The rivalry between Ajax and PSV, most commonly known as ''De Topper'' (sometimes Dè Topper), is one of the main football rivalries of the Netherlands. It is between

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...

, of

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

and PSV, from

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

and is highly contested. Although not as charged as

De Klassieker De Klassieker (''The Classic'') is the main football rivalry of the Netherlands, between AFC Ajax, Ajax (of Amsterdam) and Feyenoord (of Rotterdam). The record attendance was on 9 January 1966, when 65,562 watched in Rotterdam. History The ri ...

, the rivalry between the two sides has increased in intensity over the past four decades.

Statistics (since 1928)

Results

Transfers

From Ajax to PSV

* Jan Hassink (1925, retired) * Piet van der Kuil (1959, retired) * Frits Soetekouw (1967, retired) * Gerald Vanenburg (1986, retired) *

Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. Koeman scor ...

(1986, retired) * Stanley Menzo (1994, retired) * Kenneth Perez (2007, retired) * Nick Viergever (2018)

From PSV to Ajax

''(r=returning)'' * Gert Bals (1965, retired) *

Peter Hoekstra Cornelis Piet Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who is serving as List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada, Ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra had served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands fr ...

(1996, retired) * Kenneth Perez (r, January 2008, retired) * Ismaïl Aissati (2008) * André Ooijer (r, 2010, retired) * Riechedly Bazoer (2012)

(Former) PSVers with an Ajax-past

* Frank Arnesen (retired) * Jason Čulina (retired) * Ruud Geels (retired) * Arie Haan (retired) *

Wim Jonk Wilhelmus Maria "Wim" Jonk (; born 12 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current technical manager of Eerste Divisie club Volendam. In his career as a midfielder, he won a variety of national hon ...

(retired) * Florian Jozefzoon * Wim Kieft (retired) * Patrick Kluivert (retired) * Søren Lerby (retired) * Andy van der Meyde (retired) * Luciano Narsingh *

Michael Reiziger Michael John Reiziger (; born 3 May 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back. Reiziger currently manages the Netherlands U21 team. After making a name for himself at Ajax, with whom he won one Champio ...

(retired) * Marciano Vink (retired) * Jan Wouters (retired) * Steven Bergwijn * Jeremain Lens * Siem de Jong * Pablo Rosario * Donyell Malen * Noa Lang * Sergiño Dest

(Former) Ajacieden with a PSV-past

* Jürgen Colin (retired) * Dennis Rommedahl (retired) * Jaap Stam (retired) * John Veldman (retired) * Rob Wielaert (retired) *

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983), known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (), is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Huntelaar played for PSV Ein ...

(retired) * Zakaria Labyad * Mohamed Ihattaren * Steven Bergwijn * Nick Viergever

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:AFC Ajax-PSV Eindhoven rivalry AFC Ajax PSV Eindhoven Football derbies in the Netherlands