UEFA_Champions_League_2004–05

2004–05 UEFA Champions League

2004–05 UEFA Champions League

50th season of the UEFA club football tournament


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]

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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.

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:

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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.
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Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Notes
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    Kazakhstan (KAZ): 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League champions Irtysh Pavlodar failed to obtain UEFA licence, along with other Kazakhstani clubs.[9]

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]

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Notes
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    Internazionale home game in the Round of 16 was rescheduled to one week later (15 March 2005) due to venue clash with AC Milan.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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Third qualifying round

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    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:

  1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Maccabi Tel Aviv made their debut appearance in the group stage.

Group A

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Source: [12]

Group B

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Source: [14]
Notes:
  1. 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

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Source: [15]

Group D

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Source: [16]

Group E

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Source: [17]

Group F

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Source: [18]

Group G

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Source: [19]

Group H

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Source: [20]

Knockout phase

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
England Manchester United 0 0 0
Italy Milan 1 1 2
Italy Milan 2 3 5
Italy Internazionale 0 0 0
Portugal Porto 1 1 2
Italy Internazionale 1 3 4
Italy Milan (a) 2 1 3
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 3 3
Germany Werder Bremen 0 2 2
France Lyon 3 7 10
France Lyon 1 1 2 (2)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (p) 1 1 2 (4)
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 2 3
France Monaco 0 0 0
Italy Milan 3 (2)
England Liverpool (p) 3 (3)
Spain Barcelona 2 2 4
England Chelsea 1 4 5
England Chelsea 4 2 6
Germany Bayern Munich 2 3 5
Germany Bayern Munich 3 0 3
England Arsenal 1 1 2
England Chelsea 0 0 0
England Liverpool 0 1 1
England Liverpool 3 3 6
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 2
England Liverpool 2 0 2
Italy Juventus 1 0 1
Spain Real Madrid 1 0 1
Italy Juventus (aet) 0 2 2

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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    Match was abandoned after 72 minutes as Milan led 1–0 due to flares thrown onto the pitch by Internazionale fans, one of which struck Milan goalkeeper Dida.[21] UEFA awarded Milan a 3–0 win (5–0 aggregate) and ordered Internazionale to play their next four European games behind closed doors.[22]

Semi-finals

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Final

As winners of the competition, Liverpool went on to represent UEFA at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.

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Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

See also


References

  1. Why it was the greatest cup final BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2011
  2. Reds take European crown Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2011
  3. Grit, spirit and the ultimate glory The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2011
  4. AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet) BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2011
  5. "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.
  6. "Country coefficients 2002/03". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  7. "UEFA did not admit Kazakhstan clubs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2004-08-10.
  8. "PAOK punished with 3–0 loss". UEFA. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  9. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. "Dynamo awarded Roma win". BBC Sport. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  11. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  12. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  13. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  14. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  15. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  16. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  17. Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  18. "Milan move into last four". UEFA. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  19. "Inter handed stadium ban and fine". BBC Sport. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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