De Klassieker

De Klassieker

Ajax vs Feyenoord
City or region	Netherlands
Teams involved	Ajax, Feyenoord
First contested	Feyenoord 2–2 Ajax 1ste Klasse (9 October 1921)
Number of meetings	165
Most wins	Total Ajax (73) Feyenoord (54)
Top scorer	Siem de Jong (2) Eredivisie
Largest victory	Ajax 8–2 Feyenoord 1983 Eredivisie ( 18 September 1983)[1]

1937 Klassieker.

De Klassieker (English: "The Classic") is the main football rivalry of the Netherlands. It is between Ajax, of Amsterdam and Feyenoord, of Rotterdam and is highly contested. The record attendance was on 9 January 1966, when 65,562 watched in Rotterdam.

Violence

There have been many clashes between the supporters of both clubs, of which Beverwijk in 1997 was infamous. One Ajax fan, Carlo Picornie, was beaten to death by rival supporters, triggering more strict policies from the Dutch football association KNVB to tackle hooliganism. As a result of the incident, the two Klassiekers in 1997/98 were played without away fans. Nevertheless, in April 2005, riots took place around Feyenoord's ground involving hooligans from both sides and the riot police. Travelling Ajax fans had demolished the train transporting them to Rotterdam, and were forced to wait outside the stadium until the match was over. Meanwhile, Feyenoord supporters who had just seen their team lose, were determined to clash with rivals from Amsterdam, who had not seen the match.

Hooligans filmed by police were shown on national TV. Virtually every hooligan on TV handed himself in.

In February 2009, the mayors of Amsterdam and Rotterdam made an agreement with the KNVB to ban visiting fans from the away games for the next five seasons in an effort to curb the violence.

Statistics (since 1921)

Results (since 1921)

Transfers

From Ajax to Feyenoord

• Eddy Pieters Graafland (1958, retired)

• Henk Groot (1963, retired)

• Johan Cruijff (1983, retired)

• Arnold Scholten (January 1990, retired)

• Angelos Charisteas (2006)

From Feyenoord to Ajax

(r=returning)

• Henk Groot (r, 1965)

• Arnold Scholten (r, 1995)

• Richard Knopper (1997, now playing for PSM Makassar)

• Henk Timmer (2002)

(Former) Feyenoorders with an Ajax-past

(r=retired)

• Angelos Charisteas

• Johan Cruijff (r)

• Keje Molenaar (r)

• Serginho Greene

• Evander Sno

• Dwight Tiendalli

• Henk Timmer

• Peter van Vossen (r)

• Tim de Cler

• John Goossens

(Former) Ajacieden with a Feyenoord-past

• Ruud Geels (r)

• Dean Gorré (r)

• Ronald Graafland

• Richard Knopper

• Leonardo Santiago

• Evander Sno

• Rob Witschge (r)

References

1. ↑ http://nos.nl/video/19896-ajaxfeyenoord-82.html

External links

• AFC Ajax
• Feyenoord