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FAQ/Strategy Guide

by Link San

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
============================

Copyright
Update History
Introduction
Ajax Amsterdam - Titles
Players
Team Formation
Current Selection
Final Words


============================
COPYRIGHT
============================

This guide can be found on the following sites:

www.GameFAQs.com    - http://www.gamefaqs.com/
www.Gamespot.com    - http://www.gamespot.com/
www.supercheats.com - http://www.supercheats.com/
www.gamesradar.com  - http://www.gamesradar.com/
www.gamershell.com  - http://www.gamershell.com/
www.neoseeker.com   - http://www.neoseeker.com/
www.psxextreme.com  - http://www.psxextreme.com/


This team guide of Ajax is a copyright of Robert Louis de Boer.
The above mentioned sites are the only sites that may host this
guide at the moment. Its not so much that you're not allowed to host
my work without permission, I just wanna know what happens to it.
If you see this guide on any other site than mentioned above, please
mail me, it would be greatly appreciated. You can mail me at the 
following address: [email protected].


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UPDATE HISTORY
============================

Version 0.1 07/27/2008

Started the FAQ, I mainly just did some updates, where they were
necessary :S. New 'Introduction', new 'Current Selection'. I also 
updated 3 players, Stekelenburg, Gentenaar and Stam. 

Version 0.2 07/28/2008

Update on 6 players today. van der Wiel, Heitinga, Ogararu, Colin,
Vertonghen and Emanuelson.

Version 0.3 07/30/2008

Only 3 players left to add to the list of players, its not in order
like before, but that doesn't really matter. The players left to go
are Sarpong, Vertonghen and Schilder. I also did my team formation, 
I just have to provide an explanation for it.

Version 0.4 07/31/2008

Finished the FAQ.


============================
Introduction
============================

Hello and welcome to my third FAQ on Ajax, this time for Pro
Evolution Soccer 2008. Last season didn't bring Ajax anything, no price
at all. Ajax managed to reach the quarter finals of the Dutch cup, the
KNVB Beker, but was knocked out in the quarter finals. Ajax managed to
place 2nd in the Eredivisie behind PSV. In the play-offs for a ticket to 
the Champions League Ajax had to take on SC Heerenveen in the first round.
Ajax won both matches easily and found FC Twente to be their last obstacle
for a ticket to the Champions League. This however did not go as planned.
FC Twente beat Ajax 1-0 at home, and kept a clean sheet in the Amsterdam
Arena, 0-0. So now, for the third time in a row, Ajax is condemned to yet
another year in the UEFA Cup, which will make it all the harder to keep 
players like Huntelaar from leaving and skilled players from coming to
Amsterdam.


============================
Ajax Amsterdam - Titles
============================

On march 18th 1900 Han and his brother Johan Dade started a club
named Ajax. Here starts the history tour of Ajax, one of the most
famous footballclubs in the world. In a century the club grew from
this group of friends to a worldfamous club, known for its beautiful
and attractive football. I'll sum up the trophies Ajax won over the
last 108 years.

Dutch League Chanmpion: 1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939,
                        1947, 1957, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970,
                        1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983,
                        1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002,
                        2004

National Cup Champion : 1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972,
                        1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999,
                        2002, 2006, 2007

Dutch Supercup/Johan  : 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006
Cruyff Schaal 

Champions League      : 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995

European Cup II       : 1987

UEFA Cup              : 1992

European Supercup     : 1972, 1973, 1995

World Cup             : 1972, 1995

And a bunch of pre season tournaments.
That's a total of 62 titels, European and national titels.
Ajax is 1 of 4 teams that has won all European Cups, together with
Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Juventus.


============================
Players
============================

Maarten Stekelenburg          Dennis Gentenaar

Position:        GK           Position:        GK
                                                 
Attack:          30           Attack:          30
Defence:         83           Defence:         83
Body Balance:    85           Body Balance:    79
Stamina:         64           Stamina:         60
Top Speed:       67           Top Speed:       68
Acceleration:    69           Acceleration:    69
Response:        86           Response:        88
Agility:         67           Agility:         72
Dribble acc.:    57           Dribble acc.:    59
Dribble Speed:   52           Dribble Speed:   56
S. Pass acc.:    61           S. Pass acc.:    55
S. Pass Speed:   58           S. Pass Speed:   54
L. Pass acc.     62           L. Pass acc.     60
L. Pass Speed:   72           L. Pass Speed:   60
Shot acc.:       44           Shot acc.:       45
Show Power:      80           Show Power:      77
Shot Technique:  40           Shot Technique:  50
FK acc.:         40           FK acc.:         40
Swerve:          43           Swerve:          43
Header:          42           Header:          45
Jump:            78           Jump:            75
Technique:       55           Technique:       53
Aggression:      65           Aggression:      61
Mentality:       67           Mentality:       70
Keeper Skills:   86           Keeper Skills:   83
Team Work:       70           Team Work:       71
Condition:       4            Condition:       7
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  3
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq.: 3
Injury:          B            Injury:          A


Gregory van der Wiel          Jaap Stam        

Position:        CB           Position:        CB
                                             
Attack:          53           Attack:          67
Defence:         69           Defence:         93
Body Balance:    74           Body Balance:    94
Stamina:         81           Stamina:         83
Top Speed:       75           Top Speed:       82
Acceleration:    74           Acceleration:    72
Response:        74           Response:        82
Agility:         74           Agility:         69
Dribble acc.:    67           Dribble acc.:    75
Dribble Speed:   69           Dribble Speed:   77
S. Pass acc.:    66           S. Pass acc.:    73
S. Pass Speed:   65           S. Pass Speed:   72
L. Pass acc.     66           L. Pass acc.     73
L. Pass Speed:   67           L. Pass Speed:   73
Shot acc.:       57           Shot acc.:       63
Show Power:      70           Show Power:      89
Shot Technique:  55           Shot Technique:  63
FK acc.:         54           FK acc.:         73
Swerve:          55           Swerve:          62
Header:          72           Header:          83
Jump:            78           Jump:            86
Technique:       68           Technique:       75
Aggression:      58           Aggression:      66
Mentality:       65           Mentality:       76
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       68           Team Work:       82
Condition:       3            Condition:       5
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          C


John Heitinga                 George Ogararu

Position:        CB           Position:        SB
                                             
Attack:          68           Attack:          68
Defence:         79           Defence:         63
Body Balance:    80           Body Balance:    75
Stamina:         84           Stamina:         83
Top Speed:       80           Top Speed:       77
Acceleration:    79           Acceleration:    79
Response:        82           Response:        76
Agility:         78           Agility:         76
Dribble acc.:    76           Dribble acc.:    72
Dribble Speed:   76           Dribble Speed:   74
S. Pass acc.:    78           S. Pass acc.:    69
S. Pass Speed:   82           S. Pass Speed:   67
L. Pass acc.     84           L. Pass acc.     70
L. Pass Speed:   87           L. Pass Speed:   73
Shot acc.:       67           Shot acc.:       54
Show Power:      84           Show Power:      75
Shot Technique:  68           Shot Technique:  60
FK acc.:         68           FK acc.:         62
Swerve:          66           Swerve:          63
Header:          81           Header:          70
Jump:            82           Jump:            80
Technique:       81           Technique:       72
Aggression:      70           Aggression:      65
Mentality:       78           Mentality:       65
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       78           Team Work:       72
Condition:       5            Condition:       5
Weak Foot acc.:  6            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          B            Injury:          A


Thomas Vermaelen              Jurgen Colin

Position:        CB           Position:        SB
                                             
Attack:          58           Attack:          65
Defence:         75           Defence:         70
Body Balance:    80           Body Balance:    75
Stamina:         80           Stamina:         80
Top Speed:       75           Top Speed:       79
Acceleration:    73           Acceleration:    77
Response:        80           Response:        66
Agility:         72           Agility:         78
Dribble acc.:    65           Dribble acc.:    71
Dribble Speed:   62           Dribble Speed:   74
S. Pass acc.:    69           S. Pass acc.:    67
S. Pass Speed:   66           S. Pass Speed:   65
L. Pass acc.     70           L. Pass acc.     71
L. Pass Speed:   70           L. Pass Speed:   65
Shot acc.:       53           Shot acc.:       68
Show Power:      79           Show Power:      72
Shot Technique:  55           Shot Technique:  64
FK acc.:         55           FK acc.:         65
Swerve:          60           Swerve:          66
Header:          78           Header:          76
Jump:            80           Jump:            79
Technique:       67           Technique:       74
Aggression:      62           Aggression:      75
Mentality:       62           Mentality:       71
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       75           Team Work:       61
Condition:       4            Condition:       5
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


Jan Vertonghen                Urby Emanuelson  

Position:        CMF          Position:        SB
                                             
Attack:          67           Attack:          72
Defence:         65           Defence:         60
Body Balance:    79           Body Balance:    72
Stamina:         79           Stamina:         88
Top Speed:       76           Top Speed:       84
Acceleration:    73           Acceleration:    84
Response:        68           Response:        78
Agility:         67           Agility:         86
Dribble acc.:    74           Dribble acc.:    82
Dribble Speed:   69           Dribble Speed:   86
S. Pass acc.:    75           S. Pass acc.:    80
S. Pass Speed:   72           S. Pass Speed:   77
L. Pass acc.     76           L. Pass acc.     79
L. Pass Speed:   77           L. Pass Speed:   82
Shot acc.:       63           Shot acc.:       63
Show Power:      86           Show Power:      78
Shot Technique:  66           Shot Technique:  64
FK acc.:         69           FK acc.:         75
Swerve:          60           Swerve:          75
Header:          72           Header:          74
Jump:            75           Jump:            79
Technique:       76           Technique:       83
Aggression:      65           Aggression:      76
Mentality:       65           Mentality:       68
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       65           Team Work:       69
Condition:       3            Condition:       5
Weak Foot acc.:  4            Weak Foot acc.:  4
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq.: 4
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


Hedwiges Maduro               Vurnon Anita

Position:        DMF          Position:        SMF
                                             
Attack:          65           Attack:          68
Defence:         77           Defence:         55
Body Balance:    84           Body Balance:    65
Stamina:         84           Stamina:         81
Top Speed:       74           Top Speed:       79
Acceleration:    73           Acceleration:    81
Response:        75           Response:        72
Agility:         80           Agility:         82
Dribble acc.:    77           Dribble acc.:    78
Dribble Speed:   76           Dribble Speed:   77
S. Pass acc.:    75           S. Pass acc.:    75
S. Pass Speed:   77           S. Pass Speed:   72
L. Pass acc.     74           L. Pass acc.     74
L. Pass Speed:   76           L. Pass Speed:   73
Shot acc.:       68           Shot acc.:       66
Show Power:      83           Show Power:      76
Shot Technique:  70           Shot Technique:  65
FK acc.:         62           FK acc.:         63
Swerve:          60           Swerve:          66
Header:          74           Header:          62
Jump:            76           Jump:            72
Technique:       77           Technique:       81
Aggression:      65           Aggression:      70
Mentality:       68           Mentality:       65
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       72           Team Work:       68
Condition:       4            Condition:       4
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


Mitchell Donald               Olaf Lindenbergh

Position:        SMF          Position:        DMF
                                             
Attack:          62           Attack:          60
Defence:         60           Defence:         73
Body Balance:    78           Body Balance:    75
Stamina:         77           Stamina:         82
Top Speed:       75           Top Speed:       76
Acceleration:    72           Acceleration:    80
Response:        69           Response:        77
Agility:         71           Agility:         74
Dribble acc.:    68           Dribble acc.:    75
Dribble Speed:   67           Dribble Speed:   72
S. Pass acc.:    67           S. Pass acc.:    74
S. Pass Speed:   64           S. Pass Speed:   74
L. Pass acc.     69           L. Pass acc.     75
L. Pass Speed:   66           L. Pass Speed:   72
Shot acc.:       55           Shot acc.:       69
Show Power:      73           Show Power:      79
Shot Technique:  55           Shot Technique:  72
FK acc.:         60           FK acc.:         59
Swerve:          63           Swerve:          60
Header:          65           Header:          66
Jump:            72           Jump:            73
Technique:       74           Technique:       75
Aggression:      61           Aggression:      71
Mentality:       63           Mentality:       62
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       67           Team Work:       76
Condition:       3            Condition:       5
Weak Foot acc.:  4            Weak Foot acc.:  4
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq.: 4
Injury:          A            Injury:          A
                  
                    
Gabriel Garc�a de la Torre    
(Gabri)                       Ismael Urzaiz
                     
Position:        CMF          Position:        CF
                                             
Attack:          69           Attack:          86
Defence:         70           Defence:         36
Body Balance:    71           Body Balance:    90
Stamina:         86           Stamina:         76
Top Speed:       76           Top Speed:       70
Acceleration:    77           Acceleration:    73
Response:        76           Response:        76
Agility:         79           Agility:         68
Dribble acc.:    78           Dribble acc.:    77
Dribble Speed:   73           Dribble Speed:   70
S. Pass acc.:    79           S. Pass acc.:    70
S. Pass Speed:   79           S. Pass Speed:   72
L. Pass acc.     78           L. Pass acc.     66
L. Pass Speed:   78           L. Pass Speed:   70
Shot acc.:       75           Shot acc.:       78
Show Power:      73           Show Power:      83
Shot Technique:  70           Shot Technique:  81
FK acc.:         71           FK acc.:         62
Swerve:          72           Swerve:          58
Header:          65           Header:          88
Jump:            72           Jump:            80
Technique:       77           Technique:       75
Aggression:      66           Aggression:      75
Mentality:       71           Mentality:       77
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       83           Team Work:       75
Condition:       6            Condition:       4
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          C            Injury:          B


Dennis Rommedahl              Klaas Jan Huntelaar

Position:        WF           Position:        CF
                                             
Attack:          80           Attack:          85
Defence:         45           Defence:         40 
Body Balance:    67           Body Balance:    84
Stamina:         87           Stamina:         80
Top Speed:       89           Top Speed:       76
Acceleration:    90           Acceleration:    75
Response:        72           Response:        80
Agility:         86           Agility:         75
Dribble acc.:    87           Dribble acc.:    71
Dribble Speed:   80           Dribble Speed:   72
S. Pass acc.:    76           S. Pass acc.:    73
S. Pass Speed:   80           S. Pass Speed:   68
L. Pass acc.     82           L. Pass acc.     65
L. Pass Speed:   85           L. Pass Speed:   67
Shot acc.:       78           Shot acc.:       86
Show Power:      75           Show Power:      79
Shot Technique:  71           Shot Technique:  85
FK acc.:         70           FK acc.:         70
Swerve:          60           Swerve:          65
Header:          72           Header:          85
Jump:            70           Jump:            77
Technique:       85           Technique:       82
Aggression:      80           Aggression:      84
Mentality:       72           Mentality:       69
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       72           Team Work:       77
Condition:       6            Condition:       6
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


Edgar Manucharyan             Nicolae Mitea

Position:        SS           Position:        SS
                                             
Attack:          68           Attack:          72
Defence:         41           Defence:         43
Body Balance:    62           Body Balance:    67
Stamina:         72           Stamina:         76
Top Speed:       75           Top Speed:       92
Acceleration:    79           Acceleration:    88
Response:        73           Response:        78
Agility:         80           Agility:         94
Dribble acc.:    78           Dribble acc.:    91
Dribble Speed:   74           Dribble Speed:   91
S. Pass acc.:    76           S. Pass acc.:    70
S. Pass Speed:   67           S. Pass Speed:   71
L. Pass acc.     75           L. Pass acc.     74
L. Pass Speed:   68           L. Pass Speed:   72
Shot acc.:       68           Shot acc.:       73
Show Power:      72           Show Power:      75
Shot Technique:  64           Shot Technique:  70
FK acc.:         69           FK acc.:         64
Swerve:          75           Swerve:          65
Header:          64           Header:          75
Jump:            71           Jump:            76
Technique:       80           Technique:       85
Aggression:      68           Aggression:      88
Mentality:       63           Mentality:       63
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       68           Team Work:       70
Condition:       3            Condition:       3
Weak Foot acc.:  4            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          B


Michael Krohn-Dehli           Laurent Delorge

Position:        WF           Position:        WF
                                             
Attack:          71           Attack:          70
Defence:         42           Defence:         60
Body Balance:    70           Body Balance:    72
Stamina:         78           Stamina:         80
Top Speed:       81           Top Speed:       77
Acceleration:    82           Acceleration:    76
Response:        72           Response:        75
Agility:         82           Agility:         73
Dribble acc.:    80           Dribble acc.:    74
Dribble Speed:   78           Dribble Speed:   73
S. Pass acc.:    70           S. Pass acc.:    72
S. Pass Speed:   66           S. Pass Speed:   68
L. Pass acc.     77           L. Pass acc.     71
L. Pass Speed:   76           L. Pass Speed:   70
Shot acc.:       74           Shot acc.:       66
Show Power:      76           Show Power:      75
Shot Technique:  71           Shot Technique:  63
FK acc.:         59           FK acc.:         61
Swerve:          68           Swerve:          64
Header:          65           Header:          67
Jump:            74           Jump:            75
Technique:       78           Technique:       73
Aggression:      77           Aggression:      67
Mentality:       69           Mentality:       69
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       65           Team Work:       73
Condition:       4            Condition:       6
Weak Foot acc.:  7            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 7            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          B


Leonardo de Vito
Santiago (Leonardo)           Albert Luque

Position:        WF           Position:        CF
                                             
Attack:          75           Attack:          81
Defence:         38           Defence:         48
Body Balance:    73           Body Balance:    83
Stamina:         75           Stamina:         82
Top Speed:       83           Top Speed:       85
Acceleration:    86           Acceleration:    83
Response:        65           Response:        83
Agility:         85           Agility:         83
Dribble acc.:    85           Dribble acc.:    83
Dribble Speed:   81           Dribble Speed:   85
S. Pass acc.:    70           S. Pass acc.:    75
S. Pass Speed:   72           S. Pass Speed:   77
L. Pass acc.     80           L. Pass acc.     82
L. Pass Speed:   78           L. Pass Speed:   87
Shot acc.:       70           Shot acc.:       80
Show Power:      75           Show Power:      93
Shot Technique:  75           Shot Technique:  83
FK acc.:         62           FK acc.:         77
Swerve:          64           Swerve:          85
Header:          60           Header:          72
Jump:            75           Jump:            79
Technique:       80           Technique:       85
Aggression:      81           Aggression:      85
Mentality:       63           Mentality:       74
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       60           Team Work:       74
Condition:       3            Condition:       4
Weak Foot acc.:  4            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          C            Injury:          B


Edgar Davids                  Kennedy Bakirciogl�

Position:        CMF          Position:        WF
                                               
Attack:          71           Attack:          74
Defence:         70           Defence:         49
Body Balance:    80           Body Balance:    78
Stamina:         91           Stamina:         80
Top Speed:       82           Top Speed:       78
Acceleration:    83           Acceleration:    77
Response:        86           Response:        73
Agility:         85           Agility:         77
Dribble acc.:    80           Dribble acc.:    85
Dribble Speed:   83           Dribble Speed:   75
S. Pass acc.:    78           S. Pass acc.:    75
S. Pass Speed:   82           S. Pass Speed:   74
L. Pass acc.     78           L. Pass acc.     74
L. Pass Speed:   82           L. Pass Speed:   76
Shot acc.:       74           Shot acc.:       73
Show Power:      86           Show Power:      78
Shot Technique:  72           Shot Technique:  74
FK acc.:         74           FK acc.:         64
Swerve:          69           Swerve:          67
Header:          67           Header:          73
Jump:            93           Jump:            76
Technique:       83           Technique:       84
Aggression:      72           Aggression:      78
Mentality:       75           Mentality:       70
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       80           Team Work:       70
Condition:       4            Condition:       5
Weak Foot acc.:  4            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


Luis Suarez                   Jeffrey Sarpong

Position:        CF           Position:        AMF
                                               
Attack:          73           Attack:          65
Defence:         37           Defence:         55
Body Balance:    77           Body Balance:    73
Stamina:         80           Stamina:         81
Top Speed:       77           Top Speed:       75
Acceleration:    76           Acceleration:    74
Response:        76           Response:        72
Agility:         74           Agility:         70
Dribble acc.:    72           Dribble acc.:    76
Dribble Speed:   71           Dribble Speed:   76
S. Pass acc.:    72           S. Pass acc.:    75
S. Pass Speed:   69           S. Pass Speed:   73
L. Pass acc.     68           L. Pass acc.     74
L. Pass Speed:   68           L. Pass Speed:   70
Shot acc.:       74           Shot acc.:       66
Show Power:      77           Show Power:      80
Shot Technique:  76           Shot Technique:  67
FK acc.:         62           FK acc.:         65
Swerve:          60           Swerve:          63
Header:          75           Header:          66
Jump:            76           Jump:            75
Technique:       75           Technique:       82
Aggression:      75           Aggression:      76
Mentality:       66           Mentality:       66
Keeper Skills:   50           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       66           Team Work:       62
Condition:       4            Condition:       3
Weak Foot acc.:  5            Weak Foot acc.:  5
Weak Foot freq.: 5            Weak Foot freq.: 5
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


Erik Heijblok                 Robbert Schilder
                 
Position:        GK           Position:        SMF
                                                 
Attack:          30           Attack:          66
Defence:         73           Defence:         60
Body Balance:    86           Body Balance:    75
Stamina:         59           Stamina:         75
Top Speed:       63           Top Speed:       75
Acceleration:    62           Acceleration:    72
Response:        77           Response:        71
Agility:         62           Agility:         74
Dribble acc.:    49           Dribble acc:     75
Dribble Speed:   50           Dribble Speed:   73
S. Pass acc.:    52           S. Pass acc:     75
S. Pass Speed:   52           S. Pass Speed:   68
L. Pass acc.     51           L. Pass acc:     78
L. Pass Speed:   59           L. Pass Speed:   79
Shot acc.:       40           Shot acc:        68
Show Power:      75           Shot Speed:      86
Shot Technique:  40           Shot technique:  68
FK acc.:         40           FK acc:          70
Swerve:          65           Swerve:          72
Header:          71           Header:          65
Jump:            74           Jump:            74
Technique:       49           Technique:       77
Aggression:      56           Aggression:      68
Mentality:       73           Mentality:       66
Keeper Skills:   76           Keeper Skills:   50
Team Work:       64           Team Work:       64
Condition:       5            Condition:       3
Weak Foot acc.:  4            Weak Foot acc:   3
Weak Foot freq.: 4            Weak Foot freq:  3
Injury:          A            Injury:          A


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TEAM FORMATION
============================

Ajax usually plays a 4-3-3 system with the point towards goal, this
means an AMF (attacking midfielder) that plays just behind the CF
(Central Forward). A strategy that works for me is to put a player
with high balance stats in the point, because this player should be
free to pass at from almost any position and be able to connect with
the forwards. This strategy still works best for me, I've tried a
bunch of other strategies, playing with 4-4-2 in all sorts of way,
but this always comes back.

I'll show you what my team looks like when playing with Ajax.


Starting Line-up:

GK  Stekelenburg
CB  Heitinga
CB  Stam
RB  Vermaelen
LB  Emanuelson
DMF Maduro
RMF Gabri
AMF Davids
SS  Rommedahl
SS  Luque
CF  Leonardo                             

                                                            # - Position of
                                                                the player.

                                        Stekelenburg
                    ________________________\__________________________
                   |/              |    |    \     |    |             \|
                   |               |    |     \#   |    |              |
                   |               |    |__________|    |              |
                   |               |                    |              |
                   |               |                    |              |
                   |               |                    |              |
                   |               #--Heitinga__________#--Stam        |
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                                   |
                   |    #--Vermaelen                              #    |
                   |                                             /     |
                   |                                         Emanuelson|
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                                   |
                   |_______________________#--Maduro___________________|
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                                   |
                   |            #--Gabri                               |
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                    #--Davids      |
                   |                                                   |
                   |                                                   |
                   |                ____________________               |
                   |               |#Rommedahl          |  #--Luque    |
                   |               |                    |              |
                   |               |     __________     |              |
                   |               |    |          |    |              |
                   |               |    |       #--Leonardo            |
                   |\______________|____|__________|____|_____________/|


Stekelenburg is still the best keeper in the team, without a doubt. Heitinga
and stam provide a solid defence, I made Stam a CB because he wins a lot of
aerial duels. Vermaelen en Emanuelson as LB and RB, because they're pretty 
fast, and Emanuelson has a good pass so he can move forward and reach the 
midfielders. With Vermaelen I wasn't really sure, I was thinking of putting
Vertonghen there, but Vermaelen has a better defence and body balance and 
is stronger in the air. Maduro because he is by far the best player for that
position, better than Lindenbergh or any of those new kids Donald or Anita.
Gabri and Davids are also the only choice you have for those positions, you
could also place Luque there, but I think he has qualities that make him
useful in a forward position. Rommedahl and Luque as SS, they're both fast
and have a good pass, Luque also has a great shot. So if you get past your
direct opponent you can fire a good shot at the goal. I put Leonardo as CF
because I think he is much better than Huntelaar. After playing with 
Huntelaar I was desperate for something new on that position, and Leonardo
proved to be a good solution. He has a lot more technique and its easier
to keep a hold of the ball and manoeuvre than it is with Huntelaar.


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CURRENT SELECTION
============================

A lot of players have left the team since last year and a lot have 
joined. I'll list the players that have left and joined Ajax since last 
season. The list below is a good up to date list of who is in the
selection at the moment, and are actually playing matches.

Update as of July 27th 2008

From defence to attack.

Keeper  : Maarten Stekelenburg
          Dennis Gentenaar

Defence : Bruno Silva
          George Ogararu
          Thomas Vermaelen
          Jan Vertonghen
          Urby Emanuelson
          Gregory van der Wiel
          Jurgen Colin
          Oleguer Presas Renom

Midfield: Isma�l Aissati
          Rasmus Lindgren
          Gabriel Garc�a de la Torre (Gabri)
          Kenneth Perez
          Roger Garcia Junyent (Roger)
          Siem De Jong
          Mitchell Donald
          Jeffrey Sarpong
          Jan-Arie Van der Heijden

Attack  : Kennedy Bakirciogl�
          Miralem Sulejmani
          Klaas Jan Huntelaar
          Luis Suarez
          Albert Luque
          Dario Cvitanich
          

Players who have left or aren't in the selection for the first team
between last year and now:

Player                  New team

Wesley Sneijder         Real Madrid
Edgar Davids            X   
Michael Krohn-Dehli     Sparta Rotterdam
Olaf Lindenbergh        Sparta Rotterdam
Hedwiges Maduro         Valencia
Zdenek Grygera          Juventus
Johnny Heitinga         Atletico Madrid
Jaap Stam               Retired
Robbert Schilder        Heracles Almelo
Ryan Babel              Liverpool
Tom de Mul              FC Sevilla
Mauro Rosales           River Plate
Markus Rosenberg        Werder Bremen
Kenneth Vermeer         Willem II


Players who have joined the first selection of Ajax between last year 
and now:

Player                  Previous team

Bruno Silva             FC Groningen
Gregory van der Wiel    Ajax A1
Isma�l Aissati          PSV Eindhoven
Rasmus Lindgren         FC Groningen
Kennedy Bakirciogl�     FC Twente
Miralem Sulejmani       SC Heerenveen
Luis Suarez             FC Groningen
Albert Luque            Newcastle United
Edgar Davids            Tottenham Hotspur


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FINAL WORDS
============================

This was it for the team guide for this year, I once again hope that I have 
inspired you enough to choose Ajax as your team in 1 of your online games or
in matches against your friends. Even though Ajax isn't a very good team in 
the game you can still enjoy the team if you learn how to play with them.
I intend to write a team guide on Ajax again in Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 when
its released. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions you can mail
me at my usual address, [email protected]. Thanks for looking at my team
guide, and I hope to see you next year.