2015–16 AFC Ajax season
| 2015–16 season | |||
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| Chairman | Hennie Henrichs | ||
| Manager | Frank de Boer | ||
| Eredivisie | 2nd | ||
| KNVB Cup | Third round | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | ||
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Arkadiusz Milik (21) All: Arkadiusz Milik (24) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 51,862 vs PEC Zwolle (3 April 2016) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,750 at Excelsior (20 September 2015) | ||
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The 2015–16 AFC Ajax season saw the club participate in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The first training took place on 6 July 2015 while the traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on 20 July.
Pre-season
The first training for the 2015–16 season was held on 6 June 2015. In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a training stage in Neustift, Austria. The squad, with manager Frank de Boer, remained there from 15 to 24 June. During this training stage, a friendly match was played against Dynamo Moscow, whereupon the club then traveled back to the Netherlands, residing at De Lutte for additional training. The squad stayed there from 30 June to 5 July, when further friendly matches were played against Nordsjælland, Panathinaikos and VfL Wolfsburg. Traveling to France, a further friendly match was played against Saint-Étienne.
Player statistics
Appearances for competitive matches only
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eredivisie | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | NED | Jasper Cillessen | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Ricardo van Rhijn | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Joël Veltman | 37 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Mike van der Hoorn | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer | 32 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Viktor Fischer | 34 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Daley Sinkgraven | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 36 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen | 37 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Amin Younes | 31 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Nicolai Boilesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Richairo Zivkovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | DEN | Lasse Schöne | 30 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NED | Anwar El Ghazi | 33 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Jaïro Riedewald | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NED | Kenny Tete | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | CMR | André Onana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RSA | Thulani Serero | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Gudelj | 40 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NED | Sam Hendriks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Donny van de Beek | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | CRO | Robert Murić | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | CZE | Václav Černý | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | NED | Diederik Boer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Abdelhak Nouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NED | Mitchell Dijks | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | NED | Mauro Savastano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | NED | Norbert Alblas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | NED | Leeroy Owusu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | NED | Damian van Bruggen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 7 March 2016
2015–16 selection by nationality
| Nationality | Total Players | |||||||||||
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| Current squad selection | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 24 |
| Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection | 25 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| Players out on loan | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Team statistics
Eredivisie standings 2015–16
| Current standing | Matches played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Yellow cards |
Red cards |
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| 2nd | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 82 | 81 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
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 |
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| Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 82 |
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 |
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| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 82 |
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 |
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| Standing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
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 |
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| Goals | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 81 |
Statistics for the 2015–16 season
- This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2014–15 season.
| Friendlies | Johan Cruyff Shield | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | Total | |
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| Matches | 6 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 34 of 34 | 40 of 43 |
| Win | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 25 of 34 | 27 of 43 |
| Draw | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 7 of 34 | 9 of 43 |
| Loss | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 2 of 34 | 4 of 43 |
| Home | 2 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 17 | 2 of 20 |
| Away | 4 of 4 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 17 | 4 of 23 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 x yellow in 1 match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of substitutes used | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Goals for | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 74 |
| Goals against | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 |
| Balance | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | +26 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties for | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties against | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015–16 team records
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Placements
| Friendlies | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | |
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| Status | 6 played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses | 4th Round Next opponent: De Graafschap |
Third qualifying round Last opponent: SK Rapid Wien Placement for: UEFA Europa League Playoffs |
Playoff Round Next opponent: FK Jablonec |
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Competitions
All times are in CEST
Eredivisie
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | PSV Eindhoven (C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 21 | +60 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs[b] |
Source: Eredivisie, NUsport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, European competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, European competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 KNVB Cup.
- ^ Four teams played for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
Matches
| 9 August 2015 1 | AZ | 0–3 | Ajax | Alkmaar |
| 12:30 CEST | Van Overeem 66' | Report | El Ghazi (14), 38', 33' Gudelj 40' Klaassen 69' Riedewald 90' |
Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,637 Referee: Bas Kuipers |
| 15 August 2015 2 | Ajax | 3–0 | Willem II | Amsterdam |
| 19:45 CEST | Milik 18' El Ghazi 67', 90+1' |
Report | Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,494 Referee: Bas Nijhuis |
| 23 August 2015 3 | NEC | 0–2 | Ajax | Nijmegen |
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Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,321 Referee: Dennis Higler |
| 30 August 2015 4 | Ajax | 4–0 | ADO Den Haag | Amsterdam |
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Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 43,578 Referee: Danny Makkelie |
| 12 September 2015 5 | Twente | 2–2 | Ajax | Enschede |
| Report | Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel |
| 20 September 2015 6 | Excelsior | 0–2 | Ajax | Rotterdam |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Kevin Blom |
| 26 September 2015 7 | Ajax | 2–0 | Groningen | Amsterdam |
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Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,676 Referee: Richard Liesveld |
| 4 October 2015 8 | Ajax | 1–2 | PSV | Amsterdam |
| Report | Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,154 Referee: Bas Nijhuis |
| 17 October 2015 9 | Heracles | 0–2 | Ajax | Almelo |
| Report | Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,080 Referee: Kevin Blom |
| 25 October 2015 10 | Vitesse | 1–3 | Ajax | Arnhem |
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Report | Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 21,163 Referee: Richard Liesveld |
| 29 November 2015 14 | PEC Zwolle | 0–2 | Ajax |
| 5 December 2015 15 | Ajax | 5–2 | Heerenveen |
| 20 December 2015 17 | Ajax | 2–1 | De Graafschap |
| 17 January 2016 18 | ADO Den Haag | 0–1 | Ajax |
| 3 April 2016 29 | Ajax | 3–0 | PEC Zwolle |
| 20 April 2016 32 | Heerenveen | 0–2 | Ajax |
| 8 May 2016 34 | De Graafschap | 1–1 | Ajax |
KNVB Cup
| 23 September 2015 Round 2 | Ajax | 2–0 | De Graafschap | Amsterdam |
| 20:45 | Fischer 41' Heitinga 85' |
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 24,738 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis |
| 28 October 2015 Round 3 | Feyenoord | 1–0 | Ajax | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Veltman 90+5' (o.g.) | Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel |
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
| 29 July 2015 First leg | Rapid Wien | 2–2 | Ajax | Vienna, Austria |
| 21:05 | Petsos 42' Kainz 48' Schwab 59' Berić 76' |
Report | Klaassen 25', 43', 71' Veltman 76' |
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 43,200 Referee: William Collum (Scotland) |
| 4 August 2015 Second leg | Ajax | 2–3 (4–5 a agg.) | Rapid Wien | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 20:15 | Milik 52' Gudelj 75' |
Report | Berič 12' Schaub 39', 77' |
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia) |
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Play-off round
| 20 August 2015 First leg | Ajax | 1–0 | FK Jablonec | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 19:00 CET | Milik 54' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 30,898 Referee: Tony Chapron (France) |
| 27 August 2015 Second leg | FK Jablonec | 0–0 (1–0 agg.) | Ajax | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic |
| 18:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Chance Arena Attendance: 6,040 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark) |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOL | FEN | AJX | CEL | |
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| 1 | Molde | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |
Matches
| 17 September 2015 1 | Ajax | 2–2 | Celtic | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 19:00 CET | Fischer 25' Schøne 84' |
Report | Bitton 8' Lustig 42' |
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,455 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy) |
| 1 October 2015 2 | Molde | 1–1 | Ajax | Molde, Norway |
| 21:00 CET | Hestad 8' | Report | Fischer 19' | Stadium: Molde Stadion Attendance: 7,890 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
Friendlies
| 4 July 2015 | Ajax | 2–2 | Dynamo Moscow | Kematen, Austria |
| 20:00 | Kuzmin 19' (o.g.) Bazoer 59' |
Report | Kuzmin 30' M'Vila 83' |
Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen |
| 10 July 2015 | Ajax | 1–3 | Nordsjælland | Hardenberg, Netherlands |
| 16:30 | Bakker 81' | Report | Ingvartsen 8' Moberg Karlsson 17', 66' |
Stadium: De Boshoek |
| 10 July 2015 | Ajax | 2–0 | Panathinaikos | Epe, Netherlands |
| 20:00 | Milik 33' El Ghazi 87' |
Report | Stadium: De Wachtelenberg |
| 17 July 2015 | Ajax | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Amsterdam Arena |
| 22 July 2015 | Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | Ajax | Valenciennes, France |
| 19:00 | Bamba 85' | Report | Stadium: Stade du Hainaut |
| 10 August 2015 | Ajax | 6–1 | Umm Salal | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 19:00 | Schöne 2', 13' Sanogo 6', 17', 35' Andersen 30' |
Report | Sagbo 53' | Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst |
| 8 October 2015 | Ajax | 1–2 | Southampton | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 19:30 | Schöne 60' (pen.) | Report | Seager 19' Juanmi 60' |
Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst |
Transfers for 2015–16
Summer transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2015 to 31 August 2015) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2015.
Arrivals
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | Previous club | Fee | |
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| Return from loan spell | |||||
| Sheraldo Becker | Forward | 30 June 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
| Lerin Duarte | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | Heerenveen | - | |
| Mickey van der Hart | Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | Go Ahead Eagles | - | |
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 30 June 2015 | Excelsior | - | |
| Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 30 June 2015 | NAC Breda | - | |
| Lesly de Sa | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Go Ahead Eagles | - | |
| Loan | |||||
| Yaya Sanogo | Forward | 17 July 2015 | Arsenal | - | |
| Transfer | |||||
| Arkadiusz Milik | Forward | 1 April 2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | €2,800,000 | |
| Francesco Antonucci | Midfielder | 5 May 2015 | Anderlecht | €500,000 | |
| Nemanja Gudelj | Midfielder | 6 May 2015 | AZ | €6,000,000 | |
| Dragiša Gudelj | Defender | 9 May 2015 | NAC Breda | €150,000 | |
| Mitchell Dijks | Defender | 19 June 2015 | Willem II | €1,000,000 | |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Silkeborg | €270,000 | |
| Amin Younes | Midfielder | 15 July 2015 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | €1,500,000 | |
| Free Transfer | |||||
| John Heitinga | Defender | 25 June 2015 | Hertha BSC | - | |
| Keshone Mettendaf | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | Almere City | - | |
| Frenkie de Jong | Midfielder | 24 August 2015 | Willem II | - | |
Departures
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
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| Out on loan | |||||
| Xavier Mous | Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | Oss | - | |
| Peter Leeuwenburgh | Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | Dordrecht | - | |
| Sheraldo Becker | Forward | 30 June 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
| Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 30 June 2015 | Willem II | - | |
| Lesly de Sa | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Willem II | - | |
| Richairo Zivkovic | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Willem II | - | |
| Queensy Menig | Forward | 27 July 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
| Lucas Andersen | Midfielder | 24 August 2015 | Willem II | - | |
| Loan return | |||||
| Niki Zimling | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | Mainz 05 | - | |
| Transfer | |||||
| Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | Forward | 1 July 2015 | Nantes | €3,500,000 | |
| Ricardo Kishna | Forward | 27 July 2015 | Lazio | €4,000,000 | |
| Free Transfer | |||||
| Tom Noordhoff | Defender | 29 April 2015 | Telstar | - | |
| Marvin Höner | Forward | 20 May 2015 | SV Rödinghausen | - | |
| Sinan Keskin | Forward | 20 May 2015 | Utrecht | - | |
| Joost Meendering | Goalkeeper | 28 May 2015 | HVV Hollandia | - | |
| Melvin Vissers | Midfielder | 29 May 2015 | Sparta Rotterdam | - | |
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 20 June 2015 | Excelsior | - | |
| Mike Grim | Goalkeeper | 23 June 2015 | Almere City | - | |
| Niklas Moisander | Defender | 30 June 2015 | Sampdoria | - | |
| James Efmorfidis | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | AZ | - | |
| Shaquill Sno | Defender | 30 June 2015 | – | - | |
| Samet Bulut | Forward | 30 June 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
| Fabian Sporkslede | Midfielder | 16 July 2015 | Chievo | - | |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 24 July 2015 | Arsenal | - | |
| Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui | Midfielder | 11 August 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
| Mickey van der Hart | Goalkeeper | 14 August 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Winter transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2016 to 1 February 2016) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2015–16.
Arrivals
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
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| Return from loan spell | |||||
| Frenkie de Jong | Midfielder | 1 January 2016 | Willem II | - | |
| Peter Leeuwenburgh | Goalkeeper | 5 January 2016 | Dordrecht | - | |
| Richairo Zivkovic | Forward | 31 January 2016 | Willem II | - | |
| Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 31 January 2016 | Willem II | - | |
Departures
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
| Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
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| Out on loan | |||||
| Óttar Magnús Karlsson | Forward | 2 January 2015 | Sparta Rotterdam | - | |
| Zakaria El Azzouzi | Forward | 4 January 2015 | Twente | - | |
| Lerin Duarte | Midfielder | 31 January 2015 | NAC Breda | - | |
| Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 31 January 2016 | Utrecht | - | |
| Return from loan spell | |||||
| Yaya Sanogo | Forward | 31 January 2016 | Arsenal | - | |
| Free Transfer | |||||
| Dejan Meleg | Forward | 3 January 2016 | Vojvodina | - | |
| John Heitinga | Defender | 31 January 2016 | – | - | |
References
- ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal Seizoen 2015/'16" [Regulations professional football 2015–16 season] (pdf) (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. p. 44. Retrieved 19 May 2016.