Ajax 5-1 SC Heerenveen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 April 2017

Result

Ajax 5-1 SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 April 2017, 14:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Ajax 5-1 SC Heerenveen: match report

Ajax defeated SC Heerenveen 5-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 16 April 2017. The half-time score was 3-1.

Reza Ghoochannejhad opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Ajax's goals came from Nick Viergever (24'), Matthijs de Ligt (32'), Davy Klaassen (42'), Kasper Dolberg (68', penalty) and David Neres (83'). SC Heerenveen scored through Reza Ghoochannejhad (8').

Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 72 points from 30 and SC Heerenveen 8th on 40 points from 30. Ajax went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and SC Heerenveen 9th with 43.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and SC Heerenveen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Dolberg of Ajax (8.9), ahead of Matthijs de Ligt (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Ajax wins, 0 draws and 0 for SC Heerenveen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Reza GhoochannejhadSC Heerenveen · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Nick ViergeverAjax · 1-1
  • 32'Goal · Matthijs de LigtAjax · 2-1
  • 42'Goal · Davy KlaassenAjax · 3-1
  • 64'Yellow card · David NeresAjax
  • 67'Yellow card · Morten ThorsbySC Heerenveen
  • 68'Penalty goal · Kasper DolbergAjax · 4-1
  • 83'Goal · David NeresAjax · 5-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Ajax 5, draws 0, SC Heerenveen 0.

Team news

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Nick Viergever, Matthijs de Ligt, Davy Klaassen, Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, David Neres, Ahmad Nurosadi, Kasper Dolberg

SC Heerenveen line-up (4-3-3)

Erwin Mulder, Stefano Marzo, Lucas Bijker, Jeremiah St. Juste, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Stijn Schaars, Pelle van Amersfoort, Yuki Kobayashi, Luciano Slagveer, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Sam Larsson