Julian Brandt is absent from the matchday squad. The German midfielder picked up an injury on Saturday during the match against AZ. Sofyan Amrabat will also miss the match against FC Midtjylland due to injury. Other players currently in the treatment room include Caio Henrique, Anton Gaaei, Viktor Tsygankov and Kasper Dolberg. Yves Bissouma is not yet eligible to play in European competitions.
Daley Blind made his return on Saturday evening in the North Holland derby. The experienced defender is also travelling to Denmark as expected. The same applies to Steven Berghuis. Sánchez has also included youngsters Mohamed Abdalla and Diego Pugno in his matchday squad.
After coming through a series of qualifying matches, Ajax began the League Phase with a 2-1 defeat away to Hajduk Split. A week later, the Ajax players won their home match against Atalanta. The score was 2-0 in the atmospheric Johan Cruyff ArenA.
Shortly before the squad departed for Schiphol Airport, they trained at the de Toekomst training complex that morning.
The matchday squad for the away Conference League fixture against FC Midtjylland:
Marc ter Stegen
Joeri Heerkens
Maarten Paes
Lucas Rosa
Owen Wijndal
Thilo Kehrer
Youri Baas
Daley Blind
Jofre Torrents
Aaron Bouwman
Dies Janse
Oscar Gloukh
Davy Klaassen
Jorthy Mokio
Steven Berghuis
Marcos Leonardo
Rayane Bounida
Tolu Arokodare
Mohamed Abdalla
Abdellah Ouazane
Diego Pugno
