2001–02 AFC Ajax season

During the 2001–02 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

AFC Ajax
2001–02 season
ManagerCo Adriaanse (until 29 November)
Ronald Koeman
StadiumAmsterdam Arena
Eredivisie1st
KNVB CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerRafael van der Vaart (14)

Season summary

Manager Co Adriaanse was sacked in late November after some poor results, including elimination from the Champions League and UEFA Cup. His replacement, Ronald Koeman, led Ajax to the league and cup double.

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Fred Grim
2 DF Netherlands NED Ferdi Vierklau
3 DF Norway NOR André Bergdølmo
4 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Galásek
5 DF Romania ROU Cristian Chivu
6 DF Tunisia TUN Hatem Trabelsi
7 MF Netherlands NED Andy van der Meyde
8 MF Netherlands NED Jan van Halst
9 FW Sweden SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović
10 FW Netherlands NED Richard Knopper
11 FW Egypt EGY Mido
12 GK Australia AUS Joey Didulica[notes 1]
13 DF Brazil BRA Maxwell
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Netherlands NED Tim de Cler
16 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen
17 FW Brazil BRA Wamberto
18 DF United States USA John O'Brien
19 FW Greece GRE Nikos Machlas
20 FW Netherlands NED Cedric van der Gun
21 DF Netherlands NED John Heitinga
22 MF Ghana GHA Abubakari Yakubu
23 MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart
25 FW Nigeria NGA Pius Ikedia
26 MF Colombia COL Daniel Cruz
27 MF South Africa RSA Steven Pienaar
31 GK Netherlands NED Maarten Stekelenburg

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Romania ROU Bogdan Lobonț (on loan to Dinamo București)
8 MF Netherlands NED Richard Witschge (on loan to Deportivo Alavés)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Shota Arveladze (to Rangers)

Jong Ajax

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Netherlands NED Mitchell Piqué
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF Netherlands NED Stefano Seedorf

Results

Third qualifying round
  • 15 August: Ajax 1-3 Celtic (Arveladze; Petta, Agathe, Sutton)
  • 29 August: Celtic 0-1 Ajax

First round
  • Ajax 3–0 Apollon Limassol
  • Apollon Limassol 0-2 Ajax

Second round
  • Copenhagen 0–0 Ajax
  • Ajax 0-1 Copenhagen

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Ajax - 2001/02".

Notes
  1. Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and represented Australia at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 2004.
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