A.F.C. Ajax facts for kids

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Ajax

Full name	Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax NV
Founded	March 18, 1900; 123 years ago (1900-03-18)
Ground	Johan Cruyff Arena Amsterdam
Ground Capacity	52,960
Chairman	Frank Eijken
Manager	Eric ten Hag
League	Eredivisie
2019–20	Eredivisie, 1st
Home colours Away colours

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

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

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

Former position

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Maarten Stekelenburg 2 DF Jurriën Timber 3 DF Perr Schuurs 4 MF Edson Álvarez 5 DF Sean Klaiber 6 MF Davy Klaassen 7 FW David Neres 8 MF Ryan Gravenberch 9 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 10 FW Dušan Tadić (captain) 11 MF Quincy Promes 12 DF Noussair Mazraoui 15 DF Devyne Rensch 16 GK Kjell Scherpen

No. Position Player 17 DF Daley Blind 18 MF Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 19 FW Zakaria Labyad 20 MF Mohammed Kudus 21 MF Lisandro Martínez 23 FW Lassina Traoré 24 GK André Onana 25 MF Kenneth Taylor 31 DF Nicolás Tagliafico 33 GK Dominik Kotarski 39 FW Antony 40 FW Sontje Hansen FW Hassane Bandé

Players out on loan

No. Position Player 22 MF Carel Eiting (at Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2021) 47 FW Danilo (at FC Twente until 30 June 2021)

No. Position Player DF Kik Pierie (at FC Twente until 30 June 2021) DF Lisandro Magallán (at FC Crotone until 30 June 2021)

Retired numbers

• 14 – Johan Cruyff (Forward, 1964–73, 1981–83). Number retired on 25 April 2007 at Cruyff's 60th birthday celebration match.
• 34 – Abdelhak Nouri (Midfielder, 2016–17)

Images for kids

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  Johan Cruyff played at Ajax from 1959 to 1973, and from 1981 to 1983, winning 3 European Cups; his No. 14 is the only squad number Ajax has ever retired. Cruyff came back to manage the club from 1985 to 1988.

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  Against Panathinaikos in the 1971 European Cup Final

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  Cruijff returned as manager in 1985 (seen here with Van Basten and Rijkaard).

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  2011 AFC Ajax team wearing their home kit by adidas with the AEGON sponsor across the chest, ahead of their UEFA Champions League match against Olympique Lyonnais.

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  Ajax supporters

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  Ajax supporters celebrating the club's 30th Dutch national championship in 2011

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  Supporters with Israeli flags in 2008

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  Frank de Boer led the club to four consecutive national titles during his tenure as coach (2010–2016)

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  Edwin van der Sar became the general director for Ajax in 2016

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  Several of Ajax' international trophies

See also

In Spanish: Ajax de Ámsterdam para niños