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2001–02 AFC Ajax season

During the 2001–02 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

AFC Ajax
2001–02 season
ManagerCo Adriaanse (until 29 November)
Ronald Koeman
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivisie1st
KNVB CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerRafael van der Vaart (14)

Season summary edit

Manager Co Adriaanse was sacked in late November after some poor results, including elimination from the Champions League and UEFA Cup. His replacement, Ronald Koeman, led Ajax to the league and cup double.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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   NED Ferdi Vierklau
3 DF   NOR André Bergdølmo
4 DF   CZE Tomáš Galásek
5 DF   ROU Cristian Chivu
6 DF   TUN Hatem Trabelsi
7 MF   NED Andy van der Meyde
8 MF   NED Jan van Halst
9 FW   SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović
10 FW   NED Richard Knopper
11 FW   EGY Mido
12 GK   AUS Joey Didulica[notes 1]
13 DF   BRA Maxwell
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   NED Tim de Cler
16 DF   FIN Petri Pasanen
17 FW   BRA Wamberto
18 DF   USA John O'Brien
19 FW   GRE Nikos Machlas
20 FW   NED Cedric van der Gun
21 DF   NED John Heitinga
22 MF   GHA Abubakari Yakubu
23 MF   NED Rafael van der Vaart
25 FW   NGA Pius Ikedia
26 MF   COL Daniel Cruz
27 MF   RSA Steven Pienaar
31 GK   NED Maarten Stekelenburg

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
12 GK   ROU Bogdan Lobonț (on loan to Dinamo București)
8 MF   NED Richard Witschge (on loan to Deportivo Alavés)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW   GEO Shota Arveladze (to Rangers)

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
24 DF   NED Mitchell Piqué
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF   NED Stefano Seedorf

Results edit

UEFA Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit

  • 15 August: Ajax 1-3 Celtic (Arveladze; Petta, Agathe, Sutton)
  • 29 August: Celtic 0-1 Ajax

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

  • Ajax 3–0 Apollon Limassol
  • Apollon Limassol 0-2 Ajax

Second round edit

  • Copenhagen 0–0 Ajax
  • Ajax 0-1 Copenhagen

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Ajax - 2001/02".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and represented Australia at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 2004.
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