AFC Ajax
1999–2000 season
ChairmanMichael van Praag
ManagerJan Wouters
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivisie5th
Amstel CupRound of 16
UEFA CupThird round
Johan Cruyff ShieldRunners-up
Top goalscorerRichard Knopper (15)

During the 1999–2000 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary

Another poor season saw Ajax finish in 5th, though this at least was an improvement on finishing sixth the previous season.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season. Squad numbers refer to numbers worn in European competitions.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Fred Grim
3 DF Netherlands NED Ferdi Vierklau
4 DF Netherlands NED Jan van Halst
5 DF Netherlands NED Frank Verlaat
6 MF Netherlands NED Aron Winter (captain)
7 FW Brazil BRA Wamberto
8 MF Netherlands NED Richard Witschge
9 FW Greece GRE Nikos Machlas
10 FW Denmark DEN Brian Laudrup
11 MF Denmark DEN Jesper Grønkjær
13 MF Netherlands NED Richard Knopper
14 FW Portugal POR Dani
15 DF Netherlands NED Tim de Cler
16 DF Netherlands NED John Nieuwenburg
17 DF Romania ROU Cristian Chivu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF United States USA John O'Brien
19 FW Nigeria NGA Tijani Babangida
21 MF Nigeria NGA Pius Ikedia
23 MF Netherlands NED Martijn Reuser
24 FW Georgia (country) GEO Shota Arveladze
25 DF Nigeria NGA Christopher Kanu
26 FW Netherlands NED Brutil Hosé[notes 1]
28 GK Netherlands NED Serge van den Ban
29 FW Netherlands NED Kevin Bobson
30 DF Netherlands NED Mitchell Piqué
36 DF Netherlands NED Quido Lanzaat
37 MF South Africa RSA Aaron Mokoena
DF Denmark DEN Ole Tobiasen
MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart
MF Ghana GHA Abubakari Yakubu

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Netherlands NED Cedric van der Gun (on loan to FC Den Bosch)
MF Netherlands NED Peter Hoekstra (on loan to SD Compostela)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands NED Andy van der Meyde (on loan to FC Twente)

Jong Ajax

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Netherlands NED Maarten Stekelenburg
DF Netherlands NED Serginho Greene
DF Netherlands NED John Heitinga
MF Netherlands NED Nigel de Jong
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Sneijder
MF Netherlands NED Wesley Sneijder
MF Colombia COL Daniel Cruz

Transfers

Out

Results

UEFA Cup

Second round

21 October 1999 Hapoel Haifa Israel 0–3 Netherlands Ajax Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
Report Machlas 3'
Knopper 12'
Laudrup 55'
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
4 November 1999 Ajax Netherlands 0–1 Israel Hapoel Haifa Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Report Roso 60' Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

25 November 1999 Ajax Netherlands 0–1 Spain Mallorca Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Report Tristán 35' Attendance: 40,123
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
9 December 1999 Mallorca Spain 2–0 Netherlands Ajax Son Moix, Palma
Soler 2'
Biagini 70'
Report Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Mallorca won 3–0 on aggregate.

References

  1. "CHELSEA WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BLUES; Rangers pipped in race for super Mario". Daily Mirror. London. 14 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

Notes

  1. Hosé was born in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles (now Curaçao), but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands Antilles in 2004.
  2. Mensah was born in Koforidua, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level.
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