With average age of 23, Louis van Gaal's talented players followed
the footsteps of Cruyff and Co with exciting total football and
attacking style. 1994-95 is the legendary season and one of the
most successful season of Ajax Amsterdam football club, winning
the UEFA Champions League 1994-95 and the league title.
Until today, the Ajax 1994-95 team still owns the record of most
unbeaten matches in a row on the UEFA Champions League history.
They were unbeaten in the Champions League for 20 matches from
the whole of the 1994-95 tournament to the semifinal first leg
in 1995-96, when they lost 0-1 to Panathinaikos in Amsterdam.
Moreover, this Ajax team of 1994-95 were also unbeaten in the
Dutch league all season long.
Moreover, the 1994-95 was also the farewell season of Frank Rijkaard,
while striker Patrick Kluivert had an excellent start to his season,
with the then 18-year-old coming off the bench to score a late
winner to beat AC Milan in the final of the Champions League.
Louis van Gaal
–The man that led Ajax to the European Cup victory in 1995.
He played the idea of ‘total football’ and as the
result show it brought success domestically and in Europe. After
winning the European Cup, he joined Spanish giants Barcelona in
1997. There he enjoyed success winning two titles, and also progressed
in Europe. |
