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
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-upEngland 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
Spain Barcelona (1st) Italy Juventus (1st) France Lyon (1st) Greece Olympiacos (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (2nd) Italy Milan (2nd) France Lille (2nd) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (1st)
England Chelsea (1st) Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (1st)
England Arsenal (2nd) Germany Schalke 04 (2nd) Portugal Porto (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (1st)
Third qualifying round
Spain Villarreal (3rd) Italy Udinese (4th) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Spain Real Betis (4th) Germany Werder Bremen (3rd) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (2nd) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
England Manchester United (3rd) France Monaco (3rd) Scotland Rangers (1st) Norway Rosenborg (1st)
England Everton (4th) Portugal Sporting CP (3rd) Belgium Club Brugge (1st) Poland Wisła Kraków (1st)
Italy Internazionale (3rd) Greece Panathinaikos (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Turkey Trabzonspor (2nd) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Serbia and Montenegro Partizan (1st) Croatia Hajduk Split (1st)
Belgium Anderlecht (2nd) Norway Vålerenga (2nd) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (1st) Sweden Malmö (1st)
Scotland Celtic (2nd) Israel Maccabi Haifa (1st) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (1st) Hungary Debrecen (1st)
Switzerland Thun (2nd) Austria Rapid Wien (1st) Denmark Brøndby (1st) Romania Steaua București (1st)
First qualifying round
England Liverpool (TH) Finland Haka (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Northern Ireland Glentoran (1st)
Slovakia Artmedia Bratislava (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Malta Sliema Wanderers (1st) Estonia Levadia Tallinn (1st)
Slovenia Gorica (1st) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (1st) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (1st)
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta (1st) North Macedonia Rabotnički (1st) Armenia Pyunik (1st) Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku (1st)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Lithuania FBK Kaunas (1st) Wales Total Network Solutions (1st) Faroe Islands HB (1st)
Latvia Skonto (1st) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (1st) Albania KF Tirana (1st) Kazakhstan 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

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League 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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Levadia Tallinn Estonia 1–2 Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–2
Kairat Kazakhstan 3–4 Slovakia Artmedia Bratislava 2–0 1–4 (aet)
Neftçi Azerbaijan 4–1 Iceland FH 2–0 2–1
Rabotnički North Macedonia 6–1 Latvia Skonto 6–0 0–1
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 0–1
Sliema Wanderers Malta 1–6 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–4 0–2
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 2–8 Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2–4 0–4
Liverpool England 6–0 Wales Total Network Solutions 3–0 3–0
Haka Finland 3–2 Armenia Pyunik 1–0 2–2
Gorica Slovenia 2–3 Albania Tirana 2–0 0–3
Glentoran Northern Ireland 2–6 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–2 1–4
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 4–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 0–1 4–0 (aet)

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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FBK Kaunas Lithuania 1–5 England Liverpool 1–3 0–2
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 1–5 Denmark Brøndby 0–2 1–3
Anderlecht Belgium 5–1 Azerbaijan Neftçi 5–0 0–1
Vålerenga Norway 5–1 Finland Haka 1–0 4–1
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–3 Switzerland Thun 2–2 0–1
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 3–2 Turkey Trabzonspor 3–1 0–1
Artmedia Bratislava Slovakia 5–4 Scotland Celtic 5–0 0–4
Tirana Albania 0–4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–2 0–2
Malmö FF Sweden 5–4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 3–2 2–2
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland 1–4 Romania Steaua București 0–0 1–4
Rabotnički North Macedonia 1–3 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 0–2
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 3–9 Austria Rapid Wien 1–6 2–3
Partizan Serbia and Montenegro 2–0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 1–0
Debrecen Hungary 8–0 Croatia Hajduk Split 3–0 5–0

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 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wisła Kraków Poland 4–5 Greece Panathinaikos 3–1 1–4 (aet)
Real Betis Spain 3–2 France Monaco 1–0 2–2
Vålerenga Norway 1–1 (3–4 p) Belgium Club Brugge 1–0 0–1
Manchester United England 6–0 Hungary Debrecen 3–0 3–0
Everton England 2–4 Spain Villarreal 1–2 1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 1–4 Scotland Rangers 1–2 0–2
Steaua București Romania 3–4 Norway Rosenborg 1–1 2–3
Rapid Wien Austria 2–1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 1–0
Artmedia Bratislava Slovakia 0–0 (4–3 p) Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–3 England Liverpool 1–3 1–0
Sporting CP Portugal 2–4 Italy Udinese 0–1 2–3
Malmö FF Sweden 0–4 Switzerland Thun 0–1 0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–3 Italy Internazionale 0–2 1–1
Basel Switzerland 2–4 Germany Werder Bremen 2–1 0–3
Brøndby Denmark 3–5 Netherlands Ajax 2–2 1–3
Anderlecht Belgium 4–1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–1 2–0

Group stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage
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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 Italy Juventus 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 1–0 3–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 2–1 — 1–0 4–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–1 — 3–2
4 Austria 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 England Arsenal 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–1 3–0
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 — 2–0 2–1
3 Switzerland Thun 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 2–4 — 1–0
4 Czech Republic 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 Spain Barcelona 6 5 1 0 16 2 +14 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 4–1 5–0
2 Germany Werder Bremen 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 0–2 — 4–3 5–1
3 Italy Udinese 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–2 1–1 — 3–0
4 Greece 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 Spain Villarreal 6 2 4 0 3 1 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 1–0 0–0
2 Portugal Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–1 — 1–0 2–1
3 France Lille 6 1 3 2 1 2 −1 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–0 0–0 — 1–0
4 England 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 Italy Milan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 3–2 3–1
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 4 6 −2 10 1–0 — 1–0 2–0
3 Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–2 3–0 — 2–0
4 Turkey 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 France Lyon 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 2–1 2–1
2 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 1–1 — 4–1 2–1
3 Norway Rosenborg 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 0–2 — 1–1
4 Greece 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 England Liverpool 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 0–0 3–0
2 England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 11 0–0 — 4–0 1–0
3 Spain Real Betis 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 1–0 — 0–1
4 Belgium 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 Italy Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 4–0 2–1
2 Scotland Rangers 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 1–1 — 0–0 3–2
3 Slovakia Artmedia Bratislava 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 2–2 — 0–0
4 Portugal Porto 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 5 2–0 1–1 2–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea England 2–3 Spain Barcelona 1–2 1–1
Real Madrid Spain 0–1 England Arsenal 0–1 0–0
Werder Bremen Germany 4–4 (a) Italy Juventus 3–2 1–2
Bayern Munich Germany 2–5 Italy Milan 1–1 1–4
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 0–5 France Lyon 0–1 0–4
Ajax Netherlands 2–3 Italy Internazionale 2–2 0–1
Benfica Portugal 3–0 England Liverpool 1–0 2–0
Rangers Scotland 3–3 (a) Spain Villarreal 2–2 1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal England 2–0 Italy Juventus 2–0 0–0
Lyon France 1–3 Italy Milan 0–0 1–3
Internazionale Italy 2–2 (a) Spain Villarreal 2–1 0–1
Benfica Portugal 0–2 Spain Barcelona 0–0 0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal England 1–0 Spain Villarreal 1–0 0–0
Milan Italy 0–1 Spain Barcelona 0–1 0–0

Final

Main article: 2006 UEFA Champions League final

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

Barcelona Spain2–1England Arsenal
Eto'o 76'
Belletti 80'		 Report Campbell 37'
Attendance: 79,610[19]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

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

See also

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