- Ajax Cape Town FC
Football club infobox
clubname = Ajax Cape Town
fullname = Ajax Cape Town Football Club
nickname = "Urban Warriors"
founded = 1999, "merger of Seven Stars
and Cape Town Spurs"
ground =Athlone Stadium ,Cape Town ;
Newlands Stadium ,Cape Town
capacity = 30,000
chairman =John Comitis
manager = flagicon|South AfricaCraig Rosslee
league = ABSA Premier League
season = 2007-08 | position = ABSA Premier League, 2nd
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leftarm2=000000|body2=000000|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=000000|socks2=FF0000Ajax Cape Town is a
South Africa nfootball (soccer) team based inParow ,Cape Town that participates in thePremier Soccer League . Home games are usually played atAthlone Stadium , having moved fromNewlands Rugby Stadium at the end of the 2004/2005 season. They plan to move to thePhilippi Stadium in the near future.Ajax CT was formed in 1999, via the amalgation of two Cape Town-based teams, Seven Stars and "Cape Town Spurs", as
AFC Ajax expanded their worldwide talent-feeder network to South Africa.The Ajax CT project had limited success in the seasons leading up to 2006/2007, the club winning a solitary title - the Rothmans Cup in 2000 - with
Steven Pienaar being one of the few talents to make the grade for a move to Amsterdam, back in 2002. However, in 2006/2007, under the guidance of new coachMuhsin Ertuğral , Ajax CT claimed fourth place in the PSL and won theABSA Cup - beating league championsMamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in the final.Gordon Igesund , South Africa's most successful club coach [http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/sports/soccer.htm] who won league titles withManning Rangers ,Orlando Pirates , Santos and Sundowns, coached the club from 2002 until 2006.In January 2007, Ajax CT managed to beat their mother club
AFC Ajax 3-1 in a friendly game held in Cape Town.After the departure of
Muhsin Ertuğral at the end of the 2006/2007 season and in line with the club's development philosophy, the appointment ofCraig Rosslee as the new head coach was announced.Former Managers
*flagicon|Netherlands
Leo Van Veen (1999-00)
*flagicon|NetherlandsHenk Bodewes (2000-01)
*flagicon|EnglandRob McDonald (2001-02)
*flagicon|South AfricaGordon Igesund (2002-06)
*flagicon|TurkeyMuhsin Ertuğral (2006-07)Notable Players
*
Thembinkosi Fanteni
*John Obi Mikel
*Steven Pienaar
*Stanton Lewis
*Daylon Claasen
*Moeneeb Josephs
*Marciano Vink
*Hans Vonk
*Quinton Jacobs
*Benni McCarthy Honours
*Rothmans Cup - 2000
*ABSA Cup - 2007Club records
*Most starts: Brett Evans 210
*Most goals: Brent Carelse 28
*Most capped player: Edelbert Dinha (Zimbabwe)
*Most starts in a season: Edelbert Dinha 41 (2000/01)
*Most goals in a season: Thembinkosi Fanteni 15 (2006/07)
*Record victory: 5-1 vs Moroka Swallows (19/2/06, PSL)
*Record defeat: 0-6 v Orlando Pirates (22/9/04, PSL)Premier Soccer League record
*2008 - 1st
*2007 - 4th
*2006 - 11th
*2005 - 6th
*2004 - 2nd
*2003 - 13th
*2002 - 14th
*2001 - 11th
*2000 - 4thClub officials/Technical team
*CEO: flagicon|South Africa John Comitis
*Coach: flagicon|South AfricaCraig Rosslee
*Assistant coach: flagicon|ZimbabweWilfred Mugeyi
*Goalkeeper coach: flagicon|South Africa Brian van der Heever
*Reserve team coach: flagicon|South Africa Mark GruneFirst team squad
"As of
February 03 2008 "Foreigners
In the South African PSL, only five non-South African nationals can be registered. Players who also hold South African citizenship do not count as foreigners.
*flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dikilu Bageta
*flagicon|MalawiRussel Mwafulirwa
*flagicon|United StatesMorgan Cathey
*flagicon|BrazilEduardo Ferreira
*flagicon|Botswana flagicon|South AfricaDipsy Selolwane Former Players
*
Eyong Enoh *
Thierry Mouyouma *
Belux Bukasa Kasongo
*Cyrille Mubiala
* Kanku Mulekelayi
*Tsholola Tshinyama * Geert Brusselers
*Marciano Vink *
Floris Diergaardt
*Quinton Jacobs
*Robert Nauseb *
Daylon Claasen
*Thembinkosi Fanteni
* Brent Geyer
* Rowan Hendricks
* Clayton Jagers
*Moeneeb Josephs
*Stanton Lewis
*Calvin Marlin
*Bryce Moon
* Simphiwe Pama
*Nathan Paulse
*Giovanni Rector
*Dillon Sheppard
* Hans Vonk
* Coburn Woodington*
Edelbert Dinha
*Edzai Kasinauyo
*Wilfred Mugeyi External links
* [http://www.ajaxct.co.za Ajax Cape Town Official Website]
* [http://www.psl.co.za Premier Soccer League]
* [http://www.psl.co.za/teams/ajax_cape_town/club_information/ PSL Club Info]
* [http://www.safagoal.net South African Football Association]
* [http://cafonline.com Confederation of African Football]
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