2005–06 UEFA Cup

Tournament details
Dates	12 July 2005 – 10 May 2006
Teams	80 (competition proper) 143 (qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	Sevilla (1st title)
Runners-up	Middlesbrough
Tournament statistics
Matches played	333
Top scorer	Matías Delgado (7 goals)
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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.

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

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. 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.

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

• 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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Southern-Mediterranean region
Baskimi	4–1	Žepče	3–0	1–1
Birkirkara	0–6	APOEL	0–2	0–4
Sant Julià	0–10	Rapid Bucureşti	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	NK Domžale	0–5	0–3
Central-East region
Ferencváros	2–3	MTZ-RIPO	0–2	2–1
Banants	4–3	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	2–3	2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	0–6	BATE Borisov	0–1	0–5
Vaduz	2–1	Dacia Chişinău	2–0	0–1
Baku	2–3	MŠK Žilina	1–0	1–3
Mainz 05	4–0	MIKA	4–0	0–0
Nistru Otaci	5–2	Khazar Lenkoran	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 Vestmannaeyjar	2–3	B36 Tórshavn	1–1	1–2
AC Allianssi	4–1	CS Pétange	3–0	1–1
Linfield	2–2 (a)	Ventspils	1–0	1–2
NSÍ Runavík	0–6	FHK Liepājas Metalurgs	0–3	0–3
Etzella Ettelbruck	0–6	Keflavik ÍF	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

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
Baskimi	0–11	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–5	0–6
Dinamo Bucureşti	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(aet)
Litex Lovech	2–2 (a)	Rijeka	1–0	1–2
Vaduz	1–6	Beşiktaş	0–1	1–5
Rapid Bucureşti	4–1	FK Vardar	3–0	1–1
Publikum	1–3	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–3
Zeta	2–5	Široki Brijeg	0–1	2–4
F.C. Ashdod	3–3 (a)	Domžale	2–2	1–1
Central-East region
Krylya Sovetov Samara	4–0	BATE Borisov	2–0	2–0
MFC Sopron	1–5	Metalurh Donetsk	0–3	1–2
Grasshopper	3–3 (a)	Wisła Płock	1–0	2–3
Nistru Otaci	0–3	Graz	0–2	0–1
MŠK Žilina	3–4	Austria Wien	1–2	2–2
SV Pasching	3–3 (a)	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–2	1–1
MTZ-RIPO	2–3	Teplice	1–1	1–2
Dyskobolia Grodzisk	4–1	Dukla Banská Bystrica	4–1	0–0
Banants	2–8	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–4	0–4
Legia Warszawa	1–5	Zürich	0–1	1–4
Northern region
Halmstad	5–3	Linfield	1–1	4–2
Midtjylland	4–3	B36 Tórshavn	2–1	2–2
Brann	2–0	AC Allianssi	0–0	2–0
FHK 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	Keflavik ÍF	2–0	2–0
Djurgården	1–1 (a)	Cork City	1–1	0–0
Esbjerg	1–1 (p)	Tromsø	0–1	1–0

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	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 Bucureşti	5–2	Everton	5–1	0–1
Feyenoord	1–2	Rapid Bucureşti	1–1	0–1
Teplice	1–3	Espanyol	1–1	0–2
Germinal Beerschot	0–0 (p)	Marseille	0–0	0–0
Grasshopper	4–1	MyPa	1–1	3–0
Graz	0–7	Strasbourg	0–2	0–5
Vitória Guimarães	4–0	Wisła Kraków	3–0	1–0
Halmstad	4–4 (a)	Sporting CP	1–2	3–2(aet)
Hamburg	2–1	Copenhagen	1–1	1–0
Hibernian	1–5	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0	1–5
Krylya Sovetov Samara	6–6 (a)	AZ	5–3	1–3
Lens	5–3	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	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 Thessaloniki	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 I.L.	2–1	Galatasaray	1–0	1–1
Vålerenga I.F.	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 Setúbal	1–2	Sampdoria	1–1	0–1
Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	AEK Athens	0–0	1–0

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 UEFA coefficient entering the competition.

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Monaco	9	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4
Hamburg	9	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3
Slavia Prague	4	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2
Viking	4	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3
CSKA Sofia	3	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Palermo	8	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4
Espanyol	8	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2
Lokomotiv Moscow	7	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5
Brøndby	4	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0	4	0	0	4	1	9	-8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Steaua București	8	4	2	2	0	7	0	+7
Lens	7	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2
Hertha Berlin	6	4	1	3	0	1	0	+1
Sampdoria	5	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1
Halmstad	0	4	0	0	4	1	12	-11

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Middlesbrough	10	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6
AZ	10	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4
Litex Lovech	6	4	2	0	2	4	5	-1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3	4	1	0	3	4	9	-5
Grasshopper	0	4	0	0	4	3	7	-4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Strasbourg	8	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4
Roma	7	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1
Basel	6	4	2	0	2	7	9	-2
Red Star Belgrade	4	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1
Tromsø	3	4	1	0	3	7	9	-2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Marseille	9	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2
Levski Sofia	6	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
Heerenveen	5	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
CSKA Moscow	4	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1
Dinamo Bucureşti	4	4	1	1	2	2	3	-1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Rapid Bucureşti	9	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3
Shakhtar Donetsk	9	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3
Stuttgart	9	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2
PAOK	3	4	1	0	3	6	5	+1
Rennes	0	4	0	0	4	1	10	-9

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Sevilla	7	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4
Zenit St. Petersburg	7	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
Bolton Wanderers	6	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1
Beşiktaş	5	4	1	2	1	5	6	-1
Vitória Guimarães	1	4	0	1	3	4	9	-5

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The top 3 teams from each group were joined by the 8 teams which 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
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 Bucureşti	0–1	0–2
Basel	2–1	Monaco	1–0	1–1
Udinese	3–1	Lens	3–0	0–1
Rosenborg	1–4	Zenit St. 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	Hamburg	1–0	0–2
Real Betis	3–2	AZ	2–0	1–2(aet)
Artmedia Bratislava	0–3	Levski Sofia	0–1	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Bucureşti	3–3 (a)	Hamburg	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 St. Petersburg	0–1	1–1
Udinese	1–2	Levski Sofia	0–0	1–2
Lille	1–2	Sevilla	1–0	0–2

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

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

10 May 2006
20:45 CEST

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

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Herbert Fandel

UEFA Cup 2005–06 Winner
Sevilla First Title

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'

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