Manchester United 1-2 Ajax: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 23 February 2012

Result

Manchester United 1-2 Ajax

Europa League · Thursday 23 February 2012, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 1-2 Ajax: match report

Manchester United lost to Ajax 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 February 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Chicharito opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Chicharito (6'). Ajax scored through Aras Özbiliz (37') and Toby Alderweireld (87').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 1 yellow card.

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

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ajax in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Ajax.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · ChicharitoManchester United · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · RafaelManchester United
  • 37'Goal · Aras ÖzbilizAjax · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Siem de JongAjax
  • 87'Goal · Toby AlderweireldAjax · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 0, Ajax 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

David de Gea, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Fábio, Rafael, Park Ji-Sung, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Tom Cleverley

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Kenneth Vermeer, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Ricardo van Rhijn, Dico Koppers, Vurnon Anita, Christian Eriksen, Siem de Jong, Nicolás Lodeiro, Aras Özbiliz, Miralem Sulejmani