adidas introduces the new colour ways of their football boots adidas Sports Marketing manager, Bob Maphosa, presented the new colour ways of the f50 and Predator boots to Ajax Cape Town players; Kama Billiat (f50) , Thato Mokeke (f50) and Thulani Hlatshwayo (Predator). Both boots are blue in colour with red trimmings. The blue f50 is first colour update since the launch of the revolutionary f50 micoach in December 2011the first boot with a brain. The blue Predator on the other hand, is the … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town is making sure that all local football fans have an opportunity to purchase their Cape Derby match day tickets ahead of the kick-off on Saturday 25 February 2012 at 20h15 when Ajax Cape Town play Santos at the Cape Town Stadium. The ticket prices are: - R40, R60 and R80 Tickets are on sale at the following outlets; • Computicket and Shoprite Checkers all week and on match day • Slug and Lettuce (opposite the Stadium, next to Woolworths) all week and on match … [Read more...]

Over the years the Cape Derby produced a feast of football for local fans. From the early years with matches played at grounds stretching from the Green Point Common to the Cape Flats, a number of local teams have contested this winner-take-all fixture. The Cape Derby held the imagination of all Capetonians who love the beautiful game since the days when Hellenic, Cape Town City, Glenville, Cape Town Spurs, Lightbody Santos (now Santos) and Seven Stars contested this most prized “Kings of … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town overcame a resilient Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium with two late goals to seal the win. The goals came courtesy of strikes by George Akpabio and Khama Billiat in the 66th and 88th minutes. Maritzburg United took the game to the visitors from the kick off only to find Sander Westerveld in good form. The Ajax keeper pulled-off a few great saves in the first half to keep his side in the game. A reflex save to save a shot from Kurt Lentjies on the 30min mark followed by … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town, fresh from their dramatic last gasp win in their last game play Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Sunday 19 February starting at 15h30. The Urban Warriors are hyped by their come-from-behind win against Platinum Stars and will be carrying that positive energy into this game however Ajax have lost the services of their captain Granwald Scott and Pual Rusike. Ajax coach Maarten Stekelenburg said, “We have lost the services of Granwald Scott and Paul Rusike … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town fought back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Platinum Stars 3-2 with all three goals scored in the last five minutes plus extra time. Stars raced to a 2-0 lead with goals from Sibusiso Msomi (21st min) and Thuso Phala (67th min), however a late comeback from the home denied Stars a rare win at the Cape Town Stadium. Ajax started the game with purpose and took control of the game using their possession to build their attacks. The Urban Warriors carved out the first scoring chance of the … [Read more...]

Maarten Stekelenburg believes that his players has the character to challenge for silverware after the Urban Warriors came from 2 goals down to beat Platinum Stars 3-2 with all 3 Ajax goals scored in the last seven minutes of the game. He said, Tonight we showed strength of character that surprised many. We were 2-0 down for most of the game, a man short and even when Manyama scored the penalty we all thought this game lost. They dug deep and after Booth equalized there was a sense that we … [Read more...]

The Ajax Community Scheme partnered with the British High Commission, Metropolitan Police, SAPS, Charlton Athletic, and British Airways in order to establish the Ajax Hotspots. The purpose of this initiative is through partnership activity and the development of community safety strategies engage the community to reduce crime, increase community confidence in the police and embed sport as a tool to build community cohesion. The Mitchells Plain SAPS have been very proactive and for that reason … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town is looking to pick up in the second half of the Absa Premiership season where they left off in the first when they host Platinum Stars on Wednesday, 15 February 2012. The match takes place at the Cape Town Stadium, kick-off at 19h30. Ajax ended off 2011’s competitive action in style, picking up three successive wins – including a thrilling 4-3 victory over relegation-threatened Black Leopards – to push themselves up to seventh place on the league table, just … [Read more...]

A settled squad is the key to Ajax Cape Town kicking off with a positive start of the second half of the PSL season on Wednesday evening, said Maarten Stekelenburg the Ajax coach at a press conference held at the Cape Town Stadium on Monday morning. He continued saying, “The Ajax Cape Town system ensures that we always able promote youngsters for the Ajax Youth Academy and this time we promoted three players who were schooled in the Ajax system. At this moment we have a squad of 25 players … [Read more...]

adidas, the official ball supplier for AFCON and all FIFA sanctioned tournaments, will produce the official match ball for the 2013 edition of AFCON –which will be played in South Africa. adidas –in conjunction with Supersport –is inviting all African football fans to participate in choosing the appropriate name for the official match ball for 2013 AFCON tournament. To streamline the process, adidas has shortlisted 3 names from which the public can choose. The names were taken … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town drew Amazulu in the first round of the Nedbank Cup and the Urban Warriors coach Maarten Stekelenburg is looking forward to the challenge. He said, “Playing Amazulu in the first round is not an entirely bad draw, because we know how they play their football unlike PSL teams who have drawn minnows and have no information about their opponents. We want to go one stage better than we did in the MTN8 competition where we reached the semi-final, we aiming for a final spot. Playing … [Read more...]

 Ajax Cape Town wishes to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the 74 people who passed away during rioting after Al-Masry vs Al-Ahly game in the Egyptian Premier League.   Shooz Mekuto the Ajax PRO said, “Football is a game to be enjoyed by all. It is unfortunate that some fans sought to use a football game as a means to inflict injury and in some cases death on their fellow human beings.   We would like to extend our sympathy to all the families affected by … [Read more...]

 Ajax Cape Town and Santos overcome their Zambian opposition in a series of practice games played over this past weekend.   On Friday evening Santos beat Red Arrows 3-0 in the first game of the evening. Ajax Cape Town followed suite with a 3-1 win over Zesco United in the second game of the evening.   Both Cape teams showed promise with teams that included a number of new signings as well as players on the threshold of breaking into the PSL teams’.    For Santos … [Read more...]

Ajax Cape Town has been drawn to kick off their Nedbank Cup challenge against Amazulu at the draw held in Johannesburg earlier this evening. A number of PSL teams were drawn against minnows setting up potential giant-killing matches, however for Ajax Cape Town the test will be to overcome Amazulu FC in the first round. Shooz Mekuto the Ajax PRO said, “Games between Usuthu and Ajax have always been closely contested affairs and the attraction of the Nedbank Cup is sure to fire-up both … [Read more...]

Finally it has all arrived, for those of you who have not been to the Ajax Fanstore since December, you need to get down to Ikamva to come and see our great summer range.   As usual we will endeavour to continue producing new stock on a regular basis, maintaining the quality and competitive pricing. We are producing a merchandise range that caters for adults(male and female) and children.   The new merchandize range includes -casual golf shirts, smart golf shirts, female golf shirts, … [Read more...]