The draft agenda for the General Members Meeting of December 3, 2025 shows in neat terms that Van Dord is done with all political games within the club. ‘The past few years have been quite intensive for him, primarily because of all the politics at Ajax. Pim would much rather be committed to football within Ajax. In any case, the Board of Directors will include Pim in the pool of Ambassadors who represent the association at matches of Ajax 1, the Ajax Women, Jong Ajax and the Saturday 1′, it reads.
Asked for an explanation, Van Dord chooses to remain silent for the time being. “I don’t want to say anything about it now, because it’s all still very fresh. I may do that at a later stage,” says Van Dord.
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Real Ajax player leaves again
In any case, it is clear that another real Ajax player is leaving with the beloved Van Dord. Van Dord was a physiotherapist for the first team between 1985 and 2020 and played 174 games as a defender at Ajax 1 between 1973 and 1980 and three times for the Olympic team. At the age of 27, he was forced to end his career due to an injury. As a physiotherapist, he was also part of the staff of national coach Frank Rijkaard during the European Championships in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2000.
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The board now consists of chairman Ernst Boekhorst, John Busink, Marjon Eijlers, Giovanni Fränkel, Edo Ophof, Christian Visser and René Zegerius. Van Dord’s successor will take some time. ‘The board will carefully evaluate this specific role before posting a new vacancy. We will of course take into account the lessons learned,” the board writes.
