2018–19 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2018–19 season
Owner	AFC Ajax N.V.
CEO	Edwin van der Sar
Manager	Erik ten Hag
Stadium	Johan Cruyff Arena
Eredivisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dušan Tadić (28); All: ; Dušan Tadić (38)
Highest home attendance	53,720 vs Feyenoord (28 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance	43,819 vs Heerenveen (24 January 2019)
Average home league attendance	52,987
Biggest win	8–0 vs De Graafschap (16 December 2018)
Biggest defeat	2–6 vs Feyenoord (27 January 2019)
Home colours	Away colours

During the 2018–19 season, Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Champions League. With winning both the competition and the cup, it meant the first double won since the 2001–02 season. In the Champions League, they knocked-out defending champions Real Madrid in the round of 16. After beating Juventus in the quarter-final, they reached a Champions League semi-final for the first time since 1997. Ajax were seconds away from reaching the final, until a last-minute goal sent Tottenham Hotspur to the final on away goals.

On an individual level, Dušan Tadić was the biggest surprise; signed from Southampton in June 2018 for just €11.4 million, the 30-year old unexpectedly became the club's leading goalscorer with a total of 38, including 9 goals in the Champions League. He doubled his personal season record for scoring, as well as earned the right to be the team's captain for the next season.

Player statistics

4–2–3–1 formation, known as the "Tadic-variant", as used in the successful Champions League campaign where they reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1997 after beating European giants Real Madrid and Juventus.

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	DEN	Rasmus Kristensen	19	1	5+7	0	5	1	0+2	0
3	DF	NED	Joël Veltman	14	1	4+5	1	0	0	3+2	0
4	DF	NED	Matthijs de Ligt	55	7	33	3	3+2	1	17	3
6	MF	NED	Donny van de Beek	56	17	28+5	9	5	4	14+4	4
7	FW	BRA	David Neres	50	12	20+9	8	4+2	1	14+1	3
8	DF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	11	0	1+8	0	0	0	0+2	0
9	FW	NED	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	42	23	13+15	16	4	3	7+3	4
10	MF	SRB	Dušan Tadić	56	38	34	28	4	1	17+1	9
12	MF	MAR	Noussair Mazraoui	47	4	26+2	1	3	1	16	2
15	MF	NED	Carel Eiting	13	0	4+2	0	2	0	3+2	0
16	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán	5	0	1+1	0	1	0	0+2	0
17	DF	NED	Daley Blind	57	6	34	5	5	1	16+2	0
18	FW	BFA	Hassane Bandé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	MAR	Zakaria Labyad	19	4	2+9	1	3+2	3	0+3	0
20	MF	DEN	Lasse Schöne	51	6	27+3	5	2+2	0	17	1
21	MF	NED	Frenkie de Jong	51	3	29+1	3	4	0	17	0
22	MF	MAR	Hakim Ziyech	49	21	29	16	3	0	17	5
23	FW	BFA	Lassina Traoré	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	CMR	André Onana	55	0	33	0	3+1	0	18	0
25	FW	DEN	Kasper Dolberg	38	12	16+9	11	1+3	1	3+6	0
26	GK	GRE	Kostas Lamprou	5	0	1+1	0	3	0	0	0
27	DF	NED	Perr Schuurs	4	1	0+1	0	3	1	0	0
28	GK	POR	Bruno Varela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	NED	Dani de Wit	12	0	1+4	0	0+3	0	0+4	0
31	DF	ARG	Nicolás Tagliafico	46	6	29	2	2	1	15	3
32	MF	CZE	Václav Černý	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
35	DF	NED	Mitchel Bakker	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
37	MF	NED	Noa Lang	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	MF	NED	Ryan Gravenberch	2	1	0+1	0	1	1	0	0
40	MF	NED	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	5	1	0+3	0	0+1	1	0+1	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
5	DF	AUT	Maximilian Wöber	16	0	4+4	0	2	0	4+2	0
16	GK	NED	Benjamin van Leer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	NED	Siem de Jong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	COL	Luis Manuel Orejuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	NED	Kaj Sierhuis	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
41	FW	NOR	Dennis Johnsen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

As of 15 May 2019

Team statistics

2018–19 selection by nationality

Nationality																			Total Players
Current squad selection	9	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	14	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	24
Players out on loan	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	7

Eredivisie standings 2018–19

Current standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
1	34	28	2	4	86	119	32	35	2

Match day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	19	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	Total
Points by match day	1	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	3	0	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	86
Total points by match day	1	4	7	10	13	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	43	46	47	47	50	50	53	56	59	62	62	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	86
Standing by match day	10	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Goals by match day	1	1	5	4	3	0	2	5	4	3	2	7	3	5	4	8	3	4	2	6	0	5	5	4	2	0	3	5	4	6	1	4	4	4	119
Goals against per match day	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	1	32
Total goal difference per match day	±0	+1	+6	+10	+13	+10	+12	+17	+21	+24	+26	+32	+35	+39	+42	+50	+52	+52	+48	+54	+53	+58	+62	+66	+67	+66	+68	+71	+74	+78	+79	+81	+84	+87	+87

Topscorers

Eredivisie

Nr.	Name
1.	Dušan Tadić	28
2.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	16
2.	Hakim Ziyech	16
4.	Kasper Dolberg	11
5.	Donny van de Beek	9
6.	David Neres	8
7.	Daley Blind	5
7.	Lasse Schöne	5
9.	Frenkie de Jong	3
9.	Matthijs de Ligt	3
11.	Nicolás Tagliafico	2
12.	Zakaria Labyad	1
	Noussair Mazraoui	1
	Joël Veltman	1
Own goal	Pelle van Amersfoort (Heerenveen)	1
	Glenn Bijl (Emmen)	1
	Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord)	1
	Freek Heerkens (Willem II)	1
	Gervane Kastaneer (NAC Breda)	1
	Jethro Mashart (NAC Breda)	1
	Erik Palmer-Brown (NAC Breda)	1
	Ricardo van Rhijn (AZ Alkmaar)	1
	Daniel Schwaab (PSV Eindhoven)	1
	Total	119

KNVB Cup

Nr.	Name
1.	Donny van de Beek	4
2.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	3
2.	Zakaria Labyad	3
4.	Daley Blind	1
	Kasper Dolberg	1
	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	1
	Ryan Gravenberch	1
	Rasmus Kristensen	1
	Matthijs de Ligt	1
	Noussair Mazraoui	1
	David Neres	1
	Perr Schuurs	1
	Dušan Tadić	1
	Nicolás Tagliafico	1
	Total	21

UEFA Champions League

Nr.	Name
1.	Dušan Tadić	9
2.	Hakim Ziyech	5
3.	Donny van de Beek	4
3.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	4
5.	Matthijs de Ligt	3
	David Neres	3
	Nicolás Tagliafico	3
8.	Noussair Mazraoui	2
8.	Lasse Schöne	2
	Total	35

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	11 August 2018	15 May 2019	Matchday 1	Winners	34	28	2	4	119	32	+87	082.35
KNVB Cup	26 September 2018	5 May 2019	First round	Winners	6	5	1	0	21	2	+19	083.33
Champions League	25 July 2018	8 May 2019	Second qualifying round	Semi-finals	18	10	6	2	35	17	+18	055.56
Total					58	43	9	6	175	51	+124	074.14

Last updated: 15 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	28	2	4	119	32	+87	86	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	26	5	3	98	26	+72	83	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	20	5	9	75	41	+34	65	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	AZ	34	17	7	10	64	43	+21	58	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Vitesse	34	14	11	9	70	51	+19	53	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[b]

Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ a b Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
^ Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

First round				Second round				Third round



NEC	2	0	2

RKC Waalwijk	0	3	3
				RKC Waalwijk	2	1	3

				Excelsior	1	1	2



								RKC Waalwijk*	0	5	5

								Go Ahead Eagles	0	4	4



				Go Ahead Eagles	2	1	3

				FC Den Bosch	2	0	2









				TOP Oss	0	0	0

				Sparta Rotterdam	2	3	5



								Sparta Rotterdam*	1	2	3

								De Graafschap	2	0	2
SC Cambuur	2	2	4

Almere City	2	1	3
				SC Cambuur	1	0	1

				De Graafschap	1	2	3

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Matches

11 August 2018 1	Ajax	1–1	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST	De Ligt 88'	Report	Duarte 65' Peterson 84', 90+4' Breukers 90+3'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 51,949 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

18 August 2018 2	VVV-Venlo	0–1	Ajax	Venlo
18:30 CEST		Report	Tadić 88' (pen.) Onana 90+4'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

25 August 2018 3	Ajax	5–0	Emmen	Amsterdam
18:39 CEST	Ziyech 8' Huntelaar 38', 59' Tadić 71' Bijl 86' (o.g.)	Report	Siekman 41'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,885 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

2 September 2018 4	Vitesse	0–4	Ajax	Arnhem
14:30 CEST	Bero 14' Foor 22' Linssen 42'	Report	Ziyech 3' Huntelaar 7', 58' Tadić 19'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Pol van Boekel

15 September 2018 5	Ajax	3–0	Groningen	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	Huntelaar 18' (pen.), 66' Tagliafico 29' Schöne 35' Tadić 76'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,720 Referee: Dennis Higler

23 September 2018 6	PSV	3–0	Ajax	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST	Lozano 20', 35' Pereiro 21', 27' De Jong 24', 62'	Report	Tadić 19' Ziyech 77'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

29 September 2018 7	Fortuna Sittard	0–2	Ajax	Sittard
20:45 CEST	Smeets 73' Rodríguez 80'	Report	Huntelaar 26' Dolberg 49' Schöne 73' Ziyech 78'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 12,004 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

7 October 2018 8	Ajax	5–0	AZ	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST	Van de Beek 3' Dolberg 48' Van Rhijn 52' (o.g.) Ziyech 61' Huntelaar 67' Tagliafico 83' Tadić 84'	Report	Idrissi 30' Vejinović 46' Hatzidiakos 67'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,185 Referee: Dennis Higler

20 October 2018 9	Heerenveen	0–4	Ajax	Heerenveen
20:45 CEST	Thorsby 44' Høegh 50'	Report	Schöne 3' Ziyech 42' Tadić 52' (pen.) Dolberg 56' Neres 71'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,315 Referee: Pol van Boekel

28 October 2018 10	Ajax	3–0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
14:30 CET	Bijlow 22' (o.g.) Ziyech 41' Mazraoui 50' Tadić 80'	Report	Toornstra 3' St. Juste 6' Berghuis 14'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,720 Referee: Björn Kuipers

3 November 2018 11	Ajax	2–0	Willem II	Amsterdam
18:30 CET	Dolberg 11' De Jong 22'	Report	Sol 33'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,432 Referee: Allard Lindhout

11 November 2018 12	Excelsior	1–7	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CET	Fortes 25' Haspolat 25' Matthys 43' Messaoud 52'	Report	Van de Beek 31', 48' Schöne 44' Dolberg 59' Schouten 71' (o.g.) Ziyech 79' Neres 87'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 November 2018 13	NAC Breda	0–3	Ajax	Breda
20:45 CET	Klomp 38' Verschueren 41' Nijholt 68' Te Vrede 71'	Report	Mashart 40' (o.g.) Labyad 54', 67' Huntelaar 90+3'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,969 Referee: Dennis Higler

2 December 2018 14	Ajax	5–1	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:15 CET	Neres 15' Tagliafico 21' De Ligt 43' Van de Beek 48' Dolberg 83'	Report	Meijers 39'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,644 Referee: Pol van Boekel

8 December 2018 15	PEC Zwolle	1–4	Ajax	Zwolle
20:45 CET	Schöne 44' (o.g.) Van Duinen 45+1' Genreau 68'	Report	De Ligt 6' Huntelaar 22' Tagliafico 25' De Jong 32' Tadić 59', 89' Schöne 69'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

16 December 2018 16	Ajax	8–0	De Graafschap	Amsterdam
14:30 CET	Tadić 18' Mazraoui 25' Ziyech 32', 62', 69' Blind 65', 74', 90'	Report	Van de Pavert 67'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,388 Referee: Kevin Blom

23 December 2018 17	Utrecht	1–3	Ajax	Utrecht
12:15 CET	Tannane 31' Janssen 59' Venema 74'	Report	Dolberg 14' Wöber 29' Tadić 60' (pen.) Onana 80' De Jong 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 23,226 Referee: Dennis Higler

20 January 2019 18	Ajax	4–4	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
16:45 CET	Tadić 13', 16', 45+1' Van Amersfoort 28' (o.g.) Huntelaar 83'	Report	Lammers 14', 51' Van Bergen 56' Pierie 90+1' Bruijn 90+3'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,553 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

27 January 2019 19	Feyenoord	6–2	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30 CET	Toornstra 16' Berghuis 31' Van Persie 42', 56' Vilhena 75' Ayoub 84'	Report	Schöne 8' Ziyech 33'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

2 February 2019 20	Ajax	6–0	VVV-Venlo	Amsterdam
19:45 CET	Ziyech 35' Dolberg 52' Tadić 60' Neres 85' Huntelaar 87' Van de Beek 90+1'	Report	Mlapa 36'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,868 Referee: Allard Lindhout

9 February 2019 21	Heracles Almelo	1–0	Ajax	Almelo
18:30 CET	Kuwas 6' Osman 17' Rossmann 81'	Report	Huntelaar 41'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,080 Referee: Dennis Higler

17 February 2019 22	Ajax	5–0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
12:15 CET	Tadić 38' (pen.), 67' Dolberg 53' Kastaneer 59' (o.g.) Ziyech 65' Palmer-Brown 71' (o.g.)	Report	Nijholt 36' Dervite 38' Koch 90+1'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,952 Referee: Siemen Mulder

24 February 2019 23	ADO Den Haag	1–5	Ajax	The Hague
12:15 CET	El Khayati 36' Meijers 45'	Report	Van de Beek 39' Tadić 45+1' (pen.) Neres 55' Ziyech 74', 83' Dolberg 78'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 14,352 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

10 March 2019 25	Ajax	4−0	Fortuna Sittard	Amsterdam
16:45 CET	Tadić 4', 85' Neres 27', 63'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,381 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

13 March 2019 24	Ajax	2–1	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
18:30 CET	Tadić 32', 86' Blind 85' Veltman 90+2'	Report	Van Crooy 79', 25' 90' Lam 86'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,385 Referee: Allard Lindhout

17 March 2019 26	AZ	1−0	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30 CET	Til 56'	Report	Dolberg 64'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 17,023 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

31 March 2019 27	Ajax	3−1	PSV	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST	Schwaab 21' (o.g.) Mazraoui 57' Tadić 68', 72' (pen.) Onana 90+2' Neres 90+6', 90+7'	Report	Sadílek 54' De Jong 58' Malen 73'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,669 Referee: Björn Kuipers

3 April 2019 28	Emmen	2−5	Ajax	Emmen
14:30 CEST	Bannik 28' Kuipers 50' Tagliafico 62' (o.g.) Arias 87'	Report	Van de Beek 9' Kristensen 24' Blind 43' Neres 51', 60' Huntelaar 53'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8,301 Referee: Siemen Mulder

6 April 2019 29	Willem II	1−4	Ajax	Tilburg
18:30 CEST	Crowley 13' Isak 26' (pen.) Lewis 29'	Report	Van de Beek 14' Heerkens 41' (o.g.) Veltman 53' Ziyech 70'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Danny Makkelie

13 April 2019 30	Ajax	6−2	Excelsior	Amsterdam
18:30 CEST	Mazraoui 4' Huntelaar 10', 40', 65' Tadić 37', 60' (pen.) Dolberg 75' Ekkelenkamp 84'	Report	Fortes 32', 89' El Hamdaoui 42', 49' Koolwijk 43'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,664 Referee: Pol van Boekel

20 April 2019 31	Groningen	0−1	Ajax	Groningen
18:30 CEST	Gladon 28' Memišević 73' Reis 75' Chabot 76'	Report	Veltman 73' Huntelaar 78', 79' 84'	Stadium: Noordlease Stadion Attendance: 22,288 Referee: Dennis Higler

23 April 2019 32	Ajax	4−2	Vitesse	Amsterdam
20:45 CEST	Ziyech 41' Tadić 54' (pen.), 80' (pen.) De Ligt 58' Veltman 69' Van de Beek 86'	Report	Bero 53' 90+1' Foor 66' Van der Werff 80' Darfalou 82'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,869 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

12 May 2019 34	Ajax	4–1	Utrecht	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST	Huntelaar 14' Van de Beek 45+1' Tagliafico 60' Tadić 75', 80' (pen.)	Report	Boussaid 1' Bazoer 7' Letschert 36' Janssen 40' Van de Streek 54'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,520 Referee: Pol van Boekel

15 May 2019 33	De Graafschap	1–4	Ajax	Doetinchem
19:30 CEST	El Jebli 40' Matusiwa 66'	Report	Schöne 37' Tagliafico 44' Tadić 67' (pen.), 87'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

26 September 2018 Round 1	HVV Te Werve	0–7	Ajax	Rijswijk
19:45 CEST		Report	Schuurs 10' Dolberg 17' Van de Beek 30' Labyad 38', 59' Ekkelenkamp 66' Gravenberch 82'	Stadium: Sportpark Vredenburgh Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Christiaan Bax

31 October 2018 Round 2	Ajax	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
19:45 CET	Neres 35' Labyad 39' Huntelaar 63' Schuurs 81'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 43,884 Referee: Kevin Blom

19 December 2018 Round of 16	Roda JC Kerkrade	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Ajax	Kerkrade
20:45 CET	Paulissen 36' (pen.) Engels 102'	Report	Tadić 13' (pen.)	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 14,296 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
	Penalties
	Engels Paulissen Gnjatić Verburgh		Tadić Huntelaar De Ligt Dolberg Blind

24 January 2019 Quarter-final	Ajax	3–1	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:45 CET	Mazraoui 3' Van de Beek 16', 38' Magallán 88'	Report	Vlapp 52' Van Amersfoort 84' Lammers 89'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 43,819 Referee: Kevin Blom

27 February 2019 Semi-final	Feyenoord	0–3	Ajax	Rotterdam
20:45 CET	Van der Heijden 28' St. Juste 56' Berghuis 77'	Report	Van de Beek 12', 65' De Ligt 45' Tagliafico 49' De Jong 61' Mazraoui 67' De Wit 90+2'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

5 May 2019 Final	Willem II	0−4	Ajax	Rotterdam
18:00 CEST	Llonch 78'	Report	Blind 38' Huntelaar 39', 67' Kristensen 76'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,709 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2018 First leg	Ajax	2–0	Sturm Graz	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CEST	Ziyech 15' Schöne 57', 57'	Report	Koch 40' Lackner 79'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 53,106 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

1 August 2018 Second leg	Sturm Graz	1–3 (1–5 agg.)	Ajax	Graz, Austria
20:30 CEST	Ferreira 60' Koch 64' Lovrić 71' Onana 89' (o.g.)	Report	Tagliafico 33' Huntelaar 39', 77' Tadić 48'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15,172 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Third qualifying round

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) First leg	Standard Liège	2–2	Ajax	Liège, Belgium
20:00 CEST	Fai 55' Carcela 67' Emond 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Huntelaar 19' Tadić 34' Tagliafico 58' Ziyech 61'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,355 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) Second leg	Ajax	3–0 (5–2 agg.)	Standard Liège	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CEST	Huntelaar 30' De Ligt 34' Neres 46'	Report	M'Poku 76'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 51,841 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Play-off round

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) First leg	Ajax	3–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST	Van de Beek 2' Huntelaar 21' Ziyech 35' Tadić 43' Tagliafico 70'	Report	Kędziora 16', 24' Harmash 38'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,706 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second leg	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Ajax	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:00 CEST	Kędziora 14' Sydorchuk 54' Shaparenko 70'	Report	Tadić 14', 87' Ziyech 34'	Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex Attendance: 40,131 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	AJX	BEN	AEK
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	5–1	2–0
2	Ajax	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	1–0	3–0
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	AEK Athens	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0		0–2	0–2	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 1	Ajax	3–0	AEK Athens	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:55 CEST	Tagliafico 46', 90', 88' De Jong 74' Ziyech 74' Van de Beek 77'	Report	Alef 72' Mantalos 74'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,258 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 2	Bayern Munich	1–1	Ajax	Munich, Germany
21:00 CEST	Hummels 4' Martínez 40' Rodríguez 78' Gnabry 88'	Report	Van de Beek 21' Mazraoui 22' Blind 51'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 3	Ajax	1–0	Benfica	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST	Mazraoui 22', 90+2' Onana 39' Tagliafico 49'	Report	Jardel 9' Conti 64' Salvio 72' Seferovic 86'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,379 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 4	Benfica	1–1	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET	Jonas 29', 39' Fejsa 45+1' Jardel 70'	Report	Tagliafico 34' De Ligt 42' Tadić 61', 83' Van de Beek 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,328 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 5	AEK Athens	0–2	Ajax	Athens, Greece
18:55 CET	Oikonomou 29' Chyhrynskyi 51' Livaja 53' 67' Giakoumakis 90'	Report	Schöne 19' Mazraoui 60' Tadić 68' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,756 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 6	Ajax	3–3	Bayern Munich	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET	De Ligt 40' Tadić 61', 82' (pen.) Blind 63' Wöber 67' Tagliafico 90+5', 90+5'	Report	Lewandowski 13', 87' (pen.) Kimmich 28' Rafinha 37' Müller 75' Coman 90'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,244 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) First leg	Ajax	1–2	Real Madrid	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET	Ziyech 53', 75'	Report	Benzema 60' Reguilón 70' Vázquez 83' Asensio 87' Ramos 90'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,286 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Second leg	Real Madrid	1–4 (3–5 agg.)	Ajax	Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET	Carvajal 30' Asensio 70' Nacho 90+3' 90+3'	Report	Ziyech 7' Neres 18' Mazraoui 26' Tadić 62' Schöne 72'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 77,013 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Quarter-finals

10 April 2019 First leg	Ajax	1–1	Juventus	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST	Tagliafico 41' Neres 46' De Jong 55' Schöne 71' Ekkelenkamp 90+4'	Report	Ronaldo 45' Pjanić 83'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 50,390 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

16 April 2019 Second leg	Juventus	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Ajax	Turin, Italy
21:00 CEST	Ronaldo 28', 90+3' Can 69'	Report	Van de Beek 34' De Ligt 67'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 41,445 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Semi-finals

30 April 2019 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Ajax	London, England
21:00 CEST		Report	Van de Beek 15' Tagliafico 30' Veltman 63'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 60,243 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

8 May 2019 Second leg	Ajax	2–3 (3–3 (a) agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST	De Ligt 5' Ziyech 35', 77' Dolberg 50' Onana 90+5'	Report	Sissoko 16' Lucas 55', 59', 90+6' Rose 76'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,641 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

23 June 2018	VVSB	0–7	Ajax	Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
15:00 CEST		Report	Bijleveld 16', 22' Sierhuis 24', 43' De Wit 26' Huntelaar 53' Bandé 88'	Stadium: Sportpark De Boekhorst

26 June 2018	Preußen Münster	3–1	Ajax	Harsewinkel, Germany
13:00 CEST	Pires-Rodrigues 18' Rühle 60' Cueto 74'	Report	Kristensen 26'	Stadium: Klosterpforte Sportplatz

30 June 2018	Lippstadt 08	0–9	Ajax	Harsewinkel, Germany
11:00 CEST		Report	Mazraoui 23', 44' Labyad 24', 51' Huntelaar 29', 35' De Wit 63', 69', 73'	Stadium: Klosterpforte Sportplatz

7 July 2018	Nordsjælland	3–1	Ajax	Putten, Netherlands
15:00 CEST	Olsen 60' Bartolec 80' Rasmussen 88'	Report	Solomons 90+2'	Stadium: Sportpark Putter Eng

7 July 2018	Steaua București	1–1	Ajax	Hattem, Netherlands
19:00 CEST	Tănase 6'	Report	Eiting 24'	Stadium: Sportpark 't Achterveen

13 July 2018	Ajax	1–3	Anderlecht	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:30 CEST	Neres 20'	Report	Santini 17', 65' Dimata 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion

19 July 2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Ajax	Walsall, England
15:00 CEST	Neves 74' (pen.)	Report	Van de Beek 45+1'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

19 July 2018	Walsall	2–0	Ajax	Walsall, England
20:45 CEST	Cook 27', 70'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium

26 July 2018	Ajax	0–1	Konyaspor	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
18:00 CEST			Şahiner 41'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

5 September 2018	Ajax	1–0	Utrecht	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
11:00 CEST	Neres 9'			Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

10 October 2018	Ajax	4–1	PEC Zwolle	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
11:00 CEST	Černý 11' Huntelaar 18' Thethani 88' Bijleveld 90'		Hiwat 2'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Referee: Christiaan Bax

14 November 2018	Ajax	3–2	Heerenveen	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
12:00 CET	Pasquali 20' Danilo 55' Brobbey 71'		Lammers 10' (pen.) Mihajlović 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

11 January 2019 Florida Cup	Ajax	2–2 (3–4 p)	Flamengo	Orlando, United States
1:00 CET	Huntelaar 16' Labyad 34'		Uribe 19', 43'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Referee: Estaban Rosano
	Penalties
	Labyad Traoré De Wit Veltman Magallán		Piris Da Motta Rodinei Trauco Berrío

12 January 2019 Florida Cup	Ajax	4–2	São Paulo	Orlando, United States
19:00 CET	Van de Beek 57' Tadić 73' (pen.) Dolberg 79' Neres 90+1'		Hernanes 22' Brenner 65'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

4 February 2019	Ajax	4–1	PEC Zwolle	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
11:00 CEST	De Wit 8' Labyad 30', 65', 81'		Van den Berg 76'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

19 February 2019	AZ	0–3	Ajax	Wijdewormer, Netherlands
17:00 CEST			Veltman 12' Traoré 34', 59'	Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex

20 March 2019	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Ajax	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST	Bellarabi 40' Paulinho 50'	Report	Danilo 15'	Stadium: BayArena

Transfers for 2018–19

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2018 to 31 August 2018) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2018. For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2019 to 1 February 2019) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2018–19.

Arrivals

The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Period	Previous club	Fee
Transfer
	Hassane Bandé	Forward	Summer	Mechelen	€8,250,000
	Zakaria Labyad	Midfielder	Summer	Utrecht	€7,000,000
	Dušan Tadić	Midfielder	Summer	Southampton	€11,400,000
	Daley Blind	Defender	Summer	Manchester United	€16,000,000
	Lisandro Magallán	Defender	Winter	Boca Juniors	€9,000,000
Free Transfer
	Lassina Traoré	Forward	Winter	Ajax Cape Town	-
Loan
	Bruno Varela	Goalkeeper	Winter	Benfica	-
Return from loan spell
	Leeroy Owusu	Defender	Summer	Almere City	-
	Perr Schuurs	Defender	Summer	Fortuna Sittard	-
	Zakaria El Azzouzi	Forward	Summer	Excelsior	-
	Mateo Cassierra	Forward	Winter	Groningen	-

Departures

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Period	New club	Fee
Transfer
	Leeroy Owusu	Defender	Summer	De Graafschap	?
	Darren Sidoel	Defender	Summer	Reading	?
	Danilho Doekhi	Defender	Summer	Vitesse	?
	Zian Flemming	Midfielder	Summer	PEC Zwolle	?
	Justin Kluivert	Forward	Summer	Roma	€22,750,000
	Maximilian Wöber	Defender	Winter	Sevilla	€11,000,000
	Saku Ylätupa	Forward	Winter	AIK Fotboll	?
Free Transfer
	Norbert Alblas	Goalkeeper	Summer	N.E.C.	-
	Peter Leeuwenburgh	Goalkeeper	Summer	Cape Town City	-
	Léon Bergsma	Defender	Summer	AZ	-
	Mitchell Dijks	Defender	Summer	Bologna	-
	Danilho Doekhi	Defender	Summer	Vitesse	-
	Ki-Jana Hoever	Defender	Summer	Liverpool	-
	Terry Lartey Sanniez	Defender	Summer	N.E.C.	-
	Mauro Savastano	Defender	Summer	AZ	-
	Nick Viergever	Defender	Summer	PSV	-
	Deyovaisio Zeefuik	Defender	Summer	Groningen	-
	Reda Boultam	Midfielder	Summer	Cremonese	-
	Denilho Cleonise	Midfielder	Summer	Genoa	-
	Ricardo Farcaş	Midfielder	Summer	SPAL	-
	Vince Gino Dekker	Forward	Summer	AZ	-
	Mees de Wit	Forward	Summer	Sporting CP	-
	Amin Younes	Forward	Summer	Napoli	-
	Zakaria El Azzouzi	Forward	Winter	Emmen	-
	Szabolcs Schön	Forward	Winter	MTK Budapest	-
Out on loan
	Benjamin van Leer	Goalkeeper	Summer	NAC Breda	-
	Robin Schouten	Defender	Summer	Volendam	-
	Siem de Jong	Midfielder	Summer	Sydney FC	-
	Mateo Cassierra	Forward	Summer	Groningen	-
	Luis Manuel Orejuela	Defender	Winter	Cruzeiro	-
	Azor Matusiwa	Midfielder	Winter	De Graafschap	-
	Kaj Sierhuis	Forward	Winter	Groningen	-
	Dennis Johnsen	Forward	Winter	Heerenveen	-
	Mateo Cassierra	Forward	Winter	Racing Club	-

References

^ "Eredivisie 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.6305621152886-1] Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[table_note_res_EUPO0.6305621152886-2] Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

[3] "Eredivisie 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 11 September 2018.