AFC Ajax

Eredivisie Women

AFC Ajax Vrouwen is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam representing AFC Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. The team was founded in 2012.

6× KNVB Women's Cup

3× Dutch League champion

Signature Fun Facts

What makes AFC Ajax what it is.

She trained to become a childcare worker and worked in a nursery alongside football.

She initially refused to wear her hearing aids during football and couldn’t hear coaches when they shouted instructions from nearby.

More Fun Facts

Quirky facts from the AFC Ajax squad.

She started playing at age 6.

She’s said she wakes up thinking how “cool” it is to be an Ajax player—and that playing for Ajax is literally her job.

In May 2024, she received the Karel Jansen Trofee as ADO Den Haag’s “Talent of the Year.”

She started out playing handball before switching to football.

Frenkie de Jong is a football example for her, especially how he turns under pressure and plays simple short passes.

Before joining ADO Den Haag’s academy in 2018, she played eight years at GDA.

She learned “to win duels” by playing football in the garden with her two brothers.

She first started playing football in youth teams with boys.

At Fortuna Sittard, she did not miss a single minute across her two seasons there in both league play and the KNVB Cup.

A hearing impairment was discovered when she was five, and she now plays football with two hearing aids.

She played on boys' teams as a child.

She grew up in Dalfsen with her parents and two brothers before moving to Amsterdam.

She moved abroad to Italy at 18, joining Empoli and learning what life away from home feels like as a young pro.

She doesn’t have one specific person who motivates her, but watching Ajax 1 on TV can instantly make her want to train and play.

She once found a small stone while cleaning her room that had her dream written on it: “become a professional footballer.”

Team Roster

The players who wear the AFC Ajax shirt.

Femke
Liefting

Goalkeeper

Lois
Niënhuis

Goalkeeper

Danae
van der Vliet

Goalkeeper

Daliyah
de Klonia

Defender

Deau
den Turk

Defender

Kiki
Horváth

Defender

Anna
Knol

Defender

Daniëlle
Noordermeer

Defender

Louise
van Oosten

Defender

Amber
Visscher

Defender

Nayomi
Buikema

Midfielder

Isa
Colin

Midfielder

Nadine
Noordam

Midfielder

Danique
Noordman

Midfielder

Sherida
Spitse

Midfielder

Jonna
van de Velde

Midfielder

Jade
van Hensbergen

Midfielder

Nurija
van Schoonhoven

Midfielder

Ranneke
Derks

Forward

Ilayah
Dostmohamed

Forward

Xanne
Kip

Forward

Joëlle
Smits

Forward

Lina
Touzani

Forward

Bo
van Egmond

Forward

Mirte
van Koppen

Forward

Head Coach

Anouk Bruil

Anouk Bruil is a Dutch football coach. She has been the head coach of Ajax since June 2025.

Team Stadium

De Toekomst

Capacity: 2,250

AFC Ajax

Honours & Awards

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Team Roster

Head Coach

Team Stadium