1997/98 Ajax Away Football Shirt (S)

Condition: 8/10 Excellent. A few small light bobbles

Size: Adult Small

Chest Measurement: 34-36 Inches / 87-91 CM

Manufacturer: Umbro

Colour: Navy blue, white & red trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1997/1998

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Umbro Ajax away football shirt from the 1997/98 season.

Condition of this original football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. A few small light bobbles (see photos).

After the sale of Bergkamp to Internazionale in 1993, Van Gaal re-signed the experienced Frank Rijkaard to complement his young Ajax team featuring academy graduates Frank and Ronald de Boer, Edwin van der Sar, Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, and Winston Bogarde, as well as mercurial foreign talents Finidi George, Nwankwo Kanu and Jari Litmanen, and veteran captain Danny Blind. The team regained the Dutch championship in 1993–94, and won it again in 1994–95 and 1995–96 to become the first Ajax side to win three back-to-back championships since 1968.

The height of Van Gaal's success came in 1994–95, where Ajax became the first, and to date only, team to complete an entire Eredivisie season unbeaten. The team also won its first European Cup since its glorious 1970s era, beating Milan in the 1995 UEFA Champions League Final 1–0, with the winning goal scored by 18-year-old Patrick Kluivert. Ajax again reached the final a year later but were defeated on penalties by Juventus.