Ajax remain one of Dutch football’s defining institutions, founded in 1900 and housed at the Johan Cruijff Arena. Their squad is valued at around £152m by Transfermarkt, with 27 players and an average age of 26 – experienced enough to carry expectation, still young enough to be reshaped.
Their 2026-27 season has been lively rather than settled. Ajax sit fifth in the Eredivisie, with recent league results showing both their threat and their looseness: a 5-1 win over Willem II and a 5-1 away win at Fortuna Sittard sit alongside a 1-3 home defeat to PSV and 2-2 draws with Excelsior and Heerenveen.
The attacking numbers are difficult to ignore. At home they are averaging 2.5 goals scored per match, though also conceding two; away from home they have been sharper, scoring 3.7 on average and conceding just 0.3. Davy Klaassen leads their scoring with seven goals, followed by Tolu Arokodare and Julian Brandt on six, with Oscar Gloukh also prominent on five.
They have not always started with control, but they do carry early punch, scoring first inside 20 minutes in six of 18 league matches. Ajax have also been involved in Conference League qualifying and the Conference League league phase, keeping a European layer to a domestic campaign still searching for consistency.
For Celtic supporters, Ajax are a familiar type of opponent: technically strong, attack-minded, and capable of punishing space, but not without vulnerabilities. Their current standing is that of a high-quality side sitting outside the very top of the Eredivisie, with enough firepower to demand proper respect.
