De Ajax Supporters

De Ajax Supporters (English, The Ajax Supporters) refers to the supporters of Dutch association football club AFC Ajax from Amsterdam. The supporter base of Ajax consists of three organizing bodies. The ABA (Ajax Business Associates), SVA (Supportersvereniging Ajax, English: Supporters club Ajax) and the AFCA Supporters club. The ABA is the governing body for the business associates of the club, The SVA supports the fans of the club who are not a part of the ultra firms, and the AFCA supporters club governs the fanatic and often times radical supporters of the club, of which the F-Side and the VAK410 firms are the most famous. The supporters of Ajax refer to themselves as "Superjews" a term that the supporters adopted after being called Jews by rival clubs. The city of Amsterdam was historically called a Mokum city (Yiddish for safe haven) when Jews were being persecuted across Europe. Supporters from the away clubs would have to cross the historic Jewish neighborhood of Amsterdam to get the former stadium and began to call Ajax supporters Jews as an insult. As a result supporters of the club began to embrace the idea, and started calling themselves Superjews adopting Jewish imagery at matches. The hardcore of Ajax is often seen as being very fanatic and can also become very vioklent at times. Especially when confronted with Het Legioen the supporters of archrivals Feyenoord from Rotterdam.