Amsterdam Tournament


First organised by Ajax on the occasion of the celebrations of 700 Years Amsterdam 1275-1975, and since held annually each summer until 1992 (Amsterdam-717). After an interruption resumed in 1999. Since then, it uses an unusual points system. Apart from the (currently) usual 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw, an additional point are awarded for each goal scored, so a 3-3 draw yields 4 points for both teams, as much as a 1-0 win. The idea is to encourage more attacking football.


Year Winners                  Runners-Up               Third                    Fourth
1975 RWD Molenbeek            Ajax                     Feyenoord                Barcelona
1976 Anderlecht               Ajax                     Borussia Mönchengladbach Leeds United
1977 AZ '67                   Ajax                     Liverpool                Barcelona
1978 Ajax                     Anderlecht               AZ '67                   Fluminense
1979 AZ '67                   Ajax                     Arsenal                  Hamburger SV
1980 Ajax                     AZ '67                   Bayern München           Nottingham Forest
1981 Ipswich Town             Standard Ličge           Ajax                     AZ '67
1982 AZ '67                   Ajax                     1.FC Köln                Tottenham Hotspur
1983 Feyenoord                Roma                     Ajax                     Manchester United
1984 Atlético Mineiro         Ajax                     Feyenoord                Romania
1985 Ajax                     Atlético Mineiro         Athletic de Bilbao       Hellas Verona
1986 Dynamo Kiev              Ajax                     Manchester United        Botafogo
1987 Ajax                     Torino                   Dynamo Kiev              Porto
1988 Sampdoria                Flamengo                 Ajax                     Benfica
1989 KV Mechelen              Ajax                     Sporting CP (Lisboa)     Dynamo Kiev
1990 FC Brugge                Ajax                     PSV                      KV Mechelen
1991 Ajax                     PSV                      Fluminense               Sampdoria
1992 Ajax                     Roma                     PSV                      Borussia Dortmund
1993   not held
1994   not held
1995   not held
1996   not held
1997   not held
1998   not held
1999 Lazio                    Santos                   Ajax                     Atlético de Madrid
2000 Barcelona                Ajax                     Lazio                    Arsenal
2001 Ajax                     Milan                    Valencia                 Liverpool
2002 Ajax                     Barcelona                Manchester United        Parma
2003 Ajax                     Internazionale           Galatasaray              Liverpool
2004 Ajax                     River Plate              Arsenal                  Panathinaikos
2005 Arsenal                  Porto                    Boca Juniors             Ajax
2006 Manchester United        Internazionale           Porto                    Ajax
2007 Arsenal                  Atlético de Madrid       Ajax                     Arsenal
2008 Arsenal                  Internazionale           Sevilla                  Ajax
2009 Benfica                  Ajax                     Sunderland               Atlético de Madrid

Number of Wins (29)

10 Ajax
 3 Arsenal, AZ '67
 1 Anderlecht, Atlético Mineiro, Barcelona, Benfica, FC Brugge, Dynamo Kiev, Feyenoord, 
   Ipswich Town, Lazio, Manchester United, KV Mechelen, RWD Molenbeek, Sampdoria



Amsterdam 700 Tournament 1975

Semifinals [Aug 8]
RWD Molenbeek    1-1 Feyenoord            [RWDM on pen]
  [Teugels 75; Kristensen 12]
Ajax             3-1 Barcelona
  [G.Mühren 12, Dusbaba 44, Meijer 70; Sotil 47]

Third Place Match [Aug 10]
Barcelona        1-1 Feyenoord            [Barcelona on pen]
  [Cruijff 28; Schneider 78]

Final [Aug 10]
RWD Molenbeek    5-2 Ajax
  [Nielsen 13, 78pen, Desanghere 87, Dumont 89, Teugels 90; Steffenhagen 19, Geels 57]
Amsterdam 701 Tournament 1976
Semifinals [Aug 6]
Anderlecht       3-1 Leeds United
  [Rensenbrink 28, Ressel 29, Coeck 82; Cherry 27]
Ajax             0-0 Borussia M'gladbach  [Ajax on pen]

Third Place Match [Aug 8]
Borussia MG      3-3 Leeds United         [Borussia Mönchengladbach on pen]
  [Heidenreich 3, 63, Wimmer 4; E.Gray 1, 62, A.Clarke 89]

Final [Aug 8]
Anderlecht       3-1 Ajax
  [Rensenbrink 7pen, Vercauteren 65, Van der Elst 71; Zuidema 70]
Amsterdam 702 Tournament 1977
Semifinals [Aug 5]
AZ '67           4-0 Barcelona
  [Nygaard 22pen, Spelbos 32, Kist 49, Hovenkamp 78]
Ajax             2-1 Liverpool
  [Lerby 35, Schoenaker 58; Notten 55og]

Third Place Match [Aug 7]
Liverpool        1-0 Barcelona
  [Johnson 16]

Final [Aug 7]
AZ '67           3-0 Ajax
  [Metgod 60, Peters 75, 86]
Amsterdam 703 Tournament 1978
Semifinals [Aug 18]
Anderlecht       2-2 AZ '67               [Anderlecht on pen]
  [Geels 4, Vercauteren 54; Van Hanegem 24, Kist 53]
Ajax             2-2 Fluminense           [Ajax on pen]
  [Meijer 58, Lerby (2-2) 68; Marinho 40pen, Carlos (1-2) 68]

Third Place Match [Aug 20]
AZ '67           2-2 Fluminense           [AZ '67 on pen]
  [Kist 29, Tol 51; Robertinho 28, Marinho 81]

Final [Aug 20]
Ajax             2-2 Anderlecht           [Ajax on pen]
  [Van Dord 35, Clarke 78; Martens 20, Geels 73]
Amsterdam 704 Tournament 1979
Semifinals [Aug 3]
AZ '67           1-1 Hamburger SV         [AZ '67 on pen]
  [Kist 26; Reimann 35]
Ajax             0-0 Arsenal              [Ajax on pen]

Third Place Match [Aug 5]
Arsenal          3-0 Hamburger SV
  [Sunderland 47, Stapleton 48, Price 51]

Final [Aug 5]
AZ '67           2-1 Ajax
  [Kist 23pen, Welzl 64; Arnesen 39]
Amsterdam 705 Tournament 1980
Semifinals [Aug 8]
AZ '67           2-1 Nottingham Forest
  [Welzl 2, Tol 54; Birtles 62]
Ajax             0-0 Bayern München       [Ajax on pen]

Third Place Match [Aug 10]
Bayern München   3-0 Nottingham Forest
  [Rummenigge 63, 89, Janzon 74]

Final [Aug 10]
Ajax             2-1 AZ '67
  [Schoenaker 53, Arnesen 81; Wijnberg 58og]
Amsterdam 706 Tournament 1981
Semifinals [Aug 7]
Standard Ličge   4-2 AZ '67
  [Voordeckers 12, Vandersmissen 28, Gerets 31, Tahamata 58; Tol 13, 41]
Ipswich Town     3-1 Ajax
  [Brazil 9, Osman 37, Wark 65; Lerby 80]

Third Place Match [Aug 9]
Ajax             2-2 AZ '67               [Ajax on pen]
  [Rijkaard 3, Kieft 18; Kist 47pen, Metgod 51]

Final [Aug 9]
Ipswich Town     2-0 Standard Ličge
  [Wark 18, Brazil 27]
Amsterdam 707 Tournament 1982
Semifinals [Aug 13]
AZ '67           1-0 1.FC Köln
  [Tiktak 59]
Ajax             3-2 Tottenham Hotspur
  [Molenaar 26, 39, Schoenaker 84; Roberts 3, 45]

Third Place Match [Aug 15]
1.FC Köln        0-0 Tottenham Hotspur    [1.FC Köln on pen]

Final [Aug 15]
AZ '67           3-3 Ajax                 [AZ '67 on pen]
  [Oberacher 7, 28, Anema 14; Rijkaard 33, Schoenaker 46, Olsen 78]
Amsterdam 708 Tournament 1983
Semifinals [Aug 12]
Feyenoord        2-1 Manchester United
  [Wijnstekers 5, Jeliazkov 76; Stapleton 44]
Roma             3-1 Ajax
  [Cerezo 39, Ancelotti 41, Graziani 42; Mølby 75]

Third Place Match [Aug 14]
Ajax             1-0 Manchester United
  [Olsen 50]

Final [Aug 14]
Feyenoord        1-1 Roma                 [Feyenoord on pen]
  [Hoekstra 74; Di Bartolomei 61]
Amsterdam 709 Tournament 1984
Semifinals [Aug 24]
Atlético Mineiro 3-2 Feyenoord
  [Reinaldo 29, Everton 56, 68; Petursson 22, Houtman 69]
Ajax             1-0 Romania
  [Boeve 90]

Third Place Match [Aug 26]
Feyenoord        3-1 Romania
  [Houtman 24, Petursson 51, Hoekstra 53; Coras 27]

Final [Aug 26]
Atlético Mineiro 2-2 Ajax                 [Atlético Mineiro on pen]
  [Edivaldo 61, 65; Van Basten 17, Koeman 52]
Amsterdam 710 Tournament 1985
Semifinals [Aug 9]
Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Athletic Bilbao
  [Edivaldo 7, Reinaldo 29, Nelinho 78; De Andrés 22]
Ajax             2-0 Hellas Verona
  [Rijkaard 55, Koeman 83] 

Third Place Match [Aug 11]
Athletic Bilbao  1-0 Hellas Verona
  [Sarabia 83]

Final [Aug 11]
Ajax             4-1 Atlético Mineiro
  [Rijkaard 16, Koeman 54, Van 't Schip 69, Van Basten 77; Everton 28]
Amsterdam 711 Tournament 1986
[Aug 8]
Ajax             1-1 Botafogo             [4-5 pen]
Dynamo Kiev      1-1 Manchester United    [Dynamo on pen]
[Aug 10]
Ajax             1-0 Manchester United
Dynamo Kiev      6-0 Botafogo

 1.Dynamo Kiev       2  1  1  0  7- 1  3
 2.Ajax              2  1  1  0  2- 1  3
 3.Manchester United 2  0  1  1  1- 2  1
 4.Botafogo          2  0  1  1  1- 7  1

NB: penalties only taken in 1st round to decide pairings final round
Amsterdam 712 Tournament 1987
[Aug 7]
Ajax             2-1 Torino 
Dynamo Kiev      1-0 Porto
[Aug 9]
Ajax             1-1 Porto
Torino           1-0 Dynamo Kiev     

 1.Ajax              2  1  1  0  3- 2  3
 2.Torino            2  1  0  1  2- 2  2
 3.Dynamo Kiev       2  1  0  1  1- 1  2  
 4.Porto             2  0  1  1  1- 2  1
Amsterdam 713 Tournament 1988
[Aug 5]
Ajax             0-1 Flamengo
Sampdoria        5-1 Benfica 
[Aug 7]
Ajax             0-3 Sampdoria
Flamengo         2-0 Benfica

 1.Sampdoria         2  2  0  0  8- 1  4
 2.Flamengo          2  2  0  0  3- 0  4
 3.Ajax              2  0  0  2  0- 4  0
 4.Benfica           2  0  0  2  1- 7  0
Amsterdam 714 Tournament 1989
[Aug 4]
Ajax             1-1 Sporting CP          [4-5 pen]
Mechelen         2-1 Dynamo Kiev
[Aug 6]
Ajax             2-2 Mechelen           
Sporting CP      1-1 Dynamo Kiev         

 1.KV Mechelen       2  1  1  0  4- 3  3
 2.Ajax              2  0  2  0  3- 3  2
 3.Sporting CP       2  0  2  0  2- 2  2
 4.Dynamo Kiev       2  0  1  1  3- 4  1

NB: penalties only taken in 1st round to decide pairings final round
Amsterdam 715 Tournament 1990
[Aug 17]
Ajax             0-0 Club Brugge          [3-1 pen]
PSV              2-1 Mechelen
[Aug 19]
Ajax             2-2 Mechelen             [4-5 pen]
Club Brugge      2-0 PSV 

 1.Club Brugge       2  1  0/1  0  2- 0  4
 2.Ajax              2  0  1/1  0  3- 3  3
 3.PSV               2  1  0/0  1  2- 3  3
 4.KV Mechelen       2  0  1/0  1  3- 4  2
Amsterdam 716 Tournament 1991
[Aug 9]
Ajax             3-0 Fluminense 
PSV              2-1 Sampdoria
[Aug 11]
Ajax             4-1 Sampdoria 
PSV              1-1 Fluminense           [Fluminense on pen]

 1.Ajax              2  2  0/0  0  7- 1  6
 2.PSV               2  1  0/1  0  3- 2  4
 3.Fluminense        2  0  1/0  1  1- 4  2
 4.Sampdoria         2  0  0/0  2  2- 6  0
Amsterdam 717 Tournament 1992
[Aug 7]
PSV              1-0 Roma
  [Thorninger 16]
Ajax             1-1 Borussia Dortmund    [3-5 pen]
[Aug 9]
Roma             2-1 Borussia Dortmund
  [Carnevale 13, 58; Povlsen 60]
Ajax             3-0 PSV

 1.Ajax              2  1  0/1  0  4- 1  4
 2.Roma              2  1  0/0  1  2- 2  3
 3.PSV               2  1  0/0  1  1- 3  3
 4.Borussia Dortmund 2  0  1/0  0  2- 3  2  
Amsterdam Tournament 1999
[Jul 31]
Lazio            3-1 Atlético Madrid
  [Couto 10, Lombardo 50, S.Inzaghi 90; Luque 16]
Ajax             1-4 Santos
  [Arveladze 71; Ailton 11, Dodo 13, 52, Valdir 80]
[Aug 1]
Atlético Madrid  0-0 Santos               [4-5 pen]
Ajax             2-3 Lazio
  [Knopper 40, 71; Boksic 15, Mihajlovic 20pen, K.Andersson 60]

 1.Lazio             2  2  0/0  0  6- 3  6  12
 2.Santos            2  1  1/0  0  4- 1  5   9
 3.Ajax              2  0  0/0  2  3- 7  0   3
 4.Atlético Madrid   2  0  0/1  1  1- 3  1   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]
Amsterdam Tournament 2000
[Aug 3]
Ajax             0-0 Lazio
Barcelona        2-1 Arsenal
  [Guardiola 3pen, Cocu 39; Tomas 33]
[Aug 5]
Lazio            3-3 Barcelona
  [Mihajlovic 22, Salas 35, 40; Dani 36, Gerard 65, Rivaldo 75]
Ajax             2-0 Arsenal
  [Arveladze 38, Hosé 89] 

 1.Barcelona         2  1  1  0  5- 4  4   9
 2.Ajax              2  1  1  0  2- 0  4   6
 3.Lazio             2  0  2  0  3- 3  2   5
 4.Arsenal           2  0  0  2  1- 4  1   1

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]
Amsterdam Tournament 2001
[Jul 26]
Ajax             0-1 Milan
  [Rui Costa 13]
Liverpool        1-0 Valencia
  [Litmanen 84]
[Jul 28]
Valencia         2-1 Milan
  [Gonzalo 83, Kily Gonzales 90pen; F.Inzgahi 28]
Ajax             3-1 Liverpool
  [Machlas 35, 57, Sh.Arveladze 85; Fowler 38]

 1.Ajax              2  1  0  1  3- 2  3   6
 2.Milan             2  1  0  1  2- 2  3   5
   Valencia          2  1  0  1  2- 2  3   5
 4.Liverpool         2  1  0  1  2- 3  3   5

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]
Amsterdam Tournament 2002
[Aug 2]
Barcelona        4-2 Parma
  [Geovanni 16, Riquelme 33, 42, Rochemback 45; Di Vaio 30, Marchionni 37]
Ajax             2-1 Manchester United
  [Sikora 39, Ibrahimovic 75; Scholes 78]
[Aug 4]
Parma            0-3 Manchester United
  [Giggs 23, Verón 50, Solskjær 55]
Ajax             4-3 Barcelona
  [Mido 46, Van der Vaart 60, 62, Witschge 89; Kluivert 10, Saviola 40, 47]

 1.Ajax              2  2  0  0  6- 4  6  12
 2.Barcelona         2  1  0  1  7- 6  3  10
 3.Manchester United 2  1  0  1  4- 2  3   7
 4.Parma             2  0  0  2  2- 7  0   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]
Amsterdam Tournament 2003

[Aug 1]
Galatasaray      0-3 Internazionale
Ajax             0-0 Liverpool
[Aug 3]
Galatasaray      2-1 Liverpool
Ajax             3-0 Internazionale

 1.Ajax              2  1  1  0  3- 0  4   7
 2.Internazionale    2  1  0  1  3- 3  3   6
 3.Galatasaray       2  1  0  1  2- 4  3   5
 4.Liverpool         2  0  1  1  1- 2  1   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]

details
Amsterdam Tournament 2004

[Jul 30]
Arsenal          0-0 River Plate
Ajax             3-2 Panathinaikos
[Aug 1]
River Plate      1-0 Panathinaikos
Ajax             0-0 Arsenal

 1.Ajax              2  1  1  0  3- 2  4   7
 2.River Plate       2  1  1  0  1- 0  4   5
 3.Arsenal           2  0  2  0  0- 0  2   2
 4.Panathinaikos     2  0  0  2  2- 4  0   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]

details
Amsterdam Tournament 2005

[Jul 29]
Boca Juniors     0-2 Porto
Ajax             0-1 Arsenal
[Jul 31]
Arsenal          2-1 Porto
Ajax             0-1 Boca Juniors

 1.Arsenal           2  2  0  0  3- 1  6   9
 2.Porto             2  1  0  1  3- 2  3   6
 3.Boca Juniors      2  1  0  1  1- 2  3   4
 4.Ajax              2  0  0  2  0- 2  0   0

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]

details
Amsterdam Tournament 2006

[Aug 4]
Porto            1-3 Manchester United
Ajax             1-1 Internazionale
[Aug 5]
Porto            2-3 Internazionale
Ajax             0-1 Manchester United

 1.Manchester United 2  2  0  0  6- 3  6  12
 2.Internazionale    2  1  1  0  4- 3  4   8
 3.Porto             2  0  0  2  3- 6  0   3
 4.Ajax              2  0  1  1  1- 2  1   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]

details
Amsterdam Tournament 2007

[Aug 2]
Lazio            1-2 Arsenal
Ajax             2-0 Atlético
[Aug 4]
Lazio            1-3 Atlético
Ajax             0-1 Arsenal

 1.Arsenal           2  2  0  0  3- 1  6   9
 2.Atlético Madrid   2  1  0  1  3- 3  3   6
 3.Ajax              2  1  0  1  2- 1  3   5
 4.Lazio             2  0  0  2  2- 5  0   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]

details
Amsterdam Tournament 2008
[Aug 8]
Internazionale   0-0 Sevilla
Ajax             2-3 Arsenal
[Aug 9]
Arsenal          1-1 Sevilla
Ajax             0-1 Internazionale

 1.Arsenal           2  1  1  0  4- 3  4   8
 2.Internazionale    2  1  1  0  1- 0  4   5
 3.Sevilla           2  0  2  0  1- 1  2   3
 4.Ajax              2  0  0  2  2- 4  0   2

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]
Amsterdam Tournament 2009
[Jul 24]
Sunderland       0-2 Benfica
  [32 pen Cardozo, 55 Pereira]
Ajax             3-3 Atlético
  [8 Cvitanich, 70 Rommedahl, 90 pen Suarez; 28 Simao, 41 Aguero, 77 Rodriguez]
[Jul 26]
Sunderland       2-0 Atlético
  [45 pen,82 Richardson]
Ajax             2-3 Benfica
  [44 Donald, 75 Suarez; 9 og Ismail Aissati, 30 Di Maria, 55 David Luiz]

 1.Benfica           2  2  0  0  5- 2  6  11
 2.Ajax              2  0  1  1  5- 6  1   6
 3.Sunderland        2  1  0  1  2- 2  3   5
 4.Atlético Madrid   2  0  1  1  3- 5  1   4

[ranking based on sum of points and goals scored]

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