''Ajax-nieuws - clubblad van de Amsterdamsche Football Club "Ajax"'' (
Dutch, "Ajax-news - club magazine of the Amsterdam Football Club "Ajax") was a Dutch monthly
sports magazine
A sports magazine is usually a weekly, biweekly or monthly, magazine featuring articles or segments on sports. Some may be published a specific number of times per year. A wide range of sports are covered by these magazines which include general ...
published in
Amsterdam
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, focusing on the
association football
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club
AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. ...
with 12 issues appearing per season. It was established in 1917 and ran for 70 years with its first edition appearing in 1917 with an Ajax team photo on the cover. The 1986/87 season marked the final season of the printed magazine, as it was replaced by the bimonthly publication ''
Ajax Magazine''.
History
''Ajax-nieuws'' was established in 1917 by association football club AFC Ajax to provide a monthly magazine surrounding the Dutch club under then chairman Willem Egeman. The first issue of the magazine appeared in 1917 and had a photograph of the team on the cover. The magazine would go on to appear with 12 issues a year for 70 years before shutting down operations following the 1986/87 season. The magazine was briefly put on hold during both
World War I
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and
World War II
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, when it was illegal to print, but the publication resumed soon after. Every 10 years the club would publish a special anniversary edition of the magazine, with additional pages highlighting the events of the decade circulating around the club.
See also
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History of AFC Ajax
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''1900'' magazine
References
External links
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1917 establishments in the Netherlands
1987 disestablishments in the Netherlands
AFC Ajax
Association football magazines
Defunct magazines published in the Netherlands
Sports magazines published in the Netherlands
Monthly magazines published in the Netherlands
Dutch-language magazines
Magazines established in 1917
Magazines disestablished in 1987
Magazines published in Amsterdam