More than two decades after Cruyff’s hat-trick of triumphs in 1971, ’72 and ‘73, it was proof that Ajax’s methods still worked. Nine of the 16-man squad for the final had made their ...

After Barca's Treble, those surely count as famous last words. Frustrated at Barcelona, Cruyff took over Ajax in 2011. The sitting directors didn't stand a chance against the father of Dutch soccer.

Cruyff made Ajax famous as a player in the late 1960s and early 70s as the on-field executor of Rinus Michels’ influential Total Football, before leaving for Barcelona in 1973 after three ...

Johan Cruyff is returning to his original club Ajax in a bid to help the fading power recreate its former glory. Ajax said late Thursday that Cruyff had agreed to become a member of a ''sounding ...

Cruyff himself would focus on the renovations of Ajax's youth academy, known as "De Toekomst" (Dutch for "the Future"). "Johan ruffled some feathers; I think that was his life," Ajax CEO Edwin van ...

Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar told the club's official website: "Johan Cruyff is the greatest football player Ajax have produced. Partly thanks to him, Ajax are a big name, at home and abroad.

Cruyff had moved from critic, who told De Telegraaf in September 2010 (as recalled by Elko Born in The Blizzard) that "this isn't Ajax any more," through advisor to revolutionary spearhead.

Johan Cruyff has been elected to the board of directors of Ajax in a move the club hopes will help it return to the glory days he ushered in as a player in the 1970s.

Cruyff took over as manager of Ajax in 1985, but his major successes in the dugout came during his tenure at Barcelona between 1988 and 1996.

Johan Cruyff sits on the Wembley pitch before Ajax's 1971 European Cup final against Panathinaikos - the first of three consecutive titles for the Dutch club.

Story highlights Johan Cruyff won three consecutive European Cup titles in 1971, '72 and '73 Danny Blind captained Ajax to a fourth Champions League win in 1995 ...