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2005–06 UEFA Cup

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Champions
  
Sevilla (1st title)

Dates
  
14 Jul 2005 – 10 May 2006

Champion
  
Sevilla FC

Runners-up
  
Middlesbrough

Top scorer
  
Matías Emilio Delgado

Matches played
  
333

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Teams
  
80 (competition proper) 143 (qualifying)

Similar
  
2006–07 UEFA Cup, 2004–05 UEFA Cup, 2003–04 UEFA Cup, 2007–08 UEFA Cup, 2001–02 UEFA Cup

The 2005–06 UEFA Cup season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough F.C. 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.

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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

    Notes
  • (FP): Additional fair play berth (Germany, Norway, Denmark).
  • Number of teams do not include teams transferred from the Intertoto Cup.

    • 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 1st UEFA Cup entrant of the 25th and 26th countries on the ranking list (Hungary and Romania) will gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
  • Because Liverpool enters the 1st qualifying round of the Champions League, the 1st UEFA Cup entrant of 11th and 12th countries on the ranking list (Scotland and Belgium) will gain direct access to the 1st round of the UEFA Cup.
  • In Kazakhstan, only Kairat Almaty obtained a UEFA license for the 2005/2006 season. The other teams from Kazakhstan were not allowed to compete. Therefore, the 1st UEFA Cup entrant of the 27th and 28th countries on the ranking list (Slovakia and Slovenia) will gain direct access to the 2nd 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 license.
  • In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the cup winner FK Sarajevo was replaced by Široki Brijeg, and 2nd in the league Zeljeznicar was replaced by Žepče, because they did not obtain a UEFA license.

    • Teams

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

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

    • Group stage

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

    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).

    Teams that have clinched a spot in the round of 32 are highlighted in green.

    Round of 32

    The top 3 teams from each group were joined by the 8 teams which finished third in their groups in the Champions League.

    References

    2005–06 UEFA Cup Wikipedia
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