2007–08 AFC Ajax season

AFC Ajax

2007–08 season
Chairman	John Jaakke
Manager	Adrie Koster (interim)
Eredivisie	3rd place
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Play-off Round
UEFA Cup	First Round
Johan Cruijff Schaal	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (33) All: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (36)
Home colours Away colours
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During the 2007–08 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on Thursday July 5, 2007. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Wednesday August 8, 2007.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2007–08 season was held on July 5, 2007. 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 Adrie Koster played friendly matches against VVSB, GFC, Quick '20 and Go Ahead Eagles before traveling to Scotland to play against Rangers and Falkirk FC. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Atlético Madrid and Arsenal in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Cup		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Maarten Stekelenburg	35	0	30	0	4	0	1	0
2	DF		John Heitinga	39	9	32	7	4	0	3	2
3	DF		Bruno Silva	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	20	0	16+2	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF		Urby Emanuelson	36	3	27+3	3	4	0	2	0
6	DF		Samuel Kuffour	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Kennedy Bakircioglü	22	3	12+6	3	2	0	1+1	0
8	FW		Ismael Urzaíz	7	0	0+3	0	0+3	0	1	0
9	FW		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	39	36	33	33	4	2	2	1
10	FW		Albert Luque	19	4	9+6	4	0+1	0	2+1	0
11	FW		Leonardo	8	2	1+7	2	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Erik Heijblok	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF		Edgar Davids	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Laurent Delorge	6	1	2+2	1	1+1	0	0	0
16	FW		Luis Suárez	40	19	29+4	16	3+1	1	3	2
17	MF		Jan Vertonghen	34	2	27+3	2	0+1	0	3	0
18	MF		Gabri	32	1	25	1	4	0	3	0
19	FW		Dennis Rommedahl	36	6	13+16	4	3+1	1	0+3	1
20	FW		George Ogăraru	20	0	14+1	0	1+1	0	3	0
21	FW		Edgar Manucharyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Rasmus Lindgren	11	2	9+2	2	0	0	0	0
#	FW		Nicolae Mitea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Mitchell Donald	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
25	DF		Gregory van der Wiel	9	0	4+1	0	2	0	2	0
26	MF		Jeffrey Sarpong	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	MF		Vurnon Anita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Michael Krohn-Dehli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Kenneth Perez	18	8	14+3	8	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Dennis Gentenaar	6	0	3+2	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF		Jurgen Colin	15	0	6+6	0	3	0	0	0
32	GK		Marco van Duin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Javier Martina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Jan-Arie van der Heijden	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Siem de Jong	25	2	13+9	2	0	0	1+2	0
39	DF		Vito Wormgoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
3	DF		Jaap Stam	10	0	6	0	4	0	0	0
6	DF		Hedwiges Maduro	18	5	11+3	4	2	0	2	1
22	FW		Robbert Schilder	9	0	3+5	0	0	0	0+1	0

As of 14 November 2011

# Nicolae Mitea was issued shirt Nr. 23 at the beginning of the season, he was however forced to sit out of the season due to injury, and was never issued a new shirt number.

2007-08 selection by nationality

Nationality												Total Players
Current squad selection	10	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	29
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	6
Players out on loan	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2007-08

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
3	34	20	9	5	69	84	45	60	2

Points by match day

Match day	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	3	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	1	3	0	3	3	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	3	69

Total points by match day

Match day	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	3	6	7	10	13	16	17	18	21	24	25	28	28	31	31	31	32	33	36	37	40	41	44	44	47	50	53	56	57	57	60	63	66	69	69

Standing by match day

Match day	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	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd

Goals by match day

Match day	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	8	4	2	1	3	6	2	0	1	4	2	4	1	3	1	2	2	6	1	2	2	0	3	1	6	3	4	4	0	1	4	4	2	5	84

Statistics for the 2007-08 season

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2007-08 season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Dubai Cup	Eredivisie	UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-offs	Total
Matches	7	2	1	3	2	2	2	34	4	57
Wins	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	20	2	32
Draws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	11
Losses	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	5	1	14
Home	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	17	2	25
Away	7	0	0	2	1	1	2	17	2	32
Yellow cards	2	2	2	2	5	4	1	60	9	87
Red cards	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Number of substitutes used	33	3	3	3	9	5	5	95	11	175
Goals for	27	2	1	7	1	3	4	94	6	143
Goals against	3	1	0	6	3	3	6	45	4	81
Balance	+24	+1	+1	+1	-2	+0	-2	+45	+2	+62
Clean sheets	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	16
Penalties for	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

2007-08 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	GFC - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 9 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax - SC Heerenveen ( 3 - 1 )
	UEFA Champions League	—
	UEFA Cup	Dinamo Zagreb - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 1 )
	Eredivisie	De Graafschap - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 8 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	Falkirk F.C. - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 1 )
	KNVB Cup	NAC Breda - AFC Ajax ( 4 - 2 )
	UEFA Champions League	Slavia Praha - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 1 )
	UEFA Cup	AFC Ajax - Dinamo Zagreb ( 2 - 3 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax - NAC Breda ( 1 - 3 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	GFC - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 9 )
	KNVB Cup	NAC Breda - AFC Ajax ( 4 - 2 )
	UEFA Champions League	Slavia Praha - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 1 )
	UEFA Cup	AFC Ajax - Dinamo Zagreb ( 2 - 3 )
	Eredivisie	De Graafschap - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 8 )

Top scorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Wesley Sneijder 6 2. Kennedy Bakircioglü 4 3. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 3 Jeffrey Sarpong 3 5. Nicolae Mitea 2 Gabri 2 7. Thembinkosi Fanteni 1 Edgar Davids 1 Sameegh Doutie 1 John Heitinga 1 Laurent Delorge 1 Javier Martina 1 Chakib Tayeb 1 Total 27

Johan Cruijff Schaal Nr. Name 1. Gabri 1 Total 1

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 33 2. Luis Suárez 16 3. Kenneth Perez 8 4. John Heitinga 7 5. Hedwiges Maduro 4 Albert Luque 4 Dennis Rommedahl 4 8. Kennedy Bakircioglu 3 Urby Emanuelson 3 10. Siem de Jong 2 Jan Vertonghen 2 Leonardo 2 Rasmus Lindgren 2 14. Laurent Delorge 1 Gabri 1 Own goals Edson Braafheid (FC Twente) 1 Douglas (FC Twente) 1 Total 93

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. John Heitinga 2 Luis Suárez 2 3. Dennis Rommedahl 1 Hedwiges Maduro 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Total 7

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1. Luis Suárez 1 Total 1

UEFA Cup Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 2. Dennis Rommedahl 1 Total 3

Amsterdam Tournament Nr. Name 1. Gabri 1 Wesley Sneijder 1 Total 2

Dubai Cup Nr. Name 1. Kenneth Perez 1 John Heitinga 1 Total 2

Placements

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Dubai Cup	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie
Status	7 played, 5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss	3rd place	4th place	Eliminated in Round of 16 Last opponent: NAC Breda	Eliminated in Play-Off round Last opponent: Slavia Prague	Eliminated in First Round Last opponent: Dinamo Zagreb	3rd place 69 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Cup

• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar finishes as topscorer of the Eredivisie with 33 goals in 34 matches.
• Maarten Stekelenburg is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• Jan Vertonghen is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• John Heitinga is voted Dutch Footballer of the Year by De Telegraaf and Football International.
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar wins the Bronze boots award.

Results

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Main article: Johan Cruijff-schaal XII

Ajax v PSV

11 August 2007	Ajax	1 – 0	PSV	Amsterdam
20:00 CET	Gabri  43'			Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Eredivisie

Main article: 2007–08 Eredivisie

De Graafschap v Ajax

19 August 2007 1	De Graafschap	1 − 8	Ajax	Doetinchem
12:30	De Groot  72'	Report	Huntelaar  36', 61', 90', 91' Suárez  42' Maduro  55' (59) Bakircioglü  61'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

26 August 2007 2	Ajax	4 − 1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  44', 57' Vermaelen  45' Schilder  52'		Sulejmani  27'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48.988 Referee: Dick Jol

Ajax v FC Groningen

2 September 2007 3	Ajax	2 − 2	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  33' Huntelaar  83'		Berg  36', 60'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,445 Referee: Kevin Blom

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

15 September 2007 4	Heracles Almelo	0 − 1	Ajax	Almelo
20:00			Huntelaar  76'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8.500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

AZ v Ajax

23 September 2007 5	AZ	2 - 3	Ajax	Alkmaar
11:30	De Zeeuw  45' Dembélé  90+2'		Huntelaar  33' Suárez  43', 65'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16.500 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v VVV-Venlo

30 September 2007 6	Ajax	6 − 1	VVV-Venlo	Amsterdam
14:30	Luque  16', 19' Maduro  27' Rommedahl  32' Delorge  77' Huntelaar  89'	Report	Soltani  4'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.126 Referee: Tom van Sichem

Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax

7 October 2007 7	Sparta Rotterdam	2 − 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Dissels  52' De Roover  80'		Huntelaar  68' De Jong  90'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Dick Jol

Ajax v N.E.C.

20 October 2007 8	Ajax	0 − 0	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
19:30				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48.123 Referee: Jack van Hulten

FC Utrecht v Ajax

28 October 2007 9	FC Utrecht	0 − 1	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30			Huntelaar  68'	Stadium: Stadio Galgenwaard Attendance: 23.300 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Ajax v Roda JC

4 November 2007 10	Ajax	4 - 2	Roda JC	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  22' Suárez  42' Luque  47' Rommedahl  90'		Lamah  38' Hadouir  76'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48.621 Referee: Dick Jol

Feyenoord v Ajax

11 November 2007 11	Feyenoord	2 - 2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Van Bronckhorst  28' De Guzmán  74'	Report	Rommedahl  52' De Jong  67'	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Frank de Bleeckere

Ajax v Vitesse

25 November 2007 12	Ajax	4 - 1	Vitesse	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  17' Gabri  27' Luque  44' Huntelaar  82'		Junker  45'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.566 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v NAC Breda

2 December 2007 13	Ajax	1 - 3	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  90'		Vertonghen  25' (o.g.) Amoah  69' Ammi  88'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47.588 Referee: Kevin Blom

Willem II v Ajax

8 December 2007 14	Willem II	2 - 3	Ajax	Tilburg
19:30	Bobson  6' Swinkels  75'		Bakircioglü  2' Suárez  29' Vertonghen  46'	Stadium: Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14.044 Referee: Jack van Hulten

Excelsior v Ajax

23 December 2007 15	Excelsior	2 - 1	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Piqué  1' Den Ouden  49'	Report	Maduro  63'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v FC Twente

27 December 2007 16	Ajax	2 - 2	FC Twente	Amsterdam
20:15	Huntelaar  31' Braafheid  76' (o.g.)		Huysegems  60' Nkufo  90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.523 Referee: Roelof Luinge

VVV-Venlo v Ajax

30 December 2007 17	VVV-Venlo	2 - 2	Ajax	Venlo
12:30	Ofrany  57' Calabro  88'		Suárez  37' Huntelaar  77' Ogăraru  86'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

Ajax v AZ

13 January 2008 18	Ajax	6 - 1	AZ	Amsterdam
14:30	Vertonghen  23', 64' Perez  43' (pen.) Huntelaar  61', 89' Bakircioglü  67' Leonardo  87'		Ari  5' De Zeeuw  42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.639 Referee: Roelof Luinge

N.E.C. v Ajax

20 January 2008 19	N.E.C.	1 - 1	Ajax	Nijmegen
12:30	Lens  16'		Huntelaar  74'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12.400 Referee: Dick Jol

Ajax v FC Utrecht

23 January 2008 20	Ajax	2 - 0	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
19:30	Huntelaar  68' Heitinga  77'		Keller  71'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45.537 Referee: Pieter Vink

Vitesse v Ajax

27 January 2008 21	Vitesse	2 - 2	Ajax	Arnhem
12:30	Junker  8' Gommans  55'		Emanuelson  46' Suárez  50'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 22.700 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v PSV

30 January 2008 22	Ajax	0 - 2	PSV	Amsterdam
20:45	Davids  93'		Dzsudzsák  41' Bakkal  73'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.822 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v Feyenoord

3 February 2008 23	Ajax	3 - 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30	Heitinga  8' Huntelaar  45', 91'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.893 Referee: Jack van Hulten

Roda JC v Ajax

10 February 2008 24	Roda JC	2 - 1	Ajax	Kerkrade
12:30	Lamah  21' Hadouir  79'		Huntelaar  38'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 17.800 Referee: Serge Gumienny

Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam

15 February 2008 25	Ajax	6 - 2	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
20:30	Heitinga  14', 39' Huntelaar  29' Lindgren  31' Perez  40', 81'		Roberts  34' Emnes  82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.260 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

NAC Breda v Ajax

24 February 2008 26	NAC Breda	2 - 3	Ajax	Breda
12:30	Amoah  50' Penders  58'		Huntelaar  21' Emanuelson  76' Heitinga  81'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 16.500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v Excelsior

2 March 2008 27	Ajax	4 - 0	Excelsior	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  26' (40) Emanuelson  54' Leonardo  85'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.313 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v Willem II

16 March 2008 28	Ajax	4 - 1	Willem II	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  29' Luis Suárez  45', 51', 89'		Demouge  18'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.918 Referee: Kevin Blom

PSV v Ajax

19 March 2008 29	PSV	0 - 0	Ajax	Eindhoven
20:45				Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

FC Twente v Ajax

23 March 2008 30	FC Twente	2 - 1	Ajax	Enschede
14:30	Wilkshire  71' Elia  92'		Douglas  63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: 13.250 Referee: Jack van Hulten

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

29 March 2008 31	SC Heerenveen	2 - 4	Ajax	Heerenveen
19:30	Sulejmani  59' Pranjić  91'		Suárez  45' Perez  55' (pen.) Huntelaar  61', 89'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v De Graafschap

6 April 2008 32	Ajax	4 - 1	De Graafschap	Amsterdam
14:30	Huntelaar  4', 9', 41' Perez  63'		Tarvajärvi  32'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.057 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

FC Groningen v Ajax

16 April 2008 33	FC Groningen	1 - 2	Ajax	Groningen
19:30	Cahais  45+1'		Lindgren  18' Suárez  66'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19.011 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Heracles Almelo

20 April 2008 34	Ajax	5 - 1	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
14:30	Suárez  4' Perez  18', 73' Huntelaar  29' Heitinga  79'		Klavan  54'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.139 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Play-offs

Round 1

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

1 May 2008 1st Leg	SC Heerenveen	1 – 2	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30	Sibon  71'		Suárez  61' Heitinga  76'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

5 May 2008 2nd Leg	Ajax	3 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
20:15	Perez  45' (pen.) Rommedahl  48'		Bradley  38' Pranjić  63'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,144 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Round 2

FC Twente v Ajax

10 May 2008 1st Leg	FC Twente	2 – 1	Ajax	Emmen
19:40	Nkufo  66' (pen.)		Suárez  44'	Stadium: Univé Stadion Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Ajax v FC Twente

18 May 2008 2nd Leg	Ajax	0 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	FC Twente	Amsterdam
14:30				Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Pieter Vink

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2007–08 KNVB Cup

Kozakken Boys v Ajax

26 September 2007 2nd round	Kozakken Boys	1 − 2	Ajax	Werkendam
20:00	Looijen  88'	Report	Heitinga  26' Rommedahl  104'	Stadium: Sportpark de Zwaaier Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

12 November 2008 3rd round	Ajax	3 − 1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
18:30	Heitinga  7' Maduro  28' Huntelaar  67'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 18.724 Referee: Ruud Bossen

NAC Breda v Ajax

16 January 2008 Round of 16	NAC Breda	4 − 2	Ajax	Breda
18:30	Elshot  21' Ammi  67' Zwaanswijk  70' Lurling  77'	Report	Suárez  66', 86'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Kevin Blom

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Ajax v Slavia Praha

15 August 2007 First leg	Ajax	0 – 1	Slavia Praha	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30		Report	Kalivoda  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,019 Referee: Florian Meyer (German)

Slavia Praha v Ajax

2 October 2008 Second leg	Slavia Praha	2 – 1 (3 – 1 agg.)	Ajax	Prague, Czech Republic
20:30	Vicek  22', 86'	Report	Suárez  33'	Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

First round

Dinamo Zagreb v Ajax

18 September 2008 1st Leg	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	Ajax	Zagreb, Croatia
21:00		Report	Rommedahl  62'	Stadium: Maksimir Stadion Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)

Ajax v Dinamo Zagreb

4 October 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	2 – 3 (3 – 3 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Amsterdam
19:30	Huntelaar  101', 119'	Report	Modrić  33' (pen.) Mandžukić  93', 96'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44,678 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Amsterdam Tournament

Ajax v Atlético Madrid

2 August 2007	Ajax	2 − 0	Atlético Madrid	Amsterdam
20:45	Gabri  45' Sneijder  59' Gabri	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Arsenal

4 August 2007	Ajax	0 − 1	Arsenal	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Van Persie  86'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2007

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	Pts
Arsenal	2	2	0	0	3	9
Atlético Madrid	2	1	0	1	3	6
Ajax	2	1	0	1	2	5
Lazio	2	0	0	2	2	2

Dubai Cup

Internazionale v Ajax

5 January 2008	Internazionale	2 − 2	Ajax	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00	Cruz  16', 68'	Report	Perez  18' Heitinga  63' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Wasl Stadium Attendance: - Referee: Ali Hamad

VfB Stuttgart v Ajax

7 January 2008	VfB Stuttgart	1 − 0	Ajax	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:00	Farnerud  88'	Report	Maduro	Stadium: Al Wasl Stadium Attendance: - Referee: -

Final standings of the Mohammed Bin Rashid International Football Championship Dubai 2008

Ajax	KNVB Cup - 4th place
Internazionale	Serie A 2006-07 - Runner-up
Internacional	FIFA Club World Cup 2006 - Winner
VfB Stuttgart	Bundesliga 2006-07 - 3rd place

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 January
	Internacional	1
	VfB Stuttgart	0
					7 January
					Internacional	2
					Internazionale	1
					Third place
	5 January			7 January
	Internazionale	2(5)		Ajax	0
	Ajax	2(4)			VfB Stuttgart	1

Friendlies

VVSB v Ajax

14 July 2007	VVSB	0 − 4	Ajax	Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
15:00		Report	Bakircioglü  7', 34' Fanteni  42' Mitea  89'	Stadium: Sportpark de Boekhorst Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

GFC v Ajax

16 July 2007	GFC	0 − 9	Ajax	Goor, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Huntelaar  12' Davids  14' Sneijder  16', 31', 37' Mitea  25' Gabri  56', 82' Doutie  76'	Stadium: Sportpark de Horst Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Quick '20 v Ajax

18 July 2007	Quick '20	0 − 8	Ajax	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Sneijder  23', 79', 90' Sarpong  25', 68' Bakircioglü  51', 73' Sarpong  68'	Stadium: Sportpark de Vondersweijde Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Luuk Hoopman

Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax

21 July 2007	Go Ahead Eagles	0 − 1	Ajax	Deventer, Netherlands
16:00		Report	Huntelaar  25'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Dick Jol

Rangers v Ajax

24 July 2007	Rangers	1 − 1	Ajax	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45	Cuéllar  19'	Report	Heitinga  61'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 32,770 Referee: Kenneth Clark

Falkirk v Ajax

28 July 2007	Falkirk	2 − 1	Ajax	Falkirk, Scotland
15.00	Craig  65' Mitchell  88'	Report	Delorge  84'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 3.378 Referee: Willie Collum

DVS '33 v Ajax

28 May 2008	DVS '33	0 − 3	Ajax	Ermelo, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Martina  27' Tayeb  50' Jeffrey Sarpong  83'	Stadium: Sportpark DVS Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Transfers for 2007-08

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2007 to 1 September 2007) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2007.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	15 May 2007	Sparta Rotterdam	-
	Robbert Schilder	Defender	15 May 2007	Heracles Almelo	-
	Donovan Slijngard	Midfielder	15 May 2007	FC Groningen	-
	Jan Vertonghen	Midfielder	15 May 2007	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Transfer
	Laurent Delorge	Midfielder	10 May 2007	ADO Den Haag	€ 800.000
	Dennis Rommedahl	Forward	20 July 2007	Charlton Athletic	€ 1 million
	Jurgen Colin	Defender	1 August 2007	Norwich City	€ 100.000
	Luis Suárez	Forward	10 August 2007	FC Groningen	€ 7,5 million
	Albert Luque	Forward	25 August 2007	Newcastle United	€ 8.2 million
	Free Transfer
	Erik Heijblok	Goalkeeper	1 July 2007	HFC Haarlem	-
	Kennedy Bakircioglü	Forward	18 July 2007	FC Twente	-
	Ismael Urzaíz	Forward	19 July 2007	Athletic Bilbao	-

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Rydell Poepon	Forward	30 January 2007	Willem II	-
	Kenneth Vermeer	Goalkeeper	24 May 2007	Willem II	-
	Transfer
	Tom De Mul	Forward	9 July 2007	Sevilla FC	€ 4,5 million
	Kenneth Perez	Forward	11 July 2007	PSV	€ 1,5 million
	Ryan Babel	Forward	13 July 2007	Liverpool	€ 11,5 million
	Wesley Sneijder	Midfielder	12 August 2007	Real Madrid	€ 27 million
	Free Transfer
	Zdeněk Grygera	Defender	4 June 2007	Juventus	-
	Emmanuel Boakye	Defender	18 June 2007	Heracles Almelo	-
	Michael Timisela	Defender	6 July 2007	VVV-Venlo	-
	Roger García	Midfielder	7 July 2007	—	-
	Derk Boerrigter	Forward	16 July 2007	FC Zwolle	-
	Olaf Lindenbergh	Midfielder	31 August 2007	Sparta Rotterdam	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2008 to 1 February 2008) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2007–08.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Loan
	Samuel Kuffour	Defender	28 January 2008	Roma	-
	Transfer
	Kenneth Perez	Forward	1 January 2008	PSV	€ 1,25 million
	Bruno Silva	Defender	20 January 2008	FC Groningen	€ 3,75 million
	Rasmus Lindgren	Midfielder	28 January 2008	FC Groningen	€ 3,5 million

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Robbert Schilder	Defender	30 January 2008	Heracles Almelo	-
	Transfer
	Hedwiges Maduro	Defender	18 January 2008	Valencia	€ 6,5 million
	Free Transfer
	Jaap Stam	Defender	27 October 2007	—	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website