| 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) | ||
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .svg.png.webp) BEL | Toby Alderweireld | 43 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | .svg.png.webp) 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 |  | .svg.png.webp) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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
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Placements
| Friendlies | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | |
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| 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
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: .svg.png.webp) 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 | 
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 | 
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 | 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 | — | 
| 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 .svg.png.webp)  | 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.) | .svg.png.webp) 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 | .svg.png.webp) Sion | - | 
|  |  Daylon Claasen | Midfielder | 13 August 2010 | .svg.png.webp) Lierse | - | 
|  |  Marko Pantelić | Forward | 20 August 2010 |  Olympiacos | - | 
|  | .svg.png.webp) Javier Martina | Forward | 25 August 2010 | .svg.png.webp) 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.














