# 2023–24 AFC Ajax season

The 2023–24 season was the 124th season in the history of AFC Ajax and their 68th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli |
| 2 | DF | NED | Devyne Rensch |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Anton Gaaei |
| 4 | DF | NED | Jorrel Hato |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jordan Henderson (3rd captain) |
| 7 | FW | NED | Steven Bergwijn (captain) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kenneth Taylor |
| 9 | FW | NED | Brian Brobbey |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Chuba Akpom |
| 11 | FW | POR | Carlos Forbs |
| 12 | GK | NED | Jay Gorter |
| 13 | DF | TUR | Ahmetcan Kaplan |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Sivert Mannsverk |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Jakov Medić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NED | Julian Rijkhoff |
| 21 | MF | NED | Branco van den Boomen |
| 22 | GK | NED | Remko Pasveer |
| 23 | FW | NED | Steven Berghuis (vice-captain) |
| 24 | DF | NED | Silvano Vos |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa |
| 27 | FW | NED | Amourricho van Axel Dongen |
| 28 | MF | NED | Kian Fitz-Jim |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Gastón Ávila |
| 33 | MF | BIH | Benjamin Tahirović |
| 37 | DF | CRO | Josip Šutalo |
| 38 | MF | ISL | Kristian Hlynsson |
| 39 | FW | BEL | Mika Godts |
| 40 | GK | GER | Diant Ramaj |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 29 May 2023 | MF | Branco van den Boomen | Toulouse | Free transfer |
| 18 June 2023 | MF | Benjamin Tahirović | Roma | €8,000,000 |
| 3 August 2023 | GK | Diant Ramaj | Eintracht Frankfurt | €8,000,000 |
| 3 August 2023 | FW | Carlos Forbs | Manchester CIty | €14,000,000 |
| 6 August 2023 | DF | Jakov Medić | St. Pauli | €2,000,000 |
| 16 August 2023 | FW | Chuba Akpom | Middlesbrough | €12,300,000 |
| 17 August 2023 | DF | Anton Gaaei | Viborg | €4,500,000 |
| 20 August 2023 | DF | Josip Šutalo | Dinamo Zagreb | €20,500,000 |
| 22 August 2023 | DF | Gastón Ávila | Antwerp | €12,500,000 |
| 30 August 2023 | FW | Georges Mikautadze | Metz | €16,000,000 |
| 1 September 2023 | DF | Ethan Butera | Anderlecht | €1,500,000 |
| 1 September 2023 | MF | Sivert Mannsverk | Molde | €6,000,000 |
| 1 September 2023 | DF | Borna Sosa | VfB Stuttgart | €8,000,000 |
| 18 January 2024 | MF | Jordan Henderson | Al-Ettifaq | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2024 | FW | Julian Rijkhoff | Borussia Dortmund | €1,400,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 8 May 2023 | FW | Sontje Hansen | NEC | Undisclosed |
| 18 May 2023 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Retired | – |
| 24 May 2023 | MF | Youri Regeer | Twente | €900,000 |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Patrickson Delgado | Independiente del Valle | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Lorenzo Lucca | Pisa | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Florian Grillitsch | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2023 | DF | Kik Pierie | Excelsior | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2023 | DF | Jurriën Timber | Arsenal | €40,000,000 |
| 14 July 2023 | FW | Dušan Tadić | Fenerbahçe | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2023 | DF | Calvin Bassey | Fulham | €22,500,000 |
| 10 August 2023 | MF | Edson Álvarez | West Ham United | €38,000,000 |
| 11 August 2023 | FW | Mohamed Daramy | Reims | €12,000,000 |
| 27 August 2023 | FW | Mohammed Kudus | West Ham United | €43,000,000 |
| 1 September 2023 | MF | Davy Klaassen | Inter Milan | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2024 | MF | Stanis Idumbo Muzambo | Sevilla | €400,000 |
| 1 February 2024 | DF | Anass Salah-Eddine | Twente | €1,000,000 |
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €46,000,000 due to bonuses.

### Loans in

| Start date | Pos. | Player | From | End date | Fee | Ref. |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | End date | Fee |
| 24 June 2023 | MF | Naci Ünüvar | Twente | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2023 | MF | Youri Baas | NEC | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2023 | DF | Jorge Sánchez | Porto | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2023 | MF | Kian Fitz-Jim | Excelsior | 11 January 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2023 | FW | Francisco Conceição | Porto | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2023 | FW | Christian Rasmussen | Nordsjælland | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 5 September 2023 | DF | Owen Wijndal | Antwerp | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2024 | FW | Georges Mikautadze | Metz | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Loan agreed initially until 30 June 2024, but it was terminated in January.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled/ suspended  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 12 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 044.12 |
| KNVB Cup | 21 December 2023 | 21 December 2023 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 August 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 15 February 2024 | 14 March 2024 | Knockout round play-offs | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 94 | 86 | +8 | 038.30 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Twente | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League league stage |
| 5 | Ajax | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | NEC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ The 2023–24 KNVB Cup winners qualified for the Europa League league stage. Since the cup winners (Feyenoord) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 June 2023.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Play-off round

The play-off round draw was held on 7 August 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BHA | MAR | AJA | AEK |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| 2 | Marseille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Devyne Rensch | 38 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Anton Gaaei | 34 | 1 | 12+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Jorrel Hato | 46 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jordan Henderson | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NED | Steven Bergwijn | 31 | 13 | 23+1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kenneth Taylor | 47 | 8 | 31+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Brian Brobbey | 43 | 22 | 29+1 | 18 | 0+1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Chuba Akpom | 35 | 15 | 8+16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1+5 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Carlos Forbs | 32 | 3 | 8+13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NED | Jay Gorter | 12 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUR | Ahmetcan Kaplan | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Sivert Mannsverk | 16 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Jakov Medić | 9 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Julian Rijkhoff | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NED | Branco van den Boomen | 29 | 3 | 11+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Remko Pasveer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NED | Steven Berghuis | 29 | 8 | 16+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | NED | Silvano Vos | 14 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa | 24 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NED | Amourricho van Axel Dongen | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NED | Kian Fitz-Jim | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Gastón Ávila | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BIH | Benjamin Tahirović | 37 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | CRO | Josip Šutalo | 32 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ISL | Kristian Hlynsson | 34 | 7 | 22+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | BEL | Mika Godts | 16 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Diant Ramaj | 30 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | CUW | Ar'jany Martha | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | NED | Tristan Gooijer | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | NED | Jaydon Banel | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | NED | Owen Wijndal | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Anass Salah-Eddine | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MEX | Jorge Sánchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GEO | Georges Mikautadze | 9 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Kudus | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | POR | Francisco Conceição | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Brian Brobbey | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Chuba Akpom | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Steven Bergwijn | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 8 | FW | | Kenneth Taylor | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | | Steven Berghuis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 38 | MF | | Kristian Hlynsson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Mohammed Kudus | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | | Carlos Forbs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | | Branco van den Boomen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Devyne Rensch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | MF | | Benjamin Tahirović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Anton Gaaei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Jorrel Hato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | | Davy Klaassen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | DF | | Jakov Medić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 37 | DF | | Josip Šutalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 74 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 94 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 40 | GK | | Diant Ramaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | | Jay Gorter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Gerónimo Rulli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Devyne Rensch | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Anton Gaaei | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 4 | DF | Jorrel Hato | 5 | | | 2 | | | | | | 7 | | |
| 6 | MF | Jordan Henderson | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 7 | FW | Steven Bergwijn | 5 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 6 | | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Kenneth Taylor | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 9 | FW | Brian Brobbey | 4 | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | | |
| 10 | FW | Chuba Akpom | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 13 | DF | Ahmetcan Kaplan | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Sivert Mannsverk | 4 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | |
| 18 | DF | Jakov Medić | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 21 | MF | Branco van den Boomen | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 23 | FW | Steven Berghuis | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Silvano Vos | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | |
| 25 | DF | Borna Sosa | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 30 | DF | Gastón Ávila | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 33 | MF | Benjamin Tahirović | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 37 | DF | Josip Šutalo | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | 4 | | 1 |
| 38 | DF | Kristian Hlynsson | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 40 | DF | Diant Ramaj | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 47 | DF | Tristan Gooijer | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | |
Source: Competitive matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.