2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper. Group stage matches began on 20 October 2005 and concluded on 15 December 2005. The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.

Teams

The group stage draw took place on 4 October 2005 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[1][2] The following teams qualified for the group stage:^[3]

Key to colours
Group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32

Pot 1 Team Coeff. CSKA Moscow[TH] 34.469 Roma 73.191 VfB Stuttgart 58.166 Monaco 53.324 Hertha BSC 46.166 Lokomotiv Moscow 38.469 Beşiktaş 37.872 AZ 37.145

Pot 2 Team Coeff. Sevilla 36.326 Marseille 36.324 PAOK 35.715 Slavia Prague 35.233 Basel 33.887 Middlesbrough 32.864 Espanyol 29.326 Lens 29.324

Pot 3 Team Coeff. Shakhtar Donetsk 28.200 Heerenveen 26.145 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 24.200 Hamburger SV 24.166 Red Star Belgrade 21.012 Bolton Wanderers 20,864 Sampdoria 20.191 Palermo 20.191

Pot 4 Team Coeff. Steaua București 20.101 Brøndby 19.676 Grasshopper 18.887 Zenit Saint Petersburg 18.469 Levski Sofia 18.118 Strasbourg 17.324 Rennes 16.324 CSKA Sofia 15.118

Pot 5 Team Coeff. Vitória de Guimarães 14.739 Litex Lovech 14.118 Halmstads BK 13.076 Viking 12.665 Dinamo București 12.101 Rapid București 8.101 Maccabi Petah Tikva 7.218 Tromsø 6.665

Notes

1. ^TH Title holders

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. higher number of goals scored away;
4. higher number of wins;
5. higher number of away wins;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

All times are CET, as listed by UEFA.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	HSV	SLA	VIK	CSS
1	Monaco	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	—	—	2–1
2	Hamburger SV	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9			—	—	2–0	2–0	—
3	Slavia Prague	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4			0–2	—	—	—	4–2
4	Viking	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4			1–0	—	2–2	—	—
5	CSKA Sofia	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	3			—	0–1	—	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

18:00

Viking	1–0	Monaco
Nhleko 18'	Report

Viking Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 9,684

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

20:15

CSKA Sofia	0–1	Hamburger SV
	Report	Van der Vaart 57'

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 17,585

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

18:30

Hamburger SV	2–0	Viking
Van der Vaart 21' Lauth 66'	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 37,521

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:00

Slavia Prague	4–2	CSKA Sofia
Fořt 5', 75' Vlček 36' Piták 56'	Report	Gargorov 10' Sakaliev 58'

Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

Attendance: 7,171

Referee: Serhiy Shebek (Ukraine)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

18:00

Viking	2–2	Slavia Prague
Nhleko 26' Gaarde 55'	Report	Vlček 51' Piták 83'

Viking Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 7,941

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

21:00

Monaco	2–0	Hamburger SV
Adebayor 44' Veigneau 90'	Report

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 8,954

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Slavia Prague	0–2	Monaco
	Report	Maoulida 12', 72'

Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

Attendance: 8,452

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

CSKA Sofia	2–0	Viking
Yanev 34' (pen.) Dah Zadi 46'	Report

Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

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15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

18:30

Monaco	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Kapo 49' Squillaci 74'	Report	Dimitrov 83'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 7,296

Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

18:30

Hamburger SV	2–0	Slavia Prague
Barbarez 9' Mpenza 56'	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 46,253

Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	ESP	LOK	BRØ	MPT
1	Palermo	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	0–0	3–0	—
2	Espanyol	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8			1–1	—	—	—	1–0
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7			—	0–1	—	4–2	—
4	Brøndby	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4			—	1–1	—	—	2–0
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0			1–2	—	0–4	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 October 2005 (2005-10-19)

17:30

Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Espanyol
	Report	Tamudo 53'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 13,718

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

16:00

Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	Palermo
Golan 45'	Report	Brienza 11' Terlizzi 77'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 3,964

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:45

Brøndby	2–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Lantz 67' Absalonsen 83'	Report

Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 14,188

Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

21:00

Palermo	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Report

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Attendance: 15,833

Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

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23 November 2005 (2005-11-23)

17:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	4–2	Brøndby
Loskov 60', 64', 84' Lebedenko 63'	Report	Retov 12' Skoubo 28'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

21:15

Espanyol	1–1	Palermo
Moisés 90+1'	Report	Mariano 45'

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

Attendance: 9,110

Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

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30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Brøndby	1–1	Espanyol
Skoubo 65'	Report	Tamudo 42'

Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 21,399

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–4	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Report	Loskov 27' Lebedenko 46', 47' Ruopolo 52'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

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15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

20:45

Espanyol	1–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Pochettino 83'	Report

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

Attendance: 5,150

Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

20:45

Palermo	3–0	Brøndby
Makinwa 26' Rinaudo 44', 88'	Report

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Attendance: 4,521

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STE	RCL	BSC	SAM	HBK
1	Steaua București	4	2	2	0	7	0	+7	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	4–0	—	—	3–0
2	Lens	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7			—	—	—	2–1	5–0
3	Hertha BSC	4	1	3	0	1	0	+1	6			0–0	0–0	—	—	—
4	Sampdoria	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5			0–0	—	0–0	—	—
5	Halmstads BK	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0			—	—	0–1	1–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

16:15

Halmstads BK	0–1	Hertha BSC
	Report	Neuendorf 67'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 2,136

Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (Belgium)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

19:00

Steaua București	4–0	Lens
Iacob 13' Goian 16' Dică 43', 63'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:35

Lens	5–0	Halmstads BK
Cousin 16', 23', 47' Jemâa 73' Lachor 90'	Report

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 16,189

Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:45

Sampdoria	0–0	Steaua București
	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 17,104

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

19:00

Hertha BSC	0–0	Lens
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 18,514

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

19:00

Halmstads BK	1–3	Sampdoria
Djurić 17'	Report	Volpi 31' Diana 66' Bonazzoli 86'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 3,126

Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

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30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Sampdoria	0–0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 16,507

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Steaua București	3–0	Halmstads BK
Rădoi 9' Goian 63' Iacob 73'	Report

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,654

Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

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15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

20:45

Hertha BSC	0–0	Steaua București
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 15,603

Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

20:45

Lens	2–1	Sampdoria
Thomert 10' Jemâa 90'	Report	Flachi 24'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 31,473

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MID	AZ	LIT	DNI	GRA
1	Middlesbrough	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	2–0	3–0	—
2	AZ	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	10			0–0	—	—	—	1–0
3	Litex Lovech	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6			—	0–2	—	—	2–1
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3			—	1–2	0–2	—	—
5	Grasshopper	4	0	0	4	3	7	−4	0			0–1	—	—	2–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

20:00

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–2	AZ
Matyukhin 70'	Report	Arveladze 14' Sektioui 52'

Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 12,300

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

21:00

Grasshopper	0–1	Middlesbrough
	Report	Hasselbaink 10'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

16:00

Litex Lovech	2–1	Grasshopper
Novaković 13' Sandrinho 81'	Report	António 90'

Lovech Stadium, Lovech

Attendance: 4,175

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

21:00

Middlesbrough	3–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Yakubu 36' Viduka 50', 56'	Report

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 12,953

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

18:30

AZ	0–0	Middlesbrough
	Report

Alkmaarderhout, Alkmaar

Attendance: 8,465

Referee: Gianluca Paparesta (Italy)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

19:45

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–2	Litex Lovech
	Report	Novaković 72' Nazarenko 90+2' (o.g.)

Stadium Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

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30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Litex Lovech	0–2	AZ
	Report	Van Galen 10' Sektioui 83'

Lovech Stadium, Lovech

Attendance: 4,601

Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)

20:45

Grasshopper	2–3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Touré 85' Renggli 90'	Report	Nazarenko 39' Kravchenko 61' Mykhaylenko 84'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

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15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

20:45

AZ	1–0	Grasshopper
Koevermans 70'	Report

Alkmaarderhout, Alkmaar

Attendance: 8,153

Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

15 December 2005 (2005-12-15)

20:45

Middlesbrough	2–0	Litex Lovech
Maccarone 79', 86'	Report

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 9,436

Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STR	ROM	BSL	RSB	TRO
1	Strasbourg	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	2–2	2–0
2	Roma	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7			1–1	—	3–1	—	—
3	Basel	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6			0–2	—	—	—	4–3
4	Red Star Belgrade	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4			—	3–1	1–2	—	—
5	Tromsø	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	3			—	1–2	—	3–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

19:30

Basel	0–2	Strasbourg
	Report	Diané 15' Boka 25'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 16,623

Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

20:45

Tromsø	1–2	Roma
Årst 42'	Report	Kuffour 35' Cufré 84'

Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

Attendance: 5,982

Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

17:00

Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Basel
Purović 25'	Report	Delgado 30' (pen.) Rossi 88'

Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:45

Strasbourg	2–0	Tromsø
Pagis 38' Arrache 66'	Report

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 8,516

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Bulgaria)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

20:00

Tromsø	3–1	Red Star Belgrade
Kibebe 22' Årst 37', 74' (pen.)	Report	Žigić 24'

Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

Attendance: 4,289

Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

21:00

Roma	1–1	Strasbourg
Cassano 72'	Report	Bellaïd 51'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 8,109

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

20:45

Red Star Belgrade	3–1	Roma
Žigić 37', 86' Purović 77'	Report	Nonda 23'

Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 35,186

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

20:45

Basel	4–3	Tromsø
Petrić 17' Delgado 61' Chipperfield 67' Degen 75'	Report	Strand 2', 29' Årst 19'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 14,887

Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

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14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

Roma	3–1	Basel
Taddei 12' Totti 45' Nonda 49'	Report	Petrić 78'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 14,813

Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

Strasbourg	2–2	Red Star Belgrade
Gameiro 78', 90+4'	Report	Basta 34' Đokaj 63'

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 13,416

Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OM	LS	HVN	CSM	DB
1	Marseille	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–0	—	2–1
2	Levski Sofia	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6			1–0	—	—	—	1–0
3	Heerenveen	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5			—	2–1	—	0–0	—
4	CSKA Moscow	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4			1–2	2–1	—	—	—
5	Dinamo București	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4			—	—	0–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

17:30

CSKA Moscow	1–2	Marseille
Vágner Love 80'	Report	Lamouchi 23' Niang 38'

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

20:45

Dinamo București	0–0	Heerenveen
	Report

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 11,890

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

18:00

Levski Sofia	1–0	Dinamo București
E. Angelov 90'	Report

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 17,322

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:30

Heerenveen	0–0	CSKA Moscow
	Report

Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Attendance: 20,200

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

16:30

CSKA Moscow	2–1	Levski Sofia
Vágner Love 49', 73'	Report	Domovchiyski 90'

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,900

Referee: Kenny Clark (Scotland)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

20:45

Marseille	1–0	Heerenveen
Taiwo 88' (pen.)	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 11,777

Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

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1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

18:30

Levski Sofia	1–0	Marseille
Yovov 54'	Report

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 16,616

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

18:30

Dinamo București	1–0	CSKA Moscow
Munteanu 73'	Report

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

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14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

Marseille	2–1	Dinamo București
Cesar 38' Delfim 45'	Report	Niculescu 51'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 15,909

Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

Heerenveen	2–1	Levski Sofia
Samaras 55' Hanssen 90'	Report	Ivanov 53'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Attendance: 20,025

Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAP	SHK	STU	PAOK	REN
1	Rapid București	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	1–0	2–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9			0–1	—	—	1–0	—
3	VfB Stuttgart	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9			2–1	0–2	—	—	—
4	PAOK	4	1	0	3	6	5	+1	3			—	—	1–2	—	5–1
5	Rennes	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0			—	0–1	0–2	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

18:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	PAOK
Brandão 68' (pen.)	Report

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 24,650

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

18:15

Rennes	0–2	VfB Stuttgart
	Report	Tomasson 87' Ljuboja 90' (pen.)

Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes

Attendance: 22,847

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

19:00

Rapid București	2–0	Rennes
Niculae 42' Buga 67'	Report

Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest

Attendance: 7,120

Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

20:45

VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report	Fernandinho 31' Marica 88'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 15,704

Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

17:00

PAOK	1–2	VfB Stuttgart
Karipidis 48'	Report	Ljuboja 85', 90+1' (pen.)

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 21,479

Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

18:30

Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	Rapid București
	Report	Măldărăşanu 87'

RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk

Attendance: 17,728

Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

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1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

20:45

Rapid București	1–0	PAOK
Măldărăşanu 45+2'	Report

Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest

Attendance: 12,100

Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)

1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

20:45

Rennes	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
	Report	Elano 38' (pen.)

Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes

Attendance: 18,727

Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

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14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

PAOK	5–1	Rennes
Rochat 3' (o.g.) Christodoulopoulos 38' Yiasoumi 79', 89' Salpingidis 83'	Report	Briand 70'

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 1,012

Referee: Antonio Costa (Portugal)

14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Rapid București
Gómez 20', 37'	Report	Burdujan 80'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEV	ZEN	BOL	BJK	VIT
1	Sevilla	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	3–0	3–1
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7			2–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	Bolton Wanderers	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6			1–1	1–0	—	—	—
4	Beşiktaş	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5			—	1–1	1–1	—	—
5	Vitória de Guimarães	4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	1			—	—	1–1	1–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

18:00

Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães
Spivak 39' (pen.) Arshavin 54'	Report	Neca 59'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 18,300

Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro)

20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)

20:45

Beşiktaş	1–1	Bolton Wanderers
Aílton 7'	Report	Borgetti 29'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 17,073

Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

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3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

21:00

Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Nolan 24'	Report

Reebok Stadium, Horwich

Attendance: 15,905

Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)

21:30

Sevilla	3–0	Beşiktaş
Saviola 64' Kanouté 65', 89'	Report

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla

Attendance: 27,862

Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

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24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

18:30

Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Sevilla
Kerzhakov 11', 88'	Report	Saviola 90+3' (pen.)

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

24 November 2005 (2005-11-24)

21:00

Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Bolton Wanderers
Saganowski 84'	Report	Vaz Tê 87'

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 10,230

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

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1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

20:45

Sevilla	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães
Saviola 10', 28' Adriano 39'	Report	Benachour 44'

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla

Attendance: 30,306

Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

1 December 2005 (2005-12-01)

20:45

Beşiktaş	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Akın 23'	Report	Gorshkov 29'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 16,640

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

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14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Beşiktaş
Saganowski 11'	Report	Toraman 7', 60' Youla 17'

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 4,203

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)

20:45

Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Sevilla
Ngotty 66'	Report	Adriano 74'

Reebok Stadium, Horwich

Attendance: 15,623

Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

Notes

1. Maccabi Petah Tikva played their home matches at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District instead of their regular stadium, Municipal Stadium, Petah Tikva.
2. The match was played behind closed doors.