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Trophies won as Ajax Cape Town F.C. from 11 January 1999 to 28 September 2020. Performance in CAF competitions [ edit ] Continental appearances [ edit ] Roger De Sá unveiled as Ajax Cape Town coach". Goal.com. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015 . Retrieved 27 October 2014.

Introducing the New Coach for Ajax Cape Town". Cape Town Magazine. 17 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 . Retrieved 27 October 2014. South Africa: Rosslee Set to Continue Youth Policy at Ajax". All Africa. 27 June 2007 . Retrieved 27 October 2014.Although players like Steven Pienaar, Thulani Serero, Cameroonian midfielder Eyong Enoh, and Burkina Faso striker Lassina Traoré moved to Ajax, the number of players deemed good enough to make the move to Europe didn't justify the investment by the four-time European champions. Final nail and first signs

When Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam announced the sale of their majority 51% shareholding in the Cape Town-based club, it ended a 21-year association. As of 2011, the then Ajax Cape Town Community Scheme had been implemented in more than 120 schools across the Western Cape as far as the Cape Winelands, reaching more than 8,000 children. [10] Stadium [ edit ] Over the years several Ajax CT players have made the step to the mother club, among them Steven Pienaar in 2002, Daylon Claasen in 2009, Eyong Enoh in 2008 and Thulani Serero in 2011. The likes of Nazeer Allie, Granwald Scott and Thulani Hlatshwayo came up through the youth ranks, while others such as Steven Pienaar and Thulani Serero have moved on to some of the top clubs in Europe. [ citation needed]

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In 1999 Ajax Cape Town was formed via the amalgamation of two Cape Town-based teams, Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs, as AFC Ajax expanded their worldwide talent-feeder network to South Africa, with the club adopting the club crest of the Amsterdam-based club. [3] Ajax Cape Town was originally founded by John Comitis and Rob Moore in 1999. John Comitis, the honouree life chairman of Ajax Cape Town, later sold his shares in the club after 14 years at the helm and is now the chairmen of his new football team, Cape Town City Football Club. Ertuğral Confirmed As New Ajax Cape Town Coach". Goal.com. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014 . Retrieved 27 October 2014. They followed that game with one loss and six successive draws in the Eredivisie, ending with the most-recent result against third-from-bottom Volendam. The venture had started so promisingly when the deal that included the amalgamation of local clubs Cape Town Spurs and Seven Stars initially linked up with Ajax. He resigned in solidarity with technical director Hans Vonk, who had been suspended "for serious misconduct." Vonk, a former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, subsequently resigned.

As a major shareholder, we are dissatisfied with the recent developments and what has been communicated by Ajax Cape Town," the club said in February. South Africa - Cape Town Spurs FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 20 July 2022 . Retrieved 12 August 2022. Ajax Cape Town set to be rebranded Cape Town Spurs following Dutch withdrawal". iol.co.za. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020 . Retrieved 23 October 2020. Comitis-familie stapt uit Ajax CT". Ajax Showtime. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013 . Retrieved 8 July 2013.

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The first match played at the new stadium was a Cape Town derby between Ajax CT and Santos on 23 January 2010 as part of the official inauguration of the stadium. In July 2013, it was announced that the Comitis brothers, longtime partners and shareholders with the Efstathiou brothers, had sold their Cape Town Stars shares, (19.6% of Ajax Cape Town), to the Efstathiou family. [5] Ari Efstathiou was announced as the new chairman, and Muhsin Ertuğral was reinstated as manager of the club, following an interim managerial period after originally being hired as the club's new technical director. [6] Ajax's last win was a 3-1 victory against Rangers in the Champions League on 1 November but they failed to reach the last 16 of the competition and have dropped down into the Europa League.

Firstly despite leading the second-tier GladAfrica Championship by nine points with five games remaining they were eventually overtaken by Swallows FC, who clinched the title on goal difference on the final day of the season on 30 August. Regardless of the good start to the season, we lost a lot of unnecessary points. The football itself was precarious too."

The writing for the split was on the wall at the end of January when the club's Dutch coach Andries Ulderlink, who took up the job in December 2018, departed under acrimonious circumstances.