As West Germany powered to glory, AFC Ajax dominated the European club landscape, Luxembourg won Eurovision and Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found after 28 years in the jungle.

Ajax has won 29 league titles since its first in 1918. The club reached its peak in the early 1970s when it won three consecutive European Champions Cups and the 1972 world club championship.

Ajax are the first team ever to score 13 goals in a single Eredivisie game, breaking their own record from May 1972 (12-1 v Vitesse). Lassina Traore became the first Ajax player to record five ...

Ajax Amsterdam set an Eredivisie record when they scored 13 goals past a hapless VVV-Venlo side to move to the top of the standings on Saturday, with seven different players getting their names on ...

The Welsh champions' 2-0 win over Cefn Druids was their 27th successive victory, eclipsing the mark set by the stellar Ajax outfit in 1972 - which included their second European Cup win ...

All the goals came within 66 minutes as the margin of success eclipsed Ajax’s 12-1 victory over Vitesse in 1972 in the Eredivisie.

Ajax great Piet Keizer has died aged 73 following a brief illness, the 33-time Eredivisie champions have confirmed. The left winger was a one-club man and made 490 appearances for Ajax between ...

Their 4-0 home win over Cefn Druids on Boxing Day saw them draw level with Ajax Amsterdam's record set in 1972. TNS can eclipse the record set by Johan Cruyff's team if they beat Cefn Druids away ...

Ajax's tally bettered their own previous record 12-1 victory over Vitesse in May 1972, and sent them back to the top of the table above PSV Eindhoven.