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Jong Ajax ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈjɔŋ ˈaːjɑks ] ) ( English: Young Ajax ), besides referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2 is a dutch association football team, the reserve team of Ajax. They are based in Amsterdam and compete in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. [ 4 ]

history [edit ]

Jong Ajax ( formerly more commonly known as Ajax 2 ) is the allow team of AFC Ajax. The team is composed by and large of professional footballers, who are frequently holocene graduates from the highest youth charge ( Ajax A1 ) serving their first professional contract as a reserve, or players who are otherwise ineffective to play in the first team. [ 5 ] Since 1992 Jong Ajax have competed in the Beloften Eredivisie, competing against other military reserve teams such as Jong PSV, Jong FC Groningen or Jong AZ. They have won the Beloften Eredivisie title a record eight times, adenine well as the KNVB Reserve Cup three times, making them the most successful reserve police squad in the Netherlands. By winning the Beloften Eredivisie claim, Jong Ajax were able to qualify for the actual KNVB Cup, flush advancing to the semi-finals on three occasions. Their best leave in the dutch Cup was under director Jan Olde Riekerink in 2001–02, when a semi-final passing to FC Utrecht in a Penalty shoot-out after extra prison term, which saw Utrecht improvement, and therefore preventing an Ajax vs. Jong Ajax Dutch Cup final. [ 6 ] The 2013–14 temper marked the Jupiler League debut of the AFC Ajax reserves ‘ team Jong Ajax. [ 7 ] previously playing in the Beloften Eredivisie ( a separate league for reserve teams, not included in the dutch professional or amateurish league structure ) players were allowed to move around freely between the reserve team and the beginning team during the course of the temper. [ 8 ] This is no long the case as Jong Ajax now registers and fields a offprint police squad from that of Ajax first team for the Eerste Divisie, the second grade of professional football in the Netherlands. Their home matches are played at Sportpark De Toekomst, except for the occasional match in the Amsterdam Arena. now regarded a semi-professional team in their own respect, the merely period in which players are able to move between squads is during the transfer windows, unless the player has made less than 15 appearances for the first team, then he is still eligible to appear in both first team and second team matches during the course of the season. [ 9 ] Furthermore, the team is not eligible for promotion to the Eredivisie or to participate in the KNVB Cup. Jong Ajax were joined in the Eerste Divisie by Jong FC Twente and Jong PSV, reservation teams who have besides moved from the Beloften Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie, in position of VV Katwijk, SC Veendam and AGOVV Apeldoorn, increasing the total act of teams in the Jupiler League from 16 to 20. [ 10 ] Jong Ajax left the Beloften Eredivisie in 2013, having held a 21-year tenure in the reserves league, having besides won the league deed a record eight times ( 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 ). [ 11 ]

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 4 September 2021

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

staff [edit ]

  • Head coach: John Heitinga
  • Assistant coach: Michel Kreek
  • Goalkeeper coach: René Stam
  • Technical Coach: Gerald Vanenburg
  • Team manager: Herman Arendse
  • Physio: Tim Glazenburg
  • Team physician: Maikel van Wijk

former head coaches [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

official trophies ( recognized by UEFA and FIFA ) [edit ]

National [edit ]

International [edit ]

early trophies [edit ]

  • Den Helder Maritime Tournament (2): 1996, 2010

See besides [edit ]

  • Ajax Youth Academy, Youth Academy of the club

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