Manchester United 0-1 CFR Cluj: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012

Result

Manchester United 0-1 CFR Cluj

Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 0-1 CFR Cluj: match report

Manchester United were beaten by CFR Cluj 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Luis Alberto of CFR Cluj in the 56th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; CFR Cluj received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 13th on 12 points from 5 and CFR Cluj 4th on 17 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

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

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-W and CFR Cluj's D-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · CadúCFR Cluj
  • 56'Goal · Luis AlbertoCFR Cluj · 0-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Mário FelgueirasCFR Cluj

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 0, CFR Cluj 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

David de Gea, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Alexander Büttner, Scott Wootton, Wayne Mark Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Tom Cleverley, Nick Powell, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Danny Welbeck

CFR Cluj line-up (4-4-2)

Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Felice Piccolo, Cadu, Ionuţ Alin Rada, Mário Camora, Gabriel Muresan, Luis Alberto, Rui Pedro, Rafael Bastos, Modou Sougou