2012–13 AFC Ajax season
During the 2012–13 season AFC Ajax will participate in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. The first training took place on Tuesday 26 June 2012. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Wednesday 27 June 2012.
Pre-season
The first training for the 2012–13 season was held on 26 June 2012. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training stage in De Lutte, Netherlands. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 2 July 2012 to 7 July 2012. During this training stage friendly matches were played against SV Huizen, VV Oldenzaal and FC Emmen. Further friendly matches were played against SC Veendam, VV Noordwijk, Celtic, Southampton and Norwich City.Player statistics
Appearances for competitive matches only2012–13 Selection by Nationality
Team statistics
Eredivisie standings 2012–13
Points by match day
Total points by match day
Standing by match day
Goals by match day
Statistics for the 2012–13 season
- This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2012–13 season.
| Friendlies | Johan Cruijff Schaal | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | Total | |
| Matches | 10 of 11 | 1 of 1 | 5 of 5 | 6 of 6 | 2 of 2 | 34 of 34 | 57 of 58 |
| Win | 7 of 11 | 0 of 1 | 4 of 5 | 1 of 6 | 1 of 2 | 22 of 34 | 35 of 58 |
| Draw | 2 of 11 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 5 | 1 of 6 | 0 of 2 | 10 of 34 | 13 of 58 |
| Loss | 1 of 11 | 1 of 1 | 1 of 5 | 4 of 6 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 34 | 9 of 58 |
| Home | 2 of 11 | 1 of 1 | 1 of 5 | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 17 of 17 | 27 of 27 |
| Away | 8 of 11 | 0 of 1 | 4 of 5 | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 17 of 17 | 33 of 34 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 51 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 x yellow in 1 match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Number of substitutes used | 82 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 94 | 217 |
| Goals for | 39 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 83 | 146 |
| Goals against | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 61 |
| Balance | +34 | -2 | +9 | -8 | 0 | +52 | +86 |
| Clean sheets | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 25 |
| Penalties for | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties against | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2012–13 Team records
Topscorers
Placements
- Daley Blind is voted Player of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
- Viktor Fischer is voted Talent of the year by the supporters of AFC Ajax.
- Frank de Boer is winner of the Rinus Michels Award 2013 in the category: Best Trainer/Coach in Professional Football.
- Niklas Moisander is voted Finnish Footballer of the Year: 2012 by the Football Association of Finland.
- Niklas Moisander is voted Finnish Sports’ Journalists Player of the Year: 2012
- Viktor Fischer is voted Danish Talent of the Year by the Danish Football Association and TV2.
- Christian Eriksen wins the Silver boots award.
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
All times are in CESTJohan Cruyff Shield
Eredivisie
KNVB Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
| Team | ||||||||
 Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 |
 Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 11 |
 Ajax | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | –8 | 4 |
 Manchester City | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 3 |
UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Transfers for 2012–13
Summer transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2012.Arrivals
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Departures
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Winter transfer window
Arrivals
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Departures
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.