Johan Cruijff played at Ajax between 1959 – 73 and 1981 – 83, winning 3 European Cups ; his # 14 is the only squad number Ajax has ever retired.

Ajax won the championship in 1966 and 1967, scoring a record breaking 122 goals including 33 from Johan Cruijff, and again in 1968, and reached the European Cup final of 1969 against AC Milan.

The departure of Johan Cruijff for FC Barcelona in 1973 signalled the end of this period of success.

The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth program that has produced many Dutch talents over the years – Johan Cruijff, Edwin van der Sar, Dennis Bergkamp, national team top scorer Patrick Kluivert, and former national team coach Marco van Basten.

* Johan Cruijff ( 1985 – 88 )

* Johan Cruijff Shield: 7

* Johan Cruijff Shield

* 1947 – Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer

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.

At Feyenoord Gullit found himself playing alongside Dutch legend Johan Cruijff, while the assistant manager was Wim van Hanegem, and they were to leave a lasting impression.

The club has won the national league 21 times, the national cup nine times and the Johan Cruijff Schaal nine times.

On 23 August 2008, PSV won the Johan Cruijff schaal ( Dutch Super Cup ) 2 – 0, the goals scored by Danko Lazović and Dirk Marcellis against Feyenoord, PSV being the winner of the Eredivisie and Feyenoord won the KNVB Cup.

* Johan Cruijff Schaal: 9

Actors Lorne Greene and Lee Majors, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev, composer John Williams, author Graham Greene, and former Mauritian QC and Politician Sir Gaetan Duval ( 1930 – 1996 ), football player Johan Cruijff, drummer Charlie Watts, Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong, television host and comedian Jay Leno, Mike Hailwood and composer John Barry musician Carlos Santana, all owned SMs.

* Johan Cruijff Shield: 1999

* Johan Cruijff Schaal ( 4 ): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007

Holland's Johan Cruijff was often part of an effective strike combination

Another example was the Total Football played by the Dutch team in the 1970s, where the ability of their players, and in particular Johan Cruijff, to swap positions allowed a flexible attacking approach which opposition teams found difficult to effectively mark.

Marseille played in the European Cup in 1971 – 72 and 1972 – 73 but were defeated by AFC Ajax of Johan Cruijff and Juventus.

During the 1971 – 72 season, Neeskens took up more of a central midfield role, in support of Johan Cruijff.

Rensenbrink made his international debut for the Netherlands national football team against Scotland in 1968, but picked up relatively few caps due to competition for the forward positions with Johan Cruijff and Piet Keizer.

In September 1987, what would have been Rijkaard's third season ( 1987 – 88 ) under Dutch football legend Johan Cruijff as head coach, Rijkaard stormed off the training field and vowed never to play under him again.

He became the first Barcelona coach to have won twice at Real Madrid's stadium Santiago Bernabéu, an achievement which even successful managers like Johan Cruijff, Louis van Gaal and Luis Aragonés were unable to accomplish.

The win made him the fifth individual to have won the European Cup both as a player and as a manager, alongside Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruijff, and Carlo Ancelotti, a feat later achieved also by his eventual successor, Josep Guardiola.

After Johan returned to Finland, Erik XIV forbade him to deal with any foreign countries without his consent.

Johan Cruyff returned to Barcelona as manager in 1988, and assembled the legendary Dream Team.

Arch Enemy returned in 1999 with Burning Bridges and Burning Japan Live 1999 which would prove to be Johan Liiva's last recording with the band.

When Johan Björnsson Printz took over as governor of New Sweden, Ridder returned to Sweden to serve in the Swedish Navy.

In September 1941 he returned to London, where he cooperated closely with prime minister in exile, Johan Nygaardsvold, foreign minister Trygve Lie and other government members.

Jansen signed for the American side Washington Diplomats in 1980, but after playing 27 games for them, he returned to the Netherlands to sign for Ajax, on the advice of Johan Cruijff, who played together with Jansen at the Washington Diplomats.

He then returned to Copenhagen accompanied by Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1819, and married Augusta Lorentzen, daughter of the organist, Johan Henrich Lorentzen, and his wife, Frederikke Vilhelmine Lintrup, on 24 December 1820.

He was on detachment with Prince Rupert's Green squadron, when on 11 June 1666 the great Four Days ' Battle began, but returned to the main fleet in time to take part on the final day, and in this action when his flotilla was surrounded by that of Vice-Admiral Johan de Liefde he received a wound — being hit first through the cheek and then in the left shoulder by musket balls fired by a sharpshooter when his Victory was challenged by De Liefde's flagship, the Ridderschap van Holland — of which he died shortly after returning to London.

After a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to injury, Taylor returned to first-team action on 26 February 2011 in a game against Bolton Wanderers, being sent off after a challenge on Johan Elmander in the 54th minute.

In the early 1980s, Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff played half a season for the club, retiring three years later.

The first years of the ' new ' club were hard, but after 1992 / 1993, a new team filled with talents such as Jaap Stam ( who would later play for PSV, Manchester United, Lazio Roma, A. C. Milan and Ajax ), Bert Konterman ( Feyenoord and Rangers ), Johan Hansma ( SC Heerenveen ) and Henri van der Vegt ( Udinese ) played attractive and successful football.

In May 2006 he was the subject of an approach from former club Stoke, who had recently parted company with manager Johan Boskamp, following Peter Coates ' takeover of the club.

Johan Cruyff, who had wanted Blanc and persuaded him to sign for Barça, was sacked on the very day Blanc agreed to join the club.

After the Norwegian national coach Nils Johan Semb retired in 2003, Sollied was mentioned as a replacement, but Sollied stated that he was only interested if he could combine the national team with his club position.

Eventually, the Board, including Florentino Pérez relented, declaring that a " man like that would always have a place in my club ", while Johan Cruyff described McManaman at the time as the most useful player in the " Galaticos " because he was " everyone's best partner on the pitch.

At this moment, Johan Vermeersch decicided to create another club by moving KFC Strombeek to Molenbeek, in order to play at the second level instead of the third level unless the will of the fans.

During his time at Feyenoord, Salomon scored 35 goals in 67 league appearances for the Rotterdam club, and also won an individual award when he won the Johan Cruijff Award in 2005 for being the most promising young talent of that season.

In his first official game with the club, he won the Johan Cruijff Shield against former team AFC Ajax.

Undoubtedly the most famous player to wear a Dordrecht shirt was Johan Cruijff, who played 3 friendly matches for the club in January 1981.

The club has most notably served as a springboard for several prominent French football players such as Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Johan Micoud, Gaël Clichy, Sébastien Frey, and Jonathan Zebina.

Though the departure of Zidane and others did hurt the club, Cannes still had a solid core of players, which included veterans André Amitrano, William Ayache, Franck Durix, and Adick Koot and youngsters Johan Micoud, Patrick Vieira, David Jemmali, and Laurent Macquet.

Other successful signings include club legend Johan Mjallby and Australian striker Mark Viduka, and while a trophy evaded Venglos, he is still looked upon fondly by fans for bringing such players to the club.

Notable former players for the club include John Carew, Henning Berg, Espen Olsen, Kim Holmen, Johan Nås and Abdisalam Ibrahim

The first foreigner to win the trophy was Dutchman, Johan Boskamp, especially for his excellence during the second half of the 1974-75 season, when his club, RWDM ( currently defunct ), won its first and only championship title.

Driven by Ross ' vision and financially backed by his Warner Communications, the club brought soccer superstars Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer, as well as other prominent players such as Carlos Alberto, Vladislav Bogićević, Johan Neeskens, and Giorgio Chinaglia.