A total of 72 teams from 48 of the 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league, Andorra and San Marino). Kazakhstan also did not participate this year as none of their clubs were able to obtain UEFA license. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:6
For the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2003 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1998–1999 to 2002–03.7
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
Since the title holders (Porto) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, and the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, while no team from Kazakhstan was admitted, the following changes to the default access list are made:8
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).10
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League 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:
Maccabi Tel Aviv made their debut appearance in the group stage.
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Main article: 2005 UEFA Champions League final
The final was played on 25 May 2005 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
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Internazionale home game in the Round of 16 was rescheduled to one week later (15 March 2005) due to venue clash with Milan. /wiki/Inter_Milan ↩
The first leg finished 2–1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv, but was awarded 3–0 against PAOK for fielding a suspended player.[11] /wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_F.C. ↩
Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021. https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec200405.html ↩
With Dynamo Kyiv leading 1–0, the match was abandoned at half-time after referee Anders Frisk was hit by an object thrown from the crowd. UEFA awarded Dynamo Kyiv a 3–0 win and ordered Roma to play their next two European games behind closed doors.[13] /wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv ↩
Match was abandoned after 72 minutes as Milan led 1–0 due to flares thrown onto the pitch by Internazionale fans, one of which struck Milan goalkeeper Dida.[21] UEFA awarded Milan a 3–0 win (5–0 aggregate) and ordered Internazionale to play their next four European games behind closed doors.[22] /wiki/AC_Milan ↩
"2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024. https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0282-18407a7a3056-fed61d05639b-1000/ucl_202223_finals_md13.pdf ↩
"Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 25 May 2005 (after match)" (PDF). UEFA. 25 May 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023052436/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/ucl/2004/md13_1_6.pdf ↩