Ajax suffered a 1–2 defeat at home to Olympiakos Piraeus in Matchday 8 of the UEFA Champions League 2025 league stage on Wednesday, 28 January 2026. The match kicked off at 20:00 UTC with French official François Letexier as referee, and the two sides went into the break locked at 0–0. The result at the Johan Cruijff ArenA dealt a significant blow to Ajax’s hopes of advancing deep into Europe’s premier club competition.

For Ajax, the loss on home soil was a damaging one at a critical juncture o...