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Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 Willem II - August 23, 1998 / Eredivisie 1998/1999

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Eredivisie 1998/1999 - Round 1

Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam - Netherlands

August 23, 1998

45 000

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 0

Willem II

Assist by Richard WitschgeShota Arveladze

Assist by Ole TobiasenDanny Blind

26'

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7' - Goal Shota Arveladze7

26' - Goal Danny Blind26

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67' - Substitution Wambertois substituted by Tijjani Babangida67

72' - Substitution Shota Arveladzeis substituted by Benni McCarthy72

81' - Substitution Sami Hyypiäis substituted by Dennis Schulp

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 0

Willem II

Ajax Amsterdam Willem II

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind26

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age37 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Tobiasen

Ole Tobiasen

Denmark

B.date08/07/1975

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Oliseh

Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria

B.date14/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Witschge

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

Kinkladze

Giorgi Kinkladze

Georgia

B.date06/07/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Litmanen

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age27 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wamberto67

Wamberto

Brazil

B.date13/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Arveladze772

Shota Arveladze

Georgia

B.date22/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Dani

Portugal

B.date02/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		27	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind	26	37	468	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ole Tobiasen		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		28	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giorgi Kinkladze		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen		27	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wamberto	67	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shota Arveladze	772	25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dani		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Willem II

van Fessem

Jim van Fessem

Netherlands

B.date07/08/1975

Age23 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä81

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Schenning

Mark Schenning

Netherlands

B.date18/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Hill

Delano Hill

Netherlands

B.date29/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Arts

Arno Arts

Netherlands

B.date26/06/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Victoria

Raymond Victoria

Curaçao

B.date10/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Valk

Marcel Valk

Netherlands

B.date18/04/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Galasek

Tomas Galasek

Czech Republic

B.date15/01/1973

Age25 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Ramzi

Adil Ramzi

Morocco

B.date14/07/1977

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Loeffen

Huub Loeffen

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m96

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim van Fessem		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä	81	24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Schenning		27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Delano Hill		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arno Arts		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Raymond Victoria		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcel Valk		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tomas Galasek		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adil Ramzi		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Huub Loeffen		26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Benni McCarthy	72	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tijjani Babangida	67	24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Dennis Schulp	81	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Witschge

Peter Hoekstra

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Delano Hill

Bert Konterman

OUT

Raymond Victoria

Joonas Kolkka

OUT

Adil Ramzi

Clyde Wijnhard

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Morten Olsen

Success rate in this team:

78 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Olsen vs Willem II

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1998

Olsen vs Adriaanse

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Co Adriaanse

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Adriaanse vs Ajax Amsterdam

0 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1998

Adriaanse vs Olsen

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1998

Referee

René Temmink

23 victories	7 draws	3 losses	Ajax Amsterdam33 matches	General total	Willem II16 matches	5 victories	3 draws	8 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	Season total	Willem II1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 03, 2006					Latest figure on December 03, 2006

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Key figures

Mario Melchiot played his game number 50 in Eredivisie

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 6 matches with at least one goal conceded in Eredivisie (since 11/04/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 24/12/1995-13/03/1996 (7 matches).

Only back at the time of Stefan Kovacs head of (01/07/1971-01/07/1973), you can see a manager go over Morten Olsen with 85% of wins in Eredivisie (88%).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 7-2 Heerenveen11/04/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 6-1 Willem II23/04/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Heerenveen07/05/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 1-2 Utrecht10/05/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 PSV Eindhoven17/05/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 0-2 PSV Eindhoven16/08/1998

Overall

LVitesse Arnhem 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam26/04/1998

VDe Graafschap 1-8 Ajax Amsterdam03/05/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Heerenveen07/05/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 1-2 Utrecht10/05/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 PSV Eindhoven17/05/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 0-2 PSV Eindhoven16/08/1998

Current form

Away

LFortuna Sittard 2-1 Willem II13/02/1998

LVolendam 4-1 Willem II01/03/1998

VHeerenveen 1-3 Willem II13/03/1998

LFC Twente 2-0 Willem II08/04/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 6-1 Willem II23/04/1998

VRKC Waalwijk 1-4 Willem II26/04/1998

Overall

LFC Twente 2-0 Willem II08/04/1998

VWillem II 5-2 Heerenveen18/04/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 6-1 Willem II23/04/1998

VRKC Waalwijk 1-4 Willem II26/04/1998

LWillem II 2-4 Roda JC03/05/1998

VWillem II 3-0 Sparta Rotterdam10/05/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	34	18
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	14	10
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	9	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

21 v

3 d

0 l

93 gf

16 ga

Away

24 matches

18 v

1 d

5 l

61 gf

29 ga

Total

48 matches

39 v

4 d

5 l

154 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

5 v

1 d

18 l

29 gf

61 ga

Away

24 matches

0 v

3 d

21 l

16 gf

93 ga

Total

48 matches

5 v

4 d

39 l

45 gf

154 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 09, 1995
Home	7 - 0	April 09, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 01, 1959
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 23, 1998 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Ajax Amsterdam

6 - 1

Willem II

October 05, 1997 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Willem II

0 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

November 03, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Willem II

0 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

October 09, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 0

Willem II

April 28, 1996 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Ajax Amsterdam

5 - 1

Willem II

Best historical scorers against Willem II

Johan Cruijff	6 goals	1966 - 1983
Finidi	5 goals	1994 - 1996
Marco van Basten	5 goals	1983 - 1983
Klaas Nuninga	5 goals	1965 - 1967
Jari Litmanen	5 goals	1993 - 1996
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1988 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

	Jack de Gier	1 goal	1996 - 1996
	Clyde Wijnhard	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Willem II

Frank De Boer	18 matches	1989 - 1998
Danny Blind	16 matches	1987 - 1998
Ronald De Boer	13 matches	1988 - 1998
Sonny Silooy	12 matches	1982 - 1996
Edwin Van der Sar	11 matches	1992 - 1998
Stanley Menzo	11 matches	1987 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

John Feskens	5 matches	1983 - 1996
Jim van Fessem	5 matches	1996 - 1998
Sami Hyypiä	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Huub Loeffen	4 matches	1996 - 1998
Bert Konterman	4 matches	1996 - 1998
Geoffrey Prommayon	4 matches	1996 - 1998