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Ajax

Amsterdamsche Full name Club Ajax NV Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) Nickname(s) Joden (Jews) Founded March 18, 1900 ArenA Ground Amsterdam Capacity 51,628 [1] League 2006-07 Eredivisie, 2nd

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Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (: AJAX) also referred to as AFC Ajax, simply Ajax (pronounced / ʌɪjaks/) is a professional football club from Amsterdam, . In 1928, the club logo was introduced with the head of the Greek hero Ajax. The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominate the Dutch (Eredivisie), the other two being and PSV. Ajax is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup; they won consecutively in 1971-1973. In 1972, they completed The 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 , also AFC Ajax are one of the only two teams (with Manchester United in 1999) to win the The Treble and the Intercontinental Cup in the same /calender year, this was achieved in the legendary 1971/72 season [2]. They are also one of only three clubs (with Juventus and Bayern Munich) to have won all three major European trophies at least once (the European Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup). The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth program that has introduced many great footballers – Johan Cruijff being the best example. Ajax has also expanded its talent searching program to South Africa and the United States with Ajax Cape Town and Ajax America respectively. Recently, American John O’Brien played and started for Ajax,. Although Ajax have been vying for the championship with PSV in recent years, its main traditional rivalry is with Feyenoord from , culminating every year in the "Klassieker". It is a match between the two largest cities of the Netherlands, one of which identifies itself with artists, creativity and sophistication (Amsterdam), and the other which identifies itself with hard, no- nonsense, industrial labour (Rotterdam).

Current squad

No. Position Player No. Position Player 1 GK 18 MF Gabri 2 DF 19 MF 3 DF (captain) 20 DF George Ogăraru 4 DF 21 FW Edgar Manucharyan 5 DF 22 DF Robbert Schilder 6 MF 23 FW 7 FW Kennedy Bakircioglü 24 MF 8 FW 25 DF Klaas Jan Huntelaar 26 MF Jeffrey Sarpong 9 FW (vice-captain) 27 MF 10 FW 28 MF Michael Krohn-Dehli 11 FW Leonardo 29 MF Olaf Lindenbergh 12 GK 30 GK 13 MF 31 DF Jurgen Colin 15 MF Laurent Delorge 34 FW 16 FW Luis Suárez 17 MF

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