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Club Football Ajax Amsterdam for PlayStation 2
Club Football Ajax Amsterdam for PlayStation 2 puts Ajax at the centre of a football game featuring the squad, kits and club presentation from the 2003/2004 season. Matches take place in a recognisable Amsterdam ArenA, among other venues, with chants and footage built specifically around the club. On the pitch you control the entire team, switch between players and combine passes, crosses, shots and tackles to shape the match.
Alongside one-off matches, the game includes a domestic league, a European Super League and custom tournaments. The player editor lets you create your own footballer, assign attributes and add him to Ajax. In the Trophy Room you collect unlocked photographs and video clips from the club's history. Progress therefore concerns not only results, but also completing a digital Ajax archive.
The game supports one or two players on the same PlayStation 2; a second controller is required for a head-to-head match. The Ajax edition shares its engine with the other Club Football releases, but uses the Amsterdam squad and club content. It is therefore not a general collection containing all seventeen club editions on one disc. This page covers the European PS2 version from 2003, with the teams and presentation of that original season and without later 2005 changes.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Club Football Ajax Amsterdam for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Club Football Ajax Amsterdam
Codemasters developed and published Club Football in 2003 as a series of separate football games for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Seventeen European clubs each received their own edition, including Ajax, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Liverpool and Real Madrid. The football foundation remained the same, while squad, packaging, stadium presentation and historical extras changed by club. Ajax Club Football launched in Europe in October 2003.
The project tried to connect supporters more directly to one club than a broad football licence normally did. Codemasters modelled player faces, official shirts and home grounds and recorded club songs and chants. The player editor also allowed owners to add themselves to the squad. Historic goals and photographs served as rewards, linking the current team in the Trophy Room to memories of earlier Ajax moments.
Club Football 2005 followed a year later with updated squads and more club editions. Codemasters then paused the series to reassess its action-football strategy. Club Football Ajax Amsterdam therefore remained a product of a brief period in which one game appeared in many club-specific versions. The 2003 PS2 disc preserves the squad and former Amsterdam ArenA name of its time; later transfers, stadium names and gameplay changes do not belong to this edition.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 emphasises free ball control, formations and a broad collection of national and club teams. Club Football Ajax Amsterdam plays more directly and focuses almost all its presentation on one association. PES offers more general variety; Club Football gives Ajax supporters their own stadium, squad and historical extras.
FIFA Football 2004 uses many official leagues and clubs plus an extensive career. Club Football has a smaller scope and builds its Trophy Room and player editor around Ajax. FIFA lets you switch clubs easily, whereas this edition stresses the connection with one team.
This Is Football 2004 combines many teams with fast matches and controllable feints. Club Football Ajax Amsterdam has less breadth but more club-specific chants, footage and stadium details. Both are action-football games; one pursues scale, the other a focused Ajax presentation.
LMA Manager 2004 mainly lets you manage line-ups, transfers, finances and tactics, after which matches are largely followed from the dugout. In Club Football you control the players yourself during every attack and tackle. The Ajax game therefore offers direct match action rather than a full management system.
RedCard exaggerates football with hard tackles, spectacular animations and international teams. Club Football Ajax Amsterdam stays closer to regular club football and uses official Ajax content. Both play quickly, but RedCard chooses humour and collisions where Club Football prioritises recognition and club pride.
