2005–06 UEFA Champions League

2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	13 September 2005 - 17 May 2006
Teams	32 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	294 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Shevchenko (9 goals)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st staging 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 F.C. and FC Barcelona at Stade de France, Paris, on 17 May 2006. FC 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. Robert Pirès was replaced, in what turned out to be his last match for the Gunners. Samuel Eto'o brought Barcelona back on level terms in the 76th minute, before Belletti grabbed the winner five minutes later.

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 was 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	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
Havnar Bóltfelag	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
ND 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 IF	0–2	1–3
Anderlecht	5–1	Neftchi Baku	5–0	0–1
Vålerenga IF	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 Bucureşti	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 IF	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 Bucureşti	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 IF	3–5	Ajax	2–2	1–3
Anderlecht	4–1	Slavia Prague	2–1	2–0

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. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the Champions League play-offs, 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.

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

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

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

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

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11
PSV	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

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

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

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

	First knockout round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Real Madrid	0	0	0
	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	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
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	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

First leg

2006-02-21	Bayern Munich	1 – 1	Milan	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Ballack  23'	(Report)	Shevchenko  58' (pen.)

2006-02-21	PSV	0 – 1	Lyon	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
		(Report)	Juninho  65'

2006-02-21	Real Madrid	0 – 1	Arsenal	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
		(Report)	Henry  47'

2006-02-21	Benfica	1 – 0	Liverpool	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
	Luisão  84'	(Report)

2006-02-22	Rangers	2 – 2	Villarreal	Ibrox Park, Glasgow Attendance: 49,375 Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
	Løvenkrands  22' Peña  82' (o.g.)	(Report)	Riquelme  8' (pen.) Forlán  35'

2006-02-22	Werder Bremen	3 – 2	Juventus	Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Schulz  39' Borowski  87' Micoud  90+2'	(Report)	Nedvěd  73' Trézéguet  82'

2006-02-22	Chelsea	1 – 2	Barcelona	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 39,525 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Motta  59' (o.g.)	(Report)	Terry  71' (o.g.) Eto'o  80'

2006-02-22	Ajax	2 – 2	Internazionale	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 46,650 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Huntelaar  16' Rosales  20'	(Report)	Stanković  49' Cruz  86'

Second leg

2006-03-07	Villarreal	1 – 1	Rangers	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Arruabarrena  49'	(Report)	Løvenkrands  12'

Rangers 3-3 Villarreal on aggregate. Villarreal won on away goals.

2006-03-07	Juventus	2 – 1	Werder Bremen	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Trézéguet  65' Emerson  88'	(Report)	Micoud  13'

Werder Bremen 4-4 Juventus on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.

2006-03-07	Barcelona	1 – 1	Chelsea	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 98,450 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Ronaldinho  78'	(Report)	Lampard  90' (pen.)

Barcelona won 3-2 on aggregate.

2006-03-08	Milan	4 – 1	Bayern Munich	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 78,600 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Inzaghi  8'  47' Shevchenko  25' Kaká  59'	(Report)	Ismael  35'

Milan won 5-2 on aggregate.

2006-03-08	Lyon	4 – 0	PSV	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)
	Tiago  26'  45+4' Wiltord  71' Fred  90'	(Report)

Lyon won 5-0 on aggregate.

2006-03-08	Arsenal	0 – 0	Real Madrid	Highbury, London Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
		(Report)

Arsenal won 1-0 on aggregate.

2006-03-08	Liverpool	0– 2	Benfica	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 42,750 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
		(Report)	Simão  36' Miccoli  89'

Benfica won 3-0 on aggregate.

2006-03-14	Internazionale	1 – 0	Ajax	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 48,850 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	Stanković  57'	(Report)

Internazionale won 3-2 on aggregate.

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

First leg

2006-03-28	Benfica	0 – 0	Barcelona	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)
		(Report)

2006-03-28	Arsenal	2 – 0	Juventus	Highbury, London Attendance: 35,475 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
	Fàbregas  40' Henry  69'	(Report)

2006-03-29	Lyon	0 – 0	Milan	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,300 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
		(Report)

2006-03-29	Internazionale	2 – 1	Villarreal	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 49,150 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Adriano  7' Martins  54'	(Report)	Forlán  1'

Second leg

2006-04-04	Villarreal	1 – 0	Internazionale	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Arruabarrena  58'	(Report)

Internazionale 2-2 Villarreal on aggregate. Villarreal won on away goals.

2006-04-04	Milan	3 – 1	Lyon	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 78,900 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Inzaghi  25'  88' Shevchenko  90+3'	(Report)	Diarra  31'

Milan won 3-1 on aggregate.

2006-04-05	Barcelona	2 – 0	Benfica	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 89,875 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Ronaldinho  19' Eto'o  89'	(Report)

Barcelona won 2-0 on aggregate.

2006-04-05	Juventus	0 – 0	Arsenal	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
		(Report)

Arsenal won 2-0 on aggregate.

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

First leg

2006-04-18	Milan	0 – 1	Barcelona	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 76,900 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
		(Report)	Giuly  57'

2006-04-19	Arsenal	1 – 0	Villarreal	Highbury, London Attendance: 35,450 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
	Touré  41'	(Report)

Second leg

2006-04-25	Villarreal	0 – 0	Arsenal	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		(Report)

Arsenal won 1-0 on aggregate.

2006-04-26	Barcelona	0 – 0	Milan	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 115.000(95,650 payers) Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		(Report)

Barcelona won 1-0 on aggregate.

Final

2006-05-17 20:45	Barcelona	2– 1	Arsenal	Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 79,610 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Eto'o  76' Belletti  81'		Campbell  37'

UEFA Champions League 2005-06 Winners
FC Barcelona Second title

Top scorers

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
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	9	12	950'
2	Ronaldinho	Barcelona	7	12	1078'
3	David Trézéguet	Juventus	6	9	733'
	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona		11	978'
5	Adriano	Internazionale	5	9	679'
	Johan Micoud	Werder Bremen		8	720'
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal		11	931'
	Kaká	Milan		12	986'

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

See also

• 2005–06 UEFA Cup
• 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 2006 UEFA Super Cup
• 2006 FIFA Club World Cup

External links

• 2005-06 season at UEFA website
• European Club Results at RSSSF

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