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==Number 14 shirt==
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As of the [[2007–08 Eredivisie|2007–08 season]], no player could wear the number 14 shirt at Ajax after the club decided to retire the shirt out of respect for Johan Cruyff,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=62523 |title=Ajax retire number 14 |access-date=18 April 2007 |publisher=Ajax.nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501141653/http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id%3D154814/contentid%3D62523 |archive-date=1 May 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> "the legendary number fourteen".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/13/AJAX/article/detail/1069545/2010/12/07/Ajax-met-Frank-de-Boer-naar-Milaan.dhtml|title=Ajax met Frank de Boer naar Milaan|date=7 December 2010|work=[[Het Parool]]|language=nl|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216023044/http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/13/AJAX/article/detail/1069545/2010/12/07/Ajax-met-Frank-de-Boer-naar-Milaan.dhtml|archive-date=16 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cruyff himself laughed off the tribute, saying the club had to let its best player play with number 14.<ref>[http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/50172,ajax-retires-cruyffs-14.aspx "Ajax Retires number 14"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015164358/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/50172,ajax-retires-cruyffs-14.aspx |date=15 October 2013 }}, FourFourTwo website, 19 April 2007</ref> Spanish midfielder [[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] was the last player to wear the number. [[Marvin Zeegelaar]] wore the shirt number in preparation for the [[2011–12 Eredivisie|2011–12 season]] in one preseason match, while [[Aras Özbiliz]] wore the number 14 shirt in one pre-season match ahead of the 2011–12 season as well. The club stated that this was, in fact, not done in error.<ref>[http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=141373 Özbiliz: 'Ik kreeg rugnummer veertien en ze zeiden dat het klopte'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015052744/http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=141373 |date=15 October 2013 }} Voetbalzone, 3 juli 2011</ref>

Below is a list of all players to wear the number 14 shirt since Johan Cruyff's departure.<ref>[http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2007/04/21/alle-ajacieden-met-nummer-veertien-sinds-johan-cruijff.aspx Alle Ajacieden met nummer veertien sinds Johan Cruijff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015053355/http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2007/04/21/alle-ajacieden-met-nummer-veertien-sinds-johan-cruijff.aspx |date=15 October 2013 }} Sportgeschiedenis, 21 April 2007</ref>

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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Zoltán Varga (footballer, born 1945)|Zoltán Varga]] – 1973–74 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Mulder (footballer)|Jan Mulder]] – 1974–75 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Geert Meijer]] – 1975–76 season
* {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Frank Arnesen]] – 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Tscheu La Ling]] – 1978–79 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Karel Bonsink]] – 1979–80 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Frank Rijkaard]] – 1980–81 season (''uncertain'')
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sonny Silooy]] – 1981–82 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Marco van Basten]] – 1982–83 season
''From 1983 to 1997, reserves no longer received permanent shirt numbers.''
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* {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Daniel da Cruz Carvalho|Dani]] – 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Martijn Reuser]] – 1999–00 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} [[Brutil Hosé]] – 2000–01 season
* {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Shota Arveladze]] – 2001–02 season
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan van Halst]] – 2002–03 season
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jelle Van Damme]] – 2003–04 season
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Thomas Vermaelen]] – 2004–05 season
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Maxwell (footballer, born 1981)|Maxwell]] – 2005–06 season
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] – 2006–07 season
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