Abdellah Ouazane and Zakaria Ouazane have been playing for Ajax since they were young and, since this season, have been teammates at Ajax U23. Abdellah has already made his debut for Ajax’s first team, something the older Zakaria still dreams of. Together, they hope to one day play in Ajax’s senior side so their grandmother can watch them from the stands.
Technical, agile and with an unrivalled winner's mentality. A European-class player, Edgar Davids. The former Ajax player celebrates his 53th birthday on Friday and achieved amazing things at Ajax. Relive his Ajax years in this superb feature special.
The matches Ajax played against FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the 1969/1970 season are among the most memorable in the build-up years of the Golden Ajax era. The first leg in the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup went down in history as the match of ‘The Studs Controversy.’ The notorious first meeting in the former GDR was followed by a glorious 5-1 victory in the return leg by the fired-up Ajacieden. For Sjaak Swart, among others, it was a two-legged tie never to be forgotten.
Oscar García led Ajax 1 training in Amsterdam for the first time on Tuesday. Earlier in the day he met the squad. The Spaniard is Ajax's head coach for the final eight league matches. "The mentality of the players was fantastic today."
Ajax began Tuesday with preparations for the upcoming home match against Sparta. Oscar García led his first training session as head coach of Ajax. At the De Toekomst sports complex, the focus is firmly on the final phase of the season. With the Spaniard at the helm of Ajax 1, the Amsterdammers still have eight important matches to play in this football year.
Maarten Paes has only just become an Ajax player, but partly due to injuries he is now the first-choice goalkeeper. Together with the Dutch-born shot-stopper, who also holds an Indonesian passport, we set out to look for his new house, reflect on his first weeks and he shares some lovely words about his Indonesian grandmother. "Every time I hear the national anthem, I think especially of her."
This Thursday exactly seven years ago, Ajax played a match of everlasting significance. On 5 March 2019, Real Madrid were outclassed 1–4 in their own Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The UEFA Champions League match became a classic in the club’s history that very evening. Enjoy once again the fine displays of football and the magnificent goals from the Ajax players of coach Erik ten Hag.
Dušan Tadić was the equally passionate and successful driving force behind Ajax between 2018 and 2023. In 241 matches, the Serbian Ajacied made the fans cheer 105 times. In addition to three league titles and two KNVB Cups, many memories colour Tadić’s era at Ajax. With the gala match at Real Madrid on 5 March 2019 as the sweetest memory. Seven years after that memorable evening in Madrid, those involved highlight the roots of the Serbian in this special. It covers his influence on his fellow Ajacieden and the leading role he played at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The Ajacied played the perfect match and earned the mark of perfection: a ten. The Tadić Ten.
Siem de Jong, Demy de Zeeuw, Jan Vertonghen and Maarten Stekelenburg met each other recently in such a typical - and above all cosy - Amsterdam café. A real Ajax café too, a place where the regulars never miss a match played by their club. Watching everything, following everything and discussing everything. The four (former) Ajax players themselves also discussed almost everything: life, their Ajax careers and the iconic matches (‘the third star!’) to which they contributed. The mini-reunion of the football friends and former team-mates therefore produced countless wonderful anecdotes.
Fred Grim’s squad held an open training session on Tuesday. The De Toekomst sports complex offered many holidaying Ajax fans in particular a special outing.
Ajax opened its doors to its supporters on Tuesday. The entrance gate of sports complex De Toekomst was opened, after which Fred Grim’s Ajax players completed their training session in front of a large crowd. It made for a special Tuesday training session.
"It's special to be on this wall," Anton Gaaei says as he looks at his spot in Ajax's Club of 100 in the catacombs of the Johan Cruijff ArenA. Against Excelsior, he reached the milestone of one hundred appearances in the white-red-white. That is why his photo now hangs among fellow Danes such as Kasper Dolberg, Christian Eriksen, Lasse Schöne and Søren Lerby. "There are definitely some big names in there."