25 November 2012 14	Roda JC	1 – 2	Ajax	Kerkrade
12:30	Hupperts 14' Hempte 54' Malki 58' Monteyne 67' Pereira 78'	Report	De Jong 57' Eriksen 82' Schöne 88'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 17,159 Referee: Pieter Vink

1 December 2012 15	Ajax	3 – 1	PSV	Amsterdam
20:45	De Jong 29' Van Rhijn 71' Hoesen 72' Fischer 87'	Report	Lens 36' Van Bommel 57' Narsingh 59' Mertens 74'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,064 Referee: Björn Kuipers

8 December 2012 16	Ajax	2 – 0	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
20:45	Boerrigter 42' Schöne 53' (pen.)	Report	Van Dijk 13' Kwakman 53' Bakker 57' Ajilore 90+2'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

16 December 2012 17	Willem II	2 – 4	Ajax	Tilburg
16:30	Joachim 15' Snijders 28'	Report	De Jong 11' Hoesen 14' Moisander 72' Lukoki 87'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

23 December 2012 18	FC Utrecht	0 – 0	Ajax	Utrecht
14:30		Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

20 January 2013 19	Ajax	3 – 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
14:30	Fischer 7', 40' De Jong 28', 62' Van Rhijn 38' 64' Alderweireld 84'	Report	Janmaat 44' Vilhena 79'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 53,052 Referee: Pol van Boekel

27 January 2013 20	Vitesse	3 – 2	Ajax	Arnhem
12:30	Van Aanholt 41', 79' Janssen 68' Ibarra 81'	Report	Moisander 30' Kashia 33' (o.g.) Eriksen 64'	Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 21,867 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

3 February 2013 21	VVV-Venlo	0 – 3	Ajax	Venlo
20:45	Wildschut 31'	Report	De Jong 34' Fischer 61' Boerrigter 82'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

10 February 2013 22	Ajax	1 – 1	Roda JC	Amsterdam
14:30	Blind 54'	Report	Ramzi 39' Kurto 73' Donald 85'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Maarten Ketting

17 February 2013 23	RKC Waalwijk	0 – 2	Ajax	Waalwijk
16:30	Sneijder 14'	Report	Moisander 22' Eriksen 40' Lukoki 62' Schöne 72'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

24 February 2013 24	Ajax	1 – 1	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
14:30	Schöne 85'	Report	Van Duinen 25' Chery 30'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,772 Referee: Pol van Boekel

2 March 2013 25	Twente	0 – 2	Ajax	Enschede
14:30		Report	Moisander 4', 27' Alderweireld 35'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

10 March 2013 26	Ajax	3 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
14:30	Sigþórsson 19' De Jong 26' Boerrigter 80'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,650 Referee: Tom van Sichem

17 March 2013 27	AZ	2 – 3	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30	Henriksen 47' Altidore 74' Viergever 83'	Report	De Jong 20', 59' Blind 22' Van Rhijn 25' Alderweireld 54'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

31 March 2013 28	Ajax	4 – 1	NEC	Amsterdam
14:30	Fischer 21', 77' Van Eijden 25' (o.g.) Babel 81'	Report	Conboy 66' Van der Velden 78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,367 Referee: Jan Wegereef

7 April 2013 29	Ajax	4 – 0	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
21:00	Schöne 13', 45' Vermeer 48' Sigþórsson 52' De Jong 63' Babel 75' Eriksen 84'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,947 Referee: Ruud Bossen

14 April 2013 30	PSV	2 – 3	Ajax	Eindhoven
14:30	Lens 43', 69'	Report	Sigþórsson 33' Fischer 41' Eriksen 52' Boerrigter 77'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

19 April 2013 31	Ajax	1 – 1	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:00	Fischer 26' Van Rhijn 68' Schöne 86'	Report	Finnbogason 53' Van Anholt 71' El Ghanassy 87'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,701 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

27 April 2013 32	NAC Breda	0 – 2	Ajax	Breda
14:30	Leugers 86'	Report	Sigþórsson 47' Gilissen 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

5 May 2013 33	Ajax	5 – 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Sigþórsson 12' Eriksen 25' Fischer 68' De Jong 82' Hoesen 89'	Report	Van Buuren 24'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,963 Referee: Danny Makkelie

12 May 2013 34	FC Groningen	0 – 2	Ajax	Groningen
14:30	Lindgren 28' Burnet 30' Magnasco 37'	Report	Sigþórsson 8' Boerrigter 37' Blind 57' Hoesen 72'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

KNVB Cup

26 September 2012 Second round	FC Utrecht	0 – 3	Ajax	Utrecht
20:45		Report	Sana 11' Babel 15' Eriksen 52'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Referee: Bas Nijhuis

31 October 2012 Third round	ONS Sneek	0 – 2	Ajax	Sneek
20:45	De Wagt 69'	Report	Fischer 74' Enoh 80' Denswil 88'	Stadium: Zuidersportpark Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

20 December 2012 Fourth round	FC Groningen	0 – 3	Ajax	Groningen
19:00	Burnet 74'	Report	De Jong 25' Eriksen 49' Fischer 60'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

31 January 2013 Quarter-finals	Vitesse	0 – 4	Ajax	Emmen
20:15	van Ginkel 35'	Report	Hoesen 7' Moisander 21' Schöne 59' Boerrigter 76' Sigþórsson 81', 86'	Stadium: Univé Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

27 February 2013 Semi-finals	Ajax	0 – 3	AZ	Amsterdam
20:15		Report	Altidore 74', 90+3' Guðmundsson 88'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 11,324 Referee: Ruud Bossen

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group D
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Borussia Dortmund	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	15	9	+6	11
Ajax	6	1	1	4	8	16	–8	4
Manchester City	6	0	3	3	7	11	–4	3

18 September 2012 1	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 0	Ajax	Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CEST	Lewandowski 87'	Report	Sana 37' Van Rhijn 57'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 65,829 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

3 October 2012 2	Ajax	1 – 4	Real Madrid	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST	Moisander 56'	Report	Ronaldo 42', 79', 81' Benzema 48' Essien 58'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,491 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

24 October 2012 3	Ajax	3 – 1	Manchester City	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST	Blind 29' De Jong 45' Moisander 57' Eriksen 68'	Report	Nasri 22' Kolarov 75' Y. Touré 79'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,743 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

6 November 2012 4	Manchester City	2 – 2	Ajax	Manchester, England
20:45 CET	Y. Touré 22' Agüero 74'	Report	De Jong 10', 18' Blind 46' Poulsen 85'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,222 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

21 November 2012 5	Ajax	1 – 4	Borussia Dortmund	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET	Enoh 19' Moisander 85' Hoesen 87'	Report	Reus 8' Götze 36', 53' Lewandowski 43', 64'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

4 December 2012 6	Real Madrid	4 – 1	Ajax	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET	Ronaldo 13', 82' Callejón 28', 88' Kaká 49' Carvalho 77'	Report	Boerrigter 59'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 57,245 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2013 First leg	Ajax	2 – 0	Steaua București	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00	Alderweireld 28' Van Rhijn 49' Moisander 79'	Report	Latovlevici 34' Bourceanu 35' Pintilii 85' 89'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,493 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

21 February 2013 Second leg	Steaua București	2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (4 – 2 p)	Ajax	Bucharest, Romania
21:05	Gardoș 7' Latovlevici 38' Prepeliță 41' Filip 73' Chiricheș 76'	Report	Eriksen 32' De Jong 97' Poulsen 114'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
	Penalties
	Rusescu Nikolić Filip Latovlevici		Eriksen Schöne De Jong Moisander

Transfers for 2012–13

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2012 to 31 August 2012) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2012.

Arrivals

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Roly Bonevacia	Midfielder	30 June 2012	NAC Breda	-
Darío Cvitanich	Forward	9 July 2012	Boca Juniors	-
Transfer
Ilan Boccara	Midfielder	15 July 2012	Paris Saint-Germain	€500,000
Tobias Sana	Midfielder	30 July 2012	IFK Göteborg	€350,000
Niklas Moisander	Defender	20 August 2012	AZ	€3 million
Danny Hoesen	Forward	26 August 2012	Fulham	€350,000
Lucas Andersen	Midfielder	31 August 2012	Aalborg BK	€1.3 million
Free Transfer
Lasse Schöne	Midfielder	18 April 2012	NEC	-
Gino van Kessel	Forward	20 April 2012	AZ	-
Christian Poulsen	Midfielder	22 August 2012	Evian	-
Ryan Babel	Forward	31 August 2012	1899 Hoffenheim	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Henri Toivomäki	Defender	27 June 2012	Almere City	-
Geoffrey Castillion	Forward	15 July 2012	Heracles Almelo	-
Transfer
Marco Bizot	Goalkeeper	14 June 2012	FC Groningen	€150,000
Mounir El Hamdaoui	Forward	5 July 2012	Fiorentina	€850,000
Jan Vertonghen	Defender	7 July 2012	Tottenham Hotspur	€12 million
Darío Cvitanich	Forward	25 July 2012	Nice	€400,000
Aras Özbiliz	Forward	6 August 2012	Kuban Krasnodar	€1 million
Vurnon Anita	Forward	15 August 2012	Newcastle United	€8.5 million
Theo Janssen	Midfielder	24 August 2012	Vitesse	€600,000
Gregory van der Wiel	Defender	31 August 2012	Paris Saint-Germain	€5 million
Free Transfer
André Ooijer	Defender	13 March 2012	—	-
Bruno Silva	Defender	13 April 2012	—	-
Ricardo Kip	Midfielder	5 May 2012	Almere City	-
Florian Jozefzoon	Forward	25 May 2012	RKC Waalwijk	-
Nicolás Lodeiro	Midfielder	8 July 2012	Botafogo	-
Rodney Sneijder	Midfielder	9 July 2012	RKC Waalwijk	-
Dmitri Bulykin	Forward	19 July 2012	Twente	-
Ismaïl Aissati	Midfielder	18 August 2012	Antalyaspor	-
Youssef Fennich	Midfielder	29 August 2012	Heerenveen	-
Jeroen Verhoeven	Goalkeeper	29 September 2012	FC Utrecht	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2013 to 1 February 2013) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2012–13.

Arrivals

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Loan
Isaac Cuenca	Forward	31 January 2013	Barcelona	-
Transfer
Dejan Meleg	Midfielder	23 January 2013	FK Vojvodina	€500,000
Free Transfer
Riechedly Bazoer	Defender	20 November 2012	PSV	-
Václav Černý	Forward	22 January 2013	1. FK Příbram	-
Dimitri Silvestridis	Forward	31 January 2013	Ajax Hellas Youth Academy	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Roly Bonevacia	Midfielder	1 January 2013	Roda JC	-
Xandro Schenk	Defender	4 January 2013	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Sven Nieuwpoort	Defender	5 January 2013	Almere City	-
Gino van Kessel	Forward	9 January 2013	Almere City	-
Eyong Enoh	Midfielder	31 January 2013	Fulham	-
Dico Koppers	Defender	31 January 2013	ADO Den Haag	-
Transfer
Lorenzo Ebecilio	Forward	2 January 2013	Metalurh Donetsk	€500,000
Mats Rits	Midfielder	6 January 2013	KV Mechelen	€100,000
Free Transfer
Yener Arıca	Forward	2 January 2013	Kayserispor	-

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