Ajax

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

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.

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	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	43	0	32	0	7	0	4	0
2	DF	NED	John Heitinga	44	8	32	6	7	1	3+2	1
3	DF	NED	Jaap Stam	36	2	25	1	7	0	4	1
4	DF	BEL	Thomas Vermaelen	33	0	16+7	0	4+1	0	5	0
5	DF	NED	Urby Emanuelson	39	3	30+1	3	4	0	3+1	0
6	DF	NED	Hedwiges Maduro	24	2	9+6	0	5	1	3+1	1
8	FW	NED	Ryan Babel	36	7	25+2	5	3+2	2	2+2	0
9	FW	NED	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	45	32	31+1	21	7	7	5+1	4
10	FW	NED	Wesley Sneijder	41	20	30	18	7	1	4	1
11	MF	DEN	Kenneth Perez	38	15	10+17	12	4+1	0	3+3	3
12	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	MF	NED	Edgar Davids	14	1	11	1	0	0	3	0
14	MF	ESP	Roger	17	2	7+4	1	4	1	1+1	0
15	MF	NED	Olaf Lindenbergh	19	0	5+7	0	2+2	0	3	0
16	FW	BEL	Tom De Mul	38	4	23+5	4	2+5	0	2+1	0
18	MF	ESP	Gabri	40	6	31	5	6	0	3	1
19	FW	DEN	Dennis Rommedahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ROU	George Ogăraru	33	6	18+10	5+1	0	0	5	0
21	FW	ROU	Nicolae Mitea	12	3	1+7	2	0+1	0	0+3	1
22	DF	CZE	Zdeněk Grygera	31	4	21+1	3	5	1	4	0
23	DF	BRA	Leonardo	11	3	4+3	1	1+1	1	2	1
24	MF	NED	John Goossens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NED	Jeffrey Sarpong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	FW	ARM	Edgar Manucharyan	8	1	0+5	0	2	1	1	0
30	GK	NED	Dennis Gentenaar	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
32	GK	NED	Marco van Duin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ANT	Vurnon Anita	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	DF	NED	Vito Wormgoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	NED	Gregory van der Wiel	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	NED	Mitchell Donald	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	BEL	Toby Alderweireld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ANT	Javier Martina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	NED	Dionitio Liesdek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	NED	Michael Timisela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	DF	NED	Murat Yıldırım	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
7	FW	ARG	Mauro Rosales	19	1	6+6	1	3+1	0	3	0
17	FW	DEN	Michael Krohn-Dehli	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SWE	Markus Rosenberg	13	5	9	0	3	3	1	2
27	FW	GRE	Angelos Charisteas	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	5	0	1+2	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	FW	NED	Rydell Poepon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	BEL	Stanley Aborah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	NED	Derk Boerrigter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	NED	Donovan Slijngard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 14 November 2011

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

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 )

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

	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.

All times are in CEST

Round 1

Round 2

Play-Off round

First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	AJX	ZWA	PRA	AUS
1	Espanyol	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	6–2	—	1–0
2	Ajax	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	7			0–2	—	—	—	3–0
3	Zulte Waregem	4	2	0	2	9	11	−2	6			—	0–3	—	3–1	—
4	Sparta Prague	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4			0–2	0–0	—	—	—
5	Austria Wien	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0			—	—	1–4	0–1	—

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

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.

• 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	-

• 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	-

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.

• 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	-

• 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	-

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