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.
Teams Key to coloursQualify for the group stageEliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Manchester United 110.864 Internazionale 101.191 Panathinaikos 70.715 Villarreal 58.326 Sporting CP 55.739 Monaco 53.324 Ajax 52.145 Club Brugge 50.476 Rangers 40.476 Werder Bremen 40.166 Rosenborg 36.665 Slavia Prague 35.223 Real Betis 34.326 Basel 33.887 Wisła Kraków 32.929 Udinese 30.191 Shakhtar Donetsk 28.200 Everton 20.864 Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Celtic 63.476 Anderlecht 47.476 Dynamo Kyiv 40.200 Lokomotiv Moscow 38.469 Partizan 30.012 Maccabi Haifa 21.218 Steaua București 20.101 Brøndby 19.676 Rapid Wien 15.208 CSKA Sofia 15.118 Debrecen 14.390 Trabzonspor 12.872 Vålerenga 11.665 Hajduk Split 10.980 Thun 6.887 Malmö FF 5.076 First qualifying round Team Coeff. Liverpool 115.864 Artmedia Bratislava 4.850 Anorthosis Famagusta 4.695 HIT Gorica 4.190 Dinamo Tbilisi 4.035 Haka 3.158 FH 2.595 Shelbourne 2.375 Zrinjski Mostar 2.365 Skonto 2.200 Sheriff Tiraspol 2.090 Kaunas 1.760 Rabotnicki 1.485 Dinamo Minsk 1.347 Sliema Wanderers 0.990 Pyunik 0.990 Tirana 0.880 Levadia Tallinn 0.825 Glentoran 0.715 Total Network Solutions 0.605 F91 Dudelange 0.550 Neftçi 0.440 HB 0.330 Kairat 0.220
First qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 24 June 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Liverpool Artmedia Bratislava Anorthosis Famagusta HIT Gorica Dinamo Tbilisi Haka FH Shelbourne Zrinjski Mostar Skonto Sheriff Tiraspol Kaunas Rabotnicki Dinamo Minsk Sliema Wanderers Pyunik Tirana Levadia Tallinn Glentoran Total Network Solutions F91 Dudelange Neftçi HB Kairat
Summary
Title-holders Liverpool, as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower in 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 (at the time, only four teams from an association were allowed to compete in the Champions League), Liverpool were granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round, and were drawn against TNS in that round.
Matches
Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Artmedia Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.
Neftçi won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 6–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–1 on aggregate.
Kaunas won 8–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.
Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.
Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shelbourne won 6–2 on aggregate.
F91 Dudelange won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 24 June 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Liverpool Celtic Anderlecht Dynamo Kyiv Lokomotiv Moscow Partizan Maccabi Haifa Steaua București Brøndby Rapid Wien CSKA Sofia Debrecen Trabzonspor Vålerenga Hajduk Split Thun Malmö FF Artmedia Bratislava Anorthosis Famagusta Tirana Dinamo Tbilisi Haka Neftçi Shelbourne F91 Dudelange Rabotnicki Sheriff Tiraspol Kaunas Notes
Summary
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.
Matches
Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.
Vålerenga won 5–1 on aggregate.
Thun won 3–2 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
Artmedia Bratislava won 5–4 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 9–3 on aggregate.
Partizan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Debrecen won 8–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 29 July 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Liverpool Manchester United Internazionale Panathinaikos Artmedia Bratislava Villarreal Sporting CP Monaco Ajax Club Brugge Anderlecht Rangers Thun Werder Bremen Lokomotiv Moscow Rosenborg Slavia Prague Real Betis Basel Wisła Kraków Udinese Partizan Shakhtar Donetsk Everton Malmö FF Steaua București Brøndby Rapid Wien CSKA Sofia Debrecen Anorthosis Famagusta Vålerenga Notes
Summary
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.
Matches
Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Club Brugge won 4–3 on penalties.
Manchester United won 6–0 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Artmedia Bratislava won 4–3 on penalties.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Udinese won 4–2 on aggregate.
Thun won 4–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.
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