Ajax denied title, Dutch ‘Eredivisie League’ season cancelled

Ajax have been denied the Eredivisie crown after the Dutch 2019-20 football season was cancelled due to the coronavirus. The season in the Netherlands was ended after prime minister Mark Rutte announced all matches were forbidden until September 1.

The announcement means the Eredivisie will not have a champion for the first time in its 64-year history. Ajax were top of the Eredivisie standings, ahead of AZ on goal difference. It is the first time since 1945 that there will be no league champions in the Netherlands. Ajax Amsterdam and AZ Alkmaar were handed places in next season’s Champions League

The reports came as the Dutch FA held a meeting with clubs, and unions representing coaches and players.

The season was declared over on Tuesday when the Dutch government extended a prohibition on public events to Sept. 1 in an effort to curtail the spread of the new coronavirus, which has caused more than 4,000 deaths in the Netherlands.

Ajax were top of the Eredivisie standings, ahead of AZ on goal difference, with nine rounds of matches to play when the season was suspended, and the two teams will now fill the country’s two places in the 2020-21 Champions League

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