2005–06 AFC Ajax season
During the 2005–06 Dutch football season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on 3 July 2005. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on 3 August 2005.
Pre-season
The first training for the 2005–06 season was held on 3 July 2005. 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 Danny Blind played friendly matches against DWV, WHC, Quick '20, HHC Hardenberg, Rijnsburgse Boys, Fortuna Sittard, Arminia Bielefeld and FC Omniworld. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Arsenal and Boca Juniors in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.Player statistics
Appearances for competitive matches onlyPlayers by nationality
Team statistics
Eredivisie standings
Points by matchday
Total points by matchday
Standing by matchday
Goals by matchday
Overview
- This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the season.
| Friendlies | Amsterdam Tournament | Johan Cruijff Schaal | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | Eredivisie | UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-offs | Total | |
| Matches | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 66 |
| Wins | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| Draws | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Losses | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| Home | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| Away | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 37 |
| Yellow cards | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 4 | 90 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 x yellow in 1 match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Number of substitutes used | 50 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 85 | 8 | 177 |
| Goals for | 62 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 66 | 10 | 172 |
| Goals against | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 4 | 70 |
| Balance | +55 | -2 | +1 | +12 | +5 | +25 | +6 | +102 |
| Clean sheets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Penalties for | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Penalties against | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
2005–06 team records
Top scorers
Placements
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar finishes as top-scorer of the Eredivisie with 33 goals in 34 matches.
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is voted Player of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.
- Urby Emanuelson and Thomas Vermaelen are voted Talent of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.
Results
Johan Cruijff Schaal
Eredivisie
Play-offs
;First round;Second round
KNVB Cup
UEFA Champions League
;Play-off roundGroup stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Amsterdam Tournament
;Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2005| Team | ||||||
 Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
 Porto | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
 Boca Juniors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Ajax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Friendlies
Transfers
Summer
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2005.In
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Out
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Winter
In
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Out