2005–06 UEFA Cup explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Cup
Year:2005–06
Size:275px
Dates:12 July 2005 – 10 May 2006
Num Teams:80 (competition proper)
144 (qualifying)
Champion Other: Sevilla
Count:1
Second Other: Middlesbrough
Matches:221
Goals:526
Attendance:3489789
Top Scorer:Matías Delgado (Basel)
7 goals
Prevseason:2004–05
Nextseason:2006–07

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 final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was refereed by Herbert Fandel. Middlesbrough sealed their place in the final on the back of two dramatic comebacks. In the quarter-finals they beat FC Basel of Switzerland 4–3 on aggregate (after losing the first leg 2–0 and being 1–0 down in the second leg, they scored 4 goals), this put them into the semi–final to face Steaua București. The first leg finished 1–0 to Steaua, and the second leg (at the Riverside Stadium again) finished 4–2 (after being 2–0 down). Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year.

CSKA Moscow were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Association team allocation

113 teams qualified directly for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup from 52 UEFA associations. An additional three teams qualified via the UEFA Fair Play league, while 27 further teams qualified at various stages from the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Below is the final qualification scheme for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup:

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Association ranking

RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
179.8513+1(UCL)
262.153−1(CLTH)
+1(UCL)
359.186+1(UCL)
449.489+1(UCL)
+2(UIC)
+1(FP)
548.326+3(UCL)
+1(UIC)
642.333
734.7484
834.081
933.0752+1(UCL)
1032.291
1132.125
1228.875+1(UCL)
1322.375+2(UCL)
1422.125+1(UCL)
1521.900+2(UCL)
+1(FP)
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
1621.7503+1(UCL)
1721.249
1821.125
1920.165+1(UCL)
2019.998+1(UCL)
2119.9162+1(UCL)
2217.450+1(UCL)
+1(FP)
2317.375
2416.716+1(UCL)
2515.290+1(UCL)
2614.790+1(UCL)
2712.832+1(UCL)
289.165
298.998+1(UCL)
306.832
315.998
325.874
335.499
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
344.9992
354.830
364.165
373.582
383.332
393.331
403.164
412.831
422.332
432.0001
441.8312
451.665
461.665
471.498
481.165
490.832
500.6660
510.0001
520.000
Notes

Distribution

Each association enters a certain number of teams to the UEFA Cup based on its league coefficient. Through domestic competitions (national championships and cups and league cups in certain countries) an association may qualify up to four teams. The following amendments were made to the 2005–06 qualification scheme:

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions LeagueTeams transferred from Intertoto Cup
First qualifying round
(50 teams)
  • 2 league winners from associations 51 and 52
  • 21 cup winners from associations 29–49
  • 24 runners-up from associations 25–42 and 44-49
  • 3 entries through UEFA Fair Play
Second qualifying round
(62 teams)
  • 17 cup winners from associations 13–28
  • 9 runners-up from associations 16–24
  • 11 third-place finishers from associations 9–20
  • 25 winners from the first qualifying round
First round
(80 teams)
  • 12 national cup winners from associations 1–12
  • 2 third-place finishers from associations 7–8
  • 5 fourth-place finishers from associations 4–8
  • 7 fifth-place finishers from associations 1 and 3–8
  • 2 sixth-place finishers from associations 1 and 3
  • 1 League Cup winners from association 2
  • 1 current UEFA Cup holder
  • 31 winners from the second qualifying round
  • 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
Group stage
(40 teams)
  • 40 winners from the First Round
Knockout phase
(32 teams)
  • 24 top-three finishers from the group stage

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1]

Notes

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds.

Second qualifying round

First round

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round.

Group stage

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage.

Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:[2]

  1. Cumulative goal difference in group matches
  2. Total goals scored in group matches
  3. Away goals scored in group matches
  4. Higher number of UEFA coefficient 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 H

Knockout stage

See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup knockout stage.

Final

Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Matías Delgado Basel7992
2 Nicolae Dică Steaua București61157
Mark Viduka Middlesbrough6667
Javier Saviola Sevilla6669
Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla6727

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qualification for European Cup Football 2005/2006 . 2013-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517160143/https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2005.html . 2019-05-17 . dead .
  2. Web site: Regulations of UEFA CUP 2005–06 . UEFA.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051020020920/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19070.pdf . 20 October 2005 .

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