No Champions League: Ajax ends disappointing season in 3rd place | Premier League 2022/2023

Feyenoord has been champion for a while, with the numbers 2 to 5 a musical chairs could still take place.

The calendar maker had therefore done its best by linking the direct competitors.

Despite the turbulent end of the season with the departure of Ruud van Nistelrooij, PSV kept its 2nd place and the ticket for the preliminary rounds of the Champions League.

Thanks to Xavi Simons, who scored the redeeming 1-2 at AZ deep in extra time.

That result also helped a weak Ajax. The team from Amsterdam in turn lost 3-1 to Twente, but thanks to the result in AZ-PSV it still remains third.

That means that it will have to compete in the Europa League next year.

Ajax thus ends outside the top 2 for the first time since 2009.