2000-01 - 2002-03

Cristian Chivu (42 Official Matches)
André Bergdølmo (41)
Wamberto (39)
Fred Grim (39)
Nikos Machlas (39)
Andy van der Meijde (39)
John O'Brien (34)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (33)
Mido (31)
Maxwell (31)
Hatem Trabelsi (29)
Tomás Galásek (28)
Rafael van der Vaart (27)
Abubakari Yakubu (27)
Tim de Cler (20)
John Heitinga (19)
Jan van Halst (16)
Richard Knopper (15)
Pius Ikedia (14)
Steven Pienaar (10)

Season Results
Competition Mat Total points Win Drw Loss GF GA F-A Res
Eredivisie 34 73 22 7 5 73 34 39 Endranking: 1
Dutch Cup 4 4 14 5 9 Winner
Champions League (Qualification) 2 1 1 2 3 -1 Lost in round 3
UEFA Cup 4 2 1 1 5 1 4 Lost in round 2
Amsterdam Tournament 2 6 1 1 3 2 1 Endranking: 1
Endranking Eredivisie
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Ajax 34 22 7 5 73 73 34 39
2 PSV 34 20 8 6 68 77 32 45
3 Feyenoord 34 19 7 8 64 68 29 39
4 SC Heerenveen 34 17 9 8 60 57 27 30
5 Vitesse 34 16 12 6 60 45 34 11
6 NAC 34 15 9 10 54 55 52 3
7 Utrecht 34 14 9 11 51 60 51 9
8 RKC Waalwijk 34 14 6 14 48 49 44 5
9 NEC 34 13 6 15 45 38 59 -21
10 AZ 34 12 7 15 43 43 45 -2
11 Willem II 34 10 13 11 43 54 61 -7
12 FC Twente 34 10 12 12 42 41 41
13 Roda JC 34 11 8 15 41 33 45 -12
14 De Graafschap 34 10 7 17 37 43 55 -12
15 FC Groningen 34 10 7 17 37 40 59 -19
16 FC Den Bosch 34 8 9 17 33 40 55 -15
17 Sparta Rotterdam 34 4 12 18 24 26 75 -49
18 Fortuna Sittard 34 3 8 23 17 27 71 -44
Endranking Amsterdam Tournament
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Ajax 2 1 1 6 3 2 1
2 AC Milan 2 1 1 5 2 2
2 Valencia 2 1 1 5 2 2
4 Liverpool 2 1 1 5 2 3 -1
Match Details
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Match Report
7/26/2001 Amsterdam Tournament 1 Ajax - AC Milan 0 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
7/28/2001 Amsterdam Tournament 2 Ajax - Liverpool 3 - 1 (1 - 1) Link
8/8/2001 Champions League (Qualification) 3 Ajax - Celtic 1 - 3 (1 - 2)
8/19/2001 Eredivisie 1 Ajax - Roda JC 1 - 1 (0 - 0) Link
8/22/2001 Champions League (Qualification) 3 Celtic - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
8/26/2001 Eredivisie 3 Feyenoord - Ajax 1 - 2 (0 - 0) Link
9/8/2001 Eredivisie 4 FC Twente - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 1) Link
9/16/2001 Eredivisie 5 Ajax - AZ 1 - 0 (0 - 0) Link
9/20/2001 UEFA Cup 1 Ajax - Apollon Limassol 2 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
9/23/2001 Eredivisie 6 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 3 - 0 (3 - 0) Link
9/27/2001 UEFA Cup 1 Apollon Limassol - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 1) Link
9/30/2001 Eredivisie 7 FC Groningen - Ajax 1 - 4 (0 - 2) Link
10/10/2001 Eredivisie 8 Ajax - NEC 5 - 0 (4 - 0)
10/13/2001 Eredivisie 9 RKC Waalwijk - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 1)
10/18/2001 UEFA Cup 2 FC Kopenhagen - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
10/24/2001 Eredivisie 2 SC Heerenveen - Ajax 5 - 1 (1 - 1) Link
10/28/2001 Eredivisie 11 Ajax - Willem II 4 - 1 (1 - 1) Link
11/1/2001 UEFA Cup 2 Ajax - FC Kopenhagen 0 - 1 (0 - 0)
11/4/2001 Eredivisie 12 De Graafschap - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0) Link
11/18/2001 Eredivisie 13 Ajax - NAC 1 - 3 (1 - 1) Link
11/25/2001 Eredivisie 14 Ajax - PSV 1 - 3 (0 - 2) Link
11/28/2001 Eredivisie 15 Ajax - FC Twente 3 - 2 (0 - 2) Link
12/4/2001 Eredivisie 10 Ajax - Fortuna Sittard 4 - 0 (2 - 0) Link
12/12/2001 Dutch Cup 3 Ajax - RBC Roosendaal 4 - 3
(regular time:3 - 3)		 Link
12/15/2001 Eredivisie 18 Roda JC - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 0) Link
12/19/2001 Eredivisie 17 Ajax - Vitesse 5 - 1 (3 - 1) Link
12/23/2001 Eredivisie 19 Utrecht - Ajax 3 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
1/27/2002 Eredivisie 16 FC Den Bosch - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
2/3/2002 Eredivisie 21 Willem II - Ajax 1 - 3 (1 - 0) Link
2/7/2002 Dutch Cup Quarter Final Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 0 (2 - 0)
2/10/2002 Eredivisie 22 Ajax - RKC Waalwijk 3 - 1 (1 - 0) Link
2/17/2002 Eredivisie 20 AZ - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
2/24/2002 Eredivisie 24 NAC - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 0) Link
2/27/2002 Eredivisie 23 Fortuna Sittard - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0) Link
3/3/2002 Eredivisie 25 Ajax - Feyenoord 1 - 1 (0 - 0) Link
3/10/2002 Eredivisie 26 Ajax - De Graafschap 4 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
3/17/2002 Eredivisie 27 Ajax - SC Heerenveen 2 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
3/24/2002 Eredivisie 28 PSV - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 1)
3/31/2002 Eredivisie 29 Vitesse - Ajax 3 - 1 (0 - 1) Link
4/3/2002 Eredivisie 32 Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 3 (1 - 1) Link
4/10/2002 Dutch Cup Semi Final Ajax - PSV 3 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
4/14/2002 Eredivisie 31 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 0 - 4 (0 - 1) Link
4/21/2002 Eredivisie 30 Ajax - Utrecht 1 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
4/28/2002 Eredivisie 33 Ajax - FC Den Bosch 2 - 0 (1 - 0) Link
5/5/2002 Eredivisie 34 NEC - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 2) Link
5/12/2002 Dutch Cup Final Utrecht - Ajax 2 - 3
(regular time:2 - 2)		 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 4 1 1 340
André Bergdølmo A 41 7 4 2 3667 1
Cristian Chivu A 42 1 5 5 3792
Tim de Cler A 20 3 3 1633
Daniel Cruz A 1 90
Jelle van Damme A 1 10
Joey Didulica A 8 1 471
Tomás Galásek A 28 2 1 2020
Fred Grim A 39 3549
Cedric van der Gun A 2 96
Jan van Halst A 16 3 1 1255
John Heitinga A 19 3 1292
Zlatan Ibrahimović A 33 9 2 7 1773
Pius Ikedia A 14 1 1 279
Richard Knopper A 15 1 1 522
Nikos Machlas A 39 15 3 5 2102
Maxwell A 31 1 3 2274
Andy van der Meijde A 39 7 3 12 3141
Mido A 31 13 3 1 4 1776
John O'Brien A 34 2 2 4 2743
Petri Pasanen A 2 113
Steven Pienaar A 10 1 1 1 639
Mitchell Piqué A 2 1 10
Stefano Seedorf Young 1 18
Hatem Trabelsi A 29 8 1 5 2502
Rafael van der Vaart A 27 17 6 2431
Ferdi Vierklau A 8 1 578
Wamberto A 39 14 3 1 6 3074
Abubakari Yakubu A 27 3 1 1913
Selection of Team A
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Joey Didulica Keeper Contract
Fred Grim Keeper Contract
André Bergdølmo Defender Contract
Cristian Chivu Defender Contract
Tim de Cler Defender Contract
Jelle van Damme Defender Contract 01/01/2002
John Heitinga Defender Contract
Maxwell Defender Contract
John O'Brien Defender Contract
Petri Pasanen Defender Contract
Mitchell Piqué Defender Contract
Hatem Trabelsi Defender Contract 07/24/2001
Ferdi Vierklau Defender Contract
Daniel Cruz Midfielder Contract
Tomás Galásek Midfielder Contract
Jan van Halst Midfielder Contract
Steven Pienaar Midfielder Contract
Rafael van der Vaart Midfielder Contract
Abubakari Yakubu Midfielder Contract
Shota Arveladze Forward Contract 08/29/2001
Cedric van der Gun Forward Contract
Zlatan Ibrahimović Forward Contract
Pius Ikedia Forward Contract
Richard Knopper Forward Contract
Nikos Machlas Forward Contract
Andy van der Meijde Forward Contract
Mido Forward Contract
Wamberto Forward Contract
Selection of Team Young
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Maarten Stekelenburg Keeper Contract
Bram Verbist Keeper Contract
Ruud Kras Defender Contract
Gabriel Mofokeng Defender No Contract
José Valencia Defender Contract
Jason Culina Midfielder Contract
Michael Krohn-Dehli Midfielder Contract
Anthony Obodai Midfielder Contract
Kwame Quansah Midfielder Contract
Stefano Seedorf Midfielder Contract
Walker Midfielder Contract
Kiran Bechan Forward Contract
Selection of Team Loan Out
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Loan Out From Loan Out To Remark
Bogdan Lobonţ Keeper Contract 09/14/2001 06/30/2002
Serginho Greene Defender Contract 07/01/2001 06/30/2002
Pascal Heije Defender Contract 07/01/2001 06/30/2002
Didi Longuet Defender Contract 07/01/2001 06/30/2002
Aaron Mokoena Defender Contract
John Nieuwenburg Midfielder Contract 07/01/2001 06/30/2002
Aron Winter Midfielder Contract 07/23/2001 06/30/2002
Richard Witschge Midfielder Contract 07/01/2001 06/30/2002
Tijjani Babangida Forward Contract 07/19/2001 06/30/2002
Darl Douglas Forward Contract 07/01/2001 06/30/2002
Youssouf Hersi Forward Contract 07/02/2001 06/30/2002
Brutil Hosé Forward Contract 07/01/2001 12/01/2001
Christopher Kanu Forward Contract 01/30/2002 09/20/2001 01/23/2002
Selection of Team Unknown
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Ole Tobiasen Defender Contract
Nigel de Jong Midfielder Contract
Jussi Kujala Midfielder Contract
Kevin Bobson Forward Contract 07/02/2001
Peter Hoekstra Forward Contract 07/17/2001
Selection of Team Youth
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Marco Bizot Keeper No Contract
Jordy Deckers Keeper No Contract
Marco van Duin Keeper No Contract
Kenneth Vermeer Keeper No Contract
Mitchell Burgzorg Defender No Contract
Alexander Büttner Defender No Contract
Stefano Denswil Defender No Contract
Johan Kappelhof Defender No Contract
Ruben Ligeon Defender No Contract
Calvin Mac-Intosch Defender No Contract
Robbert Schilder Defender No Contract
Donovan Slijngard Defender No Contract
Marijn Sterk Defender No Contract
Christian Supusepa Defender No Contract
Joël Veltman Defender No Contract
Thomas Vermaelen Defender No Contract
Gregory van der Wiel Defender No Contract
Roly Bonevacia Midfielder No Contract
Mitchell Donald Midfielder No Contract
Urby Emanuelson Midfielder No Contract
Jan-Arie van der Heijden 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
Joshua John Forward No Contract
Vlatko Lazić Forward No Contract
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie 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
Wesley Sneijder Midfielder Contract
Nando Rafael Forward No Contract
Selection of Team Youth B
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Ryan Babel Forward No Contract
Selection of Team Youth D
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Deniz Aslan Defender No Contract
Vurnon Anita Midfielder No Contract
Jarchinio Antonia Forward No Contract
Selection of Team Youth E
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Daley Blind Defender No Contract
Selection of Team Youth E2
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Joeri de Kamps Midfielder No Contract
Others active at Ajax
Player Role Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Co Adriaanse Head coach Contract 11/29/2001
Ronald Koeman Head coach Contract 12/03/2001
Danny Blind Youth coach Contract
Pim van Dord Fysio therapist Contract
John Steen Olsen Scout Contract
Michael van Praag President No Contract
Hein Blocks Treasurer No Contract 10/01/2001
Arie van Os Treasurer No Contract 10/01/2001
David Endt Team Manager Contract
Players who left/will leave
Player Next Club Type Start Amount
Mariano Juan Getafe CF Transfer 07/01/2001
Richard Witschge Alaves Loan start 07/01/2001
Marc Stuut HFC Haarlem Transfer 07/01/2001
Tom Sier None Contract terminated 07/01/2001
John Nieuwenburg Sparta Rotterdam Loan start 07/01/2001
Sherjill MacDonald Anderlecht Transfer 07/01/2001
Didi Longuet HFC Haarlem Loan start 07/01/2001
Brutil Hosé HFC Haarlem Loan start 07/01/2001
Sergio Hellings Anderlecht Unknown 07/01/2001
Pascal Heije RBC Roosendaal Loan start 07/01/2001
Serginho Greene HFC Haarlem Loan start 07/01/2001
Melvin Fleur Anderlecht Transfer 07/01/2001
Darl Douglas HFC Haarlem Loan start 07/01/2001
Joey Didulica Germinal Beerschot Loan start 07/01/2001
Youssouf Hersi NAC Loan start 07/02/2001
Kevin Bobson NAC Transfer 07/02/2001
Peter Hoekstra Stoke City Transfer 07/17/2001
Tijjani Babangida Vitesse Loan start 07/19/2001
Aron Winter Sparta Rotterdam Loan start 07/23/2001
Shota Arveladze Glasgow Rangers Transfer 08/29/2001
Bogdan Lobonţ Dinamo Bucharest Loan start 09/14/2001
Christopher Kanu Alaves Loan start 09/20/2001
Mitchell Piqué HFC Haarlem Loan start 01/17/2002
Christopher Kanu None Contract terminated 01/30/2002
Players who came/will come
Player Previous Club Type Start End Amount
Tijjani Babangida Genclerbirligi Loan end 07/01/2001
Jason Culina Germinal Beerschot Loan end 07/01/2001
Jordy Deckers JOS Watergraafsmeer Unknown 07/01/2001
Jan van Halst Fortuna Sittard Loan end 07/01/2001
Zlatan Ibrahimović Malmö FF Transfer 07/01/2001 06/30/2006 8,400,000
Mariano Juan Getafe CF Loan end 07/01/2001
Ruud Kras FC Volendam Transfer 07/01/2001 06/30/2005
Maxwell Cruzeiro Transfer 07/01/2001 06/30/2006
Mido AA Gent Transfer 07/01/2001 06/30/2006
Mitchell Piqué FC Twente Loan end 07/01/2001
Hatem Trabelsi Club Sportif Sfaxien Transfer 07/24/2001 06/30/2006
Joey Didulica Germinal Beerschot Loan end 09/24/2001
Brutil Hosé HFC Haarlem Loan end 12/01/2001
Jelle van Damme Germinal Beerschot Unknown 01/01/2002
Christopher Kanu Alaves Loan end 01/23/2002
Players who signed their first contract
Player Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Nigel de Jong 07/10/2001 07/01/2001 3 06/30/2004
Michael Krohn-Dehli 07/01/2001 3 06/30/2004 Bij de overgang in zomer 2000 wordt een contract overeengekomen dat zomer 2001 begint
Jussi Kujala 07/12/2000 07/01/2001 3 06/30/2004 Bij de overgang in zomer 2000 wordt een contract overeengekomen dat zomer 2001 begint
Maarten Stekelenburg 03/01/2001 07/01/2001 2 06/30/2003
Players who renewed their contract
Player Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Rafael van der Vaart 04/20/2001 07/01/2001 06/30/2006
Richard Witschge 12/21/1999 07/01/2001 2 06/30/2003
Youthplayers who joined the Ajax academy
Player Previous Club Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Stanley Aborah Germinal Beerschot 07/01/2001
Roly Bonevacia Unknown 07/01/2001
Stefano Denswil Hellas Sport 07/01/2001
Joshua John SV Koedijk 07/01/2001 Onbekend wanneer hij de overstap maakte ingeschat op 2001.
Cees Keizer FC Volendam 07/01/2001
Vlatko Lazić Unknown 07/01/2001 Onbekend wanneer hij bij Ajax kwam, ingeschat op 2001.
Jeremain Lens SV Bijlmer 07/01/2001
Calvin Mac-Intosch Unknown 07/01/2001 Onbekend wanneer hij bij Ajax is begonnen, gaan uit van 2001.
Marijn Sterk VCS 07/01/2001
Dwight Tiendalli AFC 07/01/2001
Joël Veltman VV IJmuiden 07/01/2001
Thomas Vermaelen Germinal Beerschot 07/01/2001
Jan-Arie van der Heijden Unknown 07/18/2001

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 2 2 4 2 6
André Bergdølmo 32 4 5 41 41
Cristian Chivu 32 4 6 42 2 44
Tim de Cler 16 2 2 20 20
Daniel Cruz 1 1 2 3
Jelle van Damme 1 1 1
Joey Didulica 8 8 8
Tomás Galásek 23 4 1 28 2 30
Fred Grim 29 4 6 39 1 40
Cedric van der Gun 2 2 2
Jan van Halst 13 3 16 16
John Heitinga 15 1 3 19 19
Zlatan Ibrahimović 24 3 6 33 2 35
Pius Ikedia 10 1 3 14 14
Richard Knopper 12 1 2 15 1 16
Bogdan Lobonţ 1 1
Nikos Machlas 30 3 6 39 1 40
Maxwell 24 3 4 31 1 32
Andy van der Meijde 30 4 5 39 2 41
Mido 24 2 5 31 2 33
John O'Brien 27 4 3 34 1 35
Petri Pasanen 1 1 2 2 4
Steven Pienaar 8 2 10 10
Mitchell Piqué 2 2 2
Stefano Seedorf 1 1 1
Hatem Trabelsi 21 3 5 29 29
Rafael van der Vaart 20 2 5 27 2 29
Ferdi Vierklau 6 1 1 8 8
Wamberto 31 3 5 39 1 40
Abubakari Yakubu 21 1 5 27 2 29
Total 465 55 82 602 27 629
Season goals per competition
Player Comp. Comp. Play Off Dutch Cup Europa Other Off. Off. Mat. Friendly Total
Shota Arveladze 1 1 1 2
André Bergdølmo 5 2 7 7
Cristian Chivu 1 1 1
Tomás Galásek 1 1 2 2
Zlatan Ibrahimović 6 1 2 9 9
Pius Ikedia 1 1 1
Richard Knopper 1 1 1
Nikos Machlas 12 2 1 15 2 17
Andy van der Meijde 5 2 7 7
Mido 12 1 13 13
John O'Brien 2 2 2
Steven Pienaar 1 1 1
Mitchell Piqué 1 1 1
Rafael van der Vaart 14 2 1 17 17
Wamberto 9 3 2 14 14
Total 71 14 7 92 3 95