| Competition | Eredivisie |
| Season | 1997-98 |
| Round | 30 |
| Date | |
| Home | FC Groningen |
| Away | Ajax |
| Final Score (regular time) | 2 - 4 |
| Halftime Score | 0 - 3 |
| Average age of starting lineup | 27.67 |
| Number of official Ajax 1 matches of starting lineup | 1985 |
| Player | Active | Position | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin van der Sar | Start | Keeper | |
| Mario Melchiot | Start | Defender | |
| Danny Blind | Start | Defender | |
| Sunday Oliseh | Start | Defender | |
| Frank de Boer | Start | Defender | |
| Ronald de Boer | Start | Midfielder | |
| Jari Litmanen | Start | Midfielder | |
| Richard Witschge | Start | Midfielder | |
| Tijjani Babangida | Start | Forward | |
| Shota Arveladze | Start | Forward | |
| Michael Laudrup | Start | Forward | |
| Andrzej Rudy | Bench | ||
| Dean Gorré | Bench | ||
| Peter Hoekstra | Bench |
| Player | Active | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Dani | Injured | Rechterknie |
| Ole Tobiasen | Injured | Voorste kruisband van linkerknie ingescheurd. |
| FC Groningen | Minute | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| First half | ||
| 16 | Goal Jari Litmanen, assist: Shota Arveladze | |
| 27 | Goal Shota Arveladze | |
| 44 | Goal Shota Arveladze | |
| Second half | ||
| 46 | Substistuted Frank de Boer out, in Andrzej Rudy | |
| 46 | Substistuted Ronald de Boer out, in Dean Gorré | |
| 66 | Goal Shota Arveladze, assist: Mario Melchiot | |
| 67 | Substistuted Tijjani Babangida out, in Peter Hoekstra | |
| Goal Harris Huizingh | 72 | |
| Goal Magno Mocelin | 81 | |
| Unknown | ||
| Yellow card Sunday Oliseh | ||
| Red card (2nd yellow) Sunday Oliseh |
| Date | Competition | Round | Match | Sum. Video | Full Video | Match Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/12/1997 | Eredivisie | 5 | Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 1 (2 - 1) | Link | ||
| 5/7/1997 | Eredivisie | 30 | FC Groningen - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0) | |||
| 12/1/1996 | Eredivisie | 18 | Ajax - FC Groningen 1 - 1 (1 - 0) | |||
| 4/21/1996 | Eredivisie | 32 | FC Groningen - Ajax 3 - 4 (2 - 2) | |||
| 11/19/1995 | Eredivisie | 15 | Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 1 (2 - 0) | |||
| 4/16/1995 | Eredivisie | 29 | FC Groningen - Ajax 2 - 4 (0 - 3) | |||
| 11/9/1994 | Eredivisie | 11 | Ajax - FC Groningen 3 - 1 (0 - 1) | |||
| 5/3/1994 | Eredivisie | 31 | Ajax - FC Groningen 0 - 2 (0 - 1) | |||
| 11/21/1993 | Eredivisie | 14 | FC Groningen - Ajax 0 - 4 (0 - 1) | |||
| 5/23/1993 | Eredivisie | 31 | Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 0 (1 - 0) |