2003–04 AFC Ajax season

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Bogdan Lobonț 2 DF  TUN Hatem Trabelsi 4 DF  FRA Julien Escudé 5 MF  USA John O'Brien 6 DF  CZE Tomáš Galásek 7 MF  BEL Tom Soetaers 8 MF  RSA Steven Pienaar 9 FW  SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović 10 MF  NED Rafael van der Vaart (captain) 11 MF  NED Victor Sikora 12 DF  NED John Heitinga 14 DF  BEL Jelle Van Damme 15 DF  BRA Maxwell 16 MF  NED Nigel de Jong 17 FW  GRE Yannis Anastasiou

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  NED Wesley Sneijder 19 FW  BEL Wesley Sonck 20 MF  FIN Jari Litmanen 21 GK  NED Maarten Stekelenburg 22 MF  GHA Abubakari Yakubu 23 DF  CZE Zdeněk Grygera 26 MF  GHA Anthony Obodai 27 MF  NED Daniël de Ridder 29 MF  ROU Nicolae Mitea 30 MF  AUS Jason Culina 31 GK  NED Sander Boschker 33 DF  BEL Thomas Vermaelen 37 MF  BEL Tom De Mul 39 FW  NED Ryan Babel

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Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  FIN Petri Pasanen (on loan to Portsmouth) 17 FW  BRA Wamberto (on loan to Mons)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  NED Cedric van der Gun (on loan to ADO Den Haag) 28 MF  MAR Nourdin Boukhari[notes 1] (on loan to NAC Breda)

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Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Jamal Akachar

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In

• Zdeněk Grygera - Sparta Prague, 22 July, €3,500,000
• Wesley Sonck - Genk
• Sander Boschker - Twente
• Julien Escudé - Rennes
• Nicolae Mitea - Dinamo București
• Tom Soetaers - Roda JC
• Yannis Anastasiou - Roda JC

Out

• Mido - Marseille, 12 July, €12,000,000
• Nikos Machlas - contract terminated, July
• Cristian Chivu - Roma, September, €18,000,000
• Andy van der Meyde - Inter Milan, £4,000,000
• Mitchell Piqué - FC Oss
• Richard Witschge - ADO' 20
• Joey Didulica^{[notes 2]} - Austria Wien
• André Bergdølmo - Borussia Dortmund

Loan out

• Cedric van der Gun - ADO Den Haag, 4 September, end of season
• Nourdin Boukhari - NAC Breda, 4 September, end of season
• Stefano Seedorf - NAC Breda, end of season
• Petri Pasanen - Portsmouth, end of season
• Wamberto - Mons, 18 months

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

GAK v Ajax

12 August 2003	GAK	1–1	Ajax	Stadion Graz-Liebenau, Graz
20:30	Pogatetz 56'	Report MatchCentre[link removed]	Sneijder 76'	Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Ajax v GAK

27 August 2003	Ajax	2–1 (a.e.t.)	GAK	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:30	Ibrahimović 15' Galásek 103' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre	Kollmann 40'	Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Group stage

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	CLT	BRU	AJX
1	Milan	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–2	0–1	1–0
2	Celta Vigo	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9			0–0	—	1–1	3–2
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Ajax	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6			0–1	1–0	2–0	—

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Source: RSSSF

Milan v Ajax

16 September 2003	Milan	1–0	Ajax	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Inzaghi 67'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Ajax v Club Brugge

1 October 2003	Ajax	2–0	Club Brugge	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Sonck 11', 54'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Ajax v Celta Vigo

22 October 2003	Ajax	1–0	Celta Vigo	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Ibrahimović 53'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Celta Vigo v Ajax

4 November 2003	Celta Vigo	3–2	Ajax	Balaídos, Vigo
20:45	Luccin 25' (pen.) Milošević 39' Vágner 63'	Report MatchCentre	Sonck 53' Van der Vaart 82'	Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Ajax v Milan

26 November 2003	Ajax	0–1	Milan	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Shevchenko 52'	Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Club Brugge v Ajax

9 December 2003	Club Brugge	2–1	Ajax	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45	Lange 27' Sæternes 84'	Report MatchCentre[link removed]	Sonck 42' (pen.)	Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)