2006–07 AFC Ajax season

Ajax

2006–07 season
Chairman	John Jaakke
Manager	Henk ten Cate
Eredivisie	2nd place
KNVB Cup	Winners
Champions League	Play-off Round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Johan Cruijff Schaal	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (21) All: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (35)
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During the 2006–07 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on Saturday July 8, 2006. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Wednesday August 8, 2006, followed by a testimonial match for the retired former Ajax striker Dennis Bergkamp.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2006–07 season was held on July 8, 2006. 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 Henk ten Cate played friendly matches against JOS Watergraafsmeer, ABS, SV de Lutte, HHC Hardenberg, VV Bennekom, SV Spakenburg and FC Emmen before traveling to Germany to play against Borussia Dortmund. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Internazionale and Manchester United 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	43	0	32	0	7	0	4	0
2	DF		John Heitinga	44	8	32	6	7	1	3+2	1
3	DF		Jaap Stam	36	2	25	1	7	0	4	1
4	DF		Thomas Vermaelen	33	0	16+7	0	4+1	0	5	0
5	DF		Urby Emanuelson	39	3	30+1	3	4	0	3+1	0
6	DF		Hedwiges Maduro	24	2	9+6	0	5	1	3+1	1
8	FW		Ryan Babel	36	7	25+2	5	3+2	2	2+2	0
9	FW		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	45	32	31+1	21	7	7	5+1	4
10	FW		Wesley Sneijder	41	20	30	18	7	1	4	1
11	MF		Kenneth Perez	38	15	10+17	12	4+1	0	3+3	3
12	GK		Kenneth Vermeer	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	MF		Edgar Davids	14	1	11	1	0	0	3	0
14	MF		Roger	17	2	7+4	1	4	1	1+1	0
15	MF		Olaf Lindenbergh	19	0	5+7	0	2+2	0	3	0
16	FW		Tom De Mul	38	4	23+5	4	2+5	0	2+1	0
18	MF		Gabri	40	6	31	5	6	0	3	1
19	FW		Dennis Rommedahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		George Ogăraru	33	6	18+10	5+1	0	0	5	0
21	FW		Nicolae Mitea	12	3	1+7	2	0+1	0	0+3	1
22	DF		Zdeněk Grygera	31	4	21+1	3	5	1	4	0
23	DF		Leonardo	11	3	4+3	1	1+1	1	2	1
24	MF		John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Jeffrey Sarpong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	FW		Edgar Manucharyan	8	1	0+5	0	2	1	1	0
30	GK		Dennis Gentenaar	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
32	GK		Marco van Duin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Vurnon Anita	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	DF		Vito Wormgoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Gregory van der Wiel	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Mitchell Donald	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF		Toby Alderweireld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Javier Martina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF		Dionitio Liesdek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF		Michael Timisela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	DF		Murat Yıldırım	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
7	FW		Mauro Rosales	19	1	6+6	1	3+1	0	3	0
17	FW		Michael Krohn-Dehli	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Markus Rosenberg	13	5	9	0	3	3	1	2
27	FW		Angelos Charisteas	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Jan Vertonghen	5	0	1+2	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	FW		Rydell Poepon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Stanley Aborah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Derk Boerrigter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Donovan Slijngard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 14 November 2011

Team statistics

2006–07 Eredivisie standings

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
2	34	23	6	5	75	84	34	60	4

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	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	3	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	75

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	9	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	30	31	31	34	35	38	38	41	42	45	48	51	54	55	56	56	59	62	65	66	69	72	75	75

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	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	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	5	2	3	0	2	3	3	4	2	2	3	0	1	0	6	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	1	0	4	5	3	2	2	5	2	84

Statistics for the 2006–07 season

• This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2006-07 season.

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie	UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-offs	Total
Matches	9	2	1	6	2	8	34	4	66
Wins	6	0	1	6	1	5	23	2	44
Draws	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	8
Losses	3	1	0	0	1	2	5	2	14
Home	0	2	0	3	1	4	17	2	29
Away	9	0	1	3	1	4	17	2	37
Yellow cards	3	5	1	5	6	19	60	8	107
Red cards	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4
Number of substitutes used	50	7	3	15	5	21	98	10	119
Goals for	56	1	3	17	2	18	84	8	189
Goals against	9	2	1	4	3	9	34	3	65
Balance	+24	-1	+2	+13	-1	+9	+50	+5	+124
Clean sheets	5	0	0	3	0	1	12	2	23
Penalties for	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6
Penalties against	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5

2006–07 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	SV de Lutte - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 18 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax - HFC Haarlem ( 4 - 0 )
	UEFA Champions League	F.C. København - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 2 )
	UEFA Cup	AFC Ajax - IK Start ( 4 - 0 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax - Willem II ( 6 - 0 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	Ajax Cape Town - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 1 )
	KNVB Cup	—
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax - F.C. København ( 0 - 2 )
	UEFA Cup	SV Werder Bremen - AFC Ajax ( 3 - 0 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax - NAC Breda ( 1 - 3 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	SV de Lutte - AFC Ajax ( 0 - 18 )
	KNVB Cup	Jong RKC - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 5 )
	UEFA Champions League	F.C. København - AFC Ajax ( 1 - 2 )
	UEFA Cup	IK Start - AFC Ajax ( 2 - 5 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam ( 5 - 2 )

Top scorers

Friendlies Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 11 2. Angelos Charisteas 9 3. Nicolae Mitea 5 Rydell Poepon 5 Mauro Rosales 5 6. Robbert Schilder 4 7. Kenneth Perez 3 Jeffrey Sarpong 3 Tom De Mul 3 10. Edgar Manucharyan 2 11. Olaf Lindenbergh 1 Jaap Stam 1 Wesley Sneijder 1 Thomas Vermaelen 1 Jan Vertonghen 1 Ryan Babel 1 Total 56

Johan Cruijff Schaal Nr. Name 1. Mauro Rosales 1 Kenneth Perez 1 Wesley Sneijder 1 Total 3

Eredivisie Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 21 2. Wesley Sneijder 18 3. Kenneth Perez 11 4. John Heitinga 6 5. Ryan Babel 5 Gabri 5 7. Tom De Mul 3 8. Urby Emanuelson 3 Zdeněk Grygera 3 10. Nicolae Mitea 2 11. Mauro Rosales 1 Roger 1 Jaap Stam 1 Leonardo 1 Edgar Davids 1 Own goals Ryan Donk (AZ) 1 Total 83

KNVB Cup Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 4 2. Kenneth Perez 3 3. Markus Rosenberg 2 4. Hedwiges Maduro 1 Jaap Stam 1 Leonardo 1 John Heitinga 1 Wesley Sneijder 1 Gabri 1 Nicolae Mitea 1 Own goals Ray Fränkel (HFC Haarlem) 1 Total 17

UEFA Champions League Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 Total 2

UEFA Cup Nr. Name 1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 7 2. Markus Rosenberg 3 3. Ryan Babel 2 4. Wesley Sneijder 1 Gabri 1 Zdeněk Grygera 1 Edgar Manucharyan 1 John Heitinga 1 Leonardo 1 Total 18

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

Placements

	Friendlies	Amsterdam Tournament	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Cup	Eredivisie
Status	9 played, 6 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses	4th place	Winners Last opponent: AZ	Eliminated in Play-Off round Last opponent: Copenhagen	Eliminated in Round of 32 Last opponent: Werder Bremen	2nd place 75 points in 34 matches qualified for UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds

• Wesley Sneijder is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
• Ryan Babel is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.

Results

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruijff Schaal

Main article: Johan Cruijff-schaal XI

PSV v Ajax

13 August 2006	PSV	1 – 3	Ajax	Amsterdam
18:00 CET	Cocu  49'		Rosales  7' Perez  69' Sneijder  82'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: René Temmink

Eredivisie

Main article: 2006–07 Eredivisie

Ajax v RKC Waalwijk

20 August 2006 1	Ajax	5 − 0	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
13:30	Babel  33' Sneijder  44', 69' Heitinga  52' Rosales  89'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.688 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

NAC Breda v Ajax

27 August 2006 2	NAC Breda	1 − 2	Ajax	Breda
13:30	De Graaf  63'	Report	Sneijder  73', 84'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15.432 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v Vitesse

10 September 2006 3	Ajax	3 − 0	Vitesse	Amsterdam
13:30	Huntelaar  32', 55' Roger  46'	Report	Knol	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.001 Referee: René Temmink

Roda JC v Ajax

17 September 2006 4	Roda JC	2 − 0	Ajax	Kerkrade
11:30	De Fauw  9' Oper  65'	Report		Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Frank de Bleeckere

Ajax v N.E.C.

24 September 2006 5	Ajax	2 - 0	N.E.C.	Amsterdam
13:30	Perez  60', 82'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.081 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

FC Utrecht v Ajax

1 October 2006 6	FC Utrecht	2 − 3	Ajax	Utrecht
11:30	Van Dijk  80' (pen.),  84' Fortuné  85'	Report	Gabri  7' Heitinga  45' Perez  87'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 24.000 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Ajax v Groningen

14 October 2006 7	Ajax	3 − 2	Groningen	Amsterdam
18:30	Babel  51', 74' Emanuelson  80'	Report	Levchenko  56' (pen.) Suárez  60'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.782 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Feyenoord v Ajax

22 October 2006 8	Feyenoord	0 − 4	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Van Hooijdonk Pardo  85'	Report	Huntelaar  12', 38' Perez  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 45.000 Referee: René Temmink

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

25 October 2006 9	Ajax	2 − 0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
19:30	Gabri  30' Sneijder  32'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45.757 Referee: Jan Wegereef

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

28 October 2006 10	SC Heerenveen	0 - 2	Ajax	Heerenveen
18:30		Report	De Mul  17' Sneijder  76'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 26.000 Referee: Kevin Blom

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

5 November 2006 11	Heracles Almelo	0 - 3	Ajax	Almelo
13:30		Report	Perez  39', 82' (pen.) Heitinga Sneijder  87'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8.500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Ajax v PSV

12 November 2006 12	Ajax	0 - 1	PSV	Amsterdam
11:30		Report	Simons  63' Méndez  71'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.496 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v FC Twente

19 November 2006 13	Ajax	1 - 1	FC Twente	Amsterdam
13:30	Sneijder  48'	Report	Engelaar  8'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.364 Referee: Kevin Blom

Sparta Rotterdam v Ajax

26 November 2006 14	Sparta Rotterdam	3 - 0	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Rose  35' Polak  60' (pen.) Medunjanin  84'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10.500 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Ajax v Willem II

3 December 2006 15	Ajax	6 - 0	Willem II	Amsterdam
13:30	Grygera  4' Emanuelson  10' Mitea  19' Huntelaar  23', 45' De Mul  78'	Report	Valencia  80'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46.695 Referee: René Temmink

Ajax v AZ

10 December 2006 16	Ajax	2 - 2	AZ	Amsterdam
11:30	Heitinga  35' Huntelaar  75'	Report	Arveladze  51' Mendes da Silva  57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.649 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Excelsior v Ajax

17 December 2006 17	Excelsior	1 - 3	Ajax	Rotterdam
11:30	Van Nieuwstadt  36' Zijm  53' Piqué  90'	Report	Huntelaar  24', 48', 74'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Vitesse v Ajax

24 December 2006 18	Vitesse	4 - 2	Ajax	Arnhem
11:30	Lazović  49' Junker  51' Benson  89' Hersi  90'	Report	Grygera  4' De Mul  35' Gabri  70'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 24.450 Referee: Pieter Vink

Ajax v Roda JC

27 December 2006 19	Ajax	2 - 0	Roda JC	Amsterdam
19:15	Sneijder  15' Grygera  41'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.334 Referee: Kevin Blom

N.E.C. v AFC Ajax

30 December 2006 20	N.E.C.	2 - 2	AFC Ajax	Nijmegen
19:30	Denneboom  76' Wisgerhof  78'	Report	Perez  62' Gabri Template:Goal80	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12.500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v FC Utrecht

21 January 2007 21	Ajax	2 - 0	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30	Heitinga  11' Sneijder  21'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44.740 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Groningen v Ajax

28 January 2007 22	Groningen	2 - 3	Ajax	Groningen
13:30	Levchenko  20' (pen.) Suárez  40'	Report	Stam  53' Heitinga  82' Leonardo  90'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19.500 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v Feyenoord

4 February 2007 23	Ajax	4 - 1	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
11:30	Sneijder  20' (32) De Mul  34'	Report	Charisteas  42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.490 Referee: Dick van Egmond

ADO Den Haag v Ajax

11 February 2007 24	ADO Den Haag	1 - 2	Ajax	The Hague
12:30	Kolk  20'	Report	Heitinga  58' Huntelaar  70'	Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadion Attendance: 8.276 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Excelsior

18 February 2007 25	Ajax	2 - 2	Excelsior	Amsterdam
13:30	Davids  19' Huntelaar  38'	Report	Slory  25' Rojer  30'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47.905 Referee: Pol van Boekel

AZ v Ajax

25 February 2007 26	AZ	1 - 1	Ajax	Alkmaar
11:30	Martens  79'	Report	Davids  45' Perez  65'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

4 March 2007 27	Ajax	0 - 1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
13:30		Report	Nilsson  18'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.174 Referee: Pieter Vink

FC Twente v Ajax

11 March 2007 28	FC Twente	1 - 4	Ajax	Enschede
13:30	Nkufo  7'	Report	Huntelaar  21', 30', 75' Babel  45'	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: 13.250 Referee: Frank de Bleeckere

PSV v Ajax

18 March 2007 29	PSV	1 - 5	Ajax	Eindhoven
13:30	Kluivert  68'	Report	Huntelaar  17', 72' Sneijder  44' Gabri  73' Perez  89'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33.000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Ajax v Heracles Almelo

1 April 2007 30	Ajax	3 - 0	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
13:30	Sneijder  11' Huntelaar  50', 52'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.109 Referee: Ben Haverkort

RKC Waalwijk v Ajax

8 April 2007 31	RKC Waalwijk	2 - 2	Ajax	Waalwijk
13:30	Vertonghen  10' Berger  71' Sektioui  89'	Report	Gabri  9' Sneijder  21'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Dick Jol

Ajax v NAC Breda

13 April 2007 32	Ajax	2 - 0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
19:30	Perez  18' (pen.) Babel  64'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49.737 Referee: Kevin Blom

Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam

22 April 2007 33	Ajax	5 - 2	Sparta Rotterdam	Amsterdam
13:30	Sneijder  9', 17' Huntelaar  21' Perez  76' (pen.) Mitea  82'	Report	Bouaouzan  37' Moreno  47'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.364 Referee: Pieter Vink

Willem II v Ajax

29 April 2007 34	Willem II	0 - 2	Ajax	Tilburg
13:30			Emanuelson  19' Huntelaar  69'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Play-offs

Round 1

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

9 May 2007 1st Leg	SC Heerenveen	1 – 0	Ajax	Heerenveen
19:00	Nilsson  18'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23.500 Referee: Jack van Hulten

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

13 May 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	4 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
13:30	Huntelaar  22', 61' Babel  23' Perez  86'	Report	Vandenbussche  59'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 29,241 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Round 2

AZ v Ajax

20 May 2007 1st Leg	AZ	2 – 1	Ajax	Alkmaar
11:30	Cziommer  2' Arveladze  90'	Report	Sneijder  14'	Stadium: DSB Stadion Attendance: 15.993 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Ajax v AZ

27 May 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	3 – 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	AZ	Amsterdam
13:30	Heitinga  55' Donk  58' (o.g.) Gabri  90'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50.201 Referee: Pieter Vink

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2006–07 KNVB Cup

Jong RKC v Ajax

20 September 2006 2nd round	Jong RKC	2 − 5	Ajax	Waalwijk
19:45	Vink  2' (pen.) Fung-a-Wing  65'	Report	Rosenberg  21', 85' Maduro  29' Perez  48' Huntelaar  57'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Ajax v ADO Den Haag

9 November 2006 3rd round	Ajax	2 − 0	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
18:30	Stam  8' Huntelaar  65'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 7.909 Referee: Jack van Hulten

Ajax v HFC Haarlem

24 January 2007 Round of 16	Ajax	4 − 0	HFC Haarlem	Amsterdam
18:30	Fränkel  8' (o.g.) Leonardo  834' Perez  40', 90'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 23.100 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

Willem II v Ajax

28 February 2007 Quarterfinals	Willem II	0 − 2	Ajax	Tilburg
19:45			Huntelaar  15' Heitinga  81'	Stadium: Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Dick van Egmond

Ajax v RKC Waalwijk

18 April 2007 Semifinals	Ajax	3 − 1	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
19:45	Sneijder  12' Gabri  66' Mitea  88'		Heitinga  32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 34.600 Referee: Ruud Bossen

AZ v Ajax

6 May 2007 Final	AZ	1 − 1 (8 – 9 p)	Ajax	Rotterdam
19:45	Dembélé  4'}		Huntelaar  51' Gabri	Stadium: Feyenoord Stadion Attendance: 42.200 Referee: Dick van Egmond

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Play-Off round

FC København v Ajax

9 August 2006 1st Leg	FC København	1 – 2	Ajax	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:30	Hangeland  47'		Huntelaar  37', 84'	Stadium: Parken Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (Spain)

Ajax v FC København

23 August 2006 2nd Leg	Ajax	0 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	FC København	Amsterdam
20:30			Silberbauer  59' Vermaelen  77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35.600 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

First round

IK Start v Ajax

14 September 2006 1st Leg	IK Start	2 – 5	Ajax	Lillestrøm, Norway
17:15	Johnsen  28' Fevang  56'	Report	Huntelaar  18', 87' Rosenberg  43' Sneijder  63'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 1.840 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Ajax v IK Start

28 September 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	4 – 0 (9 – 2 agg.)	IK Start	Amsterdam
19:45	Rosenberg  6', 26' Grygera  43' Babel  68'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 23.500 Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Group Stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage § Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Espanyol	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12
Ajax	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	7
Zulte Waregem	4	2	0	2	9	11	-2	6
Sparta Praha	4	1	1	2	2	5	–3	4
Austria Wien	4	0	0	4	1	9	–8	0

Ajax v Austria Wien

2 November 2006 1	Ajax	3 – 0	Austria Wien	Amsterdam
19:45	Huntelaar  35', 68' Manucharyan  65'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 32,285 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

Sparta Praha v Ajax

23 November 2006 2	Sparta Praha	0 – 0	Ajax	Prague, Czech Republic
17:30		Report		Stadium: Juliska Attendance: 12.230 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

Ajax v Espanyol

30 November 2006 3	Ajax	0 – 2	Espanyol	Amsterdam
20:45		Report	Pandiani  36' Coro  78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 41,248 Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

Zulte Waregem v Ajax

13 December 2006 4	Zulte Waregem	0 – 3	Ajax	Gent, Belgium
19:45		Report	Huntelaar  4', 56' Heitinga  83'	Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: 11.603 Referee: Edo Trivkovic (Croatia)

Final Phase

Round of 32

Werder Bremen v Ajax

14 February 2006 1st Leg	Werder Bremen	3 – 0	Ajax	Bremen, Germany
19:30	Mertesacker  48' Naldo  54' Frings  71'			Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38.146 Referee: Paulo Baptista (Portugal)

Ajax v Werder Bremen

22 February 2007 2nd Leg	Ajax	3 – 1 (3 – 4 agg.)	Werder Bremen	Amsterdam
20:00	Leonardo  3' Huntelaar  60' Babel  74'		Almeida  13'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Amsterdam Tournament

AFC Ajax v Internazionale

4 August 2006	AFC Ajax	1 − 1	Internazionale	Amsterdam
21:15	Sneijder  87'	Report	Solari  19'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

AFC Ajax v Manchester United

5 August 2006	AFC Ajax	0 − 1	Manchester United	Amsterdam
21:15		Report	Giggs  77'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Pieter Vink

Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2006

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	Pts
Manchester United	2	2	0	0	4	10
Internazionale	2	1	1	0	4	8
Porto	2	0	0	2	3	3
Ajax	2	0	1	1	1	2

Friendlies

JOS Watergraafsmeer v Ajax

8 July 2006	JOS Watergraafsmeer	1 − 5	Ajax	Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:00	Blankendaal  71'	Report	Mitea  10', 77' Huntelaar  25' Poepon  69' Charisteas  74'	Stadium: Sportpark Drie Burg Attendance: - Referee: -

ABS v Ajax

11 July 2006	ABS	0 − 11	Ajax	Bathmen, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Huntelaar  9' (pen.), 17', 20' Rosales  53', 56' Charisteas  68', 73', 81' Mitea  83' Lindenbergh  84' Sarpong  88'	Stadium: Sportpark de Looënk Attendance: - Referee: René Temmink

SV de Lutte v Ajax

12 July 2006	SV de Lutte	0 − 18	Ajax	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Perez  8', 11', 15' Poepon  18', 42', 45' Charisteas  52', 55', 78', 87' Manucharyan  54' Mitea  57', 90' Sarpong  59' Schilder  69' Rosales  72'	Stadium: Sportpark de Vondersweijde Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Luuk Hoopman

HHC Hardenberg v Ajax

13 July 2006	HHC Hardenberg	0 − 4	Ajax	Hardenberg, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Manucharyan  14' Huntelaar  37' (pen.), 51', 66'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 4,500 Referee: -

VV Bennekom v Ajax

15 July 2006	VV Bennekom	0 − 8	Ajax	Bennekom, Netherlands
15:00		Report	De Mul  7' Stam  25' Charisteas  34' Rosales  55' Poepon  62' Huntelaar  78', 80' Sarpong  90'	Stadium: Sportpark Eikelhof Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dennis van Aken

SV Spakenburg v Ajax

18 July 2006	SV Spakenburg	3 − 2	Ajax	Spakenburg, Netherlands
19:30	Van Metelen  31' De Harder  37' Aksit  84'	Report	De Mul  58' Schilder  94'	Stadium: Sportpark de Westmaat Attendance: 5.979 Referee: Lex Stofkooper

FC Emmen v Ajax

25 July 2006	FC Emmen	0 − 6	Ajax	Veenoord, Netherlands
19:30		Report	Rosales  5' Sneijder  15' Vermaelen  37' Schilder  45' Vertonghen  66' Huntelaar  87'	Stadium: Sportpark Veenoord Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben Haverkort

Borussia Dortmund v Ajax

29 July 2006	Borussia Dortmund	2 − 1	Ajax	Lüdenscheid, Germany
14:00	Kringe  71' Kruska  80' (pen.)	Report	Huntelaar  31'	Stadium: Nattenbergstadion Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Philipp Metzger

Ajax Cape Town v Ajax

14 January 2007	Ajax Cape Town	3 − 1	Ajax	Cape Town, South Africa
15:00	Scott  47', 50' Paulse  51'	Report	Babel  15'	Stadium: Athlone Stadium Attendance: - Referee: -

Transfers for 2006-07

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2006 to 1 September 2006) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2006.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Return from loan spell
	Stanley Aborah	Midfielder	1 July 2006	FC Den Bosch	-
	Transfer
	George Ogăraru	Defender	23 May 2006	Steaua București	€3.3 million
	Kenneth Perez	Defender	1 July 2006	AZ	€3 million
	Jaap Stam	Defender	12 July 2006	Milan	€3 million
	Free Transfer
	Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	1 July 2006	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Dennis Gentenaar	Goalkeeper	1 July 2006	Borussia Dortmund	-
	Gabri	Midfielder	6 June 2006	Barcelona	-
	Roger	Midfielder	12 August 2006	Villarreal	-

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Victor Sikora	Midfielder	1 July 2006	NAC Breda	-
	Robbert Schilder	Midfielder	7 August 2006	Heracles Almelo	-
	Emmanuel Boakye	Defender	10 August 2006	Heracles Almelo	-
	Tom Kalkhuis	Forward	31 August 2006	FC Omniworld	-
	Loan return
	Juanfran	Defender	1 July 2006	Beşiktaş	-
	Transfer
	Rasmus Lindgren	Midfielder	1 March 2006	Groningen	€300,000
	Gideon De Graaf	Forward	1 July 2006	Mechelen	€2.8 million
	Angelos Charisteas	Forward	31 August 2006	Feyenoord	€2.6 million
	Free Transfer
	Nourdin Boukhari	Midfielder	15 May 2006	FC Nantes	-
	Tomáš Galásek	Defender	1 July 2006	1. FC Nürnberg	-
	Steven Pienaar	Midfielder	1 July 2006	Borussia Dortmund	-
	Hans Vonk	Goalkeeper	1 July 2006	Ajax Cape Town	-
	Ioannis Anastasiou	Forward	1 July 2006	Sparta Rotterdam	-
	Hatem Trabelsi	Defender	10 August 2006	Manchester City	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2007 to 1 February 2007) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2006–07.

Arrivals

• The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
	Transfer
	Leonardo	Forward	19 December 2006	NAC Breda	€660,000
	Free Transfer
	Edgar Davids	Midfielder	30 January 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	-

Departures

• The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

	Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
	Out on loan
	Derk Boerrigter	Forward	30 January 2007	HFC Haarlem	-
	Michael Krohn-Dehli	Midfielder	31 January 2007	Sparta Rotterdam	-
	Jan Vertonghen	Defender	31 January 2007	RKC Waalwijk	-
	Rydell Poepon	Forward	31 January 2007	Willem II	-
	Donovan Slijngard	Midfielder	31 January 2007	Groningen	-
	Transfer
	Markus Rosenberg	Forward	27 January 2007	Werder Bremen	€3.3 million
	Mauro Rosales	Forward	31 January 2007	River Plate	€1.8 million
	Free Transfer
	Stanley Aborah	Midfielder	6 January 2007	FCV Dender	-

External links

• Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in Nederlandse
• UEFA Website