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![Spink's mill in [[Pickering Village]] (1906), now part of Ajax](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pickering Village Ontario - Spink's Mill - the new grain elevator - 1906.png ?width=200 "Spink's mill in [[Pickering Village]] (1906), now part of Ajax")
![DIL plant]] (1939)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ajax (Pickering Township) farmland expropriated for DIL Pickering Works in 1939.svg ?width=200 "DIL plant]] (1939)")
![[[University of Toronto Ajax Division]] (1946-1949)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/University of Toronto - Ajax Campus - aerial photograph.png ?width=200 "[[University of Toronto Ajax Division]] (1946-1949)")
![italic=no}} in the [[1971 European Cup Final]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1971 Champions League Final Ajax - Panathinaikos.jpg?width=200 "italic=no}} in the [[1971 European Cup Final]]")
![Israeli flags]] in 2008](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ajaxingalgenwaard.JPG?width=200 "Israeli flags]] in 2008")
![[[Johan Cruyff]] played at Ajax from 1959 to 1973, and from 1981 to 1983, winning 3 European Cups; his No. 14 is the only squad number Ajax has ever retired. Cruyff came back to manage the club from 1985 to 1988.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cruijff afscheidswedstrijd bij Ajax.jpg?width=200 "[[Johan Cruyff]] played at Ajax from 1959 to 1973, and from 1981 to 1983, winning 3 European Cups; his No. 14 is the only squad number Ajax has ever retired. Cruyff came back to manage the club from 1985 to 1988.")
![[[Edwin van der Sar]] became the general director for Ajax in 2016](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin van der Sar 2015.jpg?width=200 "[[Edwin van der Sar]] became the general director for Ajax in 2016")
![[[Frank de Boer]] led the club to four consecutive national titles during his tenure as coach (2010–2016)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrankBoer.JPG?width=200 "[[Frank de Boer]] led the club to four consecutive national titles during his tenure as coach (2010–2016)")
![Rijkaard]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vertrek Ajax van Schiphol voor Europa Cup II wedstrijd tegen Olympiakos Piraeus, Bestanddeelnr 933-8034.jpg?width=200 "Rijkaard]]).")
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːjɑks]), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the legendary Greek hero) is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 36 Eredivisie titles and 20 KNVB Cups. It has continuously played in the Eredivisie, since the league's inception in 1956 and, along with Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven, it is one of the country's "big three" clubs that have dominated that competition.
Ajax was one of the most successful clubs in the world in the 20th century. According to the IFFHS, Ajax were the seventh-most successful European club of the 20th century and The World's Club Team of the Year in 1992. According to German magazine Kicker, Ajax were the second-most successful European club of the 20th century. The club is one of five teams that have earned the right to keep the European Cup and to wear a multiple-winner badge. In 1972, they completed the continental treble by winning the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup. They also won the first (albeit unofficial) European Super Cup against Rangers in January 1973. Ajax's most recent international trophies are the 1995 Intercontinental Cup, 1995 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus. In 1995, Ajax was crowned as World Team of the Year by World Soccer magazine.
Ajax is also one of four teams to win the continental treble and the Intercontinental Cup or Club World Cup in the same season/calendar year; This was achieved in the 1971–72 season. Ajax are one of five clubs to have won all three major UEFA club competitions. They have also won the Intercontinental Cup twice, the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, as well as the Karl Rappan Cup, a predecessor of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1962. Ajax plays at the Johan Cruyff Arena, which opened as the Amsterdam ArenA in 1996 and was renamed in 2018. They previously played at De Meer Stadion and the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium (for international matches).
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![''Ajax'', 1820 painting by [[Henri Serrur]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aiace-paint.jpg?width=200 "''Ajax'', 1820 painting by [[Henri Serrur]]")
![Poseidon killing Ajax the Lesser, drawing by [[Bonaventura Genelli]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poseidon and Ajax.png?width=200 "Poseidon killing Ajax the Lesser, drawing by [[Bonaventura Genelli]]")
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Ajax (; 2021 population: 126,666) is a town in Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area.
The town is named for HMS Ajax, a Royal Navy cruiser that served in the Second World War. It is approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario and is bordered by the City of Pickering to the west and north, and the Town of Whitby to the east.
