AJAX, FAMOUS FOOTBALL CLUB OF AMSTERDAM
WHERE STARS LIKE CRUYFF, VAN BASTEN AND BERGKAMP
STARTED THEIR CAREERS
Amsterdam is home of the football club Ajax. The club has won 4 times the Champions League/Europe Cup 1. In the seventies they won the Cup three times in a row with a famous team. Among the players were Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Ruud Krol. In 1995 they won the Europe Cup 1 again, now called Champions League, ofcourse. Below you see the celebration of the victory of the Europe Cup in the early seventies.
Ajax has become famous in the early seventies by its offensive and technical style of football. The team has kept this style untill today and young players are selected and trained with this style in mind. Below you see a picture of Johan Cruijf playing for Ajax, at young age.
Ajax is a club that a very good school for young players which made it a rich source for foreign clubs to buy talented players from. Very often at least half of the players of the Dutch National team have been selected, trained and educated as youngsters at Ajax Football Club. Below is a picure of Van Basten playing for Ajax.
The club has a very worth visiting museum at their stadium. It is also possible to visit a training of the players of Ajax. We can order tickets for the museum and a tour through the stadium, bring you there and organize your visit of a training. Below is a picure of Van Basten playing for Ajax.
