Ajax Cape Town

History: Ajax Cape Town F.C. was formed in October 1998 through the merger of two well established Cape Town football clubs namely: Seven Stars F. C. and Cape Town Spurs F.C. Rob Moore, the Chairman and owner of Seven Stars F.C. went to Ajax Amsterdam to conclude the transfer of Benni McCarthy from Seven Stars to AFC Ajax Amsterdam. During the transfer talks the board of AFC Ajax Amsterdam indicated that they would like to establish a Football Development Academy in South Africa where they could source and develop players with the possibility of finding another "Benni McCarthy". After careful consideration Rob Moore invited John Comitis (Chairman of Cape Town Spurs) to join this exciting venture and Ajax Cape Town F.C. was born. The establishment of Ajax Cape Town F.C. caused ripples in the local soccer fraternity as the Moore and Comitis faced opposition from the National Soccer League as well as the local council. Despite this opposition Ajax Cape Town F.C. played their first official game against Kaizer Chiefs in the Iwisa Charity Spectacular on the 17 July 1999. Ajax caused the upset of the year when they beat Chiefs 1-0 with Sam Pam, the Ajax Cape Town captain scoring the winning goal. Our achievements in a short space of time - with the implementation of the new, exciting, attacking flair of Ajax philosophy football - have clearly marked the beginning of some exciting days for the Club and South African football as a whole.