In the Tweede Divisie game on 26 September 2026, Katwijk beat AFC Amsterdam 0:1.
Match report
Ajax lost 0-1 to Katwijk in the Second Division on Saturday, a result that leaves the hosts still in seventh place after seven games. The away side took all three points with a goal in the eighty-second minute, while Ajax saw their captain sent off three minutes into stoppage time. It was a match where the visitors kept their shape and punished a home side that grew increasingly desperate. And here's the thing — you could feel the tension building even before the whistle blew.
Nothing much happened until the second half, really. Ajax dominated possession but created little that worried the Katwijk defence. The first real chance came when G. Korte broke through in the eighty-second minute, finding the net with a calm finish. That was the goal that mattered, and everything after it was just damage limitation. By then the crowd was restless, and the players knew it.
The drama came late. O. van der Meer picked up his second yellow card in the ninety-third minute, leaving Ajax with ten men for the final moments. There were three substitutions made in the ninety-first minute alone — the manager had thrown everything at the problem. To be fair it was never going to be enough. The visitors sat deep and absorbed the pressure.
Before the match I had Ajax winning with forty percent confidence. Not a strong position, but I expected them to grind it out. Instead Katwijk were the more dangerous side, and that single goal proved decisive. The hosts had won three of their previous six games but looked tired today. And here's the thing about football — you don't need more than one moment to change everything.
After seven games Ajax sit on ten points, two behind Katwijk who moved up to ninth with eight. The gap is small, but the psychology matters. Ajax lost at home to a side that had drawn twice and lost twice in their last six. That kind of result stays with you. By then the season had already begun to tell its story.
Prepared from match data
HT⇄15' S. de Mooij — Substitution🟨28' D. van Wageningen — Yellow card🟨30' O. van der Meer — Yellow card⇄61' D. van Wageningen — Substitution⇄61' I. el Moussaoui — Substitution🟨70' T. Letschert — Yellow card⇄72' T. Hovenkamp — Substitution🟨78' A. Bensabouh — Yellow card⚽82' G. Korte — Goal⇄85' M. Brenna — Substitution⇄90+1' R. Fonseca — Substitution⇄90+1' M. Elstak — Substitution⇄90+1' T. Nimmermeer — Substitution🟨90+3' O. van der Meer — Yellow card🟥90+3' O. van der Meer — Red card
0'45'90'
Match events
15'0:0AFC Amsterdam⇄SubstitutionS. de Mooij off: M. Klopper
