Ajax 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 27 September 2005

Result

Ajax 1-2 Arsenal

Champions League · Tuesday 27 September 2005, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Ajax 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Ajax were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 27 September 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Fredrik Ljungberg opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Ajax's goal came from Markus Rosenberg (71'). Arsenal scored through Fredrik Ljungberg (2') and Robert Pirès (69', penalty).

Discipline: Ajax received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 0 for Arsenal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Zdenek GrygeraAjax
  • 56'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 61'Yellow card · Steven PienaarAjax
  • 68'Yellow card · Tomas GalasekAjax
  • 68'Yellow card · Hans VonkAjax
  • 69'Penalty goal · Robert PirèsArsenal · 0-2
  • 71'Goal · Markus RosenbergAjax · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · AlmuniaArsenal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Ajax 0, draws 2, Arsenal 0.

Team news

Ajax line-up

Hans Vonk, Zdenek Grygera, Olaf Lindenbergh, Tomas Galasek, Steven Pienaar, Nigel de Jong, Angelos Charisteas, Ryan Babel, Thomas Vermaelen, Urby Emanuelson, Nourdin Boukhari

Arsenal line-up

Almunia, Ashley Cole, Laurén, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Fredrik Ljungberg, Sulzeer Campbell