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The qualifying rounds for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League began on 12 July 2005. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.
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First qualifying round
Title-holders Liverpool, as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower on the 2004 UEFA ranking, were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the second qualifying round. Though they finished fifth in the Premier League in 2004–05 (usually only four English teams are allowed in), Liverpool was granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round.
Second leg
Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
FBK Kaunas won 8–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.
Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.
F91 Dudelange won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rabotnički won 6–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–1 on aggregate.
Artmedia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Neftchi Baku won 4–1 on aggregate.
KF Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shelbourne won 6–2 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17–26, and six second–placed teams from countries ranked 10–15 were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.
Second leg
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Artmedia won 5–4 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.
Vålerenga IF won 5–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
Partizan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Brøndby IF won 5–1 on aggregate.
Debrecen won 8–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 9–3 on aggregate.
Thun won 3–2 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
The 14 winners from the second qualifying round, six champions from countries ranked 11–16, three second–placed teams from countries ranked 7–9, six third–placed teams from countries ranked 1–6, and three fourth–placed teams from countries ranked 1–3 were drawn to play 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the group stage and losers advancing to the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Second leg
Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.
Partizan 0–0 Artmedia on aggregate. Artmedia won 4–3 on penalties.
Thun won 4–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Udinese won 4–2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 6–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge 1–1 Vålerenga IF on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–3 on penalties.
Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 4–2 on aggregate.