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Ajax
FT
2–2
19 Sep 2026
Excelsior
Europa League Sat 19 Sep, 19:00London Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam Jannick Van Der Laan 54,175 attendance

Timeline

  1. 23' Owen Wijndal for Caio Henrique
  2. 32' Julian Brandt assist Kasper Dolberg
  3. 35' Jan Plug Yellow Card
  4. 45'+1' Lennard Hartjes
  5. 61' Oliver Edvardsen for Viktor Tsygankov
  6. 62' Tolu Arokodare for Kasper Dolberg
  7. 62' Aymen Sliti assist Irakli Yegoian
  8. 64' Tolu Arokodare assist Oscar Gloukh
  9. 65' Kasey Bos for Eric Da Silva Moreira
  10. 71' Ilano Silva Timas for Ágúst Þorsteinsson
  11. 71' Alireza Jahanbakhsh for Aymen Sliti
  12. 76' Sofyan Amrabat for Jorthy Mokio
  13. 77' Abdellah Ouazane for Davy Klaassen
  14. 85' Oscar Gloukh Yellow Card
  15. 85' Irakli Yegoian Yellow Card
  16. 85' Mario Dominguez for David Garden

Match stats

80.8% Possession 19.2%
33 Shots 4
8 On target 2
6 Fouls 12
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
3 Offsides 0
0 Saves 6
755 Accurate passes 132

Lineups

Ajax 4-3-3
1 Stegen
12 Henrique 15 Baas 6 Kehrer 3 Gaaei
8 Brandt 24 Mokio 18 Klaassen
10 Gloukh 9 Dolberg 11 Tsygankov
Excelsior 4-3-3
1 van Gassel
15 Janssen 14 Plug 4 Widell 2 Moreira
20 Hartjes 3 Meissen 8 Yegoian
30 Þorsteinsson 19 Garden 7 Sliti
Ajax 4-3-3
  1. 1 Marc-André ter Stegen G
  2. 15 Youri Baas CD-L
  3. 6 Thilo Kehrer CD-R
  4. 12 Caio Henrique ▼ LB
  5. 3 Anton Gaaei RB
  6. 24 Jorthy Mokio ▼ CM
  7. 8 Julian Brandt LM
  8. 18 Davy Klaassen ▼ RM
  9. 9 Kasper Dolberg ▼ F
  10. 10 Oscar Gloukh LF
  11. 11 Viktor Tsygankov ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 99 Tolu Arokodare ▲ SUB
  2. 20 Oliver Edvardsen ▲ SUB
  3. 5 Owen Wijndal ▲ SUB
  4. 4 Sofyan Amrabat ▲ SUB
  5. 68 Abdellah Ouazane ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 43 Rayane Bounida SUB
  2. 36 Dies Janse SUB
  3. 51 Charlie Setford SUB
  4. 21 Jofre Torrents SUB
  5. 2 Lucas Rosa SUB
  6. 26 Maarten Paes SUB
  7. 38 Marcos Leonardo SUB
Excelsior 4-3-3
  1. 1 Stijn van Gassel G
  2. 14 Jan Plug CD-L
  3. 4 Casper Widell CD-R
  4. 15 Simon Janssen LB
  5. 2 Eric Da Silva Moreira ▼ RB
  6. 3 Rick Meissen CM
  7. 20 Lennard Hartjes LM
  8. 8 Irakli Yegoian RM
  9. 19 David Garden ▼ F
  10. 30 Ágúst Þorsteinsson ▼ LF
  11. 7 Aymen Sliti ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 9 Mario Dominguez ▲ SUB
  2. 12 Kasey Bos ▲ SUB
  3. 11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh ▲ SUB
  4. 21 Ilano Silva Timas ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 28 Nesto Groen SUB
  2. 22 Osman Turay SUB
  3. 18 Valentin Sulzbacher SUB
  4. 24 Guilliano Cairo SUB
  5. 6 Daniel Van Vianen SUB
  6. 16 Celton Biai SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Ajax 2, Excelsior 2.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, Ajax 2, Excelsior 2.
  3. 90'+4' Attempt missed. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Oliver Edvardsen.
  4. 90'+3' Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  5. 90'+3' Foul by Simon Janssen (Excelsior).
  6. 90'+1' Attempt missed. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Oscar Gloukh.
  7. 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  8. 89' Attempt missed. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Oliver Edvardsen with a cross following a corner.
  9. 89' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Simon Janssen.
  10. 87' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Lennard Hartjes.
  11. 87' Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) hits the left post with a header from the left side of the six yard box following a corner.
  12. 86' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Irakli Yegoian.
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  1. 86' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Kasey Bos.
  2. 86' Attempt blocked. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdellah Ouazane.
  3. 85' Substitution, Excelsior. Mario Domínguez replaces David Garden.
  4. 85' Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 85' Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 84' Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  7. 84' Foul by Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior).
  8. 83' Handball by Tolu Arokodare (Ajax).
  9. 81' Thilo Kehrer (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 81' Foul by David Garden (Excelsior).
  11. 81' Attempt blocked. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anton Gaaei with a cross.
  12. 80' Attempt saved. Abdellah Ouazane (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  13. 79' Attempt missed. Abdellah Ouazane (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  14. 79' Attempt blocked. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat.
  15. 78' Attempt saved. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior).
  16. 77' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Jan Plug.
  17. 77' Attempt blocked. Julian Brandt (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar Gloukh.
  18. 77' Substitution, Ajax. Abdellah Ouazane replaces Davy Klaassen.
  19. 76' Substitution, Ajax. Sofyan Amrabat replaces Jorthy Mokio.
  20. 75' Youri Baas (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  21. 75' Foul by Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Excelsior).
  22. 75' Attempt blocked. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt with a cross.
  23. 74' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Casper Widell.
  24. 73' Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  25. 73' Foul by Kasey Bos (Excelsior).
  26. 73' Jorthy Mokio (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  27. 73' Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).
  28. 71' Offside, Ajax. Oliver Edvardsen is caught offside.
  29. 71' Substitution, Excelsior. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Aymen Sliti.
  30. 71' Substitution, Excelsior. Ilano Silva Timas replaces Ágúst Thorsteinsson.
  31. 69' Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Owen Wijndal.
  32. 68' Foul by Youri Baas (Ajax).
  33. 68' Kasey Bos (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  34. 67' Attempt blocked. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  35. 67' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Stijn van Gassel.
  36. 67' Attempt saved. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  37. 65' Substitution, Excelsior. Kasey Bos replaces Eric da Silva Moreira.
  38. 64' Goal! Ajax 2, Excelsior 2. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Oscar Gloukh.
  39. 64' Attempt missed. Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Oliver Edvardsen with a cross.
  40. 62' Goal! Ajax 1, Excelsior 2. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian.
  41. 62' Substitution, Ajax. Tolu Arokodare replaces Kasper Dolberg.
  42. 61' Substitution, Ajax. Oliver Edvardsen replaces Viktor Tsygankov.
  43. 59' Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ajax).
  44. 59' Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  45. 58' Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  46. 54' Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  47. 52' Foul by Owen Wijndal (Ajax).
  48. 52' Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  49. 52' Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Owen Wijndal with a cross.
  50. 50' Attempt saved. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Jorthy Mokio.
  51. 45' Second Half begins Ajax 1, Excelsior 1.
  52. 45'+3' First Half ends, Ajax 1, Excelsior 1.
  53. 45'+1' Goal! Ajax 1, Excelsior 1. Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  54. 45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  55. 45' Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Owen Wijndal with a cross.
  56. 42' Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jorthy Mokio.
  57. 41' Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Owen Wijndal.
  58. 39' Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 39' Foul by Eric da Silva Moreira (Excelsior).
  60. 36' Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anton Gaaei with a cross.
  61. 35' Jan Plug (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  62. 35' Davy Klaassen (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  63. 35' Foul by Jan Plug (Excelsior).
  64. 32' Goal! Ajax 1, Excelsior 0. Julian Brandt (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kasper Dolberg.
  65. 31' Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  66. 31' Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).
  67. 30' Attempt blocked. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Casper Widell with a headed pass.
  68. 29' Foul by Kasper Dolberg (Ajax).
  69. 29' Jan Plug (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 29' Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  71. 28' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Eric da Silva Moreira.
  72. 28' Attempt missed. Jorthy Mokio (Ajax) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
  73. 28' Attempt saved. Thilo Kehrer (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Viktor Tsygankov with a cross.
  74. 27' Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Casper Widell.
  75. 27' Attempt blocked. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Tsygankov.
  76. 26' Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
  77. 24' Attempt blocked. Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anton Gaaei.
  78. 23' Attempt saved. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Kasper Dolberg.
  79. 23' Substitution, Ajax. Owen Wijndal replaces Caio Henrique because of an injury.
  80. 23' Attempt missed. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian with a through ball.
  81. 19' Offside, Ajax. Oscar Gloukh is caught offside.
  82. 17' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  83. 16' Delay in match because of an injury Caio Henrique (Ajax).
  84. 14' Offside, Ajax. Kasper Dolberg is caught offside.
  85. 13' Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  86. 13' Foul by Casper Widell (Excelsior).
  87. 9' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  88. 8' Delay in match because of an injury Caio Henrique (Ajax).
  89. 8' Delay in match because of an injury David Garden (Excelsior).
  90. 4' Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ajax).
  91. 4' Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  92. 3' Viktor Tsygankov (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  93. 3' Foul by Simon Janssen (Excelsior).
  94. 1' Foul by Jan Plug (Excelsior).
  95. 1' Viktor Tsygankov (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  96. First Half begins.
  97. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Ajax W W L W W

  • W FC Sion 5-3 UEFA Conference League Qualifying
  • W at Telstar 4-0 Eredivisie
  • L PSV Eindhoven 3-1 Eredivisie
  • W at Fortuna Sittard 5-1 Eredivisie
  • W Willem II 5-1 Eredivisie

Excelsior L D W W L

  • L PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Eredivisie
  • W Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 Eredivisie
  • W at Willem II 3-0 Eredivisie
  • D at NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Eredivisie
  • L FC Utrecht 2-1 Eredivisie

Head to head

Series tied 1-1-3

  • 1 Feb 2026 Excelsior 2–2 Ajax 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 22 Nov 2025 Ajax 1–2 Excelsior 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 24 Apr 2024 Ajax 2–2 Excelsior 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 19 Aug 2023 Excelsior 2–2 Ajax 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
  • 29 Jan 2023 Excelsior 1–4 Ajax 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie