2005–06 UEFA Champions League

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.

2005–06 UEFA Champions League
The final was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
Tournament details
Dates13 September 2005 – 17 May 2006 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
74 (total)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored294 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s) Andriy Shevchenko
(9 goals)

The tournament ended with a final between Arsenal and Barcelona at Stade de France, Paris, on 17 May 2006. Barcelona won 2–1 with Juliano Belletti scoring a late winner. Arsenal had taken the lead through a Sol Campbell header in the 37th minute, despite Jens Lehmann being sent off in the 18th minute. Samuel Eto'o brought Barcelona back on level terms in the 76th minute before Belletti scored the winner 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.

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:[1]

  • 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.[2]

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

Since the title holder group stage spot was not used as originally intended and was vacated, while extra team (Liverpool) was added to the First qualifying round, the following changes to the default access list were made:[3]

  • The champions of association 10 (Turkey) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions of association 16 (Poland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of association 26 (Romania) are 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 shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Barcelona (1st) Juventus (1st) Lyon (1st) Olympiacos (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) Milan (2nd) Lille OSC (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) AS 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 (1st)
Celtic (2nd) Maccabi Haifa (1st) Lokomotiv Moscow (1st) Debrecen (1st)
Thun (2nd) Rapid Wien (1st) Brøndby (1st) Steaua București (1st)
First qualifying round
LiverpoolTH (5th) Haka (1st) FH (1st) Glentoran (1st)
Artmedia (1st) Zrinjski Mostar (1st) Sliema Wanderers (1st) Levadia Tallinn (1st)
Gorica (1st) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Shelbourne (1st) F91 Dudelange (1st)
Anorthosis Famagusta (1st) Rabotnički (1st) Pyunik (1st) Neftçi Baku (1st)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) FBK Kaunas (1st) Total Network Solutions (1st) HB (1st)
Skonto (1st) Dinamo Minsk (1st) KF 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).[4]

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[Note]
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 AC 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 on 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 (usually only four English teams are allowed in), Liverpool were granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Levadia Tallinn 1–2 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–2
Kairat Almaty 3–4 Artmedia 2–0 1–4 (aet)
Neftchi Baku 4–1 FH 2–0 2–1
Rabotnički 6–1 Skonto 6–0 0–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 0–1
Sliema Wanderers 1–6 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–4 0–2
HB 2–8 FBK Kaunas 2–4 0–4
Liverpool 6–0 Total Network Solutions 3–0 3–0
Haka 3–2 Pyunik 1–0 2–2
Gorica 2–3 KF Tirana 2–0 0–3
Glentoran 2–6 Shelbourne 1–2 1–4
F91 Dudelange 4–1 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FBK Kaunas 1–5 Liverpool 1–3 0–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–5 Brøndby 0–2 1–3
Anderlecht 5–1 Neftchi Baku 5–0 0–1
Vålerenga 5–1 Haka 1–0 4–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 Thun 2–2 0–1
Anorthosis Famagusta 3–2 Trabzonspor 3–1 0–1
Artmedia 5–4 Celtic 5–0 0–4
KF Tirana 0–4 CSKA Sofia 0–2 0–2
Malmö FF 5–4 Maccabi Haifa 3–2 2–2
Shelbourne 1–4 Steaua București 0–0 1–4
Rabotnički 1–3 Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 0–2
F91 Dudelange 3–9 Rapid Wien 1–6 2–3
Partizan 2–0 Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 1–0
Debrecen 8–0 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wisła Kraków 4–5 Panathinaikos 3–1 1–4 (aet)
Real Betis 3–2 Monaco 1–0 2–2
Vålerenga 1–1 (3–4 p) Club Brugge 1–0 0–1
Manchester United 6–0 Debrecen 3–0 3–0
Everton 2–4 Villarreal 1–2 1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta 1–4 Rangers 1–2 0–2
Steaua București 3–4 Rosenborg 1–1 2–3
Rapid Wien 2–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1–1 1–0
Artmedia 0–0 (4–3 p) Partizan 0–0 0–0
CSKA Sofia 2–3 Liverpool 1–3 1–0
Sporting CP 2–4 Udinese 0–1 2–3
Malmö FF 0–4 Thun 0–1 0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–3 Internazionale 0–2 1–1
Basel 2–4 Werder Bremen 2–1 0–3
Brøndby 3–5 Ajax 2–2 1–3
Anderlecht 4–1 Slavia Prague 2–1 2–0

Group stage
Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League 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. However, because of the abnormal qualification of Liverpool as title holders despite not having finished in the top four of the English league, Liverpool were not given "association protection" in the draw for the group stages (the only team from the same association they could be drawn with was Chelsea, as the rest were in the same seeding pot). 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.

Tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[5]

  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 made their debut appearance in the group stage.[6]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV BAY BRU RAP
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 AJA THU SPR
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 MU
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 OL RM 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 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 stage
Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Bracket
  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
  Real Madrid 0 0 0  
  Arsenal 1 0 1  
    Arsenal 2 0 2  
    Juventus 0 0 0  
  Werder Bremen 3 1 4
  Juventus (a) 2 2 4  
    Arsenal 1 0 1  
    Villarreal 0 0 0  
  Ajax 2 0 2  
  Internazionale 2 1 3  
    Internazionale 2 0 2
    Villarreal (a) 1 1 2  
  Rangers 2 1 3
  Villarreal (a) 2 1 3  
    Arsenal 1
    Barcelona 2
  PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0  
  Lyon 1 4 5  
    Lyon 0 1 1
    Milan 0 3 3  
  Bayern Munich 1 1 2
  Milan 1 4 5  
    Milan 0 0 0
    Barcelona 1 0 1  
  Benfica 1 2 3  
  Liverpool 0 0 0  
    Benfica 0 0 0
    Barcelona 0 2 2  
  Chelsea 1 1 2
  Barcelona 2 1 3  

Round of 16
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 2–3 Barcelona 1–2 1–1
Real Madrid 0–1 Arsenal 0–1 0–0
Werder Bremen 4–4 (a) Juventus 3–2 1–2
Bayern Munich 2–5 Milan 1–1 1–4
PSV Eindhoven 0–5 Lyon 0–1 0–4
Ajax 2–3 Internazionale 2–2 0–1
Benfica 3–0 Liverpool 1–0 2–0
Rangers 3–3 (a) Villarreal 2–2 1–1

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal 2–0 Juventus 2–0 0–0
Lyon 1–3 Milan 0–0 1–3
Internazionale 2–2 (a) Villarreal 2–1 0–1
Benfica 0–2 Barcelona 0–0 0–2

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal 1–0 Villarreal 1–0 0–0
Milan 0–1 Barcelona 0–1 0–0

Final
Main article: 2006 UEFA Champions League Final
Barcelona 2–1 Arsenal
Eto'o  76'
Belletti  81'		 Report Campbell  37'
Attendance: 79,610
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers
Rank 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

Top assists
Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1 Steven Pienaar Ajax 4 614
Johan Micoud Werder Bremen 720
Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 980
Ronaldinho Barcelona 1079
5 Stefano Mauri Udinese 3 132
Nelson Valdez Werder Bremen 462
Dejan Stanković Internazionale 472
Øyvind Storflor Rosenborg 478
Lincoln Schalke 04 540
David Beckham Real Madrid 620
Pavel Nedvěd Juventus 661
Juninho Lyon 694
José Antonio Reyes Arsenal 782
Serginho Milan 799
Andriy Shevchenko Milan 951

Source:[7]

See also

References
  1. "UEFA Country Ranking 2006".
  2. "Country coefficients 2003/04". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  3. Revised access list for 2005/06 UEFA competitions
  4. "UEFA European Football Calendar 2005/2006". Bert Kassies.
  5. "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2005/06" (PDF). March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  6. "Old and new meet in Monaco". UEFA.com. 25 August 2005.
  7. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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