Club: | AFC Ajax |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Chrtitle: | CEO |
Chairman: | Jan van Halst (interim, until 15 March) Alex Kroes (from 15 March on, from 2 April suspended, stepped down 25 April, new Technical Director)[1] [2] Menno Geelen (interim, from 10 May)[3] |
Owner: | AFC Ajax N.V. |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Maurice Steijn (until 23 October)[4] Hedwiges Maduro (caretaker, 23−30 October)[5] John van 't Schip (interim, from 30 October)[6] Michael Valkanis (caretaker, 17−21 December)[7] |
Stadium: | Johan Cruyff Arena |
League: | Eredivisie |
League Result: | 5th |
Cup1: | KNVB Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Second round |
Cup2: | UEFA Europa League |
Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
Cup3: | UEFA Europa Conference League |
Cup3 Result: | Round of 16 |
League Topscorer: | Brian Brobbey (18) |
Season Topscorer: | Brian Brobbey (22) |
Highest Attendance: | 55,076 |
Lowest Attendance: | 48,250 |
Average Attendance: | |
Largest Win: | 5–0 |
Largest Loss: | 0–6 |
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Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 season was the 124th season in the history of AFC Ajax and their 68th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.
Date | Player | Transferred from | Fee | ||
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29 May 2023 | MF | Branco van den Boomen | Toulouse | Free transfer | [8] |
18 June 2023 | MF | Benjamin Tahirović | Roma | €8,000,000 | [9] |
3 August 2023 | GK | Diant Ramaj | Eintracht Frankfurt | €8,000,000 | [10] |
Date | Player | Transferred to | Fee | |||
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8 May 2023 | FW | Sontje Hansen | NEC | Undisclosed | [23] | |
18 May 2023 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Retired | – | [24] | |
24 May 2023 | MF | Youri Regeer | Twente | €900,000 | [25] | |
30 June 2023 | FW | Patrickson Delgado | Independiente del Valle | End of loan | [26] | |
FW | Lorenzo Lucca | Pisa | End of loan | [27] | ||
MF | Florian Grillitsch | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free transfer | [28] | ||
11 July 2023 | DF | Kik Pierie | Excelsior | Undisclosed | [29] | |
14 July 2023 | DF | Jurriën Timber | Arsenal | €40,000,000 | [30] | |
FW | Dušan Tadić | Fenerbahçe | Free transfer | [31] | ||
28 July 2023 | DF | Calvin Bassey | Fulham | €22,500,000 | [32] | |
10 August 2023 | MF | Edson Álvarez | West Ham United | €38,000,000 | [33] | |
11 August 2023 | FW | Mohamed Daramy | Reims | €12,000,000 | [34] | |
27 August 2023 | FW | West Ham United | €43,000,000 | [35] | ||
1 September 2023 | MF | Inter Milan | Free transfer | [36] | ||
8 January 2024 | MF | Sevilla | €400,000 | [37] | ||
1 February 2024 | DF | Twente | €1,000,000 | [38] |
Date | Player | To | End date | Fee | ||
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24 June 2023 | MF | Naci Ünüvar | Twente | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [39] |
28 June 2023 | MF | Youri Baas | NEC | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [40] |
29 August 2023 | DF | Jorge Sánchez | Porto | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [41] |
30 August 2023 | MF | Kian Fitz-Jim | Excelsior | Undisclosed | [42] | |
1 September 2023 | FW | Francisco Conceição | Porto | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [43] |
FW | Christian Rasmussen | Nordsjælland | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [44] | |
5 September 2023 | DF | Owen Wijndal | Antwerp | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [45] |
4 January 2024 | FW | Georges Mikautadze | Metz | 30 June 2024 | Undisclosed | [46] |
See main article: 2023–24 Eredivisie.
The league fixtures were announced on 28 June 2023.
See main article: 2023–24 KNVB Cup.
See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.
See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.
The play-off round draw was held on 7 August 2023.
The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.
See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase.
The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.
|-|colspan="14"|Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:|-
Rank | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total | ||||
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1 | 9 | FW | align=left | Brian Brobbey | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
2 | 10 | FW | align=left | Chuba Akpom | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
3 | 7 | FW | align=left | Steven Bergwijn | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
4 | 8 | FW | align=left | Kenneth Taylor | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
23 | FW | align=left | Steven Berghuis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
6 | 38 | MF | align=left | Kristian Hlynsson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
7 | 20 | MF | align=left | Mohammed Kudus | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | 11 | FW | align=left | Carlos Forbs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
21 | MF | align=left | Branco van den Boomen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
10 | 2 | DF | align=left | Devyne Rensch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
33 | MF | align=left | Benjamin Tahirović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
12 | 3 | DF | align=left | Anton Gaaei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | DF | align=left | Jorrel Hato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
6 | MF | align=left | Davy Klaassen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
18 | DF | align=left | Jakov Medić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
37 | DF | align=left | Josip Šutalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 74 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 94 |
Rank | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total | ||||
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1 | 40 | GK | Diant Ramaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
2 | 12 | GK | Jay Gorter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1 | GK | Gerónimo Rulli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |