1999–2000_AFC_Ajax_season
1999–2000 AFC Ajax season
AFC Ajax 1999–2000 football season
During the 1999–2000 Dutch football season, Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.
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Chairman | Michael van Praag |
Manager | Jan Wouters |
Stadium | Amsterdam Arena |
Eredivisie | 5th |
Amstel Cup | Round of 16 |
UEFA Cup | Third round |
Johan Cruyff Shield | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | Richard Knopper (15) |
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Another poor season saw Ajax finish in fifth, though this at least was an improvement on finishing sixth the previous season.
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season. Squad numbers refer to numbers worn in European competitions.
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Left club during season
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Out
- Danny Blind - retired
- Gerald Sibon - Sheffield Wednesday, £2,000,000
- Kofi Mensah[notes 2] - NAC Breda
- Dean Gorré - Huddersfield Town
- Mario Melchiot - Chelsea, free[1]
- Andrzej Rudy - Lierse
- Sunday Oliseh - Juventus
- Jari Litmanen - Barcelona
UEFA Cup
Second round
Hapoel Haifa v Ajax
21 October 1999 | Hapoel Haifa | 0–3 | Ajax | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa |
Report | Machlas 3' Knopper 12' Laudrup 55' |
Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) |
Ajax v Hapoel Haifa
4 November 1999 | Ajax | 0–1 | Hapoel Haifa | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
Report | Roso 60' | Attendance: 37,400 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) |
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Third round
Ajax v Mallorca
25 November 1999 | Ajax | 0–1 | Mallorca | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
Report | Tristán 35' | Attendance: 40,123 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
Mallorca v Ajax
9 December 1999 | Mallorca | 2–0 | Ajax | Son Moix, Palma |
Soler 2' Biagini 70' |
Report | Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria) |
Mallorca won 3–0 on aggregate.
- "CHELSEA WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BLUES; Rangers pipped in race for super Mario". Daily Mirror. London. 14 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- Hosé 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.
- Mensah was born in Koforidua, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U-21 level.