2005–06 UEFA Champions League
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 12 July 2005 – 17 May 2006 |
| Teams |
32 (group stage) 74 (total) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Barcelona (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |
 Arsenal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 209 |
| Goals scored | 533 (2.55 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Andriy Shevchenko(9 goals) |
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.
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 Liverpool were eliminated by Benfica in the first knockout round.
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 |
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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 |
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| FBK Kaunas |
1–5 | Liverpool |
1–3 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi |
1–5 |  Brøndby |
0–2 | 1–3 |
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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 |
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Wisła Kraków  |
4–5 |  Panathinaikos |
3–1 | 1–4 (aet) |
| Real Betis |
3–2 |  Monaco |
1–0 | 2–2 |
| Vålerenga |
1–1 (3–4p) | 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 (4–3p) | 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
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 "country protection" in the draw for the group stages. In the event they were drawn in the same group as Chelsea. 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:[1]
- 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 going into the competition.
Real Betis, Villarreal, Udinese, Thun and Artmedia made their debut appearance in the group stage.[2]
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| Teams that progressed to the first knockout round |
| Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
First knockout round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Arsenal |
1–0 | Villarreal |
1–0 | 0–0 |
| Milan |
0–1 | Barcelona |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (group stage and knockout stage only) are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Appearances | Minutes played |
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| 1 | Andriy Shevchenko |
Milan |
9 | 12 | 950' |
| 2 |  Ronaldinho |
Barcelona |
7 | 12 | 1078' |
| 3 | David Trezeguet |
Juventus |
6 | 9 | 733' |
 Samuel Eto'o |
Barcelona |
6 | 11 | 978' | |
| 5 | Adriano |
Internazionale |
5 | 9 | 679' |
| Johan Micoud |
Werder Bremen |
5 | 8 | 720' | |
| Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
5 | 11 | 931' | |
| Kaká |
Milan |
5 | 12 | 986' | |
| 9 |  Julio Cruz |
Internazionale |
4 | 6 | 370' |
| Filippo Inzaghi |
Milan |
4 | 6 | 394' | |
| Vincenzo Iaquinta |
Udinese |
4 | 5 | 434' | |
| John Carew |
Lyon |
4 | 10 | 623' | |
| Peter Løvenkrands |
Rangers |
4 | 8 | 656' | |
| Juninho |
Lyon |
4 | 8 | 691' |
- Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 17 May 2006 (after match) (accessed 17 May 2006)
References
- ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2005/06" (PDF). March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
- ↑ "Old and new meet in Monaco". UEFA.com. 25 August 2005.
External links
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Wikinews has related news: Barcelona win Champions League |
- 2005–06 All matches – season at UEFA website
- 2005–06 season at UEFA website
- European Club Results at RSSSF
- All scorers 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- 2005/06 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)
- 2005–06 UEFA Champions League List of participants
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