# 2010–11 AFC Ajax season

The 2010–11 season was AFC Ajax in the Eredivisie. They participated in the Champions League and Europa League. The first training of the new season took place on Sunday, 27 June 2010. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Friday, 23 July 2010.

## Pre-season

In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a trainings stage in Stubaital, Austria, from 5 to 11 July. During the training camp, friendly matches were played against Al-Ahly and Rapid București, while further practice matches were played against Ajax (amateurs), FC Horst, Porto, Rijnsburgse Boys and Chelsea.

## Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League | KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XV | KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XV |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg | 44 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Gregory van der Wiel | 52 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Toby Alderweireld | 43 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen | 51 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Vurnon Anita | 46 | 4 | 27+4 | 3 | 9+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Eyong Enoh | 45 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Miralem Sulejmani | 53 | 13 | 22+10 | 8 | 9+5 | 2 | 6+1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Christian Eriksen | 47 | 8 | 21+7 | 6 | 6+6 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 38 | 19 | 25+1 | 13 | 9+1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Siem de Jong | 52 | 17 | 31+1 | 12 | 12+1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | NED | Kenneth Vermeer | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NED | André Ooijer | 18 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | URU | Nicolás Lodeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind | 18 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SWE | Rasmus Lindgren | 26 | 2 | 7+8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Demy de Zeeuw | 47 | 5 | 19+8 | 1 | 10+3 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | KOR | Suk Hyun-jun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | URU | Bruno Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Oleguer | 9 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ARG | Darío Cvitanich | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NED | Roly Bonevacia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CMR | Timothée Atouba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | NED | Jeroen Verhoeven | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | DEN | Nicolai Boilesen | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ARM | Aras Özbiliz | 19 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | NED | Ronald Graafland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | COD | Jody Lukoki | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 24 | 5 | 14+2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 42 | FW | NED | Geoffrey Castillion | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | NED | Florian Jozefzoon | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | NED | Urby Emanuelson | 32 | 2 | 17+1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | URU | Luis Suárez | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Teemu Tainio | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Ismaïl Aissati | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Marvin Zeegelaar | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NED | Jeffrey Sarpong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | EGY | Mido | 6 | 3 | 1+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
Updated 15 May 2011

### 2010–11 selection by nationality

| Nationality | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total Players |
| Current squad selection | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 24 |
| Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| Players out on loan | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |

## Team statistics
### Eredivisie standings 2010–11

| Standing | Matches played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals for | Goals against | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 1 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 72 | 30 | 55 | 3 |

#### 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 73 |

#### 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 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 73 |

#### 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 | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |

#### 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 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 72 |

### Statistics for the 2010–11 season

* This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2010–11 season.
| | Friendlies | Johan Cruijff Schaal | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | Total |
| Matches | 12 of 12 | 1 of 1 | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 | 4 of 4 | 34 of 34 | 67 of 67 |
| Win | 8 of 12 | 0 of 1 | 5 of 6 | 3 of 10 | 2 of 4 | 22 of 34 | 40 of 67 |
| Draw | 1 of 12 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 6 | 4 of 10 | 0 of 4 | 7 of 34 | 12 of 67 |
| Loss | 2 of 12 | 1 of 1 | 1 of 6 | 3 of 10 | 2 of 4 | 5 of 34 | 14 of 67 |
| Home | 1 of 2 | 1 of 1 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 2 of 2 | 17 of 17 | 32 of 32 |
| Away | 10 of 10 | 0 of 0 | 1 of 1 | 5 of 5 | 2 of 2 | 17 of 17 | 35 of 35 |
| Yellow cards | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 55 | 97 |
| Red cards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 x yellow in 1 match | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Number of substitutes used | 59 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 87 | 193 |
| Goals for | 48 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 72 | 157 |
| Goals against | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 66 |
| Balance | +38 | -1 | +15 | -3 | +1 | +42 | +91 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| Penalties for | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Penalties against | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |

### 2010–11 team records

| Description | Competition | Result |
| Biggest win | Friendly match | FC Horst–AFC Ajax ( 1–21 ) |
| Biggest win | KNVB Cup | AFC Ajax–RKC Waalwijk ( 5–1 ) |
| Biggest win | UEFA Champions League | AC Milan–AFC Ajax ( 0–2 ) |
| Biggest win | UEFA Europa League | RSC Anderlecht–AFC Ajax ( 0–3 ) |
| Biggest win | Eredivisie | De Graafschap–AFC Ajax ( 0–5 ) |
| Biggest loss | Friendly match | Hamburger SV–AFC Ajax ( 4–2 ) |
| Biggest loss | KNVB Cup | FC Twente–AFC Ajax ( 3–2 ) |
| Biggest loss | UEFA Champions League | AFC Ajax–Real Madrid ( 0–4 ) |
| Biggest loss | UEFA Europa League | Spartak Moskva–AFC Ajax ( 3–0 ) |
| Biggest loss | Eredivisie | FC Utrecht–AFC Ajax ( 3–0 ) |
| Most goals in a match | Friendly match | FC Horst–AFC Ajax ( 1–21 ) |
| Most goals in a match | KNVB Cup | AFC Ajax–RKC Waalwijk ( 5–1 ) |
| Most goals in a match | UEFA Champions League | PAOK FC–AFC Ajax ( 3–3 ) |
| Most goals in a match | UEFA Europa League | RSC Anderlecht–AFC Ajax ( 0–3 ) |
| Most goals in a match | Eredivisie | AFC Ajax–Vitesse ( 4–2 ) |

#### Topscorers

| Nr. | Name | |
| 1. | Siem de Jong | 9 |
| 2. | Miralem Sulejmani | 7 |
| 3. | Suk Hyun-jun | 5 |
| 4. | Darío Cvitanich | 3 |
| 5. |
| 5. | Jeffrey Sarpong | 2 |
| 5. | Mitchell Donald | 2 |
| 5. | Aras Özbiliz | 2 |
| 5. | Ismaïl Aissati | 2 |
| 5. | Darko Bodul | 2 |
| 5. | Christian Eriksen | 2 |
| 5. | Luis Suárez | 2 |
| 5. | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 2 |
| 12. |
| 12. | Daylon Claasen | 1 |
| 12. | Toby Alderweireld | 1 |
| 12. | Eyong Enoh | 1 |
| 12. | Urby Emanuelson | 1 |
| 12. | Johan Kappelhof | 1 |
| 12. | Marvin Zeegelaar | 1 |
| 12. | Demy de Zeeuw | 1 |
| 12. | Vurnon Anita | 1 |
| Total | Total | 48 |
| Nr. | Name | |
| 1. | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 13 |
| 2. | Siem de Jong | 12 |
| 3. | Miralem Sulejmani | 8 |
| 4. | Luis Suárez | 7 |
| 5. | Jan Vertonghen | 6 |
| 5. | Christian Eriksen | 6 |
| 7. | Vurnon Anita | 3 |
| 7. | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 3 |
| 9. | Mido | 2 |
| 9. | Toby Alderweireld | 2 |
| 11. | Gregory van der Wiel | 1 |
| 11. | Urby Emanuelson | 1 |
| 11. | Eyong Enoh | 1 |
| 11. | Rasmus Lindgren | 1 |
| 11. | André Ooijer | 1 |
| 11. | Demy de Zeeuw | 1 |
| 11. | Oleguer | 1 |
| 11. | Aras Özbiliz | 1 |
| Own goals | Rob Penders (NAC Breda) | 1 |
| Own goals | Denny Landzaat (Twente) | 1 |
| Total | Total | 72 |
| 1. | Luis Suárez | 4 |
| 2. | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 2 |
| 2. | Demy de Zeeuw | 2 |
| 2. | Toby Alderweireld | 2 |
| 5. | Siem de Jong | 1 |
| 5. | Rasmus Lindgren | 1 |
| 5. | Jan Vertonghen | 1 |
| Total | Total | 13 |
| 1. | Miralem Sulejmani | 3 |
| 1. | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 3 |
| 1. | Siem de Jong | 3 |
| 4. | Demy de Zeeuw | 2 |
| 4. | Lorenzo Ebecilio | 2 |
| 6. | Jan Vertonghen | 1 |
| 6. | Urby Emanuelson | 1 |
| 6. | Florian Jozefzoon | 1 |
| 6. | Christian Eriksen | 1 |
| 6. | Mido | 1 |
| 6. | Luis Suárez | 1 |
| 6. | Vurnon Anita | 1 |
| Total | Total | 20 |
| # | Name | |
| 1. | Miralem Sulejmani | 2 |
| 2. | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 1 |
| 3. | Christian Eriksen | 1 |
| 4. | Toby Alderweireld | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 |

## Placements

| | Friendlies | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie |
| Status | 12 played, 8 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses | Runner-up Lost to: FC Twente | 3rd Place in Group G Placement for: UEFA Europa League | Eliminated in Round of 16 Last opponent: Spartak Moscow | Champions 73 points in 34 matches 30th title |
* Maarten Stekelenburg is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
* Christian Eriksen is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
* Christian Eriksen is voted Dutch Football Talent of the Year by De Telegraaf and Football International.

## Competitions

All times are in CEST

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | MIL | AJX | AUX |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Auxerre | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

### Friendlies
## Transfers for 2010–11
### Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2010 to 1 September 2010) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2010.

#### Arrivals

* The following players moved to Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | Previous club | Fee |
| Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell |
| Mitchell Donald | Midfielder | 16 May 2010 | Willem II | - |
| Darko Bodul | Forward | 18 May 2010 | Sparta Rotterdam | - |
| Daley Blind | Defender | 30 June 2010 | Groningen | - |
| Evander Sno | Midfielder | 30 June 2010 | Bristol City | - |
| Transfer | Transfer | Transfer | Transfer | Transfer |
| Mounir El Hamdaoui | Forward | 30 July 2010 | AZ | €5,000,000 |
| Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer |
| André Ooijer | Defender | 9 August 2010 | PSV | - |
| Mido | Forward | 23 August 2010 | Middlesbrough | - |
| Teemu Tainio | Midfielder | 31 August 2010 | Sunderland | - |
| Ronald Graafland | Goalkeeper | 9 September 2010 | Vitesse | - |

#### Departures

* The following players moved from Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee |
| Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan |
| Sergio Padt | Goalkeeper | 1 June 2010 | Go Ahead Eagles | - |
| Jan-Arie van der Heijden | Midfielder | 30 July 2011 | Willem II | - |
| Rob Wielaert | Defender | 22 August 2010 | Roda JC | - |
| Ismaïl Aissati | Midfielder | 24 August 2010 | Vitesse | - |
| Loan return | Loan return | Loan return | Loan return | Loan return |
| Zé Eduardo | Midfielder | 30 June 2010 | Cruzeiro | - |
| Kerlon | Forward | 30 June 2010 | Inter Milan | - |
| Transfer | Transfer | Transfer | Transfer | Transfer |
| Jeffrey Sarpong | Midfielder | 23 August 2010 | Real Sociedad | €200,000 |
| Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer |
| Gabri | Midfielder | 26 May 2010 | Umm-Salal | - |
| Kennedy Bakircioglü | Forward | 6 July 2010 | Racing Santander | - |
| Edgar Manucharyan | Forward | 10 July 2010 | Pyunik | - |
| Dennis Rommedahl | Forward | 11 July 2011 | Olympiacos | - |
| George Ogăraru | Defender | 17 July 2010 | Sion | - |
| Daylon Claasen | Midfielder | 13 August 2010 | Lierse | - |
| Marko Pantelić | Forward | 20 August 2010 | Olympiacos | - |
| Javier Martina | Forward | 25 August 2010 | Toronto FC | - |
| Albert Luque | Forward | 1 July 2010 | Málaga | - |

### Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2011 to 1 February 2011) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2010–11.

#### Arrivals

* The following players moved to Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | Previous club | Fee |
| Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell | Return from loan spell |
| Darío Cvitanich | Forward | 1 January 2011 | Pachuca | - |
| Bruno Silva | Defender | 1 January 2011 | Internacional | - |
| Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer |
| Henri Toivomäki | Defender | 3 January 2011 | Lahti | - |

#### Departures

* The following players moved from Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee |
| Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan | Out on loan |
| Marvin Zeegelaar | Forward | 24 January 2011 | Excelsior | - |
| Transfer | Transfer | Transfer | Transfer | Transfer |
| Urby Emanuelson | Midfielder | 23 January 2011 | Milan | €1,700,000 |
| Luis Suárez | Forward | 28 January 2011 | Liverpool | €26,500,000 |
| Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer | Free Transfer |
| Mido | Forward | 22 January 2011 | Zamalek | - |
| Darko Bodul | Forward | 31 January 2011 | Nacional | - |
| Teemu Tainio | Midfielder | 8 March 2011 | New York Red Bulls | - |