Match Information
Competition Eredivisie
Season 1998-99
Round 23
Date
Home Ajax
Away Utrecht
Final Score (regular time) 5 - 2
Halftime Score 1 - 1
Referees J. van Dijk
Spectators 40,121
Stadium
ArenA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Average age of starting lineup 27.27
Number of official Ajax 1 matches of starting lineup 1513
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
Tom Sier Start Defender
Andrzej Rudy Start Midfielder
Jari Litmanen Start Midfielder
Richard Witschge Start Midfielder
Wamberto Start Forward
Benni McCarthy Start Forward
Jesper Grønkjær Start Forward
Tim de Cler Bench
Tijjani Babangida Bench
Ajax (unavailable)
Player Active Remark
Ole Tobiasen Injured Gescheurde kruisband linkerknie
Utrecht (match selection)
Player Active Position Remark
Michael Mols Start
Ajax Minute Utrecht
First half
3 Own goal Nwakire
Goal Benni McCarthy, assist: Wamberto 23
Second half
Substistuted Tom Sier out, in Tim de Cler 46
Goal Jesper Grønkjær, assist: Benni McCarthy 50
56 Goal Michael Mols
Goal Benni McCarthy, assist: Richard Witschge 58
65 Goal Michael Mols
Goal Benni McCarthy, assist: Mario Melchiot 70
Substistuted Wamberto out, in Tijjani Babangida 74
Unknown
Yellow card Costa
Yellow card Van Schoonhoven
Yellow card Van Eijkeren
Last 10 confrontations with Utrecht
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
9/13/1998 Eredivisie 4 Utrecht - Ajax 2 - 2 (1 - 1)
5/10/1998 Eredivisie 34 Ajax - Utrecht 1 - 2 (0 - 2)
8/31/1997 Eredivisie 3 Utrecht - Ajax 1 - 7 (1 - 2)
3/9/1997 Eredivisie 23 Ajax - Utrecht 1 - 0 (0 - 0)
10/13/1996 Eredivisie 10 Utrecht - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 1)
12/17/1995 Eredivisie 16 Utrecht - Ajax 0 - 3 (0 - 3)
8/20/1995 Eredivisie 1 Ajax - Utrecht 4 - 0 (0 - 0)
5/10/1995 Eredivisie 31 Ajax - Utrecht 2 - 1 (1 - 1)
11/20/1994 Eredivisie 12 Utrecht - Ajax 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
2/20/1994 Eredivisie 23 Ajax - Utrecht 3 - 0 (3 - 0)
Last 10 matches refereed by J. van Dijk
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
4/18/1997 Eredivisie 28 Ajax - NEC 5 - 0 (3 - 0)
2/16/1997 Eredivisie 21 De Graafschap - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 0)
11/17/1996 Eredivisie 16 NAC - Ajax 2 - 0 (2 - 0)
10/9/1996 Eredivisie 9 Ajax - Willem II 3 - 0 (3 - 0)
3/13/1996 Eredivisie 24 Fortuna Sittard - Ajax 1 - 2 (0 - 0)
10/25/1995 Eredivisie 11 Ajax - FC Volendam 4 - 0 (2 - 0)
5/10/1995 Eredivisie 31 Ajax - Utrecht 2 - 1 (1 - 1)
2/5/1995 Eredivisie 19 Ajax - NAC 3 - 1 (3 - 1)
12/21/1994 Eredivisie 16 NEC - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 1)
1/24/1993 Eredivisie 18 Ajax - Dordrecht '90 4 - 1 (0 - 0)