Club van 100 (AFC Ajax)

The Club van 100 is the official list of Football players who have appeared in one hundred or more official matches for AFC Ajax. The club currently has a total of 174 members with Edson Álvarez being the latest addition. The record for league appearances is held by Mr. Ajax himself Sjaak Swart, who appeared in 463 league matches for Ajax 1.[2] There is a beneficiary team called Lucky Ajax, which was initiated by Sjaak Swart. Lucky Ajax participate in at least one match a year, usually in the name of charity, and commonly at football ceremonies to bid farewell to retiring players. One of the prerequisites for playing on Lucky Ajax, which is invitational only, is that you are a member of the Club van 100, having made at least 100 official match appearances for Ajax Amsterdam in the first team of the club.[3]

Out of the current selection, a total of 5 players are in the Club van 100. These include Maarten Stekelenburg, Davy Klaassen, Dušan Tadić, Jurriën Timber and Edson Álvarez.

Sjaak Swart made the most official match appearances for Ajax

The table below is a list of the Club van 100 members, sorted by total appearances.

№ Player Nationality Total From Till 1 Sjaak Swart  Netherlands 603 1956 1973 2 Wim Suurbier  Netherlands 509 1964 1977 3 Danny Blind  Netherlands 493 1986 1999 4 Piet Keizer  Netherlands 490 1961 1974 5 Ruud Krol  Netherlands 457 1968 1980 6 Frank de Boer  Netherlands 434 1988 1999 7 Bennie Muller  Netherlands 426 1958 1970 8 Barry Hulshoff  Netherlands 385 1966 1977 9 Johan Cruijff  Netherlands 369 1964 1983 10 Piet Schrijvers  Netherlands 356 1974 1983 11 Ger van Mourik  Netherlands 352 1950 1963 12 Dick Schoenaker  Netherlands 348 1976 1985 13 John van 't Schip  Netherlands 348 1981 1992 14 Sonny Silooy  Netherlands 343 1981 1996 15 Ton Pronk  Netherlands 338 1960 1970 16 Frank Rijkaard  Netherlands 337 1980 1995 17 Daley Blind  Netherlands 333 2009 2023 18 Gé van Dijk  Netherlands 328 1943 1957 19 Stanley Menzo  Netherlands 322 1984 1994 20 Edwin van der Sar  Netherlands 311 1991 1999 21 Maarten Stekelenburg  Netherlands 311 2002 present 22 Wim Anderiesen, Sr.  Netherlands 309 1925 1940 23 Ronald de Boer  Netherlands 305 1987 1999 24 Henk Groot  Netherlands 305 1959 1969 25 Aron Winter  Netherlands 305 1986 2003 26 Gerrit Keizer  Netherlands 302 1929 1948 27 Gerrie Mühren  Netherlands 298 1968 1976 28 Peter Boeve  Netherlands 296 1979 1987 29 Lasse Schöne  Denmark 287 2012 2019 30 Richard Witschge  Netherlands 286 1986 2003 31 Siem de Jong  Netherlands 277 2007 2020 32 Davy Klaassen  Netherlands 276 2011 present 33 Søren Lerby  Denmark 269 1976 1983 34 Wim Volkers  Netherlands 265 1923 1936 35 Piet Ouderland  Netherlands 261 1955 1964 36 Rinus Michels  Netherlands 260 1946 1958 37 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  Netherlands 257 2005 2021 38 Urby Emanuelson  Netherlands 255 2005 2010 39 Jari Litmanen  Finland 255 1992 2004 40 Joël Veltman  Netherlands 246 2012 2020 41 Gerrit Fischer  Netherlands 240 1934 1950 42 Piet van Reenen  Netherlands 237 1929 1942 43 Jan Potharst  Netherlands 237 1939 1952 44 Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands 237 1986 1993 45 Tscheu La Ling  Netherlands 225 1975 1982 46 Fons Pelser  Netherlands 221 1911 1926 47 Jan Vertonghen  Belgium 220 2006 2012 48 Arnold Mühren  Netherlands 219 1971 1989 49 John Heitinga  Netherlands 218 2001 2015 50 Gert Bals  Netherlands 220 1965 1970 51 Bertus Hoogerman  Netherlands 214 1956 1965 52 André Onana  Cameroon 214 2016 2022 53 Frank Arnesen  Denmark 209 1976 1981 54 Gerald Vanenburg  Netherlands 209 1981 1986 55 Jan van Diepenbeek  Netherlands 207 1929 1938 56 Velibor Vasović  Yugoslavia 204 1966 1971 57 Guus Dräger  Netherlands 203 1941 1951 58 Jan Schubert  Netherlands 202 1931 1943 59 Tomáš Galásek  Czech Republic 202 2000 2006 60 Dušan Tadić  Serbia 200 2018 present 61 Stefan Pettersson  Sweden 197 1988 1994 62 Jan de Boer  Netherlands 195 1920 1933 63 Joop Pelser  Netherlands 194 1911 1924 64 Henk Hordijk  Netherlands 194 1917 1927 65 Henk Blomvliet  Netherlands 194 1932 1947 66 Jan Wouters  Netherlands 194 1986 1991 67 Joop Stoffelen  Netherlands 193 1940 1950 68 Werner Schaaphok  Germany 193 1959 1965 69 Heinz Stuy  Netherlands 193 1968 1976 70 Marc Overmars  Netherlands 193 1992 1997 71 Edo Ophof  Netherlands 192 1980 1988 72 Gregory van der Wiel  Netherlands 191 2007 2012 73 Horst Blankenburg  Germany 188 1970 1975 74 Klaas Nuninga  Netherlands 187 1964 1969 75 Toby Alderweireld  Belgium 186 2008 2013 76 Co Prins  Netherlands 184 1959 1966 77 Edgar Davids  Netherlands 184 1991 2008 78 Arie Haan  Netherlands 180 1968 1975 79 Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands 180 2003 2007 80 David Neres  Brazil 180 2017 2022 81 Wim Anderiesen Jr.  Netherlands 177 1951 1961 82 Shota Arveladze  Georgia 177 1997 2002 83 Theo Brokmann  Netherlands 176 1913 1924 84 Donny van de Beek  Netherlands 175 2015 2020 85 Frans Couton  Netherlands 175 1917 1927 86 Dolf van Kol  Netherlands 174 1924 1930 87 Pim van Dord  Netherlands 174 1973 1980 88 Klaas Bakker  Netherlands 172 1951 1957 89 Marco van Basten  Netherlands 172 1982 1986 90 Johan Neeskens  Netherlands 171 1970 1974 91 Theo van Duivenbode  Netherlands 170 1964 1969 92 Nicolás Tagliafico  Argentina 169 2018 2022 93 Ruud Geels  Netherlands 166 1974 1978 94 John Bosman  Netherlands 165 1983 1988 95 Hakim Ziyech  Morocco 165 2016 2020 96 Erwin van Wijngaarden  Netherlands 163 1932 1949 97 Ricardo van Rhijn  Netherlands 163 2008 2016 98 Christian Eriksen  Denmark 162 2010 2013 99 Luis Suárez  Uruguay 159 2007 2010 100 Miralem Sulejmani  Serbia 158 2008 2013 101 Joop Martens  Netherlands 156 1920 1932 102 Wamberto  Brazil 156 1998 2003 103 Rafael van der Vaart  Netherlands 157 2000 2005 104 Bryan Roy  Netherlands 155 1987 1993 105 Eddy Pieters Graafland  Netherlands 154 1953 1958 106 Arnold Scholten  Netherlands 154 1986 1997 107 Maxwell  Brazil 154 2001 2005 108 Cees Groot  Netherlands 152 1959 1964 109 Vurnon Anita  Curaçao 152 2006 2012 110 Piet van Deyck  Netherlands 149 1927 1937 111 Simon Tahamata  Netherlands 149 1976 1980 112 Eyong Enoh  Cameroon 149 2008 2014 113 Hatem Trabelsi  Tunisia 145 2001 2006 114 Thomas Vermaelen  Belgium 143 2005 2009 115 Jasper Cillessen  Netherlands 143 2011 2016 116 Cristian Chivu  Romania 142 1999 2003 117 Ryan Babel  Netherlands 142 2003 2020 118 Bob ten Have  Netherlands 139 1923 1938 119 Kenneth Vermeer  Netherlands 139 2006 2014 120 Ko Loois  Netherlands 138 1933 1947 121 Marciano Vink  Netherlands 138 1988 1993 122 Henk Mulders  Netherlands 136 1929 1936 123 Noussair Mazraoui  Morocco 136 2018 2022 124 Jan de Natris  Netherlands 133 1917 1929 125 Steven Pienaar  South Africa 133 2001 2006 126 Nigel de Jong  Netherlands 133 2002 2006 127 Piet van der Kuil  Netherlands 131 1955 1959 128 Cor Geelhuijzen  Netherlands 130 1954 1960 129 Jan van Dort  Netherlands 129 1913 1922 130 Henk Anderiesen  Netherlands 129 1925 1932 131 Theo Brokmann Jr.  Netherlands 126 1939 1951 132 Ronald Spelbos  Netherlands 126 1984 1988 133 Wim Jonk  Netherlands 126 1988 1993 134 Eddy Hamel  United States 125 1922 1930 135 Fred Grim  Netherlands 125 1995 2002 136 Piet Strijbosch  Netherlands 123 1928 1935 137 Johnny Rep  Netherlands 123 1971 1975 138 Rob Witschge  Netherlands 123 1985 1989 139 Finidi George  Nigeria 122 1993 1996 140 Andy van der Meijde  Netherlands 122 2000 2003 141 Thulani Serero  South Africa 120 2011 2017 142 Lisandro Martínez  Argentina 120 2019 2022 143 Peet Petersen  Netherlands 119 1960 1965 144 Nick Viergever  Netherlands 119 2014 2018 145 Kasper Dolberg  Denmark 119 2016 2019 146 Wim Kieft  Netherlands 118 1979 1983 147 Gabri  Spain 118 2006 2010 148 Dick van Dijk  Netherlands 117 1969 1972 149 Matthijs de Ligt  Netherlands 117 2016 2019 150 Jany van der Veen  Netherlands 116 1939 1948 151 Johnny Dusbaba  Netherlands 116 1974 1977 152 Ronald Koeman  Netherlands 114 1983 1986 153 Michel Kreek  Netherlands 114 1989 1994 154 Viktor Fischer  Denmark 111 2012 2016 155 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden 110 2001 2004 156 Zdeněk Grygera  Czech Republic 110 2003 2007 157 Loek den Edel  Netherlands 108 1954 1958 158 Hans Erkens  Netherlands 108 1976 1979 159 Edson Álvarez  Mexico 108 2019 present 160 Guus van Ham  Netherlands 107 1957 1962 161 Hedwiges Maduro  Netherlands 107 2004 2008 162 Co Bouwens[4]  Netherlands 106 1950 1954 163 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson  Iceland 106 2011 2015 164 Niklas Moisander  Finland 105 2012 2015 165 Henk Elzer[5]  Netherlands 104 1951 1957 166 Jesper Olsen  Denmark 103 1981 1984 167 Ryan Gravenberch  Netherlands 103 2018 2022 168 Tijani Babangida  Nigeria 102 1996 2000 169 Gerrit Krist[6]  Netherlands 100 1947 1954 170 Henk Twelker  Netherlands 100 1925 1932 171 Patrick Kluivert  Netherlands 100 1994 1997 172 Nourdin Boukhari  Morocco 100 2002 2006 173 Anwar El Ghazi  Netherlands 100 2014 2017 174 Amin Younes  Germany 100 2015 2018

This list is accurate as of last match played on 3 September 2022, AFC Ajax - SC Cambuur.