Uefa Europa League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

Manchester United FC (first leg: 2-0) AFC Ajax Matchday 8 - Round of 32, second leg Old Trafford, Manchester Thursday 23 February 2012 21.05CET (20.05 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 4 Team facts...... 6 Squad list...... 8 Fixtures and results...... 10 Match-by-match lineups...... 14 Match officials...... 16 Legend...... 17

This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Manchester United FC - AFC Ajax Thursday 23 February 2012 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Old Trafford, Manchester Previous meetings

Head to Head

UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/02/12 R32 AFC Ajax - Manchester United FC 0-2 Amsterdam Young 59, Hernández 85

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/76 R1 Manchester United FC - AFC Ajax 2-0 Manchester Macari 42, McIlroy 65 agg: 2-1 15/09/76 R1 AFC Ajax - Manchester United FC 1-0 Amsterdam Krol 42

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester United FC 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 1 AFC Ajax 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 4

Manchester United FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/10/00 GS Manchester United FC - PSV Eindhoven 3-1 Manchester Sheringham 8, Scholes 82, Yorke 87; Van Bommel 76 26/09/00 GS PSV Eindhoven - Manchester United FC 3-1 Eindhoven Bouma 17, Van Bommel 38, Kežman 63; Scholes 3(p) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/97 GS Feyenoord - Manchester United FC 1-3 Rotterdam Korneev 86; Cole 30, 43, 73 22/10/97 GS Manchester United FC - Feyenoord 2-1 Manchester Scholes 32, Irwin 72(p); Vos 82 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/84 R2 Manchester United FC - PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Manchester Strachan 97 ET agg 1-0 (aet) 24/10/84 R2 PSV Eindhoven - Manchester United FC 0-0 Eindhoven UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/10/63 PR Manchester United FC - Willem II 6-1 Manchester Setters 7, Law 12, 19, 70, Charlton 63, agg: 7-2 Chisnall 68; Cantwell 36(og) 25/09/63 PR Willem II - Manchester United FC 1-1 Rotterdam Louer 9; Herd 11

AFC Ajax - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/08 GS Aston Villa FC - AFC Ajax 2-1 Birmingham Laursen 8, Barry 45; Vermaelen 22 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/05 GS Arsenal FC - AFC Ajax 0-0 London 27/09/05 GS AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 1-2 Amsterdam Rosenberg 71; Ljungberg 2, Pirès 69(p) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/02/03 2ndGS AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 0-0 Amsterdam 18/02/03 2ndGS Arsenal FC - AFC Ajax 1-1 London Wiltord 5; N. De Jong 17

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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/81 R1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - AFC Ajax 3-0 London Galvin 69, Falco 76, Ardiles 82 agg: 6-1 16/09/81 R1 AFC Ajax - Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-3 Amsterdam Lerby 57; Hoddle 19, Falco 35, Villa 57 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/04/80 SF AFC Ajax - Nottingham Forest FC 1-0 Amsterdam Lerby 65 agg: 1-2 09/04/80 SF Nottingham Forest FC - AFC Ajax 2-0 Nottingham Francis 33, Robertson 60(p) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/10/74 R1 AFC Ajax - Stoke City FC 0-0 Amsterdam agg: 1-1 ag 18/09/74 R1 Stoke City FC - AFC Ajax 1-1 Stoke-on-Trent Smith 78; Krol 27 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/03/72 QF Arsenal FC - AFC Ajax 0-1 London Graham 16(og) agg: 1-3 08/03/72 QF AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 2-1 Amsterdam Mühren 27, 74(p); Kennedy 15 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/12/66 R2 Liverpool FC - AFC Ajax 2-2 Liverpool Hunt 60, 85; Cruyff 50, 70 agg: 3-7 07/12/66 R2 AFC Ajax - Liverpool FC 5-1 Amsterdam De Wolf 3, Cruyff 16, Nuninga 38, 42, Groot 76; Lawler 89

Record versus clubs from opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester United FC 5 5 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 7 2 2 21 9 AFC Ajax 9 4 2 3 9 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 5 6 7 17 22

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Two of European football's most famous names meet in a UEFA Europa League round of 32 decider, with Manchester United FC 2-0 up from the away leg of their tie against AFC Ajax. • Ashley Young (59) and Javier Hernández (85) struck at the Amsterdam ArenA as United claimed their biggest away win in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. Previous meetings • Prior to this season, the teams had met once before in UEFA competition, Tommy Docherty's United prevailing 2-1 on aggregate against Tomislav Ivić's Ajax in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup first round. Ruud Krol scored the only goal in Amsterdam, but Lou Macari and Sammy McIlroy turned the tie around at Old Trafford. • The teams for that second leg in Manchester on 29 September 1976 were: United: Stepney, Nicholl, Houston, Daly (Albiston 60), Greenhoff, Buchan, Coppell, McIlroy, McCreery, Macari, Hill (Paterson 70). Ajax: Schrijvers, Van Dord, Gluić, Dusbaba, Krol, Notten, Hulshoff, Geels, Erkens, Arnesen (Meijer 70), Ling. Match background • Ajax have won all three of Europe's top club trophies – the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. United, missing the middle prize, could complete the clean sweep themselves by winning this competition. • United's record against Dutch teams reads W7 D2 L2 (W5 D0 L0 at home). • Ajax's record in 18 games against English sides is W5 D6 L7 (W1 D4 L4 away). • United are absent from the UEFA Champions League round of 16 for the first time since 2005/06. Their last taste of this competition came when losing to SC Rotor Volgograd on away goals in the 1995/96 first round. • Going into the first leg, all four of United's UEFA Cup games under Sir Alex Ferguson had ended in draws: two 0-0s followed by a shoot-out defeat against FC Torpedo Moskva in 1992/93, and a 0-0 and a 2-2 against Rotor two years later. • Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are the only current United players to have represented the club in the UEFA Cup, featuring in both Rotor fixtures. • The Amsterdam club have not won in eight matches against English opposition (three draws, five defeats). Their last victory was against Nottingham Forest FC in the 1980/81 European Cup semi-finals, although the 1-0 scoreline still spelled aggregate defeat for Ajax. • Ajax are in the last 32 for the fourth season running. They beat ACF Fiorentina in 2008/09, but bowed out in the next round; in 2009/10 they lost to Juventus while last term they overcame RSC Anderlecht, but fell to FC Spartak Moskva at the next hurdle. • Ajax have not reached the last eight of a UEFA competition since 2002/03, when they lost to AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Team facts • Nicolai Boilesen and Christian Eriksen are Denmark colleagues of Anders Lindegaard. • André Ooijer and Ji-Sung Park were team-mates at PSV Eindhoven from 2002 to 2005, winning Dutch titles together in 2002/03 and 2004/05. • Frank de Boer won five Dutch titles, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League as a defender at Ajax, and the 1998/99 Spanish league with FC Barcelona. Capped 112 times by the Netherlands, he won his first title as a coach with Ajax last season. • Sir Alex has now been United manager for 25 years, leading the club to their record 19th English title last season. Now 70, he won three Scottish titles and the 1982/83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Aberdeen FC before coming to Old Trafford, where his haul includes 12 league crowns, a second UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Champions League triumphs. • De Boer and Sir Alex were both players at Rangers FC; Sir Alex represented his home-town club from 1967 to 1969 while De Boer played at Ibrox in 2004. Round of 16

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• The winners will take FC Lokomotiv Moskva or Athletic Club in the round of 16 on 8 and 15 March, playing the first leg at home. • Ajax have never met Lokomotiv but faced Athletic in the 1978/79 UEFA Cup first round, recovering from a 2-0 away defeat with a 3-0 home win. • United have not played Lokomotiv either, but eliminated Athletic in the 1956/57 European Cup quarter-finals, losing 5-3 in Bilbao but prevailing 3-0 at home. Competition statistics • An updated version of the UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook is available here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1750416.html

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Manchester United FC Formed: 1878 Nickname: The Red Devils UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (3): 1968, 1999, 2008, (2009), (2011) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1991 • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991, (1999), (2008) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 19 (2011) FA Cup: 11 (2004) League Cup: 4 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2009/10: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2008/09: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2007/08: UEFA Champions League winners 2006/07: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2005/06: UEFA Champions League group stage 2004/05: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2003/04: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2002/03: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2001/02: UEFA Champions League semi-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: Manchester United v RSC Anderlecht 26/09/56, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Shamrock Rovers FC v Manchester United 25/09/57, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: twice, most recently v RC Deportivo La Coruña 17/10/01, UEFA Champions League first group stage 0-1: on six occasions, most recently v Beşiktaş JK 25/11/09, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Sporting Clube de Portugal v Manchester United 18/03/64, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 0-3: Manchester United v Győri ETO FC 19/09/84, first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-2: AFC Ajax v Manchester United 16/02/12, round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat none • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Juventus v Manchester United 03/11/76, second round second leg

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AFC Ajax Formed: 1900 Nickname: Godenzonen (Sons of the Gods) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs Cup (4): (1969), 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995, (1996) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1987, (1988) • UEFA Cup (1): 1992 • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1973, (1987), 1995 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 30 (2011) Dutch Cup: 18 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2004/05: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Champions League group stage 2002/03: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2001/02: second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-8: HJK Helsinki v Ajax 19/09/79, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Ajax v Real Madrid CF 23/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München v Ajax 22/10/80, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg 4-0: on three occasions, most recently v FC Bayern München 28/09/04 UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 14-0: Ajax v FA Red Boys Differdange (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: KAA Gent v Ajax 12/09/00, first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Ajax v Real Madrid CF (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Budapest Honvéd FC v Ajax 22/11/78, third round first leg 3-0 on three occasions, most recently v FC Spartak Moskva 17/03/11, round of 16 second leg

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Manchester United FC

Current season All-time UCL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 David de Gea ESP 07/11/90 21 - 4 - 1 - 16 - 14 - 20 - 29 Tomasz Kuszczak POL 20/03/82 29 ------11 - 34 Anders Lindegaard DEN 13/04/84 27 - 2 - - - 8 - - - 6 - 40 Ben Amos ENG 10/04/90 21 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 50 Sam Johnstone ENG 25/03/93 18 ------Defenders 3 Patrice Evra FRA 15/05/81 30 - 5 - - - 24 - 5 - 82 1 4 Phil Jones ENG 21/02/92 20 - 6 1 1 - 19 1 1 - 7 1 5 Rio Ferdinand ENG 07/11/78 33 - 4 - 1 - 17 - 11 - 103 2 6 Jonny Evans NIR 03/01/88 24 - 4 - 1 - 18 - 1 - 20 - 12 Chris Smalling ENG 22/11/89 22 - 4 - - - 14 1 4 - 17 - 15 Nemanja Vidić SRB 21/10/81 30 - 2 - - - 6 - 8 2 59 6 20 Fabio BRA 09/07/90 21 - 5 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 15 - 21 Rafael BRA 09/07/90 21 - - - - - 5 - - - 15 - 30 Ritchie De Laet BEL 28/11/88 23 ------36 Marnick Vermijl BEL 13/01/92 20 ------38 Michael Keane IRL 11/01/93 19 ------44 Sean McGinty ENG 11/08/93 18 ------51 Ezekiel Fryers ENG 09/09/92 19 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - Midfielders 8 Anderson BRA 13/04/88 23 - 3 - - - 10 2 - - 36 3 11 Ryan Giggs WAL 29/11/73 38 - 3 1 - - 17 1 3 - 145 30 13 Park Ji-Sung KOR 25/02/81 30 - 4 - - - 15 2 5 - 63 5 16 Michael Carrick ENG 28/07/81 30 - 4 - 1 - 17 2 1 - 58 3 17 Nani POR 17/11/86 25 - 6 - 1 - 22 6 2 - 54 4 18 Ashley Young ENG 09/07/85 26 - 3 1 1 1 14 2 6 1 15 4 22 Paul Scholes ENG 16/11/74 37 - - - 1 - 5 1 3 1 134 26 23 Tom Cleverley ENG 12/08/89 22 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 24 Darren Fletcher SCO 01/02/84 28 - 2 1 - - 8 1 - - 60 3 25 Antonio Valencia ECU 04/08/85 26 - 5 1 1 - 17 2 1 - 22 4 42 Paul Pogba FRA 15/03/93 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 43 Matthew James ENG 22/07/91 20 ------45 Davide Petrucci ITA 05/10/91 20 ------52 Larnell Cole ENG 09/03/93 18 ------Forwards 7 Michael Owen ENG 14/12/79 32 - 1 - - - 1 - 33 12 64 27 9 Dimitar Berbatov BUL 30/01/81 31 - 3 1 - - 10 7 22 12 78 33 10 Wayne Rooney ENG 24/10/85 26 - 4 2 1 - 22 17 1 - 69 27 14 Javier Hernández MEX 01/06/88 23 - 4 - 1 1 20 8 1 1 14 5 19 Danny Welbeck ENG 26/11/90 21 - 2 2 1 - 19 6 1 - 5 2 48 William Keane ENG 11/01/93 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Coach - Sir Alex Ferguson SCO 31/12/41 70 - 6 - 1 - - - 12 - 258 -

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AFC Ajax

Current season All-time UCL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kenneth Vermeer NED 10/01/86 26 - 6 - 1 - 22 - 10 - 16 - 22 Jasper Cillessen NED 22/04/89 22 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 30 Jeroen Verhoeven NED 30/04/80 31 ------2 - 2 - 36 Warner Hahn NED 15/06/92 19 ------Defenders 2 Gregory van der Wiel NED 03/02/88 24 - 6 1 - - 13 1 23 - 41 1 3 Toby Alderweireld BEL 02/03/89 22 - 5 - 1 - 18 1 15 1 29 3 4 Jan Vertonghen BEL 24/04/87 24 - 6 - 1 - 19 4 22 1 41 2 5 Vurnon Anita NED 04/04/89 22 - 6 - 1 - 22 - 14 - 27 - 13 André Ooijer NED 11/07/74 37 - - - - - 5 1 28 1 80 7 15 Nicolai Boilesen DEN 16/02/92 20 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 17 Daley Blind NED 09/03/90 21 - 2 - - - 11 - 5 - 7 - 31 Ruben Ligeon NED 24/05/92 19 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 32 Stefano Denswil NED 07/05/93 18 ------33 Joeri de Kamps NED 10/02/92 20 ------34 Ricardo van Rhijn NED 13/06/91 20 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 42 Dico Koppers NED 31/01/92 20 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - Midfielders 6 Eyong Enoh CMR 23/03/86 25 * 5 - - - 16 - 16 1 32 1 8 Christian Eriksen DEN 14/02/92 20 - 6 1 1 - 22 5 7 1 21 2 10 Siem de Jong NED 28/01/89 23 - 4 1 1 - 17 3 14 - 29 3 16 Theo Janssen NED 27/07/81 30 - 6 - - - 19 5 32 2 49 4 18 Nicolás Lodeiro URU 21/03/89 22 - 4 1 - - 11 2 - - 4 1 25 Thulani Serero RSA 11/04/90 21 - 1 - - - 7 - - - 1 - 28 Ismaïl Aissati MAR 16/08/88 23 - - - 1 - 5 - 6 - 20 - 29 Mats Rits BEL 18/07/93 18 ------Forwards 7 Miralem Sulejmani SRB 05/12/88 23 - 6 1 1 - 20 11 22 5 40 6 9 Kolbeinn Sigthórsson ISL 14/03/90 21 - 2 - - - 8 5 6 3 11 3 11 Lorenzo Ebecilio NED 24/09/91 20 - 5 - - - 13 1 4 - 9 - 19 Dmitri Bulykin RUS 20/11/79 32 - 3 - 1 - 14 8 16 4 32 10 21 Derk Boerrigter NED 16/10/86 25 - 4 1 - - 13 4 - - 4 1 23 Aras Özbiliz NED 09/03/90 21 - - - 1 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 24 Mounir El Hamdaoui MAR 14/07/84 27 ------5 1 17 4 35 Viktor Fischer DEN 09/06/94 17 ------37 Jody Lukoki NED 15/11/92 19 - 2 - 1 - 2 1 1 - 3 - 38 Yener Arica NED 28/02/92 19 ------39 Davy Klaassen NED 21/02/93 19 - 2 - - - 4 1 - - 2 - 41 Lesley de Sa NED 02/04/93 18 ------Coach - Frank De Boer NED 15/05/70 41 - 6 - 1 - - - 5 - 12 -

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Manchester United FC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 14/08/11 League West Bromwich Albion FC (A) W 2-1 Rooney 13, Reid 81 (og) 22/08/11 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) W 3-0 Welbeck 61, Anderson 76, Rooney 87 28/08/11 League Arsenal FC (H) W 8-2 Welbeck 22, Young 28, 90+1, Rooney 41, 64, 82 (p), Nani 67, Park Ji-Sung 70 10/09/11 League Bolton Wanderers FC (A) W 5-0 Hernández 5, 58, Rooney 20, 25, 68 14/09/11 UCL SL Benfica (A) D 1-1 Giggs 42 18/09/11 League Chelsea FC (H) W 3-1 Smalling 8, Nani 37, Rooney 45 20/09/11 Cup Leeds United AFC (A) W 3-0 Owen 15, 32, Giggs 45+1 24/09/11 League Stoke City FC (A) D 1-1 Nani 27 27/09/11 UCL FC Basel 1893 (H) D 3-3 Welbeck 16, 17, Young 90 01/10/11 League Norwich City FC (H) W 2-0 Anderson 68, Welbeck 87 15/10/11 League Liverpool FC (A) D 1-1 Hernández 81 18/10/11 UCL FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) W 2-0 Rooney 64 (p), 90+2 (p) 23/10/11 League Manchester City FC (H) L 1-6 D. Fletcher 81 25/10/11 Cup Aldershot Town FC (A) W 3-0 Berbatov 15, Owen 41, Valencia 48 29/10/11 League Everton FC (A) W 1-0 Hernández 19 02/11/11 UCL FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) W 2-0 Valencia 8, Sârghi 88 (og) 05/11/11 League Sunderland AFC (H) W 1-0 Brown 45+1 (og) 19/11/11 League Swansea City AFC (A) W 1-0 Hernández 11 22/11/11 UCL SL Benfica (H) D 2-2 Berbatov 30, D. Fletcher 59 26/11/11 League Newcastle United FC (H) D 1-1 Hernández 49 30/11/11 Cup Crystal Palace FC (H) L 1-2 aet Macheda 69 (p) 03/12/11 League Aston Villa FC (A) W 1-0 Jones 20 07/12/11 UCL FC Basel 1893 (A) L 1-2 Jones 89 10/12/11 League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (H) W 4-1 Nani 17, 56, Rooney 27, 62 18/12/11 League Queens Park Rangers FC (A) W 2-0 Rooney 1, Carrick 56 21/12/11 League Fulham FC (A) W 5-0 Welbeck 5, Nani 28, Giggs 43, Rooney 88, Berbatov 90 26/12/11 League Wigan Athletic FC (H) W 5-0 Park Ji-Sung 8, Berbatov 41, 58, 78 (p), Valencia 75 31/12/11 League Blackburn Rovers FC (H) L 2-3 Berbatov 52, 62 04/01/12 League Newcastle United FC (A) L 0-3 08/01/12 Cup Manchester City FC (A) W 3-2 Rooney 10, 40, Welbeck 30 14/01/12 League Bolton Wanderers FC (H) W 3-0 Scholes 45+1, Welbeck 74, Carrick 83 22/01/12 League Arsenal FC (A) W 2-1 Valencia 45+1, Welbeck 81 28/01/12 Cup Liverpool FC (A) L 1-2 Park Ji-Sung 39 31/01/12 League Stoke City FC (H) W 2-0 Hernández 38 (p), Berbatov 53 (p) 05/02/12 League Chelsea FC (A) D 3-3 Rooney 58 (p), 69 (p), Hernández 84 11/02/12 League Liverpool FC (H) W 2-1 Rooney 47, 50 16/02/12 UEL AFC Ajax (A) W 2-0 Young 59, Hernández 85 23/02/12 UEL AFC Ajax (H) 26/02/12 League Norwich City FC (A) 04/03/12 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) 10/03/12 League West Bromwich Albion FC (H) 18/03/12 League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (A) 26/03/12 League Fulham FC (H) 02/04/12 League Blackburn Rovers FC (A) 07/04/12 League Queens Park Rangers FC (H) 09/04/12 League Wigan Athletic FC (A) 14/04/12 League Aston Villa FC (H) 21/04/12 League Everton FC (H) 28/04/12 League Manchester City FC (A) 05/05/12 League Swansea City AFC (H) 13/05/12 League Sunderland AFC (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Manchester City FC 25 19 3 3 64 19 60 2 Manchester United FC 25 18 4 3 61 25 58 3 Tottenham Hotspur FC 25 16 5 4 49 25 53 4 Arsenal FC 25 13 4 8 48 35 43 5 Chelsea FC 25 12 7 6 44 31 43 6 Newcastle United FC 25 12 6 7 36 36 42 7 Liverpool FC 25 10 9 6 29 23 39 8 Norwich City FC 25 9 8 8 37 41 35 9 Sunderland AFC 25 9 6 10 34 26 33 10 Everton FC 25 9 6 10 26 27 33 11 Swansea City AFC 25 7 9 9 28 32 30 12 Fulham FC 25 7 9 9 31 36 30 13 Stoke City FC 25 8 6 11 24 38 30 14 West Bromwich Albion FC 25 8 5 12 29 35 29 15 Aston Villa FC 25 6 10 9 29 34 28 16 Queens Park Rangers FC 25 5 6 14 27 44 21 17 Blackburn Rovers FC 25 5 6 14 37 56 21 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 25 5 6 14 28 49 21 19 Bolton Wanderers FC 25 6 2 17 29 51 20 20 Wigan Athletic FC 25 4 7 14 23 50 19

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AFC Ajax

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 07/08/11 League De Graafschap (A) W 4-1 Sulejmani 22, 62, Boerrigter 31, Janssen 65 14/08/11 League sc Heerenveen (H) W 5-1 Sigthórsson 37, Alderweireld 42, Boerrigter 51, Sulejmani 75, Van der Wiel 90+3 21/08/11 League VVV-Venlo (A) D 2-2 Janssen 68, Sigthórsson 69 26/08/11 League Vitesse (H) W 4-1 Eriksen 53, Boerrigter 62, Sigthórsson 63, 70 10/09/11 League Heracles Almelo (A) W 3-2 S. De Jong 45+2, 64, Sulejmani 81 14/09/11 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (H) D 0-0 18/09/11 League PSV Eindhoven (A) D 2-2 Sigthórsson 45+4, Bulykin 79 21/09/11 Cup VV Noordwijk (A) W 3-1 S. De Jong 38, Bulykin 56, De Sa 61 24/09/11 League FC Twente (H) D 1-1 Sulejmani 10 27/09/11 UCL Real Madrid CF (A) L 0-3 02/10/11 League FC Groningen (A) L 0-1 15/10/11 League AZ Alkmaar (H) D 2-2 Sulejmani 47 (p), Janssen 82 18/10/11 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (A) W 2-0 Boerrigter 49, Eriksen 90 23/10/11 League Feyenoord (H) D 1-1 Vertonghen 67 26/10/11 Cup Roda JC (A) W 4-2 Vertonghen 4, 88, Boerrigter 63, 72 29/10/11 League Roda JC (A) W 4-0 Eriksen 6, Janssen 50, Lukoki 57, Ebecilio 85 02/11/11 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (H) W 4-0 Van der Wiel 20, Sulejmani 25, S. De Jong 65, Lodeiro 90+2 06/11/11 League FC Utrecht (A) L 4-6 Bulykin 8, 41, Ooijer 32, Eriksen 72 19/11/11 League NAC Breda (H) D 2-2 Sulejmani 36, Boerrigter 84 22/11/11 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (A) D 0-0 27/11/11 League NEC Nijmegen (A) W 3-0 Sulejmani 53, 78, Klaassen 82 03/12/11 League SBV Excelsior (H) W 4-1 Vertonghen 11, 38, Sulejmani 63 (p), Lodeiro 67 07/12/11 UCL Real Madrid CF (H) L 0-3 11/12/11 League RKC Waalwijk (A) W 1-0 Ramos 42 (og) 18/12/11 League ADO Den Haag (H) W 4-0 Eriksen 19, Janssen 58, Bulykin 79, Sulejmani 85 19/01/12 Cup AZ Alkmaar (H) L 2-3 S. De Jong 10, 37 22/01/12 League AZ Alkmaar (A) D 1-1 Poulsen 75 (og) 29/01/12 League Feyenoord (A) L 2-4 Eriksen 18, Bulykin 80 05/02/12 League FC Utrecht (H) L 0-2 11/02/12 League NAC Breda (A) W 2-0 Bulykin 68, Lodeiro 89 16/02/12 UEL Manchester United FC (H) L 0-2 19/02/12 League NEC Nijmegen (H) W 4-1 Bulykin 5, 27, Vertonghen 8, S. De Jong 57 23/02/12 UEL Manchester United FC (A) 26/02/12 League SBV Excelsior (A) 04/03/12 League Roda JC (H) 11/03/12 League RKC Waalwijk (H) 18/03/12 League ADO Den Haag (A) 25/03/12 League PSV Eindhoven (H) 01/04/12 League Heracles Almelo (H) 10/04/12 League sc Heerenveen (A) 15/04/12 League De Graafschap (H) 22/04/12 League FC Groningen (H) 29/04/12 League FC Twente (A) 02/05/12 League VVV-Venlo (H) 06/05/12 League Vitesse (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 PSV Eindhoven 22 13 6 3 57 26 45 2 AZ Alkmaar 22 14 3 5 45 21 45 3 sc Heerenveen 22 12 7 3 49 31 43 4 FC Twente 21 12 6 3 58 23 42 5 Feyenoord 22 12 5 5 45 28 41 6 AFC Ajax 22 11 7 4 55 31 40 7 Vitesse 22 9 5 8 27 27 32 8 FC Groningen 22 9 5 8 35 38 32 9 Roda JC 22 10 1 11 39 47 31 10 Heracles Almelo 22 8 6 8 37 31 30 11 FC Utrecht 22 6 7 9 35 39 25 12 RKC Waalwijk 22 7 4 11 25 35 25 13 ADO Den Haag 22 6 6 10 27 44 24 14 NEC Nijmegen 22 7 2 13 21 34 23 15 NAC Breda 22 6 4 12 25 36 22 16 VVV-Venlo 22 5 4 13 25 51 19 17 SBV Excelsior 22 3 6 13 16 48 15 18 De Graafschap 21 3 4 14 19 50 13

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Manchester United FC UEFA Champions League - Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts SL Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 12 FC Basel 1893 6 3 2 1 11 10 11 Manchester United FC 6 2 3 1 11 8 9 FC Oţelul Galaţi 6 0 0 6 3 11 0

Matchday 1 (14/09/11) Benfica 1-1 Man. United Goals: 1-0 Óscar Cardozo 24, 1-1 Giggs 42 Manchester United FC: Lindegaard, Evra, J. Evans, Rooney, Giggs, Smalling, Park Ji-Sung, Carrick, Fabio (Jones 78), D. Fletcher (Hernández 69), Valencia (Nani 69)

Matchday 2 (27/09/11) Man. United 3-3 Basel Goals: 1-0 Welbeck 16, 2-0 Welbeck 17, 2-1 F. Frei 58, 2-2 A. Frei 61, 2-3 A. Frei 76(pen), 3-3 Young 90 Manchester United FC: De Gea, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Anderson (Berbatov 82), Giggs (Park Ji-Sung 61), Carrick, Young, Welbeck, Fabio (Nani 69), Valencia

Matchday 3 (18/10/11) Oţelul Galaţi 0-2 Man. United Goals: 0-1 Rooney 64(pen), 0-2 Rooney 90+2(pen) Manchester United FC: Lindegaard, Evra, Anderson, Rooney, Smalling, Hernández, Vidić, Carrick, Nani, Fabio (Jones 76), Valencia (J. Evans 71)

Matchday 4 (02/11/11) Man. United 2-0 Oţelul Galaţi Goals: 1-0 Valencia 8, 2-0 Sârghi 88(o.g.) Manchester United FC: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, J. Evans (Fryers 89), Owen (Hernández 11), Anderson (Park Ji-Sung 80), Berbatov, Rooney, Nani, Fabio, Valencia

Matchday 5 (22/11/11) Man. United 2-2 Benfica Goals: 0-1 Jones 3(o.g.), 1-1 Berbatov 30, 2-1 D. Fletcher 59, 2-2 Aimar 61 Manchester United FC: De Gea, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Berbatov, Carrick, Nani, Young, Fabio (Smalling 82), D. Fletcher, Valencia (Hernández 80)

Matchday 6 (07/12/11) Basel 2-1 Man. United Goals: 1-0 Streller 9, 2-0 A. Frei 84, 2-1 Jones 89 Manchester United FC: De Gea, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Rooney, Giggs, Smalling, Park Ji-Sung (Macheda 82), Vidić (J. Evans 44), Nani, Young (Welbeck 64) UEFA Europa League - Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Ajax 0-2 Man. United Goals: 0-1 Young 59, 0-2 Hernández 85 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Sulejmani, Eriksen, S. De Jong, Bulykin (Van Rhijn 60), Özbiliz (Lukoki 80), Aissati, Koppers (Boilesen 63) Manchester United FC: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, J. Evans, Rooney, Hernández, Carrick, Nani, Young (Valencia 75; Welbeck 86), Fabio, Cleverley (Scholes 60)

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AFC Ajax UEFA Champions League - Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Real Madrid CF 6 6 0 0 19 2 18 Olympique Lyonnais 6 2 2 2 9 7 8 AFC Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 6 8 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 6 3 22 0

Matchday 1 (14/09/11) Ajax 0-0 Lyon AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sulejmani (Ebecilio 85), Eriksen, Sigthórsson (Bulykin 81), S. De Jong, Boilesen, Janssen (Anita 70), Boerrigter

Matchday 2 (27/09/11) Real Madrid 3-0 Ajax Goals: 1-0 Cristiano Ronaldo 25, 2-0 Kaká 41, 3-0 Benzema 49 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Sulejmani (Ebecilio 71), Eriksen, Sigthórsson, S. De Jong, Janssen (Enoh 51), Boerrigter (Serero 83)

Matchday 3 (18/10/11) Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax Goals: 0-1 Boerrigter 49, 0-2 Eriksen 90 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani, Eriksen (Lodeiro 90+3), S. De Jong, Janssen, Boerrigter (Bulykin 70)

Matchday 4 (02/11/11) Ajax 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb Goals: 1-0 Van der Wiel 20, 2-0 Sulejmani 25, 3-0 S. De Jong 65, 4-0 Lodeiro 90+2 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani (Lukoki 72), Eriksen (Lodeiro 80), S. De Jong, Janssen, Boerrigter (Ebecilio 77)

Matchday 5 (22/11/11) Lyon 0-0 Ajax AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel (Blind 67), Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani, Eriksen, Ebecilio (Klaassen 85), Janssen, Lodeiro (Lukoki 89)

Matchday 6 (07/12/11) Ajax 0-3 Real Madrid Goals: 0-1 José Callejón 14, 0-2 Higuaín 41, 0-3 José Callejón 90+2 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Van der Wiel, Vertonghen, Anita, Enoh, Sulejmani, Eriksen, Ebecilio, Janssen (Klaassen 76), Blind, Lodeiro (Bulykin 74) UEFA Europa League - Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Ajax 0-2 Man. United Goals: 0-1 Young 59, 0-2 Hernández 85 AFC Ajax: Vermeer, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Anita, Sulejmani, Eriksen, S. De Jong, Bulykin (Van Rhijn 60), Özbiliz (Lukoki 80), Aissati, Koppers (Boilesen 63) Manchester United FC: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, J. Evans, Rooney, Hernández, Carrick, Nani, Young (Valencia 75; Welbeck 86), Fabio, Cleverley (Scholes 60)

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Referee Damir Skomina (SVN) Assistant referees Primož Arhar (SVN), Matej Žunič (SVN) Additional assistant referees Matej Jug (SVN), Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Fourth official Roberto Ponis (SVN) UEFA Delegate Trygve Bornø (NOR) UEFA Referee observer Leif Sundell (SWE) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League UEFA matches matches Damir Skomina 05/08/1976 10 69 UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 19/10/06 UCUP GS CA Osasuna sc Heerenveen 0-0 Pamplona 06/12/07 UCUP GS RSC Anderlecht Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-1 Brussels 01/04/10 UCUP QF Fulham FC VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 London Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 14/05/03 U17 SF Portugal England 2-2 Viseu 20/05/04 U19 QR2 Hungary Netherlands 1-0 Onda 22/05/04 U19 QR2 Spain Netherlands 1-0 Burriana 10/06/07 U21 GS Netherlands Israel 1-0 Heerenveen 14/06/07 U21 GS England Italy 2-2 Arnhem 23/06/07 U21 F Netherlands Serbia 4-1 Groningen 22/10/08 UCL GS PSV Eindhoven Olympique de Marseille 2-0 Eindhoven 10/10/09 WC QR Ukraine England 1-0 Dnipropetrovsk 09/12/09 UCL GS Liverpool FC ACF Fiorentina 1-2 Liverpool 15/09/10 UCL GS Real Madrid CF AFC Ajax 2-0 Madrid 20/10/10 UCL GS FC Internazionale Milano Tottenham Hotspur FC 4-3 Milan 04/06/11 EURO QR England Switzerland 2-2 London 14/09/11 UCL GS SL Benfica Manchester United FC 1-1 Lisbon 19/10/11 UCL GS Olympique de Marseille Arsenal FC 0-1 Marseille 22/11/11 UCL GS SSC Napoli Manchester City FC 2-1 Naples

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