# 2019–20 AFC Ajax season

During the 2019–20 season, Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the Johan Cruyff Shield.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 21 April, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that events that require a permit are forbidden until 1 September. This meant that football matches were also not allowed, resulting in the end of the 2019–20 Eredivisie season. As a result, the KNVB decided on 24 April to maintain the current league positions but not to appoint a champion. Since Ajax was in first place on 8 March (after the last completed round), it was awarded the highest 2020–21 UEFA Champions League spot without being crowned as national champion.

## Squad
### Squad information

    As of 21 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Bruno Varela (on loan from Benfica) |
| 2 | DF | NED | Perr Schuurs |
| 3 | DF | NED | Joël Veltman |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Edson Álvarez |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kik Pierie |
| 6 | MF | NED | Donny van de Beek |
| 7 | FW | BRA | David Neres |
| 8 | MF | NED | Carel Eiting |
| 9 | FW | NED | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić (captain) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Quincy Promes |
| 12 | DF | MAR | Noussair Mazraoui |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Martínez |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Hakim Ziyech |
| 23 | FW | BFA | Lassina Traoré |
| 24 | GK | CMR | André Onana |
| 26 | MF | NED | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp |
| 28 | DF | USA | Sergiño Dest |
| 29 | MF | NED | Ryan Gravenberch |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Tagliafico |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Dominik Kotarski |
| 35 | GK | NED | Kjell Scherpen |
| 49 | FW | NED | Ryan Babel |

## Transfers

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2019 to 31 August 2019) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2019. For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2020 to 1 February 2020) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2019–20.

### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Răzvan Marin | Standard Liège | Transfer | €12,500,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Lisandro Martínez | Defensa y Justicia | Transfer | €7,000,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Kik Pierie | Heerenveen | Transfer | €5,000,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Kjell Scherpen | Emmen | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Quincy Promes | Sevilla | Transfer | €15,700,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Bruno Varela | Benfica | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Siem de Jong | Sydney FC | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Benjamin van Leer | NAC Breda | Loan return | Loan return |
| 19 July 2019 | DF | Edson Álvarez | América | Transfer | €15,000,000 |
| 11 January 2020 | FW | Ryan Babel | Galatasaray | Loan | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €17,200,000.

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Frenkie de Jong | Barcelona | Transfer | €75,000,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Maximilian Wöber | Sevilla | Transfer | €10,500,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Daley Sinkgraven | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | €5,000,000 |
| 9 July 2019 | FW | Václav Černý | Utrecht | Transfer | €900,000 |
| 15 July 2019 | GK | Kostas Lamprou | Vitesse | Free transfer | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2019 | DF | Matthijs de Ligt | Juventus | Transfer | €75,000,000 |
| 19 July 2019 | DF | Rasmus Nissen | Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | €5,000,000 |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Lasse Schöne | Genoa | Transfer | €1,500,000 |
| 29 August 2019 | FW | Kasper Dolberg | Nice | Transfer | €20,500,000 |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | Dani de Wit | AZ | Transfer | €2,000,000 |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Mateo Cassierra | Belenenses | Transfer | €2,500,000 |
| 30 December 2019 | DF | Luis Manuel Orejuela | Cruzeiro | Transfer | €1,350,000 |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | Kaj Sierhuis | Reims | Transfer | €4,000,000 |
| 20 February 2020 | MF | Siem de Jong | FC Cincinnati | Free transfer | Free transfer |
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €86,000,000.
* ↑ Obligated transfer, previously out on loan until 30 June 2019.
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €11,000,000.
* ↑ Was out on loan to Groningen until 30 June 2020.

#### On loan

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Dennis Johnsen | PEC Zwolle | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Lisandro Magallán | Alavés | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2020 | MF | Noa Lang | Twente | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2020 | FW | Hassane Bandé | Thun | Loan | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Out on loan until 30 June 2020 with an option to buy for an undisclosed amount.

### Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 3 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 1st (no title awarded) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 102 | 30 | +72 | 070.59 |
| KNVB Cup | 18 December 2019 | 4 March 2020 | Second round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 075.00 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 27 July 2019 | 27 July 2019 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 6 August 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 20 February 2020 | 27 February 2020 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 139 | 47 | +92 | 066.67 |
Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | C | W | L | L | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2019.

#### Play-off round

The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2019.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | CHE | AJX | LIL |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Lille | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Valencia 4, Chelsea 1.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League Europa League | Champions League Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | POR | Bruno Varela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Perr Schuurs | 17 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Joël Veltman | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Edson Álvarez | 23 | 2 | 6+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kik Pierie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Donny van de Beek | 37 | 10 | 22+1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | David Neres | 20 | 6 | 7+5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Carel Eiting | 10 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 32 | 10 | 6+12 | 9 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+9 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić | 42 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Quincy Promes | 28 | 16 | 18+2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 |
| 12 | DF | MAR | Noussair Mazraoui | 20 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind | 34 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin | 17 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Martínez | 41 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Hakim Ziyech | 35 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1+2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | BFA | Lassina Traoré | 12 | 4 | 3+6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | CMR | André Onana | 39 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NED | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 8 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | USA | Sergiño Dest | 35 | 2 | 15+5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | NED | Ryan Gravenberch | 12 | 3 | 5+4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Tagliafico | 38 | 5 | 23+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Dominik Kotarski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | NED | Kjell Scherpen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | NED | Naci Ünüvar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | NED | Sontje Hansen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | NED | Jurriën Timber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | BRA | Danilo | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | FW | NED | Ryan Babel | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | NED | Siem de Jong | 9 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Lasse Schöne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NED | Noa Lang | 9 | 4 | 2+3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Dani de Wit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | BFA | Hassane Bandé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | FW | COL | Mateo Cassierra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Dušan Tadić | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Quincy Promes | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Donny van de Beek | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | | Hakim Ziyech | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | David Neres | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 31 | DF | | Nicolás Tagliafico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Noa Lang | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 23 | FW | | Lassina Traoré | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 15 | MF | | Siem de Jong | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 29 | MF | | Ryan Gravenberch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Edson Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 21 | DF | | Lisandro Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 26 | MF | | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 28 | DF | | Sergiño Dest | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 2 | DF | | Perr Schuurs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | DF | | Daley Blind | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | MF | | Zakaria Labyad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | FW | | Kasper Dolberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 37 | FW | | Naci Ünüvar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 47 | FW | | Danilo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 49 | FW | | Ryan Babel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 68 | 16 | 21 | 105 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 24 | GK | | André Onana | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Bruno Varela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League Europa League | Champions League Europa League | Champions League Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | | Joël Veltman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Edson Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Donny van de Beek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Carel Eiting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Dušan Tadić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Quincy Promes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Noussair Mazraoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Daley Blind | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Răzvan Marin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Lisandro Martínez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Hakim Ziyech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Lassina Traoré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | | André Onana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Noa Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Sergiño Dest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Ryan Gravenberch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Nicolás Tagliafico | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | | Sontje Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | | Jurriën Timber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | | Danilo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | | Ryan Babel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 31 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020