2004–05 AFC Ajax season

AFC Ajax

2004–05 season
Chairman	John Jaakke
Manager	Ronald Koeman (until 25 February) Danny Blind
Eredivisie	2nd
KNVB Cup	Semi-final
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Johan Cruijff Schaal	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Wesley Sneijder and Ryan Babel (7) All: Ryan Babel (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

During the 2004–05 season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

The first training session for the 2004–05 season was held on July 7, 2004. 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 played friendly matches against FC Omniworld, DOS '19, Excelsior '31, HSV de Zuidvogels, Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Panathinaikos and Arsenal in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.

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	ROU	Bogdan Lobonţ	9	0	6+1	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	TUN	Hatem Trabelsi	32	0	24	0	6	0	2	0
3	DF	NED	John Heitinga	35	1	23+3	1	6	0	3	0
4	DF	FRA	Julien Escudé	37	5	26+2	5	4+2	0	3	0
5	DF	BRA	Maxwell	39	3	28+1	3	7	0	3	0
6	MF	CZE	Tomáš Galásek	16	3	11+2	2	3	1	0	0
7	FW	ARG	Mauro Rosales	30	6	20+2	5	6	0	2	1
8	MF	RSA	Steven Pienaar	30	4	21+3	4	4	0	1+1	0
9	FW	GRE	Angelos Charisteas	16	5	12+1	4	0	0	2+1	1
10	MF	NED	Rafael van der Vaart	31	7	20+2	6	6+1	1	2	0
12	MF	GHA	Anthony Obodai	19	0	6+7	0	4+1	0	1	0
16	MF	NED	Nigel de Jong	41	6	26+5	5	8	1	1+1	0
17	FW	GRE	Yannis Anastasiou	17	4	8+6	4	0+2	0	0+1	0
18	MF	NED	Wesley Sneijder	40	8	25+5	7	6+1	0	3	1
20	FW	NED	Daniël de Ridder	20	3	2+13	2	0+5	1	0	0
21	GK	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	16	0	10+1	0	4	0	1	0
23	DF	CZE	Zdeněk Grygera	25	4	18	4	5	0	2	0
25	DF	BRA	Filipe Luís	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro	15	2	12	2	0+1	0	2	0
27	FW	BEL	Tom de Mul	7	1	6	1	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	MAR	Nourdin Boukhari	30	4	16+7	4	3+3	0	1	0
29	FW	ROU	Nicolae Mitea	29	3	10+11	2	4+2	1	2	0
30	FW	BEL	Stanley Aborah	7	0	0+4	0	1+2	0	0	0
31	GK	RSA	Hans Vonk	23	0	18+1	0	2	0	2	0
32	MF	ANT	Vurnon Anita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	NED	Urby Emanuelson	5	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
38	MF	SWE	Rasmus Lindgren	5	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
39	FW	ARG	Gastón Sangoy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	NED	Michael Timisela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	NED	Ryan Babel	27	9	13+7	7	4	1	1+2	1
56	MF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	DF	NED	Ruud Kras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	MF	NED	Donovan Slijngard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
9	FW	SWE	Zlatan Ibrahimović	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BEL	Tom Soetaers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	USA	John O'Brien	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	BEL	Wesley Sonck	13	2	4+5	1	3+1	1	0	0
65	MF	ARG	Sebastián Rusculleda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nationality															Total Players
Current squad selection	7	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	9
Players out on loan	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
2	34	24	5	5	77	50	33	41	0

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	1	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	77

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	8	11	14	15	15	15	18	21	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	41	41	44	47	50	53	56	56	56	59	62	65	68	71	74	77	77

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	6th	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	6th	5th	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd

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	3	6	1	3	5	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	5	4	2	1	4	2	0	1	2	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	3	1	4	4	2	2	50

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2004–05 season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	10	2	1	3	6	2	34	58
Wins	8	1	0	2	1	1	24	37
Draws	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	8
Losses	1	0	1	1	4	1	5	13
Home	1	2	1	1	3	1	17	26
Away	9	0	0	2	3	1	17	32
Yellow cards	6	2	3	7	14	54	4	90
Red cards	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	8
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3
Number of substitutes used	50	5	2	10	23	85	8	177
Goals for	62	0	2	15	17	66	10	172
Goals against	7	2	1	3	12	41	4	70
Balance	+55	-2	+1	+12	+5	+25	+6	+102
Clean sheets	7	0	0	1	2	12	2	24
Penalties for	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	6
Penalties against	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	DOS '19 – AFC Ajax (0–15)
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax – SC Heerenveen (2–0)
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax – Maccabi Tel Aviv (2–0)
	UEFA Cup	AFC Ajax – AJ Auxerre (1–0)
	Eredivisie	FC Den Bosch – AFC Ajax (5–0) De Graafschap – AFC Ajax (5–0)
Biggest loss	Friendly match	FC Barcelona – AFC Ajax (2–1)
	KNVB Cup	Willem II – AFC Ajax (1–0)
	UEFA Champions League	Bayern München – AFC Ajax (4–0)
	UEFA Cup	AJ Auxerre – AFC Ajax (3–1)
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – PSV (0–4)
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	DOS '19 – AFC Ajax (0–15)
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax – SC Heerenveen (2–0) ADO Den Haag – AFC Ajax (0–2)
	UEFA Champions League	Bayern München – AFC Ajax (4–0)
	UEFA Cup	AJ Auxerre – AFC Ajax (3–1)
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax – NAC Breda (6–2)

Friendlies Nr. Name 1 Yannis Anastasiou 14 2 Wesley Sonck 6 3 Nicolae Mitea 5 Rasmus Lindgren 5 5 Tom de Mul 4 Maxwell 4 7 Nigel de Jong 2 Daniël de Ridder 2 Steven Pienaar 2 10 Tom Soetaers 1 Petri Pasanen 1 Anthony Obodai 1 Hedwiges Maduro 1 Victor Sikora 1 Angelos Charisteas 1 Julien Escudé 1 Total 51

Johan Cruijff Schaal Nr. Name 1 Steven Pienaar 1 Wesley Sneijder 1 Total 2

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1 Wesley Sneijder 7 Ryan Babel 7 3 Rafael van der Vaart 6 4 Nigel de Jong 5 Mauro Rosales 5 Julien Escudé 5 7 Steven Pienaar 4 Zdeněk Grygera 4 Nourdin Boukhari 4 Yannis Anastasiou 4 Angelos Charisteas 4 12 Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 Maxwell 3 14 Tomáš Galásek 2 Daniël de Ridder 2 Nicolae Mitea 2 Hedwiges Maduro 2 18 Tom de Mul 1 John Heitinga 1 Wesley Sonck 1 Own goals Mike Zonneveld (NAC Breda) 1 Dave Bus (De Graafschap) 1 Total 74

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1 Wesley Sonck 1 Nigel de Jong 1 Rafael van der Vaart 1 Daniël de Ridder 1 Tomáš Galásek 1 Nicolae Mitea 1 Total 6

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1 Angelos Charisteas 1 Ryan Babel 1 Wesley Sneijder 1 Mauro Rosales 1 Total 4

UEFA Cup Nr. Name 1 Maxwell 1 Ryan Babel 1 Total 2

Amsterdam Tournament Nr. Name 1 Wesley Sonck 2 2 Zlatan Ibrahimović 1 Total 3

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie
Status	10 played, 8 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss	Winners	Runner-up Last opponent: FC Utrecht	Semifinals Last opponent: Willem II	3rd place in Group C Placement for: UEFA Cup	Eliminated in Round of 32 Last opponent: Auxerre	2nd place 77 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds

• Nigel de Jong is voted Player of the year by the supporters of Ajax.
• Wesley Sneijder is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of Ajax.

All times are in CEST

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	BAY	AJX	MTA
1	Juventus	6	5	1	0	6	1	+5	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10			0–1	—	4–0	5–1
3	Ajax	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	2–2	—	3–0
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4			1–1	0–1	2–1	—

Round of 32

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2004

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	Pts
Ajax	2	1	1	0	3	7
River Plate	2	1	1	0	1	5
Panathinaikos	2	0	0	2	2	2
Arsenal	2	0	2	0	0	2

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2004 to 1 September 2004) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2004.

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Kiran Bechan	Forward	1 July 2004	Sparta Rotterdam	-
	Youssouf Hersi	Midfielder	1 July 2004	N.E.C.	-
	Richard Knopper	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Heerenveen	-
	Ruud Kras	Defender	1 July 2004	Volendam	-
	Kwame Quansah	Midfielder	1 July 2004	AIK	-
	Stefano Seedorf	Midfielder	1 July 2004	NAC Breda	-
	Loan
	Filipe Luís	Defender	1 July 2004	Figueirense	-
	Gastón Sangoy	Forward	1 July 2004	Boca Juniors	-
	Transfer
	Mauro Rosales	Forward	30 August 2004	Newell's Old Boys	€2.5 million
	Free Transfer
	Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	2 June 2004	Heerenveen	-

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Thomas Vermaelen	Defender	2 June 2004	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Victor Sikora	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Heerenveen	-
	Abubakari Yakubu	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Vitesse Arnhem	-
	Cedric van der Gun	Midfielder	28 July 2004	ADO Den Haag	-
	Loan return
	Måns Sörensson	Forward	1 July 2004	Landskrona BoIS	-
	Transfer
	Jelle van Damme	Defender	9 June 2004	Southampton	€2.9 million
	Petri Pasanen	Midfielder	20 July 2004	Werder Bremen	€3.5 million
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Forward	22 August 2004	Juventus	€16 million
	Free
	Jamal Akachar	Forward	30 April 2004	Cambuur	-
	Michael Krohn-Dehli	Forward	6 May 2004	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Youssouf Hersi	Midfielder	11 June 2004	Heerenveen	-
	Sander Boschker	Goalkeeper	1 July 2004	Twente	-
	Jason Culina	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Twente	-
	Siniša Gagula	Defender	1 July 2004	Borac Banja Luka	-
	Richard Knopper	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Vitesse Arnhem	-
	Jussi Kujala	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Tampere United	-
	Jari Litmanen	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Lahti	-
	John Nieuwenburg	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Dordrecht	-
	Stefano Seedorf	Midfielder	1 July 2004	Groningen	-
	José Valencia	Midfielder	14 July 2004	N.E.C.	-
	Kwame Quansah	Midfielder	10 August 2004	Heracles Almelo	-

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2005 to 1 February 2005) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2004–05.

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Transfer
	Angelos Charisteas	Forward	22 December 2004	Werder Bremen	€4.5 million

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Wesley Sonck	Forward	1 January 2005	Borussia Mönchengladbach	-
	Free
	Kiran Bechan	Forward	19 November 2004	Groningen	-
	Tom Soetaers	Forward	4 January 2005	Racing Genk	-
	John O'Brien	Midfielder	1 February 2005	ADO Den Haag	-

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