Match Information
Competition Eredivisie
Season 1997-98
Round 1
Date
Home Ajax
Away Vitesse
Final Score (regular time) 5 - 0
Halftime Score 2 - 0
Referees Jaap Uilenberg
Stadium
ArenA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Average age of starting lineup 26.59
Number of official Ajax 1 matches of starting lineup 1490
Soccer player Richard Witschge
Ajax (match selection)
Player Active Position Remark
Edwin van der Sar Start Keeper
Mario Melchiot Start Defender
Danny Blind Start Defender
Sunday Oliseh Start Defender
Frank de Boer Start Defender
Ronald de Boer Start Midfielder
Andrzej Rudy Start Midfielder
Richard Witschge Start Midfielder
Tijjani Babangida Start Forward
Gerald Sibon Start Forward
Peter Hoekstra Start Forward
Dean Gorré Bench
Shota Arveladze Bench
Benni McCarthy Bench
Vitesse (match selection)
Player Active Position Remark
John van den Brom Start
Michel Kreek Start
Menno Willems Bench
Ajax Minute Vitesse
First half
Goal Andrzej Rudy, assist: Gerald Sibon 8
Goal Tijjani Babangida, assist: Richard Witschge 21
Second half
46 Substistuted Unknown out, in Menno Willems
Substistuted Ronald de Boer out, in Dean Gorré 46
Goal Sunday Oliseh 51
58 Substistuted John van den Brom
Substistuted Gerald Sibon out, in Shota Arveladze 60
Goal Shota Arveladze, assist: Dean Gorré 62
Substistuted Tijjani Babangida out, in Benni McCarthy 68
85 Own goal Michel Kreek
Unknown
Yellow card Van der Hoeven
Yellow card Zeman
Last 10 confrontations with Vitesse
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
6/1/1997 Eredivisie 34 Ajax - Vitesse 4 - 0 (3 - 0)
10/27/1996 Eredivisie 13 Vitesse - Ajax 1 - 4 (1 - 0)
3/3/1996 Eredivisie 22 Vitesse - Ajax 2 - 1 (1 - 0)
10/4/1995 Eredivisie 8 Ajax - Vitesse 3 - 0 (1 - 0)
1/29/1995 Eredivisie 18 Vitesse - Ajax 2 - 3 (1 - 1)
9/11/1994 Eredivisie 3 Ajax - Vitesse 5 - 0 (3 - 0)
1/30/1994 Eredivisie 21 Ajax - Vitesse 3 - 1 (1 - 1)
8/29/1993 Eredivisie 4 Vitesse - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 0)
3/28/1993 Eredivisie 26 Vitesse - Ajax 2 - 2 (2 - 0)
1/27/1993 Eredivisie 9 Ajax - Vitesse 4 - 0 (3 - 0)
Last 10 matches refereed by Jaap Uilenberg
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
4/13/1997 Eredivisie 27 PSV - Ajax 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
3/14/1997 Eredivisie 24 Ajax - Roda JC 3 - 1 (2 - 1)
11/24/1996 Eredivisie 17 Feyenoord - Ajax 2 - 2 (2 - 1)
11/3/1996 Eredivisie 14 Willem II - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 0)
9/22/1996 Eredivisie 7 Ajax - De Graafschap 1 - 1 (0 - 0)
8/18/1996 Dutch Super Cup Final Ajax - PSV 0 - 3 (0 - 0)
3/24/1996 Eredivisie 26 Ajax - Feyenoord 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
1/24/1996 Dutch Cup 1 SC Heracles '74 - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 2)
12/20/1995 Eredivisie 17 Ajax - De Graafschap 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
10/22/1995 Eredivisie 10 Feyenoord - Ajax 2 - 4 (2 - 3)