2005–06 AFC Ajax season

Ajax

2005–06 season
Chairman	John Jaakke
Manager	Danny Blind
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Winners
Champions League	Round of 16
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

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.

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.

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	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	37	0	27	0	6	0	4	0
2	DF	TUN	Hatem Trabelsi	30	0	20	0	7+1	0	2	0
3	DF	CZE	Zdeněk Grygera	27	1	18	1	8	0	1	0
4	DF	NED	John Heitinga	28	1	13+6	1	3+3	0	2+1	0
6	MF	CZE	Tomáš Galásek	36	4	25+1	4	5+1	0	3+1	0
7	FW	ARG	Mauro Rosales	35	2	23+6	0	3+1	1	2	1
8	MF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro	40	3	27+1	3	9	0	1+2	0
9	FW	GRE	Angelos Charisteas	24	9	7+10	8	1+3	0	2+1	1
10	MF	RSA	Steven Pienaar	24	2	14+1	2	9	0	0	0
11	FW	NED	Ryan Babel	37	6	12+13	2	5+4	2	0+3	2
12	GK	RSA	Hans Vonk	12	0	7+1	0	4	0	0	0
15	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen	33	4	22+2	3	5	0	4	1
17	FW	GRE	Yannis Anastasiou	9	3	3+3	0	3	3	0	0
18	MF	NED	Wesley Sneijder	29	11	18+1	5	7	4	3	2
19	MF	NED	Urby Emanuelson	36	2	22+4	1	8	0	2	1
21	DF	NED	Olaf Lindenbergh	26	0	16+2	0	5	0	2+1	0
22	DF	ESP	Juanfran	21	0	11+5	0	2+1	0	2	0
24	FW	SWE	Markus Rosenberg	43	14	28+3	12	6+2	2	4	0
25	FW	NED	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	21	22	16	16	2	1	3	5
27	MF	ARM	Edgar Manucharyan	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	MAR	Nourdin Boukhari	36	6	17+7	4	7+2	1	3	1
29	FW	ROU	Nicolae Mitea	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Boakye	7	0	3+3	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	ANT	Vurnon Anita	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	NED	Robbert Schilder	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	NED	Rydell Poepon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ANT	Javier Martina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	NED	Jeffrey Sarpong	10	0	4+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
39	MF	NED	John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	NED	Michael Timisela	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0
52	FW	NED	Derk Boerrigter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	MF	NED	Donovan Slijngard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
5	DF	FRA	Julien Escudé	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	BRA	Maxwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	NED	Nigel de Jong	24	5	12+4	2	5+2	3	1	0
20	FW	NED	Daniël de Ridder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ROU	Bogdan Lobonț	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	MF	ARG	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

Main article: 2005 Johan Cruyff Shield

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	0-0	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 2005 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 2006 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 2006 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	AJX	THU	SPP
1	Arsenal	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–1	3–0
2	Ajax	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11			1–2	—	2–0	2–1
3	Thun	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	2–4	—	1–0
4	Sparta Prague	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2			0–2	1–1	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

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 Mulderssingel 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	-
	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	-
	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	€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