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 DatePlayerTransferred fromFee24 June 2024DF Jorthy Mokio GentFree transfer10 July 2024FW Daniel Skaarud Lillestrøm€1,200,00015 July 2024FW Bertrand Traoré VillarrealFree transfer29 August 2024FW Wout Weghorst Burnley€2,300,00017 September 2024MF Davy Klaassen Inter MilanFree transfer24 January 2025MF Youri Regeer Twente€4,500,00031 January 2025MF Oliver Edvardsen Go Ahead Eagles€3,000,0004 February 2025DF Lucas Rosa Real Valladolid€3,000,000
Out DatePlayerTransferred toFee22 May 2024GK Sten Kremers De GraafschapFree transfer5 June 2024FW Francisco Conceição Porto€10,500,00019 June 2024GK Tom de Graaff UtrechtUndisclosed1 July 2024FW Georges Mikautadze Metz€13,000,0004 July 2024DF Jorge Sanchez Cruz Azul€3,000,00010 July 2024MF Gabriel Misehouy GironaFree transfer11 July 2024DF Mateja Milovanović HeerenveenFree transfer21 July 2024GK Tommy Setford Arsenal€900,00031 July 2024DF Ar'jany Martha BeerschotFree transfer11 August 2024GK Gerónimo Rulli Marseille€4,000,00026 August 2024DF Olivier Aertssen PEC Zwolle€150,00030 August 2024MF Silvano Vos Milan€3,000,0002 September 2024FW Steven Bergwijn Al-Ittihad€21,000,00016 January 2025MF Naci Ünüvar FC TwenteFree transfer23 January 2025DF Devyne Rensch Roma€5,000,0003 February 2025GK Diant Ramaj Borussia Dortmund€5,000,0003 February 2025MF Benjamin Tahirović Brøndby€2,750,0003 February 2025FW Jaydon Banel Burnley€1,000,000
Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd dateFee21 August 2024DF Daniele Rugani Juventus30 June 2025Undisclosed4 February 2025GK Matheus Braga30 June 2025Undisclosed
Loans out DatePlayerToEnd dateFee16 July 2024DF Tristan Gooijer PEC Zwolle30 June 2025Undisclosed17 August 2024DF Borna Sosa Torino30 June 2025Undisclosed20 August 2024DF Jakov Medić VfL Bochum30 June 2025Undisclosed29 August 2024MF Naci Ünüvar Espanyol16 January 2025Undisclosed31 August 2024FW Carlos Forbs Wolverhampton Wanderers30 June 2025€2,500,00018 January 2025DF Gastón Ávila Fortaleza31 December 2025Undisclosed28 January 2025MF Sivert Mannsverk Cardiff City30 June 2025Undisclosed31 January 2025MF Kristian Hlynsson Sparta Rotterdam30 June 2025Undisclosed2 February 2025FW Chuba Akpom Lille30 June 2025Undisclosed4 February 2025DF Gerald Alders FC Twente30 June 2025Undisclosed
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
Matches
Knockout phase
Knockout phase play-offs The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 31 January 2025.
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 February 2025.
Statistics Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers Rank Name Eredivisie KNVB Cup Europa League Total1 8 MF Kenneth Taylor906152 25 FW Wout Weghorst1001113 20 FW Bertrand Traoré604104 10 FW Chuba Akpom3148 18 MF Davy Klaassen8008 39 FW Mika Godts40487 9 FW Brian Brobbey40378 28 MF Kian Fitz-Jim20469 17 FW Oliver Valaker Edvardsen400410 3 DF Anton Gaaei3003 4 DF Jorrel Hato2013 37 DF Josip Šutalo2013 23 FW Steven Berghuis201314 21 MF Branco van den Boomen0022 29 FW Christian Rasmussen1012 31 DF Jorthy Mokio101217 2 DF Devyne Rensch1001 6 MF Jordan Henderson1001 15 DF Youri Baas1001 24 DF Daniele Rugani0101 38 MF Kristian Hlynsson1001 44 MF Youri Regeer1001Own goal1001Totals67233102 Source: Competitive matches
Clean sheets Rank Name Eredivisie KNVB Cup Europa League Total1 22GK Remko Pasveer1117192 16GK Matheus40043 40GK Diant Ramaj10014 12GK Jay Gorter0000 Total161724 Source: Competitive matches
Disciplinary record
References