AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominate the Dutch national football league (Eredivisie), the others being PSV and Feyenoord.
Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs of the world. The club is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge; they won consecutively in 1971-1973. In 1972, they completed the European treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup; to date, they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European treble. Ajax's last European trophy was the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.
They are also one of two teams to win the treble and the Intercontinental Cup in the same season/calendar year;[2] This was achieved in the 1971-72 season.[3] Ajax, Juventus, and Bayern Munich, are the three clubs to have won all three major European trophies.[4] They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, and the Karl Rappan Cup, a predecessor of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1962.[5]
Ajax is historically one of the most successful clubs of the world. The club is one of the five teams that has earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge; they won consecutively in 1971-1973. In 1972, they completed the European treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup; to date, they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European treble. Ajax's last European trophy was the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.
They are also one of two teams to win the treble and the Intercontinental Cup in the same season/calendar year;[2] This was achieved in the 1971-72 season.[3] Ajax, Juventus, and Bayern Munich, are the three clubs to have won all three major European trophies.[4] They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, and the Karl Rappan Cup, a predecessor of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1962.[5]
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