Season 1921-22

Summary

Season Results
Competition Mat Total points Win Drw Loss GF GA F-A Res
First Division West 22 26 8 10 4 31 22 9 Endranking: 3
Wilhelminabeker 2 1 1 5 2 3 Lost in Finale
Friendly 7 1 4 2 7 12 -5

Results

Endranking First Division West
Pos Club Mat Win Drw Loss Total points GF GA F-A
1 Blauw-Wit 22 13 6 3 32 41 18 23
2 Feijenoord 22 12 3 7 27 44 30 14
3 Ajax 22 8 10 4 26 31 22 9
4 HFC Haarlem 22 9 7 6 25 43 39 4
5 VOC 22 7 7 8 21 40 52 -12
6 HBS 22 9 2 11 20 43 33 10
7 DFC 22 7 6 9 20 28 29 -1
8 UVV 22 8 4 10 20 29 40 -11
9 HVV 22 6 7 9 19 48 44 4
10 RC Haarlem 22 8 3 11 19 33 44 -11
11 De Spartaan 22 7 4 11 18 32 42 -10
12 VVA 22 6 5 11 17 32 51 -19

Matches

Match Details
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
8/28/1921 Friendly - Daring Club de Bruxelles - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 1)
9/4/1921 Wilhelminabeker Semi Final Ajax - HVV Helmond 4 - 0
9/4/1921 Wilhelminabeker Final Ajax - Wilhelmina 1 - 2
9/18/1921 First Division West 1 Ajax - Blauw-Wit 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
9/25/1921 First Division West 2 HBS - Ajax 2 - 0 (0 - 0)
10/2/1921 First Division West 3 Ajax - DFC 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
10/9/1921 First Division West 4 Feijenoord - Ajax 2 - 2 (0 - 1)
10/16/1921 First Division West 5 Ajax - RC Haarlem 1 - 1 (0 - 0)
10/23/1921 First Division West 6 De Spartaan - Ajax 1 - 3 (0 - 1)
10/30/1921 First Division West 7 Ajax - HVV 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
11/20/1921 First Division West 10 Ajax - VVA 3 - 0 (0 - 0)
12/11/1921 First Division West 13 Ajax - HBS 3 - 2 (2 - 0)
12/18/1921 First Division West 14 DFC - Ajax 0 - 2 (0 - 2)
12/25/1921 Friendly - Ajax - Grasshopper 2 - 1 (2 - 1)
12/26/1921 Friendly - PW - Ajax 2 - 0
2/19/1922 First Division West 21 VVA - Ajax 2 - 2 (1 - 0)
2/26/1922 First Division West 22 Ajax - HFC Haarlem 2 - 1 (1 - 0)
3/5/1922 First Division West 15 Ajax - Feijenoord 2 - 0 (1 - 0)
3/12/1922 First Division West 18 HVV - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0)
3/19/1922 First Division West 19 Ajax - UVV 0 - 0 (0 - 0)
3/26/1922 Friendly - Ajax - Meidericher SV 2 - 2 (1 - 0)
4/2/1922 First Division West 12 Blauw-Wit - Ajax 0 - 1 (0 - 1)
4/9/1922 First Division West 9 Ajax - VOC 1 - 1 (1 - 0)
4/23/1922 First Division West 11 HFC Haarlem - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0)
4/30/1922 First Division West 16 RC Haarlem - Ajax 2 - 1 (2 - 0)
5/14/1922 First Division West 20 VOC - Ajax 1 - 4 (0 - 2)
5/21/1922 First Division West 17 Ajax - De Spartaan 0 - 2 (0 - 0)
6/5/1922 First Division West 8 UVV - Ajax 3 - 2 (2 - 0)
6/24/1922 Friendly - Eintracht Frankfuhrt - Ajax 1 - 1 (1 - 1)
6/25/1922 Friendly - 1. FC Nurnberg - Ajax 4 - 0 (1 - 0)
6/28/1922 Friendly - MTV 1879 München - Ajax 1 - 1 (0 - 0)

Selection

All players who have played for Ajax 1 this season
Player Team Matches Goals Yellow Red Assists Minutes Own Goals Remark
Henk Asbeek Brusse Unknown 7 1 3 607
Joop Bieshaar Unknown 3 270
Joris Blankert Unknown 3 337
Jan de Boer A 22 1980
Wim de Bois Unknown 5 450
Theo Brokmann Sr. A 22 6 3 1980
Frans Couton A 21 1890
Hein Delsen A 19 3 3 1689
Joop van Dort A 21 10 2 1890
Wim Gupffert A 1 23
Sjaak Hoogland Unknown 2 159
Henk Hordijk A 21 1 1890
Ger Kooge Unknown 6 404
André de Kruijff A 15 1283
Joop Martens Unknown 3 178
Fons Pelser A 22 1980 1
Joop Pelser A 22 1 1959
Nico Ronday Unknown 1 90
Frans Rutte A 16 8 1 1440
Frans Schoevaart Unknown 1 90
Joop Smit Unknown 5 450 Smit, J.
Ko van der Vlis Unknown 5 1 1 450
Roef Vunderink Unknown 3 270
Selection of Team A
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Loan Out From Loan Out To Remark
Jan de Boer Keeper Unknown
Frans Couton Defender Unknown
Fons Pelser Defender Unknown
Joop van Dort Midfielder Unknown
Henk Hordijk Midfielder Unknown
André de Kruijff Midfielder Unknown
Joop Pelser Midfielder Unknown
Theo Brokmann Sr. Forward Unknown
Hein Delsen Forward Unknown
Wim Gupffert Forward Unknown 11/24/1921
Frans Rutte Forward Unknown
Selection of Team Unknown
Player Position Contract Type Contract From Contract To Loan Out From Loan Out To Remark
Chris Wintershoven Keeper Unknown
A. Boesbach Defender Unknown
Coen Delsen Defender Unknown
Frans Schoevaart Defender Unknown
Joop Bieshaar Midfielder Unknown
Sjaak Hoogland Midfielder Unknown
Joop Martens Midfielder Unknown
Roef Vunderink Midfielder Unknown
Henk Asbeek Brusse Forward Unknown
Engbert Bakker Forward Unknown Bakker
Joris Blankert Forward Unknown
Wim de Bois Forward Unknown
Herman Geestman Forward Unknown
Kick Geudeker Forward Unknown
Ger Kooge Forward Unknown
Nico Ronday Forward Unknown
Joop Smit Forward Unknown Smit, J.
Ko van der Vlis Forward Unknown
Others active at Ajax
Player Role Contract Type Contract From Contract To Remark
Jack Reynolds Head coach Contract
Willem Egeman President No Contract
Han Dade Vice president No Contract
Jan Grootmeijer Secretary No Contract
Marius Koolhaas 2nd Secretary No Contract
Jan Oudheusden Treasurer No Contract
Jan Schoevaart 2nd Treasurer No Contract
Frans Schoevaart Commissioner No Contract
Maarten Smit Commissioner No Contract
Simon Tump Commissioner No Contract

Transfers

Players who left/will leave
Player Next Club Type Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Jan de Natris De Spartaan Transfer 07/01/1921
Wim Gupffert None Retired 11/14/1921 Er wordt in de krant bekend gemaakt dat Wim Gupffert voor de rest van het seizoen, en waarschijnlijk definitief, niet meer zal voetballen omdat het niet te combineren is met zijn maatschappelijke carriere.
Players who came/will come
Player Previous Club Type Announced Start Duration End Amount Remark
Joris Blankert Blauw-Wit Transfer 07/01/1921

Statistics

See this overview for an explanation of the categorization of the various competition types.

Seasons matches and goals per competition
Player Comp. Comp. Play Off Dutch Cup Europa Other Off. Off. Mat. Friendly Total
Mat Goals Mat Goals Mat Goals Mat Goals Mat Goals Mat Goals Mat Goals Mat Goals
Henk Asbeek Brusse 7 1 7 1 7 1
Engbert Bakker 1 1
Joop Bieshaar 3 3 1 4
Joris Blankert 3 3 1 4
Jan de Boer 22 22 5 27
A. Boesbach 1 1
Wim de Bois 5 5 4 9
Theo Brokmann Sr. 22 6 22 6 2 1 24 7
Frans Couton 21 21 1 22
Hein Delsen 19 3 19 3 1 20 3
Joop van Dort 21 10 21 10 6 2 27 12
Herman Geestman 2 2
Kick Geudeker 4 2 4 2
Jan Goosen 1 1 1 2
Wim Gupffert 1 1 1
Sjaak Hoogland 2 2 3 5
Henk Hordijk 21 1 21 1 1 22 1
Ger Kooge 6 6 6
André de Kruijff 15 15 2 17
Joop Martens 3 3 3 6
Fons Pelser 22 22 1 23
Joop Pelser 22 22 4 26
Jack Reynolds 1 1
Nico Ronday 1 1 1
Frans Rutte 16 8 16 8 4 2 20 10
Frans Schoevaart 1 1 1
Jan Schoevaart 1 1
Joop Smit 5 5 3 8
Ko van der Vlis 5 1 5 1 4 9 1
Roef Vunderink 3 3 1 4
Total 247 30 0 0 247 30 58 7 305 37

Videos and Photos

News

Dutch Competition

Ajax starts very week by only winning for the first time in round 6, afterwards it goes better and with 6 games to go Ajax gets into the leading position by beating Blauw-Wit. However Ajax only wins one game afterwards while Blauw-Wit doesn' loose many points, so that Ajax finishes 6 points from the new champions Blauw-Wit in the third position. In the champions competition Blauw-Wit finishes second after Go Ahead.

Beker

There was no Dutch Cup competition during this season.

Lineup

Ajax had difficulty to deal with the deparure of De Natris and Gupffert, and was later in the season confronted with an injury from Rutte, so that especially in the midfield there were a lot of changes. The following players started most frequently: Jan de Boer (goalkeeper), Frans Couton and Fons Pelser (defense), Henk Hordijk, Joop Pelser, and André de Kruijff (midfield and stopper spil), Theo Brokmann Sr., Joop van Dort, Frans Rutte, Hein Delsen and Henk Asbeek Brusse (attack). Joop Pelser was captain. In the attack the following players were also used: Joris Blankert, Wim de Bois, Ger Kooge, Nico Ronday, Joop Smit, and Ko van der Vlis. Partly due to an injury of André de Kruijff the following players were used on the midfield: Joop Bieshaar, Roef Vunderink, Sjaak Hoogland, Jan Goosen and Joop Martens. Wim Gupffert played one match before he decided, after another injury, to focus on his job instead. Finally also Frans Schoevaart played one match.

Coach

Jack Reynolds is still the trainer.

General Meeting

During the general meeting the board was composed as follows: president W.F. Egeman, 2nd president H.D. Dade, 1st secretary J.J. Grootmeijer, 2nd secretary M.J. Koolhaas, 1st treasurer J. Oudheusden, 2nd treasurer J. Schoevaart. Committee members F. Schoevaart, M. Smit, and S. Tump.

Amateurism

Before the start of the season a number of Amsterdam soccer players, amongst which quite a few players from Ajax, held talks about starting a new club for professional soccer. The players realised that there is already quite some income for soccer, which until then was disappearing in the pockets of third parties, while it was very difficult for the players to both make time available for training and playing matches and work on building a career outside of soccer. The goal of professional soccer was not regarded as a replacement of the working career, but as creating a situation in which the working career was no longer hurt by the soccer career. Blauw-Wit and Ajax, for whom this would have great consequences as many of the players involved with this plan were at that time playing for those clubs, indicated that they would as club not make the chance to professional soccer. From Ajax the Pelser brothers, Couton, De Natris, Delsen and Hordijk were involved with this plan. Shortly before the start of the competition first the players from Blauw-Wit, followed by the players from Ajax, withdrew from this plan.

Protest Feyenoord

After the match Feyenoord Ajax Feyenoord submits a protest with respect to one of the goals of Ajax. The protest is approved because the referee could not confirm he saw the ball passing the line. When the goal was scored the referee was standing at a large distance and the goalkeeper was blocking his view from the ball that went down from the bar. The referee was still convinced a goal was scored, but that was irrelevant for the protest. There was a lot of criticism on the way this protest was handled, amongst others from former referee Groothoff. Groothoff pointed out that the issue arose because the English soccer rules were incorrectly translated. The rules stated “A referee must under no circumstances allow a goal unless he is absolutely satisfied it is a goal”, which was translated into (Dutch translated back into English) “Do not allow a goal if you have not seen the goal was scored”. Groothoff continued to state that he estimates at least 20% of the goals he approved, he did not see being scored, while for all of them he was convinced they were actually scored, which he concluded from circumstances, like the ball being in the net. According to Groothoff it is going too far to restrict goals to situations in which a referee has seen the ball passing the line.

Germany Trip

After the season ends Ajax makes a trip to Germany to play matches against Eintracht Frankfuhrt, 1. FC Nurnberg and MTV 1879 München. The following players join the trip: De Boer, Joop Pelser, De Kruijff, Rutte, Van Dort, Vunderink, Hoogland, Martens, Smit, Van der Vlis, Geudeker, Dubois, Bakker, Geestman and Wintershoven. Henk Asbeek Brusse was not invited to join and this was reason for him to leave Ajax for Blauw-Wit.