These Ajax players travel to Spain

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Ajax travel to Spain with 23 players for the UEFA Champions League match against Villarreal. Kick-off is on Tuesday at 21:00.

Date: 19.01.2026

Photographer: AFC Ajax

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Youri Baas returns to the matchday squad. The defender missed the matches against AZ and Go Ahead Eagles. Abdellah Ouazane will also travel with Ajax to the east of Spain. The seventeen-year-old midfielder made his debut for Ajax’s first team in December in the Dutch Cup match against Excelsior Maassluis. It is the first time Ouazane travels with the squad for a Champions League fixture.

This is the full squad:
Vítězslav Jaroš
Remko Pasveer
Joeri Heerkens
Lucas Rosa
Anton Gaaei
Ko Itakura
Owen Wijndal
Youri Baas
Aaron Bouwman
Josip Šutalo
Youri Regeer
Oscar Gloukh
Davy Klaassen
Jorthy Mokio
Kian Fitz-Jim
Sean Steur
Raúl Moro
Kasper Dolberg
Mika Godts
Oliver Edvardsen
Rayane Bounida
Gerald Alders
Abdellah Ouazane

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