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Ajax and achieved
That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament ( 5 in total ) they entered that year, a feat Celtic achieved in 1967 ( with 6 trophies ) and Barcelona ( also 6 trophies ) repeated in 2009.
Ajax attacked Diomedes where his armour covered his body and achieved no success.
Rivalry with fellow Dutch teams is, however, less friendly and ADO achieved notoriety following an incident after beating Ajax on 20 March 2011.

Ajax and their
When the Greeks left without killing Ajax, despite their sacrifices Athena became so angry that she persuaded Zeus to send a storm that sank many of their ships.
The Opuntian Locrians worshiped Ajax as their national hero, and so great was their faith in him that when they drew up their army in battle, they always left one place open for him, believing that, although invisible to them, he was fighting for and among them.
Many illustrious Athenians, including Cimon, Miltiades, Alcibiades and the historian Thucydides, traced their descent from Ajax.
The identification of Ajax with the family of Aeacus was chiefly a matter which concerned the Athenians, after Salamis had come into their possession, on which occasion Solon is said to have inserted a line in the Iliad ( 2. 557 – 558 ), for the purpose of supporting the Athenian claim to the island.
In 1977, Ajax won their first domestic championship since 1973.
However, when, under manager Jack Kirwan, the club got promoted to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 ( then the Eerste Klasse or ' First Class ', later named the Eredivisie ), Ajax were forced to change their colours because Sparta Rotterdam already had exactly the same outfit.
Driven mad with grief, Ajax desired to kill his comrades, but Athena caused him to mistake the cattle and their herdsmen for the Achean warriors.
Feyenoord won their fifth Dutch Cup in 1980 by beating Ajax 3 – 1 in the final.
Before the start of the new 1999 – 2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup title, after a free kick by Patrick Paauwe, which secured a 3 – 2 win.
PSV confirmed their role as title favorites beating Dutch Champions AFC Ajax 4-2 in the Dutch Super Cup final.
When the Trojans attacked the wall newly built by the Greeks, Sarpedon led his men ( who also included Glaucus and Asteropaios ) to the forefront of the battle and caused Ajax and Teucer to shift their attention from Hector's attack to that of Sarpedon's forces.
* 1989: Barcelona 2 – 0 Sampdoria-Johan Cruyff became the first manager to win the CWC with two different teams, having managed Ajax in their 1987 final victory.
Anderlecht won it in both 1976 an 1978, and finished runners up in between, and Ajax failed to defend their title in 1988, losing out to K. V.
The US started an upgrade of their defenses using the Nike Ajax missile, and soon the larger anti-aircraft guns disappeared.
During this era Ajax played some of their finest football ever, achieving home wins ( 46-0-0 ) for two full seasons ( 1971 – 72 and 1972 – 73 ), just one defeat in the whole of the 1971-72 season, and celebrating five titles in 1972 ( the Netherlands national league, KNVB Cup, European Cup, European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup ).
Ajax defender Barry Hulshoff explained how the team that won the European Cup in 1971, 1972, and 1973 worked it to their advantage: " We discussed space the whole time.
He is a widower ; when his wife Beatrice died, she left their house to her sister Bernice, so as to ensure some sort of stable environment for her and Duckman's three children: Ajax, Charles and Mambo.
During 1958 the Army National Guard began to replace their guns and adopt the Ajax system.
In 2005, Colgate sold the under-performing brands Fab, Dynamo, Arctic Power, ABC, Cold Power and Fresh Start, as well as the license of the Ajax brand for laundry detergents in the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico, to Phoenix Brands, LLC as part of their plan to focus on their higher margin oral, personal, and pet care products.

Ajax and first
Ajax is the son of Telamon, who was the son of Aeacus and grandson of Zeus, and his first wife Periboea.
Ajax at first gets the better of the encounter, wounding Hector with his spear and knocking him down with a large stone, but Hector fights on until the heralds, acting at the direction of Zeus, call a draw: the action ends without a winner and with the two combatants exchanging gifts, Ajax giving Hector a purple sash and Hector giving Ajax a sharp sword.
:: 1973, 1995 *( Ajax also won in 1972, however, UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one.
AZ's second championship was the first Eredivisie title in 28 years, and the first time since then that the Eredivisie was won by a team other than the " big three " ( Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord ).
Bergkamp scored his first senior goal for the club against HFC Haarlem on 22 February 1987 in a match Ajax won 6 – 0.
The first half was played by members of Arsenal and Ajax's current squads, while the second was played by famous ex-players from both sides, including Ian Wright, Patrick Vieira, Marc Overmars, Emmanuel Petit and David Seaman for Arsenal, and Marco van Basten, Danny Blind, Johan Cruijff, Frank and Ronald de Boer for Ajax.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar had earlier opened the scoring for Ajax, making him the first goalscorer at the Emirates Stadium .< ref >
The club is historically one of the three clubs that have dominated the first tier of Dutch football, the others being Ajax and PSV.
With his eventual hiring as Feyenoord manager, Koeman became the first to ever serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the so-called " traditional big three " of Dutch football: ( AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord itself ) Moreover, he played and managed these teams in the same order.
The first big activity was held on 10 December 2000 when Feyenoord faced Ajax and 40 fog machines were activated when the players entered the pitch.
He played his first game for Ajax in April 1982, scoring a debut goal in the 5 – 0 victory over NEC.
His first stint as a manager was as an assistant to his former teammate John van't Schip with the second team of Ajax in 2003 – 04.
For probably the first time in decades, none of the " Big Three " Clubs ( Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord ) provided the backbone for the national team.
Hesione was taken home by Telamon, married him and bore him a son Teucros who would be half-brother to Telamon's son from his first marriage Ajax.
On her first, and only, day of fighting, Penthesilea kills many men and clashes with Telamonian Ajax, although there is no clear victor, before she comes face to face with Achilles, who had been summoned by Telamonian Ajax.
Next, he fought with great Ajax in an armed sparring contest where the winner was to draw blood first.
He fought valiantly and is often listed amongst the first rank of Greek heroes such as Idomeneus, Diomedes, Ajax, etc.

Ajax and Eredivisie
There are some youth players from Ajax Cape Town that have been drafted into the Eredivisie squad, such as South African international Steven Pienaar ( on loan to Everton ) and Cameroonian international Eyong Enoh.
As of 2012, AZ is the only club to have beaten Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV away from home in a single Eredivisie season.
In the extra time, Feyenoord became the only team to beat Ajax the season they won the Eredivisie and the Champions League unbeaten.
When Ajax lost eleven points in four games, the Eredivisie title was out of sight.
As the 54th Eredivisie ended on 2 May 2010, PSV ended in third, eight points behind the champions, after a shaky end as Ajax climbed up the table to swipe second while Twente won with one point over Ajax.
Despite being from one of the traditional three large Dutch cities, it has not been able to match AFC Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV in terms of success in the Eredivisie or in European competition.
| 1991 – 92 || rowspan =" 5 "| Ajax || rowspan =" 5 "| Eredivisie || 13 || 2 || colspan =" 2 "|-|| colspan =" 2 "|-|| colspan =" 2 "|-|| 13 || 2
| 2006 – 07 || rowspan =" 2 "| Ajax || rowspan =" 2 "| Eredivisie || 11 || 1 || 3 || 0 || colspan =" 2 "|-|| colspan =" 2 "|-||| 15 || 1
| 1997 / 98 || Ajax || Eredivisie || 21 || 11 |||||||||| 5 || 2 || 26 || 13
| 1982 – 83 || rowspan =" 2 "| AFC Ajax || rowspan =" 2 "| Eredivisie || 29 || 6 |||||||||||||| 29 || 6
Despite widespread rumours that Kluivert was to return home to AFC Ajax, Kluivert's return to the Eredivisie was to be with PSV, with whom he signed a one-year deal in 2006.
| 1999 – 2000 || Ajax || Eredivisie || 31 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 38 || 15
| 1970 – 71 || rowspan =" 4 "| Ajax || rowspan =" 4 "| Eredivisie || 33 || 1 ||||||||||||||||
In 1981 – 82 he won his first Dutch Eredivisie championship with Ajax, and went on to successfully defend that title in the following 1982 – 83 season.
| 1992 – 93 || rowspan =" 5 "| Ajax || rowspan =" 5 "| Eredivisie || 34 || 3 || 5 || 4 |||||| 8 || 1 || 47 || 8
: Ajax, Feyenoord, and PSV have been members of the Eredivisie since its formation in 1956.
Under Van Gaal, Ajax became the Eredivisie champions three times, in 1994, 1995 ( notably going the entire 94 – 95 league season unbeaten in both the league and the Champions League ) and 1996.
AZ finished the 2006 – 2007 season in third place in the Eredivisie, three points behind champions PSV and runners-up Ajax.
AZ had the best defensive record in the Eredivisie and the second-best goalscoring record, behind Ajax, thanks to its offensive duo of league topscorer Mounir El Hamdaoui and Brazilian Ari.
He then went on to help Ajax become champions of the Eredivisie for the 2010 / 2011 season in a 3-1 home victory over FC Twente, the champions of the previous year, on the final matchday.

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