Football in Amsterdam

Association football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in Amsterdam.^{[citation needed]}

Introduction edit

Amsterdam is home of the Eredivisie football club AFC Ajax. The stadium Johan Cruyff Arena is the home of Ajax. It is located in the south-east of the city next to the Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station. Before moving to their current location in 1996, Ajax played their regular matches in De Meer Stadion.^[1]

Amsterdam had a time when it was home to four professional and relatively successful football clubs. AFC Ajax, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, AFC DWS, AVV De Volewijckers and later, FC Amsterdam, each with their own relatively long and rich histories.^[2]

Football/soccer teams
Club	League	Venue	Established (team)
AFC Ajax	Eredivisie	Johan Cruyff Arena 55,000	1900

Football/soccer teams
Club	League	Venue	Established (team)
Amsterdamsche FC			1895
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam			1902
AFC DWS			1997

Football/soccer teams
Club	League	Established (team)	Dissolved
RAP	Eredivisie	1887	1914
FC Amsterdam	Eredivisie	1972	1982

Amsterdam Derby (Stadsderby) refers to matches played between professional and amateur football clubs of Amsterdam. Such clubs include AFC, Ajax, Blauw-Wit, DWS, JOS Watergraafsmeer, Swift, De Volewijckers, VVA and Zeeburgia. An Amsterdam Derby can be an individual match or an ongoing rivalry between clubs, players and fans.

^ "De Meer". Stadiums. AFC Ajax. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
^ "HOW AMSTERDAM CHANGED THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL FOREVER". THESE FOOTBALL TIMES. September 9, 2017.