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Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a football club from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1 History
Ajax is one of the top football clubs in the world. It is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands that dominate the Dutch football scene. The other "big three" clubs are Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven.
The club was founded in March 18, 1900 by the brothers Han and Johan Dade and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The club is probably well-known by all football fans around the world with its recognizable white with a single red stripe home jersey. The club is also famous for its respectable youth program and has introduced to the world many great professional footballers such as Johan Cruijff and Marco van Basten. Its satellite club is the Ajax Cape Town of South Africa where many youth players were drafted in the first team squad at some point of the seasonal campaign of the Eredivisie such as Steven Pienaar and Aaron Mokoena . In 1995, the year that they won the European Champions' League , the first team was best remembered as the team that could best represent the Dutch national team in all departments, with players such as Michael ReizigerMichael Reiziger is a defender who plays for the Netherlands national football team. He recently signed a deal to move from FC Barcelona to Middlesbrough on a Bosman free transfer. Reiziger, Michael., Ronald de Boer , Frank de BoerFrank de Boer (born May 15, 1970 in Hoorn, Netherlands) is a Dutch football player. He is the most- capped player in the history of Dutch football, having represented his national team 112 times. He made his debut in September 1990 against Italy. He began, Danny BlindDirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (born August 1 1961, Oost-Souburg, Netherlands) is a former football player. He has played as a defender for RCS, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax Amsterdam and the Dutch national team. Currently he is head of youth training at Ajax. in defense, Edwin van der SarEdwin van der Sar (b. October 29, 1970 in Voorhout, Netherlands) is a Dutch football player. He is one of the most identifiable keepers in Europe because of his height (1. 97 m/6' 5˝"). He began his career at Ajax, where he was part of the team who won th in goalkeeping position, as well as Patrick KluivertPatrick Kluivert (born July 1, 1976 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch international football striker currently playing for Newcastle United in the English Premiership. Kluivert joined the renowned Ajax youth academy after he was spotted playing for Schellingwoude, and Marc OvermarsMarc Overmars (born March 29, 1973) is a former a Dutch football player. He was best known as a left-footed winger. Known for his great speed and blitzes into enemy territory, Overmars' nicknames included "the Roadrunner" or simply "meep-meep. In all, Ove in attack. Its current fortunes are mostly domestic-based notwithstanding some minor successes in the European tournaments although its youth team continues to develop talented individuals like Rafael van der VaartRafael van der Vaart Football player of Ajax Amsterdam and the Dutch National Team. Great talent for Dutch football. General Name: Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart Birthdate: February 11 1983 City: Beverwijk Size: 1,74 m Weight: 70 kg Former club: De Kennem, Wesley Sneijder, Nigel de Jong and Johnny Heitinga who regularly represented their nation.
Ajax’s first stadium was built in 1911 out of wood and was simply called The Stadium. Later, the team moved to a new, proper stadium called De Meer in 1934. In 1996, Ajax changed to a new home ground known as the Amsterdam ArenA that was built at the cost of $134 million. The stadium is capable of holding up to approximately 52 000 people. Amsterdam Arena, also written in camel case: ArenA ( Amsterdam southeast).
