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Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Dutch pronunciation:), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the legendary Greek hero) is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with ...
Ajax v Sparta Rotterdam at Prinsenlaan stadium of Rotterdam in 1912 [6]. The club was founded in Amsterdam on 18 March 1900 by Floris Stempel, Carel Reeser and Han Dade, the second incarnation after a short-lived previous attempt—as Football Club Ajax—in 1894. [7]
Ajax start the new season with a new manager, Francesco Farioli. Farioli's first day at Ajax from the new season was 12 July. [37] A large part of the Ajax squad started on Wednesday 19 June, with the first tests and training methods at De Toekomst. [38] The manager's first field training took place on Thursday, June 20.
Season Domestic league KNVB Cup Europe Other competitions Top scorer(s) Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Player(s) Goals 1956–57: Eredivisie: 1st
The following players received the Ballon d'Or award whilst playing for AFC Ajax: Johan Cruyff – 1971* One other Ballon d'Or winner, former Ajax player and youth product was hired by AFC Ajax: Marco van Basten, winning the Ballon d'Or in 1988, 1989, 1992, whilst prying his trade at AC Milan, coached the Ajax first team for the 2008–09 season.
Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs in the world; according to the IFFHS, Ajax were the seventh most successful European club of the 20th century. [1] The club is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge; they won consecutively in 1971–1973.
Ajax have also won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once, the UEFA Cup once, the UEFA Super Cup three times, the Intercontinental Cup twice and the International Football Cup once. The club has also appeared in three additional finals finishing as runners-up. In the 1979–80 season, Ajax player Søren Lerby was the top scorer of the European Cup with ...
AFC Ajax Vrouwen is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam representing AFC Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. The team was founded in 2012. The team was founded in 2012.