50th season of the UEFA club football tournament
International football competition
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, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool 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, played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament.[1][2][3]
As it was their fifth European Cup title, Liverpool were awarded the trophy permanently, and received the UEFA Badge of Honour.[4][5] A new trophy was made for the 2005–06 season. As winners of the competition, Liverpool went on to represent UEFA at the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
Porto were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Milan's cross-city rival Internazionale in the first knockout round.
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:
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
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
- Notes
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]
- Notes
- ^
Internazionale home game in the Round of 16 was rescheduled to one week later (15 March 2005) due to venue clash with
Milan.
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
- ^
The first leg finished 2–1 to
Maccabi Tel Aviv, but was awarded 3–0 against PAOK for fielding a suspended player.
[11]
Group stage
Location of teams of the
2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A;
Red: Group B;
Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E;
Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G;
Pink: Group H.
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:
- Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
- Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
- Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
- Total goals scored in all group matches.
- Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.
Maccabi Tel Aviv made their debut appearance in the group stage.
Group A
Source: [12]
Group B
Source: [14]
Notes:
- ^ 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]
Group C
Source: [15]
Group D
Source: [16]
Group E
Source: [17]
Group F
Source: [18]
Group G
Source: [19]
Group H
Source: [20]
Knockout phase
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
The final was played on 25 May 2005 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers
- Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 25 May 2005 (after match)
See also
References
- ^ Why it was the greatest cup final BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ Reds take European crown Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ Grit, spirit and the ultimate glory The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet) BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
- ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2003".
- ^ "Country coefficients 2002/03". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
- ^ "2006/07 UEFA Champions League list of participants". UEFA.com. 19 November 2006.
- ^ "UEFA did not admit Kazakhstan clubs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2004-08-10.
- ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2004/2005". Bert Kassies.
- ^ "PAOK punished with 3–0 loss". UEFA. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Dynamo awarded Roma win". BBC Sport. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League.
- 2004–05 All matches – season at UEFA website
- 2004–05 season at UEFA website
- European Club Results at RSSSF
- 2004–05 List of participants
Brown: Group A; 
Blue: Group F; 
Purple: Group G; 
