Ajax Cape Town FC

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 Africa Craig Rosslee
league = ABSA Premier League
season = 2007-08 | position = ABSA Premier League, 2nd
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Ajax Cape Town is a South African football (soccer) team based in Parow, Cape Town that participates in the Premier Soccer League. Home games are usually played at Athlone Stadium, having moved from Newlands Rugby Stadium at the end of the 2004/2005 season. They plan to move to the Philippi 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 coach Muhsin Ertuğral, Ajax CT claimed fourth place in the PSL and won the ABSA Cup - beating league champions Mamelodi 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 with Manning 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 of Craig Rosslee as the new head coach was announced.

Former Managers

*flagicon|Netherlands Leo Van Veen (1999-00)
*flagicon|Netherlands Henk Bodewes (2000-01)
*flagicon|England Rob McDonald (2001-02)
*flagicon|South Africa Gordon Igesund (2002-06)
*flagicon|Turkey Muhsin 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 - 2007

Club 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 - 4th

Club officials/Technical team

*CEO: flagicon|South Africa John Comitis
*Coach: flagicon|South Africa Craig Rosslee
*Assistant coach: flagicon|Zimbabwe Wilfred Mugeyi
*Goalkeeper coach: flagicon|South Africa Brian van der Heever
*Reserve team coach: flagicon|South Africa Mark Grune

First 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|Malawi Russel Mwafulirwa
*flagicon|United States Morgan Cathey
*flagicon|Brazil Eduardo Ferreira
*flagicon|Botswana flagicon|South Africa Dipsy 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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