 After initially losing 5–2 on aggregate to Russian side FC Rostov, Ajax would go on to play in the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final, their first European final in 21 years.They would lose the match 2–0 to Manchester United, whilst fielding with the youngest side ever in a European final, averaging an age of 22 years and 282 days.For the third consecutive season, they finished runner-up in the Eredivisie, this time to Feyenoord.