Ajax Hires Former Player John van ’t Schip as Interim Coach Amid Difficult Season

Ajax Welcomes Back Van ’t Schip as Interim Coach For the Rest of the Season Following a Serires of Defeats, Before Transitioning to a Technical Management Role in July.

Struggling Dutch club Ajax has hired former player and coach John van ’t Schip as their interim coach for the remainder of this challenging season, before transitioning him to a technical management role in July 2024.
The appointment comes after Ajax lost 5-2 to league-leading PSV Eindhoven and fired coach Maurice Steijn just seven games into a three-year contract.
Ajax's only win this season was on the opening day in August, and the team is currently at the bottom of the Dutch league and its Europa League group.
Van ’t Schip's assistant during his previous coaching role with the Greece national team, Michael Valkanis, will rejoin him for the remainder of the current season at Ajax.
This marks a return for van ’t Schip to Ajax, where he spent over a decade as a midfielder and was part of the Netherlands team that won the 1988 European Championship.