The group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper. Group stage matches began on 20 October 2005 and concluded on 15 December 2005. The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.
Teams The group stage draw took place on 4 October 2005 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The following teams qualified for the group stage:
Key to coloursGroup winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32
+Pot 1Team CSKA Moscow34.469 Roma73.191 VfB Stuttgart58.166 Monaco53.324 Hertha BSC46.166 Lokomotiv Moscow38.469 Beşiktaş37.872 AZ37.145+Pot 2Team Sevilla36.326 Marseille36.324 PAOK35.715 Slavia Prague35.233 Basel33.887 Middlesbrough32.864 Espanyol29.326 Lens29.324+Pot 3Team Shakhtar Donetsk28.200 Heerenveen26.145 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk24.200 Hamburger SV24.166 Red Star Belgrade21.012 Bolton Wanderers20,864 Sampdoria20.191 Palermo20.191+Pot 4Team Steaua București20.101 Brøndby19.676 Grasshopper18.887 Zenit Saint Petersburg18.469 Levski Sofia18.118 Strasbourg17.324 Rennes16.324 CSKA Sofia15.118+Pot 5Team Vitória de Guimarães14.739 Litex Lovech14.118 Halmstads BK13.076 Viking12.665 Dinamo București12.101 Rapid București8.101 Maccabi Petah Tikva7.218 Tromsø6.665
Notes
Tie-breaking criteria Based on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
superior goal difference from all group matches played; higher number of goals scored; higher number of goals scored away; higher number of wins; higher number of away wins; higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.
Groups All times are CET, as listed by UEFA.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Notes
References
External links Group stage standings