2021–22 AFC Ajax season
# 2021–22 AFC Ajax season

The 2021–22 season was the 122nd season in the existence of AFC Ajax and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Ajax participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Johan Cruyff Shield.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 7 March 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg |
| 2 | DF | NED | Jurriën Timber |
| 3 | DF | NED | Perr Schuurs |
| 4 | MF | MEX | Edson Álvarez |
| 5 | DF | SUR | Sean Klaiber |
| 6 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen (3rd captain) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Ryan Gravenberch |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić (captain) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Antony |
| 12 | DF | MAR | Noussair Mazraoui |
| 15 | DF | NED | Devyne Rensch |
| 16 | GK | NED | Jay Gorter |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | NED | Brian Brobbey (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Labyad |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Kudus |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Lisandro Martínez |
| 22 | FW | CIV | Sébastien Haller |
| 23 | FW | NED | Steven Berghuis |
| 24 | GK | CMR | André Onana |
| 25 | MF | NED | Kenneth Taylor |
| 27 | MF | NED | Mohamed Ihattaren (on loan from Juventus) |
| 30 | FW | DEN | Mohamed Daramy |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Tagliafico |
| 32 | GK | NED | Remko Pasveer |
| 33 | GK | POL | Przemysław Tytoń |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 | MF | DEN | Victor Jensen (at Rosenborg until 31 December 2022) |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán (at Anderlecht until 30 June 2022) |
| 32 | FW | BFA | Hassane Bandé (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Dominik Kotarski (at HNK Gorica until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | NED | Kik Pierie (at FC Twente until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Transferred from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Remko Pasveer | Vitesse | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Jay Gorter | Go Ahead Eagles | €1,000,000 |
| 12 July 2021 | FW | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | €5,500,000 |
| 22 August 2021 | FW | Mohamed Daramy | FC Copenhagen | €12,000,000 |
| 7 March 2022 | GK | Przemysław Tytoń | FC Cincinnati | Free transfer |

* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €13,000,000, due to undisclosed bonuses.

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Transferred to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Lassina Traoré | Shakhtar Donetsk | €10,000,000 |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Oussama Idrissi | Sevilla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Carel Eiting | Genk | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Brian Brobbey | RB Leipzig | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Daan Reiziger | Vitesse | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | Groningen | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Quinten Timber | Utrecht | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2021 | MF | Alex Mendez | Vizela | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2021 | GK | Kjell Scherpen | Brighton & Hove Albion | €5,000,000 |
| 27 August 2021 | MF | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | Hertha BSC | €3,000,000 |
| 14 January 2022 | FW | David Neres | Shakhtar Donetsk | €12,000,000 |
| 31 January 2022 | DF | Julius Dirksen | Emmen | Free transfer |

* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €16,000,000, due to undisclosed bonuses.

### Loans in

| Start date | Pos. | Name | From | End date | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 January 2022 | FW | Brian Brobbey | RB Leipzig | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2022 | FW | Patrickson Delgado | Independiente del Valle | 30 June 2023 | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2022 | MF | Mohamed Ihattaren | Juventus | 31 December 2022 | Undisclosed |

* ↑ The loan agreement doesn't include a take-over option for Ajax.

### Loans out

| Start date | Pos. | Name | To | End date | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Hassane Bandé | NK Istra 1961 | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Kik Pierie | FC Twente | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Dominik Kotarski | HNK Gorica | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2021 | DF | Lisandro Magallán | Anderlecht | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2022 | MF | Max de Waal | PEC Zwolle | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2022 | FW | Giovanni | SC Telstar | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2022 | FW | Eskild Dall | Aarhus GF | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | DF | Terrence Douglas | FC Den Bosch | 30 June 2022 | Undisclosed |
| 1 March 2022 | MF | Victor Jensen | Rosenborg BK | 31 December 2022 | Undisclosed |

* ↑ The loan agreement includes a take-over option for NK Istra 1961.
* ↑ The loan agreement includes a take-over option for Anderlecht.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled  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 | 14 August 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | +79 | 076.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 15 December 2021 | 17 April 2022 | Second round | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 080.00 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 7 August 2021 | 7 August 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2021 | 15 March 2022 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 141 | 33 | +108 | 075.00 |

Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | +79 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | +44 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 71 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 68 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AZ (O) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, PSV, qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League play-off berth awarded to the KNVB Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team Feyenoord, the highest-placed team not qualified for the Champions League. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage as their opponent in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final, Roma, qualified to the Europa League group stage through domestic performance by finishing sixth in the Serie A.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 15 May 2022. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.

### UEFA Champions League

**Group stage**

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | SPO | DOR | BES |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ajax | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–5 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — |

* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Sporting CP +1, Borussia Dortmund −1.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Champions League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Jurriën Timber | 43 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Perr Schuurs | 30 | 0 | 10+12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Edson Álvarez | 41 | 5 | 28+3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUR | Sean Klaiber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen | 44 | 11 | 18+13 | 9 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Ryan Gravenberch | 41 | 3 | 25+4 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo | 17 | 8 | 1+12 | 2 | 2+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić | 45 | 16 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Antony | 33 | 12 | 21+2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | MAR | Noussair Mazraoui | 35 | 5 | 23+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Devyne Rensch | 29 | 1 | 8+11 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NED | Jay Gorter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NED | Daley Blind | 46 | 2 | 32+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | NED | Brian Brobbey | 13 | 7 | 4+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Kudus | 20 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Martínez | 37 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | CIV | Sébastien Haller | 43 | 34 | 31 | 21 | 3+1 | 2 | 7+1 | 11 |
| 23 | FW | NED | Steven Berghuis | 46 | 12 | 29+4 | 8 | 4+1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 24 | GK | CMR | André Onana | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Kenneth Taylor | 19 | 2 | 5+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NED | Mohamed Ihattaren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | DEN | Mohamed Daramy | 16 | 3 | 0+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Tagliafico | 30 | 3 | 9+13 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | NED | Remko Pasveer | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | POL | Przemysław Tytoń | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | NED | Naci Ünüvar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ISL | Kristian Hlynsson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | NED | Youri Regeer | 5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | NED | Anass Salah-Eddine | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | NED | Liam van Gelderen | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | NED | Amourricho van Axel Dongen | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | David Neres | 22 | 4 | 3+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | DEN | Victor Jensen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Sébastien Haller | 21 | 2 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Dušan Tadić | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Antony | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 23 | FW | | Steven Berghuis | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Davy Klaassen | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Danilo | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 18 | FW | | Brian Brobbey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Edson Álvarez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | | Noussair Mazraoui | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 7 | FW | | David Neres | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | | Jurriën Timber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Ryan Gravenberch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 30 | FW | | Mohamed Daramy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 31 | DF | | Nicolás Tagliafico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 17 | DF | | Daley Blind | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | MF | | Kenneth Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | MF | | Kristian Hlynsson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | 15 | DF | | Devyne Rensch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 20 | MF | | Mohammed Kudus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 21 | DF | | Lisandro Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 44 | MF | | Youri Regeer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 98 | 21 | 22 | 141 |

Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Remko Pasveer | 17 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Maarten Stekelenburg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 24 | GK | | André Onana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 16 | GK | | Jay Gorter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 4 | 2 | 28 |

Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Jurriën Timber | | | | | 3 | 3 | | |
| 3 | DF | Perr Schuurs | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | Edson Álvarez | 5 | | | | 4 | 9 | | |
| 6 | MF | Davy Klaassen | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | |
| 7 | FW | David Neres | 1 | | | | 2 | 3 | | |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Gravenberch | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 10 | FW | Dušan Tadić | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 11 | FW | Antony | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 12 | DF | Noussair Mazraoui | 2 | | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| 15 | DF | Devyne Rensch | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 17 | DF | Daley Blind | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | 4 | | |
| 21 | DF | Lisandro Martínez | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 22 | FW | Sébastien Haller | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 23 | FW | Steven Berghuis | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 31 | DF | Nicolás Tagliafico | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |

Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Competitive matches Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

