Why DE KLASSIEKER is One of Europe’s MOST HEATED Rivalries | Roots of the Rivalry

De Klassieker is the biggest rivalry in Dutch football, pitting AFC Ajax of Amsterdam up against Feyenoord Rotterdam. The biggest teams from the biggest cities in the Netherlands, where an inter-city rivalry carries onto the football pitch as the grit of Rotterdam clashes with the glamour of Amsterdam. Then, the rivalry was continued thanks to various flash points, such as Johann Cruyff - an Ajax and football legend - joining rivals Feyenoord, and winning the league. Steven Berghuis going from Feyenoord to Ajax, the Battle of Beverwijk, and more. All of these contribute to De Klassieker being one of Europe’s most intense rivalries.

WeTalk Ajax socials:

Youtube:

Twitter:

Instagram:

EyeJax socials:

Twitter:

Instagram:

Kein Geloel Socials:

Twitter:

Johan Brinkel:

SOURCES:

MUSIC:

misterE - park bench

Masked man - coupe_90

MUSIC CREDIT - PROFOUND BEATS

BETTER DAYS by LAKEY INSPIRED

► Artist Attribution
Music By: "Low Frequency Music"
Track Name: "Good Day"
Published by: Chill Out Records
Official Low FM YouTube Channel Below :)
License: Low FM @ Chill Out Records
Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Intro: 00:00
AFC Ajax: 01:59
Feyenoord Rotterdam: 05:29
The Rivalry: 12:16
Cruyff, Berghuis & a Battle: 16:13
Outro: 22:51

#AJAFEY #DeKlassieker

[CarlHH]

Cryuff going to Feyenoord is like Messi going to Real Madrid. It's crazy!

[MegaUMU]

The fact that Cruijf went to Feyenoord and win it all helped cementing him as a legend in Dutch Football in general

[orwellianyoutube]

Feyenoord is one of the few old-school traditional football clubs left in North Western Europe with a strong identity of itself and independent. Reminds me of what English football clubs used to be before all the money poured in.

[brendan]

Feyenoord just won the klassieker, and like kokcu said “they think they are the best but we are the ones taking 3 points back home. No words but deeds” which is also the motto of Feyenoord.

[michaelola]

As a Feyenoord supporters, thank you Rabona for posting this roots of the rivalry between Feyenoord Ajax. I have been waiting for so long for this video!

Thank you Rabona🙏

[StolkPhotography]

I migrated to New Zealand 20 years ago... still Feyenoord fan.. always!!! Born in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, the place were all great Feyenoord players lived like Coen Moelijn, Wim Jansen, Willen van Hanegem (de kromme), etc etc

[tianvanlune]

What did he mean "its hard not to love ajax" everybody in the netherlands, except their own fans, hate them

[BrianStorm]

"It's hard not to love Ajax"

Me, a PSV fan: achievement unlocked

[sebastiencrusener]

Ajax has the stats, Feyenoord has the heart

[stanyamish]

When I look at this rivalry, it's a bit like Marseille vs PSG. I'm a Marseillais born and raised and grew up hating PSG. The classique is pretty recent but it has the same animosity as the Klassieker : two cities which hate each other. Paris is like Amsterdam while Marseille is like Rotterdam.
My dad is an Ajax fan and likes Netherlands. I might buy a Feyenoord jersey just to mess with him.

Nice video, I learnt a lot about these cities and clubs.

[hkup]

Completley upping the standard of football youtube. Better than any football journalism I can remember. This is an amazing video Adrian. Truly, Kudos.

[justourfun]

Yes it’s true that Ajax are the most successful club in The Netherlands winning the most titles and trophies, it’s also true that Feyenoord was the first Dutch Club to win The Euro Cup 1 ( now known as the Champions League ) The Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Cup, plus being the first Dutch Club to reach the final of the Conference League. Now to me one of the biggest differences between Ajax and Feyenoord is there fans, while there are of course on both sides diehard supporters who support their teams through and through, there are many so called Ajax “fans” that are only interested the club when things are going well, while Feyenoord fans go even when things are not going well at all . when Feyenoord lost 10-0 against P.S.V Eindhoven in 2010, De Kuip was still sold out for there next competition match, that’s how loyal Feyenoord fans are.

[MichaelTalksFootball]

OH YESSSS! This weekend is a massive game!!

[lizwewadi]

This series truly came back with a bang from South Africa to the Netherlands, love to see it.

[NexuJin]

When I was growing up in and near Amsterdam in the '90, close to where the old stadium De Meer was and the training complex was not far from my school in Diemen. There was always a kid at school that got picked up with the Ajax van to bring them to the training. Something of the old Ajax culture was lost when they moved to The Arena in de Bijlmer.

[SirLANcelt]

you know, about 5 years ago, I started consistently watching Eredivisie.
I got in mostly neutral, since I live very close to Rotterdam, Feyenoord would obviously become a very easy choice but I decided to just give all teams a go before actually "picking" a favourite.
I still ended up with absolutely loving Feyenoord.
The biggest reason being that when I visited a match, I completely fell in love with the atmosphere in the stadium...
It'll probably sound very biased but Feyenoord easily has the best atmosphere during matches in the entire country, and its not even close...
The amount of support from "het legioen" is something you won't see very much.

[carlosluiscano]

I never comment on videos, but man this was really good. Very enjoyable, two guests from both clubs that seem intelligent, and it seems although both clubs dislike each other they respect each other both as dutch representatives.

[ericfurst]

Ernst Happel was a genius and for sure a top 10 coach of all time.

[carlislepanting]

Watching from Belize central america I'm from and thanks for the upload Rabona TV and Adrian and I've always loved the Dutch Eredevise!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿⚽️✨🌍

[theindiancop]

You could have also mentioned how twin brothers Jurrien Timber and Quinten Timber represent Ajax and Feyenoord respectively.
Must be a fun family get together 😅