1999–2000 AFC Ajax season

Dutch football club season October 2021 AFC Ajax 1999–2000 Jan Wouters Michael van Praag Amsterdam Arena Eredivisie 5th Amstel Cup Round of 16 UEFA Cup Third round Johan Cruyff Shield Runners-up Richard Knopper (15) 1998–99 2000–01 During the 1999–2000 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie. Season summary Another poor season saw Ajax finish in fifth, though this at least was an improvement on finishing sixth the previous season. Players First-team squad Squad at end of season. Squad numbers refer to numbers worn in European competitions. 1 NED GK Fred Grim 2 DEN DF Ole Tobiasen 3 NED DF Ferdi Vierklau 4 NED DF Jan van Halst 5 NED DF Frank Verlaat 6 NED MF Aron Winter captain 7 BRA FW Wamberto 8 NED MF Richard Witschge 9 GRE FW Nikos Machlas 10 DEN FW Brian Laudrup 11 DEN MF Jesper Grønkjær 13 NED MF Richard Knopper 14 POR FW Dani 15 NED DF Tim de Cler 16 NED DF John Nieuwenburg 17 ROM DF Cristian Chivu 18 USA MF John O'Brien 19 NGA FW Tijani Babangida 21 NGA MF Pius Ikedia 23 NED MF Martijn Reuser 24 GEO FW Shota Arveladze 25 NGA DF Christopher Kanu 26 NED FW Brutil HoséHosé was born in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles (now Curaçao), but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands Antilles in 2004. 28 NED GK Serge van den Ban 29 NED FW Kevin Bobson 30 NED DF Mitchell Piqué 36 NED DF Quido Lanzaat 37 RSA MF Aaron Mokoena 42 GHA MF Abubakari Yakubu 43 NED MF Rafael van der Vaart Left club during season 27 NED MF Cedric van der Gun on loan to Den Bosch NED MF Peter Hoekstra on loan to Compostela NED MF Andy van der Meyde on loan to Twente Jong Ajax NED GK Maarten Stekelenburg NED DF Serginho Greene NED DF John Heitinga NED MF Nigel de Jong NED MF Jeffrey Sneijder NED MF Wesley Sneijder COL MF Daniel Cruz Transfers Out Danny Blind - retired Gerald Sibon - Sheffield Wednesday, £2,000,000 Kofi MensahMensah was born in Koforidua, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level. - NAC Breda Dean Gorré - Huddersfield Town Mario Melchiot - Chelsea, freehttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60450653.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121104171037/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60450653.html 4 November 2012 CHELSEA WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BLUES; Rangers pipped in race for super Mario. Daily Mirror London 14 June 1999 HighBeam Research subscription usurped 18 July 2021 Andrzej Rudy - Lierse Sunday Oliseh - Juventus Jari Litmanen - Barcelona Results UEFA Cup Second round W 21 October 1999 Hapoel Haifa ISR 0–3 Report NED Ajax Machlas 3Knopper 12Laudrup 55 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa 14,500 Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) L 4 November 1999 Ajax NED 0–1 Report ISR Hapoel Haifa Roso 60 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 37,400 Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate. Third round L 25 November 1999 Ajax NED 0–1 Report ESP Mallorca Tristán 35 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 40,123 Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) L 9 December 1999 Mallorca ESP 2–0 Report NED Ajax Soler 2Biagini 70 Son Moix, Palma 20,500 Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) Mallorca won 3–0 on aggregate. References Notes notes Category:AFC Ajax seasons AFC Ajax