Ajax Women

Match report

Ajax Women secured a 2-1 victory over Rangers Women in the UEFA Women's Champions League second qualifying round finals on 8 August 2026 at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.

The opening half passed without incident apart from M. Cruft collecting a yellow card in the second minute. Both sides exchanged possession with neither able to establish clear dominance, and the score remained level at the break.

Ajax broke the deadlock in the 66th minute when D. Noordman found the net. Rangers responded through E. Austin, whose goal in the 88th minute levelled the score and brought the visitors back into the contest.

The decisive moment arrived in stoppage time when S. Spitse converted a penalty in the 90+1 minute to complete the comeback. Austin received a yellow card in the same period after the incident went to review.

Both teams shared possession equally at 50 per cent, but Ajax edged the encounter with four shots on target compared to Rangers' three. The hosts recorded five shots off target while the visitors managed four, and both sides won five corners each.

Ajax arrived unbeaten in their previous five matches, including victories over Brøndby and Herenveen. Rangers had taken three points from Slavia Prague Women but carried mixed results from earlier fixtures into this qualifier.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 5 – 4

Attacks 68 – 60

🟨 2' M. Cruft — Yellow card ⇄ 46' S. Kees — Substitution 🟨 56' S. te Brake — Yellow card ⇄ 60' K. Thomas — Substitution ⇄ 63' M. Cruft — Substitution ⚽ 66' D. Noordman — Goal ⇄ 76' C. Brookshire — Substitution ⇄ 80' K. Snoeijs — Substitution ⇄ 83' M. Roelfsema — Substitution ⚽ 88' E. Austin — Goal 🟨 90+1' E. Austin — Yellow card ⚽ 90+1' S. Spitse — Penalty

Match events

2' 0:0 Rangers Women Yellow card M. Cruft
46' 0:0 Ajax Women Substitution S. Kees off: S. te Brake
56' 0:0 Ajax Women Yellow card S. te Brake
60' 0:0 Ajax Women Substitution K. Thomas off: N. van Schoonhoven
63' 0:0 Rangers Women Substitution M. Cruft off: S. Black
66' 1:0 Ajax Women Goal D. Noordman
76' 1:0 Rangers Women Substitution C. Brookshire off: K. Smith
80' 1:0 Ajax Women Substitution K. Snoeijs off: L. Touzani
83' 1:0 Rangers Women Substitution M. Roelfsema off: L. Boyce
88' 1:1 Rangers Women Goal E. Austin assist: N. Docherty
90+1' 1:1 Rangers Women Yellow card E. Austin
90+1' 2:1 Ajax Women Penalty S. Spitse

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

4 Shots on target 3

5 Shots off target 4

68 Attacks 60

5 Corners 5

0 Free kicks 0

2 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 7

0 Throw-ins 0

All statistics

0 Blocked shots 2

0.44 Shot accuracy 0.33

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