amsterdamsche football club ajax (dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːjɑks]), also known as afc ajax, ajax amsterdam, or simply ajax, is a dutch professional football club based in amsterdam, that plays in the eredivisiecode: nld promoted to code: nl , the top tier in dutch football.historically, ajax (named after the legendary greek hero) is the most successful club in the netherlands, with 36 eredivisie titlescode: nld promoted to code: nl  and 20 knvb cups.it has continuously played in the eredivisiecode: nld promoted to code: nl , since the league's inception in 1956 and, along with feyenoordcode: nld promoted to code: nl  and psv eindhovencode: nld promoted to code: nl , it is one of the country's 'big three' clubs that have dominated that competition.ajax was one of the most successful clubs in the world in the 20th century.according to the international federation of football history & statistics, ajax was the seventh-most successful european club of the 20th century and the world's club team of the year in 1992.according to german magazine kicker, ajax was the second-most successful european club of the 20th century.the club is one of five teams that have earned the right to keep the european cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge.in 1972, they completed the continental treble by winning the eredivisiecode: nld promoted to code: nl , knvb cup, and the european cup.they also won the first (albeit unofficial) european super cup against rangers in january 1973.ajax's most recent international trophies are the 1995 intercontinental cup, 1995 uefa super cup and the 1995 champions league, where they defeated milan in the final; they lost the 1996 champions league final on penalties to juventus.in 1995, ajax was crowned as world team of the year by world soccer magazine.ajax is also one of four teams to win the continental treble and the intercontinental cup or club world cup in the same season/calendar year; this was achieved in the 1971–72 season.ajax is one of five clubs to have won all three major uefa club competitions.they have also won the intercontinental cup twice, the 1991–92 uefa cup, as well as the karl rappan cup, a predecessor of the uefa intertoto cup in 1962.ajax plays at the johan cruyff arena, which opened as the amsterdam arena in 1996 and was renamed in 2018.they previously played at de meer stadioncode: nld promoted to code: nl  and the amsterdam olympic stadium (for international matches).throughout their history, ajax have cultivated a reputation for scouting, spotting and developing young talent, and have remained focused on developing a youth system.the club achieved promotion to the highest level of dutch football in 1911 and had its first major success in 1917, winning the knvb beker, the netherlands' national cup.the following season, ajax became national champion for the first time.the club defended its title in 1918–19, becoming the only team to achieve an unbeaten season in the netherlands football league championship.throughout the 1920s, ajax was a strong regional power, winning the eerste klasse west division in 1921, 1927 and 1928, but could not maintain its success at the national level.this changed in the 1930s, with the club winning five national championships (1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939), making it the most successful dutch team of the decade.ajax won its second knvb cup in 1942–43, and an eighth dutch title in 1946–47, the last season the club was managed by englishman jack reynolds, who, up to this point, had overseen all of its national championship successes as well as its 1917 knvb cup win.in 1956, the first season of the netherlands' new professional league, the eredivisiecode: nld promoted to code: nl , was played with ajax participating as a founding member.
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