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
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivisie5th
Amstel CupRound of 16
UEFA CupThird round
1999 Johan Cruyff ShieldRunners-up
Top goalscorerRichard 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

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