The 2004–05 UEFA Cup was the 34th edition of the
UEFA Cup
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. The format of the competition had changed from previous seasons, replacing that from the previous one after the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999; an extra qualifying round was introduced, as was a group phase after the first round. The group stage operated in a single round-robin format consisting of eight groups of five teams, each team plays two games at home and two away and the top three finishers of each group progress to the knock-out round, joining the eight third-placed teams from the
UEFA Champions League
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group stage.
The tournament was won by
CSKA Moscow
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, coming from behind in the final against
Sporting CP
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Graham Poll.
Valencia
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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by
Steaua București in the Round of 32 after dropping out of the
UEFA Champions League
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Group Stage.
Association team allocation
A total of 145 teams from 51 of 52
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member associations participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup (the exception being Kazakhstan which had no clubs meeting licensing requirements). The association ranking based on the
UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
* Associations 1–6 and 16–21 each had three teams qualify.
* Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualify.
* Associations 9–15 and 22–52 (except
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,
Kazakhstan
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,
Andorra
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and
San Marino
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) each had two teams qualify.
* Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), Andorra and San Marino had only one team that qualified.
Moreover, the following teams also qualified for the competition:
* 24 teams eliminated from the
2004–05 UEFA Champions League
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were transferred to the UEFA Cup.
* 3 teams advancing from the
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup were transferred to the UEFA Cup.
* 3 associations had one additional team qualify via the
UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.
Association ranking
For the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2003
UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1998–99 to 2002–03.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:
* – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
* – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
* – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking
Distribution
The following was the access list for this season.
Due to the UEFA Cup title holder (
Valencia
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) qualifying for the Champions League via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:
* The cup winners of association 11 (Belgium) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the second qualifying round.
* The cup winners of association 25 and 26 (Slovakia and Romania) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Due to the failure of any club from Kazakhstan to obtain a UEFA licence, the following changes to the access list were made:
* The cup winners of association 27 and 28 (Hungary and Cyprus) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* TH: Title holders
* CW: Cup winners
* CR: Cup runners-up
* LC: League Cup winners
* Nth: League position
* PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
* IC: Intertoto Cup
* FP: Fair play
* CL: Relegated from the Champions League
** GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
** Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
;Notes
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
First round
Group stage
Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:
#Cumulative goal difference in group matches.
#Total goals scored in group matches.
#Away goals scored in group matches.
#Higher number of
UEFA coefficient
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points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
See also
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2004–05 UEFA Champions League
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2005 UEFA Super Cup
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2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
External links
2004–05 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website* All scorers 2004–05 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according t
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