After the previous season's disappointing fourth place, Ajax regrouped to win the Eredivisie, finishing 17 points ahead of runners-up PSV Eindhoven, and the KNVB Cup, thrashing PSV 5–0 in the final.
Playersedit
First-team squadedit
Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^Veldman was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in April 1996.
1997, ajax, season, during, 1997, dutch, football, season, ajax, competed, eredivisie, ajax1997, seasonmanagermorten, olsenstadiumamsterdam, arenaeredivisie1stknvb, cupwinnersuefa, cupquarter, finalstop, goalscorerleague, shota, arveladze, shota, arveladze, 19. During the 1997 98 Dutch football season AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie AFC Ajax1997 98 seasonManagerMorten OlsenStadiumAmsterdam ArenaEredivisie1stKNVB CupWinnersUEFA CupQuarter finalsTop goalscorerLeague Shota Arveladze 25 All Shota Arveladze 37 1996 971998 99 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Players 2 1 First team squad 2 2 Left club during season 2 3 Jong Ajax 3 Transfers 3 1 In 3 2 Out 4 References 5 NotesSeason summary editAfter the previous season s disappointing fourth place Ajax regrouped to win the Eredivisie finishing 17 points ahead of runners up PSV Eindhoven and the KNVB Cup thrashing PSV 5 0 in the final Players editFirst team squad edit Squad at end of seasonNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp NED Fred Grim GK nbsp NED Casper Nelis GK nbsp NED Edwin van der Sar DF nbsp NED Danny Blind captain DF nbsp NED Tim de Cler DF nbsp NED Frank de Boer DF nbsp NED Mario Melchiot DF nbsp NED Tom Sier DF nbsp DEN Ole Tobiasen DF nbsp NGA Christopher Kanu DF nbsp GHA Kofi Mensah notes 1 MF nbsp NED Ronald de Boer MF nbsp NED Peter Hoekstra MF nbsp NED Richard Knopper MF nbsp NED Andy van der Meyde No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp NED Richard Witschge MF nbsp DEN Michael Laudrup MF nbsp POR Dani MF nbsp POL Andrzej Rudy MF nbsp ARG Mariano Juan MF nbsp SUR Dean Gorre MF nbsp NGA Tijani Babangida MF nbsp NGA Sunday Oliseh FW nbsp NED Gerald Sibon FW nbsp NED Rody Turpijn FW nbsp FIN Jari Litmanen FW nbsp RUS Andriy Demchenko notes 2 FW nbsp GEO Shota Arveladze FW nbsp RSA Benni McCarthyLeft club during season edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp NED Martijn Reuser on loan to Vitesse Jong Ajax edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player DF nbsp NED Serginho Greene DF nbsp NED Quido Lanzaat DF nbsp NED Mitchell Pique No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp NED Cedric van der Gun MF nbsp USA John O BrienTransfers editIn edit nbsp Ole Tobiasen nbsp Heerenveen 26 June DKK7 500 000 1 nbsp Michael Laudrup nbsp Vissel Kobe nbsp Dean Gorre nbsp Groningen nbsp Andrzej Rudy nbsp Lierse nbsp Sunday Oliseh nbsp 1 FC Koln nbsp Shota Arveladze nbsp Trabzonspor nbsp Gerald Sibon nbsp Roda JC nbsp Benni McCarthy nbsp Seven StarsOut edit nbsp Milan Berck Beelenkamp nbsp FC Volendam nbsp Winston Bogarde nbsp A C Milan nbsp Arnold Scholten nbsp JEF United Ichihara nbsp John Veldman notes 3 nbsp Vitesse nbsp Menno Willems nbsp Vitesse nbsp Marcio Santos nbsp Atletico Mineiro nbsp Kiki Musampa notes 4 nbsp Bordeaux nbsp Marc Overmars nbsp Arsenal 18 June nbsp Martijn Reuser nbsp Vitesse loan nbsp Dennis Schulp nbsp FC Volendam nbsp Rob Gehring nbsp Rayo Vallecano nbsp Dave van den Bergh nbsp Rayo Vallecano nbsp Nordin Wooter nbsp Real Zaragoza nbsp Patrick Kluivert nbsp A C Milan free nbsp Ivan Gabrich nbsp Merida nbsp Hayden Foxe nbsp Arminia BielefeldReferences edit in Danish Sten Henriksen Ajax kober Tobiasen fri Ekstra Bladet 26 June 1997Notes edit Mensah was born in Koforidua Ghana but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U 21 level Demchenko was born in Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union now Ukraine but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and represented Russia at U 19 U 20 and U 21 level Veldman was born in Paramaribo Suriname but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in April 1996 Musampa was born in Kinshasa Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented the Netherlands at U 17 U 18 U 19 and U 21 level Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 98 AFC Ajax season amp oldid 1209531091, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
