UEFA Champions League 2005-06

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The UEFA Champions League 2005-06 was the 51st edition of the European UEFA Champions League football club tournament. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 12 July, 2005. The tournament ended with the final between Arsenal and Barcelona at Stade de France, Paris, on 17 May, 2006, where Barcelona won 2-1.

Qualifying Rounds

First qualifying round

Title-holders Liverpool F.C. 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 English Premiership in 2004-05 (usually only four English teams are allowed in), Liverpool was granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round.

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Levadia Tallinn } |style="text-align: center;"|1-2 |} FC Dinamo Tbilisi |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Kairat Almaty } |style="text-align: center;"|3-4 |} FC Artmedia Bratislava |style="text-align: center;"|2-0 |style="text-align: center;"|1-4(aet)

|- |style="text-align: right;"|PFC Neftchi } |style="text-align: center;"|4-1 |} FH Hafnarfjarðar |style="text-align: center;"|2-0 |style="text-align: center;"|2-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FK Rabotnicki } |style="text-align: center;"|6-1 |} Skonto FC |style="text-align: center;"|6-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|F.C. Dinamo Minsk } |style="text-align: center;"|1-2 |} Anorthosis Famagusta FC |style="text-align: center;"|1-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Sliema Wanderers F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|1-6 |} FC Sheriff Tiraspol |style="text-align: center;"|1-4 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Havnar Bóltfelag } |style="text-align: center;"|2-8 |} FBK Kaunas |style="text-align: center;"|2-4 |style="text-align: center;"|0-4

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Liverpool F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|6-0 |} Total Network Solutions |style="text-align: center;"|3-0 |style="text-align: center;"|3-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Haka } |style="text-align: center;"|3-2 |} FC Pyunik |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|2-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|ND Gorica } |style="text-align: center;"|2-3 |} SK Tirana |style="text-align: center;"|2-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Glentoran F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|2-6 |} Shelbourne F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|1-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-4

|- |style="text-align: right;"|F91 Dudelange } |style="text-align: center;"|4-1 |} NK Zrinjski Mostar |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |style="text-align: center;"|4-0(aet)

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Second qualifying round

The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17-26, and 6 second-placed teams from countries ranked 10-15 were drawn against each other and played 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FBK Kaunas } |style="text-align: center;"|1-5 |} Liverpool F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|1-3 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Dinamo Tbilisi } |style="text-align: center;"|1-5 |} Brøndby IF |style="text-align: center;"|0-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|R.S.C. Anderlecht } |style="text-align: center;"|5-1 |} PFC Neftchi |style="text-align: center;"|5-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Vålerenga I.F. } |style="text-align: center;"|5-1 |} FC Haka |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|4-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Dynamo Kyiv } |style="text-align: center;"|2-3 |} FC Thun |style="text-align: center;"|2-2 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Anorthosis Famagusta FC } |style="text-align: center;"|3-2 |} Trabzonspor |style="text-align: center;"|3-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Artmedia Bratislava } |style="text-align: center;"|5-4 |} Celtic F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|5-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-4

|- |style="text-align: right;"|SK Tirana } |style="text-align: center;"|0-4 |} PFC CSKA Sofia |style="text-align: center;"|0-2 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Malmö FF } |style="text-align: center;"|5-4 |} Maccabi Haifa F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|3-2 |style="text-align: center;"|2-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Shelbourne F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|1-4 |} Steaua Bucureşti |style="text-align: center;"|0-0 |style="text-align: center;"|1-4

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FK Rabotnicki } |style="text-align: center;"|1-3 |} FC Lokomotiv Moscow |style="text-align: center;"|1-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|F91 Dudelange } |style="text-align: center;"|3-9 |} SK Rapid Wien |style="text-align: center;"|1-6 |style="text-align: center;"|2-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FK Partizan } |style="text-align: center;"|2-0 |} FC Sheriff Tiraspol |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|1-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Debreceni VSC } |style="text-align: center;"|8-0 |} Hajduk Split |style="text-align: center;"|3-0 |style="text-align: center;"|5-0

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Third qualifying round

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

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Wisła Kraków } |style="text-align: center;"|4-5 |} Panathinaikos |style="text-align: center;"|3-1 |style="text-align: center;"|1-4(aet)

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Real Betis } |style="text-align: center;"|3-2 |} AS Monaco FC |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|2-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Vålerenga I.F. } |style="text-align: center;"|1-1(p) |} Club Brugge |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Manchester United F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|6-0 |} Debreceni VSC |style="text-align: center;"|3-0 |style="text-align: center;"|3-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Everton F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|2-4 |} Villarreal CF |style="text-align: center;"|1-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Anorthosis Famagusta FC } |style="text-align: center;"|1-4 |} Rangers F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|1-2 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Steaua Bucureşti } |style="text-align: center;"|3-4 |} Rosenborg B.K. |style="text-align: center;"|1-1 |style="text-align: center;"|2-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|SK Rapid Wien } |style="text-align: center;"|2-1 |} FC Lokomotiv Moscow |style="text-align: center;"|1-1 |style="text-align: center;"|1-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Artmedia Bratislava } |style="text-align: center;"|(p)0-0 |} FK Partizan |style="text-align: center;"|0-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|PFC CSKA Sofia } |style="text-align: center;"|2-3 |} Liverpool F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|1-3 |style="text-align: center;"|1-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Sporting Clube de Portugal } |style="text-align: center;"|2-4 |} Udinese Calcio |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |style="text-align: center;"|2-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Malmö FF } |style="text-align: center;"|0-4 |} FC Thun |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Shakhtar Donetsk } |style="text-align: center;"|1-3 |} Internazionale Milano F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|0-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Basel } |style="text-align: center;"|2-4 |} Werder Bremen |style="text-align: center;"|2-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Brøndby IF } |style="text-align: center;"|3-5 |} Ajax Amsterdam |style="text-align: center;"|2-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|R.S.C. Anderlecht } |style="text-align: center;"|4-1 |} SK Slavia Praha |style="text-align: center;"|2-1 |style="text-align: center;"|2-0

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Group stage

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. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams advanced to round three of the UEFA Cup.

Tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

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.

Teams that clinched a spot in the Round of 16 are indicated in bold type.

Teams that clinched a spot in the UEFA Cup are indicated in bold italics.

Teams eliminated from Europe are indicated in plain italics.

Group A

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Juventus F.C.	15	6	5	0	1	12	5
2. FC Bayern Munich	13	6	4	1	1	10	4
3. Club Brugge	7	6	2	1	3	6	7
4. SK Rapid Wien	0	6	0	0	6	3	15

September 14, 2005
Club Brugge	1–2	Juventus	Jan Breydelstadion
Rapid Vienna	0–1	Bayern Munich	Ernst Happel Stadion
September 27, 2005
Bayern Munich	1–0	Club Brugge	Allianz Arena
Juventus	3–0	Rapid Vienna	Stadio Delle Alpi
October 18, 2005
Bayern Munich	2–1	Juventus	Allianz Arena
Rapid Vienna	0–1	Club Brugge	Ernst Happel Stadion
November 2, 2005
Club Brugge	3–2	Rapid Vienna	Jan Breydelstadion
Juventus	2–1	Bayern Munich	Stadio Delle Alpi
November 22, 2005
Bayern Munich	4–0	Rapid Vienna	Allianz Arena
Juventus	1–0	Club Brugge	Stadio Delle Alpi
December 7, 2005
Rapid Vienna	1–3	Juventus	Ernst Happel Stadion
Club Brugge	1–1	Bayern Munich	Jan Breydelstadion

Group B

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Arsenal F.C.	16	6	5	1	0	10	2
2. Ajax Amsterdam	11	6	3	2	1	10	6
3. FC Thun	4	6	1	1	4	4	9
4. AC Sparta Praha	2	6	0	2	4	2	9

September 14, 2005
Arsenal	2–1	Thun	Arsenal Stadium
Sparta Prague	1–1	Ajax	Toyota Arena
September 27, 2005
Ajax	1–2	Arsenal	Amsterdam ArenA
Thun	1–0	Sparta Prague	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf
October 18, 2005
Ajax	2–0	Thun	Amsterdam ArenA
Sparta Prague	0–2	Arsenal	Toyota Arena
November 2, 2005
Arsenal	3–0	Sparta Prague	Arsenal Stadium
Thun	2–4	Ajax	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf
November 22, 2005
Ajax	2–1	Sparta Prague	Amsterdam ArenA
Thun	0–1	Arsenal	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf
December 7, 2005
Arsenal	0–0	Ajax	Arsenal Stadium
Sparta Prague	0–0	Thun	Toyota Arena

Group C

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. FC Barcelona	16	6	5	1	0	16	2
2. Werder Bremen	7	6	2	1	3	12	12	0
3. Udinese Calcio	7	6	2	1	3	10	12
4. Panathinaikos	4	6	1	1	4	4	16

September 14, 2005
Udinese	3–0	Panathinaikos	Stadio Friuli
Werder Bremen	0–2	'''Barcelona	Weserstadion
September 27, 2005
Barcelona	4–1	Udinese	Camp Nou
Panathinaikos	2–1	Werder Bremen	Spyros Louis
October 18, 2005
Panathinaikos	0–0	Barcelona	Spyros Louis
Udinese	1–1	Werder Bremen	Stadio Friuli
November 2, 2005
Barcelona	5–0	Panathinaikos	Camp Nou
Werder Bremen	4–3	Udinese	Weserstadion
November 22, 2005
Panathinaikos	1–2	Udinese	Spyros Louis
Barcelona	3–1	Werder Bremen	Camp Nou
December 7, 2005
Udinese	0–2	Barcelona	Stadio Friuli
Werder Bremen	5–1	Panathinaikos	Weserstadion

Group D

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Villarreal CF	10	6	2	4	0	3	1
2. SL Benfica	8	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
3. Lille OSC	6	6	1	3	2	1	2
4. Manchester United F.C.	6	6	1	3	2	3	4

September 14, 2005
Villarreal	0–0	Manchester United	El Madrigal
Benfica	1–0	Lille	Estádio da Luz
September 27, 2005
Lille	0–0	Villarreal	Stade de France
Manchester United	2–1	Benfica	Old Trafford
October 18, 2005
Manchester United	0–0	Lille	Old Trafford
Villarreal	1–1	Benfica	El Madrigal
November 2, 2005
Lille	1–0	Manchester United	Stade de France
Benfica	0–1	Villarreal	Estádio da Luz
November 22, 2005
Manchester United	0–0	Villarreal	Old Trafford
Lille	0–0	Benfica	Stade de France
December 7, 2005
Villarreal	1–0	Lille	El Madrigal
Benfica	2–1	Manchester United	Estádio da Luz

Group E

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Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. A.C. Milan	11	6	3	2	1	12	6
2. PSV Eindhoven	10	6	3	1	2	7	9
3. FC Schalke 04	8	6	2	2	2	12	9
4. Fenerbahçe SK	4	6	1	1	4	7	14

September 13, 2005
AC Milan	3–1	Fenerbahçe	San Siro
PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Schalke 04	Philips Stadion
September 28, 2005
Schalke 04	2–2	AC Milan	Veltins-Arena
Fenerbahçe	3–0	PSV Eindhoven	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
October 19, 2005
Fenerbahçe	3–3	Schalke 04	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
AC Milan	0–0	PSV Eindhoven	San Siro
November 1, 2005
Schalke 04	2–0	Fenerbahçe	Veltins-Arena
PSV Eindhoven	1–0	AC Milan	Philips Stadion
November 23, 2005
Fenerbahçe	0–4	AC Milan	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Schalke 04	3–0	PSV Eindhoven	Veltins-Arena
December 6, 2005
AC Milan	3–2	Schalke 04	San Siro
PSV Eindhoven	2–0	Fenerbahçe	Philips Stadion

Group F

Group G

Group H

Round of 16

|style="text-align: center;"|2-3 |} FC Barcelona |style="text-align: center;"|1-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Real Madrid } |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |} Arsenal F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Werder Bremen } |style="text-align: center;"|4-4(a) |} Juventus F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|3-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-2

|- |style="text-align: right;"|FC Bayern Munich } |style="text-align: center;"|2-5 |} A.C. Milan |style="text-align: center;"|1-1 |style="text-align: center;"|1-4

|- |style="text-align: right;"|PSV Eindhoven } |style="text-align: center;"|0-5 |} Olympique Lyonnais |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-4

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Ajax Amsterdam } |style="text-align: center;"|2-3 |} Internazionale Milano F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|2-2 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|SL Benfica } |style="text-align: center;"|3-0 |} Liverpool F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|2-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Rangers F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|3-3(a) |} Villarreal CF |style="text-align: center;"|2-2 |style="text-align: center;"|1-1

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Quarter-finals

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Arsenal F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|2-0 |} Juventus F.C. |style="text-align: center;"|2-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Olympique Lyonnais } |style="text-align: center;"|1-3 |} A.C. Milan |style="text-align: center;"|0-0 |style="text-align: center;"|1-3

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Internazionale Milano F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|2-2(a) |} Villarreal CF |style="text-align: center;"|2-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-1

|- |style="text-align: right;"|SL Benfica } |style="text-align: center;"|0-2 |} FC Barcelona |style="text-align: center;"|0-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-2

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Semi-finals

|- |style="text-align: right;"|Arsenal F.C. } |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |} Villarreal CF |style="text-align: center;"|1-0 |style="text-align: center;"|0-0

|- |style="text-align: right;"|A.C. Milan } |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |} FC Barcelona |style="text-align: center;"|0-1 |style="text-align: center;"|0-0

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Final

Main article: 2006 UEFA Champions League Final

FC Barcelona (coach Frank Rijkaard):
Víctor Valdés - Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez, Carles Puyol (c.), Oleguer Presas (Juliano Haus Belletti 72') - Edmílson Gomes (Andrés Iniesta Luján 46'), Deco, Mark van Bommel (Henrik Larsson 61') - Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o

Arsenal (coach Arsène Wenger):
Jens Lehmann (sent off 18') - Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Abib Kolo-Touré, Emmanuel Eboué - Robert Pirès (Manuel Almunia 18'), Fredrik Ljungberg, Gilberto Silva, Cesc Fàbregas (Mathieu Flamini 74'), Alexander Hleb (José Antonio Reyes 85') - Thierry Henry (c.)

See also

• UEFA Cup 2005-06
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005

External links

• [2005-06 season at UEFA website]
• [European Club Results at RSSSF]

UEFA Champions League Seasons
European Cup - 1992-93 - 1993-94 - 1994-95 - 1995-96 - 1996-97 - 1997-98 - 1998-99 - 1999-00 - 2000-01 - 2001-02 - 2002-03 - 2003-04 - 2004-05 - 2005-06 - 2006-07

UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League 2005-06>2005/06 – won by Barcelona

Other participants: AC Milan | Ajax | Anderlecht | Arsenal | Artmedia Bratislava | Bayern Munich | Benfica | Chelsea | Club Brugge | Fenerbahce | Inter Milan | Juventus | Lille | Liverpool | Lyon | Manchester United | Olympiacos | Panathinaikos | Porto | PSV | Rangers | Rapid Vienna | Real Betis | Real Madrid | Rosenborg | Schalke 04 | Sparta Prague | Thun | Udinese | Villarreal | Werder Bremen

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