1945-46 - 1947-48

Joop Stoffelen (30 Official Matches)
Jany van der Veen (30)
Gerrit Fischer (30)
Gé van Dijk (30)
Henk van der Linden (29)
Gerrit Keizer (29)
Jan Potharst (28)
Rinus Michels (27)
Guus Dräger (27)
Gerrie Stroker (18)
Theo Brokmann Jr. (18)
Gerard Bruins (14)
Cor van der Hart (12)

Season Results
Competition Mat Total points Win Drw Loss GF GA F-A Res
First Division West I 20 29 13 3 4 50 30 20 Endranking: 1
Champions Competition 10 17 8 1 1 32 16 16 Endranking: 1
Friendly 5 1 2 2 14 16 -2
Endranking First Division West I
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Ajax 20 13 3 4 29 50 31 19
2 Feijenoord 20 10 4 6 24 57 44 13
3 DWS 20 8 5 7 21 33 29 4
4 EDO 20 9 2 9 20 41 36 5
5 RFC 20 8 4 8 20 50 44 6
6 Sparta 20 8 3 9 19 38 37 1
7 Hermes DVS 20 7 4 9 18 42 48 -6
8 ADO 20 8 2 10 1 30 35 -5
9 't Gooi 20 7 4 9 18 33 41 -8
10 VSV 20 8 2 10 18 45 56 -11
11 Emma 20 6 3 11 15 41 59 -18
Endranking Champions Competition
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Ajax 10 8 1 1 17 32 16 16
2 VV Heerenveen 10 6 2 2 14 35 22 13
3 NEC 10 3 3 4 9 21 32 -11
4 MVV 10 1 5 4 7 19 24 -5
5 BVV 10 3 1 6 7 14 20 -6
6 Blauw-Wit 10 1 4 5 6 17 24 -7
Match Details
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Match Report
8/28/1946 Friendly - Bleijerheide - Ajax 2 - 2 (1 - 0)
9/1/1946 Friendly - SV Limburgia - Ajax 1 - 6 (0 - 2)
9/15/1946 Friendly - Ajax - Excelsior 2 - 4
9/22/1946 First Division West I 1 RFC - Ajax 1 - 2 (0 - 1)
9/29/1946 First Division West I 2 Ajax - Emma 3 - 2 (2 - 1)
10/6/1946 First Division West I 3 ADO - Ajax 2 - 4 (1 - 2)
10/13/1946 First Division West I 4 Ajax - Sparta 1 - 0 (0 - 0)
10/27/1946 First Division West I 6 DWS - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 1)
11/3/1946 First Division West I 7 Ajax - 't Gooi 5 - 0 (3 - 0)
11/10/1946 First Division West I 8 Feijenoord - Ajax 5 - 3 (2 - 2)
11/24/1946 First Division West I 10 EDO - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 0)
12/1/1946 First Division West I 11 Hermes DVS - Ajax 3 - 1 (1 - 1)
12/29/1946 First Division West I 9 Ajax - VSV 5 - 2 (2 - 0)
1/19/1947 First Division West I 12 Ajax - RFC 5 - 3 (1 - 1)
3/23/1947 First Division West I 13 Emma - Ajax 2 - 2 (2 - 1)
3/30/1947 First Division West I 14 Ajax - ADO 3 - 0 (2 - 0)
4/6/1947 Friendly - Ajax - AIK 1 - 6
4/13/1947 First Division West I 15 Sparta - Ajax 1 - 3 (0 - 2)
4/20/1947 Friendly - Ajax - DOS 3 - 3 (1 - 1)
4/27/1947 First Division West I 17 Ajax - DWS 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
5/11/1947 First Division West I 19 Ajax - Feijenoord 1 - 1 (0 - 0)
5/15/1947 First Division West I 20 VSV - Ajax 2 - 1 (1 - 1)
5/18/1947 First Division West I 21 Ajax - EDO 3 - 1 (2 - 0)
5/21/1947 First Division West I 18 't Gooi - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 1)
6/1/1947 First Division West I 22 Ajax - Hermes DVS 2 - 4 (2 - 4)
6/8/1947 Champions Competition - Ajax - VV Heerenveen 3 - 3 (2 - 2)
6/11/1947 Champions Competition - VV Heerenveen - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 1)
6/14/1947 Champions Competition - BVV - Ajax 5 - 2 (0 - 1)
6/17/1947 Champions Competition - Ajax - BVV 2 - 0 (0 - 0)
6/21/1947 Champions Competition - Ajax - Blauw-Wit 4 - 3 (2 - 0)
6/25/1947 Champions Competition - Blauw-Wit - Ajax 1 - 2 (1 - 1)
6/29/1947 Champions Competition - MVV - Ajax 2 - 3 (2 - 0)
7/2/1947 Champions Competition - Ajax - MVV 3 - 1 (2 - 1)
7/5/1947 Champions Competition - NEC - Ajax 0 - 6 (0 - 3)
7/9/1947 Champions Competition - Ajax - NEC 5 - 1 (1 - 1)
All players who have played for Ajax 1 this season
Player Team Matches Goals Yellow Red Assists Minutes Own Goals Remark
Chris Ackerman First or Second 5 3 450
Henk Blomvliet Unknown 6 365 1
Theo Brokmann Jr. A 18 10 1 1554
Gerard Bruins A 14 17 3 1190
Gé van Dijk A 30 8 1 2700
Guus Dräger A 27 12 5 2430
Gerrit Fischer A 30 9 12 2700
Cor van der Hart A 12 1045
Gerrit Keizer A 29 2610
Gerrit Krist Unknown 1 44
Piet Leemhuis Unknown 1 90
Bep Leentvaar Unknown 1 90
Henk van der Linden A 29 2 2545 1
Rinus Michels A 27 12 3 2430
Jan Potharst A 28 2455
Joop Stoffelen A 30 2 2 2700
Gerrie Stroker A 18 3 1590
Jany van der Veen A 30 2624
Erwin van Wijngaarden Unknown 1 90
Selection of Team A
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Gerrit Keizer Keeper Unknown
Cor van der Hart Defender Unknown
Henk van der Linden Defender Unknown
Jan Potharst Defender Unknown
Joop Stoffelen Midfielder Unknown
Jany van der Veen Midfielder Unknown
Theo Brokmann Jr. Forward Unknown
Gerard Bruins Forward Unknown
Gé van Dijk Forward Unknown
Guus Dräger Forward Unknown
Gerrit Fischer Forward Unknown
Rinus Michels Forward Unknown
Gerrie Stroker Forward Unknown
Selection of Team First or Second
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Chris Ackerman Forward Unknown
Selection of Team Unknown
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Bep Leentvaar Keeper Unknown
Henk Blomvliet Defender Unknown
Cor van der Hoeven Midfielder Unknown
Gerrit Krist Midfielder Unknown
Piet Leemhuis Midfielder Unknown
Ko Loois Midfielder Unknown
Erwin van Wijngaarden Forward Unknown
Others active at Ajax
Player Role Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Jack Reynolds Head coach Contract
Marius Koolhaas President No Contract
Jan Elzenga Secretary No Contract
Theo Brokmann Sr. Commissioner No Contract
Players who came/will come
Player Previous Club Type Start End Amount
Gerard Bruins VV Heeg Transfer 09/01/1946
Youthplayers who joined the Ajax academy
Player Previous Club Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Theo de Groot None 07/01/1946
Henk Koning Unknown 07/01/1946

See this overview for an explanation of the categorization of the various competition types.

Season matches per competition
Player Comp. Comp. Play Off Dutch Cup Europa Other Off. Off. Mat. Friendly Total
Chris Ackerman 5 5 2 7
Henk Blomvliet 5 1 6 1 7
Theo Brokmann Jr. 13 5 18 18
Gerard Bruins 9 5 14 14
Gé van Dijk 20 10 30 2 32
Guus Dräger 17 10 27 3 30
Gerrit Fischer 20 10 30 2 32
Cor van der Hart 5 7 12 12
Gerrit Keizer 19 10 29 1 30
Gerrit Krist 1 1 1
Piet Leemhuis 1 1 1
Bep Leentvaar 1 1 1
Henk van der Linden 19 10 29 2 31
Rinus Michels 17 10 27 2 29
Jan Potharst 18 10 28 2 30
Joop Stoffelen 20 10 30 2 32
Gerrie Stroker 14 4 18 2 20
Jany van der Veen 20 10 30 2 32
Erwin van Wijngaarden 1 1 1
Total 224 113 337 23 360
Season goals per competition
Player Comp. Comp. Play Off Dutch Cup Europa Other Off. Off. Mat. Friendly Total
Chris Ackerman 3 3 3
Theo Brokmann Jr. 7 3 10 10
Gerard Bruins 8 9 17 17
Gé van Dijk 5 3 8 8
Guus Dräger 4 8 12 3 15
Gerrit Fischer 5 4 9 9
Henk van der Linden 1 1 2 2
Rinus Michels 10 2 12 1 13
Joop Stoffelen 2 2 1 3
Gerrie Stroker 1 2 3 3
Total 46 32 78 5 83
Individual Photos
Gerrie Stroker (Ajax squad (April 13, 1947))
Henk van der Linden (Ajax squad (April 31, 1947))
Dutch Competition

Ajax started well in the First Division West I competition and had a good season. Feyenoord was able to get 3 points from the matches with Ajax, but because Ajax dropped only few points the division championship was achieved with a margin. Feyenoord ended second 5 points behin Ajax. In the champions competition Ajax started with getting 3 points from the two matches against SC Heerenveen. Heerenveen also turned out to be the only competitor, and only dropped few points. Ajax lost only once and quite easily became domestic champion with 3 points ahead of SC Heerenveen.

Beker

There was no Dutch Cup competition during this season.

Lineup

The following players were used a lot: Gerrit Keizer (goalkeeper), Jan Potharst and Henk van der Linden (defense), Joop Stoffelen, Jany van der Veen and Gerrie Stroker (midfield and stopper spil), Gerrit Fischer, Rinus Michels, Theo Brokmann Jr., Ge van Dijk, and Guus Dräger (attack). Gerrit Keizer was captain. Gerard Bruins (13) often played in attack and Cor van der Hart (12) often played on midfield. The following players also played official matches: Chris Ackerman (5), Henk Blomvliet (5), Piet Leemhuis (1), Bep Leentvaar (1), Erwin van Wijngaarden (1).

Coach

Jack Reynolds was trainer.

Little Information

There is not a lot of information about lineups and goalscorers. From few matches we dont have any information besides the final score.