AFC Ajax, a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam
Arend van der Wel (28 March 1933 – 15 September 2013) was a Dutch professional footballer who played for Ajax and SC Enschede; he also worked as a scout and a coach at FC Twente.
He travelled to the Netherlands with the reserve team to play a friendly against Ajax.
In 1997, they advanced to the third round where they were put out by Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam, and in 2004, they were eliminated early through away goals (0–0 and 1–1) by Standard CL Liège of Belgium.
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Stoke were also involved in the UEFA Cup and were paired with Dutch giants Ajax, in the first leg at the Victoria Ground Ajax dominated the match and went in front through star winger Ruud Krol and Stoke despite being out played managed to find an equaliser in the final kick of the match thanks to Denis Smith.
On 21 December 2011 Bas Nijhuis gained worldwide attention and public criticism for sending off AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado in a KNVB Cup second round match against Ajax after an Ajax supporter ran onto the pitch of the Amsterdam Arena and attacked him, prompting Alvarado to retaliate in self-defence by kicking the attacker several times.
Lazović was involved in the squad that beat Ajax 4–2, as he scored for himself and set up two goals for Mads Junker and Youssouf Hersi respectively.
There, he has attracted interest from European teams like PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Internazionale, and Sampdoria.
Felix Gasselich (born 21 December 1955 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian association football player who played for Austria Wien, Ajax, LASK Linz, Wiener SC, Grazer AK, Kremser SC and SR Donaufeld Wien, as well as for the Austrian national side.
AFC Ajax, an Amsterdam based football team who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, uses the Amsterdam flag as their captain's armband.
Born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, Jozefzoon made his senior debut for Ajax during the 2010–11 season.
Gerrit Fischer was discovered at a school football match at the age of sixteen, by then AFC Ajax coach Jack Reynolds, after which he joined the youth ranks of the Amsterdam club.
Verbeek caused controversy in December 2011 in a 2011–12 KNVB Cup match against Ajax by leading AZ off the pitch in protest at having their goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado sent off for retaliating against a pitch invader.
Johnny Dusbaba (born 14 March 1956 in The Hague) is a retired Dutch football player who played for ADO Den Haag, Ajax, Anderlecht, Standard Liège, NAC Breda and Sint-Niklase, as well as the Dutch national side.
Before he left the club the media had linked him with big-money moves to Ajax and Bayern Munich.
Hofland played 20 matches in 2003–04 to help the Philips outfit finished second in the domestic championship, to AFC Ajax.
The clubs thought to be interested in Nordfeldt were Ajax, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hannover, Heerenveen and Sampdoria.
On 17 September 1978, aged 18, Torres made his league debut for Twente, in a home game against Sparta Rotterdam, scoring his first goal a few weeks later at HFC Haarlem, and ending his first season with three goals in 23 matches as the Enschede club finished in 11th position and reached the final of the Dutch Cup, lost to league champions AFC Ajax.
Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Juventus, Internazionale, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, F.C.Porto, CSKA Moscow, AFC Ajax and A.S. Roma have all been linked with him and he has been dubbed "the new Lúcio".
Marvin Höner (born 4 May 1994 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional football player who currently plays as a forward for AFC Ajax and for Germany U-19.
He also played for Heybridge Swifts F.C. and Clacton Town F.C., before returning to the Netherlands to play for AFC in 2005.
Benquerenca is also known for his touchline dismissal of Auxerre defender Jean-Pascal Mignot, during an AFC Ajax v AJ Auxerre UEFA Champions League group stage match in October 2010.
He is also much in demand as a personal trainer, and in 2012 played a key role in the return to form of the footballer Género Zeefuik, who began his career at Ajax and currently plays for FC Groningen.
His 1983–84 season was less successful: though Lees himself played in 29 of the 34 games, the club finished bottom of the table, and in their last match of the season were beaten 7–2 by Ajax, Marco van Basten scoring five of the seven.
Born in Chania, Greece, Shkurti played youth football for four clubs, including AFC Ajax, Olympiakos F.C. and S.S. Lazio, arriving at the latter in January 2010 as compatriot Igli Tare acted as the team's director of football.
Werner Schaaphok (born December 22, 1941 in Berlin, Germany) is a former German-Dutch footballer, who during his career played for Ajax, Blauw-Wit, AGOVV and the Chicago Mustangs.
All four they joined the youth squads of AFC Ajax and became part of a high quality group of players, where also players like Wim Kieft, Marco van Basten, Gerald Vanenburg, Sonny Silooy and John Bosman were their team mates.
That same year on 18 June 1999, AFC Ajax NV acquired 51% shares of Ashanti Gold SC, a West-African football club from Ghana, with Ashanti Goldfields Corporation retained 49% proprietorship of the club.