The 2004–05 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds was the qualification competition that determined the teams participating in the main competition of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. It began on 13 July 2004 with the first qualifying round and ended on 26 August 2004 with the second qualifying round. The two qualifying rounds narrowed the clubs down to 80 teams in preparation for the first round.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

Teams

In total, 89 teams entered qualifying stage, which consisted of the following rounds: First qualifying round (50 teams): 50 teams which enter in this round. Second qualifying round (64 teams): 39 teams which enter in this round, and 25 winners of the first qualifying round.

The 32 winners of the second qualifying round advanced to the first round, joining 42 other teams.

In the qualifying rounds, UEFA divided the participating teams into three geographical regions: Northern, Central–East, and Southern–Mediterranean. Teams were then seeded within their respective regions, rather than being seeded among all participating teams of the round. This meant that a club potentially seeded in an open draw format could be unseeded in the regional system, or vice versa. The regional allocation of countries was generally as follows: Northern: Belgium, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales Central–East: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine Southern–Mediterranean: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

However, UEFA could make exceptions to these allocations to ensure an even number of teams in each region.

Below were the participating teams of the qualifying rounds (with their 2004 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.

Key to coloursWinners of second qualifying round advance to first round +Second qualifying roundTeamRegion Slavia Prague 49.914 Dinamo Zagreb 25.733 Gençlerbirliği 23.656 Brøndby 21.758 Levski Sofia 21.600 Servette 20.382 Legia Warsaw 20.176 Partizan 18.655 Steaua București 17.881 Amica Wronki 16.176 CSKA Sofia 15.600 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14.300 Sigma Olomouc 13.914 Rapid Wien 12.970 Litex Lovech 12.600 Stabæk 11.226 Dunfermline Athletic 10.600 Zenit Saint Petersburg 9.572 Beveren 9.528 Metalurh Donetsk 9.300 Odd Grenland 9.226 Austria Wien 8.970 Bodø/Glimt 8.226 Lech Poznań 8.176 Wil 7.382 Bnei Sakhnin 7.012 Maccabi Petah Tikva 7.012 Superfund 6.970 Rijeka 6.733 Železnik 6.655 Budućnost Banatski Dvor 6.655 Terek Grozny 6.572 Rubin Kazan 6.572 AaB 5.758 IF Elfsborg 5.516 Hammarby IF 5.516 Artmedia Bratislava 5.235 Újpest 5.046 AEK Larnaca 2.970+First qualifying roundTeamRegion Illichivets Mariupol 7.300 Maribor 7.025 Östers IF 5.516 Honvéd 5.046 Oțelul Galați 4.881 Dukla Banská Bystrica 4.235 Željezničar 3.815 Bohemians 3.045 Primorje 3.025 Omonia 2.970 Haka 2.938 Nistru Otaci 2.255 Tiraspol 2.255 Birkirkara 2.100 Ventspils 1.980 Liepājas Metalurgs 1.980 Allianssi 1.938 Modriča Maxima 1.815 Dinamo Tbilisi 1.650 Tbilisi 1.650 Sloga Jugomagnat 1.595 Sileks 1.595 Žalgiris 1.375 Ekranas 1.375 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1.182 BATE Borisov 1.182 ÍA 1.100 FH 1.100 Marsaxlokk 1.100 Longford Town 1.045 Mika 0.935 Shirak 0.935 Banants 0.935 Total Network Solutions 0.770 Haverfordwest County 0.770 Vaduz 0.660 Partizani 0.605 Dinamo Tirana 0.605 Levadia Tallinn 0.550 TVMK 0.550 Glentoran 0.550 Portadown 0.550 F91 Dudelange 0.495 Etzella Ettelbruck 0.495 Shamkir 0.385 Qarabağ 0.385 B36 0.275 B68 0.275 FC Santa Coloma 0.000 Pennarossa 0.000

Notes

Format Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advance to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

In the draws for each round, teams are seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. A seeded team is drawn against an unseeded team to determine the ties. Prior to the draws, UEFA forms "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from the same association or from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie may be reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.

Round and draw dates The schedule was as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst qualifying round25 June 2004, 14:0015 July 200429 July 2004Second qualifying round30 July 2004, 14:0012 August 200426 August 2004

First qualifying round The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 25 June 2004, 14:00 CEST.

Seeding A total of 50 teams played in the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw, UEFA divided the teams into three regions, with each region containing seeded and unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Seeding of teams within each region was based on their 2004 UEFA club coefficients.

Southern–Mediterranean regionCentral–East regionNorthern regionSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

Summary

The first legs were played on 13 and 15 July, and the second legs on 27 and 29 July 2004.

Southern–Mediterranean region

Maribor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.

Željezničar won 9–1 on aggregate.

Oțelul Galați won 8–1 on aggregate.

Modriča Maxima won 4–0 on aggregate.

Omonia won 8–1 on aggregate.

Partizani won 5–4 on aggregate.

Central–East region

Illichivets Mariupol won 4–0 on aggregate.

Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tiraspol won 4–1 on aggregate.

Nistru Otaci won 3–2 on aggregate.

Honvéd won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dukla Banská Bystrica won 4–0 on aggregate.

Northern region

Levadia Tallinn won 3–1 on aggregate.

FH won 4–1 on aggregate.

Östers IF won 4–1 on aggregate.

Žalgiris won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ventspils won 11–0 on aggregate.

Haka won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ekranas won 3–1 on aggregate.

Vaduz won 4–2 on aggregate.

Liepājas Metalurgs won 11–2 on aggregate.

Glentoran won 4–3 on aggregate.

ÍA won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 30 July 2004, 14:00 CEST.

Seeding A total of 64 teams played in the first qualifying round: 39 teams which entered in this round, and 25 winners of the first round. Prior to the draw, UEFA divided the teams into three regions, with each region containing two groups of seeded and unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Seeding of teams within each region was based on their 2004 UEFA club coefficients.

Southern–Mediterranean Group 1Southern–Mediterranean Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededCentral–East Group 1Central–East Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededNorthern Group 1Northern Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded

Summary

The first legs were played on 10 and 12 August, and the second legs on 26 August 2004.

Southern–Mediterranean region

2–2 on aggregate; Gençlerbirliği won on away goals.

Levski Sofia won 8–0 on aggregate.

Bnei Sakhnin won 6–1 on aggregate.

Steaua București won 5–4 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; Maribor won on away goals.

Litex Lovech won 9–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Partizan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Maccabi Petah Tikva won 4–3 on aggregate.

Central–East region

Terek Grozny won 2–0 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Dinamo Tbilisi won on away goals.

Rapid Wien won 3–2 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 3–0 on aggregate.

Dukla Banská Bystrica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sigma Olomouc won 6–1 on aggregate.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Zenit Saint Petersburg won on away goals.

Újpest won 5–1 on aggregate.

Metalurh Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 7–0 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate; Amica Wronki won 5–4 on penalties.

Northern region

IF Elfsborg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Beveren won 5–2 on aggregate.

Odd Grenland won 4–3 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate; Ventspils won on away goals.

Hammarby IF won 4–1 on aggregate.

Stabæk won 6–2 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Bodø/Glimt won 8–7 on penalties.

FH won 4–3 on aggregate.

AaB won 3–1 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Liepājas Metalurgs won on away goals.

Notes

References

External links First qualifying round, UEFA.com Second qualifying round, UEFA.com