1999–2000 AFC Ajax season

Another poor season saw Ajax finish in 5th, though this at least was an improvement on finishing sixth the previous season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Fred Grim 3 DF  NED Ferdi Vierklau 4 DF  NED Jan van Halst 5 DF  NED Frank Verlaat 6 MF  NED Aron Winter (captain) 7 FW  BRA Wamberto 8 MF  NED Richard Witschge 9 FW  GRE Nikos Machlas 10 FW  DEN Brian Laudrup 11 MF  DEN Jesper Grønkjær 13 MF  NED Richard Knopper 14 FW  POR Dani 15 DF  NED Tim de Cler 16 DF  NED John Nieuwenburg 17 DF  ROU Cristian Chivu 18 MF  USA John O'Brien

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  NGA Tijani Babangida 21 MF  NGA Pius Ikedia 23 MF  NED Martijn Reuser 24 FW  GEO Shota Arveladze 25 DF  NGA Christopher Kanu 26 FW  NED Brutil Hosé 28 GK  NED Serge van den Ban 29 FW  NED Kevin Bobson 30 DF  NED Mitchell Piqué 36 DF  NED Quido Lanzaat 37 MF  RSA Aaron Mokoena — DF  DEN Ole Tobiasen — MF  NED Rafael van der Vaart — MF  GHA Abubakari Yakubu

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  NED Cedric van der Gun (on loan to FC Den Bosch) — MF  NED Peter Hoekstra (on loan to SD Compostela)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Andy van der Meyde (on loan to FC Twente)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NED Maarten Stekelenburg — DF  NED Serginho Greene — DF  NED John Heitinga — MF  NED Nigel de Jong

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NED Jeffrey Sneijder — MF  NED Wesley Sneijder — MF  COL Daniel Cruz