Ajax History, Ownership, Squad Members, Support Staff, and Honors

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, moreover known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or essentially Ajax, is a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the Eredivisie, the top level in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax has been the foremost effective club within the Netherlands, with 34 Eredivisie titles and 19 KNVB Cups. It has persistently played within the Eredivisie, since the league’s beginning in 1956 and, alongside Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven, it is one of the country’s “enormous three” clubs that have ruled that competition.

History

Ajax was established in Amsterdam on 18 March 1900. The club accomplished advancement to the most elevated level of Dutch football in 1911 and had its first major victory in 1917, winning the KNVB Beker, the Netherlands’ national cup. The following season, Ajax got to be the national winner for the first time. The club guarded its title in 1918–19, becoming the only group to attain an unbeaten season within the Netherlands Football League Championship

Throughout the 1920s, Ajax was a solid regional power, winning the Eerste Klasse West division in 1921, 1927 and 1928, but seem not to keep up its victory at the national level. This changed within the 1930s, with the club winning five national championships (1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939), making it the foremost effective Dutch group of the decade. Ajax won its moment KNVB Cup in 1942–43, and an eighth Dutch title in 1946–47, the final season the club was managed by Englishman Jack Reynolds, who, up to this the point, had managed all of its national championship victories as well as its 1917 KNVB Cup win

Ownership

AFC Ajax is the only Dutch club with Starting public advertising (IPO). The club is enlisted as a Naamloze vennootschap (N.V.) recorded on the stock trade Euronext Amsterdam, since 17 May 1998. With a dispatch cost of ƒ25,- (Guilders) the club managed to bring their add up to income up to €54 million (changed over) in their first year on the market. After the short-lived victory, however, the rate dropped, at one point as low as €3.50. Feedback was brought forward that the legitimate framework for a naamloze vennootschap would not be appropriate for a Football club, which the sports-related desire would endure from the modern commercial interface of the presently recorded Ajax. Offers of the company within the year 2008 were esteemed at roughly €5.90 per share.

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Age
Erik ten Hag	Manager	50
Michael Reiziger	Assistant Manager	46
Christian Poulsen	Assistant Manager	40
Carlo L’Ami	Goalkeeping Manager	53
Alessandro Schoenmaker	Fitness Manager	40
Tonnie Bruins Slot	Chief Analyst	72
Heini Otto	Youth Coach	65

Medical Staff

Name	Position	Age
Pim van Dord	Physiotherapist	66

 

Management

Name	Position	Age
Leo van Wijk	President	73
Ernst Lighthart	Member of the Supervisory Board	50
Peter Mensing	Member of the Supervisory Board	59
Dick Schoenaker	Board Member	67
Marc Overmars	Director of Football	46
Edwin van der Sar	Chief Executive Officer	49
Hennie Henrichs	Board Member	65

 

Scouting

Name	Position	Age
Henk Veldmate	Chief Scout	63
John Steen Olsen	Scout	77
Urbain Haesaert	Scout	78
Casimir Westerveld	Youth Chief Scout	–
Kjetil Osvold	Youth Scout	58
Erik Tammer	Youth Scout	50
Michel Kreek	Youth Co-ordinator	49

 

Squad

Name	Position	Jersey No.
André Onana	Goalkeeper	24
Bruno Varela	Goalkeeper	1
Dominik Kotarski	Goalkeeper	33
Kjell Scherpen	Goalkeeper	35
Benjamin van Leer	Defender	–
Daley Blind	Defender	17
Lisandro Martínez	Defender	21
Edson Álvarez	Defender	4
Joël Veltman	Defender	3
Perr Schuurs	Defender	2
Kik Pierie	Defender	5
Nicolás Tagliafico	Defender	31
Noussair Mazraoui	Defender	12
Sergiño Dest	Defender	28
Carel Eiting	Midfielder	8
Razvan Marin	Midfielder	18
Ryan Gravenberch	Midfielder	29
Donny van de Beek	Midfielder	6
Zakaria Labyad	Midfielder	19
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	Midfielder	26
Dusan Tadic	Forward	10
Quincy Promes	Forward	11
Ryan Babel	Forward	49
Hakim Ziyech	Forward	22
David Neres	Forward	7
Lassina Traoré	Forward	23
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Forward	9

 

Honours

National

Netherlands Football League Championship / Eredivisie: 34

1917–18, 1918–19, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19

KNVB Cup: 19

1916–17, 1942–43, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2018–19

Johan Cruyff Shield: 9

1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2019

European Cup / Champions League: 4

1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1994–95^[127]

European Cup Winners’ Cup: 1

1986–87

UEFA Cup: 1

1991–92

UEFA Super Cup: 2

1973, 1995