1975-76 - 1977-78

Johnny Dusbaba (37 Official Matches)
Ruud Geels (37)
Piet Schrijvers (35)
Ruud Krol (35)
Dick Schoenaker (35)
Johan Zuidema (34)
Tscheu La Ling (32)
Hans Erkens (31)
Pim van Dord (30)
René Notten (29)
Barry Hulshoff (28)
Frank Arnesen (25)
Wim Suurbier (23)
Søren Lerby (16)
Simon Tahamata (15)
Joško Gluić (11)

Season Results
Competition Mat Total points Win Drw Loss GF GA F-A Res
Eredivisie 34 52 23 6 5 62 26 36 Endranking: 1
Dutch Cup 1 1 1 2 -1 Lost in round 2
UEFA Cup 2 1 1 1 2 -1 Lost in round 1
Amsterdam 7x 2 1 1 1 3 -2 Lost in Finale
Endranking Eredivisie
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Ajax 34 23 6 5 52 62 26 36
2 PSV 34 20 7 7 47 64 31 33
3 AZ '67 34 19 8 7 46 75 29 46
4 Feyenoord 34 16 12 6 44 65 35 30
5 Roda JC 34 17 8 9 42 53 35 18
6 Utrecht 34 16 6 12 38 59 66 -7
7 Sparta Rotterdam 34 12 12 10 36 52 47 5
8 NAC 34 11 12 11 34 41 53 -12
9 FC Twente 34 12 9 13 33 52 40 12
10 FC Den Haag 34 10 12 12 32 50 42 8
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 11 13 31 43 63 -20
12 HFC Haarlem 34 11 7 16 29 35 47 -12
13 FC VVV 34 8 11 15 27 37 60 -23
14 Telstar 34 7 12 15 26 35 57 -22
15 FC Amsterdam 34 7 11 16 25 41 58 -17
16 NEC 34 6 12 16 24 41 54 -13
17 EVV 34 6 12 16 24 28 63 -35
18 De Graafschap 34 6 10 18 22 29 56 -27
Match Details
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Match Report
8/6/1976 Amsterdam 7x Semi Final Ajax - Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 - 0
(penalties: 5 - 4)
8/8/1976 Amsterdam 7x Final Ajax - Anderlecht 1 - 3 (0 - 1)
8/22/1976 Eredivisie 1 Ajax - De Graafschap 1 - 0 (0 - 0)
8/25/1976 Eredivisie 2 AZ '67 - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 3)
8/29/1976 Eredivisie 3 HFC Haarlem - Ajax 2 - 0 (2 - 0)
9/1/1976 Eredivisie 4 Ajax - PSV 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
9/5/1976 Eredivisie 5 FC Den Haag - Ajax 1 - 2 (0 - 2)
9/11/1976 Eredivisie 6 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 3 (1 - 2)
9/15/1976 UEFA Cup 1 Ajax - Manchester United 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
9/19/1976 Eredivisie 7 Ajax - EVV 3 - 2 (2 - 0)
9/25/1976 Eredivisie 8 NAC - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 1)
9/29/1976 UEFA Cup 1 Manchester United - Ajax 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
10/3/1976 Eredivisie 9 Ajax - FC VVV 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
10/17/1976 Eredivisie 10 FC Twente - Ajax 1 - 2 (1 - 2)
10/24/1976 Eredivisie 11 Ajax - Utrecht 7 - 0 (5 - 0)
10/31/1976 Eredivisie 12 Telstar - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
11/7/1976 Eredivisie 13 Ajax - Go Ahead Eagles 4 - 0 (3 - 0)
11/14/1976 Eredivisie 14 Feyenoord - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 1)
11/21/1976 Dutch Cup 2 Utrecht - Ajax 2 - 1 (0 - 1)
11/28/1976 Eredivisie 15 Ajax - FC Amsterdam 1 - 0 (0 - 0)
12/5/1976 Eredivisie 16 Roda JC - Ajax 2 - 3 (0 - 3)
12/12/1976 Eredivisie 17 Ajax - NEC 2 - 1 (0 - 0)
1/9/1977 Eredivisie 18 De Graafschap - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
1/16/1977 Eredivisie 19 Ajax - AZ '67 1 - 0 (0 - 0)
1/23/1977 Eredivisie 20 Ajax - HFC Haarlem 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
1/29/1977 Eredivisie 21 PSV - Ajax 3 - 1 (1 - 0)
2/6/1977 Eredivisie 22 Ajax - FC Den Haag 2 - 1 (2 - 0)
2/13/1977 Eredivisie 23 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 1)
2/27/1977 Eredivisie 24 EVV - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 1)
3/6/1977 Eredivisie 25 Ajax - NAC 4 - 0 (2 - 0)
3/13/1977 Eredivisie 26 FC VVV - Ajax 2 - 2 (2 - 0)
3/20/1977 Eredivisie 27 Ajax - FC Twente 1 - 1 (0 - 1)
4/3/1977 Eredivisie 28 Utrecht - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 0)
4/11/1977 Eredivisie 29 Ajax - Telstar 4 - 0 (3 - 0)
4/16/1977 Eredivisie 30 Go Ahead Eagles - Ajax 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
4/24/1977 Eredivisie 31 Ajax - Feyenoord 2 - 1 (0 - 0)
5/1/1977 Eredivisie 32 FC Amsterdam - Ajax 2 - 3 (0 - 2)
5/8/1977 Eredivisie 33 Ajax - Roda JC 1 - 2 (0 - 1)
5/15/1977 Eredivisie 34 NEC - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
All players who have played for Ajax 1 this season
Player Team Matches Goals Yellow Red Assists Minutes Own Goals Remark
Frank Arnesen A 25 2 4 1634
Aitze Bouma Unknown 2 18
Pim van Dord A 30 2 2603
Johnny Dusbaba A 37 2 2 3302
Hans Erkens A 31 4 3 2759
Ruud Geels A 37 34 5 3330
Joško Gluić A 11 1 594
Barry Hulshoff A 28 1 2 2186
Ronald Klinkenberg C 1 44
Ruud Krol A 35 2 2 3106
Søren Lerby A 16 3 1 780
Tscheu La Ling A 32 3 6 2220
Freek la Main Unknown 1 10
Geert Meijer A 9 434
René Notten A 29 2 1 6 2324
Dick Schoenaker A 35 6 5 3012
Piet Schrijvers A 35 3150
Wim Suurbier A 23 1 1 2070
Simon Tahamata A 15 3 615
Rob Tervoort Unknown 2 180
Johan Zuidema A 34 5 5 2259
Selection of Team A
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Peter Jager Keeper Contract
Piet Schrijvers Keeper Contract
Pim van Dord Defender Contract
Johnny Dusbaba Defender Contract
Barry Hulshoff Defender Contract
Ruud Krol Defender Contract
Wim Suurbier Defender Contract
Johan Zuidema Defender Contract
Frank Arnesen Midfielder Contract
Hannie Das Midfielder Contract
Hans Erkens Midfielder Contract
Rob Kok Midfielder Contract
Søren Lerby Midfielder Contract
René Notten Midfielder Contract
Dick Schoenaker Midfielder Contract
Ruud Geels Forward Contract
Joško Gluić Forward Contract
Tscheu La Ling Forward Contract
Geert Meijer Forward Contract
Simon Tahamata Forward Unknown
Selection of Team C
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Ronald Klinkenberg Midfielder Contract
Selection of Team Loan Out
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Loan Out From Loan Out To Remark
Ton Wickel Defender Contract
Selection of Team Unknown
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Heinz Stuy Keeper Unknown
Rob Tervoort Keeper Unknown
Daan van de Burg Defender Contract
Chris Verkaik Defender Contract
Freek la Main Midfielder Contract
Aitze Bouma Forward Unknown
René de Haan Unknown Contract
Ron van Niekerk Unknown Contract
Leo van Oers Unknown Contract
Wim Schoch Unknown Contract
Hans Singerling Unknown Contract
Selection of Team Youth B2
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Tonie den Boer Defender No Contract
Others active at Ajax
Player Role Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Tomislav Ivić Head coach Contract
Bobby Haarms Assistant coach Contract
Jaap van Praag President No Contract
Jan Westrik Secretary No Contract
Henk Timman Treasurer No Contract
Players who left/will leave
Player Next Club Type Start Amount
Paul Bijvank RKSV Volendam Transfer 07/01/1976
Willy Brokamp MVV Transfer 07/01/1976 136,134
Nico Kanon Helmond Sport Transfer 07/01/1976
Eddie Kraal Telstar Transfer 07/01/1976
Gerrie Mühren Betis Sevilla Transfer 07/01/1976
Henk van Santen FC Twente Transfer 07/01/1976
Kick Seegers VV Heerenveen Transfer 07/01/1976
Arno Steffenhagen Hamburger SV Transfer 07/01/1976 363,024
Gerard Staats Telstar Transfer 07/17/1976
Jaap Staats Telstar Transfer 07/17/1976
Ton Wickel Excelsior Loan start 08/06/1976
Dick Helling Telstar Loan start 11/06/1976
Geert Meijer FC Amsterdam Loan start 12/01/1976
Players who came/will come
Player Previous Club Type Start End Amount
Daan van de Burg Zeeburgia Transfer 07/01/1976
Hans Erkens FSC Transfer 07/01/1976 06/30/1978
René de Haan DWV Transfer 07/01/1976
Ron van Niekerk DWS Transfer 07/01/1976
Leo van Oers Vlijmense Boys Transfer 07/01/1976
Wim Schoch Elinkwijk Transfer 07/01/1976
Dick Schoenaker De Graafschap Transfer 07/01/1976 06/30/1979 226,890
Chris Verkaik Zeeburgia Transfer 07/01/1976
Johan Zuidema NEC Transfer 07/01/1976 226,890
Joško Gluić Go Ahead Eagles Transfer 08/02/1976
Players who signed their first contract
Player Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Peter Jager 07/01/1976
Ronald Klinkenberg 07/01/1976
Freek la Main 07/01/1976
Hans Singerling 07/01/1976
Simon Tahamata 07/01/1976
Players who renewed their contract
Player Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Barry Hulshoff 09/02/1976 07/01/1976 1 06/30/1977
Wim Suurbier 10/20/1976 10/20/1976 2 06/30/1978

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
Frank Arnesen 23 2 25 25
Aitze Bouma 2 2 2
Pim van Dord 27 1 2 30 2 32
Johnny Dusbaba 34 1 2 37 2 39
Hans Erkens 28 1 2 31 2 33
Ruud Geels 34 1 2 37 2 39
Joško Gluić 9 2 11 11
Barry Hulshoff 25 1 2 28 28
Ronald Klinkenberg 1 1 1
Ruud Krol 33 2 35 2 37
Søren Lerby 16 16 2 18
Tscheu La Ling 29 1 2 32 2 34
Freek la Main 1 1 1
Geert Meijer 7 1 1 9 2 11
René Notten 26 1 2 29 2 31
Dick Schoenaker 33 1 1 35 2 37
Piet Schrijvers 32 1 2 35 2 37
Wim Suurbier 22 1 23 2 25
Simon Tahamata 15 15 15
Rob Tervoort 2 2 2
Johan Zuidema 32 1 1 34 2 36
Total 431 12 25 468 26 494
Season goals per competition
Player Comp. Comp. Play Off Dutch Cup Europa Other Off. Off. Mat. Friendly Total
Frank Arnesen 2 2 2
Johnny Dusbaba 2 2 2
Hans Erkens 4 4 4
Ruud Geels 34 34 34
Barry Hulshoff 1 1 1
Ruud Krol 1 1 2 2
Søren Lerby 3 3 3
Tscheu La Ling 3 3 3
René Notten 2 2 2
Dick Schoenaker 6 6 6
Johan Zuidema 4 1 5 1 6
Total 62 1 1 64 1 65
Lineup Photos
FC Amsterdam - Ajax 2 - 3 (5/1/1977)
Ajax - Anderlecht 1 - 3 (8/8/1976)
Individual Photos
Dick Schoenaker (Press day Ajax)
Wim Suurbier (Press day Ajax)
Johan Zuidema (Press day Ajax)
Joško Gluić