UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS ADO Den Haag Stadium - Den Haag Thursday 3 October 2019 18.55CET (18.55 local time) AZ Alkmaar Group L - Matchday 2 Manchester United FC Last updated 18/08/2020 17:25CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 AZ Alkmaar - Manchester United FC Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit ADO Den Haag Stadium, Den Haag Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams AZ Alkmaar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Fàbregas 25, 52, 04/11/2009 GS Arsenal FC - AZ Alkmaar 4-1 London Nasri 43, Diaby 72; Lens 82 Mendes da Silva 20/10/2009 GS AZ Alkmaar - Arsenal FC 1-1 Alkmaar 90+3; Fàbregas 36 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pellè 17, Jaliens 66; 20/12/2007 GS AZ Alkmaar - Everton FC 2-3 Alkmaar Johnson 2, Jagielka 44, Vaughan 80 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AZ Alkmaar - Newcastle United 2-0 S. Arveladze 14, 15/03/2007 R16 Alkmaar FC agg: 4-4 ag Koevermans 56 Steinsson 7 (og), Dyer Newcastle United FC - AZ 22, Martins 23, 37; S. 08/03/2007 R16 4-2 Newcastle Alkmaar Arveladze 31, Koevermans 73 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/11/2005 GS AZ Alkmaar - Middlesbrough FC 0-0 Alkmaar European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers McDermott 43 (P), 3-2 Rush 68, Hansen 84; 04/11/1981 R2 Liverpool FC - AZ Alkmaar Liverpool agg: 5-4 Kist 54, Thompson 73 (og) Kist 60, Tol 82; 21/10/1981 R2 AZ Alkmaar - Liverpool FC 2-2 Amsterdam Johnson 21, Lee 48 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Welzl 6, Metgod 24, 4-2 20/05/1981 F AZ Alkmaar - Ipswich Town FC Amsterdam Tol 39, Jonker 73; agg: 4-5 Thijssen 3, Wark 31 Wark 29 (P), Thijssen 06/05/1981 F Ipswich Town FC - AZ Alkmaar 3-0 Ipswich 47, Mariner 55 2 AZ Alkmaar - Manchester United FC Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit ADO Den Haag Stadium, Den Haag UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Mariner 3, Wark 89 27/09/1978 R1 Ipswich Town FC - AZ Alkmaar Ipswich agg: 2-0 (P) 13/09/1978 R1 AZ Alkmaar - Ipswich Town FC 0-0 Alkmaar Manchester United FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AFC Ajax - Manchester United Pogba 18, Mkhitaryan 24/05/2017 F 0-2 Solna FC 48 Rooney 35, Mata 69, Manchester United FC - 24/11/2016 GS 4-0 Manchester Jones 75 (og), Feyenoord Lingard 90+2 Feyenoord - Manchester United 15/09/2016 GS 1-0 Rotterdam Vilhena 79 FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - PSV 25/11/2015 GS 0-0 Manchester Eindhoven Moreno 45+2, PSV Eindhoven - Manchester 15/09/2015 GS 2-1 Eindhoven Narsingh 57; Depay United FC 41 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - AFC 1-2 Hernández 6; Özbiliz 23/02/2012 R32 Manchester Ajax agg: 3-2 37, Alderweireld 87 AFC Ajax - Manchester United Young 59, Hernández 16/02/2012 R32 0-2 Amsterdam FC 85 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sheringham 8, Manchester United FC - PSV 18/10/2000 GS1 3-1 Manchester Scholes 82, Yorke 87; Eindhoven Van Bommel 76 Bouma 17, Van PSV Eindhoven - Manchester 26/09/2000 GS1 3-1 Eindhoven Bommel 38, Kežman United FC 63; Scholes 3 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feyenoord - Manchester United Korneev 86; Cole 30, 05/11/1997 GS 1-3 Rotterdam FC 43, 73 Manchester United FC - Scholes 32, Irwin 72 22/10/1997 GS 2-1 Manchester Feyenoord (P); Vos 82 3 AZ Alkmaar - Manchester United FC Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit ADO Den Haag Stadium, Den Haag UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - PSV 1-0 07/11/1984 R2 Manchester Strachan 97 ET (P) Eindhoven agg 1-0 (aet) PSV Eindhoven - Manchester 24/10/1984 R2 0-0 Eindhoven United FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - AFC 2-0 29/09/1976 R1 Manchester Macari 42, McIlroy 65 Ajax agg: 2-1 AFC Ajax - Manchester United 15/09/1976 R1 1-0 Amsterdam Krol 42 FC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Setters 7, Law 12, 19, Manchester United FC - Willem 6-1 70, Charlton 63, 15/10/1963 PR Manchester II agg: 7-2 Chisnall 68; Cantwell 36 (og) 25/09/1963 PR Willem II - Manchester United FC 1-1 Rotterdam Louer 9; Herd 11 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AZ Alkmaar 6 1 4 1 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 12 2 4 6 16 24 Manchester United FC 8 6 1 1 8 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 17 9 3 5 29 14 4 AZ Alkmaar - Manchester United FC Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit ADO Den Haag Stadium, Den Haag Match background The ADO Den Haag Stadium in The Hague is the venue as AZ Alkmaar, whose own ground is unavailable, play host to Manchester United in the English club's first encounter with Dutch opposition since they defeated Ajax 2-0 in the 2016/17 final. • AZ collected a point from their opening Group L fixture, a 2-2 draw at Partizan in which both teams held the lead, while United finally saw off an obdurate Astana at Old Trafford thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from teenage striker Mason Greenwood. Previous meetings • AZ and United are meeting in UEFA competition for the first time. • The Alkmaar club's seven previous home fixtures against English clubs have yielded two wins, four draws and just one defeat. Their first victory, 4-2 in Amsterdam against Ipswich Town in the second leg of the 1980/81 UEFA Cup final, proved in vain as they had lost the first leg 3-0. The last English team AZ faced were Arsenal in the Dutch club's only UEFA Champions League campaign (2009/10), a 1-1 home draw preceding a 4-1 defeat in London. • United's UEFA Europa League final victory against Ajax in Stockholm three seasons ago was their 17th match against Dutch opposition and their ninth victory. They have lost four of their eight games in the Netherlands (W2 D2), including the last two – against PSV Eindhoven (1-2) on matchday one of the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League and Feyenoord (0-1) a year later in the first match of that triumphant UEFA Europa League journey. Form guide AZ • Fourth in last season's Eredivisie at the end of a season that started with defeat by Kairat Almaty in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, AZ are one of three Dutch clubs in this season's group stage, alongside PSV and Feyenoord. • The Alkmaar club's six group stage participations have all required pre-qualification and this season they negotiated more summer preliminary ties than ever before, three in total, knocking out BK Häcken, Mariupol and, after extra time in the play-offs, Antwerp (1-1 h, 4-1 a). They have progressed to the knockout phase on three occasions, reaching the quarter-finals in 2011/12 and 2013/14 and the round of 32 in 2016/17. • AZ are unbeaten in Europe this season (W3 D4). Their home record in UEFA Europa League group stage matches is W7 D4 L4 – though they have lost three of the last five (W1 D1). Manchester United • The three-time champions of Europe finished sixth in the 2018/19 Premier League, which meant direct access to the UEFA Europa League. They were quarter-finalists in last season's UEFA Champions League, going out to Barcelona after a remarkable round of 16 second-leg comeback against Paris Saint-Germain (0-2 h, 3-1 a). • United have appeared in three previous UEFA Europa League campaigns, but this is only their second group stage start, the previous one three seasons ago having ended in outright victory under manager José Mourinho against Ajax in Stockholm. The Manchester giants reached the round of 16 on their other two participations. • The Red Devils' away record in 11 UEFA Europa League fixtures is W4 D2 L5, with no defeats in the past five. Indeed, United's matchday one win against Astana means they are now undefeated home and away in 12 UEFA Europa League matches (W9 D3), keeping clean sheets in eight of those. Links and trivia • United's Argentinian international goalkeeper Sergio Romero was an AZ player from 2007–11, winning the 2008/09 Eredivisie title with the club under Louis van Gaal, who would later bring him to United. • AZ skipper Ron Vlaar has played in the English Premier League (Aston Villa 2012–15) – as has club-mate Jordy Clasie (Southampton 2015–17). • Norwegian duo Jonas Svensson and Fredrik Midtsjø both had lengthy spells with Rosenborg before joining AZ and were frequent opponents of United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær when he was the head coach of coastal rivals Molde.