2004–05 UEFA Champions League

2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	14 September 2004 – 25 May 2005
Teams	32 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (5th title)
Runner-up	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	335 (2.68 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (8 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool FC, who beat AC Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool's captain, Steven Gerrard, was named as UEFA's Footballer of the Year for his key role in the final and throughout the Champions League season. The final is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament. For the third time in four seasons, Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy was the top scorer with eight goals.

As it was their fifth European Cup title, Liverpool kept the trophy and received the UEFA badge of honour. A new trophy was made for the 2005–06 season.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KR Reykjavík	2–2(a)	Shelbourne	2–2	0–0
Skonto	7–1	Rhyl	4–0	3–1
Flora Tallinn	3–7	ND Gorica	2–4	1–3
Linfield	0–2	HJK Helsinki	0–1	0–1
Pobeda	2–4	Pyunik	1–3	1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Jeunesse Esch	2–0	0–1
WIT Georgia	5–3	HB Tórshavn	5–0	0–3
Sliema Wanderers	1–6	FBK Kaunas	0–2	1–4
Široki Brijeg	2–2(a)	Neftchi Baku	2–1	0–1
Gomel	1–2	KF Tirana	0–2	1–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pyunik	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	0–1
APOEL	3–4	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–2
Rosenborg	4–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	2–0
Young Boys	2–5	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	0–3
ND Gorica	6–2	Copenhagen	1–2	5–0
Neftchi Baku	0–2	CSKA Moscow	0–0	0–2
Žilina	0–2	Dinamo Bucureşti	0–1	0–1
HJK Helsinki	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	0–1
Skonto	1–4	Trabzonspor	1–1	0–3
Club Brugge	6–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0	4–0
KF Tirana	3–3(a)	Ferencváros	2–3	1–0
Hajduk Split	3–4	Shelbourne	3–2	0–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–0	FBK Kaunas	0–0	2–0
WIT Georgia	2–11	Wisła Kraków	2–8	0–3

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grazer AK	1–2	Liverpool	0–2	1–0
Juventus	6–3	Djurgårdens IF	2–2	4–1
Ferencváros	1–2	Sparta Prague	1–0	0–2(aet)
Rosenborg	5–3	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	3–2(aet)
Bayer Leverkusen	6–2	Baník Ostrava	5–0	1–2
CSKA Moscow	3–2	Rangers	2–1	1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–3	Club Brugge	4–1	2–2
Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	Trabzonspor	1–2	2–0
Red Star Belgrade	3–7	PSV Eindhoven	3–2	0–5
Dinamo Bucureşti	1–5	Manchester United	1–2	0–3
Basel	2–5	Internazionale	1–1	1–4
Benfica	1–3	Anderlecht	1–0	0–3
Shelbourne	0–3	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	0–3
PAOK	0–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3*	0–1
ND Gorica	0–9	AS Monaco	0–3	0–6
Wisła Kraków	1–5	Real Madrid	0–2	1–3

• The first leg finished 1:2 to Maccabi Tel-Aviv but was awarded 0–3 against PAOK for fielding a suspended player.

Group stage

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams will advance to the third round of the UEFA Cup.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, 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.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
AS Monaco	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	12
Liverpool	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10
Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
Deportivo La Coruña	6	0	2	4	0	9	−9	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11
Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
Roma	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	5	1	0	6	1	+5	16
Bayern Munich	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10
Ajax	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	6	4	1	1	17	8	+9	13
Manchester United	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11
Fenerbahçe	6	3	0	3	10	13	−3	9
Sparta Prague	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	2	4	0	11	6	+5	10
PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10
Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
Rosenborg	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
Barcelona	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6
Celtic	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internazionale	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14
Werder Bremen	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
Valencia	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
Anderlecht	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Knockout stage

	First knockout round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Manchester United	0	0	0
	Milan	1	1	2
							Milan	2	3	5
							Internazionale	0	0	0
	Porto	1	1	2
	Internazionale	1	3	4
													Milan (a)	2	1	3
												PSV Eindhoven	0	3	3
	Werder Bremen	0	2	2
	Lyon	3	7	10
							Lyon	1	1	2(2)
							PSV Eindhoven (p)	1	1	2(4)
	PSV Eindhoven	1	2	3
	AS Monaco	0	0	0
																		Milan	3(2)
																			Liverpool (p)	3(3)
	Barcelona	2	2	4
	Chelsea	1	4	5
							Chelsea	4	2	6
							Bayern Munich	2	3	5
	Bayern Munich	3	0	3
	Arsenal	1	1	2
													Chelsea	0	0	0
												Liverpool	0	1	1
	Liverpool	3	3	6
	Bayer Leverkusen	1	1	2
							Liverpool	2	0	2
							Juventus	1	0	1
	Real Madrid	1	0	1
	Juventus (aet)	0	2	2

First knockout round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2(aet)
Liverpool	6–2	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	3–1
PSV Eindhoven	3–0	AS Monaco	1–0	2–0
Bayern Munich	3–2	Arsenal	3–1	0–1
Barcelona	4–5	Chelsea	2–1	2–4
Manchester United	0–2	Milan	0–1	0–1
Werder Bremen	2–10	Lyon	0–3	2–7
Porto	2–4	Internazionale	1–1	1–3

First leg

22 February 2005	Real Madrid	1 – 0	Juventus	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Helguera  31'	Report

22 February 2005	Liverpool	3 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 40,950 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	L. García  15' Riise  35' Hamann  90+2'	Report	França  90+3'

22 February 2005	PSV Eindhoven	1 – 0	AS Monaco	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 31,225 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
	Alex  8'	Report

22 February 2005	Bayern Munich	3 – 1	Arsenal	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Pizarro  4', 58' Salihamidžić  65'	Report	Touré  88'

23 February 2005	Barcelona	2 – 1	Chelsea	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 96,650 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	M. López  67' Eto'o  73'	Report	Belletti  33' (o.g.)

23 February 2005	Werder Bremen	0 – 3	Lyon	Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 36,925 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
		Report	Wiltord  9' Diarra  77' Juninho  80'

23 February 2005	Manchester United	0 – 1	Milan	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 67,150 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
		Report	Crespo  78'

23 February 2005	Porto	1 – 1	Internazionale	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 38,180 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	R. Costa  61'	Report	Martins  24'

Second leg

8 March 2005	Milan	1 – 0	Manchester United	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 79,100 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
	Crespo  61'	Report

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

8 March 2005	Lyon	7 – 2	Werder Bremen	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 38,925 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Wiltord  8', 55', 63' Essien  17', 30' Malouda  60' Berthod  80' (pen.)	Report	Micoud  32' Ismaël  57' (pen.)

Lyon won 10–2 on aggregate.

8 March 2005	Chelsea	4 – 2	Barcelona	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 42,450 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Guðjohnsen  8' Lampard  17' Duff  19' Terry  76'	Report	Ronaldinho  27' (pen.), 38'

Chelsea won 5–4 on aggregate.

9 March 2005	AS Monaco	0 – 2	PSV Eindhoven	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 15,125 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)
		Report	Vennegoor of Hesselink  26' Beasley  69'

PSV Eindhoven won 3–0 on aggregate.

9 March 2005	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 3	Liverpool	BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Krzynówek  88'	Report	L. García  28', 32' Baros  67'

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

9 March 2005	Arsenal	1 – 0	Bayern Munich	Highbury, London Attendance: 35,450 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
	Henry  66'	Report

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

9 March 2005	Juventus	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Real Madrid	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 68,850 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Trézéguet  75' Zalayeta  116'	Report

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

15 March 2005	Internazionale	3 – 1	Porto	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 65,275 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Adriano  6', 63', 87'	Report	J. Costa  69'

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	2–1	Juventus	2–1	0–0
Lyon	2–2(2–4p)	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	1–1
Chelsea	6–5	Bayern Munich	4–2	2–3
Milan	5–0	Internazionale	2–0	3–0(f)

First leg

5 April 2005	Liverpool	2 – 1	Juventus	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Hyypiä  10' L. García  25'	Report	Cannavaro  63'

5 April 2005	Lyon	1 – 1	PSV Eindhoven	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,200 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Malouda  12'	Report	Cocu  79'

6 April 2005	Milan	2 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Stam  45+1' Shevchenko  74'	Report

6 April 2005	Chelsea	4 – 2	Bayern Munich	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
	J. Cole  4' Lampard  60', 70' Drogba  81'	Report	Schweinsteiger  52' Ballack  90+3'

Second leg

12 April 2005	Bayern Munich	3 – 2	Chelsea	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Pizarro  65' Guerrero  90' Scholl  90+5'	Report	Lampard  30' Drogba  80'

Chelsea won 6–5 on aggregate.

12 April 2005	Internazionale	0 – 1	Milan	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		Report	Shevchenko  30'

Match forfeited. Milan were awarded a 3–0 win.

Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

13 April 2005	Juventus	0 – 0	Liverpool	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		Report

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

13 April 2005	PSV Eindhoven	1 – 1 (aet)	Lyon	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Alex  50'	Report	Wiltord  10'
		Penalties
	Robert Beasley Bouma Ooijer Van Bommel	4 – 2	Abidal Ben Arfa Essien Juninho

Lyon 2–2 PSV Eindhoven on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won 4–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	0–1	Liverpool	0–0	0–1
Milan	(a)3–3	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	1–3

First leg

26 April 2005	Milan	2 – 0	PSV Eindhoven	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Shevchenko  42' Tomasson  90'	Report

27 April 2005	Chelsea	0 – 0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
		Report

Second leg

3 May 2005	Liverpool	1 – 0	Chelsea	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	L. García  4'	Report

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

4 May 2005	PSV Eindhoven	3 – 1	Milan	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Park  9' Cocu  65', 90+2'	Report	Ambrosini  90+1'

Milan 3–3 PSV Eindhoven. Milan won on away goals.

Final

As winners of the competition, Liverpool went on to represent UEFA at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.

25 May 2005 20:45 EET	Milan	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 70,025 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Maldini  1' Crespo  39', 44'	Report	Gerrard  54' Šmicer  56' Alonso  60'
		Penalties
	Serginho Pirlo Tomasson Kaká Shevchenko	2 – 3	Hamann Cissé Riise Šmicer

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League (group stage and knockout stage only) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Appearances	Minutes played
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	8	7	527'
2	Adriano	Internazionale	7	7	548'
	Roy Makaay	Bayern Munich	7	8	702'
4	Sylvain Wiltord	Lyon	6	8	606'
	Hernán Crespo	Milan	6	10	612'
	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	6	10	869'
7	Ivan Klasnić	Werder Bremen	5	7	431'
	Obafemi Martins	Internazionale	5	8	510'
	Sanli Tuncay	Fenerbahçe	5	6	525'
	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	5	9	688'
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	5	8	720'
	Mickaël Essien	Lyon	5	10	930'
	Luis García	Liverpool	5	12	972'

• Source: Top Scorers - Final - Wednesday 25 May 2005 (after match)

See also

• 2005 UEFA Super Cup
• 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

External links

• 2004–05 season at UEFA website
• European Club Results at RSSSF

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