2005 UEFA Cup final explained

2005 UEFA Cup Final
Event:	2004–05 UEFA Cup
Team1:	Sporting CP
Team1score:	1
Team2:	CSKA Moscow
Team2association:
Team2score:	3
Date:	18 May 2005
Stadium:	Estádio José Alvalade
City:	Lisbon
Man Of The Match1a:	Daniel Carvalho ^[1] ^[2]
Referee:	Graham Poll (England)
Attendance:	47,085
Weather:	Fair 19°C 54% humidity^[3]
Previous:	2004
Next:	2006

The 2005 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first half from full-back Rogério, before Aleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half. Yuri Zhirkov would give the Russian side the lead nine minutes after CSKA's equalising goal, and the Moscow outfit would close out the scoring 15 minutes from the end after a quick CSKA counterattack saw Vágner Love become the youngest player to score in a UEFA Cup final at the age of,^[4] firing the ball past Sporting goalkeeper Ricardo to give the Russian side a first UEFA Cup trophy.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade – home ground of finalists Sporting CP – in Lisbon, Portugal, on 18 May 2005.^[10] Until then, it was the third European football final to be held in Portugal, after the 1967 European Cup Final, which was held in another Lisbon venue, the Estádio Nacional,^{[11] [12]} and the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which was held at the Estádio da Luz.^[13]

Venue

José Alvalade Stadium was announced as the final venue on 5 February 2004, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.^{[14] [15]}

Route to the final

Sporting CP	Round	CSKA Moscow
Champions League/UEFA Cup
Opponent	Result	Legs	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Result	Legs
width=175 Team width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 Newcastle United 4 3 1 0 8 1 +7 10 Sochaux 4 3 0 1 4 4 0 9 Sporting CP 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7 Panionios 4 1 0 3 6 8 -2 3 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 0 4 2 13 -11 0			Group stage	width=175 Team width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 width=20 Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Porto 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 8 CSKA Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7 Paris Saint-Germain 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5
UEFA Cup
Opponent	Result	Legs	Final phase	Opponent	Result	Legs
Feyenoord	4–2	2–1 home; 2–1 away	Round of 32	Benfica	3–1	2–0 home; 1–1 away
Middlesbrough	4–2	3–2 away; 1–0 home	Round of 16	Partizan	3–1	1–1 away; 2–0 home
Newcastle United	4–2	0–1 away; 4–1 home	Quarter-finals	Auxerre	4–2	4–0 home; 0–2 away
AZ	4–4 (a)	2–1 home; 2–3 away	Semi-finals	Parma	3–0	0–0 away; 3–0 home

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 76 Ricardo RB 15 Miguel Garcia CB 22 Beto CB 14 Joseph Enakarhire LB 11 Rodrigo Tello RM 37 CM 26 Fábio Rochemback CM 28 LM 8 Pedro Barbosa (c) CF 31 Liédson CF 10 Substitutes: GK 1 Nélson DF 4 Ânderson Polga DF 27 Custódio MF 45 MF 23 Rui Jorge FW 9 FW 17 Manager: José Peseiro

width=25 ! width=25 GK 35 Igor Akinfeev RB 24 Vasili Berezutski CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich (c) CB 6 Aleksei Berezutski LB 18 Yuri Zhirkov RM 15 Chidi Odiah CM 22 LM 25 Elvir Rahimić AM 7 CF 9 CF 11 Vágner Love Substitutes: GK 1 Veniamin Mandrykin MF 2 MF 8 MF 10 Osmar Ferreyra MF 19 Juris Laizāns MF 40 Aleksandr Salugin FW 17 Manager: Valery Gazzaev

Man of the Match: Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow) Assistant referees Michael Tingey (England) Glenn Turner (England) Fourth official Steve Bennett (England)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

See also

• 2004–05 UEFA Cup
• 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
• 2005 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2005 UEFA Super Cup
• PFC CSKA Moscow in European football
• Sporting CP in European football

External links

• 2004–05 season at UEFA.com

Notes and References

1. News: Sporting frente ao CSKA: Peseiro invent e pagou bem caro. Sporting against CSKA: Peseiro invented and paid very expensively. Record. 19 May 2005. 30 November 2013.
2. News: CSKA frente ao Sporting: "Polka" deu lugar ao samba de Daniel. CSKA against Sporting: "Polka" gives its seat to the samba of Daniel. Record. 19 May 2005. 30 November 2013.
3. Web site: Lisbon, Portugal Weather History: May 18, 2005 . . 18 May 2005 . 17 June 2024.
4. Web site: Europa League/UEFA Cup final records . UEFA.com . 26 May 2021 . 28 September 2021 .
5. News: Resilient CSKA sink Sporting . UEFA . 18 May 2005 . 30 November 2013 . https://archive.today/20130624211450/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2004/round=1981/match=80814/report=rp.html . 24 June 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
6. News: 2004/05: Carvalho inspires CSKA to 'landmark victory' . UEFA . 18 May 2005 . 30 November 2013 .
7. News: SPORTING-CSKA MOSCOVO, 1-3 (Rogério 28; Aleksei Berezoutski 56, Zhirkov 65, Vágner Love 74) . SPORTING-CSKA MOSCOW, 1-3 (Rogério 28; Aleksei Berezutski 56, Zhirkov 65, Vágner Love 74) . . 18 May 2005 . 30 November 2013 .
8. News: Daniel Carvalho: "Estive nos quatro golos". Daniel Carvalho: "I was involved in the four goals". Record. 19 May 2005. 30 November 2013.
9. News: Sporting-CSKA, 1-3: Como a final de sonho se tornou num pesadelo. Sporting-CSKA, 1-3: Like the dream final turned into a nightmare. Record. 19 May 2005. 30 November 2013.
10. News: Final da Taça UEFA no Alvalade XXI. Final of UEFA Cup at the Alvalade XXI. ZeroZero. pt. 5 February 2004. 30 November 2013.
11. News: Celtic 2-1 Internazionale. ZeroZero. pt. 30 November 2013.
12. News: Champions: Capitão do Celtic em 1967 lembra final do Jamor. Champions: Celtic's captain in 1967 remembers the final in Jamor. ZeroZero. pt. 17 September 2013. 30 November 2013.
13. News: Werder Bremen 2-0 Monaco. ZeroZero. pt. 30 November 2013.
14. News: . Turkey hosts 2005 Champions final . CNN . 5 February 2004 . 12 April 2018 .
15. News: 5 February 2004 . Estádio José Alvalade recebe final da Taça UEFA em 2005 . José Alvalade Stadium will host UEFA Cup Final in 2005. pt . Público . 12 April 2018 .