The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 13 September and 7 December 2005.

Teams The 32 teams were divided into four pots. Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the first knockout roundThird-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup at the round of 32

+Pot 1TeamNotes Liverpool 115.864 Real Madrid 131.326 Milan 121.191 Barcelona 117.326 Manchester United 110.864 Internazionale 101.191 Bayern Munich 97.166 Arsenal 93.864 +Pot 2TeamNotes Porto 93.739 Juventus 93.191 PSV Eindhoven 84.145 Lyon 81.324 Panathinaikos 70.715 Chelsea 68.864 Villarreal 58.326 Ajax 52.145 +Pot 3TeamNotes Club Brugge 50.476 Anderlecht 47.476 Olympiacos 46.715 Schalke 04 44.166 Sparta Prague 43.223 Lille 41.324 Rangers 40.476 Werder Bremen 40.166 +Pot 4TeamNotes Benfica 36.739 Rosenborg 36.665 Real Betis 34.326 Udinese 30.191 Fenerbahçe 23.872 Rapid Wien 15.208 Thun 6.887 Artmedia Bratislava 4.850

Notes

Tie-breaking criteria Based on paragraph 4.05 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: higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; superior goal difference from all group matches played; higher number of goals scored in all group matches played; higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Notes

References

External links 2005-06 season at UEFA website