The 2005 UEFA Cup final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow on 18 May 2005; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first half from full-back Rogério, before Aleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half. Yuri Zhirkov would give the Russian side the lead nine minutes after CSKA's equalising goal, and the Moscow outfit would close out the scoring 15 minutes from the end after a quick CSKA counterattack saw Vágner Love become the youngest player to score in a UEFA Cup final at the age of , firing the ball past Sporting goalkeeper Ricardo to give the Russian side a first UEFA Cup trophy. It was also the first European trophy won by a Russian club, in what was the first final since Dynamo Moscow—then part of the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union—lost the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final, and the first European title for a side from what was the Soviet Union since Dynamo Kyiv, now part of Ukraine, won the 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final.

The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade – home ground of finalists Sporting CP – in Lisbon, Portugal. Until then, it was the third European football final to be held in Portugal, after the 1967 European Cup final, which was held in another venue in the Lisbon District, the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final, which was held at the old Estádio da Luz in the city.

Venue The Estádio José Alvalade was announced as the final venue on 5 February 2004, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Sporting CPRound CSKA MoscowUEFA CupChampions LeagueOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legInitial phaseQualifying phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legByeSecond qualifying round Neftçi2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H) Rapid Wien2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)First round Rangers3–22–1 (H)1–1 (A)OpponentResultGroup stage (UC, CL)OpponentResultByeMatchday 1 Porto0–0 (A) Panionios4–1 (H)Matchday 2 Paris Saint-Germain2–0 (H) Dinamo Tbilisi4–0 (A)Matchday 3 Chelsea0–2 (A) Sochaux0–1 (H)Matchday 4 Chelsea0–1 (H) Newcastle United1–1 (A)Matchday 5 Porto0–1 (H)N/AMatchday 6 Paris Saint-Germain3–1 (A)Group D third placeFinal standingsGroup H third placeUEFA CupOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Feyenoord4–22–1 (H)2–1 (A)Round of 32 Benfica3–12–0 (H)1–1 (A) Middlesbrough4–23–2 (A)1–0 (H)Round of 16 Partizan3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H) Newcastle United4–20–1 (A)4–1 (H)Quarter-finals Auxerre4–24–0 (H)0–2 (A) AZ4–4 (a)2–1 (H)2–3 (A)Semi-finals Parma3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)

Match Details

GK 76 RicardoRB 37 Rogério CB 22 BetoCB 14 Joseph EnakarhireLB 15 Miguel GarciaCM 26 Fábio RochembackCM 28 João Moutinho RW 10 Ricardo Sá Pinto AM 8 Pedro Barbosa (c) LW 11 Rodrigo TelloCF 31 LiédsonSubstitutes:GK 1 NélsonDF 4 Ânderson PolgaDF 23 Rui JorgeDF 27 CustódioMF 45 Hugo Viana FW 9 Marius Niculae FW 17 Roudolphe Douala Manager: José Peseiro GK 35 Igor AkinfeevCB 24 Vasili BerezutskiCB 4 Sergei Ignashevich (c)CB 6 Aleksei BerezutskiRM 15 Chidi OdiahCM 22 Evgeni Aldonin CM 25 Elvir RahimićLM 18 Yuri ZhirkovAM 7 Daniel Carvalho CF 11 Vágner LoveCF 9 Ivica Olić Substitutes:GK 1 Veniamin MandrykinMF 2 Deividas Šemberas MF 8 Rolan Gusev MF 10 Osmar FerreyraMF 19 Juris LaizānsFW 17 Miloš Krasić FW 40 Aleksandr SaluginManager: Valery Gazzaev

Man of the Match: Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow)

Assistant referees: Michael Tingey (England) Glenn Turner (England) Fourth official: Steve Bennett (England)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

See also 2005 UEFA Champions League final 2005 UEFA Super Cup PFC CSKA Moscow in European football Sporting CP in European football 2005 PFC CSKA Moscow season 2004–05 Sporting CP season

References

External links 2004–05 season at UEFA.com