2000–01 AFC Ajax season

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

AFC Ajax

2000–01 season
Manager	Co Adriaanse
Stadium	Amsterdam Arena
Eredivise	3rd
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Shota Arveladze (18)

Season summary

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

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  NED Fred Grim 2 DF  NED Ferdi Vierklau 3 DF  NOR André Bergdølmo 4 MF  CZE Tomáš Galásek 5 DF  ROU Cristian Chivu 6 MF  NED Aron Winter (captain) 7 MF  NED Andy van der Meyde 8 MF  NED Richard Witschge 9 FW  GEO Shota Arveladze 10 MF  NED Richard Knopper 11 MF  DEN Jesper Grønkjær 12 GK  ROU Bogdan Lobonț 14 FW  ANT Brutil Hosé (on loan to De Graafschap) 15 DF  NED Tim de Cler 17 MF  BRA Wamberto

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  GRE Nikos Machlas 20 MF  NED Cedric van der Gun 21 MF  GHA Kevin Bobson 22 FW  MAR Abubakari Yakubu 23 MF  NED Rafael van der Vaart 32 DF  FIN Petri Pasanen 37 MF  NGA Pius Ikedia 38 MF  COL Daniel Cruz 39 MF  NED Youssouf Hersi — GK  AUS Joey Didulica — DF  DEN Ole Tobiasen — DF  NGA Christopher Kanu — MF  RSA Aaron Mokoena — MF  USA John O'Brien

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 16 MF  NED John Nieuwenburg (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam) — DF  NED Mitchell Piqué (on loan to FC Twente) — MF  NED Jan van Halst (on loan to Fortuna Sittard)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Peter Hoekstra (on loan to FC Groningen) — MF  NGA Tijani Babangida (on loan to Gençlerbirliği)

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 Stefano Seedorf — MF  NED Jeffrey Sneijder — MF  NED Wesley Sneijder — MF  COL Daniel Cruz

Transfers

Out

• Frank Verlaat - SV Werder Bremen
• Brian Laudrup - retired
• Dani - S.L. Benfica
• Serge van den Ban - HFC Haarlem

Results

First round

12 September 2000	Gent	0–6	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	3–0	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

26 October 2000	Lausanne	1–0	Ajax	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
	Mazzoni  37'	Report UEFA Report	Wamberto  79'	Attendance: 11,150 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

9 November 2000	Ajax	2–2	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