2010–11 AFC Ajax season

Ajax
2010–11 season
Chairman	Uri Coronel
Manager	Martin Jol (until 6 December 2010); Frank de Boer
Eredivisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Round of 16
Johan Cruyff Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mounir El Hamdaoui (13 goals); All: ; Mounir El Hamdaoui (19 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2010–11 season was AFC Ajax in the Eredivisie. They participated in the Champions League and Europa League. The first training of the new season took place on Sunday, 27 June 2010. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Friday, 23 July 2010.

Pre-season

In preparation for the new season, Ajax organized a trainings stage in Stubaital, Austria, from 5 to 11 July. During the training camp, friendly matches were played against Al-Ahly and Rapid București, while further practice matches were played against Ajax (amateurs), FC Horst, Porto, Rijnsburgse Boys and Chelsea.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League		KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XV
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	44	0	26	0	13	0	5	0
2	DF	NED	Gregory van der Wiel	52	1	32	1	14	0	6	0
3	DF	BEL	Toby Alderweireld	43	5	26	2	12	3	5	0
4	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	51	8	32	6	13	1	6	1
5	DF	NED	Vurnon Anita	46	4	27+4	3	9+1	0	3+2	1
6	MF	CMR	Eyong Enoh	45	1	23+4	1	12+1	0	4+1	0
7	FW	SRB	Miralem Sulejmani	53	13	22+10	8	9+5	2	6+1	3
8	MF	DEN	Christian Eriksen	47	8	21+7	6	6+6	1	5+2	1
9	FW	MAR	Mounir El Hamdaoui	38	19	25+1	13	9+1	3	2	3
10	MF	NED	Siem de Jong	52	17	31+1	12	12+1	2	7	3
12	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	NED	André Ooijer	18	1	8+5	1	2+1	0	1+1	0
15	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	NED	Daley Blind	18	0	8+2	0	4	0	2+2	0
18	MF	SWE	Rasmus Lindgren	26	2	7+8	1	4+4	1	1+2	0
20	MF	NED	Demy de Zeeuw	47	5	19+8	1	10+3	2	7	2
21	FW	KOR	Suk Hyun-jun	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	URU	Bruno Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ESP	Oleguer	9	1	2+1	1	1+3	0	2	0
27	FW	ARG	Darío Cvitanich	8	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
28	MF	NED	Roly Bonevacia	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	NED	Jeroen Verhoeven	6	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	1	0
32	MF	DEN	Nicolai Boilesen	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	ARM	Aras Özbiliz	19	1	3+11	1	0+2	0	0+3	0
36	GK	NED	Ronald Graafland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	COD	Jody Lukoki	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	NED	Lorenzo Ebecilio	24	5	14+2	3	4	0	4	2
42	FW	NED	Geoffrey Castillion	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
46	FW	NED	Florian Jozefzoon	5	1	0+4	0	0	0	1	1
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
11	MF	NED	Urby Emanuelson	32	2	17+1	1	10	0	3+1	1
16	FW	URU	Luis Suárez	24	12	13	7	9	4	2	1
19	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio	5	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
22	MF	MAR	Ismaïl Aissati	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	NED	Jeffrey Sarpong	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	FW	EGY	Mido	6	3	1+4	2	0	0	0+1	1

Updated 15 May 2011

2010–11 selection by nationality

Nationality														Total Players
Current squad selection	10	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	24
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection	9	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11
Players out on loan	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

Team statistics

Eredivisie standings 2010–11

Standing	Matches played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Yellow cards	Red cards
1	34	22	7	5	73	72	30	55	3

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	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	3	1	3	3	0	0	1	3	1	3	3	0	3	3	1	3	1	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	73

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	1	4	7	10	13	16	17	17	20	21	24	27	27	27	28	31	32	35	38	38	41	44	45	48	49	52	55	55	58	61	64	67	70	73	73

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	7th	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st

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	2	4	3	5	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	2	2	1	0	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	3	72

Statistics for the 2010–11 season

This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2010–11 season.

	Friendlies	Johan Cruijff Schaal	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie	Total
Matches	12 of 12	1 of 1	6 of 6	10 of 10	4 of 4	34 of 34	67 of 67
Win	8 of 12	0 of 1	5 of 6	3 of 10	2 of 4	22 of 34	40 of 67
Draw	1 of 12	0 of 1	0 of 6	4 of 10	0 of 4	7 of 34	12 of 67
Loss	2 of 12	1 of 1	1 of 6	3 of 10	2 of 4	5 of 34	14 of 67
Home	1 of 2	1 of 1	5 of 5	5 of 5	2 of 2	17 of 17	32 of 32
Away	10 of 10	0 of 0	1 of 1	5 of 5	2 of 2	17 of 17	35 of 35
Yellow cards	5	2	10	19	6	55	97
Red cards	1	1	0	1	0	3	6
2 x yellow in 1 match	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Number of substitutes used	59	3	15	23	10	87	193
Goals for	48	0	20	13	5	72	157
Goals against	10	1	5	16	4	30	66
Balance	+38	-1	+15	-3	+1	+42	+91
Clean sheets	3	0	3	1	2	15	24
Penalties for	1	0	2	0	0	4	7
Penalties against	1	0	0	3	1	2	7

2010–11 team records

Description	Competition	Result
Biggest win	Friendly match	FC Horst–AFC Ajax ( 1–21 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax–RKC Waalwijk ( 5–1 )
	UEFA Champions League	AC Milan–AFC Ajax ( 0–2 )
	UEFA Europa League	RSC Anderlecht–AFC Ajax ( 0–3 )
	Eredivisie	De Graafschap–AFC Ajax ( 0–5 )
Biggest loss	Friendly match	Hamburger SV–AFC Ajax ( 4–2 )
	KNVB Cup	FC Twente–AFC Ajax ( 3–2 )
	UEFA Champions League	AFC Ajax–Real Madrid ( 0–4 )
	UEFA Europa League	Spartak Moskva–AFC Ajax ( 3–0 )
	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht–AFC Ajax ( 3–0 )
Most goals in a match	Friendly match	FC Horst–AFC Ajax ( 1–21 )
	KNVB Cup	AFC Ajax–RKC Waalwijk ( 5–1 )
	UEFA Champions League	PAOK FC–AFC Ajax ( 3–3 )
	UEFA Europa League	RSC Anderlecht–AFC Ajax ( 0–3 )
	Eredivisie	AFC Ajax–Vitesse ( 4–2 )

Topscorers

Friendlies

Nr.	Name
1.	Siem de Jong	9
2.	Miralem Sulejmani	7
3.	Suk Hyun-jun	5
4.	Darío Cvitanich	3
5.
	Jeffrey Sarpong	2
	Mitchell Donald	2
	Aras Özbiliz	2
	Ismaïl Aissati	2
	Darko Bodul	2
	Christian Eriksen	2
	Luis Suárez	2
	Lorenzo Ebecilio	2
12.
	Daylon Claasen	1
	Toby Alderweireld	1
	Eyong Enoh	1
	Urby Emanuelson	1
	Johan Kappelhof	1
	Marvin Zeegelaar	1
	Demy de Zeeuw	1
	Vurnon Anita	1
Total		48

Eredivisie

Nr.	Name
1.	Mounir El Hamdaoui	13
2.	Siem de Jong	12
3.	Miralem Sulejmani	8
4.	Luis Suárez	7
5.	Jan Vertonghen	6
5.	Christian Eriksen	6
7.	Vurnon Anita	3
7.	Lorenzo Ebecilio	3
9.	Mido	2
9.	Toby Alderweireld	2
11.	Gregory van der Wiel	1
	Urby Emanuelson	1
	Eyong Enoh	1
	Rasmus Lindgren	1
	André Ooijer	1
	Demy de Zeeuw	1
	Oleguer	1
	Aras Özbiliz	1
Own goals	Rob Penders (NAC Breda)	1
Own goals	Denny Landzaat (Twente)	1
Total		72

UEFA Champions League

1.	Luis Suárez	4
2.	Mounir El Hamdaoui	2
	Demy de Zeeuw	2
	Toby Alderweireld	2
5.	Siem de Jong	1
	Rasmus Lindgren	1
	Jan Vertonghen	1
Total		13

KNVB Cup

1.	Miralem Sulejmani	3
	Mounir El Hamdaoui	3
	Siem de Jong	3
4.	Demy de Zeeuw	2
4.	Lorenzo Ebecilio	2
6.	Jan Vertonghen	1
	Urby Emanuelson	1
	Florian Jozefzoon	1
	Christian Eriksen	1
	Mido	1
	Luis Suárez	1
	Vurnon Anita	1
Total		20

UEFA Europa League

#	Name
1.	Miralem Sulejmani	2
2.	Mounir El Hamdaoui	1
3.	Christian Eriksen	1
4.	Toby Alderweireld	1
Total		5

Placements

	Friendlies	KNVB Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Eredivisie
Status	12 played, 8 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses	Runner-up Lost to: FC Twente	3rd Place in Group G Placement for: UEFA Europa League	Eliminated in Round of 16 Last opponent: Spartak Moscow	Champions 73 points in 34 matches 30th title

Maarten Stekelenburg is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Christian Eriksen is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
Christian Eriksen is voted Dutch Football Talent of the Year by De Telegraaf and Football International.

Competitions

All times are in CEST

Johan Cruyff Shield

31 July 2010	FC Twente	1–0	Ajax	Amsterdam
20:00	De Jong 8'		Suárez 10' 42'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Blom

Eredivisie

8 August 2010 1	FC Groningen	2–2	Ajax	Groningen
14:30	Matavž 72' Pedersen 86'		El Hamdaoui 50', 61'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Nijhuis

14 August 2010 2	Ajax	4–2	Vitesse	Amsterdam
18:45	Vertonghen 37' Van der Wiel 40' De Jong 47' Anita 58'		Pröpper 26' Van Ginkel 43'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,831 Referee: Kuipers

21 August 2010 3	Ajax	3–0	Roda JC Kerkrade	Amsterdam
20:45	El Hamdaoui 34', 72' Suárez 52'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,159 Referee: Wegereef

29 August 2010 4	De Graafschap	0–5	Ajax	Doetinchem
12:30			Suárez 14', 41', 85' Emanuelson 68' Eriksen 89'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,550 Referee: Haverkort

11 September 2010 5	Ajax	2–0	Willem II	Amsterdam
18:45	Suárez 34' (pen.), 54' (pen.)			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,702 Referee: Makkelie

19 September 2010 6	Feyenoord	1–2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Bahia 80'		De Jong 40' El Hamdaoui 56'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Blom

25 September 2010 7	FC Twente	2–2	Ajax	Enschede
20:45	Janssen 11', 62'		El Hamdaoui 15' Enoh 68'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Vink

3 October 2010 8	Ajax	1–2	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30	De Jong 90+3'		Van Wolfswinkel 6' (pen.), 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 45,167 Referee: Kuipers

16 October 2010 9	Ajax	3–0	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
18:45	Vertonghen 15' El Hamdaoui 30' Suárez 79'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,370 Referee: Janssen

24 October 2010 10	Excelsior	2–2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30	Bovenberg 37' Wattamaleo 42'		Anita 27' El Hamdaoui 46' Vertonghen 89'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Wegereef

27 October 2010 11	Ajax	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
19:00	El Hamdaoui 11', 48' Anita 84'		Dost 24'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 47,612 Referee: Braamhaar

30 October 2010 12	Heracles Almelo	1–4	Ajax	Almelo
19:45	Overtoom 38'		El Hamdaoui 16' Lindgren 55' Ooijer 78' Sulejmani 81'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Bossen

7 November 2010 13	Ajax	0–1	ADO Den Haag	Amsterdam
12:30			Verhoek 44'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 43,914 Referee: Nijhuis

14 November 2010 14	AZ	2–0	Ajax	Alkmaar
14:30	Wernbloom 74' Sigþórsson 77'		Ooijer 89'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,779 Referee: Vink

20 November 2010 15	Ajax	0–0	PSV	Amsterdam
20:45	Lindgren 90+2'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,082 Referee: Kuipers

28 November 2010 16	VVV-Venlo	0–2	Ajax	Venlo
14:30			Mido 62' Sulejmani 70'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 7,500 Referee: van Hulten

4 December 2010 17	Ajax	1–1	NEC	Amsterdam
19:45	Mido 76'		Nuytinck 78'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Janssen

12 December 2010 18	Vitesse	0–1	Ajax	Arnhem
12:30			Eriksen 11'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 20,860 Referee: van Boekel

19 January 2011 19	Ajax	2–0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
20:45	Alderweireld 30' Sulejmani 77' (pen.)			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,322 Referee: Vink

23 January 2011 20	FC Utrecht	3–0	Ajax	Utrecht
12:30	Duplan 22', 24' Vorstermans 82'			Stadium: Galgenwaard Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Bossen

30 January 2011 21	NAC Breda	0–3	Ajax	Breda
14:30			De Jong 13' Penders 68' (o.g.) Sulejmani 90+3'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Nijhuis

4 February 2011 22	Ajax	2–0	De Graafschap	Amsterdam
20:45	El Hamdaoui 43' De Jong 79'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,137 Referee: Haverkort

13 February 2011 23	Roda JC	2–2	Ajax	Kerkrade
14:30	Junker 41' Hadouir 82'		Sulejmani 13' De Jong 34'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 18,936 Referee: van Hulten

20 February 2011 24	Ajax	1–0	VVV-Venlo	Amsterdam
14:30	El Hamdaoui 11'		Leemans 35' 74'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,078 Referee: Wegereef

27 February 2011 25	PSV	0–0	Ajax	Eindhoven
14:30				Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,400 Referee: Braamhaar

6 March 2011 26	Ajax	4–0	AZ	Amsterdam
16:30	De Zeeuw 5' De Jong 56' Ebecilio 72' Anita 89'		Pellè 73'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,328 Referee: Blom

13 March 2011 27	Willem II	1–3	Ajax	Tilburg
14:30	Janga 19' Halilović 73'		De Jong 47' Vertonghen 80' Eriksen 88'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Janssen

20 March 2011 28	ADO Den Haag	3–2	Ajax	The Hague
12:30	Kubík 31' Immers 76' Derijck 87'		Vertonghen 70' Eriksen 85'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kuipers

3 April 2011 29	Ajax	3–0	Heracles Almelo	Amsterdam
12:30	Oleguer 58' De Jong 65' Özbiliz 81'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,705 Referee: Gumienny

10 April 2011 30	Ajax	2–0	FC Groningen	Amsterdam
14:30	Sulejmani 69' Vertonghen 72'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,150 Referee: van Boekel

17 April 2011 31	NEC	1–2	Ajax	Nijmegen
14:30	Schøne 4'		Sulejmani 45+1' Alderweireld 66'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nijhuis

24 April 2011 32	Ajax	4–1	Excelsior	Amsterdam
14:30	Ebecilio 13', 78' Eriksen 71' De Jong 90+2'		Bovenberg 54'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,185 Referee: Makkelie

1 May 2011 33	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30	Väyrynen 19'		Sulejmani 20' Eriksen 46'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 26.100 Referee: Braamhaar

15 May 2011 34	Ajax	3–1	FC Twente	Amsterdam
14:30	De Jong 23', 78' Landzaat 47' (o.g.)		Janssen 48'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,738 Referee: Vink

KNVB Cup

22 September 2010 Third Round	Ajax	5–0	MVV Maastricht	Amsterdam
18:45	El Hamdaoui 13', 47' Jozefzoon 23' Vertonghen 44' Emanuelson 90'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 17,363 Referee: Wiedemeijer

11 November 2010 Fourth Round	Ajax	3–0	BV Veendam	Amsterdam
18:45	Mido 60' Suárez 75' Eriksen 87'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 22,559 Referee: Liesveld

23 December 2010 Fifth Round	Ajax	1–0	AZ	Amsterdam
20:45	Sulejmani 42'		Wernbloom 72'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 29,539 Referee: Bossen

27 January 2011 Quarter-finals	Ajax	4–1	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
20:45	De Jong 18' Sulejmani 35' (pen.), 83' Anita 82'		Idabdelhay 8'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 22,536 Referee: Makkelie

3 March 2011 Semi-finals	Ajax	5–1	RKC Waalwijk	Amsterdam
20:45	Ebecilio 13' El Hamdaoui 33' De Jong 55', 85' De Zeeuw 58'		Blind 27' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 28,157 Referee: Wiedemeijer

8 May 2011 Final	FC Twente	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ajax	Rotterdam
18:00	Brama 45' Janssen 56' Janko 117'		De Zeeuw 19' Ebecillio 40'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Blom

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

28 July 2010 First leg	Ajax	1–1	PAOK	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Suárez 13'	Report	Ivić 72'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 24,151 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

4 August 2010 Second leg	PAOK	3–3 (4–4a agg.)	Ajax	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:45	Vieirinha 16' Salpingidis 56' Ivić 90+1'	Report	Suárez 48' De Jong 50' Lindgren 55'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 24,109 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Play-off round

17 August 2010 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	Ajax	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45	Garmash 30' 56' Husyev 66'	Report	Vertonghen 57'	Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

25 August 2010 Second leg	Ajax	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Suárez 43' El Hamdaoui 75'	Report	Shevchenko 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,249 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RM	MIL	AJA	AUX
1	Real Madrid	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–0	4–0
2	Milan	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	0–2	2–0
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–4	1–1	—	2–1
4	Auxerre	6	1	0	5	3	12	−9	3		0–1	0–2	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway

15 September 2010 1	Real Madrid	2–0	Ajax	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Anita 31' (o.g.) Higuaín 73'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 69,639 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

28 September 2010 2	Ajax	1–1	Milan	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	El Hamdaoui 23'	Report	Ibrahimović 37'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,276 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

19 October 2010 3	Ajax	2–1	Auxerre	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	De Zeeuw 7' Suárez 41' Ooijer 55'	Report	Birsa 56' Oliech 81' 85' Mignot 90'+2'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,383 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

3 November 2010 4	Auxerre	2–1	Ajax	Auxerre, France
20:45	Sammaritano 9' Langil 84'	Report	Alderweireld 79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 18,727 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

23 November 2010 5	Ajax	0–4	Real Madrid	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45		Report	Benzema 36' Arbeloa 44' Ronaldo 70', 81' (pen.) Alonso 68' 87' Ramos 33' 90+1'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,491 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Note: Madrid manager José Mourinho was suspended for one match after UEFA found him guilty of instructing Alonso and Ramos to deliberately receive strategic second yellow cards.[1]

8 December 2010 6	Milan	0–2	Ajax	Milan, Italy
20:45		Report	De Zeeuw 57' Alderweireld 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,960 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

17 February 2011 First leg	Anderlecht	0–3	Ajax	Brussels, Belgium
21:05		Report	Alderweireld 32' Eriksen 59' El Hamdaoui 68'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 21,195 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

25 February 2011 Second leg	Ajax	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Anderlecht	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:05	Sulejmani 11', 17'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 42,591 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Round of 16

10 March 2011 First leg	Ajax	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:05		Report	Alex 57'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 32,841 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

17 March 2011 Second leg	Spartak Moscow	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Ajax	Moscow, Russia
19:00	D. Kombarov 21' Welliton 30' Alex 54'	Report		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Friendlies

3 July 2010	Ajax Amateurs	1–5	Ajax	Amsterdam, Netherlands
11:00	Meester 85'		Sulejmani 3', 40', 43' Sarpong 34' Claasen 66'	Stadium: De Toekomst Attendance: 314 Referee: Kevin van den Heuvel

8 July 2010	Al-Ahly	0–1	Ajax	Kufstein, Austria
18:30			Sulejmani 90+3'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Christian Balaj

10 July 2010	Rapid București	1–1	Ajax	Wattens, Austria
18:30	Sburlea 68' Petre 85'		De Jong 73' Lindgren 85'	Stadium: Alpen stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Markus Freund

15 July 2010	FC Horst	1–21	Ajax	Ermelo, Netherlands
19:30				Stadium: De Adelaar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Maurice de Hond

18 July 2010	Porto	1–0	Ajax	Porto, Portugal
19:00	Rodríguez 13'			Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 40,207 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

20 July 2010	Rijnsburgse Boys	0–7	Ajax	Rijnsburg, Netherlands
19:00				Stadium: Middelmors Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Allard Lindhout

23 July 2010	Ajax	3–1	Chelsea	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00	Bruma 3' (o.g.) De Jong 26' Suk 90'		Sturridge 25'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

8 January 2011	Hamburger SV	4–2	Ajax	Hamburg, Germany
16:00	Van Nistelrooy 2', 37', 75' Jarolím 44'		Suárez 60', 61'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bo Larsen

15 January 2011	Galatasaray	0–0	Ajax	Istanbul, Turkey
19:45				Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena

13 April 2011	Ajax	4–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:15	Cvitanich 25', 35', 67' Ebecilio 70'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jol

22 May 2011	D.C. United	1–2	Ajax	Washington, D.C., United States
23:00	Brettschneider 58'		Sulejmani 10' Anita 87'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 10,728 Referee: Geiger

26 May 2011	Portland Timbers	0–2	Ajax	Portland, United States
04:00			Ebecilio 18' De Zeeuw 89'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Transfers for 2010–11

Summer transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2010 to 1 September 2010) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2010.

Arrivals

The following players moved to Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Mitchell Donald	Midfielder	16 May 2010	Willem II	-
Darko Bodul	Forward	18 May 2010	Sparta Rotterdam	-
Daley Blind	Defender	30 June 2010	Groningen	-
Evander Sno	Midfielder	30 June 2010	Bristol City	-
Transfer
Mounir El Hamdaoui	Forward	30 July 2010	AZ	€5,000,000
Free Transfer
André Ooijer	Defender	9 August 2010	PSV	-
Mido	Forward	23 August 2010	Middlesbrough	-
Teemu Tainio	Midfielder	31 August 2010	Sunderland	-
Ronald Graafland	Goalkeeper	9 September 2010	Vitesse	-

Departures

The following players moved from Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Sergio Padt	Goalkeeper	1 June 2010	Go Ahead Eagles	-
Jan-Arie van der Heijden	Midfielder	30 July2011	Willem II	-
Rob Wielaert	Defender	22 August 2010	Roda JC	-
Ismaïl Aissati	Midfielder	24 August 2010	Vitesse	-
Loan return
Zé Eduardo	Midfielder	30 June 2010	Cruzeiro	-
Kerlon	Forward	30 June 2010	Inter Milan	-
Transfer
Jeffrey Sarpong	Midfielder	23 August 2010	Real Sociedad	€200,000
Free Transfer
Gabri	Midfielder	26 May 2010	Umm-Salal	-
Kennedy Bakircioglü	Forward	6 July 2010	Racing Santander	-
Edgar Manucharyan	Forward	10 July 2010	Pyunik	-
Dennis Rommedahl	Forward	11 July 2011	Olympiacos	-
George Ogăraru	Defender	17 July 2010	Sion	-
Daylon Claasen	Midfielder	13 August 2010	Lierse	-
Marko Pantelić	Forward	20 August 2010	Olympiacos	-
Javier Martina	Forward	25 August 2010	Toronto FC	-
Albert Luque	Forward	1 July 2010	Málaga	-

Winter transfer window

For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2011 to 1 February 2011) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2010–11.

Arrivals

The following players moved to Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	Previous club	Fee
Return from loan spell
Darío Cvitanich	Forward	1 January 2011	Pachuca	-
Bruno Silva	Defender	1 January 2011	Internacional	-
Free Transfer
Henri Toivomäki	Defender	3 January 2011	Lahti	-

Departures

The following players moved from Ajax.

Name	Position	Transfer type	New club	Fee
Out on loan
Marvin Zeegelaar	Forward	24 January 2011	Excelsior	-
Transfer
Urby Emanuelson	Midfielder	23 January 2011	Milan	€1,700,000
Luis Suárez	Forward	28 January 2011	Liverpool	€26,500,000
Free Transfer
Mido	Forward	22 January 2011	Zamalek	-
Darko Bodul	Forward	31 January 2011	Nacional	-
Teemu Tainio	Midfielder	8 March 2011	New York Red Bulls	-

References

"Uefa bans Real coach Jose Mourinho for improper conduct". BBC Sport. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

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[1] "Uefa bans Real coach Jose Mourinho for improper conduct". BBC Sport. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2010.