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1999–2000 AFC Ajax season

During the 1999–2000 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

AFC Ajax
1999–2000 season
ChairmanMichael van Praag
ManagerJan Wouters
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivisie5th
Amstel CupRound of 16
UEFA CupThird round
Johan Cruyff ShieldRunners-up
Top goalscorerRichard Knopper (15)

Season summary edit

Another poor season saw Ajax finish in fifth, though this at least was an improvement on finishing sixth the previous season.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season. Squad numbers refer to numbers worn in European competitions.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NED Fred Grim
2 DF   DEN Ole Tobiasen
3 DF   NED Ferdi Vierklau
4 DF   NED Jan van Halst
5 DF   NED Frank Verlaat
6 MF   NED Aron Winter (captain)
7 FW   BRA Wamberto
8 MF   NED Richard Witschge
9 FW   GRE Nikos Machlas
10 FW   DEN Brian Laudrup
11 MF   DEN Jesper Grønkjær
13 MF   NED Richard Knopper
14 FW   POR Dani
15 DF   NED Tim de Cler
16 DF   NED John Nieuwenburg
17 DF   ROU Cristian Chivu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   USA John O'Brien
19 FW   NGA Tijani Babangida
21 MF   NGA Pius Ikedia
23 MF   NED Martijn Reuser
24 FW   GEO Shota Arveladze
25 DF   NGA Christopher Kanu
26 FW   NED Brutil Hosé[notes 1]
28 GK   NED Serge van den Ban
29 FW   NED Kevin Bobson
30 DF   NED Mitchell Piqué
36 DF   NED Quido Lanzaat
37 MF   RSA Aaron Mokoena
42 MF   GHA Abubakari Yakubu
43 MF   NED Rafael van der Vaart

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF   NED Cedric van der Gun (on loan to Den Bosch)
— MF   NED Peter Hoekstra (on loan to Compostela)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   NED Andy van der Meyde (on loan to Twente)

Jong Ajax edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   NED Maarten Stekelenburg
— DF   NED Serginho Greene
— DF   NED John Heitinga
— MF   NED Nigel de Jong
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   NED Jeffrey Sneijder
— MF   NED Wesley Sneijder
— MF   COL Daniel Cruz

Transfers edit

Out edit

Results edit

UEFA Cup edit

Second round edit

21 October 1999 Hapoel Haifa   0–3   Ajax Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
Report Machlas   3'
Knopper   12'
Laudrup   55'		 Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
4 November 1999 Ajax   0–1   Hapoel Haifa Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Report Roso   60' Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round edit

25 November 1999 Ajax   0–1   Mallorca Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Report Tristán   35' Attendance: 40,123
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
9 December 1999 Mallorca   2–0   Ajax Son Moix, Palma
Soler   2'
Biagini   70'		 Report Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Mallorca won 3–0 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ "CHELSEA WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BLUES; Rangers pipped in race for super Mario". Daily Mirror. London. 14 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hosé was born in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles (now Curaçao), but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands Antilles in 2004.
  2. ^ Mensah was born in Koforidua, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level.
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