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AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry

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Locale
  
Netherlands

Next meeting
  
2015–16 Eredivisie

Teams
  
Ajax, PSV

Meetings total
  
131

First meeting
  
Ajax 4–2 PSV Kampioenscompetitie (12 April 1931)

Latest meeting
  
PSV 0-2 Ajax Eredivisie (20 March 2016)

The rivalry between Ajax and PSV (most commonly known as de Topper) is one of the main football rivalries of the Netherlands. It is between Ajax, of Amsterdam and PSV, from Eindhoven and is highly contested. Although not as charged as De Klassieker, the rivalry between the two sides has increased in intensity over the past three decades.

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From Ajax to PSV

  • Jan Hassink (1925, retired)
  • Piet van der Kuil (1959, retired)
  • Frits Soetekouw (1967, retired)
  • Gerald Vanenburg (1986, retired)
  • Ronald Koeman (1986, retired)
  • Stanley Menzo (1994, retired)
  • Kenneth Perez (2007, retired)

    • From PSV to Ajax

    (r=returning)

  • Gert Bals (1965, retired)
  • Peter Hoekstra (1996, retired)
  • Kenneth Perez (r, January 2008, retired)
  • Ismaïl Aissati (2008)
  • André Ooijer (2010, retired)
  • Riechedly Bazoer (2012)
  • James Fofana (2014)

    • (Former) PSVers with an Ajax-past

    (r=retired)

  • Frank Arnesen (r)
  • Jason Čulina (r)
  • Ruud Geels (r)
  • Arie Haan (r)
  • Wim Jonk (r)
  • Florian Jozefzoon
  • Wim Kieft (r)
  • Patrick Kluivert (r)
  • Søren Lerby (r)
  • Andy van der Meyde (r)
  • Luciano Narsingh
  • Michael Reiziger (r)
  • Marciano Vink (r)
  • Jan Wouters (r)
  • Steven Bergwijn
  • Jeremain Lens
  • Siem de Jong

    • (Former) Ajacieden with a PSV-past

  • Jürgen Colin (r)
  • Dennis Rommedahl
  • Jaap Stam (r)
  • John Veldman (r)
  • Rob Wielaert
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

    • References

    AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry Wikipedia
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