Club van 100 (AFC Ajax)
Club van 100 (English: Club of 100) is the official list of Football players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax.[1]
Club van 100
The Club van 100 is the official list of Football players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax. The club currently has a total of 151 members with Ricardo van Rhijn being the latest addition.[2] The record for league appearances is held by Mr. Ajax himself Sjaak Swart, who appeared in 463 league matches for Ajax 1.[3] There is a beneficiary team called Lucky Ajax, which was initiated by Sjaak Swart. Lucky Ajax participate in at least one match a year, usually in the name of charity, and commonly at football ceremonies to bid farewell to retiring players. One of the prerequisites for playing on Lucky Ajax, which is invitational only, is that you are a member of the Club van 100, having made at least 100 official match appearances for Ajax Amsterdam in the first team of the club.[4]
Out of the current selection, a total of 4 players are in the Club van 100. These include Siem de Jong (244), Lasse Schöne (198), Joël Veltman (166) and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (136).
Members list
The table below is a list of the Club van 100 members, sorted by total appearances.
This list is accurate as of last match played on 15 August 2015, AFC Ajax - Willem II
Nationalities
Nationalities in the club van 100 | |
---|---|
Netherlands | 122 |
Denmark | 5 |
Belgium | 3 |
Brazil | 2 |
Germany | 2 |
Finland | 2 |
Nigeria | 2 |
Czech Republic | 2 |
South Africa | 2 |
Sweden | 2 |
Georgia | 1 |
Iceland | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 1 |
Cameroon | 1 |
Morocco | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
Serbia | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
Tunisia | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 |
Total caps of current squad
18 february 2020 |
See also
References
- ^ Club van 100 (Dutch) Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Ajax.nl, 30 June 2008
- ^ Van Rhijn bijna in Club van 100 (Dutch) Ajax.nl, 15 March 2014
- ^ Suarez in 'club van 100' bij Ajax (Dutch) AD.nl, 28 July 2010
- ^ Swart wordt 75 jaar in Olympisch Stadion (Dutch) De Telegraaf, 25 April 2013
- ^ Co Bouwens sowieso 106 competitiewedstrijden Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Ajax.nl
- ^ Henk Elzer 104 wedstrijden, Ajax.nl, 4 juni 2011
- ^ Krist en Boukhari 100 wedstrijden, Ajax TV, 29 augustus 2013