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2004–05 UEFA Champions League
50th season of the UEFA club football tournament

The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, UEFA's top European club football competition, was won by Liverpool, who famously came back from 3–0 down at half-time to defeat Milan on penalties in the final held at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was named UEFA's Footballer of the Year for his crucial role throughout the tournament. As Liverpool secured their fifth European Cup, they were awarded the trophy permanently and later represented UEFA at the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship. Defending champions Porto were eliminated early by Internazionale.

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Association team allocation

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

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–49 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

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:

RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1 Spain75.5394
2 Italy62.311
3 England58.340
4 Germany51.1323
5 France43.468
6 Greece36.782
7 Portugal35.5832
8 Netherlands33.498
9 Scotland30.375
10 Turkey28.991
11 Belgium28.500
12 Czech Republic27.950
13 Switzerland26.250
14 Ukraine24.583
15 Israel23.999
16 Austria23.3751
17 Poland21.625
18 Russia21.041
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
19 Serbia and Montenegro19.8311
20 Norway19.575
21 Bulgaria18.665
22 Croatia18.625
23 Sweden17.591
24 Denmark17.375
25 Slovakia13.665
26 Romania12.957
27 Hungary12.790
28 Cyprus10.165
29 Slovenia9.332
30 Finland7.208
31 Latvia6.665
32 Moldova5.832
33 Georgia5.666
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina4.333
35 Lithuania3.998
36 Iceland3.498
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
37 Macedonia3.4971
38 Belarus3.416
39 Republic of Ireland3.331
40 Malta2.998
41 Armenia2.165
42 Wales2.165
43 Liechtenstein2.0000
44 Albania1.8311
45 Estonia1.665
46 Northern Ireland1.498
47 Luxembourg1.332
48 Faroe Islands1.165
49 Azerbaijan1.165
50 Kazakhstan[Note KAZ]0.5000
51 Andorra0.000
52 San Marino0.000

Distribution

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

  • The champions of association 10 (Turkey) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Cyprus) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 29–49 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round(28 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 17–28
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round(32 teams)
  • 6 champions from associations 11–16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
  • 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage(32 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 1–10 (including title holders Porto)
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Valencia (1st) Arsenal (1st) Lyon (1st) Porto (1st)TH
Barcelona (2nd) Chelsea (2nd) Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) Ajax (1st)
Milan (1st) Werder Bremen (1st) Panathinaikos (1st) Celtic (1st)
Roma (2nd) Bayern Munich (2nd) Olympiacos (2nd) Fenerbahçe (1st)
Third qualifying round
Deportivo La Coruña (3rd) Liverpool (4th) PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Basel (1st)
Real Madrid (4th) Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) Rangers (2nd) Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Juventus (3rd) Monaco (3rd) Anderlecht (1st) Maccabi Haifa (1st)
Internazionale (4th) PAOK (3rd) Baník Ostrava (1st) GAK (1st)
Manchester United (3rd) Benfica (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Trabzonspor (2nd) Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd) Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1st) Žilina (1st)
Club Brugge (2nd) Wisła Kraków (1st) Hajduk Split (1st) Dinamo București (1st)
Sparta Prague (2nd) CSKA Moscow (1st) Djurgårdens IF (1st) Ferencváros (1st)
Young Boys (2nd) Red Star Belgrade (1st) Copenhagen (1st) APOEL (1st)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd) Rosenborg (1st)
First qualifying round
HIT Gorica (1st) Široki Brijeg (1st) Shelbourne (1st) Flora (1st)
HJK (1st) Kaunas (1st) Sliema Wanderers (1st) Linfield (1st)
Skonto (1st) KR (1st) Pyunik (1st) Jeunesse Esch (1st)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Pobeda (1st) Rhyl (1st) HB (1st)
WIT Georgia (1st) Gomel (1st) Tirana (1st) Neftçi (1st)
Notes
  1. ^ Kazakhstan (KAZ): 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League champions Irtysh failed to obtain UEFA licence, along with other Kazakhstani clubs.9

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).10

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingFirst qualifying round25 June 200413–14 July 200421 July 2004
Second qualifying round27–28 July 20044 August 2004
Third qualifying round30 July 200410–11 August 200424–25 August 2004
Group stageMatchday 126 August 2004(Monaco)14–15 September 2004
Matchday 228–29 September 2004
Matchday 319–20 October 2004
Matchday 42–3 November 2004
Matchday 523–24 November 2004
Matchday 67–8 December 2004
Knockout phaseRound of 1617 December 200422–23 February 20058–9 March 200511
Quarter-finals18 March 20055–6 April 200512–13 April 2005
Semi-finals26–27 April 20053–4 May 2005
Final25 May 2005 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
Notes

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
KR 2–2 (a) Shelbourne2–20–0
Skonto 7–1 Rhyl4–03–1
Flora 3–7 HIT Gorica2–41–3
Linfield 0–2 HJK0–10–1
Pobeda 2–4 Pyunik1–31–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 Jeunesse Esch2–00–1
WIT Georgia 5–3 HB5–00–3
Sliema Wanderers 1–6 Kaunas0–21–4
Široki Brijeg 2–2 (a) Neftçi2–10–1
Gomel 1–2 Tirana0–21–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Pyunik 1–4 Shakhtar Donetsk1–30–1
APOEL 3–4 Sparta Prague2–21–2
Rosenborg 4–1 Sheriff Tiraspol2–12–0
Young Boys 2–5 Red Star Belgrade2–20–3
HIT Gorica 6–2 Copenhagen1–25–0
Neftçi 0–2 CSKA Moscow0–00–2
Žilina 0–2 Dinamo București0–10–1
HJK 0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv0–00–1
Skonto 1–4 Trabzonspor1–10–3
Club Brugge 6–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv2–04–0
Tirana 3–3 (a) Ferencváros2–31–0
Hajduk Split 3–4 Shelbourne3–20–2
Djurgårdens IF 2–0 Kaunas0–02–0
WIT Georgia 2–11 Wisła Kraków2–80–3

Third qualifying round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
GAK 1–2 Liverpool0–21–0
Juventus 6–3 Djurgårdens IF2–24–1
Ferencváros 1–2 Sparta Prague1–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Rosenborg 5–3 Maccabi Haifa2–13–2 (a.e.t.)
Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 Baník Ostrava5–01–2
CSKA Moscow 3–2 Rangers2–11–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 6–3 Club Brugge4–12–2
Dynamo Kyiv 3–2 Trabzonspor1–22–0
Red Star Belgrade 3–7 PSV Eindhoven3–20–5
Dinamo București 1–5 Manchester United1–20–3
Basel 2–5 Internazionale1–11–4
Benfica 1–3 Anderlecht1–00–3
Shelbourne 0–3 Deportivo La Coruña0–00–3
PAOK 0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv0–3120–1
HIT Gorica 0–9 Monaco0–30–6
Wisła Kraków 1–5 Real Madrid0–21–3
Notes:

Group stage

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:

  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.

Maccabi Tel Aviv made their debut appearance in the group stage.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MON LIV OLY DEP
1 Monaco6402104+612Advance to knockout stage—1–02–12–0
2 Liverpool631263+3102–0—3–10–0
3 Olympiacos631255010Transfer to UEFA Cup1–01–0—1–0
4 Deportivo La Coruña602409−920–50–10–0—
Source: 13

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LEV RMA DKV ROM
1 Bayer Leverkusen6321137+611Advance to knockout stage—3–03–03–1
2 Real Madrid6321118+3111–1—1–04–2
3 Dynamo Kyiv6312118+310Transfer to UEFA Cup4–22–2—2–0
4 Roma6015416−1211–10–30–314—
Source: 15Notes:

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JUV BAY AJX MTA
1 Juventus651061+516Advance to knockout stage—1–01–01–0
2 Bayern Munich6312125+7100–1—4–05–1
3 Ajax6114610−44Transfer to UEFA Cup0–12–2—3–0
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv6114412−841–10–12–1—
Source: 16

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LYO MUN FEN SPP
1 Lyon6411178+913Advance to knockout stage—2–24–25–0
2 Manchester United6321149+5112–1—6–24–1
3 Fenerbahçe63031013−39Transfer to UEFA Cup1–33–0—1–0
4 Sparta Prague6015213−1111–20–00–1—
Source: 17

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ARS PSV PAN ROS
1 Arsenal6240116+510Advance to knockout stage—1–01–15–1
2 PSV Eindhoven631267−1101–1—1–01–0
3 Panathinaikos6231118+39Transfer to UEFA Cup2–24–1—2–1
4 Rosenborg6024613−721–11–22–2—
Source: 18

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MIL BAR SHK CEL
1 Milan6411103+713Advance to knockout stage—1–04–03–1
2 Barcelona631296+3102–1—3–01–1
3 Shakhtar Donetsk620459−46Transfer to UEFA Cup0–12–0—3–0
4 Celtic6123410−650–01–31–0—
Source: 19

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification INT BRM VAL AND
1 Internazionale6420143+1114Advance to knockout stage—2–00–03–0
2 Werder Bremen6411126+6131–1—2–15–1
3 Valencia6213610−47Transfer to UEFA Cup1–50–2—2–0
4 Anderlecht6006417−1301–31–21–2—
Source: 20

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CHE POR CSKA PAR
1 Chelsea6411103+713Advance to knockout stage—3–12–00–0
2 Porto622246−282–1—0–00–0
3 CSKA Moscow62135507Transfer to UEFA Cup0–10–1—2–0
4 Paris Saint-Germain612338−550–32–01–3—
Source: 21

Knockout phase

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Manchester United000
Milan112
Milan235
Internazionale000
Porto112
Internazionale134
Milan (a)213
PSV Eindhoven033
Werder Bremen022
Lyon3710
Lyon112 (2)
PSV Eindhoven (p)112 (4)
PSV Eindhoven123
25 May – Istanbul
Monaco000
Milan3 (2)
Liverpool (p)3 (3)
Barcelona224
Chelsea145
Chelsea426
Bayern Munich235
Bayern Munich303
Arsenal112
Chelsea000
Liverpool011
Liverpool336
Bayer Leverkusen112
Liverpool202
Juventus101
Real Madrid101
Juventus (a.e.t.)022

Round of 16

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 1–2 Juventus1–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Liverpool 6–2 Bayer Leverkusen3–13–1
PSV Eindhoven 3–0 Monaco1–02–0
Bayern Munich 3–2 Arsenal3–10–1
Barcelona 4–5 Chelsea2–12–4
Manchester United 0–2 Milan0–10–1
Werder Bremen 2–10 Lyon0–32–7
Porto 2–4 Internazionale1–11–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Liverpool 2–1 Juventus2–10–0
Lyon 2–2 (2–4 p) PSV Eindhoven1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Chelsea 6–5 Bayern Munich4–22–3
Milan 5–0 Internazionale2–03–022
Notes:

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool0–00–1
Milan 3–3 (a) PSV Eindhoven2–01–3

Final

Main article: 2005 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 25 May 2005 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

25 May 2005 (2005-5-25)21:45 UTC+3
Milan 3–3 (a.e.t.) Liverpool
Report
Penalties
2–3
Atatürk Olympic Stadium, IstanbulAttendance: 69,00023Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank24PlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United8528
2 Adriano Internazionale7548
Roy Makaay Bayern Munich702
4 Sylvain Wiltord Lyon6606
Hernán Crespo Milan612
Andriy Shevchenko Milan869
7 Ivan Klasnić Werder Bremen5431
Obafemi Martins Internazionale510
Tuncay Fenerbahçe525
Didier Drogba Chelsea688
Thierry Henry Arsenal720
Michael Essien Lyon930
Luis García Liverpool972

See also

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  22. 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 ↩

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