2005–06 UEFA Cup

The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the UEFA Cup, was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was refereed by Herbert Fandel. Middlesbrough sealed their place in the final on the back of two dramatic comebacks. In the quarter-finals they beat FC Basel of Switzerland 4–3 on aggregate (after losing the first leg 2–0 and being 1–0 down in the second leg, they scored 4 goals), this put them into the semi-final to face Steaua București. The first leg finished 1–0 to Steaua, and the second leg (at the Riverside Stadium again) finished 4–2 (after being 2–0 down). Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year.

2005–06 UEFA Cup

Philips Stadion in Eindhoven hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	12 July 2005 – 10 May 2006
Teams	80 (competition proper) 144 (qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	Sevilla (1st title)
Runners-up	Middlesbrough
Tournament statistics
Matches played	221
Goals scored	526 (2.38 per match)
Attendance	3,489,789 (15,791 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matías Delgado (Basel) 7 goals
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

CSKA Moscow were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Association team allocation

113 teams qualified directly for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup from 52 UEFA associations. An additional three teams qualified via the UEFA Fair Play league, while 27 further teams qualified at various stages from the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Below is the final qualification scheme for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup:

• Associations 1–6 each have 3 teams qualify, with the exception of England (2) who have 2 teams
• Associations 7–8 each have 4 teams qualify
• Associations 9–15 each have 2 teams qualify
• Associations 16–20 each have 3 teams qualify
• Associations 21–49 each have 2 teams qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein (43) who have 1 team
• Associations 50–52 each have 1 team qualify

plus

• Winner of previous years' tournament
• 3 UEFA Fair Play entries
• 3 winners of the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
• 8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage

Association ranking

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1  Spain 79.851 3 +1(UCL) 2  England 62.153 −1(CLTH) +1(UCL) 3  Italy 59.186 +1(UCL) 4  Germany 49.489 +1(UCL) +2(UIC) +1(FP) 5  France 48.326 +3(UCL) +1(UIC) 6  Portugal 42.333 7  Greece 34.748 4 8  Netherlands 34.081 9  Czech Republic 33.075 2 +1(UCL) 10  Turkey 32.291 11  Scotland 32.125 12  Belgium 28.875 +1(UCL) 13  Switzerland 22.375 +2(UCL) 14  Ukraine 22.125 +1(UCL) 15  Norway 21.900 +2(UCL) +1(FP)

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 16  Poland 21.750 3 +1(UCL) 17  Israel 21.249 18  Austria 21.125 19  Serbia and Montenegro 20.165 +1(UCL) 20  Bulgaria 19.998 +1(UCL) 21  Russia 19.916 2 +1(UCL) 22  Denmark 17.450 +1(UCL) +1(FP) 23  Croatia 17.375 24  Sweden 16.716 +1(UCL) 25  Hungary 15.290 +1(UCL) 26  Romania 14.790 +1(UCL) 27  Slovakia 12.832 +1(UCL) 28  Slovenia 9.165 29  Cyprus 8.998 +1(UCL) 30  Moldova 6.832 31  Latvia 5.998 32  Finland 5.874 33  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.499

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 34  Georgia 4.999 2 35  Macedonia 4.830 36  Lithuania 4.165 37  Belarus 3.582 38  Iceland 3.332 39  Malta 3.331 40  Republic of Ireland 3.164 41  Armenia 2.831 42  Wales 2.332 43  Liechtenstein 2.000 1 44  Albania 1.831 2 45  Northern Ireland 1.665 46  Estonia 1.665 47  Luxembourg 1.498 48  Azerbaijan 1.165 49  Faroe Islands 0.832 50  Kazakhstan 0.666 0 [Note KAZ] 51  San Marino 0.000 1 52  Andorra 0.000

Notes

• (CLTH): Berth vacated due to being taken by the UEFA Champions League title holders.
• (UCL): Teams transferred from the Champions League.
• (UIC): Additional berths for the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup winners.
• (FP): Additional Fair Play berth (Germany, Norway, Denmark).

Distribution

Each association enters a certain number of teams to the UEFA Cup based on its league coefficient. Through domestic competitions (national championships and cups and league cups in certain countries) an association may qualify up to four teams. The following amendments were made to the 2005–06 qualification scheme:

• The defending UEFA Cup holder CSKA Moscow already qualified for the 2nd qualifying round, which means that the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 25th and 26th associations on the ranking list (Hungary and Romania) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
• Because Liverpool entered the first qualifying round of the Champions League as title holders, the first UEFA Cup entrant of 11th and 12th associations on the ranking list (Scotland and Belgium) will gain direct access to the first round of the UEFA Cup.
• In Kazakhstan, only Kairat obtained a UEFA licence for the 2005–06 season. The other teams from Kazakhstan were not allowed to compete. Therefore, the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 27th and 28th countries on the ranking list (Slovakia and Slovenia) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
• In Serbia and Montenegro, the cup winner Železnik was replaced by OFK Beograd because they did not obtain a UEFA licence.
• In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the cup winner Sarajevo was replaced by Široki Brijeg, and 2nd in the league Zeljeznicar was replaced by Žepče, because they did not obtain a UEFA licence.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions League	Teams transferred from Intertoto Cup
First qualifying round (50 teams)	2 league winners from associations 51 and 52 21 cup winners from associations 29–49 24 runners-up from associations 25–42 and 44-49 3 entries through UEFA Fair Play
Second qualifying round (62 teams)	17 cup winners from associations 13–28 9 runners-up from associations 16–24 11 third-place finishers from associations 9–20	25 winners from the first qualifying round
First round (80 teams)	12 national cup winners from associations 1–12 2 third-place finishers from associations 7–8 5 fourth-place finishers from associations 4–8 7 fifth-place finishers from associations 1 and 3–8 2 sixth-place finishers from associations 1 and 3 1 League Cup winners from association 2 1 current UEFA Cup holder	31 winners from the second qualifying round	16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round	3 winners of the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage (40 teams)		40 winners from the First Round
Knockout phase (32 teams)		24 top-three finishers from the group stage	8 entries from UEFA Champions League group stage

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[1]

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
• IC: Intertoto Cup
• FP: Fair play
• CL: Relegated from the Champions League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

Round of 32
Real Betis (CL GS)	Schalke 04 (CL GS)	Club Brugge (CL GS)	Rosenborg (CL GS)
Udinese (CL GS)	Lille (CL GS)	Thun (CL GS)	Artmedia Bratislava (CL GS)
First round
CSKA Moscow TH (CW)	Rennes (4th)	Willem II (CR)	Wisła Kraków (CL Q3)
Espanyol (5th)	Strasbourg (LC)	Baník Ostrava (CW)	Partizan (CL Q3)
Sevilla (6th)	Vitória de Setúbal (CW)	Galatasaray (CW)	CSKA Sofia (CL Q3)
Osasuna (CR)	Braga (4th)	Hibernian (3rd)	Lokomotiv Moscow (CL Q3)
Bolton Wanderers (6th)	Vitória de Guimarães (5th)	Germinal Beerschot (CW)	Brøndby (CL Q3)
Middlesbrough (7th)	AEK Athens (3rd)	Everton (CL Q3)	Malmö FF (CL Q3)
Sampdoria (5th)	Skoda Xanthi (4th)	Monaco (CL Q3)	Debrecen (CL Q3)
Palermo (6th)	PAOK (5th)	Sporting CP (CL Q3)	Steaua București (CL Q3)
Roma (CR)	Aris (CR)	Slavia Prague (CL Q3)	Anorthosis Famagusta (CL Q3)
Hertha BSC (4th)	AZ (3rd)	Basel (CL Q3)	Hamburger SV (IC)
VfB Stuttgart (5th)	Feyenoord (4th)	Shakhtar Donetsk (CL Q3)	Marseille (IC)
Bayer Leverkusen (6th)	Heerenveen (5th)	Vålerenga (CL Q3)	Lens (IC)
Auxerre (CW)
Second qualifying round
Teplice (3rd)	Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (CW)	Red Star Belgrade (2nd)	Midtjylland (3rd)
Beşiktaş (4th)	Legia Warsaw (3rd)	Zeta (3rd)	Rijeka (CW)
Dundee United (CR)	Wisła Płock (4th)	OFK Beograd (4th)[Note SCG]	Inter Zaprešić (2nd)
Genk (3rd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (CW)	Levski Sofia (CW)	Djurgårdens IF (CW)
Zürich (CW)	Maccabi Petah Tikva (2nd)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3rd)	Halmstads BK (2nd)
Grasshopper (3rd)	Ashdod (3rd)	Litex Lovech (4th)	Sopron (CW)
Metalurh Donetsk (3rd)	Austria Wien (CW)	Krylia Sovetov Samara (3rd)	Dinamo București (CW)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th)	GAK (2nd)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (4th)	Dukla Banská Bystrica (CW)
Brann (CW)	Superfund (4th)	Copenhagen (2nd)	Publikum (CW)
Tromsø (4th)
First qualifying round
Ferencváros (2nd)	Žepče (12th)[Note BIH]	Longford Town (CW)	Flora (3rd)
Rapid București (3rd)	Locomotive Tbilisi (CW)	Cork City (2nd)	Pétange (CW)
Žilina (2nd)	Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd)	Mika (CW)	Etzella Ettelbruck (2nd)
Domžale (2nd)	Bashkimi (CW)	Banants (3rd)	Baku (CW)
Omonia (CW)	Vardar (2nd)	Carmarthen Town (CW)	Khazar Lankaran (2nd)
APOEL (2nd)	Ekranas (2nd)	Rhyl (2nd)	B36 (2nd)
Nistru Otaci (CW)	Atlantas (3rd)	Vaduz (CW)	NSÍ (CR)
Dacia Chișinău (3rd)	MTZ-RIPO Minsk (CW)	Teuta (CW)	Sant Julià (1st)
Ventspils (CW)	BATE Borisov (2nd)	Elbasani (2nd)	Domagnano (1st)
Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd)	Keflavík (CW)	Portadown (CW)	Viking (FP)
MYPA (CW)	ÍBV (2nd)	Linfield (2nd)	Mainz 05 (FP)
Allianssi (2nd)	Birkirkara (CW)	TVMK (2nd)	Esbjerg (FP)
Široki Brijeg (3rd)[Note BIH]	Hibernians (3rd)

Notes

1. ^
   Serbia and Montenegro (SCG): 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup winners Železnik failed to obtain UEFA licence and was replaced by league 4th-placed club OFK Beograd, as Cup runners-up Red Star Belgrade already qualified to UEFA Cup through league position.^[2]
2. ^
   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): 2004–05 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup winners Sarajevo and league runners-up Željezničar failed to obtain UEFA licenses and were replaced by two highest-placed teams that obtained them — Široki Brijeg (Cup runners-up and league 3rd-placed team) and Žepče (12th-placed team).^[3]
3. ^
   Kazakhstan (KAZ): 2004 Kazakhstan Cup winners Taraz and league runners-up Irtysh failed to obtain UEFA licences. Since no other team was able to obtain a licence as well, Kazakhstan was not represented in UEFA Cup.^[4]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).^[5]

Schedule for 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	24 June 2005	14 July 2005	28 July 2005
	Second qualifying round	29 July 2005	11 August 2005	25 August 2005
First round		26 August 2005 (Monaco)	15 September 2005	29 September 2005
Group stage	Matchday 1	4 October 2005	20 October 2005
	Matchday 2		3 November 2005
	Matchday 3		24 November 2005
	Matchday 4		30 November – 1 December 2005
	Matchday 5		14–15 December 2005
Knockout stage	Round of 32	16 December 2005	15–16 February 2006	23 February 2006
	Round of 16		9 March 2006	15–16 March 2006
	Quarter-finals	17 March 2006	30 March 2006	6 April 2006
	Semi-finals		20 April 2006	27 April 2006
	Final		10 May 2006 at Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Southern–Mediterranean region
Bashkimi	4–1	Žepče	3–0[a]	1–1
Birkirkara	0–6	APOEL	0–2	0–4
Sant Julià	0–10	Rapid București	0–5	0–5
Teuta	3–4	Široki Brijeg	3–1	0–3
Elbasani	1–1 (a)	Vardar	1–1	0–0
Omonia	6–0	Hibernians	3–0	3–0
Domagnano	0–8	Domžale	0–5	0–3
Central–East region
Ferencváros	2–3	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	0–2	2–1
Banants	4–3	Locomotive Tbilisi	2–3	2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	0–6	BATE Borisov	0–1	0–5
Vaduz	2–1	Dacia Chișinău	2–0	0–1
Baku	2–3	Žilina	1–0	1–3
Mainz 05	4–0	Mika	4–0	0–0
Nistru Otaci	5–2	Khazar Lankaran	3–1	2–1
Northern region
Longford Town	3–5	Carmarthen Town	2–0	1–5
Ekranas	1–2	Cork City	0–2	1–0
ÍBV	2–3	B36	1–1	1–2
Allianssi	4–1	Pétange	3–0	1–1
Linfield	2–2 (a)	Ventspils	1–0	1–2
NSÍ	0–6	Liepājas Metalurgs	0–3	0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck	0–6	Keflavík	0–4	0–2
Portadown	1–3	Viking	1–2	0–1
TVMK	1–2	MYPA	1–1	0–1
Rhyl	4–4 (a)	Atlantas	2–1	2–3
Esbjerg	7–2	Flora	1–2	6–0

Notes:

1. The Baskimi v Žepče first leg match was awarded 3–0 to Baskimi.

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Southern–Mediterranean region
Inter Zaprešić	1–7	Red Star Belgrade	1–3	0–4
Bashkimi	0–11	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–5	0–6
Dinamo București	4–3	Omonia	3–1	1–2
OFK Beograd	2–2 (a)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	0–1
APOEL	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Litex Lovech	2–2 (a)	Rijeka	1–0	1–2
Vaduz	1–6	Beşiktaş	0–1	1–5
Rapid București	4–1	Vardar	3–0	1–1
Publikum	1–3	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–3
Zeta	2–5	Široki Brijeg	0–1	2–4
Ashdod	3–3 (a)	Domžale	2–2	1–1
Central–East region
Krylia Sovetov Samara	4–0	BATE Borisov	2–0	2–0
Sopron	1–5	Metalurh Donetsk	0–3	1–2
Grasshopper	3–3 (a)	Wisła Płock	1–0	2–3
Nistru Otaci	0–3	GAK	0–2	0–1
Žilina	3–4	Austria Wien	1–2	2–2
Superfund	3–3 (a)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–2	1–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2–3	Teplice	1–1	1–2
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski	4–1	Dukla Banská Bystrica	4–1	0–0
Banants	2–8	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–4	0–4
Legia Warsaw	1–5	Zürich	0–1	1–4
Northern region
Halmstads BK	5–3	Linfield	1–1	4–2
Midtjylland	4–3	B36	2–1	2–2
Brann	2–0	Allianssi	0–0	2–0
Liepājas Metalurgs	2–6	Genk	2–3	0–3
Rhyl	1–3	Viking	0–1	1–2
MYPA	2–2 (a)	Dundee United	0–0	2–2
Copenhagen	4–0	Carmarthen Town	2–0	2–0
Mainz 05	4–0	Keflavík	2–0	2–0
Djurgårdens IF	1–1 (a)	Cork City	1–1	0–0
Esbjerg	1–1 (2–3 p)	Tromsø	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

First round

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
APOEL	1–4	Hertha BSC	0–1	1–3
Auxerre	2–2 (a)	Levski Sofia	2–1	0–1
Baník Ostrava	2–5	Heerenveen	2–0	0–5
Basel	6–0	Široki Brijeg	5–0	1–0
Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	CSKA Sofia	0–1	0–1
Beşiktaş	4–2	Malmö FF	0–1	4–1
Bolton Wanderers	4–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	2–1
Brøndby	3–2	Zürich	2–0	1–2
Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a)	Braga	0–0	1–1
CSKA Moscow	6–2	Midtjylland	3–1	3–1
Dinamo București	5–2	Everton	5–1	0–1
Feyenoord	1–2	Rapid București	1–1	0–1
Teplice	1–3	Espanyol	1–1	0–2
Germinal Beerschot	0–0 (1–4 p)	Marseille	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Grasshopper	4–1	MYPA	1–1	3–0
GAK	0–7	Strasbourg	0–2	0–5
Vitória de Guimarães	4–0	Wisła Kraków	3–0	1–0
Halmstads BK	4–4 (a)	Sporting CP	1–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Hamburger SV	2–1	Copenhagen	1–1	1–0
Hibernian	1–5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0	1–5
Krylia Sovetov Samara	6–6 (a)	AZ	5–3	1–3
Lens	5–3	Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski	1–1	4–2
Litex Lovech	3–2	Genk	2–2	1–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva	5–4	Partizan	0–2	5–2
Middlesbrough	2–0	Skoda Xanthi	2–0	0–0
Monaco	5–1	Willem II	2–0	3–1
Palermo	6–1	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–1	4–0
PAOK	3–3 (a)	Metalurh Donetsk	1–1	2–2
Rennes	3–1	Osasuna	3–1	0–0
Roma	5–1	Aris	5–1	0–0
Sevilla	2–0	Mainz 05	0–0	2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–1	Debrecen	4–1	2–0
Brann	3–5	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	2–3
Slavia Prague	4–1	Cork City	2–0	2–1
Tromsø	2–1	Galatasaray	1–0	1–1
Vålerenga	1–6	Steaua București	0–3	1–3
VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Domžale	2–0	0–1
Viking	2–2 (a)	Austria Wien	1–0	1–2
Vitória de Setúbal	1–2	Sampdoria	1–1	0–1
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	AEK Athens	0–0	1–0

Group stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage

CSKA Sofia

Levski

Litex

Slavia

Brøndby

Bolton

Middlesbrough

Sevilla

Espanyol

Rennes

Marseille

Monaco

Lens

Strasbourg

Stuttgart

Hamburg

Hertha

PAOK

M. Petah Tikva

Palermo

Sampdoria

Roma

AZ

Heerenveen

Viking

Tromsø

Guimarães

Steaua

Rapid

Dinamo

Zenit

CSKA Moscow

Lokomotiv

Red Star

Basel

Grasshopper

Halmstad

Beşiktaş

Dnipro

Shakhtar

Teams that have qualified for the group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Black: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H.

Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:^[6]

1. Cumulative goal difference in group matches
2. Total goals scored in group matches
3. Away goals scored in group matches
4. Higher number of UEFA coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	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]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Bracket

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Hertha BSC		0	0	0
	Rapid București		1	2	3			Rapid București (a)		2	1	3
	Thun		1	0	1			Hamburger SV		0	3	3
	Hamburger SV		0	2	2										Rapid București		1	0	1
	Heerenveen		1	1	2										Steaua București (a)		1	0	1
	Steaua București		3	0	3			Steaua București		0	3	3
	Real Betis (a.e.t.)		2	1	3			Real Betis		0	0	0
	AZ		0	2	2																	Steaua București		1	2	3
	Basel		1	1	2																	Middlesbrough		0	4	4
	Monaco		0	1	1			Basel		2	2	4
	Litex Lovech		0	0	0			Strasbourg		0	2	2
	Strasbourg		2	0	2										Basel		2	1	3
	VfB Stuttgart		1	1	2										Middlesbrough		0	4	4
	Middlesbrough (a)		2	0	2			Middlesbrough (a)		1	1	2
	Club Brugge		1	1	2			Roma		0	2	2																	10 May – Eindhoven
	Roma		2	2	4																								Middlesbrough		0
	Udinese		3	0	3																								Sevilla		4
	Lens		0	1	1			Udinese		0	1	1
	Artmedia Bratislava		0	0	0			Levski Sofia		0	2	2
	Levski Sofia		1	2	3										Levski Sofia		1	1	2
	Slavia Prague		2	0	2										Schalke 04		3	1	4
	Palermo (a)		1	1	2			Palermo		1	0	1
	Schalke 04		2	3	5			Schalke 04		0	3	3
	Espanyol		1	0	1																	Schalke 04		0	0	0
	Lille		3	0	3																	Sevilla (a.e.t.)		0	1	1
	Shakhtar Donetsk		2	0	2			Lille		1	0	1
	Lokomotiv Moscow		0	0	0			Sevilla		0	2	2
	Sevilla		1	2	3										Sevilla		4	1	5
	Bolton Wanderers		0	1	1										Zenit Saint Petersburg		1	1	2
	Marseille		0	2	2			Marseille		0	1	1
	Rosenborg		0	1	1			Zenit Saint Petersburg		1	1	2
	Zenit Saint Petersburg		2	2	4

Round of 32

The top three teams from each group were joined by the eight teams that finished third in their groups in the Champions League.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Litex Lovech	0–2	Strasbourg	0–2	0–0
VfB Stuttgart	2–2 (a)	Middlesbrough	1–2	1–0
Slavia Prague	2–2 (a)	Palermo	2–1	0–1
Heerenveen	2–3	Steaua București	1–3	1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow	0–3	Sevilla	0–1	0–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Marseille	0–0	1–2
Hertha BSC	0–3	Rapid București	0–1	0–2
Basel	2–1	Monaco	1–0	1–1
Udinese	3–1	Lens	3–0	0–1
Rosenborg	1–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–2	1–2
Club Brugge	2–4	Roma	1–2	1–2
Schalke 04	5–1	Espanyol	2–1	3–0
Lille	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–2	0–0
Thun	1–2	Hamburger SV	1–0	0–2
Real Betis	3–2	AZ	2–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Artmedia Bratislava	0–3	Levski Sofia	0–1	0–2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București	3–3 (a)	Hamburger SV	2–0	1–3
Basel	4–2	Strasbourg	2–0	2–2
Middlesbrough	2–2 (a)	Roma	1–0	1–2
Steaua București	3–0	Real Betis	0–0	3–0
Palermo	1–3	Schalke 04	1–0	0–3
Marseille	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–1	1–1
Udinese	1–2	Levski Sofia	0–0	1–2
Lille	1–2	Sevilla	1–0	0–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sevilla	5–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–1	1–1
Basel	3–4	Middlesbrough	2–0	1–4
Rapid București	1–1 (a)	Steaua București	1–1	0–0
Levski Sofia	2–4	Schalke 04	1–3	1–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Schalke 04	0–1	Sevilla	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Steaua București	3–4	Middlesbrough	1–0	2–4

Final

Main article: 2006 UEFA Cup final

The final was played on 10 May 2006 at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

10 May 2006 (2006-05-10)

20:45 UTC+2

Middlesbrough	0–4	Sevilla
	Report	Luís Fabiano 27' Maresca 78', 84' Kanouté 89'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 32,100^[7]

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Top goalscorers

Sevilla celebrating their UEFA Cup victory

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Matías Delgado	Basel	7	992
2	Nicolae Dică	Steaua București	6	1157
	Mark Viduka	Middlesbrough	6	667
	Javier Saviola	Sevilla	6	669
	Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla	6	727

See also

• 2005–06 UEFA Champions League
• 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 2006 UEFA Super Cup