2000–01 AFC Ajax season

AFC Ajax
2000–01 season
ManagerCo Adriaanse
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivise3rd
KNVB CupRound of 16
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerShota Arveladze (18)

During the 2000–01 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary

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Although Ajax recorded the same points total as the previous season, this year their tally was enough for third place, which allowed them to qualify for the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

First-team squad

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Squad at end of 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
1 GK Netherlands NED Fred Grim
2 DF Netherlands NED Ferdi Vierklau
3 DF Norway NOR André Bergdølmo
4 MF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Galásek
5 DF Romania ROU Cristian Chivu
6 MF Netherlands NED Aron Winter (captain)
7 MF Netherlands NED Andy van der Meyde
8 MF Netherlands NED Richard Witschge
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Shota Arveladze
10 MF Netherlands NED Richard Knopper
11 MF Denmark DEN Jesper Grønkjær
12 GK Romania ROU Bogdan Lobonț
14 FW Netherlands Antilles ANT Brutil Hosé (on loan to De Graafschap)
15 DF Netherlands NED Tim de Cler
17 MF Brazil BRA Wamberto
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF United States USA John O'Brien
19 FW Greece GRE Nikos Machlas
20 MF Netherlands NED Cedric van der Gun
21 MF Netherlands NED Kevin Bobson
22 FW Ghana GHA Abubakari Yakubu
23 MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart
24 DF Denmark DEN Ole Tobiasen
29 MF Ghana GHA Kwame Quansah
31 GK Australia AUS Joey Didulica
32 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen
35 MF South Africa RSA Aaron Mokoena
36 DF Nigeria NGA Christopher Kanu
37 MF Nigeria NGA Pius Ikedia
38 MF Colombia COL Daniel Cruz
39 MF Netherlands NED Youssouf Hersi

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Netherlands NED John Nieuwenburg (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
30 DF Netherlands NED Mitchell Piqué (on loan to Twente)
4 MF Netherlands NED Jan van Halst (on loan to Fortuna Sittard)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Netherlands NED Peter Hoekstra (on loan to Groningen)
19 MF Nigeria NGA Tijani Babangida (on loan to Gençlerbirliği)

Jong Ajax

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Netherlands NED Maarten Stekelenburg
27 DF Netherlands NED Serginho Greene
13 DF Netherlands NED John Heitinga
28 MF Netherlands NED Nigel de Jong
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF Netherlands NED Stefano Seedorf
26 MF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Sneijder
33 MF Netherlands NED Wesley Sneijder
25 MF Colombia COL Daniel Cruz

Transfers

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Out

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Results

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UEFA Cup

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First round

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12 September 2000 Gent Belgium 0–6 Netherlands Ajax Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Report Arveladze 16'
Knopper 40', 69'
Grønkjær 70'
van der Vaart 80'
van der Gun 84'		 Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
28 September 2000 Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Belgium Gent Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Van der Gun 27', 58'
Van der Vaart 85'		 Report Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

Ajax won 9–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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26 October 2000 Lausanne Switzerland 1–0 Netherlands Ajax Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Mazzoni 37' Report UEFA Report Wamberto Red card 79' Attendance: 11,150
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
9 November 2000 Ajax Netherlands 2–2 Switzerland Lausanne Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Arveladze 17'
Van der Gun 79'		 Report UEFA Report Mazzoni 38'
Kuźba 77' (pen.)		 Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Víctor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Lausanne win 3–2 on aggregate

References

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