Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax is a professional football club based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1900 and one of the most historically significant clubs in European football, having won three consecutive European Cups from 1971 to 1973 playing the fluid positional style known as "Total Football" under coach Rinus Michels and captain Johan Cruyff. Playing in a distinctive red vertical stripe on white shirts, the club is renowned for its De Toekomst youth academy, which has produced generations of internationally acclaimed players, and its influence on football tactics and player development is credited with shaping coaching philosophies at clubs including Barcelona and the Dutch national team for decades afterward.
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Total Football is the fluid positional style Ajax played under Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff, winning three straight European Cups from 1971 to 1973.
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, founded in 1900 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, won three consecutive European Cups from 1971 to 1973 playing the fluid positional style known as Total Football under coach Rinus Michels and captain Johan Cruyff. The club is renowned for its De Toekomst youth academy, and its influence on football tactics and player development is credited with shaping coaching philosophies at clubs including Barcelona and the Dutch national team for decades afterward.
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1. Wikipedia: AFC Ajax
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a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football
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Ajax was founded in Amsterdam on 18 March 1900.
Competed In: UEFA Champions League, Lead or history section
The 2018-19 season for Ajax involved a remarkable run in the UEFA Champions League.
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