History of AFC Ajax

Several of Ajax' international trophies, including the Champions League and Intercontinental Cup trophies.

AFC Ajax is one of the most successful clubs in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 36 Eredivisie titles and 20 KNVB Cups.

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 continental treble by winning the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup. 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.

Ajax is also one of three teams to win the continental 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 and Chelsea are the four 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] Ajax plays at the Johan Cruyff Arena (previously known as Amsterdam Arena), which opened in 1996. They previously played at De Meer Stadion and the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium (for international matches).

  1. ^ "Europe's Club of the Century". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  2. ^ With Manchester United in 1999 and Barcelona in 2009.
  3. ^ UEFA sanctioned the UEFA Supercup for the first time in 1973. In 1972 was an unofficial edition and the 1st Centenary of Rangers (See "History of the UEFA Supercup". UEFA.com. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14.)
  4. ^ European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup.
  5. ^ UEFA sanctioned the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time in 1995. In the 1960s, it was unofficial. See "History of UEFA Intertoto Cup". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008.