AFC Ajax Amateurs or Ajax Zaterdag () (''English: Ajax Saturday'') is a Dutch amateur football club and the amateur team of the professional club

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...

from

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. They compete in the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

since 2022–23, playing their home matches at the

Sportpark De Toekomst Sportcomplex De Toekomst (Dutch for ''Sporting complex The Future'') is a sporting complex in Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands, owned by AFC Ajax N.V. The complex comprises nine football fields and is located close to the Johan Cruyff Arena. Its main fie ...

training grounds.

Club history

AFC Ajax Amateurs, better known as Ajax Zaterdag is a Dutch amateur football club founded 18 March 1900. It is the amateur team of the professional club

from

, who play their home matches at the

training grounds to a capacity of 5,000. The team was promoted from the

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

to the

ahead of the 2011–12 season. The team has won the

title twice, as well as the * KNVB District Cup West I on two occasions as well. Following the 2013–14 Hoofdklasse season, the team was promoted to the

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

leading to the top tiered teams of the Amsterdam club to compete in the top three tiers of professional football in the Netherlands, AFC Ajax (

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

), Jong Ajax (

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

) and Ajax Zaterdag (

). After one season the team finished 14th and relegated back to the Hoofdklasse.

Current squad

Current squad as of 1 August 2020

Current staff

;Technical staff *Manager: Bart Logchies *Assistant manager: Dennis van der Wal *Assistant manager: Detlef Le Grand ;Medical staff *Physiotherapist: Mohamed Oumouh *Physiotherapist: Thomas Hamersma *Physiotherapist: Frank van Deursen *Fitness coach / Recovery trainer: Björn Rekelhof ;Accompanying staff *Team manager: Jan Fleijsman *Players supervisor: Dick Goossens *Materials manager: Rob Versluis *Assistant referee: Stephan Tulleners *Secretary: Marjon van Nielen

Honours

Club

* Eerste Klasse A (2): 2003, 2012 * Tweede Klasse C (1): 1993 * Derde Klasse B (1): 1992 * Vierde Klasse C (1): 1990 * Hoofdklasse AVB Zaterdag (1): 1989 * Eerste Klasse A AVB Zaterdag (1): 1988 * Eerste Klasse D AVB Zaterdag (1): 1987 * Eerste Klasse C AVB Zaterdag (1): 1990 * KNVB District Cup West I (2): 2005, 2008 * Promotion to

: 2014 * Promotion to

: 1995 * Placement for

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2021 * Promotion to

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

: 2018 ''(Source)''Erelijst Ajax Zaterdag 1
AFC Ajax Amateurs, 1 August 2014.

References

External links

Website of the Ajax Amateurs
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