1971–72 AFC Ajax season

Dutch football club season Ajax 1971-72 European Cup Final - AFC Ajax v Inter Milan - Mauro Bellugi & Piet Keizer.jpg Ajax playing Internazionale in the 1972 European Cup Final 1971–72 Stefan Kovacs Jaap van Praag Olympic Stadium Eredivisie 1st KNVB Cup Winners European Cup Winners Johan Cruyff (25) Johan Cruyff (33) _afcajax72h _top_on_white ED0A0A ED0A0A _ajax73away _color_2_stripes_white ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 1970–71 1972–73 During the 1971–72 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie. Ajax won the treble that season, winning the Eredivisie, the 1971–72 KNVB Cup and the 1971–72 European Cup. It was the club's first season without Rinus Michels since 1965. First-team squad 1 NED GK Heinz Stuy 2 AUT MF Heinz Schilcher 3 NED DF Wim Suurbier 4 NED DF Barry Hulshoff 5 NED DF Ruud Krol 6 NED DF Ruud Suurendonk 7 NED MF Johan Neeskens 8 NED FW Sjaak Swart 9 NED DF Gerrie Mühren 10 NED FW Dick van Dijk 11 NED FW Piet Keizer 12 GER DF Horst Blankenburg 13 NED GK Sies Wever 14 NED FW Johan Cruyff 15 NED MF Arie Haan 16 NED FW Johnny Rep NED GK Bob Hoogenboom NED DF Louis Donkers NED DF Cor ten Bosch NED MF Henk Heijt NED MF Arnold Mühren NED FW Gerrie Kleton Transfers In Position Player From Type Type of transfer Fee Ref. Reference FW NED Arnold Mühren NED RKSV Volendam Transfer €79,113 MF AUT Heinz Schilcher AUT Sturm Graz Transfer FW NED Johnny Rep NED Jong Ajax Transfer Free FW NED Gerrie Kleton NED Jong Ajax Transfer Free Out Position Player To Type Type of transfer Fee Ref. Reference MF NED Nico Rijnders BEL Royal FC Brugeois Transfer Free DF YUG Velibor Vasović Retired Out mid season Position Player To Type Type of transfer Fee Ref. Reference DF NED Ruud Suurendonk FRA Monacohttps://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe303983/ruud-suurendonk/ Ruud Suurendonk worldfootball.net 27 July 2019 Results In the 1971–72 season Ajax lost just one game. They were unbeaten at home in both domestic and European competitions. The season included a 12-1 victory over Vitesse at the De Meer Stadion. A result which set a record for the largest win in Eredivisie history. It would stand until 2020, when Ajax beat VVV-Venlo 13–0.https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=574730 Ajax thrash VVV Venlo 13-0 to break Eredivisie record ESPN 24 October 2020 21 June 2021 Eredivisie 1971–72 Eredivisie 1 15 August 1971 Twente 0–2 Report Ajax Suurendonk 41van Dijk 52 Enschede Diekman Stadion 25,000 Leonardus van der Kroft W 2 22 August 1971 Ajax 1–0 Report FC Den Haag Swart 90 Amsterdam De Meer 29,500 Jef Dorpmans W 3 29 August 1971 Rotterdam 1–1 Report Ajax Klijnjan 33 pen. Swart 82 Rotterdam Het Kasteel 31,000 Ad Boogaerts D 4 5 September 1971 Ajax 1–0 Report Excelsior Hulshoff 12 Amsterdam De Meer 18,000 Joop Vervoot W 5 11 September 1971 Groningen 0–0 Report Ajax Hovenkamp 0 84 Keizer 0 84 Groningen Oosterpark 17,500 Koen Hoppenbrouwer D 6 19 September 1971 Ajax 5–0 Report Breda van Dijk 16 pen. 54 87Schilcher 67Cruyff 90 Amsterdam De Meer 17,000 Henk Pijper W 7 25 September 1971 Eindhoven 1–1 Report Ajax Devrindt 43 van Dijk 49 Eindhoven Philips Stadion 22,000 Theo Boosten D 8 3 October 1971 Ajax 1–0 Report Nijmegen van Dijk 68 Amsterdam De Meer 29,500 Koen Brouwer W 9 15 October 1971 Amsterdam 0–2 Report Ajax Keizer 16Neeskens 61 Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 26,410 Joop Vervoort W 10 24 October 1971 Ajax 4–1 Report Go Ahead Eagles Hulshoff 14 35Haan 40Neeskens 74 Geels 29 pen. Amsterdam De Meer 24,000 Charles Corver W 11 31 October 1971 MVV 0–3 Report Ajax Neeskens 16Cruyff 27Swart 45 Maastricht De Geusselt 25,000 Leonardus van der Kroft W 12 7 November 1971 Ajax 2–1 Report Feijenoord Swart 67Israël 76 o.g. Israël 88 Amsterdam De Meer 29,500 Laurens Van Ravens W 13 14 November 1971 Utrecht 2–3 Report Ajax Steen Olsen 31Bonsink 83 Keizer 55 75Rep 80 Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 25,000 Arie Van Germert W 14 21 November 1971 Ajax 5–2 Report Telstar Cruyff 1 39 77Keizer 16van Dijk 45 van Essen 24 pen.Manders 75 Amsterdam De Meer 13,500 Koen Brouwer W 15 28 November 1971 Volendam 0–1 Report Ajax Swart 7 Volendam Kras Stadion 12,000 Charles Corver W 16 5 December 1971 Ajax 5–0 Report FC Den Bosch Keizer 13Cruyff 26 54Mühren 59 pen. 72 pen. Amsterdam De Meer 15,000 Henk Pijper W 17 12 December 1971 Vitesse Arnhem 1–3 Report Ajax Gerritsen 20 Swart 8Keizer 35Cruyff 60 Arnhem Nieuw Monnikenhuize 20,000 Frans Derks W 18 19 December 1971 Ajax 1–0 Report Twente Haan 63 Amsterdam De Meer 29,500 Jan Keizer (referee) W 19 2 January 1972 FC Den Haag 1–2 Report Ajax Roodnat 40 Keizer 50 Cruyff 53 The Hague Zuiderpark 28,500 Ad Boogaerts W 20 16 January 1972 Ajax 2–1 Report Rotterdam Cruyff 34Mühren 75 Kowalik 51 Amsterdam De Meer 29,500 Laurens Van Ravens W 21 6 February 1972 Breda 2–5 Report Ajax Schrijvers 43 pen., 79'van Dijk 68 Keizer 10Suurbier 17van Dijk 19 23Mühren 66Cruyff 79 Breda NAC Stadion 18,000 Charles Corver W 22 26 February 1972 Excelsior 0–4 Report Ajax Cruyff 30 40van Nierop 68 o.g.van der Heijden 87 o.g. Rotterdam De Kuip 23,640 Koen Hoppenbrouwer W 23 3 March 1972 Ajax 7–0 Report Groningen Cruyff 1 33 42Swart 5Mühren 35 63Keizer 60 Amsterdam De Meer 16,000 Leonardus van der Kroft W 24 12 March 1972 Ajax 4–1 Report PSV Eindhoven Keizer 44 49Mühren 51 pen.Strik 61 o.g. Hoekema 18 Amsterdam De Meer 23,500 Ad Boogaerts W 25 19 March 1972 Nijmegen 0–1 Report Ajax Neeskens 45 Nijmegen De Goffert 30,000 Jef Dorpmans W 26 26 March 1972 Ajax 2–0 Report Amsterdam Muller 82 o.g.Neeskens 90 Amsterdam De Meer 15,000 Henk Pijper W 27 1 April 1972 Go Ahead Eagles 3–2 Report Ajax Smid 7Geels 56 62 Neeskens 27Cruyff 30 Deventer De Adelaarshorst 24,000 Leonardus van der Kroft L 28 9 April 1972 Ajax 8–0 Report MVV Keizer 12 35Swart 31 82van Dijk 38 74Neeskens 41Mühren 64 Amsterdam De Meer 12,000 Charles Corver W 29 15 April 1972 Feijenoord 1–5 Report Ajax Posthumus 23 Haan 9Mühren 19Cruyff 40 58Keizer 83 Rotterdam De Kuip 62,257 Ad Boogaerts W 30 23 April 1972 Ajax 4–0 Report Utrecht Swart 50van Dijk 60Mühren 68 pen.Cruyff 75 Amsterdam De Meer 22,000 Theo Boosten W 31 30 April 1972 Telstar 1–2 Report Ajax Jonker 24 Swart 28Hulshoff 72 Velsen Sportpark Schoonenberg 21,000 Jef Dorpmans W 32 7 May 1972 Ajax 2–0 Report Volendam Cruyff 8van Dijk 70 Amsterdam De Meer 11,000 Arie Van Gemert W 33 14 May 1972 Den Bosch 0–1 Report Ajax Cruyff 86 's-Hertogenbosch De Vliert 19,000 Koen Brouwer W 34 19 May 1972 Ajax 12–1 Report Vitesse Neeskens 10 28 88Cruyff 32 42 47 78van Dijk 49 51 81Mühren 63Hulshoff 70 Veenendaal 75 Amsterdam De Meer 6,000 Joop Vervoort W KNVB Cup 1971–72 KNVB Cup Round 1 9 January 1972 Ajax 8–3 Zwolle Swart Cruyff Mühren Rorije o.g.Keizer Neeskens Amsterdam De Meer W Round of 16 20 February 1972 Ajax 3–0 Go Ahead Eagles Haan Swart Hulshoff Amsterdam De Meer W Quarter finals 29 March 1972 Ajax 1–0 Nijmegen Keizer Amsterdam De Meer W Semi–finals 11 April 1972 Ajax 2–0 Volendam van Dijk Neeskens Amsterdam De Meer W Final 11 May 1972 Ajax 3–2 FC Den Haag Cruyff Mühren pen.Keizer Van Eeden Mansveld pen. Rotterdam De Kuip 60,000 W European Cup 1971–72 European Cup Round 1 15 September 1971 19:15 Ajax NED 2–0 Report DDR Dynamo Dresden Swart 2Keizer 18 Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 45,027 Milivoje Gugulović W Round 1 29 September 1971 18:30 Dynamo Dresden DDR 0–0 0–2 Report NED Ajax Sammer 14 Haan 28 Dresden Dynamostadion 32,307 Ken Burns (referee) D Round of 16 20 October 1971 19:30 Marseille FRA 1–2 Report NED Ajax Gress 9 Keizer 39Cruyff 68 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 48,039 Robert Schaut W Round of 16 3 November 1971 19:15 Ajax NED 4–1 6–2 Report FRA Marseille Cruyff 32 64Swart 37Haan 80Neeskens Couécou 10 17Skoblar 44 Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 53,785 Alisair McKenzie W Quarter finals 8 March 1972 19:15 Ajax NED 2–1 Report ENG Arsenal Mühren 26 70 pen. Kennedy 14 44 Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 53,754 Leonidas Vamvakopoulos W Quarter finals 22 March 1972 18:30 Arsenal ENG 0–1 1–3 Report NED Ajax Storey 60 Graham 15 o.g London Arsenal Stadium 56,155 Ferdinand Marschall W Semi finals 5 April 1972 19:15 Ajax NED 1–0 Report POR Benfica Swart 64 Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 53,921 Karlo Kruashvili W Semi finals 19 April 1972 21:45 Benfica POR 0–0 0–1 Report NED Ajax Keizer 53 Lisbon Estádio da Luz 58,983 Norman Burtenshaw D Final 31 May 1972 19:30 Internazionale ITA 0–2 Reporthttps://archive.today/20130714224127/http://2000.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1971/matches/live/day=14/session=1/match=63097/matchcenterlight/index.html MatchCentre NED Ajax Boninsegna 79 Cruyff 48 77 Rotterdam De Kuip 61,354 Robert Héliès W Statistics Goals record Rank Nat. Po. Name Eredivisie European Cup KNVB Cup Total1NEDFWJohan Cruyff 2553332NEDFWPiet Keizer 1423193NEDFWDick van Dijk 160117NEDFWSjaak Swart 1132175NEDDFGerrie Mühren 922136NEDMFJohan Neeskens 1002127NEDDFBarry Hulshoff 50168NEDMFArie Haan 31159NEDMFArnold Mühren 200210NEDFWJohnny Rep 1001AUTMFHeinz Schilcher 1001NEDDFWim Suurbier 1102NEDDFRuud Suurendonk1001 References External links RSSSF Eredivisie official website – info on all seasons nl Netherlands Cup Full Results 1970–1994 by the RSSSF Category:AFC Ajax seasons AFC Ajax Category:UEFA Champions League–winning seasons Category:Dutch football championship–winning seasons Ajax, 1971–72