What is AFC Ajax?
{{Infobox Football club | clubname = AFC Ajax | fullname = Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax NV | founded = {{Start date and age|1900|3|18}} | ground = [[Johan Cruyff Arena]]<br />[[Amsterdam]] | capacity = 52,960<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.amsterdamarena.nl/over_amsterdam_arena/wist_je_dat/en/|title= Amsterdam Arena – Did you know?|access-date= 2006-12-10|publisher= Amsterdam Arena|archive-date= 2007-01-09|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070109081631/http://www.amsterdamarena.nl/over_amsterdam_arena/wist_je_dat/en/|url-status= dead}}</ref> | chairman = Frank Eijken | manager = | league = [[Eredivisie]] | season = 2022-23 | position = Eredivisie, 2nd | website = http://www.ajax.nl/ | pattern_la1 = _ajax2021h | pattern_b1 = _ajax2021h | pattern_ra1 = _ajax2021h | pattern_sh1 = _adidasred | pattern_so1 = _3_stripes_red | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _ajax2021a | pattern_b2 = _ajax2021a | pattern_ra2 = _ajax2021a | pattern_sh2 = _ajax2021a | pattern_so2 = _ajax2021a | leftarm2 = 0B614B | body2 = 0B614B | rightarm2 = 0B614B | shorts2 = 004080 | socks2 = 004080 }} '''Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax''' ('''Ajax Amsterdam''', '''AFC Ajax''', or simply '''Ajax''') is a [[Association football|football]] club from [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]. They play in the [[Eredivisie]], which is the highest football competition in The Netherlands. Players like [[Johan Cruyff]], [[Marco van Basten|Van Basten]], [[Frank Rijkaard]], [[Zlatan Ibrahimovic]] and [[Jari Litmanen]] played for this club. ==History== The club was founded on March 18, 1900. The founders were [[Floris Stempel]], [[Carel Reeser]] and [[Johan Dade]]. It was the second attempt to found Ajax. In 1894 they tried it too. Ajax is named after the [[mythology|mythological]] hero [[Ajax the Great]]. Ajax promoted to the highest level in 1911. Their coach was [[Jack Kirwan]]. Because [[Sparta Rotterdam]] had a