Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 3 (4/3/2002)

Summary

Match Information
Competition	Eredivisie
Season	2001-02
Round	32
Date	4/3/2002
Home	Ajax
Away	FC Groningen
Final Score (regular time)	4 - 3
Halftime Score	1 - 1
Referees	Fred Sterk
Spectators	30,000
Stadium	ArenA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Average age of starting lineup	24.81
Number of official Ajax 1 matches of starting lineup	477

Ajax (match selection)
Player	Active	Position
Fred Grim	Start	Keeper
Hatem Trabelsi	Start	Defender
John O'Brien	Start	Defender
André Bergdølmo	Start	Defender
Maxwell	Start	Defender
Jan van Halst	Start	Midfielder
Steven Pienaar	Start	Midfielder
Abubakari Yakubu	Start	Midfielder
Andy van der Meijde	Start	Forward
Zlatan Ibrahimović	Start	Forward
Mido	Start	Forward
Nikos Machlas	Bench
Pius Ikedia	Bench
Tomás Galásek	Bench

FC Groningen (match selection)
Player	Active	Position	Remark
Roy Beukenkamp	Start
Ignacio Tuhuteru	Start


Ajax	Minute	FC Groningen
	First half
	12	Goal Van Gessel
Goal Mido	43

	Second half
Substistuted Zlatan Ibrahimović out, in Nikos Machlas	55
Goal Mido, assist: Maxwell	56
	60	Goal Robben
	69	Goal Ignacio Tuhuteru
Substistuted Steven Pienaar out, in Pius Ikedia	69
Goal Nikos Machlas, assist: Pius Ikedia	71
Substistuted Jan van Halst out, in Tomás Galásek	72
Goal Nikos Machlas, assist: Maxwell	85
Red card (2nd yellow) Abubakari Yakubu	89

	Unknown
Yellow card Jan van Halst
Yellow card Abubakari Yakubu
		Yellow card Allach
		Yellow card Johansson

Last 10 confrontations with Groningen
Date	Competition	Round	Match	Match Report
2/7/2002	Dutch Cup	Quarter Final	Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 0 (2 - 0)
9/30/2001	Eredivisie	7	FC Groningen - Ajax 1 - 4 (0 - 2)	Link
3/11/2001	Eredivisie	24	FC Groningen - Ajax 3 - 3 (2 - 3)	Link
9/9/2000	Eredivisie	4	Ajax - FC Groningen 3 - 1 (1 - 1)	Link
4/19/1998	Eredivisie	30	FC Groningen - Ajax 2 - 4 (0 - 3)
9/12/1997	Eredivisie	5	Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 1 (2 - 1)	Link
5/7/1997	Eredivisie	30	FC Groningen - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0)
12/1/1996	Eredivisie	18	Ajax - FC Groningen 1 - 1 (1 - 0)
4/21/1996	Eredivisie	32	FC Groningen - Ajax 3 - 4 (2 - 2)
11/19/1995	Eredivisie	15	Ajax - FC Groningen 4 - 1 (2 - 0)

Last 10 matches refereed by Fred Sterk
Date	Competition	Round	Match
11/30/2000	Eredivisie	15	Ajax - RKC Waalwijk 3 - 0 (1 - 0)
12/5/1999	Eredivisie	15	Ajax - RKC Waalwijk 1 - 2 (0 - 1)
4/13/1996	Eredivisie	31	Ajax - RKC Waalwijk 1 - 0 (0 - 0)