0
friendly matches
Gate receipts
European Cup
Premiums
European Cup
-
-
Season tickets
Business seats and
skybox seats
Indirect income
from matches
Total
of the co-operation with Umbro regarding Ajax sports articles and the expansion and
inhouse developing of the other merchandising activities.
Details on the different turnover figures are found below.
Net turnover Football activities
NLG 'ooo 01/07/97- 96/97 95/96 94/95
31/12/97
Gate receipts league,
Amstel Cup and
4,131
14.0
5,154
7.6
3,972
8-5
5,672
12.9
5,285
17.9
12,658
18.7
12,375
26.5
9,732
22.2
15,563
23.0
22,123
47-4
21,150
48.2
10,965
37-1
17,427
25-7
4,299
9.2
3,913
8.9
8,437
28.6
15,640
23.0
2,300
4-9
2,300
5-2
724
2.4
1,369
2.0
1,650
3-5
1,154
2.6
29,542
100
67,811
100
46,719
100
43,921
100
Net turnover from football activities in the past three full financial years increased by 54.4%
to NLG 67.8 million. This increase is mainly determined by gate receipts from European cup
matches, players' premiums from European cup matches, season ticket sales and sales of
business seats and sky box seats for definite periods. Gate receipts are the tickets sold for
Ajax matches. Premiums European Cup are the premiums paid on the basis of participation
and success in the Champions League. Season tickets, business seats and sky box seats are
the seats which are sold for at least one year.
The main factors on which the increase of net turnover has been based are the successes
in football and the move to the ArenA.
The successes have mainly determined turnover from European Cup gate receipts and
turnover from European Cup premiums. In the financial year 1994/1995 the Champions
League was won. This implies that 5 home matches were played against renowned
European clubs, as well as a final on neutral territory from which Ajax received part of the
gate receipts. The same number of matches was played in the Champions League in
1995/1996 financial year (the only difference was that the final was lost), while two
matches were played for the European Super Cup and one for the World Cup for club
teams. The financial year 1996/1997 gave an almost identical turnover from European Cup
gate receipts because the one match which was played less (Ajax reached the semi final)
was compensated for by the higher average price level of the seats in the ArenA.
The European Cup premiums consist of a starting premium and a part which is directly
related to the performance in the Champions League. The other European Cup
tournaments do not pay out premiums. In the 1994/1995 financial year, these premiums
accounted for 48.2% of the total turnover from football activities. As a result of an
improved performance in the first round matches, the European Cup premiums increased
slightly in 1995/1996. As Ajax played one less match while showing a declined performance
in the first round matches, turnover from European Cup premiums declined in 1996/1997.
The move to the ArenA in July 1996 led to an explosive increase of turnover from season
tickets as well as turnover from business seats and sky box seats.
In the financial years 1994/1995 and 1995/1996, the number of season tickets sold
remained almost the same as a result of the limited capacity of the 'De Meer' stadium
Oust over 18,000 seats). During these years, 15,084 and 15,276 season tickets were sold,
respectively. The larger capacity of the ArenA (total capacity: over 50,000) was mainly used
for an increased number of season tickets sold. The number of season tickets sold in the
financial year 1996/1997 was 39,697, excluding business seats and sky box seats.
