Eredivisie · NED · Round 11

Ajax
1 - 0 Full time
Excelsior

Amsterdam ArenA

Lineups

Ajax4-3-3
AO24Onana
JV3Veltman
DS5Sánchez
NV26Viergever
MD35Dijks
DK10Klaassen
LS20Schøne
HZ22⚽Ziyech
BT9↓70'Traoré
KD25Dolberg
AY11↓71'Younes
TM22Muyters
KK2Karami
HD4Drost
JM15Mattheij
LO3Owusu
HF24↓75'Faik
JF12Fortes
RK8↓75'Koolwijk
F17↓70'Fredy
MV29van Duinen
DP21Pantic
Excelsior4-3-3

Ajax substitutes

17 Václav Cerny ↑70'
34 Abdelhak Nouri ↑71'
33 Diederik Boer
30 Donny van de Beek
16 Heiko Westermann
4 Jairo Riedewald
2 Kenny Tete
19 Mateo Cassierra
6 Riechedly Bazoer

Coach: Peter Bosz

Excelsior substitutes

11 Stanley Elbers ↑70'
18 Kevin Vermeulen ↑75'
7 Nigel Hasselbaink ↑75'
5 Bas Kuipers
20 Elso Brito
1 Filip Kurto
16 Mike Havekotte
23 Milan Massop

Coach: Mitchell van der Gaag

Match events

Second half
48'Hakim Ziyech assist: Kasper Dolberg 1 - 0⚽
70'↑ Stanley Elbers ↓ Fredy⇄
70'↑ Václav Cerny ↓ Bertrand Traoré⇄
71'↑ Abdelhak Nouri ↓ Amin Younes⇄
75'↑ Nigel Hasselbaink ↓ Hicham Faik⇄
75'↑ Kevin Vermeulen ↓ Ryan Koolwijk⇄
79'Lasse Schøne
90+2'Henrico Drost

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 29 October 2016, 18:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

13Ajax wins2Draws1Excelsior wins

16 past meetings on record. Biggest Ajax win: Ajax 7–1 Excelsior (2022). Biggest Excelsior win: Excelsior 1–7 Ajax (2018).

29 Jan 2023Excelsior 1 - 4 AjaxEredivisie
16 Oct 2022Ajax 7 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
13 Apr 2019Ajax 6 - 2 ExcelsiorEredivisie
11 Nov 2018Excelsior 1 - 7 AjaxEredivisie
6 May 2018Excelsior 1 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
14 Dec 2017Ajax 3 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
19 Mar 2017Excelsior 1 - 1 AjaxEredivisie
7 Jan 2017Ajax 1 - 3 ExcelsiorClub Friendlies
21 Feb 2016Ajax 3 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
20 Sep 2015Excelsior 0 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
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8 Mar 2015Ajax 1 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
21 Dec 2014Excelsior 0 - 2 AjaxEredivisie
26 Feb 2012Excelsior 1 - 4 AjaxEredivisie
3 Dec 2011Ajax 4 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
24 Apr 2011Ajax 4 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie
24 Oct 2010Excelsior 2 - 2 AjaxEredivisie