Original Umbro *Special Edition football shirt AFC Ajax 1997

This AFC Ajax shirt is a Special Edition Champions League.

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the highest level in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the legendary Greek hero) is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 36 Eredivisie titles and 20 KNVB cups. It has played continuously in the Eredivisie since the competition's inception in 1956, and along with Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven, it is one of the country's "big three" clubs that have dominated that competition.

Ajax was one of the most successful clubs in the world in the 20th century. According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, Ajax was the seventh most successful European club of the 20th century and the world's club team of the year in 1992. According to the German magazine Kicker, Ajax was the second most successful European club. of the 20th century. The club is one of five teams to have earned the right to retain the European Cup and wear a multiple winners badge. In 1972 they completed the continental treble by winning the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and the European Cup. They also won the first (albeit unofficial) European Super Cup against Rangers in January 1973. Ajax's most recent international trophies are the 1995 Intercontinental Cup, the 1995 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan beat the final; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus. In 1995, Ajax was crowned World Team of the Year by World Soccer magazine.

Ajax is also one of four teams to have won the continental treble and the Intercontinental Cup or Club World Cup in the same season/calendar year; this was achieved in the 1971–72 season. Ajax is one of five clubs to have won all three major UEFA club competitions. They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, and the Karl Rappan Cup, a predecessor to the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1962. Ajax plays at the Johan Cruyff Arena, which opened in 1996 as the Amsterdam ArenA. and was renamed in 2018. They previously played in De Meer Stadium and the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium (for international matches). Throughout its history, Ajax has built a reputation for scouting, spotting and developing young talent, and has remained focused on developing a youth system.