List of AFC Ajax seasons

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A list of football seasons contested by AFC Ajax in both domestic and international competitions.

Seasons

Season Domestic league KNVB Cup Europe Other competitions Top scorer(s)
Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Player(s) Goals
1956–57 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 5 7 64 40 +24 49 Subround Wim Bleijenberg 20
1957–58 Eredivisie 3rd 34 17 8 9 62 44 +18 42 European Cup QF Loek den Edel 17
1958–59 Eredivisie 6th 34 15 7 12 77 63 +14 37 QF Piet van der Kuil 16
1959–60 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 6 6 109 44 +65 50 Not held Henk Groot 37
1960–61 Eredivisie 2nd 34 22 7 5 102 51 +51 51 W Cup Winners' Cup QR1 Henk Groot 42
1961–62 Eredivisie 5th 34 16 7 11 80 59 +21 39 L16 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Henk Groot 18
1962–63 Eredivisie 2nd 30 17 5 8 73 41 +32 39 L16 Intertoto Cup GS Henk Groot 18
1963–64 Eredivisie 5th 30 13 8 9 63 40 +23 34 QF Intertoto Cup GS Piet Keizer 13
1964–65 Eredivisie 13th 30 9 8 13 52 51 +1 26 L64 Klaas Nuninga 14
1965–66 Eredivisie 1st 30 24 4 2 79 25 +54 52 QF Johan Cruyff 16
1966–67 Eredivisie 1st 34 26 4 4 122 34 +88 56 W European Cup QF Johan Cruyff 33
1967–68 Eredivisie 1st 34 27 4 3 96 19 +77 58 L16 European Cup R1 Johan Cruyff 25
1968–69 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 4 5 90 34 +56 54 L16 European Cup RU Johan Cruyff 24
1969–70 Eredivisie 1st 34 27 6 1 100 23 +77 60 W Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SF Johan Cruyff 23
1970–71 Eredivisie 2nd 34 24 5 5 90 20 +70 53 W European Cup W Johan Cruyff 21
1971–72 Eredivisie 1st 34 30 3 1 104 20 +84 63 W European Cup W Johan Cruyff 25
1972–73 Eredivisie 1st 34 30 0 4 120 18 +84 60 L32
UEFA Super Cup
W Intercontinental Cup W Johnny Rep 17
European Cup W
1973–74 Eredivisie 3rd 34 21 9 4 88 30 +58 51 SF
UEFA Super Cup
W Johan Neeskens 15
European Cup R2
1974–75 Eredivisie 3rd 34 21 7 6 76 34 +36 49 L16 UEFA Cup R3 Ruud Geels 30
1975–76 Eredivisie 3rd 34 21 8 5 74 38 +36 50 QF UEFA Cup R3 Ruud Geels 29
1976–77 Eredivisie 1st 34 23 6 5 62 26 +36 52 L32 UEFA Cup R1 Ruud Geels 34
1977–78 Eredivisie 2nd 34 20 9 5 85 36 +49 49 RU European Cup QF Ruud Geels 30
1978–79 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 6 6 77 41 +36 50 W UEFA Cup R3 Denmark Søren Lerby 16
1979–80 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 6 6 77 41 +36 50 RU European Cup SF Dick Schoenaker 13
1980–81 Eredivisie 2nd 34 22 4 8 88 54 +34 48 RU European Cup R2 Wim Kieft 17
1981–82 Eredivisie 1st 34 26 4 4 117 42 +75 58 L16 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Wim Kieft 32
1982–83 Eredivisie 1st 34 26 6 2 106 41 +65 58 W European Cup R1 Wim Kieft 19
1983–84 Eredivisie 3rd 34 22 7 5 100 46 +54 51 L16 European Cup R1 Marco van Basten 28
1984–85 Eredivisie 1st 34 24 6 4 93 46 +47 54 L16 UEFA Cup R2 Marco van Basten 22
1985–86 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 2 7 120 35 +85 52 W European Cup R1 Marco van Basten 37
1986–87 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 3 6 92 30 +62 53 W Cup Winners' Cup W Marco van Basten 31
1987–88 Eredivisie 2nd 34 23 4 7 78 40 +38 50 L32 Cup Winners' Cup RU John Bosman 25
Super Cup RU
1988–89 Eredivisie 2nd 34 22 6 6 74 32 +42 50 QF UEFA Cup R1 Dennis Bergkamp
Sweden Stefan Pettersson
13
1989–90 Eredivisie 1st 34 19 11 4 67 23 +44 49 SF UEFA Cup R1 Aron Winter 10
1990–91 Eredivisie 2nd 34 22 9 3 75 21 +54 53 QF European Cup DSQ Dennis Bergkamp 25
1991–92 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 5 4 83 24 +59 55 QF UEFA Cup W Dennis Bergkamp 22
1992–93 Eredivisie 3rd 34 20 9 5 87 30 +57 49 W UEFA Cup QF Dennis Bergkamp 26
1993–94 Eredivisie 1st 34 26 2 6 86 26 +60 54 SF Cup Winners' Cup QF Dutch Supercup W Finland Jari Litmanen 26
1994–95 Eredivisie 1st 34 27 7 0 106 28 +78 61 QF Champions League W Dutch Supercup W Patrick Kluivert 18
1995–96 Eredivisie 1st 34 26 5 3 97 24 +73 83 L16 UEFA Super Cup W Dutch Supercup W Patrick Kluivert 15
Champions League RU Intercontinental Cup W
1996–97 Eredivisie 4th 34 17 10 7 55 31 +24 61 L32 Champions League SF Johan Cruyff Shield RU Patrick Kluivert
Finland Jari Litmanen
6
1997–98 Eredivisie 1st 34 29 2 3 112 22 +90 89 W UEFA Cup QF Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 25
1998–99 Eredivisie 6th 34 16 9 9 73 41 +32 57 W Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Finland Jari Litmanen
South Africa Benni McCarthy
11
1999–2000 Eredivisie 5th 34 18 7 9 72 51 +21 61 L16 UEFA Cup R3 Johan Cruyff Shield RU Richard Knopper
Greece Nikos Machlas
10
2000–01 Eredivisie 3rd 34 18 7 9 85 43 +42 61 L16 UEFA Cup R2 Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 17
2001–02 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 7 5 73 34 +39 73 W Champions League QR3 Rafael van der Vaart 14
UEFA Cup R2
2002–03 Eredivisie 2nd 34 26 5 3 96 32 +64 83 SF Champions League QF Johan Cruyff Shield W Rafael van der Vaart 18
2003–04 Eredivisie 1st 34 25 5 4 79 31 +48 80 L16 Champions League GS Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 13
2004–05 Eredivisie 2nd 34 24 5 5 74 33 +41 77 SF Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Ryan Babel
Wesley Sneijder
7
UEFA Cup L32
2005–06 Eredivisie 4th 34 18 6 10 66 41 +25 60 W Champions League L16 Johan Cruyff Shield W Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 16
2006–07 Eredivisie 2nd 34 23 6 5 84 35 +49 75 W Champions League QR3 Johan Cruyff Shield W Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 21
UEFA Cup L32
2007–08 Eredivisie 2nd 34 20 9 5 94 45 +49 69 R4 Champions League QR3 Johan Cruyff Shield W Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 33
UEFA Cup R1
2008–09 Eredivisie 3rd 34 21 5 8 74 41 +33 68 R3 UEFA Cup L16 Uruguay Luis Suárez 22
2009–10 Eredivisie 2nd 34 27 4 3 106 20 +86 85 W Europa League L32 Uruguay Luis Suárez 35
2010–11 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 7 5 72 30 +42 73 RU Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui 13
Europa League L16
2011–12 Eredivisie 1st 34 23 7 4 93 36 +57 76 R4 Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Siem de Jong 13
Europa League L32
2012–13 Eredivisie 1st 34 22 10 2 83 31 +52 76 SF Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Siem de Jong 12
Europa League L32
2013–14 Eredivisie 1st 34 20 11 3 69 28 +41 71 RU Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield W Davy Klaassen
Iceland Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
10
Europa League L32
2014–15 Eredivisie 2nd 34 21 8 5 69 29 +40 71 R4 Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Poland Arkadiusz Milik 23
Europa League L16
2015–16 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 7 2 81 21 +60 82 R3 Champions League QR3 Poland Arkadiusz Milik 21
Europa League GS
2016–17 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 6 3 79 23 +56 81 R3 Champions League PO Denmark Kasper Dolberg 22
Europa League RU
2017–18 Eredivisie 2nd 34 25 4 5 89 33 +56 79 R3 Champions League QR3 Brazil David Neres 14
Europa League PO
2018–19 Eredivisie 1st 34 28 2 4 119 32 +87 86 W Champions League SF Serbia Dušan Tadić 38
2019–20 Eredivisie 1st[n 1] 25 18 2 5 68 23 +45 56 SF Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield W Quincy Promes
Serbia Dušan Tadić
16
Europa League L32
2020–21 Eredivisie 1st 34 28 4 2 102 23 +79 88 W Champions League GS Serbia Dušan Tadić 22
Europa League QF
2021–22 Eredivisie 1st 34 26 5 3 98 19 +79 83 RU Champions League L16 Johan Cruyff Shield RU Ivory Coast Sébastien Haller 34
2022–23 Eredivisie 3rd 34 20 9 5 86 38 +48 69 RU Champions League GS Johan Cruyff Shield RU Ghana Mohammed Kudus 18
Europa League KRPO

Notes

  1. ^ The 2019–20 Eredivisie season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, Ajax concluded the league season in first place, but were not awarded the title.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Ajax denied title as Dutch Eredivisie season declared void, European places decided, no relegation". Sky Sports. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.