Ajax Cape Town - "Urban Warriors"

Ajax Cape Town is a team based in Parow, Cape Town that participates in the Premier Soccer League. Home games are usually played at Athlone Stadium, having moved from Newlands Rugby Stadium at the end of the 2004/2005 season. They plan to move to the Philippi Stadium in the near future.

Ajax CT was formed in 1999, via the amalgation of two Cape Town-based teams, Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs, as AFC Ajax expanded their worldwide talent-feeder network to South Africa.The Ajax CT project had limited success in the seasons leading up to 2006/2007, the club winning a solitary title - the Rothmans Cup in 2000 - with Steven Pienaar being one of the few talents to make the grade for a move to Amsterdam, back in 2002.

However, in 2006/2007, under the guidance of new coach Muhsin Ertuğral, Ajax CT claimed fourth place in the PSL and won the ABSA Cup - beating league champions Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in the final. Another amazing talent that the Cape Town based club have produced is Stanton Lewis, the son of former Kaizer Chiefs FC star, Ramon Lewis.

Stanton is now currently contracted to Ajax Amsterdam and could be South Africa's next star forward. He is currently on loan at Ajax Cape Town for the remainder of the 2008/2009 season.After the departure of Muhsin Ertuğral at the end of the 2006/2007 season and in line with the club's development philosophy, the appointment of Craig Rosslee as the new head coach was announced. Ajax finished the 2007/2008 season in second place missing out on their first Premiership title ever.


Gordon Igesund, South Africa's most successful club coach, who won league titles with Manning Rangers, Orlando Pirates, Santos and Sundowns, coached the club from 2002 until 2006.In January 2007, Ajax CT managed to beat their mother club AFC Ajax 3-1 in a friendly game held in Cape Town.