Ajax History

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax was shaped in 1900 (the Ajax name was taken after a figure in Greek mythology). The recognized white shirt with an expansive red stripe was outlined in 1911.

It didn't take too long to affirm some early achievement, which match with the entry of Jack Reynolds at the club; put something aside for two short breaks, the amazing Englishman dealt with the club from 1915 to 1947. Amid this time Ajax gradually developed into the part of the best club in the nation, a procedure that finished with their first brilliant time in the 30s. With Reynolds in charge, Ajax guaranteed eight League titles and two KNVB Cups.

After a slight droop, Ajax came back to the football scene at around a similar time polished skill was acquainted with the Netherlands (1955).

Michels, Cruyff and "Add up to Football"

While they won two Eredivisie titles in 1957 in 1960, and in addition their third KNVB Cup in 1961, it wasn't until the arrangement of Rinus Michels as chief that Ajax genuinely got to be something extraordinary. With Michels ingraining his acclaimed "Add up to Football" logic and Johan Cruyff filling in as its conductor, Ajax traveled to six Eredivisie titles and four KNVB Cups. They additionally made the history books by asserting three back to back European Cups from 1971 to 1973, in this way getting to be distinctly one of just five clubs to effectively shield the trophy.

The Total Football Ajax honed implied that every player (with the exception of the goalkeeper obviously) added to the field and could assume control over each different parts. As it were a safeguard could for some time fill in as a wrongdoer and the other way around. This was not an indistinguishable thing from an entire forsaking of positions, yet the positions would not restrain the players, rather covers were an alternative and the back line would be packed with the midfield which brought about speedier ball deliverance from safeguards to aggressors. Add up to Football was however not a Dutch creation sans preparation. Of course, there were trailblazers and here can Hungary's national group be specified as a motivation for Michels.

For a few years Ajax would be the overwhelming power in European club football. This period, later alluded to as "Gloria Ajax", achieved its end with Cruyff's and Neesken's flight for Barcelona in 1973 and 1974.

Another era

Towards the finish of the 70s, Ajax would be in the spotlight again after the arrival of Cruyff, this time as the mentor, and with another era of skilled adolescents drove by Wim Kieft, Frank Rijkaard and Marco van Basten. Their appealing image of hostile football made them fan top choices wherever they went, and the outcomes were as good as can be expected. In the vicinity of 1977 and 1987, Ajax won six Eredivisie titles, four KNVB Cups and their first and final UEFA Cup. The rise of PSV in the later 50% of the 80s and the takeoffs of Rijkaard and Van Basten saw the club decrease a bit, yet regardless they figured out how to finish off the decade by securing an Eredivisie title in 1990.

With Louis Van Gaal assuming control as chief in 1991 and ingraining his own particular interesting theory at the club, assist achievement was certain to take after. He immediately framed a completely new group, from Edwin van der Sar between the sticks to Dennis Bergkamp as a striker. In the vicinity of 1991 and 1999, this gathering of gifted youths won four Eredivisie titles, three KNVB Cups, a UEFA Cup and a Champions League.

In August 1996 the group moved from De Meer Stadion, that had filled in as home field since 1934, to the Amsterdam ArenA that had more than double the limit (53,502 seats).

Contrasted with their past brilliant times, the 00s ended up being somewhat baffling for the club's fans. With the most essential bits of Van Gaal's group withdrawing from the club and the fleeting ascent of PSV, Ajax needed to settle for two Eredivisie titles and four KNVB Cups. Be that as it may, the arrangement of Frank De Boer as administrator in 2010 improved things in all viewpoints, as confirm by the four successive Eredivisie titles that took after.