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Jong Ajax

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«Jong Ajax»

238 Matches

71 wins

57 draws

110 losses

365–426 Goals

−61 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L L L W D W

Ajax needed somewhere for its teenagers to play matches that mattered, and in 1992 it put a second team into the reserve league to do it. The side has never been a club in its own right — no separate membership, no separate history.

For two decades that meant the reserve competition, where the trophies came steadily: eight titles in the Beloften Eredivisie between 1994 and 2009. Then in 2013 the Dutch federation opened the second tier to reserve sides, and Jong Ajax began playing men's professional football against clubs whose seasons depended on the result.

2017–18 is the season that separates them from everything else. They won the Eerste Divisie outright — the only reserve team to have won a professional championship in the Netherlands.

Michael Reiziger was the coach that year. Within eighteen months Sergiño Dest, Ryan Gravenberch, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp and Noa Lang had all been moved up to the senior squad — four promotions signed off in the same month of September 2019. That is the measure the club actually applies here.

Home is Sportpark De Toekomst in Ouder-Amstel, holding 2,250. The complex was rebuilt in 2014 with a pool, a jacuzzi and a gym attached.

What the team cannot do is progress.

Latest results

All matches

4 Sep	Eerste Divisie	Almere City A	1:0	W
31 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Jong PSV A	1:1	D
28 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Helmond Sport H	3:2	W
22 Aug	Eerste Divisie	NAC Breda A	2:3	L
17 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Emmen H	4:6	L
7 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Dordrecht A	1:2	L

Standing

Eerste Divisie

Group stage · Eerste Divisie: Period 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Waalwijk	5	1	4	0	10:8	7
11	NAC Breda	5	2	1	2	9:11	7
12	Jong Ajax	6	2	1	3	12:14	7
13	FC Volendam	5	2	0	3	14:10	6
14	Helmond Sport	5	1	2	2	9:9	5

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 238

238 Matches

71 wins

57 draws

110 losses

365–426 Goals

−61 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 238

71 57 110

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	238	118	120
Scored	365	204	161
Conceded	426	178	248
Scored per game	1.5	1.7	1.3
Conceded per game	1.8	1.5	2.1
Difference	−61	+26	−87

Key players

by appearances over the last year

P. Nash Midfielder 18 Matches

M. Muzungu Defender 18 Matches

Tein Peters Midfielder 17 Matches

Aiman el-Hani Goalkeeper 16 Matches

Everi Appiah Defender 16 Matches

Mohamed Abdalla Midfielder 15 Matches

Milo van der Lans Defender 15 Matches

Levi Achampong Midfielder 14 Matches

Squad of Jong Ajax

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
11	P. Nash	Midfielder		18
4	M. Muzungu	Defender		18
21	Tein Peters	Midfielder		17
30	Aiman el-Hani	Goalkeeper		16
17	Everi Appiah	Defender		16
8	Mohamed Abdalla	Midfielder		15
17	Milo van der Lans	Defender		15
22	Levi Achampong	Midfielder		14
18	J. Johnson	Defender		14
20	Damián van der Vaart	Midfielder		12
9	Sky Wink	Forward		12
23	David Kaloko	Forward		12
17	Ithan Boutera	Defender		12
5	Lucas Yettin	Defender		12
1	Joeri Herckens	Goalkeeper	20	11
7	D. O'Neill	Midfielder		11
10	A. Ouazane	Midfielder	17	11
16	Ceninho Cassanvirjo	Defender		11
6	Mark Verkhoyl	Midfielder		9
16	Leroy Frankel	Defender		9
7	E. Unuvar	Midfielder		9
22	Zakaria Ouazane	Forward		9
2	Ryan van de Pavert	Defender		8
24	Paulo da Silva	Forward		7
18	Luke Beckman	Defender		7
5	S. de Falco	Defender		6
9	D. Pugno	Forward		6
10	J. Montserrat	Midfielder		6
12	Charlie Setford	Goalkeeper		6
23	Jeshurun Simeon	Forward		5
25	Anass Moumane	Forward		5
24	Maximilian Ibrahimović	Forward		5
1	P. Revesson	Goalkeeper		5
20	Luca Messori	Midfielder		5
20	K. Wolf	Forward	20	4
9	Don-Angelo Konadu	Forward		4
20	Abdoulaye Camara	Midfielder		3
19	F. Zahouani	Defender		3
16	Jahyendrow Amour	Defender		3
20	Elias Mechrouch	Forward		3