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| current = 2025–26 AFC Ajax season
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| nickname = ''de Godenzonen'' (Sons of the Gods)<ref>{{cite book|last=Perryman|first=Mark|title=Hooligan Wars: Causes and Effects of Football Violence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpzYlUPrKj0C&pg=PT167|year=2013|publisher=Mainstream|isbn=978-1-78057-813-2|page=167|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429124318/https://books.google.com/books?id=XpzYlUPrKj0C&pg=PT167|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Stokvis|first=Ruud|title=Lege kerken, volle stadions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWmCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45|year=2014|publisher=Amsterdam UP|isbn=978-90-485-2180-7|pages=45–|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610105343/https://books.google.com/books?id=vWmCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45|url-status=live}}</ref><br>''[[#Jewish connection|de Joden]]'' (the Jews)<br>''Lucky Ajax''<br> ''the Lancers''
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| ground = [[Johan Cruyff Arena]]
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| owner = [[AFC Ajax N.V.]] ({{EuronextAmsterdam|AJAX|NL0000018034|XAMS}})
| chairman = [[Menno Geelen]]
| manager = [[Óscar García (footballer, born 1973)|Óscar Garcia]] (interim)
| mgrtitle = Head coach
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'''Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈaːjɑks|lang}}), also known as '''AFC Ajax''', '''Ajax Amsterdam''', or simply '''Ajax''', is a Dutch professional [[Association football|football]] [[Football team|club]] based in [[Amsterdam]], that plays in the {{Lang|nl|[[Eredivisie]]|italic=no}}, the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the [[Ajax the Great|legendary Greek hero]]) is [[List of football clubs by competitive honours won|the most successful club]] in the [[Netherlands]], with 36 {{Lang|nl|[[List of Dutch football champions|Eredivisie titles]]|italic=no}} and 20 [[KNVB Cup]]s, both are records. It has continuously played in the {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} since the league's inception in 1956, and along with {{Lang|nl|[[Feyenoord]]|italic=no}} and {{Lang|nl|[[PSV Eindhoven]]|italic=no}}, it is one of the country's "[[Big Three (Netherlands)|big three]]" clubs.

Ajax was one of the most successful clubs in the world in the 20th century. According to the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]], Ajax was the seventh-most successful European club of the 20th century and ''The World's Club Team of the Year'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite news | title = Europe's Club of the Century | publisher = International Federation of Football History & Statistics | date = 11 September 2009 | url = http://www.iffhs.de/?a413f0e03790c443e0f40390b41be8b01905fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb883ccb05ff1d | access-date = 12 September 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105041448/http://www.iffhs.de/?a413f0e03790c443e0f40390b41be8b01905fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb883ccb05ff1d }}</ref>{{New archival link needed|date=April 2026}} According to German magazine ''[[Kicker (sports magazine)|Kicker]]'', Ajax was the second-most successful European club of the 20th century. The club is one of five teams that have [[European Champion Clubs' Cup#Clubs awarded the trophy permanently|earned the right]] to keep the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Cup]] and to wear a multiple-winner badge. In 1972, they completed the [[Treble (association football)#Continental trebles|continental treble]] by winning the {{Lang|nl|[[1971–72 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}}, [[1971–72 KNVB Cup|KNVB Cup]], and the [[1971–72 European Cup|European Cup]]. They also won the first (albeit unofficial) [[1972 European Super Cup|European Super Cup]] against [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in January 1973. Ajax's most recent international trophies are the [[1995 Intercontinental Cup]], [[1995 UEFA Super Cup]] and the [[1994–95 UEFA Champions League|1995 Champions League]], where they defeated [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in the [[1995 UEFA Champions League Final|final]]; they lost the [[1995–96 UEFA Champions League|1996 Champions League]] [[1996 UEFA Champions League Final|final]] on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]] to [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]. In 1995, Ajax was crowned as ''World Team of the Year'' by ''[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]'' magazine.

Ajax is also one of four teams to win the continental treble and the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] or [[FIFA Club World Cup|Club World Cup]] in the same season/calendar year;<ref>with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in 1999, [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in 2013 and [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] twice, in 2009 and in 2015.</ref> this was achieved in the 1971–72 season.<ref name="autogenerated1">UEFA sanctioned the UEFA Supercup for the first time in 1973. In 1972 was an unofficial edition and the I Centenary of [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] (see [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/index.html History of the UEFA Supercup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014203034/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/index.html |date=14 October 2008 }} in uefa.com).</ref> Ajax is one of five clubs to have won all three major UEFA club competitions played until 2021.<ref>([[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] and [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]])</ref> They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, the [[1991–92 UEFA Cup]], as well as the [[1961–62 Intertoto Cup|Karl Rappan Cup]], a predecessor of the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] in 1962.<ref name="Intertoto">UEFA sanctioned the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time in 1995. In the 1960s, it was unofficial. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20051013082745/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/history/index.html History of UEFA Intertoto Cup] in uefa.com.</ref> Ajax plays at the [[Johan Cruyff Arena]], which opened as the Amsterdam ArenA in 1996 and was renamed in 2018. They previously played at {{Lang|nl|[[De Meer Stadion]]|italic=no}} and the [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Olympic Stadium]] (for international matches). Throughout their history, Ajax have cultivated a reputation for scouting, spotting and developing young talent, and have remained focused on developing a [[youth system]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Larsen |first1=Carsten Hvid |last2=Storm |first2=Louise Kamuk |last3=Sæther |first3=Stig Arve |last4=Pyrdol |first4=Nicklas |last5=Henriksen |first5=Kristoffer |title=A world class academy in professional football: The case of Ajax Amsterdam |journal=Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology |date=2020 |volume=2 |pages=33–43 |doi=10.7146/sjsep.v2i0.119746 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of AFC Ajax}}
[[File:AFC Ajax 1900-1901.jpg|thumb|213x213px|Ajax's former squad in 1900]]
Ajax was founded in [[Amsterdam]] on 18 March 1900. The club achieved promotion to the highest level of Dutch football in 1911 and had its first major success in 1917, winning the [[KNVB Beker]], the Netherlands' national cup. The [[1917–18 Netherlands Football League Championship|following season]], Ajax became [[List of Dutch football champions|national champion]] for the first time. The club defended its title in [[1918–19 Netherlands Football League Championship|1918–19]], becoming the only team to achieve an unbeaten season in the Netherlands Football League Championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html|title=Unbeaten during a League Season|access-date=30 December 2014|work=RSSSF|archive-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Throughout the 1920s, Ajax was a strong regional power, winning the Eerste Klasse West division in 1921, 1927 and 1928, but could not maintain its success at the national level. This changed in the 1930s, with the club winning five national championships ([[1930–31 Netherlands Football League Championship|1931]], [[1931–32 Netherlands Football League Championship|1932]], [[1933–34 Netherlands Football League Championship|1934]], [[1936–37 Netherlands Football League Championship|1937]], [[1938–39 Netherlands Football League Championship|1939]]), making it the most successful Dutch team of the decade. Ajax won its second KNVB Cup in 1942–43, and an eighth Dutch title in [[1946–47 Netherlands Football League Championship|1946–47]], the last season the club was managed by Englishman [[Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1881)|Jack Reynolds]], who, up to this point, had overseen all of its national championship successes as well as its 1917 KNVB Cup win.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/334848|title=Ajax: the early years and the birth of Total Football|date=5 May 2012|access-date=3 March 2014|work=World Soccer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718091841/http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/334848|archive-date=18 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12464632|title=Ajax remembers Bury football hero Jack Reynolds|date=15 February 2011|access-date=3 March 2014|work=BBC|archive-date=26 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926003055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12464632|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1956, the [[1956–57 Eredivisie|first season]] of the Netherlands' new professional league, the {{Lang|nl|[[Eredivisie]]|italic=no}}, was played with Ajax participating as a founding member. The Amsterdam club became the first national champions under the new format and made its debut in the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup]] the [[1957–58 European Cup|following year]], losing to Hungarian champions {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Vasas SC]]|italic=no}} 6–2 on aggregate at the quarter-final stage. The team was again {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} champions in [[1959–60 Eredivisie|1960]] and won a third KNVB Cup in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3642832/2014/04/27/Ajax-weer-kampioen-zonder-topscorer.dhtml|title=Ajax weer kampioen zonder topscorer|date=14 April 2014|access-date=30 December 2014|work=AD.nl|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221414/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3642832/2014/04/27/Ajax-weer-kampioen-zonder-topscorer.dhtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Cruijff afscheidswedstrijd bij Ajax.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[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.]]
[[File:1971 Champions League Final Ajax - Panathinaikos.jpg|thumb|Against {{Lang|el|Panathinaikos|italic=no}} in the [[1971 European Cup Final]]]]

In 1965, [[Rinus Michels]], who had played for the club between 1946 and 1958, was appointed manager of Ajax, implementing his philosophy of [[Total Football]] which was to become synonymous with both Ajax and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8338289.stm|title=Cruyff will coach Catalonia team|date=2 November 2009|access-date=3 March 2014|work=BBC|archive-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828152524/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8338289.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/ajax’s-youth-policy-still-its-prime-asset|title=Ajax's youth policy still its prime asset|date=18 March 2010|access-date=3 March 2013|work=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171634/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/ajax%E2%80%99s-youth-policy-still-its-prime-asset|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A year earlier, [[Johan Cruyff]], who would go on to become widely regarded as the greatest Dutch footballer of all time, made his debut.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/players/a/Cruyffrrofile.htm|title=Legends: Johan Cruyff|access-date=3 March 2014|work=About.com|archive-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225131543/http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/players/a/Cruyffrrofile.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Between them, Michels and Cruyff led Ajax through the most successful period in its history, winning seven {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} titles, four KNVB Cups and three [[UEFA Champions League|European Cups]].

Ajax won the Dutch championship in [[1965–66 Eredivisie|1966]], [[1966–67 Eredivisie|1967]] and [[1967–68 Eredivisie|1968]], and reached the [[1969 European Cup Final|1969 European Cup final]], losing to [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]. During the 1966–67 season, Ajax scored a record 122 goals in an {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} season and also won the KNVB Cup to achieve its first league and cup [[Double (association football)|double]]. In [[1969–70 Eredivisie|1969–70]], Ajax won a fourth Dutch league championship and second league and cup double in five seasons, winning 27 out of 34 league matches and scoring 100 goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://voetbalcentra.nl/index_files/Eredivisierecords.htm|title=Eredivisierecords|access-date=30 December 2014|work=Voetbal Centra|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220041208/http://voetbalcentra.nl/index_files/Eredivisierecords.htm|archive-date=20 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71 season]] saw Ajax retain the [[1970–71 KNVB Cup|KNVB Cup]] and reach the [[1971 European Cup Final|1971 European Cup final]], where they defeated {{Lang|el|[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]|italic=no}} 2–0 with goals from [[Dick van Dijk]] and [[Arie Haan]] to become continental champions for the first time, with Cruyff being named [[Ballon d'Or|European Footballer of the Year]]. After this success, Michels departed to become manager of [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and was replaced by the Romanian [[Ștefan Kovács]]. In Kovács' first season, Ajax completed a [[Treble (association football)|treble]] of the [[1971–72 European Cup|European Cup]], the {{Lang|nl|[[1971–72 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}} and a third consecutive [[1971–72 KNVB Cup|KNVB Cup]]. The following season, the team beat Argentine {{Lang|es|[[Club Atlético Independiente]]|italic=no}} to win the [[1972 Intercontinental Cup]] and retained their {{Lang|nl|[[1972–73 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}} and [[1972–73 European Cup|European Cup]] titles, becoming the first club to win three consecutive European Cups since [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] in the 1950s.

In 1973, Michels' Barcelona broke the [[World football transfer record|world transfer record]] to bring Cruyff to the [[Catalonia|Catalan team]]. Kovács also departed to become manager of the [[France national football team|France national team]], signalling the end of this period of international success.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/10211043/World-record-football-transfers.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/10211043/World-record-football-transfers.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Johann Cruyff – World record football transfers |access-date=30 December 2014|work=Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In [[1976–77 Eredivisie|1976–77]], Ajax won its first domestic championship in four seasons and recorded a double of the {{Lang|nl|[[1977–78 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}} and [[1977–78 KNVB Cup|KNVB Cup]] two years later.

The early 1980s saw the return of Cruyff to the club, as well as the emergence of young players [[Marco van Basten]] and [[Frank Rijkaard]]. The team won back-to-back {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} titles in [[1981–82 Eredivisie|1982]] and [[1982–83 Eredivisie|1983]], with all three playing a significant role in the latter. After Cruyff's sale to rivals {{Lang|nl|[[Feyenoord]]|italic=no}} in 1983, van Basten became Ajax's key player, top scoring in the {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} for four seasons between [[1983–84 Eredivisie|1983–84]] and [[1986–87 Eredivisie|1986–87]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=41373/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303150103/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=41373/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|title=Van Basten, a Dutch goal machine|access-date=3 March 2014|work=FIFA}}</ref>

[[File:Vertrek Ajax van Schiphol voor Europa Cup II wedstrijd tegen Olympiakos Piraeus, Bestanddeelnr 933-8034.jpg|thumb|Cruijff, seen here with [[Marco van Basten|van Basten]] and [[Frank Rijkaard|Rijkaard]], returned as manager in 1985.]]

In 1985, Cruyff returned to Ajax as manager and the team ended [[1985–86 Eredivisie|his first season in charge]] with 120 goals from 34 matches. However, Ajax still finished as runner-up to [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] by eight points. The following season, Ajax again lost out on the Eredivisie title to PSV, but won the [[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]], its first continental trophy in 14 years. After this, Cruyff left the club to become manager of Barcelona and Rijkaard and van Basten were sold to [[Sporting CP]] and Milan respectively. Despite these losses, Ajax reached a second consecutive Cup Winners' Cup final in [[1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1988]], where they lost to Belgian club {{Lang|nl|[[KV Mechelen]]|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nos.nl/video/617897-1988-mechelen-klopt-ajax-in-finale-ec-ii.html|title=1988: Mechelen klopt Ajax in finale EC II|access-date=30 December 2014|work=NOS.nl|archive-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231002107/http://nos.nl/video/617897-1988-mechelen-klopt-ajax-in-finale-ec-ii.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[1988–89 Eredivisie|1988–89]] season saw [[Dennis Bergkamp]], a young forward who had first appeared under Cruyff in 1986, establish himself as a regular goalscorer for Ajax. Bergkamp helped Ajax to the {{Lang|nl|[[1989–90 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}} title and was the top scorer in the division in [[1990–91 Eredivisie|1990–91]], [[1991–92 Eredivisie|1991–92]] and [[1992–93 Eredivisie|1992–93]]. Under the management of [[Louis van Gaal]], Ajax won the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in [[1991–92 UEFA Cup|1992]] to become the second club, after {{lang|it|[[Juventus]]|italic=no}}, to have won all three [[List of UEFA club competition winners|major European club competitions]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/video/videoid=2121239.html|title=Watch Ajax complete European sweep|access-date=30 December 2014|work=UEFA|archive-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713202323/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/video/videoid=2121239.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After the sale of Bergkamp to {{lang|it|[[Internazionale]]|italic=no}} in 1993, van Gaal re-signed the experienced Rijkaard to complement his young Ajax team featuring academy graduates [[Frank de Boer|Frank]] and [[Ronald de Boer]], [[Edwin van der Sar]], [[Clarence Seedorf]], [[Edgar Davids]], [[Michael Reiziger]] and [[Winston Bogarde]], as well as mercurial foreign talents [[Finidi George]], [[Nwankwo Kanu]] and [[Jari Litmanen]], and veteran captain [[Danny Blind]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://espnfc.com/columns/story?id=827853&cc=3436|title=Ajax's adolescents master men of Milan|date=30 September 2010|access-date=3 March 2014|work=ESPN|archive-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303153306/http://espnfc.com/columns/story?id=827853&cc=3436|url-status=live}}</ref> The team regained the Dutch championship in [[1993–94 Eredivisie|1993–94]], and won it again in [[1994–95 Eredivisie|1994–95]] and [[1995–96 Eredivisie|1995–96]] to become the first Ajax side to win three back-to-back championships since 1968. The height of van Gaal's success came in 1994–95, where Ajax became the first, and to date only, team to complete an entire {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} season unbeaten.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dutch-football.com/football/eredivisie/records.shtml |title=Eredivisie – Records |access-date=3 March 2014 |work=Dutch Football |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009042444/http://www.dutch-football.com/football/eredivisie/records.shtml |archive-date=9 October 2013 }}</ref> The team also won its first European Cup since its 1970s era, defeating Milan in the [[1995 UEFA Champions League Final|1995 UEFA Champions League final]] 1–0, with the winning goal scored by 18-year-old [[Patrick Kluivert]]. Ajax again reached [[1996 UEFA Champions League Final|the final]] one year later, and was defeated on penalties by {{lang|it|Juventus|italic=no}}.

Ajax's return as a European force was short-lived, as van Gaal and several members of the squad soon departed to some of the continent's biggest clubs. The 2000s was a lean decade for the club, with only two {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} championships won. However, Ajax's academy continued to produce star players such as [[Wesley Sneijder]] and [[Rafael van der Vaart]].

In 2010, Frank de Boer was appointed manager of Ajax and led the club to its first league title in seven years, and record 30th title overall, in the [[2010–11 Eredivisie|2010–11 season]]. This was followed by back-to-back wins in [[2011–12 Eredivisie|2011–12]] and [[2012–13 Eredivisie|2012–13]] to match his three consecutive titles as a player in the 1990s. In [[2013–14 Eredivisie|2013–14]], Ajax was again {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} champions, winning four consecutive league titles for the first time in club history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=2097233.html|title=Ajax secure fourth consecutive Dutch title|date=27 April 2014|access-date=29 April 2014|work=UEFA|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429083022/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=2097233.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After finishing as runner-up to PSV in both [[2014–15 Eredivisie|2014–15]] and [[2015–16 Eredivisie|2015–16]], de Boer resigned as Ajax head coach in May 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36273607|title=Frank de Boer: Ajax boss leaves his role after six years|date=12 May 2016|work=BBC|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212508/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36273607|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Peter Bosz]] took over the club and led them to the [[2017 UEFA Europa League Final|2017 UEFA Europa League final]], their first European final in 21 years. They lost to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] with a lineup that was the youngest ever in a European final, averaging an age of 22 years and 282 days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ajax side against Man United youngest ever in a major European final|url=http://www.espnfc.us/ajax-amsterdam/story/3133254/ajax-side-vs-manchester-united-youngest-ever-in-a-major-european-final|website=ESPN|date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525230331/http://www.espnfc.us/ajax-amsterdam/story/3133254/ajax-side-vs-manchester-united-youngest-ever-in-a-major-european-final|url-status=live}}</ref> For the third consecutive season, they finished runner-up in the {{Lang|nl|[[2016–17 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}}, this time to {{Lang|nl|Feyenoord|italic=no}}.

The [[2018–19 AFC Ajax season|2018–19 season]] for Ajax involved a remarkable run in the [[2018–19 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]]. Due to their runner-up finish in the [[2017–18 Eredivisie]], Ajax entered the tournament in the second qualifying round. After successive victories against [[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]], {{Lang|fr|[[Standard Liège]]|italic=no}} and {{Lang|uk|[[Dynamo Kyiv]]|italic=no}}, they qualified for the group stage. Ajax was drawn in a group with German champions [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], Portuguese side [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] and Greek champions [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]. Ajax finished runner-up in this group, qualifying for the knockout stages, where it was drawn against three-time defending champions [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]. After losing 1–2 in the first leg, they defeated Real Madrid 4–1 in the away match, stunning the defending champions in their own stadium, the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]], with an aggregate score of 5–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/05/real-madrid-ajax-champions-league-match-report|title=Dusan Tadic inspires Ajax to stunning defeat of champions Real Madrid|date=5 March 2019|work=Guardian|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423072524/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/05/real-madrid-ajax-champions-league-match-report|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dušan Tadić]] was awarded a perfect score of 10 by {{Lang|fr|[[L'Équipe]]}} following the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2823746-dusan-tadic-joins-lionel-messi-and-neymar-in-earning-perfect-lequipe-rating|title=Dusan Tadic Joins Lionel Messi and Neymar in Earning Perfect L'Equipe Rating|date=6 March 2019|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510162557/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2823746-dusan-tadic-joins-lionel-messi-and-neymar-in-earning-perfect-lequipe-rating|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Chelsea 4 Ajax 4 (49023193671).jpg|thumb|Against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase|UEFA Champion League 2019-2020]]]]
Thus, Ajax progressed to the quarter-finals and was drawn with Italian champions {{lang|it|Juventus|italic=no}}. In the first leg in the [[Johan Cruyff Arena]], they drew 1–1. In the second leg at the [[Juventus Stadium]], Ajax came from behind to win 2–1 and 3–2 on aggregate. [[Matthijs de Ligt]] scored the winning goal for Ajax to help the team advance to its first Champions League semi-final since [[1996–97 UEFA Champions League|1997]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/16/juventus-ajax-champions-league-match-report|title=Matthijs de Ligt strikes decisive header for Ajax to overcome Juventus|date=16 April 2019|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529230632/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/16/juventus-ajax-champions-league-match-report|url-status=live}}</ref> There, they would face English side [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]].

In the first leg of the semi-final, Ajax beat Tottenham 1–0 away from home.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2019/4/30/18524468/tottenham-hotspur-ajax-champions-league-0-1-van-de-beek-goal-first-leg|title= Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Ajax: Spurs lose first leg to early van de Beek goal|date= 30 April 2019|work= SB Nation|access-date= 8 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190508194810/https://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2019/4/30/18524468/tottenham-hotspur-ajax-champions-league-0-1-van-de-beek-goal-first-leg|archive-date= 8 May 2019|url-status= dead}}</ref> In the second leg, Ajax scored twice in the first half to generate a 3–0 lead on aggregate. However, in the second half, [[Lucas Moura]] scored three times, including in the 6th minute of added time, resulting in Ajax losing via the [[away goals rule]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/may/08/ajax-v-tottenham-hotspur-champions-league-semi-final-second-leg-live|title=Ajax v Tottenham Hotspur: Champions League semi-final, second leg- live!|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 May 2019|access-date= 8 May 2019|archive-date= 8 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190508194806/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/may/08/ajax-v-tottenham-hotspur-champions-league-semi-final-second-leg-live|url-status= live}}</ref>

Ajax was in first place on goal difference when the {{Lang|nl|[[2019–20 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]]|italic=no}} was declared void, preventing them being Dutch champions for the 35th time, but still qualified for the [[2020–21 UEFA Champions League]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eredivisie.nl/nl-nl/uitgelicht/afwikkeling-voetbalseizoen-201920-een-feit |title=Afwikkeling voetbalseizoen 2019/'20 een feit &#124; Eredivisie |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524145200/https://eredivisie.nl/nl-nl/uitgelicht/afwikkeling-voetbalseizoen-201920-een-feit |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In this, it was eliminated again, but in 2021 it reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League. It was eliminated against AS Roma. That season, it again won both the national title and the KNVB Cup.

In the [[2021–22 AFC Ajax season|2021-22 season]], Ajax again became champion of the Netherlands. It had to give up the KNVB Cup and the Johan Cruijff Shield to competitor PSV because it came out on the losing end in both finals. In European terms, Ajax achieved first place in the Champions League group, all six matches were won, mostly by a wide margin. After the winter break, Ajax was narrowly eliminated in the eighth finals by the Portuguese Benfica Lisboa (Lisbon) (2–2 away, 0–1 at home).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ajax seizoensoverzicht 2021/2022 {{!}} Landskampioen en de laatste van Ten Hag |url=https://www.ajax.nl/artikelen/ajax-seizoensoverzicht-202122-landskampioen-en-de-laatste-van-ten-hag |website=Ajax |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=nl}}</ref>

As of 1 July 2022, [[Alfred Schreuder]] succeeded Erik ten Hag, who left for Manchester United, as Ajax's coach. Most of the key players from previous seasons left during the summer transfer period, but there was also a lot of reinvestment. Ajax started the 2022/23 season relatively well with six consecutive victories in the Eredivisie. But Ajax was eliminated from the Champions League quite quickly in a group with Liverpool, Napoli and Rangers. At home against Napoli on 4 October 2022, they even lost by 5 goals (1–6), Ajax's biggest defeat ever in European competition. After seven consecutive matches without a win, head coach Alfred Schreuder was dismissed. [[John Heitinga]] succeeded Schreuder as interim manager. Under Heitinga, Ajax failed to turn things around despite a good start, with seven wins in a row. Ajax finished third in the Eredivisie, behind champions Feyenoord and runners-up PSV. This was the club's lowest ranking since the 2008/09 season, in which it also finished third. After the winter break, Ajax was eliminated in the first knockout phase of the Europa League by Union Berlin (3–1). Ajax did reach the final of the KNVB Cup, but lost to PSV on penalties (3–2).

On 19 May 2023, [[Sven Mislintat]] took over as Ajax's sports director. He succeeded Marc Overmars, who left in early 2022. Mislintat appointed [[Maurice Steijn]] as head coach. Mislintat spent approximately 111 million euros on transfers. Ajax had its worst start to the season in fifty-nine years. On 29 October 2023, Ajax reached a historic low. Ajax lost 5–2 to PSV in Eindhoven. This put Ajax in last place, 18th place in the Eredivisie, for the first time since the club was founded. 

The position of director Mislintat became an embarrassment after it emerged that he had arranged a transfer through a player agent who was an investor in his company. In the evening of 24 September, Mislintat was fired with immediate effect; among other things, a lack of broad support within the club was one of the reasons. A day after the loss against PSV, it was announced that [[John van 't Schip]] would become the head coach until the end of the season. Under the leadership of Van 't Schip, Ajax managed to climb to fifth place in the Eredivisie. In the Europa League, Ajax finished third, which meant a place in the next season's Conference League, where it eventually lost to Aston Villa in the round of 16. In the cup, Ajax was eliminated 3–2 by the third division amateurs of USV Hercules.

In the summer of 2024, a rebuild began, with a new board of directors and [[Alex Kroes]] and [[Marijn Beuker]] as Technical Director and Director of Football. They hired [[Francesco Farioli]] as new head coach, the first foreign coach since 1998. Under his leadership, Ajax reached the league phase of the Europa League, where it finished eleventh. On 9 February 2025, Ajax finished the weekend on the first place for the first time since November 2022. Ajax would end the season second to PSV, despite being nine points clear of their rivals with five matches to go.<ref>{{cite web |last=Renard |first=Arthur |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c74nz813yr0o |title=A tale of nine points & the 99th minute - how Ajax blew title |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 May 2025 }}</ref> Due to the late collapse that cost them the title and escalating tensions over transfers, tactics and finances, Farioli decided to leave Ajax on 19 May 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.ajax.nl/articles/francesco-farioli-decides-to-leave-ajax/ |title=Francesco Farioli decides to leave Ajax |publisher=AFC Ajax |date=19 May 2025 }}</ref>

===UEFA ranking===
{{see also|UEFA coefficient}}
{{updated|12 February 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=UEFA rankings |url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/?year=2025 |website=[[UEFA]] | date=30 June 2024 |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>

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==Academies==
{{main|Ajax Youth Academy|Ajax Hellas Youth Academy|Ajax Coaching Academy}}
The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth programme that has produced many Dutch talents over the years. [[Johan Cruyff]], [[Edwin van der Sar]], [[Gerald Vanenburg]], [[Frank Rijkaard]], [[Dennis Bergkamp]], [[Rafael van der Vaart]], [[Patrick Kluivert]], [[Marco van Basten]], [[Wesley Sneijder]], [[Maarten Stekelenburg]], [[Nigel de Jong]], [[Frenkie de Jong]], and [[Matthijs de Ligt]] have come through the ranks and are just some of the talents who have played for Ajax. Ajax also regularly supplies the Dutch national youth teams with local players.

Due to mutual agreements with foreign clubs, the youth academy has also signed foreign players as teenagers before making first team debuts, such as Belgian defensive trio [[Jan Vertonghen]], [[Toby Alderweireld]] and [[Thomas Vermaelen]] along with winger [[Tom De Mul]], all of whom are full internationals, as well as Dutch international [[Vurnon Anita]] and [[Javier Martina]], representing [[Curaçao national football team|Curaçao]].

Ajax has also expanded its talent searching programme to [[South Africa]] with [[Ajax Cape Town FC|Ajax Cape Town]]. Ajax Cape Town was set up with the help of Rob Moore. Ajax has also had a satellite club in the United States under the name [[Ajax Orlando Prospects|Ajax America]], until it filed for bankruptcy. There are some youth players from Ajax Cape Town that have been drafted into the {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} squad, such as South African internationals [[Steven Pienaar]] and [[Thulani Serero]] and Cameroonian international [[Eyong Enoh]].

In 1995, the year Ajax won the [[UEFA Champions League]], the Netherlands national team was almost entirely composed of Ajax players, with van der Sar in goal; players such as Michael Reiziger, Frank de Boer and Danny Blind in defence; Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf in midfield; and Patrick Kluivert and [[Marc Overmars]] in attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/grassroots/features/video/videoid=1562470.html |title=Inside the Ajax academy on |publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=2 August 2012 |archive-date=30 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830044757/http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/grassroots/features/video/videoid=1562470.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011, Ajax opened its first youth academies outside the Netherlands when the club partnered with George Kazianis and All Star Consultancy in Greece to open the [[Ajax Hellas Youth Academy]]. The offices are based in [[Nea Smyrni]], [[Attica (region)|Attica]], with the main training facility located on the island of [[Corfu]], hosting a total of 15 football youth academies throughout Greece and Cyprus. Eddie van Schaik heads the organization as coach and consultant, introducing the Ajax football philosophy at the various football training camps of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajaxhellas.gr/youth_academy/en/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=1&Itemid=2 |title=The Academy |publisher=AjaxHellas.gr |date=15 March 2011 |access-date=27 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152746/http://www.ajaxhellas.gr/youth_academy/en/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=1&Itemid=2 |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.care24.gr/diatrofologos-ajax-hellas/ |title=Η νέα Κλινική Διαιτολόγος – Διατροφολόγος του Ajax Hellas |publisher=Care24.gr |date=15 March 2011 |access-date=27 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320092837/http://www.care24.gr/diatrofologos-ajax-hellas/ |archive-date=20 March 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2016, Ajax launched the ACA (Ajax Coaching Academy) with the intention of sharing knowledge, and setting up a variety of camps and clinics for both players and coaches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/dit-plan-is-uniek-in-nederland.htm |title=Dit plan is uniek in Nederland |publisher=Ajax.nl |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=2019-06-11 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711154959/https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/dit-plan-is-uniek-in-nederland.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Stadiums==
{{main|Stadiums of AFC Ajax}}
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Ajax's first stadium was built in 1911 out of wood and was called [[Het Houten Stadion]] (English: The Wooden Stadium). Ajax later also played in the [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]] built for the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] hosted in [[Amsterdam]]. This stadium, designed by [[Jan Wils]], is known in Dutch as {{Lang|nl|het Olympisch Stadion}}. In 1934, Ajax moved to [[De Meer Stadion]] in east Amsterdam, close to the location of Het Houten Stadion. It was designed by architect and Ajax-member [[Jordanus Roodenburgh|Daan Roodenburgh]], who had also designed the club's first stadium. It could accommodate 29,500 spectators and Ajax continued to play there until 1996. For notable European and national fixtures, the club would often play at the Olympic Stadium, which could accommodate about twice the number of spectators.

In 1996, Ajax moved to a new home ground in the southeast part of the city known as the Amsterdam Arena, since 2018 known as the [[Johan Cruyff Arena]]. This stadium was built by the Amsterdam city authority at a cost of $134 million. The stadium is capable of holding 55,865 spectators. The Arena has a retractable roof and set a trend for other modern stadiums built in Europe in the following years. In the Netherlands, the Arena earned a reputation for a terrible grass pitch caused by the removable roof that, even when open, takes away too much sunlight and fresh air. During the 2008–09 season, ground staff introduced an artificial lighting system that finally reduced this problem considerably.

The much-loved former stadium, De Meer Stadion, was torn down in 1996 and the land was sold to the city council. A residential neighbourhood now occupies the area. The only thing left of the old stadium are the letters "AJAX", which nowadays is in place on the façade of the entrance at the Johan Cruyff Arena. A replica of the same letters are at [[Sportpark De Toekomst|De Toekomst]], near the Johan Cruyff Arena.

==Crest and colours==

===Crest===
In 1900, when the club was founded, the emblem of Ajax was just a picture of an Ajax player. The crest was slightly altered following the club's promotion to the top division in 1911 to match the club's new outfits. In 1928, the club logo was introduced with the head of the [[Greeks|Greek]] hero [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]]. The logo was once again changed in 1990 into an abstract version of the previous one. The new logo still sports the portrait of Ajax, but drawn with just 11 lines, symbolizing the 11 players of a football team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~michielh/hetlogo.html |title=History of the Ajax logo |publisher=Xs4all.nl |date=20 September 1928 |access-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721231604/http://www.xs4all.nl/~michielh/hetlogo.html |archive-date=21 July 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 17 November 2024, Ajax announced on its official website that they would revert to the classic logo of 1928 from the [[2025–26 AFC Ajax season|2025–26 season]] onward, making a comeback after 34 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classic Ajax logo returns permanently |url=https://english.ajax.nl/articles/classic-ajax-logo-returns-permanently/ |access-date=18 November 2024|date=17 November 2024|website=English.Ajax.nl |publisher=AFC Ajax}}</ref>
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File:Ajax Amsterdam.svg|Crest of Ajax<br>(1991–2025)
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===Colours===
{{Commons}}
Ajax originally played in an all-black strip with a red sash tied around the players' waists, but that strip was soon replaced by a red/white striped shirt and black shorts. Red, black and white are the three colours of the [[flag of Amsterdam]]. Under manager [[Jack Kirwan]], however, the club earned promotion to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 (then the ''Eerste Klasse'' or 'First Class', later named the {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}}), Ajax was forced to change its colours because [[Sparta Rotterdam]] already had exactly the same outfit. Special kits for away fixtures did not exist at the time and according to football association regulations the newcomers had to change their colours if two teams in the same league had identical uniforms. Ajax opted for white shorts and white shirt with a broad, vertical red stripe over chest and back, which remains their colours in the present day.

==Financial==
===AFC Ajax N.V.===
{{Main|AFC Ajax N.V.}}
AFC Ajax is the only Dutch club with an [[initial public offering]] (IPO). The club is registered as a [[Naamloze vennootschap]] (N.V.) listed on the stock exchange [[Euronext Amsterdam]], since 17 May 1998. With a launch price of ƒ25,- (Guilders) the club managed to a bring its total revenue up to €54&nbsp;million (converted) in its first year on the market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/sport/ajax/article1882997.ece |title=God van de handel liet Ajax in de steek |publisher=NRC.nl |access-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125824/http://vorige.nrc.nl/sport/ajax/article1882997.ece |archive-date=2 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> After short-lived success, however, the rate dropped, at one point as low as €3.50. Criticism was brought forth that the legal grid for a naamloze vennootschap would not be suitable for a Football club, and that the sports related ambitions would suffer from the new commercial interests of the now listed Ajax. Shares of the company in the year 2008 were valued at approximately €5.90 per share.<ref>[https://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AJAX.AS#chart2:symbol=ajax.as;range=my;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined AFC Ajax chart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305204434/http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AJAX.AS#chart2:symbol=ajax.as;range=my;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined |date=5 March 2016 }}, Yahoo.com</ref>

In 2008, a Commission under guidance of honorary member Uri Coronel concluded that the [[Initial public offering|IPO]] was of no value to the club, and that measures should be taken to exit the stock exchange by purchasing back all public shares.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823131227/http://www.depers.nl/sport/218320/Ajax-beslist-snel-over-beursnotering.html Ajax beslist nog dit jaar over beursnotering], De Pers, 1 juli 2008</ref> Ajax remain on the stock exchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.AFC_Ajax_NV.46101384cd08980e.html |title=AFC Ajax NV Company Information |publisher=Hoovers |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113519/http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.AFC_Ajax_NV.46101384cd08980e.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sponsorship===
[[File:Basis Elftal Ajax 14Sep2011.jpg|thumb|300px|2011 AFC Ajax team wearing its home kit by adidas with the AEGON sponsor across the chest, ahead of its UEFA Champions League match against Olympique Lyonnais.]]
Ajax's shirts have been [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsored]] by [[TDK]] from 1982 to 1991, and by [[ABN AMRO]] from 1991 to 2008. [[Aegon N.V.|AEGON]] then replaced ABN AMRO as the new head sponsor for a period of seven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=64367 |title=AEGON new head sponsor AFC Ajax |work=Ajax.nl |access-date=17 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019015912/http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154814/contentid%3D64367 |archive-date=19 October 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> On 1 April 2007, Ajax wore a different sponsor for the match against [[Heracles Almelo]], ''Florius''. Florius is a banking programme launched by ABN AMRO who wanted it to be the shirt sponsor for one match.

The shirts have been manufactured by [[Le Coq Sportif]] (1973–1977), [[Puma SE|Puma]] (1977–1979),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/a/ajax/old-ajax-football-shirt-s28894.html |title=Ajax Away football shirt 1976 – 1978 |date=21 June 2012 |publisher=oldfootballshirts.com |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517154036/http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/a/ajax/old-ajax-football-shirt-s28894.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Cor du Buy (1979–1980), Le Coq Sportif (1980–1984),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/a/ajax/old-ajax-football-shirt-s1313.html |title=Ajax Home football shirt 1979 – 1980 |date=21 December 2006 |publisher=oldfootballshirts.com |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517154034/http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/a/ajax/old-ajax-football-shirt-s1313.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kappa (company)|Kappa]] (1985–1989)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/a/ajax/old-ajax-football-shirt-s22371.html |title=Ajax Home football shirt 1985 – 1987 |date=16 February 2011 |publisher=oldfootballshirts.com |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=26 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326031707/http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/a/ajax/old-ajax-football-shirt-s22371.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Umbro]] (1989–2000) in the past, and by [[Adidas]] since 2000 (until at least 2025).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ajax-usa.com/news/2002-2003/contract-with-kit-sponsor-adidas.html | title=Contract with kit sponsor Adidas extended until summer 2009 | work=AJAX-USA.com | access-date=10 December 2006 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614164608/http://www.ajax-usa.com/news/2002-2003/contract-with-kit-sponsor-adidas.html | archive-date=14 June 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/23896_adidas-contract-levert-ajax-70-miljoen-op |title=Adidas-contract levert Ajax 70 miljoen op |publisher=Elf Voetbal |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107152033/http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/23896_adidas-contract-levert-ajax-70-miljoen-op |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the conclusion of the [[2013–14 AFC Ajax season|2013–14 season]], Ajax won the Football shirt of the Year award for its black and rose colored away shirt by Adidas. The annual award was presented by Subside Sports, which had previously given the award to [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], Juventus and the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium national team]]. It was Ajax's first time winning the award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.voetbalshirtvanhetjaar.com/eerdere-winnaars/ |title=Voetbalshirt van het Jaar winnaars |publisher=voetbalshirtvanhetjaar.com |access-date=16 May 2014 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911041138/http://www.voetbalshirtvanhetjaar.com/eerdere-winnaars/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

On 7 November 2014, it was announced that Ajax had agreed to a four-and-a-half-year contract worth €8&nbsp;million annually with Dutch cable operating company [[Ziggo]] as the new shirt sponsor for the club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3784828/2014/11/07/Ziggo-voor-8-miljoen-euro-hoofdsponsor-van-Ajax.dhtml |title=Ziggo voor 8 miljoen euro hoofdsponsor van Ajax |publisher=AD.nl |access-date=7 November 2014 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107145102/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3784828/2014/11/07/Ziggo-voor-8-miljoen-euro-hoofdsponsor-van-Ajax.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Having extended its contract with AEGON for half a season until December, the club featured ''Fonds Gehandicaptensport'', a charitable fund for handicapped sports on its away shirts for a six-month period before transitioning to Ziggo in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3640044/2014/04/23/Fonds-Gehandicaptensport-als-sponsor-op-uitshirt-Ajax.dhtml |title=Fonds Gehandicaptensport als sponsor op uitshirt Ajax |publisher=AD.nl |access-date=7 November 2014 |archive-date=7 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107145221/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3640044/2014/04/23/Fonds-Gehandicaptensport-als-sponsor-op-uitshirt-Ajax.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor
!Sleeve sponsor
!Back sponsor
|-
|1973–1977
|[[Le Coq Sportif]]
|rowspan=4|''None''
| rowspan="12" |''None''
| rowspan="13" |''None''
|-
|1977–1979
|[[Puma SE|Puma]]
|-
|1979–1980
|Cor du Buy
|-
|1980–1982
|rowspan=2|[[Le Coq Sportif]]
|-
|1982–1984
|rowspan=3|[[TDK]]
|-
|1985–1989
|[[Kappa (company)|Kappa]]
|-
|1989–1991
|rowspan=2|[[Umbro]]
|-
|1991–2000
|rowspan=2|[[ABN AMRO]]
|-
|2000–2008
| rowspan="8" |[[Adidas]]
|-
|2008–2014
||[[Aegon N.V.|AEGON]]
|-
|2014
|[[Aegon N.V.|AEGON]] (Home) / Fonds Gehandicaptensport (Away)
|-
|2014–2020
| rowspan="4" |[[Ziggo]]
|-
|2020–2022
| rowspan="3" |[[Curaçao]]
|-
|2022–2023
|[[Ziggo|Ziggo GigaNet]]
|-
|2023–2027
|[[Ziggo Sport]]
|-
|2027–2031
|
|
|
|}

=== Kit deals ===
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2019}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left" 
|-
! Kit supplier !! Period !! Contract<br />announcement !! Contract<br />duration !! Value !! Notes
|-
|style="text-align:center;" | [[Adidas]]
|style="text-align:center;" | 2000–present<ref name=adidas>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/ajax-en-adidas-verlengen-partnership-tot-2025.htm|title=Ajax en adidas verlengen partnership tot 2025|date=13 July 2018|access-date=25 June 2019|work=Ajax|language=nl|archive-date=3 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903000954/https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/ajax-en-adidas-verlengen-partnership-tot-2025.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;" | 13 July 2018<ref name=adidas />
| 1 July 2019 – 30 June 2025<ref name=adidas />
| [[Euro|€]]50 million for six years<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.footballshirtculture.com/Sponsorship/ajax-extends-adidas-kit-deal.html| title = Adidas Extends Ajax Kit Deal until 2025| date = 13 July 2018| access-date = 4 February 2019| archive-date = 7 August 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180807014837/http://www.footballshirtculture.com/Sponsorship/ajax-extends-adidas-kit-deal.html| url-status = live}}</ref> 
|
|-
|}

==Other teams==

===Reserve team===
{{Main|Jong Ajax}}
[[Jong Ajax]] (''formerly more commonly known as Ajax 2'') is the reserve team of AFC Ajax. The team is composed mostly of professional footballers, who are often recent graduates from the highest youth level (Ajax A1) serving their first professional contract as a reserve, or players who are otherwise unable to play in the first team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/10788/Eredivisie/article/detail/3334299/2012/10/19/De-Boer-laat-herstelde-Sulejmani-bij-Jong-Ajax.dhtml |title=De Boer laat 'herstelde' Sulejmani bij Jong Ajax |publisher=Volkskrant |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134631/https://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/10788/Eredivisie/article/detail/3334299/2012/10/19/De-Boer-laat-herstelde-Sulejmani-bij-Jong-Ajax.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Jong Ajax - NEC 6 april 2018.jpg|thumb|231x231px|[[Jong Ajax]] against [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]] in the [[Eerste Divisie|Eerst divisie]] in 2018]]
Since 1992, Jong Ajax has competed in the [[Beloften Eredivisie]], competing against other reserve teams such as [[Jong PSV]], [[FC Groningen|Jong Groningen]] or [[AZ Alkmaar|Jong AZ]]. They have won the Beloften {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} title a record eight times, as well as the [[KNVB Reserve Cup]] three times, making them the most successful reserve squad in the Netherlands. By winning the Beloften Eredivisie title, Jong Ajax was able to qualify for the actual KNVB Cup, even advancing to the semi-finals on three occasions. Its best result in the Dutch Cup was under manager [[Jan Olde Riekerink]] in 2001–02, when a semi-final loss to [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]] in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] after extra time, which saw Utrecht advance, and thus preventing an Ajax–Jong Ajax Dutch Cup final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=575358&sec=europe&root=europe&cc=5739 |title=Dutch KNVB Cup – ESPN Soccernet |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=24 September 2008 |access-date=3 August 2012 |archive-date=5 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905015117/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=575358&sec=europe&root=europe&cc=5739 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 2013–14 season marked the [[Eerste Divisie|Jupiler League]] debut of the Ajax reserves' squad, Jong Ajax.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/jong-ajax-wordt-tegen-telstar-ontgroend-in-eerste-divisie |title=Jong Ajax wordt tegen Telstar ontgroed in Eerste Divisie |publisher=Ajaxlife.nl |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923065538/http://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/jong-ajax-wordt-tegen-telstar-ontgroend-in-eerste-divisie |archive-date=23 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Previously playing in the Beloften Eredivisie (a separate league for reserve teams, not included in the Dutch professional or amateur league structure), players were allowed to move around freely between the reserve team and the first team during the season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5609/Eerste-divisie/article/detail/3446107/2013/05/23/Reserveteams-Ajax-en-Twente-in-Jupiler-League.dhtml |title=Reserveteams Ajax en Twente in Jupiler League |publisher=AD.nl |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210534/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5609/Eerste-divisie/article/detail/3446107/2013/05/23/Reserveteams-Ajax-en-Twente-in-Jupiler-League.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref> This is no longer the case as Jong Ajax now registers and fields a separate squad from that of Ajax first team for the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands. Its home matches are played at Sportpark De Toekomst, except for the occasional match in the Johan Cruyff Arena. Now regarded a semi-professional team in its own respect, the only period in which players are able to move between squads are during the transfer windows, unless the player has made less than 15 appearances for the first team, then he is still eligible to appear in both first team and second team matches during the season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/sport/3492234/jong-psv-vervangt-katwijk-in-eerste-divisie.html |title=Jong PSV vervangt Katwijk in eerste divisie |date=4 June 2013 |publisher=NU.nl |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406121215/https://www.nu.nl/sport/3492234/jong-psv-vervangt-katwijk-in-eerste-divisie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Furthermore, the team is not eligible for promotion to the {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} or to participate in the KNVB Cup. Jong Ajax was joined in the Eerste Divisie by [[Jong FC Twente|Jong Twente]] and Jong PSV, reserve teams who have also moved from the Beloften {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} to the Eerste Divisie, in place of [[VV Katwijk]], [[SC Veendam]] and [[AGOVV Apeldoorn]], increasing the total number of teams in the Jupiler League from 18 to 20.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/514357-ook-jong-psv-naar-jupiler-league.html |title=Ook Jong PSV naar Jupiler League |date=5 June 2013 |publisher=NOS.nl |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611022331/http://nos.nl/artikel/514357-ook-jong-psv-naar-jupiler-league.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ajax reserve squad Jong Ajax left the Beloften Eredivisie in 2013, having held a 21-year tenure in the reserves league, having also won the league title a record eight times (1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vi.nl/Competities/Competitie.htm?viewid=53&dbid=4283&typeofpage=84136 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222182239/http://www.vi.nl/Competities/Competitie.htm?viewid=53&dbid=4283&typeofpage=84136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2013 |title=Beloften Eredivisie Statistics |publisher=Voetbal International |access-date=4 July 2013 }}</ref>

===Women's team===
{{Main|AFC Ajax (women)}}
[[AFC Ajax (women)|Ajax Vrouwen]] (''English: Ajax Women'') is the women's team of Ajax, competing in the [[Eredivisie (women)|women's eredivisie]], the highest level of women's football in the Netherlands. Founded on 18 May 2012, the women's team saw Ajax attracting many of the Netherlands top talents, with International players such as [[Anouk Hoogendijk]], [[Daphne Koster]] and [[Petra Hogewoning]] joining the Amsterdam club in its maiden season in women's professional football.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFC Ajax (vrouwen)|url=http://nl.women.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/afc-ajax/|publisher=Soccerway (Women soccer)|access-date=27 June 2012|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115303/http://nl.women.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/afc-ajax/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team won its first piece of silverware when they defeated [[PSV/FC Eindhoven]] 2–1 in the final of the [[KNVB Women's Cup]].

===Amateur team===
{{Main|AFC Ajax (amateurs)}}
[[AFC Ajax (amateurs)|Ajax Amateurs]], better known as '''Ajax Zaterdag''', is a Dutch amateur football club founded 18 March 1900. It is the amateur team of the professional club AFC Ajax, playing its home matches at the [[Sportpark De Toekomst]] training grounds to a capacity of 5,000. The team was promoted from the [[Eerste Klasse]] to the [[Hoofdklasse]] ahead of the 2011–12 season, the league in which it is currently competing. The team has won the Eerste Klasse title twice, as well as the *[[KNVB District Cup|KNVB District Cup West I]] on two occasions as well.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/bijzaken-en-geruchten/71947/ajax-zaterdag-in-eigen-kleedkamer.html |title = Ajax Zaterdag in eigen Kleedkamer |publisher = ajax Showtime |access-date = 3 August 2013 |archive-date = 28 July 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130728041431/http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/bijzaken-en-geruchten/71947/ajax-zaterdag-in-eigen-kleedkamer.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Furthermore, Ajax Zaterdag has also managed to qualify for the KNVB Cup on its own accord on three occasions, namely in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2021. They even advanced to the second round, before bowing out to [[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse]] on 24 September 2008.

==Other sports==

===Baseball===
{{Main|Ajax HVA}}
[[Ajax HVA]] (1922–1972) was the [[baseball]] team of Ajax founded in 1922, and competed as founding members of the [[Honkbal Hoofdklasse]], the top flight of professional baseball in the Netherlands.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} Ajax won the national baseball title a total of four times (1924, 1928, 1942, 1948) before the club opted to no longer field a baseball team, and to focus solely on football in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?%2Fnl%2Fitems%2FANP01%3A12987290 |title=Amsterdam Honkbal: Ajax-HVA |publisher=ANP Historisch Archief |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713202405/http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?%2Fnl%2Fitems%2FANP01%3A12987290 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ajax spent a total of 50 years at the top flight of Baseball in the Netherlands from 1922 to 1972. The dissolution of Ajax baseball club resulted in the players finding a new sponsor in a [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]] manufacturing company called Luycks, while merging with the Diemen Giants to become the Luycks Giants, thus replacing both former clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/world/europe/20iht-journal.4.13062575.html?_r=0 |title=Dutch get a kick out of baseball, too |newspaper=NY Times |date=20 May 2008 |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113094106/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/world/europe/20iht-journal.4.13062575.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |last1=Tagliabue |first1=John }}</ref>

===Esports===
{{Main|AFC Ajax eSports}}
In 2016, Ajax launched an esports team, with Koen Weijland as the club's first signing, making its debut on the Global stage of [[Video game|professional gaming]]. They have since signed the likes of Dani Hagebeuk, Lev Vinken, Joey Calabro and Bob van Uden, the latter spent his first season on loan to the esports team of Japanese club [[Sagan Tosu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/ajax-versterkt-esports-team-met-amerikaanse-wereldtopper.htm |title=Ajax versterkt eSports team met Amerikaanse wereldtopper |publisher=Ajax.nl |access-date=3 May 2018 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504011400/https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/ajax-versterkt-esports-team-met-amerikaanse-wereldtopper.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1337.games/2017/09/wederom-nieuwe-partner-voor-ajax-esports/ |title=Wederom nieuwe partner voor Ajax eSports |date=28 September 2017 |publisher=1337.games |access-date=3 May 2018 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504012408/http://www.1337.games/2017/09/wederom-nieuwe-partner-voor-ajax-esports/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gosugamers.net/hearthstone/news/41430-afc-ajax-sign-dutch-fifa-pro-enter-esports |title=AFC Ajax sign Dutch FIFA pro, enter eSports |date=23 September 2016 |publisher=GOSU Hearthstone |access-date=3 May 2018 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504090330/https://www.gosugamers.net/hearthstone/news/41430-afc-ajax-sign-dutch-fifa-pro-enter-esports |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Affiliated clubs==
{{Main|List of AFC Ajax affiliated clubs}}
The following clubs are currently affiliated with AFC Ajax:
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Almere City FC|Almere City]] (2005–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=41719 |title=Ajax gaat technische samenwerking aan met FC Omniworld |language=nl |work=Ajax.nl |access-date=23 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313144531/http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154417/contentid%3D41719 |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (2007–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soccernews.nl/news/29882/Ajax_en_Barcelona_gaan_samenwerken | title=Ajax en Barcelona gaan samenwerken | language=nl | work=Soccernews.nl | date=2 June 2007 | access-date=1 May 2013 | archive-date=19 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119004941/http://www.soccernews.nl/news/29882/Ajax_en_Barcelona_gaan_samenwerken | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.voetbalcentraal.nl/nieuws/13792/ajax-en-fc-barcelona-gaan-samenwerken | title=Ajax en FC Barcelona gaan samenwerken | language=nl | work=Voetbalcentraal.nl | access-date=1 May 2013 | archive-date=15 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122949/http://www.voetbalcentraal.nl/nieuws/13792/ajax-en-fc-barcelona-gaan-samenwerken | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] (2007–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soccernews.nl/news/38466/Komst_Jonathas_en_Anderson_startpunt_van_samenwerking_met_Cruzeiro___ | title=Komst Jonathas en Anderson startpunt van samenwerking met Cruzeiro | language=nl | work=Soccernews.nl | date=14 December 2007 | access-date=30 April 2013 | archive-date=19 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119012950/http://www.soccernews.nl/news/38466/Komst_Jonathas_en_Anderson_startpunt_van_samenwerking_met_Cruzeiro___ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] (2007–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=65019 | title=Ajax proud of unique collaboration | work=Ajax.nl | access-date=24 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714081153/http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=65019 | archive-date=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] (2010–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goal.com/nl/news/759/ajax/2010/01/10/1736527/palmeiras-zoveel-mogelijk-uitwisselen-met-ajax | title=Palmeiras: "Zoveel mogelijk uitwisselen met Ajax" | language=nl | work=Goal.com | access-date=2 May 2013 | archive-date=1 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901180523/https://www.goal.com/nl/news/759/ajax/2010/01/10/1736527/palmeiras-zoveel-mogelijk-uitwisselen-met-ajax | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[AS Trenčín]] (2012–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ajax1.nl/archief/as-trencin-gaat-definitief-samenwerken-met-ajax/#more-38308 | title=AS Trenčín gaat definitief samenwerken met Ajax | language=nl | work=Ajax1.nl | date=7 December 2012 | access-date=9 December 2012 | archive-date=18 June 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618025833/http://ajax1.nl/archief/as-trencin-gaat-definitief-samenwerken-met-ajax/#more-38308 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[Guangzhou R&F F.C.|Guangzhou R&F]] (2017–present)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/11/27/ajax-announce-5-year-partnership-chinese-super-league-club-guangzhou-rf | title=Ajax Announce 5-Year Partnership With Chinese Super League Club Guangzhou R&F | magazine=Sports Illustrated | access-date=27 November 2017 | archive-date=27 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727202542/https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/11/27/ajax-announce-5-year-partnership-chinese-super-league-club-guangzhou-rf | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Sagan Tosu]] (2018–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ajaxshowtime.com/article/hoofdnieuws/110145/ajax-gaat-samenwerken-met-sagan-tosu | title=Ajax gaat samenwerken met Sagan Tosu | work=Ajax Showtime | date=25 January 2018 | access-date=26 January 2018 | archive-date=23 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033826/http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/article/hoofdnieuws/110145/ajax-gaat-samenwerken-met-sagan-tosu | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Sharjah FC]] (2020–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/ajax-gaat-samenwerken-met-club-uit-de-emiraten~af4df99d/|title=Ajax gaat samenwerken met club uit de Emiraten|work=AD.nl|accessdate=6 January 2020|language=nl|archive-date=6 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106094400/https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/ajax-gaat-samenwerken-met-club-uit-de-emiraten~af4df99d/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Sydney FC]] (2018–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sydneyfc.com/news/sydney-fc-sign-historic-partnership-ajax | title=Sydney FC sign historic partnership with Ajax | language=en | work=sydneyfc.com | date=3 April 2018 | access-date=23 August 2018 | archive-date=14 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514172350/https://www.sydneyfc.com/news/sydney-fc-sign-historic-partnership-ajax | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sparta Rotterdam]] (2019–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/ajax-investeert-in-jeugdopleiding-sparta~ac0e7d99/ | title=Ajax investeert in jeugdopleiding Sparta | work=AD.nl | access-date=20 March 2019 | archive-date=17 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617105928/https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/ajax-investeert-in-jeugdopleiding-sparta~ac0e7d99/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} ''Various HETT-clubs (See [[List of AFC Ajax affiliated clubs#Various HETT-clubs|main article]])''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajax.nl/Sitewide-Tabs/Verenigingssite/Nieuws/Nieuwsarchief/Artikel-Vereniging/190165/Ajax-deelt-kennis-met-HETTclubs.htm |title=Ajax deelt kennis met HETTclubs |language=nl |work=Ajax.nl |access-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213104232/http://www.ajax.nl/Sitewide-Tabs/Verenigingssite/Nieuws/Nieuwsarchief/Artikel-Vereniging/190165/Ajax-deelt-kennis-met-HETTclubs.htm |archive-date=13 December 2013 }}</ref>
The following clubs were affiliated with AFC Ajax in the past:
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Beerschot A.C.|Germinal Beerschot]] (1999–2003)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ajax.nl/Nieuws/Nieuwsarchief/Nieuws-artikel/Ajax-en-GBA-bekrachtigen-overdracht.htm | title=Ajax en GBA bekrachtigen overdracht | language=nl | work=Ajax.nl | access-date=23 June 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313144539/http://www.ajax.nl/Nieuws/Nieuwsarchief/Nieuws-artikel/Ajax-en-GBA-bekrachtigen-overdracht.htm | archive-date=13 March 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Ashanti Gold SC|Ashanti Goldfields]] (1999–2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=27266 |title=Ajax zet financiële participatie in Ashanti Goldfields om in technische samenwerking |language=nl |work=Ajax.nl |access-date=23 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313144559/http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154417/contentid%3D27266 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Ajax Orlando Prospects]] (2003–2007)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2004/04/30/ajax-open-sunday/ | title=Ajax Open Sunday | work=Orlando Sentinel | date=30 April 2004 | access-date=30 April 2004 | archive-date=19 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119005234/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2004-04-30/sports/0404300310_1_ajax-stetson-ucf-softball | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[HFC Haarlem]] (2006–2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=46157 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530164841/http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=46157 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2012 |title=Edmond Claus belichaamt samenwerking Ajax en Haarlem |language=nl |work=Ajax.nl |date=7 March 2006 |access-date=2 May 2013 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[FC Volendam|Volendam]] (2007–2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://verusx.net/2007/07/14/ajax-tekent-convenant-met-fc-volendam/ |title=Ajax tekende het convenant met FC Volendam op 13 juli 2007 |language=nl |work=Verus X |date=14 July 2007 |access-date=2 May 2013 |archive-date=30 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530164826/http://verusx.net/2007/07/14/ajax-tekent-convenant-met-fc-volendam/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Cape Town Spurs F.C.|Ajax Cape Town]] (1999–2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=15092 |title=Ajax Cape Town primeur in professionele sportwereld |language=nl |work=Ajax.nl |access-date=23 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313144518/http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154417/contentid%3D15092 |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/ajax-amsterdam-explains-decision-to-end-ajax-cape-town-partnership/686326|title=AFC Ajax explains decision to end Ajax Cape Town partnership|work=kickoff.com|date=28 September 2020|access-date=1 October 2020|archive-date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906112114/http://www.kickoff.com/news/35388/comitis-brothers-sell-shares-in-ajax-cape-town-after-feud-with-efstathiou-family|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Rivalries==
''As one of the traditional [[Big Three (Netherlands)|big three clubs]] in the Netherlands, Ajax have amassed a number of intense rivalries over the years. Listed below are the most significant of the rivalries involving Ajax.''

===Rivalry with Feyenoord===
{{Main|De Klassieker}}
[[Feyenoord]] from [[Rotterdam]] is Ajax's archrival. Every year both clubs play the ''[[De Klassieker]]'' ("The Classic"), a match between the teams from the two largest cities of the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vi.nl/dossier/alles-over-de-klassieker-ajax-dompelt-feyenoord-in-rouw.htm |title=Alles over De Klassieker: Ajax dompelt Feyenoord in rouw |publisher=Voetbal International |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=16 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916154013/http://www.vi.nl/dossier/alles-over-de-klassieker-ajax-dompelt-feyenoord-in-rouw.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Till the 1973/74-season, Ajax and Feyenoord were the only two clubs in the Netherlands who were able to clinch national titles, as well as achieve continental and even global success. From the 1974/75-season on, PSV (Eindhoven) and AZ (Alkmaar) too, competed with Ajax and Feyenoord.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elenganche.es/2013/08/de-klassieker-ajax-feyenoord-y-el-orgullo-%E2%80%98oranje%E2%80%99.html |title=De Klassieker: Ajax-Feyenoord y el orgullo 'oranje' |publisher=El Enganche |access-date=2 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130902173311/http://www.elenganche.es/2013/08/de-klassieker-ajax-feyenoord-y-el-orgullo-%E2%80%98oranje%E2%80%99.html |archive-date=2 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> A meeting between the two clubs became the measure for who was truly the best club in the Netherlands. The ''Klassieker'' is the most famous of all the rivalries in the Netherlands and the matches are always sold out.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2013-08-19/ajax-feyenoord-klassiekste-niet-klassieker-in-lange-reeks-klassiekers/ |title=Ajax – Feyenoord 'klassiekste niet-Klassieker in lange reeks Klassiekers' |date=19 August 2013 |publisher=HP.nl |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=22 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822130351/http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2013-08-19/ajax-feyenoord-klassiekste-niet-klassieker-in-lange-reeks-klassiekers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The fixture is seen in the public eye as "the graceful and elegant football of Ajax, against the indomitable fighting spirit of Feyenoord"; the confidence of the capital city versus the blue collar mentality of Rotterdam.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/sport/772781-1308/feyenoord-en-ajax-is-haat |title=Feyenoord en Ajax is haat |publisher=BNR.nl |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818024459/http://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/sport/772781-1308/feyenoord-en-ajax-is-haat |url-status=live }}</ref> Matches are known for their tension and violence, both on and off the pitch. Over the years, several violent incidents have taken place involving rival supporters, leading to the current prohibition of away supporters in both stadiums.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/7135955/Feyenoords-latest-clash-with-Ajax-peaceful-thanks-to-absent-friends.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/7135955/Feyenoords-latest-clash-with-Ajax-peaceful-thanks-to-absent-friends.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Feyenoord's latest clash with Ajax peaceful thanks to absent 'friends' |newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2 September 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The lowest point was reached on 23 March 1997, when supporters of both clubs met on a field near [[Beverwijk]], where Ajax-supporter Carlo Picornie was fatally injured, the incident is commonly referred to as the "[[Battle of Beverwijk]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5619/Feyenoord/article/detail/2118764/2008/03/20/Stervend-in-de-modder.dhtml |title=Stervend in de modder |publisher=AD.nl |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128050713/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5619/Feyenoord/article/detail/2118764/2008/03/20/Stervend-in-de-modder.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rivalry with PSV===
{{Main|AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry}}
[[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] is also a rival of Ajax, but in terms of tension and rivalry, these matches are not as loaded as the duels with Feyenoord. The rivalry has existed for some time with PSV and stems from various causes, such as the different interpretations of whether current national and international successes of both clubs correlates and the supposed opposition between the [[Randstad]] and the province. The matches between these two teams is commonly referred to as "De Topper" ("The Topper"), and involves the two most trophy-laden sides in Dutch football and is essentially a clash of two competing schools of thought in Dutch football. Historically, PSV compete with a workmanlike ethic, preferring a more robust 4–3–1–2 or 4–2–3–1, typically shunning the frivolous 4–3–3 approach favoured in Amsterdam. While [[Rinus Michels]] and [[Johan Cruyff]] helped to innovate [[Total Football]] in the sixties and seventies, a different philosophy was honed in [[Eindhoven]] by [[Kees Rijvers]] and [[Guus Hiddink]] in the late 1970s and '80s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ajax-psv-philosophical-rivalry-dominates-dutch-mindset#2rZB5iOBKmfBu5ym.99 |title=Ajax-PSV: a philosophical rivalry that dominates the Dutch mindset |date=30 November 2012 |publisher=Fourfourtwo.com |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125029/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ajax-psv-philosophical-rivalry-dominates-dutch-mindset#2rZB5iOBKmfBu5ym.99 |url-status=live }}</ref> This in turn has created one of the more philosophical rivalries in football, an ideological battleground, which is gradually becoming as heated and intense as the matches Ajax and Feyenoord partake in.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/alles-over-de-topper-in-de-eredivisie-tussen-ajax-en-psv.htm |title=Alles over de topper in de Eredivisie tussen Ajax en PSV |date=25 March 2012 |publisher=Voetbal International |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195317/http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/alles-over-de-topper-in-de-eredivisie-tussen-ajax-en-psv.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Rivalry with AZ ===
A more recent rivalry has developed with [[AZ Alkmaar|AZ]] from nearby [[Alkmaar]]. Since both Ajax and AZ are situated in [[North Holland]] province, the fixture is often referred to as "De Noord-Hollandse derby" ("The North Holland derby"). Although the clubs first met in the 1960s, the rivalry intensified when AZ won the Dutch championship in 2009. The derby has since become a key clash in the Dutch football season, often with high stakes and impact on the league.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-01-30 |title=Rivaliteit leeft bij AZ: 'Tegen Ajax is het altijd heet' |url=https://www.vi.nl/pro/rivaliteit-leeft-bij-az-tegen-ajax-is-het-altijd-heet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316114100/https://www.vi.nl/pro/rivaliteit-leeft-bij-az-tegen-ajax-is-het-altijd-heet |archive-date=16 March 2025 |access-date=2025-07-11 |work=Voetbal International |language=nl-NL |url-status=live }}</ref> Although many Ajax supporters regard AZ as their "little brother", it remains a competitive and emotionally charged fixture.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2013 |title=Ajax is de buurman, rivaliteit is groot, het betekent iets voor de mensen |url=http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=193936 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813011425/http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=193936 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |access-date=2 September 2013 |publisher=Voetbalzone.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Noord-Hollandse derby makkelijke prooi Ajax |url=https://www.goal.com/nl/match/46410/afc-ajax-vs-az/report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701084715/http://www.goal.com/nl/match/46410/afc-ajax-vs-az/report |archive-date=1 July 2018 |access-date=2 September 2013 |publisher=Goal.com}}</ref> The supporters have clashed several times since 2009. In December 2024, for example, Ajax supporters attacked an AZ pub in Alkmaar during a derby match.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2011-12-21 |title=Ajax-AZ gestaakt na bizar incident |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/324405-ajax-az-gestaakt-na-bizar-incident |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref> A notable incident occurred on 21 December 2011 during a KNVB Cup match. An Ajax supporter ran onto the pitch and attacked AZ goalkeeper [[Esteban Alvarado]], who defended himself by kicking the pitch invader twice and received a straight red card from referee Bas Nijhuis. AZ coach [[Gertjan Verbeek]] took his players off the pitch in protest, following which the match was definitively abandoned.<ref name="auto"/> The sides furthermore compete for staff and youth prospects in the North Holland region. When technical director [[Martin van Geel]] left AZ for Ajax in 2006, AZ director {{Interlanguage link multi|Dirk Scheringa|nl}} banned him from the club's stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2006 |title=Van Geel persona non grata in Alkmaar |url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/van-geel-persona-non-grata-in-alkmaar |website=Voetbal International}}</ref>

===Rivalries with other clubs===
{{main|Amsterdam derby}}
Ajax have several other rivalries, although in most cases the sentiment is mostly felt by the opposition and is more directed towards Ajax, with one of them being [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.voetbalcentraal.nl/nieuws/56261/rivaliteit-tussen-fans-ajax-en-fc-utrecht-opvallend |title=Rivaliteit tussen fans Ajax en FC Utrecht opvallend |publisher=Voetbalzone.nl |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224542/http://www.voetbalcentraal.nl/nieuws/56261/rivaliteit-tussen-fans-ajax-en-fc-utrecht-opvallend |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the rivalry is more felt on the Utrecht side than with Ajax, matchups between the two sides are often quite intense.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/sport/988786-1209/zo-n-rivaliteit-moeilijk-te-begrijpen |title=Zulke rivaliteit moeilijk te begrijpen |publisher=BNR.nl |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=18 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718103425/http://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/sport/988786-1209/zo-n-rivaliteit-moeilijk-te-begrijpen |url-status=live }}</ref> Both teams have fanatic supporters, and clashes off the pitch are more often the rule than the exception. The same goes for [[ADO Den Haag]], with both supporter groups often getting in conflicts, when ADO-Hooligans set fire to the supporters home of Ajax, and Ajax hooligans subsequently broke into the supporters home of ADO, tensions between the two clubs rose. In 2006, supporters from both clubs were banned from attending away matches for five years due to frequent violent outbreaks and clashes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/820449/2006/04/25/Poging-brandstichting-supportershome-Ajax.dhtml |title=Poging brandstichting supportershome Ajax |publisher=Volkskrant |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135404/http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/820449/2006/04/25/Poging-brandstichting-supportershome-Ajax.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

Further teams who share a rivalry with Ajax include [[FC Twente|Twente]], [[Vitesse Arnhem|Vitesse]] and [[FC Groningen|Groningen]]. Past rivalries include local [[Amsterdam derby|Amsterdam derbies]] between Ajax and clubs such as [[Blauw-Wit Amsterdam|Blauw-Wit]], [[AFC DWS|DWS]] and [[De Volewijckers]] (which later merged to become [[FC Amsterdam]] in 1972).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/424276/1996/03/30/Blauw-Wit-de-club-van-het-Stadion-kwam-zag-en-verdween.dhtml |title=Blauw Wit, de club van het Stadion, kwam, zag en verdween |publisher=Volkskrant |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185903/http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/424276/1996/03/30/Blauw-Wit-de-club-van-het-Stadion-kwam-zag-en-verdween.dhtml |url-status=live}}</ref> However, the tension between the local sides lessened as the division of the clubs through playing in different leagues over time became greater. Years of not competing in the same league resulted in less frequent match-ups, until tensions finally settled between the Amsterdam clubs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vi.nl/webshop/product/sporen-van-ajax.htm |title=Sporen van Ajax |publisher=Voetbal International |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193752/http://www.vi.nl/webshop/product/sporen-van-ajax.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The last Amsterdam derby to take place in an official league match was when Ajax defeated FC Amsterdam 5–1 on 19 March 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/923-Europe/6986-dutch-derby-days |title=Dutch derby days |publisher=When Saturday Comes |access-date=2 September 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185215/http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/923-Europe/6986-dutch-derby-days |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Supporters==
{{Main|A.F.C.A (hooligans)|F-side|North Up Alliance|South Crew|VAK410}}
[[File:Amsterdam ArenA 15-09-2012 02.jpg|thumb|350px|Ajax supporters]]
Ajax is known for having fanatic core supporter-groups, of which [[F-side|F-Side]] and [[VAK410]] are the most famous. The F-Side was founded on 3 October 1976, and is situated right behind the goal in the [[Johan Cruyff Arena]], on the southern end of the stadium in rows 125–129. Its name is derived from the group's former location on the F-side of the old [[De Meer Stadion]].<ref name="ff">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUtZieCU2_g| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101104653/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUtZieCU2_g| archive-date=2011-01-01|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> The F-side supporters are responsible for a big part of the atmosphere in the stadium, and are also known for rioting during and after matches. If in any match Ajax should win the coin toss, the second half of the match Ajax always play towards the south-end of the stadium.<ref name="fg">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XKZuLqnxK0| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612022604/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XKZuLqnxK0| archive-date=2014-06-12|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> VAK410 (English: Row 410) was founded in 2001 and is situated in the Zuidhoek (''South corner'') of the stadium on the upper ring in rows 424–425. The group was originally situated on the North-West side of the stadium in row 410, from where it derives its name, until relocating to their current place in the stands in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/minuutje-actiebeeld-van-zuid-en-vak410|title=Minuutje actiebeeld van Zuid en Vak410|publisher=Ajaxlife|access-date=3 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907044356/http://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/minuutje-actiebeeld-van-zuid-en-vak410|archive-date=7 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Members of VAK410 are known to perform various stunts, which include massive banners, to enhance the atmosphere in the stadium. Neither F-Side or VAK410 have seats in their sections of the stadium, and both groups stand for the duration of the match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/hoofdnieuws/69159/pieloor-trommels-horen-niet-bij-f-side-.html|title=Pieloor: 'Trommels horen niet bij F-side'|publisher=Ajax Showtime|access-date=3 September 2013|archive-date=25 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525071705/http://www.ajaxshowtime.com/hoofdnieuws/69159/pieloor-trommels-horen-niet-bij-f-side-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Through the official ''Football Top 20'' of Dutch sports research group ''SPORT+MARKT'', it was revealed in 2010 that Ajax had approximately 7.1&nbsp;million supporters throughout Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playthegame.org/uploads/media/20100909_SPORT_MARKT_Football_Top_20_2010_Abstract_Press.pdf|title=SPORT+MARKT Football Top 20|publisher=Play The Game|access-date=3 September 2013|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207115708/http://www.playthegame.org/uploads/media/20100909_SPORT_MARKT_Football_Top_20_2010_Abstract_Press.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This is significantly more than rivals Feyenoord and PSV (each 1.6 and 1.3 million, respectively), which puts Ajax as the club with the 15th-most supporters across Europe. The study also revealed that approximately 39% of the Netherlands were Ajax supporters.<ref>[http://www.sportundmarkt.com/fileadmin/Mailing/PK_Football_Top_20_2010/20100909_SPORT_MARKT_Football_Top_20_2010_Abstract_Press.pdf Ajax wint nog meer fans, Barça populairste club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403084318/http://www.sportundmarkt.com/fileadmin/Mailing/PK_Football_Top_20_2010/20100909_SPORT_MARKT_Football_Top_20_2010_Abstract_Press.pdf |date=3 April 2012 }}</ref> Not only does Ajax have many supporters, but several fans attend their matches in European competition, with an average attendance of 48,677 spectators for every international match Ajax played, putting the team at 12th place in Europe for highest attendance, ahead of high-profile clubs such as Milan and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. It is noteworthy that not all stadiums share the capacity of the Johan Cruyff Arena.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=159601|title=Ajax en Feyenoord best bezochte Nederlandse clubs in Europa|date=22 February 2012|publisher=Voetbalzone.nl|access-date=22 February 2012|archive-date=24 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224041923/http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=159601|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Supporters clubs===
{{Main|AFCA Supportersclub|Ajax Business Associates|Supportersvereniging Ajax}}
[[File:AFC Ajax kampioen 2010-2011.jpg|thumb|265px|Ajax supporters celebrating the club's 30th Dutch national championship in 2011]]
The [[Supportersvereniging Ajax|Supporters Club Ajax]] ({{langx|nl|Supportersvereniging Ajax}}) is officially the largest supporters club in the Netherlands with 94,000 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.inyourpocket.com/Netherlands/Amsterdam/Ajax:-the-most-loved-and-loathed-club-in-Holland_72693f |title=Ajax: the most loved and loathed club in Holland |publisher=In Your Pocket |access-date=7 September 2013 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193203/http://www.inyourpocket.com/Netherlands/Amsterdam/Ajax:-the-most-loved-and-loathed-club-in-Holland_72693f |url-status=live }}</ref> Founded on 7 May 1992, the supporters club organize big monthly events throughout the Netherlands, and particularly around the official Ajax Open Training Day, which attracts thousands of supporters each year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtvnh.nl/sport/112511/Zonnige+open+dag+bij+Ajax|title=Zonnige open dag bij Ajax|publisher=RTV Noord Holland|access-date=3 September 2013|archive-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731005906/http://www.rtvnh.nl/sport/112511/Zonnige+open+dag+bij+Ajax|url-status=live}}</ref> Furthermore, the supporters group is responsible for the [[Ajax Life]] website, as well as the [[fanzine]] which is issued 20 times a year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajax.nl/de-club/ajax-life/ajax-life.htm|title=Ajaxlife: Eens Ajacied, Altijd Ajacied|publisher=Ajax.nl|access-date=3 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728144157/https://www.ajax.nl/De-Club/Ajax-Life/Ajax-Life.htm|archive-date=28 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2006, the [[AFCA Supportersclub]] was introduced as the club's second official supporters' association, through the merger of the Onafhankelijke Fanclub Ajax (OFA) and the Ajax Supporters Delegatie (ASD).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ajax feliciteert de AFCA Supportersclub |url=http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/173535/Ajax-feliciteert-de-AFCA-Supportersclub.htm |publisher=Ajax.nl |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328000131/http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/173535/Ajax-feliciteert-de-AFCA-Supportersclub.htm |archive-date=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The AFCA Supportersclub has a reported 42,000 members, as well as a former member on the Board of Administration of Ajax, in Ronald Pieloor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oldenhof en ex-F-sider Pieloor in bestuursraad Ajax |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3228541/2012/03/20/Oldenhof-en-ex-F-sider-Pieloor-in-bestuursraad-Ajax.dhtml |publisher=AD.nl |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-date=27 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327204128/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/3228541/2012/03/20/Oldenhof-en-ex-F-sider-Pieloor-in-bestuursraad-Ajax.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

The third official supporters club is the [[Ajax Business Associates]] (ABA). Founded in 1991 the ABA is the Business club of Ajax. Members occupy the skyboxes in the Stadium and can make use of the clubs' amenities and luxury suites including the ABA club and lounge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hoe het werkt : Amsterdam ArenA|url=http://www.amsterdamarena.nl/Stadion-omgeving/Beschikbare-certificaten/Hoe-het-werkt.htm|publisher=AmsterdamArenA.nl|access-date=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142050/http://www.amsterdamarena.nl/Stadion-omgeving/Beschikbare-certificaten/Hoe-het-werkt.htm|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ABA is also responsible for hosting the annual [[Ajax Business Golf Trophy]], an amateur golf tournament where several active and former Ajax players, as well as prominent people and members of the ABA, participate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mooie 1e editie Ajax Business Golf Trophy|url=https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/mooie-1e-editie-ajax-business-golf-trophy.htm|publisher=AFC Ajax|date=3 May 2016|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712144553/https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/mooie-1e-editie-ajax-business-golf-trophy.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Average attendance===
This graph displays the average attendance for home matches of Ajax from 1988 to 2018, whereby the difference in capacity of the De Meer Stadion and the Johan Cruyff Arena (opened in 1996) is clearly visible.
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===Mascot===
* [[Lucky Lynx]], is the official team mascot.<ref name="lucky bio">"[http://www.ajax.nl/Sitewide-Tabs/Kids-Club/Lucky.htm Lucky Lynx Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615182637/http://www.ajax.nl/Sitewide-Tabs/Kids-Club/Lucky.htm |date=15 June 2013 }}", Ajax.nl, accessed 7 August 2013.</ref> (2000–present)

==Jewish connection==
[[File:Ajaxingalgenwaard.JPG|thumb|Supporters with [[Flag of Israel|Israeli flags]] in 2008]]

Historically, Ajax was popularly seen as having "Jewish roots". While it had fewer Jewish players than [[WV-HEDW]], Ajax has had a Jewish image since the 1930s when the home stadium was located next to a Jewish neighbourhood of [[Amsterdam-Oost]] and opponents saw many supporters walking through the Nieuwmarkt/Waterloopleinbuurt (de Jodenhoek—the "Jews' corner") to get to the stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2006/12/09/ajax-en-de-joden.aspx |title=de alternatieve bron voor sportnieuws |publisher=Sportgeschiedenis.nl |access-date=2 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311033954/http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2006/12/09/ajax-en-de-joden.aspx |archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> The city of Amsterdam was historically referred to as a [[Mokum]] city,{{citation needed |date=March 2024}} Mokum (מקום) being the [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] word for "place" or "safe haven",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/dictionary/m |work=Yiddish Dictionary Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713202443/http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/dictionary/m |archive-date=13 July 2015 |title=M }}</ref> though 75% of the Jewish citizens were killed during the [[Holocaust]].<ref name=jblo>{{cite journal |author=JCH Blom |title=The Persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands: A Comparative Western European Perspective |doi=10.1177/026569148901900302 |journal=[[European History Quarterly]] |date=July 1989 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=333–351|hdl=20.500.11755/1ab16853-ae62-4a30-a677-0e0d31c6f9f5 |s2cid=143977907 |url=https://pure.knaw.nl/ws/files/640230/14275.pdf }}.</ref> As [[anti-Semitic]] chants and name calling developed and intensified at the old [[De Meer Stadion]] from frustrated supporters of opposing clubs, Ajax fans (few of whom are Jewish)<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/world/europe/a-dutch-soccer-riddle-jewish-regalia-without-jews.html|title=A Dutch Soccer Riddle: Jewish Regalia Without Jews|first=Craig S.|last=Smith |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 March 2005 |access-date=2 February 2023 }}</ref> responded by embracing Ajax's "Jewish" identity: calling themselves "super Jews", chanting "Jews, Jews" ("Joden, Joden") at games, and adopting Jewish symbols such as the [[Star of David]] and the [[Israeli flag]], similar to what supporters of the English [[Premier League]] club [[Tottenham Hotspur]] did with the term "[[yid]]"<ref name="nyt" /><ref name="understanding">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i21W_KN_iUMC&dq=ajax%20jews&pg=PA196 |title=Understanding football hooliganism: A Comparison of Six Western European Clubs |first=Ramon |last=Spaaij |year=2006 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=9789056294458 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why are Ajax and Spurs fans so connected to Jewish symbolism?|date=30 April 2019|website=nss-sports.com|url=https://www.nss-sports.com/en/lifestyle/18438/super-jews-yid-army-ajax-tottenham|access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref>

This Jewish imagery eventually became a central part of Ajax fans' culture.<ref name="understanding" /> At one point, ringtones of "[[Hava Nagila]]", a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] [[folk song]], could be downloaded from the club's official website.<ref name="nyt" /> Beginning in the 1980s, fans of Ajax's rivals escalated their anti-Semitic rhetoric, chanting slogans like "[[Hamas]], Hamas/Jews to the [[Gas chamber|gas]]" ("Hamas, hamas, joden aan het gas"), hissing to imitate the flow of gas, giving [[Nazi salute]]s, and other things.<ref name="nyt" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Ajax and the Jewish Issue |url=http://www.ajax-usa.com/desk/ajax-and-the-jewish-issue.html |website=ajax-usa.com |access-date=20 May 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113235308/http://www.ajax-usa.com/desk/ajax-and-the-jewish-issue.html |archive-date=13 January 2007 }}</ref> The eventual result was that many genuinely Jewish Ajax fans stopped going to games.<ref name="nyt" />

In the 2000s, the club began trying to persuade fans to drop its Jewish image.<ref name="nyt2">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/world/europe/a-dutch-soccer-riddle-jewish-regalia-without-jews.html?pagewanted=2 | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Amsterdam Journal; A Dutch Soccer Riddle: Jewish Regalia Without Jews | first=Craig S. | last=Smith | date=28 March 2005 | access-date=23 April 2010 | archive-date=27 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727130041/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/world/europe/a-dutch-soccer-riddle-jewish-regalia-without-jews.html?pagewanted=2 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, a documentary titled ''[[Superjews]]'' was released by [[Omroep NTR|NTR]] and Viewpoint Productions which premiered at the [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]] (IDFA). The film was directed by Nirit Peled, an Israeli living in Amsterdam, and an independent film maker who offers a very personal view into the game, the lore of Ajax and its relation to [[Judaism]] from both the supporters as well as from a Jewish perspective.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idfa.nl/industry/daily/2013/interviews/nirit-peled-discusses-superjews.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122118/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/daily/2013/interviews/nirit-peled-discusses-superjews.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2014|title=Interview: Superjews|publisher=IDFA.nl|access-date=16 January 2014}}</ref>

Before and after a UEFA Europa League game between [[Israel]]i team [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] and Ajax on 7 November 2024 in the Johan Cruyff Arena, tensions surrounding the [[Gaza war]] [[November 2024 Amsterdam riots|erupted into violence]].<ref>
Relatively neutral news coverage includes:
* {{Cite news |last=Sampson |first=Eve |date=8 Nov 2024 |others=Claire Moses contributed reporting. |title=What to Know About the Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/world/europe/amsterdam-israel-soccer-fans-attacks.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=The New York Times }}
* {{Cite news |last1=Buckingham |first1=Philip |last2=Millar |first2=Colin |date=9 Nov 2024 |orig-date=This article has been updated with additional verified reporting since it was first published |title=Explained: What happened with Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam and how will football react? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5908576/2024/11/09/maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-attacked-why/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=The New York Times |department=The Athletic }}
* {{Cite news |date=9 November 2024 |orig-date=Editor's Note: The video in this piece is a re-edit of a previous version which didn't meet Sky News' standards for balance and impartiality. |title=What we know about violence involving football fans in Amsterdam: Verified footage shows how violent disorder unfolded in Amsterdam on Thursday. Before Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were attacked in the city, Palestinian flags were pulled down from buildings. |url=https://news.sky.com/story/what-we-know-about-violence-involving-football-fans-in-amsterdam-13250618 |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=Sky News |department=World News; Related Topics: Data and Forensics, The Netherlands |format=Explainer}}
* {{Cite news |last=Corder |first=Mike |date=8 November 2024 |others=Associated Press reporters Julia Frankel and Ibrahim Hazboun in Jerusalem, Lee Keath in Cairo, Graham Dunbar in Geneva, and Raf Casert in Brussels, contributed to this report. |title=Israeli soccer fans were attacked in Amsterdam. The violence was condemned as antisemitic |url=https://apnews.com/article/maccabi-tel-aviv-amsterdam-violence-protests-palestinian-bcea212281f682098c4c77ef552af5f1 |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=AP News |department=World News}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Fink |first1=Rachel |last2=Cohen |first2=Ido David |date=10 Nov 2024 |title=Israeli and Foreign Media Outlets Revise Coverage of Amsterdam Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans: The U.K.'s Sky News and Israel's Channel 12 removed references to anti-Arab behavior after facing criticism over their coverage of soccer match violence |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2024-11-10/ty-article/.premium/israeli-foreign-media-outlets-revise-coverage-of-amsterdam-attacks-on-israeli-soccer-fans/00000193-16d9-dded-abb3-fedf03e40000 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-11-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241110193659/https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2024-11-10/ty-article/.premium/israeli-foreign-media-outlets-revise-coverage-of-amsterdam-attacks-on-israeli-soccer-fans/00000193-16d9-dded-abb3-fedf03e40000 |archive-date=2024-11-10 |work=Haaretz |department=World News {{!}} Europe}}
* {{Cite news |date=8 November 2024 |title=Palestinians blame Amsterdam attacks on Maccabi fans despite Telegram calls for violence |url=https://nltimes.nl/2024/11/08/palestinians-blame-amsterdam-attacks-maccabi-fans-despite-telegram-calls-violence |access-date=2024-11-12 |work=NL Times |department=Categories: Crime, Politics; Tags: Femke Halsema, Maccabi Tel Aviv, AFC Ajax, WAFA, Palestinian mission in the Netherlands, Israel, Rokin, Palestine}}
Generally pro-Jewish/anti-Arab news coverage includes:
* {{Cite news |last1=Deutsch |first1=Anthony |last2=Meijer |first2=Bart H. |date=8 November 2024 |others={{small|Reporting by Enas Alashray in Cairo, Ahmed Elimam in Dubai; Bart Meijer, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Toby Sterling in Amsterdam; additional reporting by Emily Rose and Jonathan Saul in Jerusalem, Michelle Nicols in New York and Mahezabin Syed in Bangalore; Writing by Michael Georgy and Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Clarence Fernandez, Lincoln Feast, Michael Perry and Kevin Liffey}} |title=Amsterdam bans protests after 'antisemitic squads' attack Israeli soccer fans |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/israels-pm-aware-very-violent-incident-against-israelis-amsterdam-his-office-2024-11-08/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=Reuters |department=World {{!}} Israel and Hamas at War |location=Amsterdam}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Sadeh |first1=Shaked |last2=Baranovski |first2=Raanan |last3=Walla! Sports |date=8 November 2024 |others=Maya Gur Arieh contributed to this report. |title='They started hitting me—kicking my head': Israelis recount Amsterdam attacks, use of stun grenades |url=https://www.jpost.com/bds-threat/article-828204 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=The Jerusalem Post |department=Jerusalem Post > Diaspora > Antisemitism}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Perets |first1=Shir |last2=Heller |first2=Mathilda |last3=Greyman-Kennard |first3=Danielle |date=8 November 2024 |title='We were ambushed': Pogrom in Amsterdam wounds several |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-828103 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=The Jerusalem Post |department=Jerusalem Post > Israel News}}
* {{Cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Brendan |date=2024-11-08 |title=Pogroms have returned to Europe, and the 'anti-racist' Left are silent |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/08/pogrom-amsterdam-football-fans-violence-jews/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=The Telegraph |department=Related Topics: Israel-Hamas War, Anti-Semitism, Amsterdam |language=en-GB}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Loveday |last2=Han |first2=Jintak |last3=Rom |first3=Alon |date=8 November 2024 |title=Attacks on Israeli soccer fans a 'black night' for Amsterdam, mayor says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/08/amsterdam-attack-israel-soccer-match-violence/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=World: Europe}}
* {{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Scott |date=8 November 2024 |others=Fox News' Greg Norman contributed to this report. |title=Israel sends evacuation planes to Amsterdam after 'shocking' attack on Israeli soccer fans |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-asks-dutch-leader-increased-security-after-attacks-idf-plans-rescue-mission-amsterdam |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=Fox News |department=World: Israel}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Yosef |first1=Eugenia |last2=Szekeres |first2=Edward |last3=Kent |first3=Lauren |last4=Tanno |first4=Sophie |date=8 November 2024 |others=CNN’s Matthew Chance, Kareem Khadder, Niamh Kennedy and Lauren Izso contributed to this report. |title=Amsterdam bans protests for three days following violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans |trans-title=This story and headline have been updated with additional details. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/07/europe/israel-soccer-fans-attacked-amsterdam-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=CNN |department=World / Europe}}
* {{Cite news |last=Pomeroy |first=Gabriela |date=2024-11-08 |others=Additional reporting by Shaina Oppenheimer in Jerusalem |title='They shouted Jewish, IDF': Israeli football fans describe attack in Amsterdam |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgv4mdr9y8o |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=BBC News}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Douglas |first1=Steve |last2=Dunbar |first2=Graham |date=8 November 2024 |others=Associated Press writers Dusan Stojanovic in Belgrade, Serbia, and Julia Frankel in Jerusalem contributed. |title=Israeli teams can't play international games at home. Now, are Maccabi's away games at risk? |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-soccer-maccabi-palestinians-gaza-925c40c2c82a8f41b7b5a7fc00ba186a |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=AP News |department=Sports}}
Generally pro-Arab/anti-Jewish coverage includes:
* {{Cite news |date=8–9 Nov 2024 |title=Israeli football fans clash with protesters in Amsterdam: Amsterdam city council member says 'Maccabi hooligans' instigated violence and attacked Palestinian supporters. |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/8/israeli-football-fans-clash-with-protesters-in-amsterdam |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=Al Jazeera |department=News {{!}} Israel-Palestine conflict}}
* {{Cite news |date=2024-11-08 |title=Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans Boo Silence for DANA Victims |url=https://www.footboom1.com/en/news/football/2039579-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-boo-silence-for-dana-victims |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=footboom1.com |department=News > Football; Related topics: Ajax, Maccabi Tel Aviv, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League}}
* {{Cite news |last1=Fayyad |first1=Huthifa |last2=Ullah |first2=Areeb |date=8 November 2024 |title=Israeli hooligans provoke clashes in Amsterdam after chanting anti-Palestinian slogans |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-hooligans-provoke-clashes-amsterdam-after-chanting-anti-palestinian-slogans |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=Middle East Eye |department=News {{!}} Israel's war on Gaza |issn=2634-2456}}
* {{Cite news |date=10 November 2024 |title=Footage shows Maccabi supporters attack Amsterdammers |url=https://nltimes.nl/2024/11/10/footage-shows-maccabi-supporters-attack-amsterdammers |access-date=2024-11-12 |work=NL Times |department=Category: Politics; Tags: Femke Halsema, Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel, riots, Israeli football supporters, attacks, slogans, Palestinian flag}}
* {{Cite news |date=8 November 2024 |title=Foreign ministry condemns anti-Arab chants and assaults on Palestinian flag by Israeli football fans in Amsterdam |url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/151459 |access-date=2024-11-12 |work=WAFA (Palestinian News & Info Agency) |department=Politics |publisher=Palestinian National Authority}}
* {{Cite news |date=7–9 November 2024 <!-- "4 days ago" --> |title=Hamas: Israeli crimes in Gaza led to Amsterdam unrest : The unrest following a European League match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv were sparked by offensive behaviour and racial slurs from pro-Israel demonstrators. |url=https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/hamas-israeli-crimes-in-gaza-led-to-amsterdam-unrest-18230058 |access-date=2024-11-12 |work=TRT World |department=Middle East |agency=AA}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Foer |first=Franklin |date=8 November 2024 |title=The Strange History Behind the Anti-Semitic Dutch Soccer Attacks |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/11/jewish-history-behind-dutch-soccer-attacks/680601/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |department=Culture |magazine=The Atlantic}}</ref>

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|3 February 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.ajax.nl/teams/ajax-1/|publisher=AFC Ajax |access-date=6 September 2023 |title=All information about Ajax 1 - Ajax.nl }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=CZE|name=[[Vítězslav Jaroš]]|other=on loan from [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Lucas Rosa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=DEN|name=[[Anton Gaaei]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=JPN|name=[[Ko Itakura]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=NED|name=[[Owen Wijndal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=NED|name=[[Youri Regeer]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=ARG|name=[[Maher Carrizo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=DEN|name=[[Kasper Dolberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=ISR|name=[[Oscar Gloukh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=[[Mika Godts]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=NED|name=[[Joeri Heerkens]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=NED|name=[[Youri Baas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=FW|nat=NOR|name=[[Oliver Edvardsen]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=NED|name=[[Davy Klaassen]]|other=[[captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=NED|name=[[Don-Angelo Konadu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=FW|nat=NED|name=[[Steven Berghuis]]|other=[[Vice-captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=MF|nat=COD|name=[[Jorthy Mokio]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=FW|nat=NED|name=[[Wout Weghorst]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=GK|nat=IDN|name=[[Maarten Paes]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=NED|name=[[Kian Fitz-Jim]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=DF|nat=NED|name=[[Aaron Bouwman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|pos=DF|nat=JPN|name=[[Takehiro Tomiyasu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|pos=DF|nat=CRO|name=[[Josip Šutalo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=43|pos=FW|nat=MAR|name=[[Rayane Bounida]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|pos=DF|nat=UKR|name=[[Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)|Oleksandr Zinchenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=48|pos=MF|nat=NED|name=[[Sean Steur]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Charlie Setford]]|other=at [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|Milton Keynes Dons]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Gerald Alders]]|other=at [[SC Telstar|Telstar]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Gastón Ávila]]|other=at [[Rosario Central]] until 31 December 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Tristan Gooijer]]|other=at [[PEC Zwolle]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Dies Janse]]|other=at [[FC Groningen]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=TUR|pos=DF|name=[[Ahmetcan Kaplan]]|other=at [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Nick Verschuren]]|other=at [[FC Volendam]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=MF|name=[[Sivert Mannsverk]]|other=at [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Branco van den Boomen]]|other=at [[Angers SCO|Angers]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Chuba Akpom]]|other=at [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Amourricho van Axel Dongen]]|other=at [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POL|pos=FW|name=[[Jan Faberski]]|other=at [[PEC Zwolle]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Julian Rijkhoff]]|other=at [[Almere City FC|Almere City]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

====Retired numbers====
{{main|List of retired numbers in association football|l1=Retired numbers in association football}}
[[File:Cruyff_ajax_14.svg|thumb|100px|The iconic number 14, retired in 2007 to honor Johan Cruyff]]
*'''14''' – {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Johan Cruyff]] ([[Forward (association football)|Forward]], 1964–73, 1981–83). ''Number retired on 25 April 2007 at Cruyff's 60th birthday celebration match.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deondernemer.nl/sport/55948/Voetballegende-Cruijff-60.html |title=Cruijff viert 60ste verjaardag lo |publisher=De Ondernemer |date=25 April 2007 |access-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015070608/http://www.deondernemer.nl/sport/55948/Voetballegende-Cruijff-60.html |archive-date=15 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
{{refn|Number 34 has not been reissued since [[Abdelhak Nouri]] (who played for Ajax from 2015 to 2017) suffered extreme [[cardiac arrhythmia]] in a friendly match against [[Werder Bremen]],<ref>[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2720492-abdelhak-nouri-collapses-on-pitch-during-ajax-friendly-vs-werder-bremen Abdelhak Nouri Collapses on Pitch During Ajax Friendly vs. Werder Bremen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515111459/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2720492-abdelhak-nouri-collapses-on-pitch-during-ajax-friendly-vs-werder-bremen |date=15 May 2021 }} on Bleach Report, 8 July 2017</ref> but the number is not officially retired.|group=note|name=fourtyfour}}

''Notes'':
{{reflist|group=note}}

===Youth/reserves squad===
''For the reserve squad of Ajax see: [[Jong Ajax]].''

==Notable former players==
{{Main|List of AFC Ajax players}}
{{For|a list of all Ajax players with a Wikipedia article|Category:AFC Ajax players}}

==Board and staff==

===Current board===
;Executive Board
*Chairman: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Ernst Boekhorst
**Board members: '''5''' – {{flagicon|Netherlands}} John Busink, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Marjon Eijlers, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Giovanni Fränkel, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} René Zegerius, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Christian Visser.

;Board of Directors
*Chief executive officer: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Menno Geelen]]
*Chief financial officer: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Baboeram Panday
*Chief commercial officer: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Cas Biesta
*Technical Director: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jordi Cruyff]]
*Director of Football: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Marijn Beuker]]

;Supervisory Board
*Chairman: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Lesley Bamberger]]
**Board members: '''5''' – {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Edo Ophof]], {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Duncan Stutterheim]], {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dirk Anbeek, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anita Coronel, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Marry de Gaay Fortman]]

===Current staff===
;Coaching staff
*Head coach: [[Fred Grim|Oscar Garcia]] (Interim)
*Assistant coaches:  {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Denny Landzaat]], Carlos Garcia, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Kiki Musampa]].
*Goalkeeping coach:  {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Erik Heijblok, Juan Pablo Colinas, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Hermen Kuperus.
*Performance coach: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Sam Feringa, Enrique Sanz.
*Video analyst: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Liam Helsloot, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Pieter Tosch, {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Rick Drijsen.

;Medical staff
*Head physio: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Maarten Gozeling
*Club doctor: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Niels Wijne
*Physiotherapist: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Robyn Van Vliet

;Accompanying staff
*Team manager: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Siemerink]] 
*Press officer: {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Miel Brinkhuis

===List of Ajax chairmen===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Floris Stempel]] (1900–08)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Chris Holst (1908–10)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Han Dade]] (1910–12)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Chris Holst (1912–13)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Willem Egeman (1913–25)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Frans Schoevaart (1925–32)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Marius Koolhaas (1932–56)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Volkers]] (1956–58)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Jan Melchers (1958–64)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jaap van Praag (sports director)|Jaap van Praag]] (1964–78)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Ton Harmsen (1978–88)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Michael van Praag]] (1989–2003)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} John Jaakke (2003–08)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Uri Coronel]] (2008–11)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Hennie Henrichs (2011–20)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Frank Eijken (2020–2023)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Ernst Boekhorst (2023–present)
{{div col end}}

===List of Ajax coaches===
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* {{Flagicon|IRE|1783}} [[Jack Kirwan]] (1910–15)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1881)|Jack Reynolds]] (1915–25)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Harold Rose]] (1925–26)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Stanley Castle]] (1926–28)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1881)|Jack Reynolds]] (1928–40)
* {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} [[Vilmos Halpern]] (1940–41)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Wim Volkers]] (1941–42)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Dolf van Kol]] (1942–45)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1881)|Jack Reynolds]] (1945–47)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Robert Smith (manager)|Robert Smith]] (1947–48)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Walter Crook]] (1948–50)
* {{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Robert Thomson (footballer, born 1905)|Robert Thomson]] (1950–52)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Karel Kaufman]] (1952–53)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Walter Crook]] (1953–54)
* {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Humenberger]] (1954–59)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Vic Buckingham]] (1959–61)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Keith Spurgeon]] (1961–62)
* {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[Joseph Gruber]] (1962–63)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Rowley]] (1963–64)
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Vic Buckingham]] (1964–65)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Rinus Michels]] (1965–71)
* {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ștefan Kovács]] (1971–73)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[George Knobel]] (1973–74)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Bobby Haarms]] (1974, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Hans Kraay Sr.|Hans Kraay]] (1974–75)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} Jan van Daal (1975, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Rinus Michels]] (1975–76)
* {{Flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Tomislav Ivić]] (1976–78)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Cor Brom]] (1978–79)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Leo Beenhakker]] (1979–81)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Aad de Mos]] (1981, interim)
* {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Kurt Linder]] (1981–82)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Aad de Mos]] (1982–85)
* {{Flagicon|LUX}} [[Antoine Kohn]], {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Tonny Bruins Slot]] and {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Cor van der Hart]] (1985, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]] (1985–88)
* {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Kurt Linder]] (1988)
* {{Flagicon|LUX}} [[Antoine Kohn]], {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Bobby Haarms]] and {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Barry Hulshoff]] (1988–89, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Leo Beenhakker]] (1989–91)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Louis van Gaal]] (1991–97)
* {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Morten Olsen]] (1997–99)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Wouters]] (1999–2000)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Hans Westerhof]] (2000, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Co Adriaanse]] (2000–01)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Ronald Koeman]] (2001–05)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Krol]] (2005, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Danny Blind]] (2005–06)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Henk ten Cate]] (2006–07)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Adrie Koster]] (2007–08, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]] (2008–09)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[John van 't Schip]] (2009, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Martin Jol]] (2009–10)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Frank de Boer]] (2010–16)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Peter Bosz]] (2016–17)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Marcel Keizer]] (2017)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Michael Reiziger]] (2017, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Erik ten Hag]] (2017–2022)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Alfred Schreuder]] (2022–2023)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[John Heitinga]] (2023, interim)
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Maurice Steijn]] (2023)
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Hedwiges Maduro]] (2023, interim)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[John van 't Schip]] (2023–2024, interim)
* {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Farioli]] (2024–2025)
* {{Flagicon|NED}} [[John Heitinga]] (2025)
{{div col end}}

== Honours ==
{{Main|List of AFC Ajax honours}}
[[File:Ajax puchar.JPG|thumb|Several of Ajax' international trophies]]

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
!style="width: 10%;"|Type
!style="width: 10%;"|Competition
!style="width: 5%;"|Titles
!style="width: 30%;"|Seasons
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col| [[Eredivisie]] 
|style="background-color:gold"|'''36'''
|
[[1917–18 Netherlands Football League Championship|1917–18]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1918–19|1918–19]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1930–31|1930–31]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1931–32|1931–32]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1933–34|1933–34]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1936–37|1936–37]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1938–39|1938–39]], [[Netherlands Football League Championship 1946–47|1946–47]], [[Eredivisie 1956–57|1956–57]], [[1959–60 Eredivisie|1959–60]]
[[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg|18px]], [[1965–66 Eredivisie|1965–66]], [[1966–67 Eredivisie|1966–67]], [[1967–68 Eredivisie|1967–68]], [[1969–70 Eredivisie|1969–70]], [[1971–72 Eredivisie|1971–72]], [[1972–73 Eredivisie|1972–73]], [[1976–77 Eredivisie|1976–77]], [[1978–79 Eredivisie|1978–79]], [[1979–80 Eredivisie|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Eredivisie|1981–82]]  [[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg|18px]], [[1982–83 Eredivisie|1982–83]], [[1984–85 Eredivisie|1984–85]], [[1989–90 Eredivisie|1989–90]], [[1993–94 Eredivisie|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Eredivisie|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Eredivisie|1995–96]], [[1997–98 Eredivisie|1997–98]], [[Eredivisie 2001–02|2001–02]], [[Eredivisie 2003–04|2003–04]], [[2010–11 Eredivisie|2010–11]]  [[File:Stella 10 Scudetti.svg|18px]], [[2011–12 Eredivisie|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Eredivisie|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Eredivisie|2013–14]], [[2018–19 Eredivisie|2018–19]], [[2020–21 Eredivisie|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Eredivisie|2021–22]]
|-
! scope=col| [[KNVB Cup]] 
|style="background-color:gold"|'''20'''
|
1916–17, 1942–43, 1960–61, 1966–67, [[1969–70 KNVB Cup|1969-70]], [[1970–71 KNVB Cup|1970–71]], [[1971–72 KNVB Cup|1971–72]], [[1978–79 KNVB Cup|1978–79]], [[1982–83 KNVB Cup|1982–83]], [[1985–86 KNVB Cup|1985–86]], [[1986–87 KNVB Cup|1986–87]], [[1992–93 KNVB Cup|1992–93]], [[1997–98 KNVB Cup|1997–98]], [[1998–99 KNVB Cup|1998–99]], [[2001–02 KNVB Cup|2001–02]], [[2005–06 KNVB Cup|2005–06]], [[2006–07 KNVB Cup|2006–07]], [[2009–10 KNVB Cup|2009–10]], [[2018–19 KNVB Cup|2018–19]], [[2020–21 KNVB Cup|2020–21]]
|-
! scope=col |[[Johan Cruyff Shield]] 
|'''9'''
|
[[1993 Dutch Supercup|1993]], [[1994 Dutch Supercup|1994]], [[1995 Dutch Supercup|1995]], [[2002 Johan Cruyff Shield|2002]], [[2005 Johan Cruyff Shield|2005]], [[2006 Johan Cruyff Shield|2006]], [[2007 Johan Cruyff Shield|2007]], [[2013 Johan Cruyff Shield|2013]], [[2019 Johan Cruyff Shield|2019]] 
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''Continental'''
! scope=col|[[UEFA Champions League]]
|'''4'''
|[[1970–71 European Cup|1970–71]], [[1971–72 European Cup|1971–72]], [[1972–73 European Cup|1972–73]], [[1994–95 UEFA Champions League|1994–95]]
|-
! scope=col|[[UEFA Europa League]]
|'''1'''
|
[[1991–92 UEFA Cup|1991–92]]
|-
! scope=col|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
|'''1'''
|
[[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|1986–87]]
|-
! scope=col|[[UEFA Super Cup]]
|'''2'''
|
[[1973 European Super Cup|1973]], [[1995 UEFA Super Cup|1995]]
|-
|'''Worldwide'''
! scope=col|[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]
| '''2'''
|[[1972 Intercontinental Cup|1972]], [[1995 Intercontinental Cup|1995]]
|}
* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{sup|s}} shared record

Ajax also won in 1972, however UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one. Played against [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], winners of the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup, it went ahead as 'a celebration of the Centenary of Rangers F.C.' (see below) because Rangers was serving a one-year ban at the time, imposed by UEFA for the misbehaviour of its fans. That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament (5 in total) they entered that year, a feat [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] achieved in 1967 (with 6 trophies), [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] in 2009 (6 trophies), and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern]] in 2020 (also 6 trophies).

===Other trophies===
Ajax have won numerous [[Exhibition game|friendly]] tournaments, unsanctioned by UEFA or FIFA, including the [[Amsterdam Tournament]], [[Bruges Matins (football)|Bruges Matins Trophy]], [[Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu]], [[Eusébio Cup]], [[Ted Bates (footballer)#Ted Bates Trophy|Ted Bates Trophy]], Jalkapalloturnaus and [[Chippie Polar Cup]] (''for a complete list, see: [[list of AFC Ajax honours]]'').

===Club awards===
*'''[[World Soccer (magazine)|''World Soccer'' World Team of the Year]]''' : '''1'''
:: 1995
*'''[[France Football European Team of the Year|''France Football'' European Team of the Year]]''' : '''4'''
:: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973
*'''Dutch Sports Team of the Year''' : '''5'''
:: 1968, 1969, 1972, 1987, 1995<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nocnsf.nl/nocnsf.nl/olympische-droom/verkiezingen/sportploeg-van-het-jaar |title=Sportploeg van het Jaar |publisher=NOCNSF.nl |access-date=3 August 2013 |archive-date=21 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521204255/http://www.nocnsf.nl/nocnsf.nl/olympische-droom/verkiezingen/sportploeg-van-het-jaar |url-status=live }}</ref>
*'''Sports Team of the Year''' : '''1'''
:: 1990
*'''[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics#The World's Best Club|IFFHS The World's Club Team of the Year]]''' : '''1'''
:: 1992
*'''Dick van Rijn Trophy''' : '''1'''
:: 1995
*'''[[Amsterdam Sportsman of the year|Amsterdam Sportsteam of the year]]''': '''3'''
:: 2011, 2013, 2014<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.rtvnh.nl/sport/129705/Ellen+van+Dijk+sportvrouw+Amsterdam,+Ajax+sportploeg | title = Ellen van Dijk sportvrouw Amsterdam, Ajax sportploeg | publisher = rtvnh.nl | date = 17 December 2013 | access-date = 17 December 2013 | language = nl | archive-date = 17 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224602/http://www.rtvnh.nl/sport/129705/Ellen+van+Dijk+sportvrouw+Amsterdam,+Ajax+sportploeg | url-status = live }}</ref>
*'''ING Fair Play Award''' : '''2'''
:: 2013, 2014<ref>[http://knvb.nl/nieuws/29413/ajax-wint-ing-fair-play-prijs ''Ajax wint ING Fair Play-prijs''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506070441/http://knvb.nl/nieuws/29413/ajax-wint-ing-fair-play-prijs |date=6 May 2014 }}, website knvb.nl (14 May 2013)</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20140505183151/http://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/34805/ajax-winnaar-ing fair-play-prijs ''Ajax winnaar ING Fair Play-prijs''], website knvb.nl (5 May 2014)</ref>
*'''Fair Play Cup''' : '''1'''
:: 1995
*'''[[FIFA Club of the Century]]''' : shared 5th place
:: 20th Century
*'''[[kicker (sports magazine)#Kicker Sportmagazin Club of the Century|''kicker Sportmagazin'' Club of the Century]]''': 2nd place
:: 20th Century
*'''Best Dutch club after 50 years of professional football''' : '''1'''
:: 2004<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/Ajax-beste-club-betaald-voetbal.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805053927/http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/Ajax-beste-club-betaald-voetbal.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2013 |title=Ajax beste club betaald voetbal |publisher=Ajax.nl |access-date=3 August 2013 }}</ref>
*'''Football shirt of the Year''' : '''Ajax away shirt by adidas'''
:: [[2013–14 AFC Ajax season|2013–14]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.voetbalshirtvanhetjaar.com/|title=Football shirt of the year|publisher=Subside Sports|access-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411194721/http://www.voetbalshirtvanhetjaar.com/|archive-date=11 April 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*'''The Four-Four-Two Greatest Club Side Ever''' : '''Ajax (1965–1973)'''
:: 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inthestands.co.uk/featured/the-four-four-two-greatest-club-side-ever-list.html|title=The Four-Four-Two Greatest Club Side Ever List|publisher=In The Stands|access-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205212935/http://www.inthestands.co.uk/featured/the-four-four-two-greatest-club-side-ever-list.html|archive-date=5 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*'''VVCS Best Pitch of the Year''' : '''1'''
:: 2012

==Honorary club members==
Ajax have a total of 50 honorary club members, from people who have been invested within the club's administrative engagements, to committed players who have excelled in the athletic department. Of those 50 members 41 have since died. Nine members still remain, including [[Louis van Gaal]]. He was made honorary member in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajax.nl/artikelen/louis-van-gaal-benoemd-tot-erelid-ben-zeer-verrast/ |title=Louis van Gaal benoemd tot erelid: 'Ben zeer verrast' |language=Dutch |publisher=AFC Ajax |date=17 November 2024 |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Hennie Henrichs
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Arie van Os]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Michael van Praag]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Rob Been sr. 
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sjaak Swart]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Hans Bijvank
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Leo van Wijk
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Jan Buskermolen
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Louis van Gaal]]
{{div col end}}
The remaining 41 honorary members who have since died:<ref>[http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=66083/langid=43 Overleden Ereleden van Ajax] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025025854/http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=66083/langid=43 |date=25 October 2012 }} Ajax.nl</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Floris Stempel]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Han Dade]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Chris Holst
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} L.W. van Fliet
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} K.W.F. van der Lee
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Henk Alofs
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Frans Schoevaart
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Jan Grootmeijer
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} J. Oudheusden
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Willem Egeman
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Jan Schoevaart
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Marius Koolhaas
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jordanus Roodenburgh]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Theo Brokmann]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} F.H.W. de Bruijn
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan de Boer (footballer, born 1898)|Jan de Boer]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Frans Couton
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} A.L. Desmit
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Anderiesen]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Wim Volkers]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Jan Elzenga
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Roef Vunderink
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Kick Geudeker
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} G. de Jongh
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1881)|Jack Reynolds]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Ferry Dukker
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Arie de Wit
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} W.F.C. Bruijnesteijn
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Jan Westrik
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jaap van Praag (sports director)|Jaap van Praag]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Henk Hordijk]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} M.J.W. Middendorp
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rinus Michels]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Henk Timman
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Potharst]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Bobby Haarms]]
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} André Kraan
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Willem Schoevaart
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Uri Coronel]]
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Tijn Middendorp
{{div col end}}

==Results==
[[File:Ajax League Performance.png|280px|thumb|Historical chart of league performance]]

===Domestic results===
Below is a table with Ajax's domestic results since the introduction of the {{Lang|nl|Eredivisie|italic=no}} in 1956.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan=5 | Domestic results since 1956
|-
! style="width:20%;"|Domestic league
! style="width:20%;"|League result
! style="width:20%;"|Qualification to
! style="width:20%;"|[[KNVB Cup]] season
! style="width:20%;"|Cup result
|-
|[[2024–25 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2025–26 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2024–25 KNVB Cup|2024–25]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2023–24 Eredivisie]]
| 5th
|[[2024–25 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] (Q2)
|[[2023–24 KNVB Cup|2023–24]]
|second round
|-
|[[2022–23 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[2023–24 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] (Q4)
|[[2022–23 KNVB Cup|2022–23]]
|style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[2021–22 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2022–23 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2021–22 KNVB Cup|2021–22]]
|style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[2020–21 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2021–22 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2020–21 KNVB Cup|2020–21]]
|style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[2019–20 Eredivisie]]
| 1st ''(no title awarded)''
|[[2020–21 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2019–20 KNVB Cup|2019–20]]
|style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[2018–19 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2019–20 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2018–19 KNVB Cup|2018–19]]
|style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[2017–18 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2018–19 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q2)
|[[2017–18 KNVB Cup|2017–18]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2016–17 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q3)
|[[2016–17 KNVB Cup|2016–17]]
|third round
|-
|[[2015–16 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q3)
|[[2015–16 KNVB Cup|2015–16]]
|third round
|-
|[[2014–15 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2015–16 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q3)
|[[2014–15 KNVB Cup|2014–15]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2013–14 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2014–15 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2013–14 KNVB Cup|2013–14]]
|style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[2012–13 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2013–14 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2012–13 KNVB Cup|2012–13]]
|style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[2011–12 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2012–13 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2011–12 KNVB Cup|2011–12]]
|fourth round
|-
|[[2010–11 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2011–12 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2010–11 KNVB Cup|2010–11]]
| style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[2009–10 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2010–11 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q2)
|[[2009–10 KNVB Cup|2009–10]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[2008–09 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[2009–10 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] (Q4)
|[[2008–09 KNVB Cup|2008–09]]
|third round
|-
|[[2007–08 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2008–09 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] (after losing [[UEFA Champions League|CL]]-play-offs)
|[[2007–08 KNVB Cup|2007–08]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2006–07 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2007–08 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (winning CL-play-offs) (Q3)
|[[2006–07 KNVB Cup|2006–07]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[2005–06 Eredivisie]]
|4th
|[[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (winning CL-play-offs) (Q3)
|[[2005–06 KNVB Cup|2005–06]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[2004–05 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2005–06 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q3)
|[[2004–05 KNVB Cup|2004–05]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[2003–04 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2004–05 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2003–04 KNVB Cup|2003–04]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[2002–03 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[2003–04 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q3)
|[[2002–03 KNVB Cup|2002–03]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[2001–02 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[2001–02 KNVB Cup|2001–02]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[2000–01 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[2001–02 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (Q3)
|[[2000–01 KNVB Cup|2000–01]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1999–2000 Eredivisie]]
|5th
|[[2000–01 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1999–2000 KNVB Cup|1999–2000]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1998–99 Eredivisie]]
|6th
|[[1999–2000 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1998–99 KNVB Cup|1998–99]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1997–98 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[1997–98 KNVB Cup|1997–98]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1996–97 Eredivisie]]
|4th
|[[1997–98 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1996–97 KNVB Cup|1996–97]]
|second round
|-
|[[1995–96 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1996–97 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[1995–96 KNVB Cup|1995–96]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1994–95 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1995–96 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[1994–95 KNVB Cup|1994–95]]
|quarter final
|-
|[[1993–94 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1994–95 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|[[1993–94 KNVB Cup|1993–94]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[1992–93 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|[[1992–93 KNVB Cup|1992–93]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1991–92 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1992–93 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1991–92 KNVB Cup|1991–92]]
|quarter final
|-
|[[1990–91 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1991–92 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1990–91 KNVB Cup|1990–91]]
|quarter final
|-
|[[1989–90 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|'''DSQ'''
|[[1989–90 KNVB Cup|1989–90]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[1988–89 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1989–90 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1988–89 KNVB Cup|1988–89]]
|quarter final
|-
|[[1987–88 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1988–89 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1987–88 KNVB Cup|1987–88]]
|second round
|-
|[[1986–87 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|[[1986–87 KNVB Cup|1986–87]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1985–86 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|[[1985–86 KNVB Cup|1985–86]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1984–85 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1985–86 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1984–85 KNVB Cup|1984–85]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1983–84 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[1984–85 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1983–84 KNVB Cup|1983–84]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1982–83 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1983–84 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1982–83 KNVB Cup|1982–83]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1981–82 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1982–83 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1981–82 KNVB Cup|1981–82]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1980–81 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
|[[1980–81 KNVB Cup|1980–81]]
| style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[1979–80 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1980–81 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1979–80 KNVB Cup|1979–80]]
| style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[1978–79 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1979–80 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1978–79 KNVB Cup|1978–79]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1977–78 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1978–79 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1977–78 KNVB Cup|1977–78]]
| style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[1976–77 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1977–78 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1976–77 KNVB Cup|1976–77]]
|second round
|-
|[[1975–76 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[1976–77 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1975–76 KNVB Cup|1975–76]]
|quarter final
|-
|[[1974–75 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[1975–76 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1974–75 KNVB Cup|1974–75]]
|round of 16
|-
|[[1973–74 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
|[[1974–75 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|[[1973–74 KNVB Cup|1973–74]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final
|-
|[[1972–73 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1973–74 European Cup|European Cup]] (R2)
|[[1972–73 KNVB Cup|1972–73]]
|second round
|-
|[[1971–72 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1972–73 European Cup|European Cup]] (R2)
|[[1971–72 KNVB Cup|1971–72]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1970–71 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1971–72 European Cup|European Cup]]
|[[1970–71 KNVB Cup|1970–71]]
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1969–70 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1970–71 European Cup|European Cup]]
|1969–70
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1968–69 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|[[1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
|1968–69
|round of 16 {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1967–68 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1968–69 European Cup|European Cup]]
|1967–68
| style="background:silver;"|final
|-
|[[1966–67 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1967–68 European Cup|European Cup]]
|1966–67
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1965–66 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1966–67 European Cup|European Cup]]
|1965–66
|quarter final {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1964–65 Eredivisie]]
|13th
| –
|1964–65
|first round {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1963–64 Eredivisie]]
|5th
| –
|1963–64
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|semi-final {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1962–63 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
| –
|1962–63
|round of 16 {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1961–62 Eredivisie]]
|4th
| –
|1961–62
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1960–61 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
| –
|1960–61
| style="background:gold;"|winners
|-
|[[1959–60 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1960–61 European Cup|European Cup]]
|''not held''
|''not held''
|-
|[[1958–59 Eredivisie]]
|6th
| –
|1958–59
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1957–58 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:#cd7f32;"|3rd
| –
|1957–58
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|-
|[[1956–57 Eredivisie]]
| style="background:gold;"|1st
|[[1957–58 European Cup|European Cup]]
|1956–57
|? {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
|}

===Continental results===
{{main|AFC Ajax in European football}}

==Team records==
{{main|List of AFC Ajax records and statistics}}
* Most match appearances: '''463''' – [[Sjaak Swart]]
* Most goals scored: '''273''' – [[Piet van Reenen]]
* Most goals scored in a season: '''41''' – [[Henk Groot]]
* First Ajax player to receive an [[Cap (sport)|International cap]]: Gerard Fortgens for the Netherlands in 1911
* First Ajax player to score a goal for the national team: [[Theo Brokmann]] for the Netherlands in 1919

==Club van 100==
{{main|Club van 100 (AFC Ajax)}}
The Club van 100 is the official list of [[Association football|football]] players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax. The club currently has a total of over 150 members.<ref>[http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/Blind-150ste-in-Club-van-100.htm Blind 150ste in Club van 100 (Dutch)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821064158/http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/Blind-150ste-in-Club-van-100.htm |date=21 August 2013 }} Ajax.nl, 18 August 2013</ref> The record for league appearances is held by '''Mr. Ajax''' himself [[Sjaak Swart]], who appeared in 463 league matches for Ajax.<ref>[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/1948009/2010/07/28/Suarez-in-club-van-100-bij-Ajax.dhtml Suarez in 'club van 100' bij Ajax (Dutch)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016040920/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/1948009/2010/07/28/Suarez-in-club-van-100-bij-Ajax.dhtml |date=16 October 2013 }} AD.nl, 28 July 2010</ref> There is a beneficiary team called Lucky Ajax, which was initiated by Sjaak Swart. Lucky Ajax participate in at least one match a year, usually in the name of charity, and commonly at football ceremonies to bid farewell to retiring players. One of the prerequisites for playing on Lucky Ajax, which is invitational only, is that you are a member of the Club van 100, having made at least 100 official match appearances for Ajax in the first team of the club.<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/ajax/21511585/__Sjaak_Swart_wordt_75_jaar__.html Swart wordt 75 jaar in Olympisch Stadion (Dutch)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222211/http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/ajax/21511585/__Sjaak_Swart_wordt_75_jaar__.html |date=3 March 2016 }} De Telegraaf, 25 April 2013</ref>

==Lucky Ajax==
Lucky Ajax is a beneficiary team that was initiated by Sjaak Swart in the seventies, competing in at least one match a year, usually in the name of charity and/or to bid farewell to retiring former Ajax players. The team is made up of various members of the [[Club van 100 (AFC Ajax)|Club van 100]] of Ajax who will come out of retirement for this match to face the Ajax squad that is current of that year.<ref>[https://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/181839/Lucky-Ajax-speelt-altijd-om-de-eer.htm Lucky Ajax speelt altijd om de eer (Dutch)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233257/https://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/181839/Lucky-Ajax-speelt-altijd-om-de-eer.htm |date=2 December 2013 }} Ajax.nl, 15 April 2012</ref> Past participants have included [[Barry Hulshoff]], [[Sonny Silooy]], [[Simon Tahamata]], [[Ronald Koeman]], [[Tscheu La Ling]], [[Gerrie Mühren]], [[John van 't Schip]], [[Brian Roy]], [[Stanley Menzo]], [[Peter van Vossen]] and [[Fred Grim]].<ref>[http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/184835/Lucky-Ajax-wint-unieke-Oude-Klassieker.htm Lucky Ajax wint unieke 'Oude Klassieker' (Dutch)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225055/http://www.ajax.nl/Ajax-Nieuws/Ajax-nieuwsarchief/Ajax-nieuwsartikel/184835/Lucky-Ajax-wint-unieke-Oude-Klassieker.htm |date=2 December 2013 }} Ajax.nl, 15 April 2012</ref> The name Lucky Ajax is derived from the famous "Lucky Ajax" nickname from how people used to refer to the club when Ajax would either win a match by chance, by a decision of a referee, or by coincidence such as was said to be the case during the infamous ''[[De Mistwedstrijd|Mistwedstrijd]]'' ("Fog Match").<ref>[https://archive.today/20131125042826/http://www.bequickzutphen.nl/columns-2/396-column-sjaak-swart-hoe-nu-verder Column: Sjaak Swart; hoe nu verder? (Dutch)] SVV Be Quick.nl, 15 April 2012</ref>

==Number 14 shirt==
{{Main|list of retired numbers in association football}}
As of the [[2007–08 Eredivisie|2007–08 season]], no player could wear the number 14 shirt at Ajax after the club decided to retire the shirt out of respect for Johan Cruyff,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=62523 |title=Ajax retire number 14 |access-date=18 April 2007 |publisher=Ajax.nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501141653/http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154814/contentid%3D62523 |archive-date=1 May 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> "the legendary number fourteen".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/13/AJAX/article/detail/1069545/2010/12/07/Ajax-met-Frank-de-Boer-naar-Milaan.dhtml|title=Ajax met Frank de Boer naar Milaan|date=7 December 2010|work=[[Het Parool]]|language=nl|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216023044/http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/13/AJAX/article/detail/1069545/2010/12/07/Ajax-met-Frank-de-Boer-naar-Milaan.dhtml|archive-date=16 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cruyff himself laughed off the tribute, saying the club had to let its best player play with number 14.<ref>[http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/50172,ajax-retires-cruyffs-14.aspx "Ajax Retires number 14"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015164358/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/50172,ajax-retires-cruyffs-14.aspx |date=15 October 2013 }}, FourFourTwo website, 19 April 2007</ref> Spanish midfielder [[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] was the last player to wear the number. [[Marvin Zeegelaar]] wore the shirt number in preparation for the [[2011–12 Eredivisie|2011–12 season]] in one preseason match, while [[Aras Özbiliz]] wore the number 14 shirt in one pre-season match ahead of the 2011–12 season as well. The club stated that this was, in fact, not done in error.<ref>[http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=141373 Özbiliz: 'Ik kreeg rugnummer veertien en ze zeiden dat het klopte'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015052744/http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=141373 |date=15 October 2013 }} Voetbalzone, 3 juli 2011</ref>

Below is a list of all players to wear the number 14 shirt since Johan Cruyff's departure.<ref>[http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2007/04/21/alle-ajacieden-met-nummer-veertien-sinds-johan-cruijff.aspx Alle Ajacieden met nummer veertien sinds Johan Cruijff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015053355/http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2007/04/21/alle-ajacieden-met-nummer-veertien-sinds-johan-cruijff.aspx |date=15 October 2013 }} Sportgeschiedenis, 21 April 2007</ref>

{|
| valign=top width=450 |
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Zoltán Varga (footballer, born 1945)|Zoltán Varga]] – 1973–74 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Mulder (footballer)|Jan Mulder]] – 1974–75 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Geert Meijer]] – 1975–76 season
* {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Frank Arnesen]] – 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Tscheu La Ling]] – 1978–79 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Karel Bonsink]] – 1979–80 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Frank Rijkaard]] – 1980–81 season (''uncertain'')
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sonny Silooy]] – 1981–82 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Marco van Basten]] – 1982–83 season
''From 1983 to 1997, reserves no longer received permanent shirt numbers.''
| valign=top width=450 |
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Daniel da Cruz Carvalho|Dani]] – 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Martijn Reuser]] – 1999–00 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} [[Brutil Hosé]] – 2000–01 season
* {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Shota Arveladze]] – 2001–02 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan van Halst]] – 2002–03 season
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jelle Van Damme]] – 2003–04 season
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Thomas Vermaelen]] – 2004–05 season
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Maxwell (footballer, born 1981)|Maxwell]] – 2005–06 season
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] – 2006–07 season
|}

==Former captains==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Tenure 
!scope="col"|Player
|-
|1964–1967
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frits Soetekouw]]
|-
|1967–1970
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Gert Bals]]
|-
|1970–1971  
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Velibor Vasović]]   
|-
|1971–1972
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Piet Keizer]]
|-
|1972–1973
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
|-
|1973–1974
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Piet Keizer]]
|-
|1974–1980
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Krol]]
|-
|1980–1981
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Frank Arnesen]]
|-
|1981–1983
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Lerby]]
|-
|1983–1985
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dick Schoenaker]]
|-
|1985
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Rijkaard]]
|-
|1985–1987
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]
|-
|1987–1990
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[John van 't Schip]]
|-
|1990–1999
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Danny Blind]]
|-
|1999–2001
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Aron Winter]]
|-
|2001–2003
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Cristian Chivu]]
|-
|2003–2004
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jari Litmanen]]
|-
|2004–2005
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rafael Van der Vaart]]
|-
|2005–2006
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Galásek]]
|-
|2006–2007
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jaap Stam]]
|-
|2007–2009
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]]
|-
|2009
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Vermaelen]]
|-
|2009–2011
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
|-
|2011
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Maarten Stekelenburg]]
|-
|2011–2012
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jan Vertonghen]]
|-
|2012–2014
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Siem de Jong]]
|-
|2014–2015
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Niklas Moisander]]
|-
|2015–2017
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Davy Klaassen]]
|-
|2017–2018
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Joël Veltman]]
|-
|2018–2019
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Matthijs de Ligt]]
|-
|2019–2023
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|SER}} [[Dušan Tadić]]
|-
|2023–2024
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Steven Bergwijn]]
|-
|2024–2025
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jordan Henderson]]
|-
|2025–
|scope="row"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Davy Klaassen]]
|}

==Team tournaments==

===Amsterdam Tournament===
{{main|Amsterdam Tournament}}
Established in 1975 as the [[Amsterdam Tournament|Amsterdam 700 Tournament]] to celebrate 700 years of history in the city.<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/amsterdam.html |title=Amsterdam Tournament |first1=Andrea |last1=Veronese |first2=Karel |last2=Stokkermans |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=9 July 2009 |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-date=25 June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030625133313/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/amsterdam.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The tournament was hosted annually each summer by Ajax until 1992, when the last edition of the original tournament was played. It returned in 1999 with the backing of the International Event Partnership (IEP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?newsid=298269&page=1&pagegid={F9E570E6-407E-44BC-800F-4A3110258114} |title=Reds to play in Amsterdam Tournament |first=Adam |last=Bostock |publisher=Manchester United |date=25 January 2006 |access-date=28 August 2010}}</ref> Four teams participated in the competition, played in a league format since 1986.<ref name="RSSSF"/> Since its return,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8083463.stm "Black Cats to compete in Ajax cup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608010246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8083463.stm |date=8 June 2009 }}. BBC Sport. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref> the tournament used an unusual point scoring system. As with most league competitions, three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. An additional point, however, was awarded for each goal scored.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4730005.stm "Arsenal strike late to sink Ajax"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223115452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4730005.stm |date=23 February 2006 }}. BBC Sport. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> The system was designed to reward teams that adopted a more attacking style of play.<ref>[http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/Sunderland-play-in-Amsterdam-tournament.5336813.jp "Sunderland play in Amsterdam tournament"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607020418/http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/Sunderland-play-in-Amsterdam-tournament.5336813.jp |date=7 June 2009 }}. ''Sunderland Echo''. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> Each entrant played two matches, with the winner being the club that finished at the top of the table.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4732453.stm "FC Porto 1–2 Arsenal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223151717/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4732453.stm |date=23 December 2006 }}. BBC Sport. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> The original competition was held at Het Olympisch Stadion where Ajax played the bigget games until 1996.<ref>[http://english.ajax.nl/The-Club/The-club.htm "The club"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204110742/http://english.ajax.nl/The-Club/The-club.htm |date=4 December 2010 }}. Ajax. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> The Amsterdam Arena (now Johan Cruyff Arena) played host to the event since its return until the last edition was played in 2009. Ajax is the most successful team of the tournament, having won it a record ten times, while [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] from [[Portugal]] was the last team to win the tournament, in 2009.

===Copa Amsterdam===
{{main|Copa Amsterdam}}
Established in 2005, the [[Copa Amsterdam]] is an international friendly football tournament for Under-19 youth teams, that is organized by Ajax and the [[Amsterdam city council]], which takes place at the [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]] as part of the annual Amsterdam Sports Weekend, a citywide sponsored initiative to promote 'sports and recreation' within the city of Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/Ndtrc/Amsterdamse%20Sportweekend |title=Amsterdam Sport Weekend |publisher=I Amsterdam |access-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231932/http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/Ndtrc/Amsterdamse%20Sportweekend |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> Each Summer the city of Amsterdam and Ajax invite U-19 teams from various top clubs from around the World to participate in the tournament. Seven teams are invited and play in the competition every year. Over the years, clubs such as [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] have had their senior youth teams participate in the tournament.<ref name="Copa Amsterdam">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/Ndtrc/Copa%20Amsterdam |title=Copa Amsterdam |publisher=I Amsterdam |access-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224253/http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/Ndtrc/Copa%20Amsterdam |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] from [[Brazil]] is the most successful club in the history of the tournament, having won it three times in total.

===Future Cup===
{{main|Future Cup}}
Established in 2010, the [[AEGON Future Cup]] is an international friendly tournament for Under-17 youth teams, which is organized by AFC Ajax and their main sponsor, the insurance company [[Aegon N.V.|AEGON]]. The tournament is held each year at the Johan Cruyff Arena and at the [[Sportpark De Toekomst]], the team's training ground, which also inspired the name of the competition, since ''De Toekomst'' in Dutch means The Future.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/ajax-b1-na-drie-zeges-groepswinnaar-op-future-cup |title=Ajax B1 na drie zeges groepswinnaar op Future Cup |publisher=Ajaxlife |access-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034741/http://www.ajaxlife.nl/updates/ajax-b1-na-drie-zeges-groepswinnaar-op-future-cup |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Every year during the [[Easter]] weekend, six U-17 teams are invited to participate in the competition, while the seventh place for the contesters is reserved for the winners of the "Craques Mongeral AEGON Future Cup" in Brazil, the sister competition of the tournament in [[South America]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mongeralaegonfuturecup.com.br/CMS/index.php/craques-mongeral-aegon |title=Responsabilidade Social no Esporte |publisher=Craques Mongeral Aegon |access-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215032655/http://www.mongeralaegonfuturecup.com.br/CMS/index.php/craques-mongeral-aegon |archive-date=15 December 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> Youth teams from top clubs such as [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and many more have participated in the competition over the years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.ajax.nl/News/Archive/Article/AEGON-Future-Cup-Ajax-Bayern-Munchen.htm |title=AEGON Future Cup: Ajax & Bayern München |publisher=Ajax.nl |access-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511122414/http://english.ajax.nl/News/Archive/Article/AEGON-Future-Cup-Ajax-Bayern-Munchen.htm |archive-date=11 May 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> Ajax is the most successful club of the tournament, having won the trophy a total of five times.

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Association football|Netherlands}}

* [[List of football clubs in the Netherlands]]
* [[List of world champion football clubs]]

==Bibliography==
*{{in lang|nl}} [[David Endt]], ''De godenzonen van Ajax'', Rap, Amsterdam, 1993, {{ISBN|90-6005-463-6}}
*{{in lang|nl}} Jan Baltus Kok, ''Naar Ajax. Mobiliteitspatronen van bezoekers bij vier thuiswedstrijden van Ajax'', [[University of Amsterdam]], Amsterdam, 1992, {{ISSN|0922-5625}}
*[[Simon Kuper]], ''Ajax, The Dutch, The War. Football in Europe during the Second World War'', [[Orion Books]], London (Translation of: Ajax, de Joden en Nederland ("Ajax, the Jews, The Netherlands)",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hardgras.nl/?s1=13022245391705092597&s2=&cntID=72#77 |title=Hardgras |publisher=Hardgras.nl |access-date=4 August 2012 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806185238/http://www.hardgras.nl/?s1=13022245391705092597&s2=&cntID=72#77 |url-status=live }}</ref> 2003, {{ISBN|0-7528-4274-9}}
*{{in lang|nl}} Evert Vermeer, ''95 jaar Ajax. 1900–1995'', Luitingh-Sijthoff, Amsterdam, 1996, {{ISBN|90-245-2364-8}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/afc-ajax/1515/ AFC Ajax] at Soccerway

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