2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper. Group stage matches began on 20 October 2005 and concluded on 15 December 2005. The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.

Seedings

The following teams qualified for the group stage:[1][2]

Team Coef. Team Coef. Team Coef.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Russia CSKA Moscow (Title Holders) 34.469 Spain Sevilla 36.326 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 28.200
Italy Roma 73.191 France Marseille 36.324 Netherlands Heerenveen 26.145
Germany Stuttgart 58.166 Greece PAOK 35.715 Ukraine Dnipro 24.200
France AS Monaco 53.324 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 35.233 Germany Hamburg 24.166
Germany Hertha BSC 46.166 Switzerland Basel 33.887 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 21.012
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 38.469 England Middlesbrough 32.864 England Bolton Wanderers 20,864
Turkey Beşiktaş 37.872 Spain Espanyol 29.326 Italy Sampdoria 20.191
Netherlands AZ 37.145 France Lens 29.324 Italy Palermo 20.191
Pot 4 Pot 5
Romania Steaua Bucureşti 20.101 Portugal Vitória Guimarães 14.739
Denmark Brøndby 19.676 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 14.118
Switzerland Grasshoppers 18.887 Sweden Halmstad 13.076
Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 18.469 Norway Viking 12.665
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 18.118 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 12.101
France Strasbourg 17.324 Romania Rapid Bucureşti 8.101
France Rennes 16.324 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva 7.218
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 15.118 Norway Tromsø 6.665

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  2. higher number of goals scored;
  3. higher number of goals scored away;
  4. higher number of wins;
  5. higher number of away wins;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
France AS Monaco 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9
Germany Hamburg 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 9
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 4
Norway Viking 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 4
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 4 1 0 3 5 7 2 3

All times CET

20 October 2005
18:00
Viking Norway 1 0 France AS Monaco
Nhleko  18' Report

20 October 2005
20:15
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 0 1 Germany Hamburg
Report van der Vaart  57'
Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

3 November 2005
18:30
Hamburg Germany 2 0 Norway Viking
van der Vaart  21'
Lauth  66'
Report
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

3 November 2005
20:00
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 4 2 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Fořt  5', 75'
Vlček  36'
Piták  56'
Report Gargorov  10'
Sakaliev  58'

24 November 2005
18:00
Viking Norway 2 2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Nhleko  26'
Gaarde  55'
Report Vlček  51'
Piták  83'
Viking Stadion, Stavanger
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

24 November 2005
21:00
AS Monaco France 2 0 Germany Hamburg
Adebayor  44'
Veigneau  90'
Report

30 November 2005
20:45
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 0 2 France AS Monaco
Report Maoulida  12', 72'
Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

30 November 2005
20:45
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2 0 Norway Viking
Yanev  34' (p)
Dah Zadi  46'
Report
Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

15 December 2005
18:30
AS Monaco France 2 1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Kapo  49'
Squillaci  74'
Report Dimitrov  83'

15 December 2005
18:30
Hamburg Germany 2 0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Barbarez  9'
Mpenza  56'
Report
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Italy Palermo 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
Spain Espanyol 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 8
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7
Denmark Brøndby 4 1 1 2 5 8 3 4
Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 0 0 4 1 9 8 0

All times CET

20 October 2005
16:00
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel 1 2 Italy Palermo
Golan  45' Report Brienza  11'
Terlizzi  77'

3 November 2005
20:45
Brøndby Denmark 2 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
Lantz  67'
Absalonsen  83'
Report
Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

3 November 2005
21:00
Palermo Italy 0 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Report
Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

23 November 2005
17:00
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 4 2 Denmark Brøndby
Loskov  60', 64', 84'
Lebedenko  63'
Report Retov  12'
Skoubo  28'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

24 November 2005
21:15
Espanyol Spain 1 1 Italy Palermo
Hurtado  90+1' Report Mariano  45'

30 November 2005
20:45
Brøndby Denmark 1 1 Spain Espanyol
Skoubo  65' Report Tamudo  42'
Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

30 November 2005
20:45
Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel 0 4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Report Loskov  27'
Lebedenko  46', 47'
Ruopolo  52'

15 December 2005
20:45
Espanyol Spain 1 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
Pochettino  83' Report

15 December 2005
20:45
Palermo Italy 3 0 Denmark Brøndby
Makinwa  26'
Rinaudo  44', 88'
Report

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Romania Steaua București 4 2 2 0 7 0 +7 8
France Lens 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
Germany Hertha BSC 4 1 3 0 1 0 +1 6
Italy Sampdoria 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
Sweden Halmstad 4 0 0 4 1 12 11 0

All times CET

20 October 2005
16:15
Halmstad Sweden 0 1 Germany Hertha Berlin
Report Neuendorf  67'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (Belgium)

20 October 2005
19:00
Steaua Bucureşti Romania 4 0 France Lens
Iacob  13'
Goian  16'
Dică  43', 63'
Report
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

3 November 2005
20:35
Lens France 5 0 Sweden Halmstad
Cousin  16', 23', 47'
Jemâa  73'
Lachor  90'
Report
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, Pas-de-Calais
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

3 November 2005
20:45
Sampdoria Italy 0 0 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Report

24 November 2005
19:00
Hertha Berlin Germany 0 0 France Lens
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

24 November 2005
19:00
Halmstad Sweden 1 3 Italy Sampdoria
Djuric  17' Report Volpi  31'
Diana  66'
Bonazzoli  86'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

30 November 2005
20:45
Sampdoria Italy 0 0 Germany Hertha Berlin
Report

30 November 2005
20:45
Steaua Bucureşti Romania 3 0 Sweden Halmstad
Rădoi  9'
Goian  63'
Iacob  73'
Report
Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

15 December 2005
20:45
Hertha Berlin Germany 0 0 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

15 December 2005
20:45
Lens France 2 1 Italy Sampdoria
Thomert  10'
Jemâa  90'
Report Flachi  24'
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, Pas-de-Calais
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Group D

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
England Middlesbrough 4 3 1 0 6 0 +6 10
Netherlands AZ 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 10
Bulgaria Litex Lovech 4 2 0 2 4 5 1 6
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 1 0 3 4 9 5 3
Switzerland Grasshopper 4 0 0 4 3 7 4 0

All times CET

20 October 2005
20:00
Dnipro Ukraine 1 2 Netherlands AZ
Matyukhin  70' Report Arveladze  14'
Sektioui  52'
Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

20 October 2005
21:00
Grasshoppers Switzerland 0 1 England Middlesbrough
Report Hasselbaink  10'
Hardturm, Zurich
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

3 November 2005
16:00
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2 1 Switzerland Grasshoppers
Novakovič  13'
Sandrinho  81'
Report António  90'
Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

3 November 2005
21:03
Middlesbrough England 3 0 Ukraine Dnipro
Yakubu  36'
Viduka  50', 56'
Report

24 November 2005
18:30
AZ Netherlands 0 0 England Middlesbrough
Report

24 November 2005
19:45
Dnipro Ukraine 0 2 Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Report Novakovič  72'
Nazarenko (o.g.) 90+2'
Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

30 November 2005
20:45
Litex Lovech Bulgaria 0 2 Netherlands AZ
Report van Galen  10'
Sektioui  83'
Lovech Stadium, Lovech
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

30 November 2005
20:45
Grasshoppers Switzerland 2 3 Ukraine Dnipro
Touré  85'
Renggli  90'
Report Nazarenko  39'
Kravchenko  61'
Mykhaylenko  84'
Hardturm, Zurich
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

15 December 2005
20:45
AZ Netherlands 1 0 Switzerland Grasshoppers
Koevermans  70' Report

15 December 2005
20:45
Middlesbrough England 2 0 Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Maccarone  79', 86' Report

Group E

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
France Strasbourg 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8
Italy Roma 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
Switzerland Basel 4 2 0 2 7 9 2 6
Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 4
Norway Tromsø 4 0 1 3 7 9 2 1

All times CET

20 October 2005
19:30
Basel Switzerland 0 2 France Strasbourg
Report Diané  15'
Boka  25'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 16,623
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

20 October 2005
20:45
Tromsø Norway 1 2 Italy Roma
Årst  42' Report Kuffour  35'
Cufré  84'

3 November 2005
17:00
Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro 1 2 Switzerland Basel
Purović  25' Report Delgado  30' (p)
Rossi  88'
Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

3 November 2005
20:45
Strasbourg France 2 0 Norway Tromsø
Pagis  38'
Arrache  66'
Report
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Bulgaria)

24 November 2005
20:00
Tromsø Norway 3 1 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade
Kibebe  22'
Årst  37', 74' (p)
Report Žigić  24'
Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

24 November 2005
21:00
Roma Italy 1 1 France Strasbourg
Cassano  72' Report Bellaïd  51'

1 December 2005
20:45
Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 Italy Roma
Žigić  37', 86'
Purović  77'
Report Nonda  23'
Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

1 December 2005
20:45
Basel Switzerland 4 3 Norway Tromsø
Petrić  17'
Delgado  61'
Chipperfield  67'
Degen  75'
Report Strand  2', 29'
Årst  19'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 14,887
Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

14 December 2005
20:45
Roma Italy 3 1 Switzerland Basel
Taddei  12'
Totti  45'
Nonda  49'
Report Petrić  78'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

14 December 2005
20:45
Strasbourg France 2 2 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade
Gameiro  78', 90+4' Report Basta  34'
Đokaj  63'
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Group F

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
France Marseille 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
Netherlands Heerenveen 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5
Russia CSKA Moscow 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 4
Romania Dinamo București 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 4

All times CET

20 October 2005
17:30
CSKA Moscow Russia 1 2 France Marseille
Vágner Love  80' Report Lamouchi  23'
Niang  38'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

20 October 2005
20:45
Dinamo Bucureşti Romania 0 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
Report
Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

3 November 2005
18:00
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 1 0 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
E.Angelov  90' Report

24 November 2005
16:30
CSKA Moscow Russia 2 1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Vágner Love  49', 73' Report Domovchiyski  90'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)

24 November 2005
20:45
Marseille France 1 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
Taiwo  88' (p) Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

1 December 2005
18:30
Dinamo Bucureşti Romania 1 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
Munteanu  73' Report
Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

14 December 2005
20:45
Marseille France 2 1 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
Cesar  38'
Delfim  45'
Report Niculescu  51'
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

14 December 2005
20:45
Heerenveen Netherlands 2 1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Samaras  55'
Hanssen  90'
Report Ivanov  53'
Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

Group G

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Romania Rapid Bucureşti 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 9
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9
Germany Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
Greece PAOK 4 1 0 3 6 5 +1 3
France Rennes 4 0 0 4 1 10 9 0

All times CET

20 October 2005
18:00
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1 0 Greece PAOK
Brandão  68' (p) Report

20 October 2005
18:15
Rennes France 0 2 Germany Stuttgart
Report Tomasson  87'
Ljuboja  90' (p)

3 November 2005
19:00
Rapid Bucureşti Romania 2 0 France Rennes
Niculae  42'
Buga  67'
Report
Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

3 November 2005
20:45
Stuttgart Germany 0 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Fernandinho  31'
Marica  88'

24 November 2005
17:00
PAOK Greece 1 2 Germany Stuttgart
Karipidis  48' Report Ljuboja  85', 90+1' (p)
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

24 November 2005
18:30
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 0 1 Romania Rapid Bucureşti
Report Măldărăşanu  87'
RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

1 December 2005
20:45
Rapid Bucureşti Romania 1 0 Greece PAOK
Măldărăşanu  45+2' Report
Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest
Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)

1 December 2005
20:45
Rennes France 0 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Elano  38' (p)

14 December 2005
20:45
PAOK Greece 5 1 France Rennes
Rochat  3' (o.g.)
Christodoulopoulos  38'
Yiasoumi  79', 89'
Salpingidis  83'
Report Briand  70'
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Antonio Costa (Portugal)

14 December 2005
20:45
Stuttgart Germany 2 1 Romania Rapid Bucureşti
Gómez  20', 37' Report Burdujan  80'

Group H

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain Sevilla 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7
Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
England Bolton Wanderers 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 6
Turkey Beşiktaş 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 5
Portugal Vitória Guimarães 4 0 1 3 4 9 5 1

All times CET

20 October 2005
18:00
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 2 1 Portugal Vitória Guimarães
Spivak  39' (p)
Arshavin  54'
Report Neca  59'

20 October 2005
20:45
Beşiktaş Turkey 1 1 England Bolton Wanderers
Aílton  7' Report Borgetti  29'
BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

3 November 2005
21:30
Sevilla Spain 3 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
Saviola  64'
Kanouté  65', 89'
Report
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

24 November 2005
18:30
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 2 1 Spain Sevilla
Kerzhakov  11', 88' Report Saviola  90+3' (p)

24 November 2005
21:00
Vitória Guimarães Portugal 1 1 England Bolton Wanderers
Saganowski  84' Report Vaz Tê  87'

1 December 2005
20:45
Sevilla Spain 3 1 Portugal Vitória Guimarães
Saviola  10', 28'
Adriano  39'
Report Benachour  44'
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

14 December 2005
20:45
Vitória Guimarães Portugal 1 3 Turkey Beşiktaş
Saganowski  11' Report Toraman  7', 60'
Youla  17'

14 December 2005
20:45
Bolton Wanderers England 1 1 Spain Sevilla
N'Gotty  66' Report Adriano  74'
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

References

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