1960: ajax - feyenoord 5-1
Ajax played one of its most heroic matches in the Eredivisie on 26 May 1960. Ajax and Feyenoord finished tied in points (50) at the end of the 1959-1960 season and had to play a deciding match for the national championship. In the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Ajax won the special Classic with resounding numbers: 5-1. In the fragment, Wim Bleijenberg (with three goals and one assist, the star) and Mister Ajax, Sjaak Swart, can be seen in color.
Find a short comparison and the full colorized clip of the match below.
1964: feyenoord - ajax 9-4
The other colored Classic is the meeting between Feyenoord and Ajax on November 29, 1964. Thanks in part to five goals from Rotterdammer Hans Venneker, Feyenoord booked its biggest victory over Ajax in club history (9-4). In the Rotterdam team, players such as Eddy Pieter Graafland, Hans Kraay, Frans Bouwmeester and Coen Moulijn were in the basic team, while Ajax took office with Bennie Muller, Wim Suurbier, Sjaak Swart and the only 17-year-old Johan Cruijff. The colored images show some of Venneker's goals and more than sixty thousand supporters in a frenzied Kuip. In that season Feyenoord managed to crown itself as national champion for the eighth time in club history.
Find a short comparison and the full colorized clip of the match below.
championship match dos - sc enschede (15-06-1958)
The unique colored images of the championship match of 15 June 1958 in Gofferstadion, Eindhoven, with 38,000 spectators.
Find a short comparison and the full colorized clip of the match below.
For more colorized footage, please find this playlist of Eredivisie's YouTube channel.
In season of 2021 / 2022 The Eredivisie (the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands) celebrates its 65th anniversary by colouring historical archival footage that was recorded in black-and-white in the 60s.
