During the 1998–99 Dutch football season,
AFC Ajax competed in the
Eredivisie.
Season summary
Having waltzed to the title during the previous season, Ajax suffered a complete collapse this season to finish 6th, 23 points adrift of champions Feyenoord. This was the club's lowest finish since 1965. The club also suffered poor form in Europe, finishing bottom of their Champions League group stage. Manager Morten Olsen had paid for the club's poor form in December with his job; his replacement, promoted reserve-team coach Jan Wouters, was unable to reverse the team's fortunes but managed to lead Ajax to win the KNVB Cup.
Players
First-team squad
Left club during season
Jong Ajax
Transfers
In
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Wamberto
Wamberto de Jesus Sousa Campos (born 13 December 1974) is a Brazilian former footballer who last played as a forward and as a midfielder. He notably represented AFC Ajax and Standard Liége.
He was also nicknamed ''Wampie'' by Ajax supporters. ...
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Standard Liège, August
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Georgi Kinkladze
Georgi Kinkladze ( ka, გიორგი ქინქლაძე, ; born 6 July 1973), also spelled Georgiou, or Giorgi, or shortened to Gio, is a Georgian former footballer who played as a playmaking midfielder.
Born in the Georgian capital ...
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Manchester City
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...
, £5,000,000
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Jesper Grønkjær
Jesper Grønkjær (; born 12 August 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer.
A pacey winger, Grønkjær played primarily on the right or left wing, or as a second striker. He played a total 400 league games for a number of European cl ...
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AaB, £3,500,000, July
[The transfer for Grønkjær was completed in October 1997, but the player remained at his club until the start of the new Dutch football season.]
Out
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Edwin van der Sar -
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
, approx. £5,000,000
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Ronald de Boer -
Barcelona
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Mariano Juan -
Racing, loan
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Michael Laudrup - retired
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Andriy Demchenko
Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko ( ua, Андрій Анатолійович Демченко; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who manages Georgian club Dinamo Batumi. He played as an attacking midfielder or ...
[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.] -
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
Results
Champions League
Group stage
References
Notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:1998-99 AFC Ajax season
AFC Ajax seasons
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