1999–2000 AFC Ajax season
# 1999–2000 AFC Ajax season

During the 1999–2000 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

## Season summary

Another poor season saw Ajax finish in 5th, though this at least was an improvement on finishing sixth the previous season.

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season. Squad numbers refer to numbers worn in European competitions.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | NED | Fred Grim |
| 3 | DF | NED | Ferdi Vierklau |
| 4 | DF | NED | Jan van Halst |
| 5 | DF | NED | Frank Verlaat |
| 6 | MF | NED | Aron Winter (captain) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Wamberto |
| 8 | MF | NED | Richard Witschge |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Nikos Machlas |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Brian Laudrup |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Jesper Grønkjær |
| 13 | MF | NED | Richard Knopper |
| 14 | FW | POR | Dani |
| 15 | DF | NED | Tim de Cler |
| 16 | DF | NED | John Nieuwenburg |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Cristian Chivu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | USA | John O'Brien |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Tijani Babangida |
| 21 | MF | NGA | Pius Ikedia |
| 23 | MF | NED | Martijn Reuser |
| 24 | FW | GEO | Shota Arveladze |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Christopher Kanu |
| 26 | FW | NED | Brutil Hosé |
| 28 | GK | NED | Serge van den Ban |
| 29 | FW | NED | Kevin Bobson |
| 30 | DF | NED | Mitchell Piqué |
| 36 | DF | NED | Quido Lanzaat |
| 37 | MF | RSA | Aaron Mokoena |
| — | DF | DEN | Ole Tobiasen |
| — | MF | NED | Rafael van der Vaart |
| — | MF | GHA | Abubakari Yakubu |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 | MF | NED | Cedric van der Gun (on loan to FC Den Bosch) |
| — | MF | NED | Peter Hoekstra (on loan to SD Compostela) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Andy van der Meyde (on loan to FC Twente) |

### Jong Ajax

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg |
| — | DF | NED | Serginho Greene |
| — | DF | NED | John Heitinga |
| — | MF | NED | Nigel de Jong |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Jeffrey Sneijder |
| — | MF | NED | Wesley Sneijder |
| — | MF | COL | Daniel Cruz |

## Transfers

### Out

* Danny Blind - retired
* Gerald Sibon - Sheffield Wednesday, £2,000,000
* Kofi Mensah - NAC Breda
* Dean Gorré - Huddersfield Town
* Mario Melchiot - Chelsea, free
* Andrzej Rudy - Lierse
* Sunday Oliseh - Juventus
* Jari Litmanen - Barcelona

## Results

### UEFA Cup

**Second round**

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

**Third round**

Mallorca won 3–0 on aggregate.

