2001–02 AFC Ajax season

Dutch football club season Ajax 2001–02 Co Adriaanse (until 29 November)Ronald Koeman Amsterdam Arena Eredivisie 1st KNVB Cup Winners Champions League Third qualifying round UEFA Cup Second round Rafael van der Vaart (14) _ajax0102h _redtop ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff _ajax0102a _ajax0102a _ajax0102a _ajax0102a _ajax0102al ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff _ajax0001a _ajax0001a _ajax0001a _ajax0001a2 _ajax0001a2l ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 2000–01 2002–03 During the 2001–02 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie. Season summary Manager Co Adriaanse was sacked in late November after some poor results, including elimination from the Champions League and UEFA Cup. His replacement, Ronald Koeman, led Ajax to the league and cup double. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/holland/2001-2002/ere/ajax.htm FootballSquads - Ajax - 2001/02 1 NED GK Fred Grim 2 NED DF Ferdi Vierklau 3 NOR DF André Bergdølmo 4 CZE MF Tomáš Galásek 5 ROU DF Cristian Chivu 6 TUN DF Hatem Trabelsi 7 NED MF Andy van der Meyde 8 NED MF Jan van Halst 9 SWE FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 10 NED FW Richard Knopper 11 EGY FW Mido 12 AUS GK Joey DidulicaDidulica was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and represented Australia at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 2004. 13 BRA DF Maxwell 15 NED DF Tim de Cler 16 FIN DF Petri Pasanen 17 BRA FW Wamberto 18 USA DF John O'Brien 19 GRE FW Nikos Machlas 20 NED FW Cedric van der Gun 21 NED DF John Heitinga 22 GHA MF Abubakari Yakubu 23 NED MF Rafael van der Vaart 25 NGA FW Pius Ikedia 26 COL MF Daniel Cruz 27 RSA MF Steven Pienaar 31 NED GK Maarten Stekelenburg Left club during season 12 ROU GK Bogdan Lobonț on loan to Dinamo București 8 NED MF Richard Witschge on loan to Alavés 14 GEO 1990 FW Shota Arveladze to Rangers Jong Ajax 24 NED DF Mitchell Piqué 30 NED MF Stefano Seedorf Results UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round 15 August: Ajax 1-3 Celtic (Arveladze; Petta, Agathe, Sutton) 29 August: Celtic 0-1 Ajax UEFA Cup First round Ajax 3–0 Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol 0-2 Ajax Second round Copenhagen 0–0 Ajax Ajax 0-1 Copenhagen References 2 Notes notes Category:AFC Ajax seasons AFC Ajax Category:Dutch football championship–winning seasons