The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of
UEFA
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's premier European club
football
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tournament, the
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
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
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was played on 17 May 2006 at
Stade de France
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,
Saint-Denis between
Barcelona
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and
Arsenal
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. In the 18th minute, Arsenal goalkeeper
Jens Lehmann
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became the first player to be sent off in a European Cup final. Despite the disadvantage,
Sol Campbell
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gave the English side the lead in the 37th minute.
Samuel Eto'o
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brought Barcelona back on level terms in the 76th minute, before
Juliano Belletti
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Belle ...
scored the winning goal five minutes later.
The defending champions were
Liverpool
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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.
Association team allocation
A total of 74 teams from 49 of the 52
UEFA
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member associations participated in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (the exception being
Liechtenstein
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, which does not organise a domestic league,
Andorra
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and
San Marino
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). The association ranking based on the
UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
*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
The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool, who beat Milan on penalt ...
,
Liverpool
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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.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
* – Additional berth for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League winners
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:
*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
League positions of the previous season qualified via league position shown in parentheses. Liverpool qualified as title holders. (TH: Champions League title holders).
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in
Nyon
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,
Switzerland
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, unless stated otherwise).
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Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
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. 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. 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
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.
Tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
#Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
#Total goals scored in all group matches.
#Higher
UEFA coefficient
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going into the competition.
Real Betis
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,
Villarreal
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The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( ...
,
Udinese
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,
Thun
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and
Artmedia Bratislava made their debut appearance in the group stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout phase
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers
See also
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2005–06 UEFA Cup
The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the UEFA Cup, was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The ...
*
2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup
The UEFA Women's Cup 2005–06 was the fifth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament. It was won by Frankfurt in an all-German final against defending champions Turbine Potsdam for their second title in the competition.
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References
External links
2005–06 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according t
+ all scorer
- results and line-ups (archive)
2005–06 UEFA Champions League List of participants
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