 The 2018–19 season saw one of Ajax's most successful campaigns of the century.After qualifying for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League off the back of their second-place finish the previous year and three rounds of qualifying against Sturm Graz, Standard Liège and Dynamo Kyiv respectively, Ajax would compete in the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2014.Ajax ended up finishing the 2018–19 group stage unbeaten, drawing both fixtures against Bayern Munich and once in Lisbon against Benfica, while winning the home leg against the Portuguese side and both fixtures against AEK Athens.