The foundation of AFC Ajax
At the end of the
nineteenth century, after an enthusiastic start Ajax played a fairly anonymous
role. Following the many small clubs that mushroomed around 1900, the original
triumvirate of Stempel, Dade and Reeser decided to send out a letter calling
upon interested people to consider the foundation of a 'completely new football
club'. They wanted to put a definitive end to the old unsuccessful Ajax.
At a historical meeting on 18 March 1900 in the
'Café Oost-Indië' in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, a new football club was
founded with the (this time correctly spelled) name of 'Football Club Ajax'. The
club joined the Amsterdam Football Association (Amsterdamse Voetbal Bond/AVB)
and rented a playing field in Amsterdam Noord for its home games.
Ajax - Amsterdam repræsenterer en af de største
talentfabrikker, som fodbolden har set. Talrige er de unge spillere, der har
udviklet international klasse og i flere tilfælde verdensklasse.
Johan
Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit for at nævne de 4 største.
Hvad med Frank Arnesen og Søren Lerby? - Talrige talenter bliver hentet og
kultiveret, såvel indfødte som især surinamesere. - Det - og så en god kapital -
er grundlaget for Ajax´ fortsatte placering i den europæiske topliga. -
Amsterdam ArenA er en herlig kulisse.
