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2011–12 AFC Ajax season

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Manager
  
Frank de Boer

KNVB Cup
  
Round of 16

Europa League
  
Round of 32

Eredivisie
  
1st

Champions League
  
Group stage

Chairman
  
Steven ten Have (until 22 December 2011)Hennie Henrichs

During the 2011–12 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The first training took place on 27 June 2011. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day will be held on 3 August 2011, followed by a testimonial match for the retired former Ajax goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

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Ajax's U19 squad will play in the inaugural tournament of the NextGen series.

Pre-season

The first training for the 2011–12 season was held on 27 June 2011. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a trainingsstage in Fürth, Germany. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 11 July 2011 to 16 July 2011. During this training stage, friendly matches were played against Jahn Regensburg and 1. FC Nürnberg. Further friendly matches were played against VV Buitenpost, AZSV Aalten, FC Emmen, Brøndby and Independiente.

Player statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

As of 22 January 2012

Statistics for the 2011–12 season

  • This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2011–12 season.

    • Placements

  • Jan Vertonghen is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
  • Ricardo van Rhijn is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
  • Frank de Boer is nominated for the Rinus Michels Award 2012 in the category: Best Trainer/Coach in Professional Football.
  • Christian Eriksen is voted Danish Football Player of the Year by the Danish Football Association and TV2.
  • Nicolai Boilesen is voted Danish Football Talent of the Year by the Danish Football Association and TV2.
  • Dmitri Bulykin is voted Best Russian Football Player Abroad by the Russian Football Union.
  • Theo Janssen is voted Gelders Sportsman of the Year by the Gelders Sportgala 2011.
  • Jan Vertonghen wins the Golden boots award.
  • Christian Eriksen wins the Bronze boots award.

    • Competitions

    All times are in CEST

    Group stage

    Tiebreakers
  • Lyon and Ajax are tied on their head-to-head records as shown below, so Lyon are ranked ahead of Ajax because of their higher overall goal difference in the group.

    • Knockout phase

    Round of 32

    Summer transfer window

    For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2011 to 31 August 2011) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011.

    Arrivals

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

    • Departures

  • The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

    • Winter transfer window

    For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2012 to 1 February 2012) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2011–12.

    Arrivals

  • The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

    • Departures

  • The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

    • References

    2011–12 AFC Ajax season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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