2024–25 AFC Ajax Season

The 2024–25 season was the 125th season in the history of Ajax, and their 69th consecutive season in the Dutch top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Players

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Overview

On 23 May, Ajax signed the contract with new manager Francesco Farioli. His new assistant managers will be Daniele Cavalletto, Dave Vos and Felipe Sanchez Mateos. Jelle ten Rouwelaar was signed as the new goalkeeping coach. Furthermore, Osman Kul is a new video analyst and new fitness coach is Callum Walsh, in the beginning of preseason together with Allesandro Schoenmaker.

On 31 May, the new away kit for the new season and training range was released; Ajax Away: A Work of Amsterdam.

On 19 June, Ajax and Ziggo extended their sponsorship contract by two seasons until 2029. On the same day, Ajax appointed Nynke Hagen as a cultural manager.

On July 4, VI reported that Manchester United wanted to sign goalkeeping coach Jelle ten Rouwelaar. A day later, the media reported that Ten Rouwelaar had left the club; Manchester United had paid €100,000 for him.

The home shirt of this season together with a pre-match shirt were introduced on Friday July 5, the morning of the first practice game: Home is Here.

On July 8, a new goalkeeping coach Jarkko Tuomisto was reported in the media. He had worked with Farioli at previous clubs.

Pre-season and friendlies

Ajax start the new season with a new manager, Francesco Farioli. Farioli's first day at Ajax from the new season was 12 July. A large part of the Ajax squad started on Wednesday 19 June, with the first tests and training methods at De Toekomst. The manager's first field training took place on Thursday, June 20. This was without players that had international games and were at Euro 2024 and Copa America 2024. On Friday, 28 July the manager welcomed players that had international games earlier this month, but were not at Euro 2024. This included Anton Gaaei, Sivert Mannsverk, Benjamin Tahirović, Kristian Hlynsson and Christian Rasmussen.

Ajax played the first practice game against PEC Zwolle on Friday, 5 July on a rainy De Toekomst, ending in a 0–1 loss. Due to renovations and the replacement of grass, the game was played behind closed doors. Furthermore, there are two other practice games played across the Netherlands, against Sint-Truiden and Rangers. These games are open to public.

Also there was a midweek training camp at the Wageningse Berg, Netherlands, from Monday July 15 to Friday July 19. During this week, two friendly matches were played against Al-Wasl (open to public) and Olympiacos (behind closed doors).

The first official games were on 25 July and 1 August for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League against Vojvodina. The first Eredivisie league game was on August 11, at home game against Heerenveen.

Ajax announced that, on Monday 5, there was an Open Day event.

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overall record

Eredivisie

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 21 June 2024.

KNVB Cup

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024.

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024.

Play–off round

The play–off round draw was held on 5 August 2024.

League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 30 August 2024.

=League phase table

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=Matches

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Knockout phase

=Knockout phase play-offs

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The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 31 January 2025.

=Round of 16

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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 February 2025.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

References

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