Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːjɑks] ), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax (after the legendary Greek hero), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs in the world; according to the IFFHS, Ajax were the seventh most successful European club of the 20th century. [1] The club is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge; they won consecutively in 1971–1973. In 1972, they completed the European treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup; to date, they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European treble. Ajax's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.
They are also one of three teams to win the treble and the Intercontinental Cup in the same season/calendar year; [2] This was achieved in the 1971–72 season. [3] Ajax, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester United are the five clubs to have won all three major UEFA club competitions. [4] They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, as well as the Karl Rappan Cup, a predecessor of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1962. [5]
This list includes past and present footballers who have played for Ajax.
Players listed below with dual citizenship, are listed with their country of birth first, followed by their second citizenship, unless a player has represented one of their nations on an International level, in which case the team which they have played for is listed first, and their other nationality is listed second.
In some instances, three flags may be listed to represent a player's nationality. This is the case when a player is born in a country to parents of both different nationalities, which also differ from the country of their child's birthplace, however, the player represents his country of birth Internationally. An example of this would be Patrick Kluivert, who is Dutch and plays for the Netherlands national team, while his father is from Suriname, and his mother is from Curaçao. In these cases the paternal citizenship is listed second to the players' primary nationality, followed by the nation of the player's mother thirdly.
Players who were born in a foreign country, but do not hold citizenship of that nation, do not have the country of their birthplace listed below as their nationality, while some players have become naturalised citizens of a country, in which case it is listed as well.
Players with no league caps or goals may have made appearances in other competitions, as only league appearances and goals are being tallied in the list below.
Spent their entire professional career with AFC Ajax.
Currently playing for AFC Ajax, league caps and goals are subject to change.
Part of the AFC Ajax Club van 100, having amassed more than 100 caps across all competitions.
Caps and goals accurate as of 19 May 2024 after the last match played against Vitesse. [6]
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1972–1973 | ![]() |
1973–1974 | ![]() |
1974–1980 | ![]() |
1980–1981 | ![]() |
1981–1983 | ![]() |
1983–1985 | ![]() |
1985–1987 | ![]() |
1987–1990 | ![]() |
1990–1999 | ![]() |
1999–2001 | ![]() |
2001–2003 | ![]() |
2003–2004 | ![]() |
2004–2005 | ![]() |
2005–2006 | ![]() |
2006–2007 | ![]() |
2007–2009 | ![]() |
2009 | ![]() |
2009–2011 | ![]() |
2011 | ![]() |
2011–2012 | ![]() |
2012–2014 | ![]() |
2014–2015 | ![]() |
2015–2017 | ![]() |
2017–2018 | ![]() |
2018–2019 | ![]() |
2019–2023 | ![]() |
2023–present | ![]() |
The following players were called-up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with AFC Ajax: [6]
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Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former Ajax players represented Internationally
Confederation | Total | (Nation) Association |
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AFC | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
CAF | 27 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF | 6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OFC | 0 | |
UEFA | 184 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The following is a list of Ajax players who have competed in international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League Finals, CONCACAF Nations League Finals, CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Copa América and the Africa Cup of Nations. To this date no Ajax players have participated in the AFC Asian Cup, or the OFC Nations Cup while playing for Ajax.
M. a b c d e Player who later managed the club.
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The 2020–21 FC Utrecht season was the club's 51st season in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they have qualified for the play-offs, for this they played for a place in the second round of the Conference League.
The 2021–22 season was the 122nd season in the existence of AFC Ajax and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Ajax participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Johan Cruyff Shield.
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