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50 free Ajax trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Ajax were founded in 1900, named after a Greek hero, and forced into their red-and-white stripe because Sparta Rotterdam got there first. Since then they have won more Dutch titles than anyone, invented Total Football with Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff, lifted three straight European Cups, gone a whole Eredivisie season unbeaten under Louis van Gaal and produced a youth academy the rest of football copies. These 50 questions cover the whole story: Jack Reynolds, the 1911 kit change, Panathinaikos and Inter, Ștefan Kovács, Cruyff's number 14 and his sale to Feyenoord, the 1987 Cup Winners' Cup, Düsseldorf home games, Torino on away goals, Kluivert in Vienna, Juventus on penalties, Frank de Boer's four titles, the youngest final line-up, the Bernabéu and Turin in 2019, Lucas Moura, the Napoli 1-6, bottom of the table in 2023 and Francesco Farioli. There are stadium, crest, mascot and supporters questions too. Easy questions stick to the basics; the expert tier asks about Sjaak Swart's appearance record, Ajax's baseball team and the 11-line crest. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01In which city is Ajax based?
Amsterdam
Along with Feyenoord and PSV, Ajax is one of the Dutch 'big three'.
Q 02Ajax is named after a hero from which mythology?
Greek
The 1928 crest showed the head of the legendary warrior Ajax.
Q 03On what date was Ajax founded?
18 March 1900
The club reached the top flight in 1911 and won its first KNVB Cup in 1917.
Q 04Which Englishman managed Ajax on and off from 1915 to 1947?
Jack Reynolds
He oversaw all eight of the club's early national titles and influenced Rinus Michels.
Q 05Why did Ajax change to a white shirt with a broad red stripe in 1911?
Sparta Rotterdam had the same kit
Newcomers had to change if two top-flight teams wore identical uniforms.
Q 06The Ajax crest used from 1990 draws the hero's head with how many lines?
11
The lines symbolise the eleven players of a football team.
Q 07From which season did Ajax revert to its classic 1928 crest?
2025-26
The club announced the switch on its website in November 2024.
Q 08Which manager, appointed in 1965, brought Total Football to Ajax?
Rinus Michels
He had played for the club from 1946 to 1958.
Q 09Whom did Ajax beat 2-0 in the 1971 European Cup final, their first?
Panathinaikos
Dick van Dijk and Arie Haan scored; Cruyff was named European Footballer of the Year.
Q 10Which Romanian coach replaced Michels and won two European Cups with Ajax?
Ștefan Kovács
He later left to manage the France national team.
Q 11Where was the 1972 European Cup final, in which Ajax beat Inter 2-0, played?
De Kuip, Rotterdam
The match has been cited as Total Football's greatest moment.
Q 12Ajax's 1971-73 hat-trick made them the first club to win three straight European Cups since whom?
Real Madrid
Real Madrid had won the first five editions in the 1950s.
Q 13How many goals did Ajax score in the 1966-67 Eredivisie, a record?
122
They also won the KNVB Cup that year for a first league and cup double.
Q 14Which club broke the world transfer record to sign Cruyff from Ajax in 1973?
Q 21Where did Ajax play 'home' legs early in the 1991-92 UEFA Cup run after a UEFA punishment?
Düsseldorf
Matches had to be at least 200 km from Amsterdam after crowd trouble.
Q 22Who scored the winner against Milan in the 1995 Champions League final, aged 18?
Patrick Kluivert
The 1-0 win came in Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion.
Q 23Who managed Ajax to the 1995 Champions League title?
Louis van Gaal
His side also went the whole 1994-95 Eredivisie season unbeaten.
Q 24Which club beat Ajax on penalties in the 1996 Champions League final?
Barcelona
Rinus Michels was already managing there.
Q 15Which shirt number did Johan Cruyff make famous at Ajax?
14
He switched from 9 on his 1970 return from injury because Gerrie Mühren had that number.
Q 16When did Ajax retire the number 14 shirt?
2007, at Cruyff's 60th birthday match
It is the only number the club has retired.
Q 17To which rival did Ajax sell Cruyff in 1983?
Feyenoord
Marco van Basten then became Ajax's key player.
Q 18Which European trophy did Cruyff win as Ajax manager in 1987?
Cup Winners' Cup
It was the club's first continental trophy in 14 years.
Q 19Which Belgian club beat Ajax in a 1988 European final?
KV Mechelen
It was Ajax's second consecutive final in the competition.
Q 20Whom did Ajax beat on away goals in the 1992 UEFA Cup final?
Torino
It made Ajax the second club, after Juventus, to win all three major European trophies.
Juventus
Van Gaal and many of the squad soon left for bigger clubs.
Q 25Which Finnish midfielder starred in Van Gaal's 1990s Ajax?
Jari Litmanen
He later played for Barcelona and Liverpool.
Q 26Which 1995 goalkeeper later won a second Champions League in England in 2008?
Edwin van der Sar
He went on to become Ajax's chief executive.
Q 27Which Italian club did Ajax sell Dennis Bergkamp to in 1993?
Internazionale
He had been Eredivisie top scorer three seasons running.
Q 28Which manager won Ajax a record 30th title in 2010-11 and then three more in a row?
Frank de Boer
It matched his own three straight titles as a player in the 1990s.
Q 29Which club beat Ajax's youngest-ever European final line-up in the 2017 Europa League final?
Manchester United
The Ajax XI averaged 22 years and 282 days under Peter Bosz.
Q 30Ajax won 4-1 at which stadium to knock the holders out of the 2018-19 Champions League?
Santiago Bernabéu
Dušan Tadić was given a perfect 10 by L'Équipe afterwards.