1998-99 - 2000-01

Fred Grim (42 Official Matches)
Aron Winter (41)
Richard Knopper (39)
Brian Laudrup (38)
Wamberto (33)
Nikos Machlas (32)
Jesper Grønkjær (31)
John Nieuwenburg (30)
Cristian Chivu (28)
Tim de Cler (26)
Richard Witschge (25)
Frank Verlaat (25)
Jan van Halst (24)
Dani (22)
John O'Brien (21)
Shota Arveladze (20)
Ferdi Vierklau (14)
Christopher Kanu (12)

Season Results
Competition Mat Total points Win Drw Loss GF GA F-A Res
Eredivisie 34 61 18 7 9 72 51 21 Endranking: 5
Dutch Cup 1 1 1 -1 Lost in round 3
Dutch Super Cup 1 1 2 3 -1 Lost in Finale
UEFA Cup 6 3 3 12 6 6 Lost in round 3
Amsterdam Tournament 2 3 2 3 7 -4 Endranking: 3
Endranking Eredivisie
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 PSV 34 27 3 4 84 105 24 81
2 SC Heerenveen 34 21 5 8 68 65 36 29
3 Feyenoord 34 18 10 6 64 66 42 24
4 Vitesse 34 18 9 7 63 67 43 24
5 Ajax 34 18 7 9 61 72 51 21
6 FC Twente 34 16 12 6 60 57 37 20
7 AZ 34 17 4 13 55 69 59 10
8 Roda JC 34 16 7 11 55 62 53 9
9 Willem II 34 13 9 12 48 55 65 -10
10 Utrecht 34 14 4 16 46 55 61 -6
11 RKC Waalwijk 34 12 6 16 42 44 67 -23
12 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 8 16 38 47 54 -7
13 Sparta Rotterdam 34 11 4 19 37 48 75 -27
14 De Graafschap 34 8 9 17 33 41 60 -19
15 NEC 34 7 6 21 27 35 62 -27
16 MVV 34 6 7 21 25 38 68 -30
17 Cambuur Leeuwarden 34 6 7 21 25 35 66 -31
18 FC Den Bosch 34 4 11 19 23 36 74 -38
Endranking Amsterdam Tournament
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Lazio Roma 2 2 12 6 3 3
2 Santos 2 2 9 4 1 3
3 Ajax 2 2 3 3 7 -4
4 Atletico Madrid 2 2 2 1 3 -2
Match Details
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Match Report
7/31/1999 Amsterdam Tournament 1 Ajax - Santos 1 - 4 (0 - 2)
8/1/1999 Amsterdam Tournament 2 Ajax - Lazio Roma 2 - 3 (1 - 2)
8/8/1999 Dutch Super Cup Final Ajax - Feyenoord 2 - 3 (1 - 2)
8/15/1999 Eredivisie 1 Ajax - SC Heerenveen 3 - 2 (0 - 1) Link
8/20/1999 Eredivisie 2 MVV - Ajax 2 - 6 (1 - 2)
8/27/1999 Eredivisie 3 Cambuur Leeuwarden - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 1) Link
9/10/1999 Eredivisie 4 Ajax - Feyenoord 2 - 2 (1 - 0)
9/16/1999 UEFA Cup 1 Ajax - Dukla Banska Bystrica 6 - 1 (2 - 1) Link
9/19/1999 Eredivisie 5 RKC Waalwijk - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
9/24/1999 Eredivisie 6 Ajax - Vitesse 3 - 1 (1 - 1) Link
9/30/1999 UEFA Cup 1 Dukla Banska Bystrica - Ajax 1 - 3 (1 - 0) Link
10/3/1999 Eredivisie 7 Willem II - Ajax 3 - 6 (1 - 3)
10/13/1999 Eredivisie 8 Ajax - Fortuna Sittard 4 - 1 (2 - 1) Link
10/17/1999 Eredivisie 9 NEC - Ajax 1 - 3 (0 - 1) Link
10/21/1999 UEFA Cup 2 Hapoel Haifa - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 2) Link
10/24/1999 Eredivisie 10 Ajax - FC Den Bosch 6 - 1 (2 - 1) Link
10/29/1999 Eredivisie 11 Ajax - Roda JC 1 - 2 (0 - 0) Link
11/4/1999 UEFA Cup 2 Ajax - Hapoel Haifa 0 - 1 (0 - 0)
11/7/1999 Eredivisie 12 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 1 - 2 (0 - 1)
11/21/1999 Eredivisie 13 Ajax - Utrecht 2 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
11/25/1999 UEFA Cup 3 Ajax - Real Mallorca 0 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
11/28/1999 Eredivisie 14 AZ - Ajax 1 - 2 (1 - 1) Link
12/5/1999 Eredivisie 15 Ajax - RKC Waalwijk 1 - 2 (0 - 1)
12/9/1999 UEFA Cup 3 Real Mallorca - Ajax 2 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
12/15/1999 Eredivisie 16 Ajax - PSV 1 - 3 (0 - 2) Link
12/19/1999 Eredivisie 17 De Graafschap - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 0) Link
1/28/2000 Dutch Cup 3 Roda JC - Ajax 1 - 0 (0 - 0) Link
2/2/2000 Eredivisie 18 SC Heerenveen - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 1)
2/6/2000 Eredivisie 19 Ajax - Cambuur Leeuwarden 3 - 1 (3 - 0)
2/10/2000 Eredivisie 20 PSV - Ajax 4 - 0 (3 - 0) Link
2/13/2000 Eredivisie 21 Ajax - Willem II 3 - 1 (1 - 1) Link
2/20/2000 Eredivisie 22 Ajax - De Graafschap 2 - 1 (2 - 1) Link
3/5/2000 Eredivisie 23 FC Twente - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
3/15/2000 Eredivisie 24 Fortuna Sittard - Ajax 2 - 0 (2 - 0) Link
3/19/2000 Eredivisie 25 Ajax - FC Twente 0 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
3/26/2000 Eredivisie 26 Ajax - NEC 5 - 2 (1 - 2) Link
3/31/2000 Eredivisie 27 Roda JC - Ajax 3 - 0 (2 - 0) Link
4/9/2000 Eredivisie 28 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 3 - 2 (1 - 1)
4/16/2000 Eredivisie 29 Ajax - AZ 4 - 1 (1 - 1)
4/19/2000 Eredivisie 30 FC Den Bosch - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 0) Link
4/23/2000 Eredivisie 31 Feyenoord - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
4/30/2000 Eredivisie 32 Vitesse - Ajax 3 - 0 (3 - 0) Link
5/7/2000 Eredivisie 33 Ajax - MVV 1 - 0 (0 - 0)
5/14/2000 Eredivisie 34 Utrecht - Ajax 3 - 1 (2 - 0) Link
All players who have played for Ajax 1 this season
Player Team Matches Goals Yellow Red Assists Minutes Own Goals Remark
Shota Arveladze A 20 6 1 1121
Tijjani Babangida A 9 1 1 332
Kevin Bobson Unknown 4 1 237
Cristian Chivu A 28 1 5 4 2 2106 1
Tim de Cler A 26 1 2 2099
Dani A 22 4 2 3 1685
Fred Grim A 42 3780
Jesper Grønkjær A 31 4 2 2 2511
Jan van Halst A 24 4 1 1910
Pascal Heije Unknown 2 8
Brutil Hosé Unknown 5 1 145
Pius Ikedia Unknown 2 1 65
Christopher Kanu A 12 2 1 1 708
Richard Knopper A 39 18 1 5 3344
Quido Lanzaat Unknown 2 180
Brian Laudrup A 38 15 8 3155
Nikos Machlas A 32 17 1 2 2503
Aaron Mokoena Unknown 8 2 446
John Nieuwenburg A 30 3 2495
John O'Brien A 21 1 1 1 1472
Mitchell Piqué Unknown 4 1 146
Martijn Reuser Unknown 5 1 1 284
Rafael van der Vaart Unknown 1 90
Frank Verlaat A 25 4 4 2026 1
Ferdi Vierklau A 14 1 880
Wamberto A 33 5 3 4 1425
Aron Winter A 41 3 2 3 3665
Richard Witschge A 25 2 3 1 5 2192
Abubakari Yakubu A 5 362
Selection of Team A
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Fred Grim Keeper Contract
Stanley Menzo Keeper Contract 10/06/1999
Cristian Chivu Defender Contract 08/26/1999
Tim de Cler Defender Contract
John O'Brien Defender Contract
Tom Sier Defender Contract
Ole Tobiasen Defender Contract
Frank Verlaat Defender Contract
Ferdi Vierklau Defender Contract
Dani Midfielder Contract
Jan van Halst Midfielder Contract
John Nieuwenburg Midfielder Contract
Aron Winter Midfielder Contract
Richard Witschge Midfielder Contract
Abubakari Yakubu Midfielder Contract
Shota Arveladze Forward Contract
Tijjani Babangida Forward Contract
Jesper Grønkjær Forward Contract
Christopher Kanu Forward Contract
Richard Knopper Forward Contract
Brian Laudrup Forward Contract
Nikos Machlas Forward Contract
Wamberto Forward Contract
Selection of Team 2
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Marcel Akerboom Defender Unknown
Jeroen Ketting Forward Contract
Regillio O'Niel Unknown Unknown
Selection of Team Young
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Marc Stuut Midfielder Contract
Selection of Team Loan Out
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Loan Out From Loan Out To Remark
Kofi Mensah Defender Contract 02/22/2000 06/30/2000
Giorgi Kinkladze Midfielder Contract 11/01/1999 06/30/2000
Andrzej Rudy Midfielder Contract 12/10/1999 06/30/2000
Peter Hoekstra Forward Contract 08/20/1999 06/30/2000
Andy van der Meijde Forward Contract 07/01/1999 06/30/2000
Selection of Team Unknown
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Serge van den Ban Keeper Contract
Joey Didulica Keeper Contract 09/28/1999
Bogdan Lobonţ Keeper Contract 03/03/2000
Pascal Heije Defender Contract
Michael Lamey Defender No Contract
Quido Lanzaat Defender Unknown 01/01/2000
Aaron Mokoena Defender Contract
Mitchell Piqué Defender Contract
Daniel Cruz Midfielder Contract
Jason Culina Midfielder Contract
Dean Gorré Midfielder Contract 09/14/1999
Mariano Juan Midfielder Contract
Kwame Quansah Midfielder Contract
Rafael van der Vaart Midfielder Contract
Kiran Bechan Forward Contract
Kevin Bobson Forward Contract
Darl Douglas Forward Contract
Cedric van der Gun Forward Contract
Youssouf Hersi Forward Contract
Brutil Hosé Forward Contract
Pius Ikedia Forward Contract
Froylán Ledezma Forward Contract 08/10/1999
Benni McCarthy Forward Contract 07/23/1999
Martijn Reuser Forward Contract
Gerald Sibon Forward Contract 07/09/1999
Selection of Team Youth
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Marco van Duin Keeper No Contract
Maarten Stekelenburg Keeper No Contract
Kenneth Vermeer Keeper No Contract
Mitchell Burgzorg Defender No Contract
John Heitinga Defender No Contract
Johan Kappelhof Defender No Contract
Robbert Schilder Defender No Contract
Donovan Slijngard Defender No Contract
Christian Supusepa Defender No Contract
Gregory van der Wiel Defender No Contract
Mitchell Donald Midfielder No Contract
Urby Emanuelson Midfielder No Contract
Frank Olijve Midfielder No Contract
Tom Overtoom Midfielder No Contract
Jeffrey Sarpong Midfielder No Contract
Rodney Sneijder Midfielder No Contract
John Goossens Forward No Contract
Aras Özbiliz Forward No Contract
Género Zeefuik Forward No Contract
Selection of Team Youth A1
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
José Valencia Defender No Contract
Walker Midfielder No Contract
Selection of Team Youth C
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Ryan Babel Forward No Contract
Selection of Team Youth E
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Deniz Aslan Defender No Contract
Vurnon Anita Midfielder No Contract
Selection of Team Youth F
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Daley Blind Defender No Contract
Others active at Ajax
Player Role Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Hans Westerhof Head coach Contract 03/22/2000
Jan Wouters Head coach Contract 03/21/2000
Bobby Haarms Assistant coach Contract
Pim van Dord Fysio therapist Contract
Danny Blind Director Contract
John Steen Olsen Scout Contract
Michael van Praag President No Contract
Arie van Os Treasurer No Contract
David Endt Team Manager Contract
Players who left/will leave
Player Next Club Type Start Amount
Mario Melchiot Chelsea Transfer 07/01/1999
Arno Splinter De Graafschap Transfer 07/01/1999
Edwin van der Sar Juventus Transfer 07/01/1999
Raphael Supusepa Excelsior Transfer 07/01/1999
Sunday Oliseh Juventus Transfer 07/01/1999
Casper Nelis Willem II Transfer 07/01/1999
Andy van der Meijde FC Twente Loan start 07/01/1999
Jari Litmanen Barcelona Transfer 07/01/1999
Rody Turpijn De Graafschap Transfer 07/01/1999
Gerald Sibon Sheffield Wednesday Transfer 07/09/1999
Benni McCarthy Celta de Vigo Transfer 07/23/1999
Froylán Ledezma None Contract terminated 08/10/1999
Peter Hoekstra Compostela Loan start 08/20/1999
Dean Gorré Huddersfield Town Transfer 09/14/1999
Stanley Menzo None Retired 10/06/1999
Giorgi Kinkladze Derby County Loan start 11/01/1999
Andrzej Rudy Lierse Loan start 12/10/1999
Quido Lanzaat Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer 01/01/2000
Mariano Juan Getafe CF Loan start 01/14/2000
Kofi Mensah NAC Loan start 02/22/2000
Cedric van der Gun FC Den Bosch Loan start 03/03/2000
Martijn Reuser Ipswich Town Loan start 03/19/2000
Players who came/will come
Player Previous Club Type Start End Amount
Jason Culina Sydney Olympic Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2004
Jan van Halst FC Twente Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2003
Pius Ikedia ASEC Mimosas Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2005
Mariano Juan Racing Club de Avellaneda Loan end 07/01/1999
Brian Laudrup Chelsea Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2001
Nikos Machlas Vitesse Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2004 8,621,824
Stanley Menzo Lierse Transfer 07/01/1999
John Nieuwenburg Sparta Rotterdam Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2004
John O'Brien Utrecht Loan end 07/01/1999
Martijn Reuser Vitesse Loan end 07/01/1999
Frank Verlaat VfB Stuttgart Transfer 07/01/1999 06/30/2003
Aron Winter Internazionale Transfer 07/01/1999
Cristian Chivu Universitatea Craiova Transfer 08/26/1999 06/30/2005
Joey Didulica Melbourne Knights Transfer 09/28/1999 06/30/2003
Bogdan Lobonţ Rapid Bucharest Transfer 03/03/2000 06/30/2006
Players who signed their first contract
Player Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Kiran Bechan 07/01/1999 06/30/2005 Het contract werd in 1999 getekend, maar niet zeker dat het toen ook inging, Ajax tekende ook wel eens contracten met spelers 1 jaar voordat ze ingingen.
Daniel Cruz 03/10/1999 07/01/1999 5 06/30/2004
Darl Douglas 07/01/1999 4 06/30/2003 Onbekend wanneer Douglas zijn eerste contract tekent, ingeschat op 1999. Wel bekend dat het zomer 2003 afloopt.
Pascal Heije 07/01/1999 4 06/30/2003 Onbekend wanneer Heije precies een contract tekent bij Ajax, wel bekend dat dit zomer 2003 afloopt.
Youssouf Hersi 02/16/1999 07/01/1999 5 06/30/2004
Jeroen Ketting 05/07/1999 07/01/1999 1 06/30/2000
Aaron Mokoena 02/16/1999 07/01/1999 5 06/30/2004
Kwame Quansah 05/07/1999 07/01/1999 06/30/2004
Abubakari Yakubu 05/07/1999 07/01/1999 5 06/30/2004
Youthplayers who joined the Ajax academy
Player Previous Club Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Vurnon Anita VV Maarssen 07/01/1999
Fred Benson Zeeburgia 07/01/1999
Jeffrey Dekker Unknown 07/01/1999
Anouar Kali DOS '37 07/01/1999
Tom Kalkhuis FC Abcoude 07/01/1999
Johan Kappelhof Amstelland 07/01/1999
Tom Overtoom SV Diemen 07/01/1999
Robbert Schilder Amstelveen/Heemraad 07/01/1999
Rodney Sneijder D.O.S. Utrecht 07/01/1999
Michael Timisela FC Abcoude 07/01/1999
Kenneth Vermeer Unknown 07/01/1999
Walker Unknown 07/01/1999 Onbekend wanneer, maar speelt in ieder geval in 1999 al in de Ajax jeugd.
Género Zeefuik Start 07/01/1999
Michael Krohn-Dehli Brondby 06/13/2000 06/13/2000

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
Shota Arveladze 17 2 1 20 2 22
Tijjani Babangida 8 1 9 9
Kevin Bobson 3 1 4 2 6
Cristian Chivu 23 1 4 28 28
Tim de Cler 21 1 4 26 1 27
Jason Culina 1 1
Dani 19 1 1 1 22 22
Fred Grim 34 1 6 1 42 2 44
Jesper Grønkjær 25 1 4 1 31 2 33
Jan van Halst 21 2 1 24 2 26
Pascal Heije 2 2 2
Brutil Hosé 4 1 5 5
Pius Ikedia 2 2 2
Christopher Kanu 9 3 12 1 13
Richard Knopper 33 5 1 39 1 40
Quido Lanzaat 1 1 2 2
Brian Laudrup 31 1 5 1 38 1 39
Nikos Machlas 25 1 5 1 32 1 33
Aaron Mokoena 7 1 8 2 10
John Nieuwenburg 22 1 6 1 30 30
John O'Brien 16 1 4 21 21
Mitchell Piqué 2 1 1 4 2 6
Martijn Reuser 3 2 5 5
Rafael van der Vaart 1 1 1
Frank Verlaat 20 4 1 25 2 27
Ferdi Vierklau 11 1 2 14 14
Wamberto 27 5 1 33 2 35
Aron Winter 34 1 5 1 41 2 43
Richard Witschge 20 4 1 25 2 27
Abubakari Yakubu 5 5 5
Total 446 11 79 14 550 28 578
Season goals per competition
Player Comp. Comp. Play Off Dutch Cup Europa Other Off. Off. Mat. Friendly Total
Shota Arveladze 5 1 6 1 7
Tijjani Babangida 1 1 1
Kevin Bobson 1 1 1
Cristian Chivu 1 1 1
Dani 4 4 4
Jesper Grønkjær 3 1 4 4
Brutil Hosé 1 1 1
Richard Knopper 15 2 1 18 2 20
Brian Laudrup 13 2 15 15
Nikos Machlas 14 3 17 17
John O'Brien 1 1 1
Martijn Reuser 1 1 1
Frank Verlaat 3 1 4 4
Wamberto 4 1 5 5
Aron Winter 3 3 3
Richard Witschge 2 2 2
Total 70 12 2 84 3 87