2005–06 AFC Ajax season

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Ajax
2005–06 season
ChairmanJohn Jaakke
ManagerDanny Blind
Eredivisie4th
KNVB CupWinners
Champions LeagueRound of 32
Johan Cruyff ShieldWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (16 goals)
All: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (22 goals)
European home colours

During the 2005–06 Dutch football season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on 3 July 2005. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on 3 August 2005.

Pre-season[]

The first training for the 2005–06 season was held on 3 July 2005. 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 Danny Blind played friendly matches against DWV, WHC, Quick '20, HHC Hardenberg, Rijnsburgse Boys, Fortuna Sittard, Arminia Bielefeld and FC Omniworld. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Arsenal and Boca Juniors in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.[1]

Player statistics[]

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos Nat Player Total Eredivisie UEFA C.L. KNVB Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Maarten Stekelenburg 37 0 27 0 6 0 4 0
2 DF Tunisia TUN Hatem Trabelsi 30 0 20 0 7+1 0 2 0
3 DF Czech Republic CZE Zdeněk Grygera 27 1 18 1 8 0 1 0
4 DF Netherlands NED John Heitinga 28 1 13+6 1 3+3 0 2+1 0
6 MF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Galásek 36 4 25+1 4 5+1 0 3+1 0
7 FW Argentina ARG Mauro Rosales 35 2 23+6 0 3+1 1 2 1
8 MF Netherlands NED Hedwiges Maduro 40 3 27+1 3 9 0 1+2 0
9 FW Greece GRE Angelos Charisteas 24 9 7+10 8 1+3 0 2+1 1
10 MF South Africa RSA Steven Pienaar 24 2 14+1 2 9 0 0 0
11 FW Netherlands NED Ryan Babel 37 6 12+13 2 5+4 2 0+3 2
12 GK South Africa RSA Hans Vonk 12 0 7+1 0 4 0 0 0
15 DF Belgium BEL Thomas Vermaelen 33 4 22+2 3 5 0 4 1
17 FW Greece GRE Yannis Anastasiou 9 3 3+3 0 3 3 0 0
18 MF Netherlands NED Wesley Sneijder 29 11 18+1 5 7 4 3 2
19 MF Netherlands NED Urby Emanuelson 36 2 22+4 1 8 0 2 1
21 DF Netherlands NED Olaf Lindenbergh 26 0 16+2 0 5 0 2+1 0
22 DF Spain ESP Juanfran 21 0 11+5 0 2+1 0 2 0
24 FW Sweden SWE Markus Rosenberg 43 14 28+3 12 6+2 2 4 0
25 FW Netherlands NED Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 21 22 16 16 2 1 3 5
27 MF Armenia ARM Edgar Manucharyan 5 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 MF Morocco MAR Nourdin Boukhari 36 6 17+7 4 7+2 1 3 1
29 FW Romania ROU Nicolae Mitea 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Netherlands NED Kenneth Vermeer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Ghana GHA Emmanuel Boakye 7 0 3+3 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF Netherlands Antilles ANT Vurnon Anita 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF Netherlands NED Robbert Schilder 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Netherlands NED Rydell Poepon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Netherlands Antilles ANT Javier Martina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Sarpong 10 0 4+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
39 MF Netherlands NED John Goossens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF Netherlands NED Michael Timisela 4 1 2+2 1 0 0 0 0
52 FW Netherlands NED Derk Boerrigter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 MF Belgium BEL Jan Vertonghen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 MF Netherlands NED Donovan Slijngard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
5 DF France FRA Julien Escudé 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
14 MF Brazil BRA Maxwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Netherlands NED Nigel de Jong 24 5 12+4 2 5+2 3 1 0
20 FW Netherlands NED Daniël de Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK Romania ROU Bogdan Lobonț 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Rusculleda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

As of 26 November 2011

Players by nationality[]

Nationality Netherlands Belgium Czech Republic South Africa Sweden Netherlands Antilles Argentina Armenia Ghana Morocco Romania Spain Tunisia Total Players
Current squad selection 10 1 2 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection 7 1 - - - 2 - - - - - - - 10
Players out on loan 1 2 - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4

Team statistics[]

Eredivisie standings[]

Standing Matches played Wins Draws Losses Points Goals for
Goal 		Goals against
Goal 		Yellow cards
Yellow card 		Red cards
Red card
4 34 18 6 10 60 66 41 57 7

Points by matchday[]

Matchday 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 1 3 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 60

Total points by matchday[]

Matchday 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 1 4 4 7 7 10 13 14 14 15 15 18 18 21 21 24 27 30 33 33 34 37 37 37 40 43 46 49 52 53 53 54 57 60 60

Standing by matchday[]

Matchday 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 6th 4th 6th 6th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 6th 6th 6th 9th 8th 6th 4th 4th 4th 6th 4th 7th 8th 6th 5th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th 4th 4th 4th

Goals by matchday[]

Matchday 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 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 6 3 6 0 2 1 1 2 4 66

Overview[]

  • This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the season.
Friendlies Amsterdam
Tournament 		Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League Eredivisie UEFA Champions League
Qualifying Play-offs 		Total
Matches 11 2 1 4 10 34 4 66
Wins 10 0 1 4 4 18 3 40
Draws 1 0 0 0 4 6 0 11
Losses 0 2 0 0 2 10 1 15
Home 1 2 1 2 5 17 2 30
Away 10 0 0 3 5 17 2 37
Yellow cards Yellow card 8 0 3 7 14 54 4 90
Red cards Red card 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 8
2 x yellow in 1 match Yellow card Yellow-red card 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
Number of substitutes used Substituted inSubstituted off 50 5 2 10 23 85 8 177
Goals for Goal 62 0 2 15 17 66 10 172
Goals against Goal 7 2 1 3 12 41 4 70
Balance Goal +55 -2 +1 +12 +5 +25 +6 +102
Clean sheets Goal 7 0 0 1 2 12 2 24
Penalties for Goal 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
Penalties against Goal 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4

2005–06 team records[]

Description Competition Result
Biggest win Netherlands Friendly match Rijnsburgse Boys – Ajax ( 0–12 )
Netherlands KNVB Cup FC Eindhoven – Ajax ( 1–6 )
European Union UEFA Champions League Thun – Ajax ( 2–4 )
Netherlands Eredivisie Ajax – RBC Roosendaal ( 6–0 )
Ajax – Sparta Rotterdam ( 6–0 )
Biggest loss Netherlands Friendly match —
Netherlands KNVB Cup —
European Union UEFA Champions League Ajax – Arsenal ( 1–2 )
Netherlands Eredivisie Ajax – Utrecht ( 1–4 )
Most goals in a match Netherlands Friendly match Rijnsburgse Boys – Ajax ( 0–12 )
Netherlands KNVB Cup FC Eindhoven – Ajax ( 1–6 )
European Union UEFA Champions League Thun – Ajax ( 2–4 )
Netherlands Eredivisie Ajax – RBC Roosendaal ( 6–0 )
Ajax – Sparta Rotterdam ( 6–0 )

Top scorers[]

Friendlies

Nr. Name Goal
1. Greece Yannis Anastasiou 10
Romania Nicolae Mitea 10
3. Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 6
Netherlands Nigel de Jong 6
5. Sweden Markus Rosenberg 5
6. Netherlands Daniël de Ridder 4
7. Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 3
Netherlands Antilles Javier Martina 3
9. Sweden Rasmus Lindgren 2
France Julien Escudé 2
Belgium Jan Vertonghen 2
Netherlands Derk Boerrigter 2
13. Belgium Tom De Mul 1
Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 1
Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek 1
Netherlands Ryan Babel 1
Netherlands John Heitinga 1
Netherlands Rydell Poepon 1
Own goals Netherlands (VV Hierden) 1
Total 62

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Nr. Name Goal
1. Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 1
Netherlands Ryan Babel 1
Total 2

Eredivisie

Nr. Name Goal
1. Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 16
2. Sweden Markus Rosenberg 12
3. Greece Angelos Charisteas 8
4. Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 5
5. Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek 4
Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 4
7. Netherlands Hedwiges Maduro 3
Belgium Thomas Vermaelen 3
9. South Africa Steven Pienaar 2
Netherlands Nigel de Jong 2
Netherlands Ryan Babel 2
12. Netherlands Urby Emanuelson 1
Czech Republic Zdeněk Grygera 1
Netherlands Michael Timisela 1
Netherlands John Heitinga 1
Own goals Sweden Daniel Majstorović (Twente) 1
Total 66

KNVB Cup

Nr. Name Goal
1. Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 5
2. Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 2
Netherlands Ryan Babel 2
4. Greece Angelos Charisteas 1
Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 1
Belgium Thomas Vermaelen 1
Argentina Mauro Rosales 1
Netherlands Urby Emanuelson 1
Own goals Netherlands Frank Demouge (FC Eindhoven) 1
Total 15

UEFA Champions League

Nr. Name Goal
1. Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 4
2. Greece Yannis Anastasiou 3
Netherlands Nigel de Jong 3
4. Sweden Markus Rosenberg 2
Netherlands Ryan Babel 2
6. Morocco Nourdin Boukhari 1
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1
Argentina Mauro Rosales 1
Total 17

Placements[]

Friendlies Amsterdam Tournament Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Cup UEFA Champions League Eredivisie
Status 11 played, 10 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses 4th place Winners
Last opponent:
PSV		 Winners
Last opponent:
PSV		 Eliminated in Round of 32
Last opponent:
Internazionale		 4th place
60 points in 34 matches
qualified for UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar finishes as top-scorer of the Eredivisie with 33 goals in 34 matches. (17 with Heerenveen / 16 with Ajax)
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is voted Player of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.
  • Urby Emanuelson and Thomas Vermaelen are voted Talent of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.

Results[]

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal[]

Main article: Johan Cruijff-schaal X
5 August 2005 PSV 1–2 Ajax Amsterdam
18:00 CET Bouma Goal 51' Boukhari Goal 72'
Babel Goal 78'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef

Eredivisie[]

Main article: 2005–06 Eredivisie
14 August 2005 1 Ajax − ADO Den Haag Amsterdam
14:30 Match rescheduled for 21 September 2005 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: -
Referee: -
20 August 2005 2 RBC Roosendaal 0–2 Ajax Roosendaal
18:30 Report Pienaar Goal 59'
Rosenberg Goal 85'		 Stadium: RBC Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:
28 August 2005 3 Ajax 1–2 Feyenoord Amsterdam
11:30 Charisteas Goal 79' Report Kalou Goal 16'
Kuyt Goal 47'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 49,567
Referee:
10 September 2005 4 Willem II 0–2 Ajax Tilburg
18:30 Report Galásek Goal 34'
Grygera Yellow card 60' Red card
Charisteas Goal 86'		 Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ben Haverkort
18 September 2005 5 AZ 4–2 Ajax Alkmaar
11:30 Arveladze Goal 35', 37'
Perez Goal 56', 58'		 Report Sneijder Goal 10', 47'
Lindenbergh Yellow card 88' Red card		 Stadium: Alkmaarderhout
Attendance: 8,747
Referee:
21 September 2005 1 Ajax 2–2 ADO Den Haag Amsterdam
19:15 Maduro Goal 20'
Sneijder Goal 28'
Heitinga Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card		 Report Elia Goal 90'
Saeijs Goal 90'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 42,854
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
24 September 2005 6 Ajax 4–1 Roda JC Amsterdam
19:15 Charisteas Goal 27', 40'
Pienaar Goal 69'
Galásek Goal 86' (pen.)		 Report Goal 81' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 45,856
Referee: René Temmink
2 October 2005 7 Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 Ajax Rotterdam
11:30 Polak Goal 52' Report De Jong Goal 63', 77' Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 11,000
Referee:
15 October 2005 8 Ajax 0–0 Heracles Almelo Amsterdam
19:15 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 47,650
Referee:
23 October 2005 9 PSV 1–0 Ajax Eindhoven
11:30 Simons Goal 10' (pen.) Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Pieter Vink
28 October 2005 10 Ajax 0–0 Heerenveen Amsterdam
19:30 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 47,364
Referee:
6 November 2005 11 N.E.C. 1–0 Ajax Nijmegen
11:30 Denneboom Goal 46' Report Stadium: Goffertstadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Jan Wegereef
19 November 2005 12 Ajax 2–0 Twente Amsterdam
19:15 Majstorović Goal 70' (o.g.)
Rosenberg Goal 90'		 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 45,120
Referee:
27 November 2005 13 Utrecht 1–0 Ajax Utrecht
11:30 Tiendalli Goal 59' Report Stadium:
Attendance: 22,137
Referee:
26 November 2005 14 Ajax 4–1 RKC Waalwijk Amsterdam
11:30 Maduro Goal 46'
Sneijder Goal 48'
Rosenberg Goal 84'
Babel Goal 86'		 Report Hoogendorp Goal 43' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 38,000
Referee:
11 December 2005 15 Vitesse 0–2 Ajax Arnhem
13:30 Report Galásek Goal 17' (pen.)
Charisteas Goal 75'		 Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: Pieter Vink
18 December 2005 16 NAC Breda 0–2 Ajax Breda
13:30 Report Rosenberg Goal 39'
Sneijder Goal 80'		 Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 12,395
Referee: Dick Jol
27 December 2005 17 Ajax 3–2 Groningen Amsterdam
19:00 Rosenberg Goal 7'
Charisteas Goal 18', 67'		 Report Salmon Goal 80'
Levchenko Goal 89'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,547
Referee:
30 December 2005 18 Heerenveen 4–2 Ajax Heerenveen
19:00 Samaras Goal 35', 76'
Huntelaar Goal 38'
Hanssen Goal 67'
Bosvelt Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card		 Report Vermaelen Goal 79'
Galásek Goal 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee:
15 January 2006 19 Ajax 1–1 N.E.C. Amsterdam
13:30 Rosenberg Goal 12' Report Wielaert Goal 6' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,000
Referee:
22 January 2006 20 Twente 2–3 Ajax Enschede
11:30 Nkufo Goal 25', 52' Report Rosenberg Goal 51'
Maduro Goal 89'
Emanuelson Goal 90'		 Stadium: Arke Stadion
Attendance: 13,250
Referee: Jan Wegereef
29 January 2006 21 Ajax 1–4 Utrecht Amsterdam
13:30 Rosenberg Goal 46' Report Ramzi Goal 2', 48', 86'
Nelisse Goal 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Dick Jol
5 February 2006 22 Feyenoord 3–2 Ajax Rotterdam
11:30 Hofs Goal 21'
Castelen Goal 46'
Kuyt Goal 48'		 Report Rosenberg Goal 23'
Huntelaar Goal 90'		 Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: René Temmink
8 February 2006 23 Ajax 1–0 Willem II Amsterdam
19:15 Rosenberg Goal 55' Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 37,000
Referee:
12 February 2006 24 ADO Den Haag 1–2 Ajax The Hague
11:30 Mols Goal 33' Report Grygera Goal 30'
Huntelaar Goal 55'		 Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadion
Attendance: 9,133
Referee:
19 February 2006 25 Ajax 6–0 RBC Roosendaal Amsterdam
13:30 Huntelaar Goal 4', 71', 78', 83'
Rosenberg Goal 28', 86'		 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 46,383
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
26 February 2006 26 Heracles Almelo 1–3 Ajax Almelo
13:30 Sluijter Goal 19' Report Huntelaar Goal 45'
Timisela Goal 82'
Babel Goal 90'		 Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee:
5 March 2006 27 Ajax 6–0 Sparta Rotterdam Amsterdam
13:30 Boukhari Goal 5', 14'
Huntelaar Goal 40', 53', 56', 62'		 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 47,476
Referee: Björn Kuipers
11 March 2006 28 Ajax 0–0 PSV Amsterdam
13:30 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,741
Referee: Ben Haverkort
19 March 2006 29 Groningen 3–2 Ajax Groningen
13:30 Levchenko Goal 13' (pen.)
Nevland Goal 47'
Van der Linden Goal 71'		 Report Huntelaar Goal 17'
Vermaelen Goal 68'		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,814
Referee: Kevin Blom
26 March 2006 30 Ajax 1–1 NAC Breda Amsterdam
13:30 Huntelaar Goal 2' Report Mendes da Silva Goal 80' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 47,700
Referee: Dick Jol
8 April 2006 31 Roda JC 2–1 Ajax Kerkrade
13:30 Lindenbergh Goal 27' (o.g.)
Goal 89'		 Report Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Goal 18'
Juanfran Yellow card 78' Red card		 Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 16.200
Referee:
9 April 2006 32 Ajax 1–0 AZ Amsterdam
19:30 Boukhari Goal 33' Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 50,150
Referee: Pieter Vink
12 April 2006 33 Ajax 2–1 Vitesse Arnhem Amsterdam
19:00 Huntelaar Goal 89'
Charisteas Goal 93'		 Report Hersi Goal 62' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 46,686
Referee:
29 April 2006 34 RKC Waalwijk 2–4 Ajax Waalwijk
13:30 Lurling Goal 18'
Keller Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card
Goal 90'		 Report Heitinga Goal 26'
Huntelaar Goal 44' (pen), 87'
Boukhari Goal 50'		 Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 7,400
Referee:

Play-offs[]

First round
20 April 2006 First leg Ajax 3–0 Feyenoord Amsterdam
19:15 Rosales Goal 27'
Pienaar Yellow card 75' Red card
Heitinga Goal 79'
Huntelaar Goal 80'		 Report Bahia Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card
Castelen Yellow card 84' Red card		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 34,364
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
23 April 2006 Second leg Feyenoord 2–4
(2–7 agg.)		 Ajax Rotterdam
11:30 Kuyt Goal 59', 87' Report Rosales Goal 34'
Huntelaar Goal 40'
Boukhari Goal 51'
Mitea Goal 81'		 Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion
Attendance: 30,470
Referee:
Second round
26 April 2006 First leg Ajax 2–0 Groningen Amsterdam
19:15 Rosenberg Goal 9'
Charisteas Goal 69'		 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 38,060
Referee: Jan Wegereef
3 May 2006 Second leg Groningen 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Ajax Groningen
18:00 Nevland Goal 43'
Silva Goal 61'
Buijs Yellow card 90' Red card		 Report Sneijder Goal 88'
Boukhari Yellow card 90' Red card		 Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,634
Referee: Ben Haverkort

KNVB Cup[]

Main article: 2005–06 KNVB Cup
22 December 2005 Round of 16 FC Eindhoven 1–6 Ajax Eindhoven
23:00 Stojanović Goal 69' Charisteas Goal 4'
Sneijder Goal 14', 62'
Demouge Goal 16' (o.g.)
Boukhari Goal 19'
Vermaelen Goal 81'		 Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Kevin Blom
2 February 2006 Quarter-finals Heerenveen 0–3 Ajax Heerenveen
23:00 Rosales Goal 9'
Huntelaar Goal 89'
Emanuelson Goal 90'		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Ben Haverkort
22 March 2006 Semi-finals Ajax 4 − 1
(a.e.t.)		 Roda JC Amsterdam
23:00 Huntelaar Goal 90', 109'
Babel Goal 94', 106'		 Oper Goal 61' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 26,449
Referee: Eric Brramhaar
7 May 2006 Final Ajax 2–1 PSV Rotterdam
19:45 Huntelaar Goal 48', 90'
Galásek Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 64'		 Lamey Goal 53'
Lamey Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 70'		 Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pieter Vink

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League
Play-off round
10 August 2005 First leg Brøndby Denmark 2–2 Netherlands Ajax Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 Skoubo Goal 33'
Escudé Goal 90' (o.g.)		 Report Rosenberg Goal 30'
Babel Goal 73'		 Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Attendance: 24,917
Referee: Massimo De Santis ()
24 August 2005 Second leg Ajax Netherlands 3–1
(5–3 agg.)		 Denmark Brøndby Amsterdam
19:30 Babel Goal 50'
Sneijder Goal 80', 88'		 Report Elmander Goal 44' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 39,075
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Group stage[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16
Netherlands Ajax 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11
Switzerland Thun 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2
14 September 2005 1 Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1–1 Netherlands Ajax Prague, Czech Republic
19:45 Matušovič Goal 66' Report Sneijder Goal 90' Stadium: Stadion Juliska
Attendance: 20.000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen ()
27 September 2005 2 Ajax Netherlands 1–2 England Arsenal Amsterdam
19:45 Rosenberg Goal 71' Report Ljungberg Goal 2'
Pires Goal 69' (pen.)		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51.000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
18 October 2005 3 Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Switzerland Thun Amsterdam
19:45 Anastasiou Goal 36', 55' Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 44,772
Referee: Roberto Rosetti ()
2 November 2005 4 Thun Switzerland 2–4 Netherlands Ajax Bern, Switzerland
19:45 Lustrinelli Goal 56'
Pimenta Goal 74'		 Report Sneijder Goal 27'
Anastasiou Goal 63'
De Jong Goal 90'
Boukhari Goal 90'		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 30.919
Referee: Vladimir Hrinak (Slovakia)
22 November 2005 5 Ajax Netherlands 2–1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Amsterdam
19:45 De Jong Goal 68', 89' Report Petráš Goal 90' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 46.158
Referee: Valentin Ivanov ((Russia))
7 December 2005 6 Arsenal England 0–0 Netherlands Ajax London, England
19:45 Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 35.376
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González ((Spain))

Knockout stage[]

Round of 16[]
22 February 2006 1st Leg Ajax Netherlands 2–2 Italy Internazionale Amsterdam
19:45 Huntelaar Goal 16'
Rosales Goal 20'		 Report Stanković Goal 49'
Cruz Goal 86'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 46,663
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
14 March 2006 2nd Leg Internazionale Italy 1–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Netherlands Ajax Milan, Italy
21:05 Stanković Goal 57' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 49,900
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt ()

Amsterdam Tournament[]

29 July 2005 Ajax Netherlands 0–1 England Arsenal Amsterdam
21:15 Report Lupoli Goal 87' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dick van Egmond
31 July 2005 Ajax Netherlands 0–1 Argentina Boca Juniors Amsterdam
21:15 Report Calvo Goal 41' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: -
Referee: Paul Allaerts
Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2005
Team Pld W D L GF Pts
England Arsenal 2 2 0 0 3 9
Portugal Porto 2 1 0 1 3 6
Argentina Boca Juniors 2 1 0 1 1 4
Netherlands Ajax 2 0 0 2 0 0

Friendlies[]

9 July 2005 Netherlands 0–7 Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:00 Report Sneijder Goal 50', 79'
Anastasiou Goal 53', 54', 89'
Mitea Goal 56', 89'		 Stadium: Spieringhorn
Attendance: -
Referee: -
11 July 2005 WHC Netherlands 3–4 Netherlands Ajax Wezep, Netherlands
18:45 Goal 12'
Goal 14'
Goal 40'		 Report Anastasiou Goal 7'
Lindgren Goal 23'
De Mul Goal 34'
Boukhari Goal 90'		 Stadium: Sportpark Mulder Singel
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: -
12 July 2005 Quick '20 Netherlands 0–4 Netherlands Ajax Oldenzaal, Netherlands
19:30 Report Boukhari Goal 3'
Mitea Goal 34'
De Jong Goal 43'
Grygera Goal 82'		 Stadium: Sportpark de Vondersweijde
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: -
14 July 2005 HHC Hardenberg Netherlands 1–5 Netherlands Ajax Hardenberg, Netherlands
19:30 Goal 9' Report Galásek Goal 54' (pen.)
Rosenberg Goal 57'
De Ridder Goal 76'
De Jong Goal 86'
Mitea Goal 90'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: -
16 July 2005 Rijnsburgse Boys Netherlands 0–12 Netherlands Ajax Rijnsburg, Netherlands
15:00 Report Rosenberg Goal 21', 35', 42'
Escudé Goal 32' (pen.), 52' (pen.)
Lindgren Goal 34'
De Ridder Goal 37', 74'
Boukhari Goal 38'
De Jong Goal 56', 76'
Anastasiou Goal 84'		 Stadium: Sportpark Eikelhof
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Dennis van Aken
20 July 2005 Fortuna Sittard Netherlands 2–3 Netherlands Ajax Sittard, Netherlands
19:30 Dassen Goal 49'
Daemen Goal 63'		 Report Mitea Goal 20'
De Jong Goal 42'
Anastasiou Goal 61'		 Stadium: Trendwork Arena
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: -
23 July 2005 Arminia Bielefeld Germany 0–4 Netherlands Ajax Bielefeld, Germany
18:00 Report Sneijder Goal 26'
Babel Goal 35'
Rosenberg Goal 55'
Heitinga Goal 79'		 Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: -
3 August 2005 Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Netherlands FC Omniworld Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:30 Anastasiou Goal 18'
De Jong Goal 24'
De Ridder Goal 25'		 Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 20,000
11 January 2006 HFC Haarlem Netherlands 0–0 Netherlands Ajax Haarlem, Netherlands
20:00 Report Stadium: Haarlem Stadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: -
20 May 2006 FC Hilversum Netherlands 0–10 Netherlands Ajax Hilversum, Netherlands
16:00 Report Mitea Goal 1', 23'
Vertonghen Goal 2', 57'
Anastasiou Goal 10'
Boukhari Goal 27', 35'
Martina Goal 37', 51'
Boerrigter Goal 85'		 Stadium: Sportpark Crailoo
Attendance: -
Referee: -
23 May 2006 VV Hierden Netherlands 1–10 Netherlands Ajax Hierden, Netherlands
23:00 Goal 21' Report Mitea Goal 5', 10', 41'
Martina Goal 30'
Anastasiou Goal 36', 39'
Poepon Goal 79'
Boerrigter Goal 83'
Boukhari Goal 85'
Goal 89' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sportpark Mheenzicht
Attendance: -
Referee: -

Transfers[]

Summer[]

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2005 to 1 September 2005) please see .

In[]

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Substituted in Nigeria Pius Ikedia Forward 1 July 2005 Netherlands RBC Roosendaal -
Substituted in Belgium Thomas Vermaelen Defender 1 July 2005 Netherlands RKC Waalwijk -
Substituted in Ghana Abubakari Yakubu Defender 1 July 2005 Netherlands Vitesse -
Loan
Substituted in Spain Juanfran Defender 1 July 2005 Turkey Beşiktaş -
Transfer
Substituted in Sweden Markus Rosenberg Forward 6 June 2005 Sweden Malmö FF €5.3M
Substituted in Netherlands Olaf Lindenbergh Midfielder 9 June 2005 Netherlands AZ €1.2M
Free Transfer
Substituted in Armenia Edgar Manucharyan Forward 15 April 2005 Armenia Pyunik -

Out[]

  • The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Substituted off Sweden Rasmus Lindgren Midfielder 9 August 2005 Netherlands Groningen -
Substituted off Belgium Tom de Mul Midfielder 24 August 2005 Netherlands Vitesse -
Loan return
Substituted off Brazil Filipe Luís Defender 1 July 2005 Brazil Figueirense -
Substituted off Argentina Gast��n Sangoy Forward 1 July 2005 Argentina Boca Juniors -
Transfer
Substituted off Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart Midfielder 1 June 2005 Germany Hamburg €5.5M
Substituted off Belgium Wesley Sonck Forward 1 July 2005 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach €2.5M
Substituted off Ghana Abubakari Yakubu Midfielder 1 July 2005 Netherlands Vitesse €0.75M
Substituted off Netherlands Daniël de Ridder Midfielder 31 August 2005 Spain Celta Vigo ?
Free
Substituted off Nigeria Pius Ikedia Forward 1 July 2005 Netherlands AZ -
Substituted off Netherlands Defender 13 July 2005 Netherlands Dordrecht -
Substituted off Ghana Anthony Obodai Midfielder 30 August 2005 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam -

Winter[]

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2006 to 1 February 2006) please see .

In[]

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name Position Transfer type Previous club Fee
Return from loan spell
Substituted in Netherlands Victor Sikora Midfielder 1 January 2006 Netherlands Heerenveen -
Transfer
Substituted in Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Forward 29 December 2005 Netherlands Heerenveen €9M

Out[]

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

Name Position Transfer type New club Fee
Out on loan
Substituted off Belgium Stanley Aborah Midfielder 4 November 2005 Netherlands FC Den Bosch -
Substituted off Netherlands Victor Sikora Midfielder 1 January 2006 Netherlands NAC Breda -
Transfer
Substituted off France Julien Escudé Defender 18 January 2006 Spain Sevilla €1.5M
Substituted off Romania Bogdan Lobonţ Goalkeeper 22 January 2006 Italy Fiorentina €1.2M
Substituted off Netherlands Nigel de Jong Midfielder 26 January 2006 Germany Hamburg €3.5M
Free
Substituted off Argentina Sebastián Rusculleda Midfielder 29 December 2005 Argentina Boca Juniors -
Substituted off Brazil Maxwell Defender 2 January 2006 Italy Internazionale -

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "AFC Ajax Seizoen 2005–2006 (Dutch)". AjaxF-Side.nl. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
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