Match Information
Competition Eredivisie
Season 1998-99
Round 22
Date
Home Ajax
Away Sparta Rotterdam
Final Score (regular time) 5 - 1
Halftime Score 2 - 1
Stadium
ArenA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Average age of starting lineup 27.07
Number of official Ajax 1 matches of starting lineup 1517
Ajax (match selection)
Player Active Position Remark
Edwin van der Sar Start Keeper
Mario Melchiot Start Defender
Danny Blind Start Defender
Kofi Mensah Start Defender
Tom Sier Start Defender
Dean Gorré Start Midfielder
Jari Litmanen Start Midfielder
Richard Witschge Start Midfielder
Jesper Grønkjær Start Forward
Shota Arveladze Start Forward
Peter Hoekstra Start Forward
Wamberto Bench
Andrzej Rudy Bench
Richard Knopper Bench
Ajax (unavailable)
Player Active Remark
Ole Tobiasen Injured Gescheurde kruisband linkerknie
Sparta Rotterdam (match selection)
Player Active Position Remark
John Nieuwenburg Start
Ajax Minute Sparta Rotterdam
First half
13 Goal John Nieuwenburg
Goal Shota Arveladze, assist: Mario Melchiot 28
Goal Shota Arveladze, assist: Tom Sier 30
Substistuted Shota Arveladze out, in Wamberto 37
Second half
Goal Dean Gorré, assist: Wamberto 70
Substistuted Danny Blind out, in Andrzej Rudy 76
Goal Peter Hoekstra 81
Substistuted Jari Litmanen out, in Richard Knopper 83
Goal Jesper Grønkjær 86
Last 10 confrontations with Sparta
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
10/4/1998 Eredivisie 8 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
4/8/1998 Eredivisie 28 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 4 - 0 (1 - 0)
11/9/1997 Eredivisie 13 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 0 - 5 (0 - 2)
5/4/1997 Eredivisie 29 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 2 - 1 (1 - 1)
9/15/1996 Eredivisie 6 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
1/21/1996 Eredivisie 20 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 3 - 3 (3 - 2)
9/10/1995 Eredivisie 3 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 4 - 0 (3 - 0)
3/22/1995 Eredivisie 23 Ajax - Sparta Rotterdam 8 - 0 (5 - 0)
10/2/1994 Eredivisie 6 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 1)
2/13/1994 Eredivisie 20 Sparta Rotterdam - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 0)