2008–09 AFC Ajax season

During the 2008–09 season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on Monday July 14, 2008. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Tuesday August 5, 2008, followed by a testimonial match for the retired former Ajax defender Jaap Stam.

Ajax

2008–09 season
Chairman	Uri Coronel
Manager	Marco van Basten (until 6 May 2009) John van 't Schip (interim)
Eredivisie	3rd
KNVB Cup	Third Round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Suárez (22 goals) All: Luis Suárez (28 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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Pre-season

The first training for the 2008–09 season was held on July 14, 2008. 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 Marco van Basten played friendly matches against VV Noordwijk, CVV Germanicus and Excelsior '31 before traveling to the United Kingdom to play against Cardiff City and Sunderland, then traveling to Spain to play Real Murcia. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Arsenal and Internazionale in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Cup		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	15	0	12	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF	URU	Bruno Silva	13	0	5+3	0	3+1	0	1	0
3	DF	ESP	Oleguer	37	1	26+1	1	9	0	1	0
4	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen	41	5	31	4	8	1	2	0
5	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	35	5	23+3	4	7	1	2	0
6	MF	SWE	Rasmus Lindgren	32	2	15+7	2	6+2	0	1+1	0
7	DF	SWE	Kennedy Bakircioglü	12	2	5+3	1	2+1	1	1	0
8	DF	NED	Urby Emanuelson	42	4	31+1	4	9	0	1	0
10	FW	SRB	Miralem Sulejmani	34	10	23+4	8	7	2	0	0
11	FW	MAR	Ismaïl Aissati	11	1	8+1	1	2	0	0	0
12	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	31	0	22	0	8	0	1	0
15	DF	NED	Gregory van der Wiel	43	2	31+1	2	8+1	0	2	0
16	FW	URU	Luis Suárez	43	28	30+1	22	10	5	2	1
17	DF	NED	Rob Wielaert	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ESP	Gabri	21	1	12+4	1	3+1	0	1	0
20	FW	ARG	Darío Cvitanich	23	9	14+4	9	2+2	0	0+1	0
21	MF	CMR	Eyong Enoh	25	2	17+2	1	5	1	1	0
22	MF	NED	Siem de Jong	16	1	5+5	1	2+2	0	1+1	0
23	FW	BRA	Leonardo	33	4	5+19	2	0+8	2	0+1	0
24	MF	NED	Jan-Arie van der Heijden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NED	Evander Sno	15	1	4+6	1	2+2	0	1	0
26	MF	NED	Jeffrey Sarpong	14	1	6+4	1	2+1	0	1	0
28	MF	ANT	Vurnon Anita	21	1	12+4	0	3+2	1	0	0
29	MF	NED	Mitchell Donald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	NED	Dennis Gentenaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	CRO	Darko Bodul	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ANT	Javier Martina	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	NED	Robbert Schilder	18	0	7+4	0	3+2	0	0+2	0
38	DF	BEL	Toby Alderweireld	8	0	2+3	0	2+1	0	0	0
39	MF	NED	Daley Blind	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	FW	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
9	FW	NED	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	15	9	10	6	4	2	1	1
11	FW	DEN	Kenneth Perez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	DEN	Dennis Rommedahl	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	BEL	Laurent Delorge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	NED	John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	RSA	Hans Vonk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 31 October 2011

2008-09 selection by nationality

Nationality															Total Players
Current squad selection	11	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	27
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Players out on loan	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2008-09

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
3	34	21	5	8	68	74	41	60	6

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	0	3	1	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	3	68

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	0	3	4	7	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	25	26	29	32	35	38	41	41	41	42	42	45	48	51	52	55	58	61	64	64	65	65	68	68

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	12th	9th	12th	6th	10th	9th	5th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd

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	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	2	5	4	0	1	2	3	6	3	4	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	7	2	1	0	1	74

Statistics for the 2008-09 season

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2008-09 season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	KNVB Cup	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	7	2	2	10	34	55
Wins	4	0	1	5	21	31
Draws	1	0	0	3	5	9
Losses	2	2	1	2	8	14
Home	0	2	1	5	17	25
Away	7	0	1	5	17	30
Yellow cards	2	2	2	17	60	83
Red cards	0	0	0	2	6	8
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	1	3	4
Number of substitutes used	47	8	6	27	89	177
Goals for	24	2	2	16	74	118
Goals against	8	4	1	10	41	64
Balance	+16	-2	+1	+6	+33	+54
Clean sheets	3	0	1	4	14	22
Penalties for	2	0	0	2	8	12
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	3	3

2008-09 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	Excelsior '31 - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 8 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax - FC Utrecht ( 2 - 0 )
	UEFA Cup	FK Borac Čačak - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 4 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax - Willem II ( 7 - 0 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	VfB Stuttgart - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 2 )
	KNVB Cup	FC Volendam - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 0 )
	UEFA Cup	Olympique de Marseille - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 1 )
	Eredivisie	PSV - AFC Ajax ( 6 - 2 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	Excelsior '31 - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 8 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax - FC Utrecht ( 2 - 0 )
	UEFA Cup	FK Borac Čačak - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 4 )
	Eredivisie	PSV - AFC Ajax ( 6 - 2 )

Top scorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 5 2. Darío Cvitanich 4 3. Gabri 3 4. Leonardo 2 Kenneth Perez 2 6. Jeffrey Sarpong 1 Albert Luque 1 Jan-Arie van der Heijden 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü 1 Javier Martina 1 Siem de Jong 1 Vurnon Anita 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 24

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 22 2. Darío Cvitanich 9 3. Miralem Sulejmani 8 4. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 6 5. Thomas Vermaelen 4 Jan Vertonghen 4 Urby Emanuelson 4 8. Leonardo 2 Rasmus Lindgren 2 Gregory van der Wiel 2 11. Jeffrey Sarpong 1 Oleguer 1 Siem de Jong 1 Evander Sno 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü 1 Gabri 1 Rob Wielaert 1 Ismaïl Aissati 1 Eyong Enoh 1 Own goals Erik Pieters (PSV) 1 Fernández (N.E.C.) 1 Total 74

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 2

UEFA Cup Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 5 2. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 Miralem Sulejmani 2 Leonardo 2 5. Jeffrey Sarpong 1 Thomas Vermaelen 1 Jan Vertonghen 1 Kennedy Bakircioglü 1 Eyong Enoh 1 Total 16

Amsterdam Tournament Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 2

Placements

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	KNVB Cup	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie
Status	7 played, 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses	4th place	Eliminated in Third Round Last opponent: FC Volendam	Eliminated in Round of 16 Last opponent: Olympique de Marseille	3rd place 68 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Europa League Qualifying rounds

• Luis Suárez is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• Gregory van der Wiel is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.

Results

All times are in CEST

Eredivisie

Main article: 2008–09 Eredivisie

Willem II v Ajax

30 August 2008 1	Willem II	2 − 1	Ajax	Tilburg
18:45	Demouge 47' Akgün 65'	Report	Sulejmani 23' Sno  83'	Stadium: Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v Roda JC

14 September 2008 2	Ajax	1 − 0	Roda JC	Amsterdam
14:30	Vermaelen 54'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,468 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Feyenoord v Ajax

21 September 2008 3	Feyenoord	2 − 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Tomasson 50', 85' (pen.)	Report	Sarpong 38' Huntelaar 69'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Vitesse

28 September 2008 4	Ajax	3 − 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez 61' Vertonghen 76', 82'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeier

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

5 October 2008 5	SC Heerenveen	5 − 2	Ajax	Heerenveen
16:30	Silva 4' (o.g.) Beerens 8' Sibon 51' Pranjić 63', 90' (pen.)	Report	Huntelaar 79' Suárez 81' (pen.) Van der Wiel  19'  89'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v FC Groningen

18 October 2008 6	Ajax	1 − 0	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
20:45	Oleguer 37'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,531 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v N.E.C.

26 October 2008 7	Ajax	2 − 0	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar 44' Suárez 73'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

29 October 2008 8	Heracles Almelo	1 − 3	Ajax	Almelo
20:00	Wuytens 29' Van den Bergh	Report	Suárez 2' Huntelaar 77', 82'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Richard Liesveld

FC Twente v Ajax

1 November 2008 9	FC Twente	0 − 2	Ajax	Enschede
18:45		Report	De Jong 40' Lindgren 91'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam

9 November 2008 10	Ajax	5 − 2	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar 16' Suárez 21' Sno 42' Bakircioglü 74' Leonardo 85'	Report	John 57' Rose 89'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Ajax v PSV

16 November 2008 11	Ajax	4 − 1	PSV	Amsterdam
12:30	Suárez 27' Sulejmani 74' Pieters 78' (o.g.) Leonardo 90+1'	Report	Afellay 56'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,665 Referee: Kevin Blom

AZ v Ajax

23 November 2008 12	AZ	2 − 0	Ajax	Alkmaar
12:30	De Zeeuw 22' (pen.) Ari 51'	Report		Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v FC Utrecht

30 November 2008 13	Ajax	1 − 1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30	Sulejmani 62'	Report	Keller 34'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,929 Referee: Tom van Sichem

FC Volendam v Ajax

7 December 2008 14	FC Volendam	1 − 2	Ajax	Volendam
14:30	Sheotahul 41'	Report	Suárez 44' Vertonghen 64'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Ajax v NAC Breda

12 December 2008 15	Ajax	3 − 0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
20:45	Cvitanich 27' Suárez 55' (pen.) Lindgren 64'	Report	Kwakman  50'  54'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,541 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

De Graafschap v Ajax

21 December 2008 16	De Graafschap	0 − 6	Ajax	Doetinchem
12:30	Volmer  35'	Report	Cvitanich 10', 71' Sulejmani 12' Suárez 53' (pen.), 62' Emanuelson 67'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

28 December 2008 17	Ajax	3 − 0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:30	Cvitanich 7', 18', 57'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

N.E.C. v Ajax

18 January 2009 18	N.E.C.	2 − 4	Ajax	Nijmegen
14:30	Zomer 50' El-Akchaoui 67'	Report	Sulejmani 48', 54' Cvitanich  3'  70' Fernández 79' (o.g.) Gabri 95'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

FC Groningen v Ajax

25 January 2009 19	FC Groningen	1 − 0	Ajax	Groningen
14:30	Holla 39'	Report	Vertonghen  54'  86'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,230 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

31 January 2009 20	Ajax	0 − 1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:45	Vermaelen  47'	Report	Pranjić 58'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,333 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v Heracles Almelo

3 February 2009 21	Ajax	2 − 2	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
20:15	Sulejmani 70' Suárez 72' (pen.)	Report	Van de Bergh 12' Schulmeister 31'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,355 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Vitesse v Ajax

8 February 2009 22	Vitesse	4 − 1	Ajax	Arnhem
12:30	Nilsson 7', 44' Stevanovič 40' Van Wolfswinkel 68'	Report	Suárez 15'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,775 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Ajax v Feyenoord

15 February 2009 23	Ajax	2 − 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30	Vermaelen 51' Emanuelson 90+1'	Report	Tiendalli  73'  82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,136 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v FC Volendam

22 February 2009 24	Ajax	2 − 1	FC Volendam	Amsterdam
16:30	Suárez 29' Vermaelen 75'	Report	Sheotahul 14'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,749 Referee: Raymond van Meenen

FC Utrecht v Ajax

1 March 2009 25	FC Utrecht	0 − 2	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30		Report	Van der Wiel 8' Vertonghen 62'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Roelof Luinge

ADO Den Haag v Ajax

8 March 2009 26	ADO Den Haag	1 − 1	Ajax	The Hague
12:30	Verhoek 63'	Report	Wielaert 60'	Stadium: ADO Den Haag Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v De Graafschap

15 March 2009 27	Ajax	3 − 0	De Graafschap	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez 23', 69' (pen.) Cvitanich 41'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,587 Referee: Ben Haverkor

NAC Breda v Ajax

22 March 2009 28	NAC Breda	0 − 3	Ajax	Breda
14:30		Report	Vermaelen 35' Van der Wiel 64' Suárez 86'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Pieter Vink

Roda JC v Ajax

5 April 2009 29	Roda JC	1 − 2	Ajax	Kerkrade
12:30	Cissé 71'	Report	Suárez 2' Aissati 66'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Johan Verbist

Ajax v Willem II

12 April 2009 30	Ajax	7 − 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
16:30	Cvitanich 2', 20' Enoh 10' Suárez 35' (pen.), 69', 82' (pen.) Emanuelson 45'	Report	Martha  81'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,038 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

PSV v Ajax

19 April 2009 31	PSV	6 − 2	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:30	Méndez 22' Afellay 31' Amrabat 40' Culina 56' Dzsudzsák 65' Bakkal 90'	Report	Suárez 44' Sulejmani 76'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v AZ

26 April 2009 32	Ajax	1 − 1	AZ	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez 87' (pen.)	Report	Lens 23' Schaars  57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,128 Referee: Pieter Vink

Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax

3 May 2009 33	Sparta Rotterdam	4 − 0	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30	Duplan 40' Rose 45' John 77' Adeleye 90'	Report	Oleguer  76'	Stadium: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,894 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v FC Twente

10 May 2009 34	Ajax	1 − 0	FC Twente	Amsterdam
14:30	Emanuelson 59'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,518 Referee: Ruud Bossen

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2008–09 KNVB Cup

Ajax v FC Utrecht

25 October 2008 Second Round	Ajax	2 − 0	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
20:45	Suárez 70' Huntelaar 87'	Report	Neşu  27'  68'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Jan Wegereef

FC Volendam v Ajax

12 November 2008 Third Round	FC Volendam	1 −0 (a.e.t.)	Ajax	Volendam
18:30	Tuijp 111'	Report		Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 5,224 Referee: Jack van Hulten

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

First round

Borac Čačak v Ajax

18 September 2008 First leg	Borac Čačak	1 – 4	Ajax	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00	Milovanović 50'	Report	Sulejmani 13' Suárez 36' Huntelaar 71', 86'	Stadium: Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Ajax v Borac Čačak

2 October 2008 Second leg	Ajax	2 – 0 (6 – 1 agg.)	Borac Čačak	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30	Sarpong 71' Suárez 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 18,139 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage § Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HSV	AJA	AST	ZIL	SLA
1	Hamburger SV	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–1	3–1	—	—
2	Ajax	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7			—	—	—	1–0	2–2
3	Aston Villa	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6			—	2–1	—	1–2	—
4	Žilina	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4			1–2	—	—	—	0–0
5	Slavia Prague	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2			0–2	—	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF

Aston Villa v Ajax

23 October 2008 1	Aston Villa	2 – 1	Ajax	Birmingham, England
21:15	Laursen 8' Barry 45'	Report	Vermaelen 22'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Ajax v Žilina

6 November 2008 2	Ajax	1 – 0	Žilina	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Suárez 42'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)

Hamburg v Ajax

27 November 2008 3	Hamburg	0 – 1	Ajax	Hamburg, Germany
20:45		Report	Leonardo 78'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Ajax v Slavia Praha

17 December 2008 4	Ajax	2 – 2	Slavia Praha	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Vertonghen 3' Suárez 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Černý 13' Jarolim 41'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Final phase

Round of 32

Fiorentina v Ajax

19 February 2009 First leg	Fiorentina	0 – 1	Ajax	Florence, Italy
20:45		Report	Bakircioglü 60'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 19,018 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

Ajax v Fiorentina

26 February 2009 Second leg	Ajax	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Fiorentina	Amsterdam
20:45	Leonardo 88'	Report	Gilardino 61'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Round of 16

Marseille v Ajax

12 March 2009 First leg	Marseille	2 – 1	Ajax	Marseille, France
20:45	Cheyrou 18' Niang 32'	Report	Suárez 35' (pen.) Van der Wiel  41'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Ajax v Marseille

18 March 2009 Second leg	Ajax	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 agg.)	Marseille	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Enoh 33' Sulejmani 74' Silva  122'	Report	Niang 33' Mears 109'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,650 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Amsterdam Tournament

Ajax v Arsenal

8 August 2008	Ajax	2 – 3	Arsenal	Amsterdam
21:15	Suárez 34' Huntelaar 36'	Report	Adebayor 67', 83' Bendtner 75'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v Internazionale

9 August 2008	Ajax	0 − 1	Internazionale	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Adriano 5'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2008

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	Pts
Arsenal	2	1	1	0	4	8
Internazionale	2	1	1	0	1	5
Sevilla FC	2	0	2	0	1	3
Ajax	2	0	0	2	2	2

Friendlies

VV Noordwijk v Ajax

19 July 2008	VV Noordwijk	2 − 5	Ajax	Noordwijk, Netherlands
15:00	Ketting 14', 38'	Report	Sarpong 13' Leonardo 20' Luque 55' Suárez 90' Van der Heijden 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pieter Vink

CVV Germanicus v Ajax

22 July 2008	CVV Germanicus	0 − 7	Ajax	Coevorden, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Cvitanich 14', 20' Gabri 45' Bakircioglü 48' Martina 60' Leonardo 80' De Jong 88'	Stadium: Sportpark De Pampert Attendance: 5,000 Referee: -

Excelsior '31 v Ajax

24 July 2008	Excelsior '31	1 − 8	Ajax	Rijssen, Netherlands
19:30	Van der Berg 11'	Report	Suárez 8', 30' Cvitanich 13' Gabri 20', 42' Perez 57' (pen.), 88' Anita 70'	Stadium: Sportpark Grote Geert Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Cardiff City v Ajax

1 August 2008	Cardiff City	0 − 0	Ajax	Cardiff, Wales
20:45		Report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Mark Whitby

Sunderland v Ajax

3 August 2008	Sunderland	0 − 1	Ajax	Sunderland, England
15:00		Report	Huntelaar 54'	Stadium: Stadium Of Light Attendance: 19,768 Referee: Mark Halsey

Real Murcia v Ajax

16 August 2008	Real Murcia	2 − 1	Ajax	Murcia, Spain
21.30	Despotovic 52' Dialiba 84'	Report	Suárez 58'	Stadium: Estadio Nueva Condomina Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Gregorio Bernabé Garcia

VfB Stuttgart v Ajax

10 January 2009	VfB Stuttgart	3 − 2	Ajax	Ferreiras, Portugal
16:00	Lanig 21' Schieber 29' Hitzlsperger 40'	Report	Suárez 22' Cvitanich 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Nora Attendance: 300 Referee: Paolo Felipe

Transfers for 2008-09

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2008 to 1 September 2008) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2008.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Kenneth Vermeer	Goalkeeper	30 June 2008	Willem II	-
	Transfer
	Darío Cvitanich	Midfielder	28 April 2008	Banfield	€6,5 million
	Miralem Sulejmani	Forward	4 July 2008	SC Heerenveen	€16,25 million
	Ismaïl Aissati	Midfielder	19 July 2008	PSV	€4,1 million
	Oleguer	Defender	29 July 2008	FC Barcelona	€3 million
	Evander Sno	Midfielder	21 August 2008	Celtic	€1,5 million
	Free Transfer
	Darko Bodul	Forward	14 June 2008	SC Heerenveen	-
	Eyong Enoh	Midfielder	31 August 2008	Ajax Cape Town	-
	Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	31 August 2008	Ajax Cape Town	-

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Donovan Slijngard	Defender	27 July 2008	Sparta Rotterdam	-
	George Ogăraru	Defender	30 August 2008	Steaua București	-
	Albert Luque	Forward	31 August 2008	Málaga CF	-
	Transfer
	Rydell Poepon	Forward	30 May 2008	Sparta Rotterdam	€1 million
	John Heitinga	Defender	15 August 2008	Atlético Madrid	€12 million
	Free Transfer
	Edgar Davids	Midfielder	20 May 2008	—	-
	Marco van Duin	Goalkeeper	21 June 2008	HFC Haarlem	-
	Erik Heijblok	Goalkeeper	30 June 2008	De Graafschap	-
	Ismael Urzaíz	Forward	15 July 2008	—	-
	Jurgen Colin	Defender	20 August 2008	Sporting de Gijón	-
	Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	29 August 2008	Brøndby IF	-
	Nicolae Mitea	Forward	31 August 2008	Dinamo București	-
	Samuel Kuffour	Defender	1 September 2008	Asante Kotoko	-
	Vito Wormgoor	Defender	2 September 2008	FC Utrecht	-
	Kenneth Perez	Midfielder	4 September 2008	FC Twente	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2009 to 1 February 2009) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2008–09.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Transfer
	Rob Wielaert	Defender	22 January 2010	FC Twente	€3,15 million

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Dennis Rommedahl	Forward	20 January 2009	N.E.C.	-
	Transfer
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Forward	1 January 2009	Real Madrid	€27 million
	John Goossens	Forward	1 February 2009	N.E.C.	€900,000
	Free Transfer
	Laurent Delorge	Midfielder	6 January 2008	Roda JC	-
	Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	20 January 2009	SC Heerenveen	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website