Ajax 4-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 2 March 2008

Result

Ajax 4-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 2 March 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Ajax 4-0 Excelsior: match report

Ajax defeated Excelsior 4-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 2 March 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Ajax's goals came from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (26'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (40'), Urby Emanuelson (55') and Leonardo (85'). Excelsior did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 50 points from 26 and Excelsior 18th on 23 points from 26. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Excelsior 18th with 27.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 1 draw and 1 for Excelsior.

Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Excelsior's D-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · Urby EmanuelsonAjax · 3-0
  • 85'Goal · LeonardoAjax · 4-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 1, Excelsior 1.

Team news

Ajax expected line-up

Maarten Stekelenburg, Olaf Lindenbergh, Hatem Trabelsi, Zdenek Grygera, Steven Pienaar, Hedwiges Maduro, Tomas Galasek, Markus Rosenberg, Thomas Vermaelen, Nourdin Boukhari, Urby Emanuelson