Club van 100 (AFC Ajax)

The official Club van 100 of Ajax Amsterdam

Club van 100 (English: Club of 100) is the official list of Football players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax.^[1]

Club van 100[]

The Club van 100 is the official list of Football players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax. The club currently has a total of 151 members with Ricardo van Rhijn being the latest addition.^[2] The record for league appearances is held by Mr. Ajax himself Sjaak Swart, who appeared in 463 league matches for Ajax 1.^[3] There is a beneficiary team called Lucky Ajax, which was initiated by Sjaak Swart. Lucky Ajax participate in at least one match a year, usually in the name of charity, and commonly at football ceremonies to bid farewell to retiring players. One of the prerequisites for playing on Lucky Ajax, which is invitational only, is that you are a member of the Club van 100, having made at least 100 official match appearances for Ajax Amsterdam in the first team of the club.^[4]

Out of the current selection, a total of 7 players are in the Club van 100. These include Siem de Jong, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and Daley Blind.

Members list[]

Sjaak Swart made the most official match appearances for Ajax

The table below is a list of the Club van 100 members, sorted by total appearances.

№ Player Nationality Total From Till 1 Sjaak Swart  Netherlands 603 1956 1973 2 Wim Suurbier  Netherlands 509 1964 1977 3 Danny Blind  Netherlands 493 1986 1999 4 Piet Keizer  Netherlands 490 1961 1974 5 Ruud Krol  Netherlands 457 1968 1980 6 Frank de Boer  Netherlands 434 1988 1999 7 Bennie Muller  Netherlands 426 1958 1970 8 Barry Hulshoff  Netherlands 385 1966 1977 9 Johan Cruijff  Netherlands 369 1964 1983 10 Piet Schrijvers  Netherlands 356 1974 1983 11 Ger van Mourik  Netherlands 352 1950 1963 12 Dick Schoenaker  Netherlands 348 1976 1985 13 John van 't Schip  Netherlands 348 1981 1992 14 Sonny Silooy  Netherlands 343 1981 1996 15 Ton Pronk  Netherlands 338 1960 1970 16 Frank Rijkaard  Netherlands 337 1980 1995 17 Gé van Dijk  Netherlands 328 1943 1957 18 Stanley Menzo  Netherlands 322 1984 1994 19 Edwin van der Sar  Netherlands 311 1991 1999 20 Wim Anderiesen, Sr.  Netherlands 309 1925 1940 21 Ronald de Boer  Netherlands 305 1987 1999 22 Henk Groot  Netherlands 305 1959 1969 23 Aron Winter  Netherlands 305 1986 2003 24 Gerrit Keizer  Netherlands 302 1929 1948 25 Gerrie Mühren  Netherlands 298 1968 1976 26 Peter Boeve  Netherlands 296 1979 1987 27 Lasse Schöne  Denmark 287 2012 2019 28 Richard Witschge  Netherlands 286 1986 2003 29 Maarten Stekelenburg  Netherlands 282 2002 2011 30 Siem de Jong  Netherlands 277 2007 present 31 Søren Lerby  Denmark 269 1976 1983 32 Wim Volkers  Netherlands 265 1923 1936 33 Piet Ouderland  Netherlands 261 1955 1964 34 Rinus Michels  Netherlands 260 1946 1958 35 Urby Emanuelson  Netherlands 255 2005 2010 36 Jari Litmanen  Finland 255 1992 2004 37 Joël Veltman  Netherlands 246 2012 2020 38 Gerrit Fischer  Netherlands 240 1934 1950 39 Piet van Reenen  Netherlands 237 1929 1942 40 Jan Potharst  Netherlands 237 1939 1952 41 Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands 237 1986 1993 42 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  Netherlands 237 2005 present 43 Daley Blind  Netherlands 228 2009 present 44 Tscheu La Ling  Netherlands 225 1975 1982 45 Fons Pelser  Netherlands 221 1911 1926 46 Jan Vertonghen  Belgium 220 2006 2012 47 Arnold Mühren  Netherlands 219 1971 1989 48 John Heitinga  Netherlands 218 2001 2015 49 Gert Bals  Netherlands 220 1965 1970 50  Netherlands 214 1956 1965 51 Frank Arnesen  Denmark 209 1976 1981 52 Gerald Vanenburg  Netherlands 209 1981 1986 53 Jan van Diepenbeek  Netherlands 207 1929 1938 54 Velibor Vasovic  Yugoslavia 204 1966 1971 55 Guus Dräger  Netherlands 203 1941 1951 56  Netherlands 202 1931 1943 57 Tomáš Galásek  Czech Republic 202 2000 2006 58 Stefan Pettersson  Sweden 197 1988 1994 59 Jan de Boer  Netherlands 195 1920 1933 60 Joop Pelser  Netherlands 194 1911 1924 61 Henk Hordijk  Netherlands 194 1917 1927 62  Netherlands 194 1932 1947 63 Jan Wouters  Netherlands 194 1986 1991 64 Joop Stoffelen  Netherlands 193 1940 1950 65 Werner Schaaphok  Germany 193 1959 1965 66 Heinz Stuy  Netherlands 193 1968 1976 67 Marc Overmars  Netherlands 193 1992 1997 68 Edo Ophof  Netherlands 192 1980 1988 69 Gregory van der Wiel  Netherlands 191 2007 2012 70 Horst Blankenburg  Germany 188 1970 1975 71 Klaas Nuninga  Netherlands 187 1964 1969 72 Toby Alderweireld  Belgium 186 2008 2013 73 Co Prins  Netherlands 184 1959 1966 74 Edgar Davids  Netherlands 184 1991 2008 75 Davy Klaassen  Netherlands 182 2011 2017 76 Arie Haan  Netherlands 180 1968 1975 77 Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands 180 2003 2007 78 Wim Anderiesen Jr.  Netherlands 177 1951 1961 79 Shota Arveladze  Georgia 177 1997 2002 80 Theo Brokmann  Netherlands 176 1913 1924 81  Netherlands 175 1917 1927 82 Dolf van Kol  Netherlands 174 1924 1930 83  Netherlands 174 1973 1980 84 André Onana  Cameroon 173 2016 present 85 Klaas Bakker  Netherlands 172 1951 1957 86 Marco van Basten  Netherlands 172 1982 1986 87 Johan Neeskens  Netherlands 171 1970 1974 88 Theo van Duivenbode  Netherlands 170 1964 1969 89 Donny van de Beek  Netherlands 169 2015 2020 90 Ruud Geels  Netherlands 166 1974 1978 91 John Bosman  Netherlands 165 1983 1988 92  Netherlands 163 1932 1949 93 Ricardo van Rhijn  Netherlands 163 2008 2016 94 Christian Eriksen  Denmark 162 2010 2013 95 Hakim Ziyech  Morocco 161 2016 2020 96 Luis Suárez  Uruguay 159 2007 2010 97 Miralem Sulejmani  Serbia 158 2008 2013 98  Netherlands 156 1920 1932 99 Wamberto  Brazil 156 1998 2003 100 Rafael van der Vaart  Netherlands 157 2000 2005 101 Bryan Roy  Netherlands 155 1987 1993 102 Eddy Pieters Graafland  Netherlands 154 1953 1958 103 Arnold Scholten  Netherlands 154 1986 1997 104 Maxwell  Brazil 154 2001 2005 105 Cees Groot  Netherlands 152 1959 1964 106 Vurnon Anita  Netherlands 152 2006 2012 107  Netherlands 149 1927 1937 108 Simon Tahamata  Netherlands 149 1976 1980 109 Eyong Enoh  Cameroon 149 2008 2014 110 Hatem Trabelsi  Tunisia 145 2001 2006 111 Thomas Vermaelen  Belgium 143 2005 2009 112 Jasper Cillessen  Netherlands 143 2011 2016 113 Cristian Chivu  Romania 142 1999 2003 114  Netherlands 139 1923 1938 115 Kenneth Vermeer  Netherlands 139 2006 2014 116 Ryan Babel  Netherlands 139 2003 present 117  Netherlands 138 1933 1947 118 Marciano Vink  Netherlands 138 1988 1993 119  Netherlands 136 1929 1936 120 Jan de Natris  Netherlands 133 1917 1929 121 Steven Pienaar  South Africa 133 2001 2006 122 Nigel de Jong  Netherlands 133 2002 2006 123 Piet van der Kuil  Netherlands 131 1955 1959 124 Cor Geelhuijzen  Netherlands 130 1954 1960 125 Jan van Dort  Netherlands 129 1913 1922 126  Netherlands 129 1925 1932 127 Theo Brokmann Jr.  Netherlands 126 1939 1951 128 Ronald Spelbos  Netherlands 126 1984 1988 129 Wim Jonk  Netherlands 126 1988 1993 130 Eddy Hamel  United States 125 1922 1930 131 Fred Grim  Netherlands 125 1995 2002 132  Netherlands 123 1928 1935 133 Johnny Rep  Netherlands 123 1971 1975 134 Rob Witschge  Netherlands 123 1985 1989 135 Finidi George  Nigeria 122 1993 1996 136 Andy van der Meijde  Netherlands 122 2000 2003 137 Thulani Serero  South Africa 120 2011 2017 138 Peet Petersen  Netherlands 119 1960 1965 139 Nick Viergever  Netherlands 119 2014 2018 140 Kasper Dolberg  Denmark 119 2016 2019 141 David Neres  Brazil 119 2017 Present 142 Wim Kieft  Netherlands 118 1979 1983 143 Gabri  Spain 118 2006 2010 144 Dick van Dijk  Netherlands 117 1969 1972 145 Matthijs de Ligt  Netherlands 117 2016 2019 146  Netherlands 116 1939 1948 147 Johnny Dusbaba  Netherlands 116 1974 1977 148 Ronald Koeman  Netherlands 114 1983 1986 149 Michel Kreek  Netherlands 114 1989 1994 151 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden 110 2001 2004 152 Zdeněk Grygera  Czech Republic 110 2003 2007 153  Netherlands 108 1954 1958 154  Netherlands 108 1976 1979 155  Netherlands 106 1957 1962 156 Hedwiges Maduro  Netherlands 107 2004 2008 157 [5]  Netherlands 106 1950 1954 158 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson  Iceland 106 2011 2015 159 Niklas Moisander  Finland 105 2012 2015 160 [6]  Netherlands 104 1951 1957 161 Jesper Olsen  Denmark 103 1981 1984 162 Tijani Babangida  Nigeria 102 1996 2000 163 Noussair Mazraoui  Morocco 100 2017 present 164 [7]  Netherlands 100 1947 1954 165  Netherlands 100 1925 1932 166 Patrick Kluivert  Netherlands 100 1994 1997 167 Nourdin Boukhari  Morocco 100 2002 2006 168 Anwar El Ghazi  Netherlands 100 2014 2017 169 Amin Younes  Germany 100 2015 2018

This list is accurate as of last match played on 16 February 2020, AFC Ajax - RKC Waalwijk

Nationalities[]

Nationalities in the club van 100
Netherlands	129
Denmark	7
Morocco	3
Belgium	3
Brazil	3
Germany	3
Cameroon	2
Finland	2
Nigeria	2
Czech Republic	2
South Africa	2
Sweden	2
Georgia	1
Iceland	1
Yugoslavia	1
Romania	1
Serbia	1
Spain	1
Tunisia	1
United States	1
Uruguay	1

Total caps of current squad[]

№ Player Nationality Total 42 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  Netherlands 241 43 Daley Blind  Netherlands 232 84 André Onana  Cameroon 176 95 Hakim Ziyech  Morocco 163 116 Ryan Babel  Netherlands 142 141 David Neres  Brazil 119 - Nicolás Tagliafico Argentina 97 - Dusan Tadic  Serbia 96 - Noussair Mazraoui  Morocco 76 - Lisandro Martinez Argentina 39 - Sergino Dest  Netherlands 33 - Carel Eiting  Netherlands 31 - Quincy Promes  Netherlands 26 - Zakaria Labyad  Morocco 23 - Edson Álvarez Mexico 21 - Perr Schuurs  Netherlands 21 - Răzvan Marin Romania 16 - Abdelhak Nouri  Netherlands 15 This list is accurate as of last match played on 1 March 2020, AFC Ajax - AZ See also[] List of AFC Ajax players List of AFC Ajax records References[] ^ Club van 100 (Dutch) Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Ajax.nl, 30 June 2008 ^ Van Rhijn bijna in Club van 100 (Dutch) Ajax.nl, 15 March 2014 ^ Suarez in 'club van 100' bij Ajax (Dutch) AD.nl, 28 July 2010 ^ Swart wordt 75 jaar in Olympisch Stadion (Dutch) De Telegraaf, 25 April 2013 ^ Co Bouwens sowieso 106 competitiewedstrijden Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Ajax.nl ^ Henk Elzer 104 wedstrijden, Ajax.nl, 4 juni 2011 ^ Krist en Boukhari 100 wedstrijden, Ajax TV, 29 augustus 2013