Tickets for away games

This is the hardest bit... If you are not a season ticket holder it is difficult, if not impossible, to follow Ajax 'on the road'. This has to do with limited ticket allocations for travelling Ajax fans, but also with the extremely exclusive system of 'away cards', only available to season ticket holders.

In order to regulate fan travel to away games, Ajax introduced a system of 'away cards' for season ticket holders only. Season ticket holders can 'upgrade' their season ticket to an 'away card'. There is no additional cost for this, but supporters have to visit the Ajax Supporters Desk for it, in order to have a digital photograph taken for ID purposes.

If a fan visits more than ten away games in one season, his away card automatically becomes a so-called 'priority away card'. The number of 'priority away cards' issued is based on the smallest away end in the Eredivisie.

When the allocated tickets for Ajax fans go on sale, 'priority away card holders' go first, followed by holders of a regular away card. In most cases the entire ticket allocation for Ajax fans is sold out after that. Even if the section doesn't sell out, non-Club Card-holders usually don't get the chance to buy tickets, as a home game against Ajax is a 'high risk' event for the hosts. Therefore, safety measures and presale procedures for Ajax fans are strict.

The only real exceptions to this rule are pre-season friendlies. Prior to the start of the Dutch league, Ajax play a string of friendly games - usually away - at Dutch amateur, First Division and sometimes Eredivisie or international opponents. In most cases, a limited number of tickets is for sale at the ticket counter inside the Ajax Fanshop at the Amsterdam ArenA. Because of the friendly nature of these games, a Club Card is not required in some cases. Pick your game and call the Supporters Helpdesk at the ArenA to learn whether tickets are sold to non-Club Card-holders: (+31-20) 311-1444 (for English press 1).

GENERAL WARNING about Ajax away games: Although violent escalations are not nearly as common as some people may tell you, you should note that Ajax fans travelling to away games should bring ID and are subject to search by (riot) police. Ajax fans and fans of the home team are strictly and - in 99.9% of the cases - succesfully separated inside the stadium, but fanatical fans of the home team may be provocative and hostile towards visiting fans. Also, many of the Ajax fans travelling to away games are fanatical and particularly passionate about their club. Being a fellow Ajax fan you will be regarded as 'one of them', but your fellow fans are likely to be verbally abusive (for example in Dutch and English language chants) and fierce in their reactions.