The

2020–21 Eredivisie The 2020–21 Eredivisie was the 65th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 16 May 2021. On 2 February 2021, the KNVB announced that effective immediately clubs would b ...

match between

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

and

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...

De Koel De Koel (), also known as Covebo Stadion – De Koel, is a multi-purpose stadium in Venlo, Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. It is currently mostly used for association football, football matches and is the home stadium of VVV-Venlo. T ...

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), ...

, took place on Saturday, 24 October 2020. Ajax won the match 13–0, setting a new record for the largest win in the history of the league. This result beat Ajax's 12–1 win over Vitesse back in the 1971–72 season.

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Overview

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp Jurgen Peter Ekkelenkamp (born 5 April 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Udinese. Club career Ajax Ekkelenkamp made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax on 9 April 2018 in a game ...

opened the score for Ajax in the 12th minute, with Lassina Traoré's first goal of the evening making it 2–0 within only five minutes. Ajax scored two more goals before the half-time break, with a second goal by Traoré and a strike from

Dušan Tadić Dušan Tadić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Тадић, ; born 20 November 1988) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer. He played most recently for Turkish club Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe. Positionally, he can be deploy ...

. Venlo were left with 10 men after 52 minutes when

Christian Kum Christian Kum (; born 13 September 1985) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He formerly played eight years for ADO Den Haag and two seasons for SC Heerenveen. Club career Kum was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, but moved to the Nether ...

was sent off after the video assistant referee changed his yellow card for violent conduct to a red. Venlo further collapsed after the sending off with four Ajax goals in five minutes by Traoré, Antony, Ekkelenkamp and

Daley Blind Daley Blind (; born 9 March 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Girona. He has been deployed in a variety of defensive roles – as a left-back, centre-back, and defensive midfielder. He is the son of former Ajax ...

. Traoré added his fourth after 65 minutes, and two goals by

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983), known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (), is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Huntelaar played for PSV Ein ...

in the 74th and 76th minute made it 11–0. With 12 minutes left,

Lisandro Martínez Lisandro Martínez (born 18 January 1998) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays primarily as a centre-back for club Manchester United F.C., Manchester United and the Argentina national football team, Argentina ...

made it 12–0 before Traoré scored his fifth of the game in the 87th minute.

Records

Erik ten Hag Erik ten Hag ( ; born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He will become the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen on 1 July 2025. Ten Hag played as a centre-back and began his career with Ere ...

's side recorded their biggest victory in club history, beating their own

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

record from 1972 when they thrashed Vitesse 12–1. Lassina Traoré became the first Ajax player to score five goals in an Eredivisie game since

Marco van Basten Marcel "Marco" Van Basten (; born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch former football manager and player who played as a striker for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all t ...

in 1985 and the first to record three assists for the club in a league match since

Frenkie de Jong Frenkie de Jong (; born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and as one ...

in 2017. The display meant that Traoré became the first player this century to be directly involved in eight goals in an Eredivisie match. It was the biggest ever defeat in a professional game for Venlo, with their previous worst performance being a 10–1 loss to

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

in 1964.

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