AFC Ajax
| Full name | Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax NV | ||
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| Founded | March 18, 1900 | ||
| Stadium | Johan Cruyff ArenA | ||
| Capacity | 52,960[1] | ||
| Chairman | Frank Eijken | ||
| League | Eredivisie | ||
| 2024-2025 | Eredivisie, 2nd | ||
| Website | http://www.ajax.nl/ | ||
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Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax) is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, which is the highest football competition in The Netherlands. Players like Johan Cruyff, Van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jari Litmanen played for this club.
History
[change | change source]The club was founded on March 18, 1900. The founders were Floris Stempel, Carel Reeser and Johan Dade. It was the second attempt to found Ajax. In 1894 they tried it too. Ajax is named after the mythological hero Ajax the Great.
Ajax promoted to the highest level in 1911. Their coach was Jack Kirwan. Because Sparta Rotterdam had almost the same kit (clothes), they had to change it.
Stadium
[change | change source]The name of the stadium is Amsterdam ArenA and has an attendance (which means the number of seats) of about 52.000. The Amsterdam ArenA was opened on 14 August 1996 by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Their previous stadium was named De Meer.
League position
[change | change source]| Season | League | Position |
| 2000/01 | Eredivisie | 3rd |
| 2001/02 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2002/03 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2003/04 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2004/05 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2005/06 | Eredivisie | 4th |
| 2006/07 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2007/08 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2008/09 | Eredivisie | 3rd |
| 2009/10 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2010/11 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2011/12 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2012/13 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2013/14 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2014/15 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2015/16 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2016/17 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2017/18 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
| 2018/19 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2019/20 | Eredivisie | Champions (Season Abandoned) |
| 2020/21 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2021/22 | Eredivisie | Champions |
| 2022/23 | Eredivisie | 3rd |
| 2023/24 | Eredivisie | 5th |
| 2024/25 | Eredivisie | 2nd |
Former position
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Players
[change | change source]Current squad
[change | change source]- As of 3 February 2026[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[change | change source]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
[change | change source]- 14 –
Johan Cruyff (Forward, 1964–73, 1981–83). Number retired on 25 April 2007 at Cruyff's 60th birthday celebration match.[3]
Notes:
- ↑ Number 34 has not been used since Abdelhak Nouri (who played for Ajax from 2015 to 2017) suffered extreme cardiac arrhythmia in a friendly match against Werder Bremen,[4] but the number is not officially retired.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Amsterdam Arena – Did you know?". Amsterdam Arena. Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ↑ "All information about Ajax 1 - Ajax.nl". AFC Ajax. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ↑ "Cruijff viert 60ste verjaardag lo". De Ondernemer. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Abdelhak Nouri Collapses on Pitch During Ajax Friendly vs. Werder Bremen Archived 15 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine on Bleach Report, 8 July 2017
