2005–06 UEFA Champions League

2005–06 UEFA Champions League
The Stade de France in Saint-Denis hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
12 July – 24 August 2005
Competition proper:
13 September 2005 – 17 May 2006
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 74
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored285 (2.28 per match)
Attendance5,133,156 (41,065 per match)
Top scorer(s)Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)
9 goals

The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 12 July 2005.

The final was played on 17 May 2006 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis between Barcelona and Arsenal. In the 18th minute, Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann became the first player to be sent off in a European Cup final. Despite the disadvantage, Sol Campbell gave the English side the lead in the 37th minute. Samuel Eto'o brought Barcelona back on level terms in the 76th minute, before Juliano Belletti scored the winning goal five minutes later.

The defending champions were Liverpool and as they did not qualify by their league position, UEFA gave them special dispensation and allowed them to defend their title from the first qualifying round of the competition. They made the group stage and progressed but were eliminated by Benfica in the first knockout round. From the following season, UEFA reserved a berth in the group stage for the defending champions regardless of their league position.[1][2]

Association team allocation

A total of 74 teams from 49 of the 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league, Andorra and San Marino). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[3]

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–50 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
  • As the winners of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Liverpool gained entry an additional entry despite not qualifying through their domestic league position. They were entered into the 1st qualifying round.

Association ranking

For the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2004 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1999–2000 to 2003–04.[4]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional berth for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League winners
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  Spain 79.851 4
2  England 62.153 +1 (UCL)
3  Italy 59.186
4  Germany 49.489 3
5  France 48.326
6  Portugal 42.333
7  Greece 34.748 2
8  Netherlands 34.081
9  Czech Republic 33.075
10  Turkey 32.291
11  Scotland 32.125
12  Belgium 28.875
13  Switzerland 22.375
14  Ukraine 22.125
15  Norway 21.900
16  Poland 21.750 1
17  Israel 21.249
18  Austria 21.125
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19  Serbia and Montenegro 20.165 1
20  Bulgaria 19.998
21  Russia 19.916
22  Denmark 17.450
23  Croatia 17.375
24  Sweden 16.716
25  Hungary 15.290
26  Romania 14.790
27  Slovakia 12.832
28  Slovenia 9.165
29  Cyprus 8.998
30  Moldova 6.832
31  Latvia 5.998
32  Finland 5.874
33  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.499
34  Georgia 4.999
35  Macedonia 4.830
36  Lithuania 4.165
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37  Belarus 3.582 1
38  Iceland 3.332
39  Malta 3.331
40  Republic of Ireland 3.164
41  Armenia 2.831
42  Wales 2.332
43  Liechtenstein 2.000 0
44  Albania 1.831 1
45  Northern Ireland 1.665
46  Estonia 1.665
47  Luxembourg 1.498
48  Azerbaijan 1.165
49  Faroe Islands 0.832
50  Kazakhstan 0.666
51  Andorra 0.000 0
52  San Marino 0.000

Distribution

Because the title holders, Liverpool, entered the competition in the first qualifying round rather than the group stage, the following changes to the default access list were made:[5]

  • The champions of association 10 (Turkey) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions of association 16 (Poland) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of association 26 (Romania) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(24 teams)
  • 23 champions from associations 27–50 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 1 current Champions League title holder (Liverpool)
Second qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 17–26
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
  • 12 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 6 champions from associations 11–16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
  • 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 1–10
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Liverpool qualified as title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Barcelona (1st) Juventus (1st) Lyon (1st) Olympiacos (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) Milan (2nd) Lille (2nd) PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Chelsea (1st) Bayern Munich (1st) Benfica (1st) Sparta Prague (1st)
Arsenal (2nd) Schalke 04 (2nd) Porto (2nd) Fenerbahçe (1st)
Third qualifying round
Villarreal (3rd) Udinese (4th) Ajax (2nd) Basel (1st)
Real Betis (4th) Werder Bremen (3rd) Slavia Prague (2nd) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Manchester United (3rd) Monaco (3rd) Rangers (1st) Rosenborg (1st)
Everton (4th) Sporting CP (3rd) Club Brugge (1st) Wisła Kraków (1st)
Internazionale (3rd) Panathinaikos (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Trabzonspor (2nd) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Partizan (1st) Hajduk Split (1st)
Anderlecht (2nd) Vålerenga (2nd) CSKA Sofia (1st) Malmö FF (1st)
Celtic (2nd) Maccabi Haifa (1st) Lokomotiv Moscow (1st) Debrecen (1st)
Thun (2nd) Rapid Wien (1st) Brøndby (1st) Steaua București (1st)
First qualifying round
Liverpool (TH) Haka (1st) FH (1st) Glentoran (1st)
Artmedia Bratislava (1st) Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Sliema Wanderers (1st) Levadia Tallinn (1st)
HIT Gorica (1st) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Shelbourne (1st) F91 Dudelange (1st)
Anorthosis Famagusta (1st) Rabotnicki (1st) Pyunik (1st) Neftçi (1st)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Kaunas (1st) Total Network Solutions (1st) HB (1st)
Skonto (1st) Dinamo Minsk (1st) Tirana (1st) Kairat (1st)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[6]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 24 June 2005 12–13 July 2005 19–20 July 2005
Second qualifying round 26–27 July 2005 2–3 August 2005
Third qualifying round 29 July 2005 9–10 August 2005 23–24 August 2005
Group stage Matchday 1 25 August 2005
(Monaco)
13–14 September 2005
Matchday 2 27–28 September 2005
Matchday 3 18–19 October 2005
Matchday 4 1–2 November 2005
Matchday 5 22–23 November 2005
Matchday 6 6–7 December 2005
Knockout phase Round of 16 16 December 2005 21–22 February 2006 7–8 March 2006[a]
Quarter-finals 10 March 2006 28–29 March 2006 4–5 April 2006
Semi-finals 18–19 April 2006 25–26 April 2006
Final 17 May 2006 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Notes
  1. ^ Internazionale home game in the Round of 16 was rescheduled to one week later (14 March 2006) due to venue clash with Milan.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Title-holders Liverpool, as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower in the 2004 UEFA ranking, were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the second qualifying round. Though they finished fifth in the Premier League in 2004–05 (at the time, only four teams from an association were allowed to compete in the Champions League), Liverpool were granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round,[7][8][9] and were drawn against TNS in that round.[10][11]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Levadia Tallinn 1–2 Dinamo Tbilisi1–00–2
Kairat 3–4 Artmedia Bratislava2–01–4 (a.e.t.)
Neftçi 4–1 FH2–02–1
Rabotnicki 6–1 Skonto6–00–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 Anorthosis Famagusta1–10–1
Sliema Wanderers 1–6 Sheriff Tiraspol1–40–2
HB 2–8 Kaunas2–40–4
Liverpool 6–0 Total Network Solutions3–03–0
Haka 3–2 Pyunik1–02–2
HIT Gorica 2–3 Tirana2–00–3
Glentoran 2–6 Shelbourne1–21–4
F91 Dudelange 4–1 Zrinjski Mostar0–14–0 (a.e.t.)

Second qualifying round

The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17–26, and six second–placed teams from countries ranked 10–15 were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Kaunas 1–5 Liverpool1–30–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–5 Brøndby0–21–3
Anderlecht 5–1 Neftçi5–00–1
Vålerenga 5–1 Haka1–04–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Thun2–20–1
Anorthosis Famagusta 3–2 Trabzonspor3–10–1
Artmedia Bratislava 5–4 Celtic5–00–4
Tirana 0–4 CSKA Sofia0–20–2
Malmö FF 5–4 Maccabi Haifa3–22–2
Shelbourne 1–4 Steaua București0–01–4
Rabotnicki 1–3 Lokomotiv Moscow1–10–2
F91 Dudelange 3–9 Rapid Wien1–62–3
Partizan 2–0 Sheriff Tiraspol1–01–0
Debrecen 8–0 Hajduk Split3–05–0

Third qualifying round

The 14 winners from the second qualifying round, six champions from countries ranked 11–16, three second–placed teams from countries ranked 7–9, six third–placed teams from countries ranked 1–6, and three fourth–placed teams from countries ranked 1–3 were drawn to play 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the group stage and losers advancing to the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Wisła Kraków 4–5 Panathinaikos3–11–4 (a.e.t.)
Real Betis 3–2 Monaco1–02–2
Vålerenga 1–1 (3–4 p) Club Brugge1–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Manchester United 6–0 Debrecen3–03–0
Everton 2–4 Villarreal1–21–2
Anorthosis Famagusta 1–4 Rangers1–20–2
Steaua București 3–4 Rosenborg1–12–3
Rapid Wien 2–1 Lokomotiv Moscow1–11–0
Artmedia Bratislava 0–0 (4–3 p) Partizan0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
CSKA Sofia 2–3 Liverpool1–31–0
Sporting CP 2–4 Udinese0–12–3
Malmö FF 0–4 Thun0–10–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–3 Internazionale0–21–1
Basel 2–4 Werder Bremen2–10–3
Brøndby 3–5 Ajax2–21–3
Anderlecht 4–1 Slavia Prague2–12–0

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and 6 second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. Normally two teams from the same association cannot be drawn in the same group. The only exception is Liverpool because of their abnormal qualification as title holders because not having finished in the top four of the English league, Liverpool were given no "association protection" in the tournament. For the group stage, the only team from the same association they could be drawn with was Chelsea, as the rest were in the same seeding pot.[12][13][14][15] The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the Champions League knock-out stage, while the third-placed teams advanced to the Round of 32 in the UEFA Cup.[16]

Tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[17]

  1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Real Betis, Villarreal, Udinese, Thun and Artmedia Bratislava made their debut appearance in the group stage.[18]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV BAY BRU RWI
1 Juventus 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 1–0 3–0
2 Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 2–1 1–0 4–0
3 Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–1 3–2
4 Rapid Wien 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0 1–3 0–1 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS AJX THU SPP
1 Arsenal 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 2–1 3–0
2 Ajax 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 2–0 2–1
3 Thun 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 2–4 1–0
4 Sparta Prague 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–2 1–1 0–0
Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR BRM UDI PAN
1 Barcelona 6 5 1 0 16 2 +14 16 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 4–1 5–0
2 Werder Bremen 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 0–2 4–3 5–1
3 Udinese 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–2 1–1 3–0
4 Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 4 0–0 2–1 1–2
Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIL BEN LIL MUN
1 Villarreal 6 2 4 0 3 1 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 1–0 0–0
2 Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–1 1–0 2–1
3 Lille 6 1 3 2 1 2 −1 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–0 0–0 1–0
4 Manchester United 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6 0–0 2–1 0–0
Source: RSSSF

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL PSV SCH FEN
1 Milan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 3–2 3–1
2 PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 4 6 −2 10 1–0 1–0 2–0
3 Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–2 3–0 2–0
4 Fenerbahçe 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4 0–4 3–0 3–3
Source: RSSSF

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LYO RMA ROS OLY
1 Lyon 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 2–1 2–1
2 Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 1–1 4–1 2–1
3 Rosenborg 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 0–2 1–1
4 Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4 1–4 2–1 1–3
Source: RSSSF

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV CHE BET AND
1 Liverpool 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 0–0 3–0
2 Chelsea 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 11 0–0 4–0 1–0
3 Real Betis 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–0 0–1
4 Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 1 8 −7 3 0–1 0–2 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT RAN ART POR
1 Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 4–0 2–1
2 Rangers 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 1–1 0–0 3–2
3 Artmedia Bratislava 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 2–2 0–0
4 Porto 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 5 2–0 1–1 2–3
Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Bracket

Round of 16

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Chelsea 2–3 Barcelona1–21–1
Real Madrid 0–1 Arsenal0–10–0
Werder Bremen 4–4 (a) Juventus3–21–2
Bayern Munich 2–5 Milan1–11–4
PSV Eindhoven 0–5 Lyon0–10–4
Ajax 2–3 Internazionale2–20–1
Benfica 3–0 Liverpool1–02–0
Rangers 3–3 (a) Villarreal2–21–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Arsenal 2–0 Juventus2–00–0
Lyon 1–3 Milan0–01–3
Internazionale 2–2 (a) Villarreal2–10–1
Benfica 0–2 Barcelona0–00–2

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Arsenal 1–0 Villarreal1–00–0
Milan 0–1 Barcelona0–10–0

Final

The final was played on 17 May 2006 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.

Barcelona 2–1 Arsenal
  • Eto'o 76'
  • Belletti 80'
Report
Attendance: 79,610[19]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank[20] Player Team Goals Minutes played
1 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 9 950
2 Ronaldinho Barcelona 7 1078
3 David Trezeguet Juventus 6 733
Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 978
5 Adriano Internazionale 5 679
Johan Micoud Werder Bremen 720
Thierry Henry Arsenal 931
Kaká Milan 986
9 Julio Cruz Internazionale 4 370
Filippo Inzaghi Milan 394
Vincenzo Iaquinta Udinese 434
John Carew Lyon 623
Peter Løvenkrands Rangers 656
Juninho Lyon 691

See also

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