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Ajax's season from hell plunged to new depths as they were thrashed 6-0 by rivals Feyenoord on Sunday - their heaviest-ever defeat in De Klassieker and Eredivisie history.
Newcastle United loanee Yankuba Minteh netted twice, as did Igor Paixao, with David Hancko and Quinten Timber also on target as the Amsterdam club were humiliated at De Kuip.
England midfielder Jordan Henderson missed the defeat through injury but would have been helpless to stem the tide of Feyenoord goals.
The result leaves Ajax a whopping 33 points behind Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven and they are 24 adrift of second-placed Feyenoord.
With qualification for next season's Champions League beyond them, the best Ajax can hope for now is a fourth-place finish and a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
Ajax suffered their heaviest-ever Eredivisie defeat as rivals Feyenoord thrashed them 6-0
The six-goal thrashing at De Kuip represented a fresh low in a season from hell for Ajax
Feyenoord's Igor Paixao celebrates one of their goals as the Rotterdam club ran riot
Serious questions will be asked of Ajax coach John van t Schip after this humiliating loss
They may yet have to enter the play-off for a place in the Conference League through their current position of sixth.
It's only the third time Ajax have lost 6-0 in their 124-year history. Their worst-ever defeat was 9-1 against DFC way back in 1913. They have lost 7-0 on three occasions.
Ajax have never suffered a heavier loss since the foundation of the Eredivisie in 1956, though they did lose 9-4 to Feyenoord back in 1964.
In an indication of Feyenoord's dominance, they had 30 shots during the contest with Ajax mustering just one. Ajax's expected goals return was a meagre 0.10.
Feyenoord also won 4-0 in the reverse fixture in Amsterdam back in September.
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