Dutch Eredivisie

FT Sunday, March 16, 2003
Excelsior LLLLL 1
–
Ajax Amsterdam LDWWD 2
Johan Cruijff Arena · 48,000 att.

Head to Head

AJA leads series 1-0

Lineups

AJA

  1. 1Bogdan LobontG
  2. 2Hatem TrabelsiD
  3. 3Andre BergdolmoD
  4. 16Petri PasanenD
  5. 18John O'BrienD
  6. 13MaxwellD
  7. 10Steven PienaarM
  8. 15Wesley SneijderM
  9. 22Abubakari YakubuM
  10. 23Rafael van der VaartM
  11. 9Zlatan IbrahimovicF

Substitutes

  1. 26Nigel de Jong
  2. 21Joey DidulicaG
  3. 5Cristian ChivuD
  4. 24Jelle Van DammeM
  5. 4Tomas GalasekM
  6. 8Richard WitschgeM
  7. 28Nourdin BoukhariF

EXC

  1. Cor VarkevisserG
  2. Danny BuijsD
  3. Ferry De HaanD
  4. Steve OlfersD
  5. Michel BastosM
  6. Said BoutaharM
  7. Kim Nam-IlM
  8. Gill SwertsM
  9. Brett HolmanF
  10. Cecilio LopesF
  11. Patrick MtigliaF

Substitutes

  1. Shelton Martis
  2. Zbigniew MalkowskiG
  3. Pascal De NijsD
  4. Dennis JosD
  5. Ronnie NouwenD
  6. Rene Van DierenM

Timeline

  1. 4'
  2. 25'
  3. 25'
  4. 45'
  5. 46'
  6. 72'
  7. 81'
  8. 86'
  9. 86'

Eredivisie News

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ESPN Chris Wright Soccer's best 2025-26 kits: The most stylish jerseys you probably missed While the world's top clubs release their new kits on a wave of hype, there are many more who release absolutely banging jerseys that deserve to be seen. News ESPN Ricardo Pepi's injury in PSV match a concern for USMNT PSV Eindhoven striker Ricardo Pepi had to be substituted because of injury in the club's match on Sunday, giving the U.S. men's national team a possible selection headache. News ESPN Netherlands and Leonard Solms Ajax's Thilo Kehrer using his success to help Burundi's children Thilo Kehrer may have joined Ajax Amsterdam on loan from AS Monaco, but his mission away from football remains unchanged -- he is aiming to leverage his success in football to help children in Burundi. News ESPN Goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr. scores twice to secure dramatic comeback point in Eredivisie Goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr, was on the scoresheet not once, but twice for Telstar in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday.