AFC Ajax Amateurs or Ajax Zaterdag (; ) is a Dutch amateur football club and the amateur team of the professional club Ajax from Amsterdam. They compete in the Vierde Divisie, playing their home matches at the Sportpark De Toekomst 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 AFC Ajax from Amsterdam, who play their home matches at the Sportpark De Toekomst training grounds to a capacity of 5,000. The team was promoted from the Eerste Klasse to the Hoofdklasse ahead of the 2011–12 season. The team has won the Eerste Klasse 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 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), Jong Ajax (Eerste Divisie) and Ajax Zaterdag (Topklasse). After one season the team finished 14th and relegated back to the Hoofdklasse.
Players
Current staff Technical staffPosition Name Manager Bart Logchies Assistant manager Dennis van der Wal Assistant manager Detlef Le Grand Medical staffPosition NamePhysiotherapist Mohamed Oumouh Thomas Hamersma Frank van Deursen Fitness coach / Recovery trainer Björn Rekelhof Accompanying staffPosition Name Team manager Jan Fleijsman Players supervisor Dick Goossens Materials manager Rob Versluis Assistant referee Stephan Tulleners Secretary Marjon van Nielen
Honours
Club Vierde Divisie A (1): 2023–24 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 Topklasse: 2014 Promotion to Eerste Klasse: 1995 Placement for KNVB Cup: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2021 Promotion to Derde Divisie: 2018
Source: Historie Zaterdag 1. AFC Ajax Amateurs. 1 January 2025.
References
External links Website of the Ajax Amateurs