2005–06 UEFA Champions League

2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	12 July 2005–17 May 2006
Teams	32 (group stage) 74 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (2nd title)
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	209
Goals scored	533 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Shevchenko (9 goals)
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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

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League 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
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
FBK Kaunas	1–5	Liverpool	1–3	0–2
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–5	Brøndby	0–2	1–3
Anderlecht	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
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

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League 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. 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.
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.

Real Betis, Villarreal, Udinese, Thun and Artmedia made their debut appearance in the group stage.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the first knockout round
Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup

Group A

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

BAY BRU JUV RAP Bayern Munich – 1–0 2–1 4–0 Club Brugge 1–1 – 1–2 3–2 Juventus 2–1 1–0 – 3–0 Rapid Wien 0–1 0–1 1–3 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Arsenal 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Ajax 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Thun 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 Sparta Prague 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2

AJA ARS SPR THU Ajax – 1–2 2–1 2–0 Arsenal 0–0 – 3–0 2–1 Sparta Prague 1–1 0–2 – 0–0 Thun 2–4 0–1 1–0 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barcelona 6 5 1 0 16 2 +14 16 Werder Bremen 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Udinese 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7 Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 4

BAR PAN UDI BRM Barcelona – 5–0 4–1 3–1 Panathinaikos 0–0 – 1–2 2–1 Udinese 0–2 3–0 – 1–1 Werder Bremen 0–2 5–1 4–3 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Villarreal 6 2 4 0 3 1 +2 10 Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 Lille 6 1 3 2 1 2 −1 6 Manchester United 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6

BEN LIL MU VIL Benfica – 1–0 2–1 0–1 Lille 0–0 – 1–0 0–0 Manchester United 2–1 0–0 – 0–0 Villarreal 1–1 1–0 0–0 –

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 4 6 −2 10 Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Fenerbahçe 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4

FEN MIL PSV SCH Fenerbahçe – 0–4 3–0 3–3 Milan 3–1 – 0–0 3–2 PSV Eindhoven 2–0 1–0 – 1–0 Schalke 04 2–0 2–2 3–0 –

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Lyon 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Rosenborg 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4

OL OLY RM ROS Lyon – 2–1 3–0 2–1 Olympiacos 1–4 – 2–1 1–3 Real Madrid 1–1 2–1 – 4–1 Rosenborg 0–1 1–1 0–2 –

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Liverpool 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Chelsea 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 11 Real Betis 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7 Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 1 8 −7 3

AND CHE LIV BET Anderlecht – 0–2 0–1 0–1 Chelsea 1–0 – 0–0 4–0 Liverpool 3–0 0–0 – 0–0 Real Betis 0–1 1–0 1–2 –

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Rangers 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 Artmedia 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Porto 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 5

ART INT POR RAN Artmedia – 0–1 0–0 2–2 Internazionale 4–0 – 2–1 1–0 Porto 2–3 2–0 – 1–1 Rangers 0–0 1–1 3–2 –

Knockout stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1

Real Madrid

16

Arsenal

Arsenal

Juventus

8

Werder Bremen

9

Juventus (a)

Arsenal

Villarreal

5

Ajax

12

Internazionale

Internazionale

Villarreal (a)

4

Rangers

13

Villarreal (a)

Arsenal

1

Barcelona

2

6

PSV Eindhoven

11

Lyon

Lyon

Milan

3

Bayern Munich

14

Milan

Milan

Barcelona

7

Benfica

10

Liverpool

Benfica

Barcelona

2

Chelsea

15

Barcelona

First knockout round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
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
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
Arsenal	1–0	Villarreal	1–0	0–0
Milan	0–1	Barcelona	0–1	0–0

Final

Main article: 2006 UEFA Champions League Final

17 May 2006 20:45 CEST	Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal	Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 79,610 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Eto'o  76' Belletti  81'	Report MatchCentre	Campbell  37'

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	9	950
2	Ronaldinho	Barcelona	7	1078
3	David Trezeguet	Juventus	6	733
	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	6	978
5	Adriano	Internazionale	5	679
	Johan Micoud	Werder Bremen	5	720
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	5	931
	Kaká	Milan	5	986
9	Julio Cruz	Internazionale	4	370
	Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	4	394
	Vincenzo Iaquinta	Udinese	4	434
	John Carew	Lyon	4	623
	Peter Løvenkrands	Rangers	4	656
	Juninho	Lyon	4	691

• Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 17 May 2006 (after match) (accessed 17 May 2006)

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists	Minutes played
1	Steven Pienaar	Ajax	4	614
	Johan Micoud	Werder Bremen	4	720
	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	4	980
	Ronaldinho	Barcelona	4	1079
5	Stefano Mauri	Udinese	3	132
	Nelson Valdez	Werder Bremen	3	462
	Dejan Stanković	Internazionale	3	472
	Øyvind Storflor	Rosenborg	3	478
	Lincoln	Schalke 04	3	540
	David Beckham	Real Madrid	3	620
	Pavel Nedvěd	Juventus	3	661
	Juninho	Lyon	3	694
	José Antonio Reyes	Arsenal	3	782
	Serginho	Milan	3	799
	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	3	951

Source:

See also

• 2005–06 UEFA Cup

External links

• 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

UEFA Champions League 2005-06
Champions
Runners-up
Knockout Stage
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
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Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
Eliminated in the in the Last 16
Eliminated in the Group Stage
Eliminated in the play-off round
Eliminated in the third qualifying round
Eliminated in the second qualifying round
Eliminated in the first qualifying round
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