Youngest and Least Experienced Ajax Ever in Final

Youngest and Least Experienced Ajax Ever in Final

05/24/2017

We have added an overview of All European Finals to the website.
What stands out is that the average age of the team that played against Manchester United (22 years and 281 days) is almost two years younger that the youngest starting lineup of the other finals. The youngest team before was the team that played against Lokomotiv Leipzig on May 13, 1987.
Besides that it is also noteworthy that the starting lineup of the game against Olympique Lyon combined only had 954 official matches of experience in Ajax 1. However the gap with the number 2, again the match again Lokomotiv Leipzig, is not that large (1142).

Filed under: Ajax - Manchester United 0 - 2 (5/24/2017)