AFC Ajax in European football
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Club | AFC Ajax |
---|---|
Seasons played | 60 |
First entry | 1957–58 European Cup |
Latest entry | 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League |
Titles | |
Champions League | |
Europa League | 1 |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1 |
Super Cup | |
Intercontinental Cup |
AFC Ajax is one of the most successful football clubs in Europe. They have won the European Cup/Champions League four times, and are one of three clubs that have won the competition three times consecutively. Ajax have also won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once, the UEFA Cup once, the UEFA Super Cup three times, the Intercontinental Cup twice and the International Football Cup once. The club has also appeared in three additional finals finishing as runners-up. In the 1979–80 season, Ajax player Søren Lerby was the top scorer of the European Cup with ten goals. Below is a list of all official European matches contested by Ajax.[1]
Finals[edit]
European match history[edit]
- As of 14 March 2024
Seasonal matches[edit]
UEFA Super Cup[edit]
Ajax have played in the UEFA Super Cup four times, winning three titles and losing only in 1987.
Year | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | Rangers | 3–2 | 3–1 | 6–3 |
1973 | Milan | 6–0[434] | 0–1[435] | 0–2[436] |
1987 | Porto | 0–1[437] | 0–1[438] | 0–2[439] |
1995 | Zaragoza | 4–0[440] | 1–1[441] | 5–1[442] |
Intercontinental Cup[edit]
Ajax played for the Intercontinental Cup twice, winning both occasions. In 1971 and 1973 Ajax declined to participate in the Intercontinental Cup.[443]
Year | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score |
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1972 | Intercontinental Cup | Final | Argentina | Independiente | 1–1, 3–0 |
1995 | Intercontinental Cup | Final | Brazil | Grêmio | 0–0 ns (4–3) |
Intertoto Cup[edit]
Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1961–62 Intertoto Cup | Group stage | Malmö FF | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1st |
FK Pirmasens | 9–1 | 2–4 | |||
Zürich | 9–1 | 4–1 | |||
Quarter-finals | First Vienna | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | |||
Semi-finals | Slovan Bratislava | 5–1 | |||
Final | Feyenoord | 4–2 | |||
1962–63 Intertoto Cup | Group stage | Banyasz Tatabánya | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2nd |
Nancy | 2–1 | 3–2 | |||
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6–0 | 5–4 | |||
1963–64 Intertoto Cup | Group stage | IFK Norrköping | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2nd |
Tasmania Berlin | 5–1 | 2–2 | |||
1. Schwechater SC | 4–2 | 2–5 | |||
1968 Intertoto Cup | Group stage | Torino | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1st |
Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | 1–1 |
European record[edit]
- As of 14 March 2024
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Cup / UEFA Champions League | 247 | 112 | 64 | 71 | 399 | 285 | +114 | 45.34 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 159 | 79 | 30 | 50 | 272 | 167 | +105 | 49.69 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 25.00 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 28 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 64.29 |
European Super Cup / UEFA Super Cup | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 50.00 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 60.00 |
Total | 456 | 220 | 99 | 137 | 769 | 499 | +270 | 48.25 |
Results[edit]
Season | European Cup Champions League | Cup Winners' Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup UEFA Cup Europa League | Europa Conference League | International Football Cup Intertoto Cup |
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1957–58 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1960–61 | 3rd Qualifying Round | ||||
1961–62 | Round of 16 | Winners | |||
1962–63 | Group stage | ||||
1963–64 | Group stage | ||||
1966–67 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1967–68 | 1st Round | Group stage | |||
1968–69 | Runners-up | ||||
1969–70 | Semi-finals | ||||
1970–71 | Winners | ||||
1971–72 | Winners | ||||
1972–73 | Winners | ||||
1973–74 | Round of 16 | ||||
1974–75 | Round of 16 | ||||
1975–76 | Round of 16 | ||||
1976–77 | 1st Round | ||||
1977–78 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1978–79 | Round of 16 | ||||
1979–80 | Semi-finals | ||||
1980–81 | Round of 16 | ||||
1981–82 | 1st Round | ||||
1982–83 | 1st Round | ||||
1983–84 | 1st Round | ||||
1984–85 | 2nd Round | ||||
1985–86 | 1st Round | ||||
1986–87 | Winners | ||||
1987–88 | Runners-up | ||||
1988–89 | 1st Round | ||||
1989–90 | 1st Round | ||||
1991–92 | Winners | ||||
1992–93 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1993–94 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1994–95 | Winners | ||||
1995–96 | Runners-up | ||||
1996–97 | Semi-finals | ||||
1997–98 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1998–99 | Group stage | ||||
1999–2000 | 3rd Round | ||||
2000–01 | 2nd Round | ||||
2001–02 | 3rd Qualifying Round | 2nd Round | |||
2002–03 | Quarter-finals | ||||
2003–04 | Group stage | ||||
2004–05 | Group stage | Round of 32 | |||
2005–06 | Round of 16 | ||||
2006–07 | 3rd Qualifying Round | Round of 32 | |||
2007–08 | 3rd Qualifying Round | 1st Round | |||
2008–09 | Round of 16 | ||||
2009–10 | Round of 32 | ||||
2010–11 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |||
2011–12 | Group stage | Round of 32 | |||
2012–13 | Group stage | Round of 32 | |||
2013–14 | Group stage | Round of 32 | |||
2014–15 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |||
2015–16 | 3rd Qualifying Round | Group stage | |||
2016–17 | Play-off Qualifying Round | Runners-up | |||
2017–18 | 3rd Qualifying Round | Play-off Qualifying Round | |||
2018–19 | Semi-finals | ||||
2019–20 | Group stage | Round of 32 | |||
2020–21 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | |||
2021–22 | Round of 16 | ||||
2022–23 | Group stage | Knockout Round Play-offs | |||
2023–24 | Group stage | Round of 16 |
Appearances[edit]
- (*) = Only played qualifying rounds and did not participate in the main tournament
Record by club[edit]
- As of 14 March 2024
Most frequent opponents[edit]
- As of 30 November 2023
Rank | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1 | Milan | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 |
Juventus | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |
Real Madrid | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 30 | |
4 | Bayern Munich | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 |
Celtic | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |
6 | Benfica | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
7 | Arsenal | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Auxerre | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |
Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |
Marseille | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 |
Top goalscorers[edit]
- As of 10 November 2023
Honours[edit]
Honour | No. | Years |
---|---|---|
European Cup/UEFA Champions League | 4 | 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1994–95 |
UEFA Super Cup | 3* | 1972*, 1973, 1995 |
Intercontinental Cup | 2 | 1972, 1995 |
UEFA Cup | 1 | 1991–92 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | 1986–87 |
International Football Cup | 1 | 1961-62 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Ajax won 3–0 in the replay played in Paris, France.
- ^ The match was abandoned in the 104th minute with the score at 1–1 after Austria Wien's goalkeeper Franz Wohlfahrt was struck by an iron rod thrown from the home stand. As a result, Ajax had to concede the match by default and were excluded from competing in European football for a year. Austria Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
- ^ The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995. Therefore the results of Intertoto Cup before the year 1995 are excluded from the statistics.
- ^ Intertoto Cup was founded first in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995. Therefore the results of Intertoto Cup before the year 1995 are excluded from this table.
- ^ The team was named as SV Casino Salzburg between 1978 and 1997. It is named as FC Red Bull Salzburg since 2005
- ^ The team was named as CSKA September Flag between 1968 and 1985. It is called as PFC CSKA Sofia since 2016
- ^ The team was named as Levski-Spartak between 1969 and 1985. It is called as Levski Sofia since 1990.
- ^ The team was named as Croatia Zagreb between 1993 and 2000. Its name is changed back to its original name Dinamo Zagreb since 2000.
- ^ The team was playing for former Yugoslavia before 1992.
- ^ The team was named as Bohemians ČKD Praha between 1965 and 1993. It is named as Bohemians Praha 1905 since 2013.
- ^ The team was named as Baumit Jablonec between 2008 and 2015.
- ^ The team was named as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt between 1954 and 1991. It is named as FC Erzgebirge Aue since 1991.
- ^ The team has been playing in the Northern Ireland Football League since the 2013–14 season; they played in the Irish Premier League before this.
- ^ The team was named as TJ Slovan CHZJD Bratislava between 1961 and 1990. It is named as ŠK Slovan Bratislava since 1990.
- ^ The team was named as Spartak TAZ Trnava between 1967 and 1988. It is named as FC Spartak Trnava since 1993.
References[edit]
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