During the 2005–06 Dutch football season

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participated in the

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, the

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and the

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. 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

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, at the De Thij Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad from manager

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played friendly matches against DWV,

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and

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. They then returned to Amsterdam to play

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and

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in the annual

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Player statistics

''Appearances for competitive matches only'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:'' ''As of 26 November 2011''

Players 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.

2005–06 team records

Top scorers

Placements

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Huntelaar played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan, before joining S ...

finishes as top-scorer of the

with 33 goals in 34 matches. (''17 with Heerenveen / 16 with Ajax'') *

is voted Player of the Year by the supporters of Ajax. *

Urby Emanuelson Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He is the currently assistant trainer of Utrecht. As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Emanuelson spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a l ...

and

Thomas Vermaelen Thomas Vermaelen (born 14 November 1985) is a retired Belgian professional footballer who is currently an assistant coach for the Belgium national team. Being left-footed, he usually played as a left-sided centre-back and could play at left-bac ...

are voted Talent of the Year by the supporters of Ajax.

Results

All times are in

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Eredivisie

Play-offs

;First round ;Second round

KNVB Cup

UEFA Champions League

;Play-off round

Group stage

Knockout stage

=Round of 16

Amsterdam Tournament

;Final standings of the LG Amsterdam Tournament 2005

Friendlies

Transfers

Summer

''For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2005 to 1 September 2005) 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

''For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2006 to 1 February 2006) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2005–06.''

In

* The following players moved to AFC Ajax.

Out

The following players moved from AFC Ajax.

External links

Ajax Amsterdam Official Website in NederlandseUEFA Website

References

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AFC Ajax seasons