1999–2000 AFC Ajax season

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

AFC Ajax

1999–2000 season
Manager	Jan Wouters
Stadium	Amsterdam Arena
Eredivisie	5th
Amstel Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Third round
1999 Johan Cruyff Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Richard Knopper (15)

Season summary

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

First-team squad

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  NED Fred Grim 3 DF  NED Ferdi Vierklau 4 DF  NED Jan van Halst 5 DF  NED Frank Verlaat 6 MF  NED Aron Winter (captain) 7 FW  BRA Wamberto 8 MF  NED Richard Witschge 9 FW  GRE Nikos Machlas 10 FW  DEN Brian Laudrup 11 MF  DEN Jesper Grønkjær 13 MF  NED Richard Knopper 14 FW  POR Dani 15 DF  NED Tim de Cler 16 DF  NED John Nieuwenburg 17 DF  ROU Cristian Chivu 18 MF  USA John O'Brien

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  NGA Tijani Babangida 21 MF  NGA Pius Ikedia 23 MF  NED Martijn Reuser 24 FW  GEO Shota Arveladze 25 DF  NGA Christopher Kanu 26 FW  NED Brutil Hosé 28 GK  NED Serge van den Ban 29 FW  NED Kevin Bobson 30 DF  NED Mitchell Piqué 36 DF  NED Quido Lanzaat 37 MF  RSA Aaron Mokoena — DF  DEN Ole Tobiasen — MF  NED Rafael van der Vaart — MF  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  NED Cedric van der Gun (on loan to FC Den Bosch) — MF  NED Peter Hoekstra (on loan to SD Compostela)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  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  NED Maarten Stekelenburg — DF  NED Serginho Greene — DF  NED John Heitinga — MF  NED Nigel de Jong

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Jeffrey Sneijder — MF  NED Wesley Sneijder — MF  COL Daniel Cruz

Results

UEFA Cup

Second round

Hapoel Haifa v Ajax

21 October 1999	Hapoel Haifa	0–3	Ajax	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
		Report	Machlas  3' Knopper  12' Laudrup  55'	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Ajax v Hapoel Haifa

4 November 1999	Ajax	0–1	Hapoel Haifa	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
		Report	Roso  60'	Attendance: 37,400 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Ajax v Mallorca

25 November 1999	Ajax	0–1	Mallorca	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
		Report	Tristán  35'	Attendance: 40,123 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Mallorca v Ajax

9 December 1999	Mallorca	2–0	Ajax	Son Moix, Palma
	Soler  2' Biagini  70'	Report		Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Mallorca won 3–0 on aggregate.

References