Frank De Boer is confident Ajax are ready for their first competitive game of the new season as they enter the UEFA Champions League at the third qualifying round.
The four-time winners travel to Austria for the first leg of their clash with Rapid Vienna on Wednesday, the Dutch side one of three former champions in at this early stage.
Celtic and Steaua Bucharest will also make their bow in the 2015-16 competition this week, the former hosting Qarabag while the latter welcome Partizan to Romania.
"The preparation has been good," he told the club's official website. "Especially as we had only four weeks, where there are usually six or seven.
"While the boys may have slightly fewer matches in the legs, I feel that we are ready for it. We are ready for Rapid, the challenge now is to put the finishing touches together."
The Ukrainian club travel to the venue of their 2009 UEFA Cup triumph to face Fenerbahce - who could give starts to new signings Robin van Persie and Nani - while Basel meet Lech Poznan.
Elsewhere, last season's quarter-finalists Monaco travel to Young Boys, Maccabi Tel Aviv host Viktoria Plzen, and Moldovan champions Milsami entertain Skenderbeu Korce.
Kazakhstan champions Astana visit HJK in Helsinki and Dinamo Zagreb welcome Molde to the Croatian capital.
