The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was named as UEFA's Footballer of the Year for his key role in the final and throughout the Champions League season. The final, played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament.
As it was their fifth European Cup title, Liverpool were awarded the trophy permanently, and received the UEFA Badge of Honour. A new trophy was made for the 2005–06 season. As winners of the competition, Liverpool went on to represent Europe at the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
Porto were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Milan's cross-city rivals Inter in the round of 16.
Association team allocation A total of 72 teams from 48 of the 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league, Andorra and San Marino). Kazakhstan also did not participate this year as none of their clubs were able to obtain UEFA licence. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify. Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify. Associations 16–49 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
Association ranking For the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2003 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1998–1999 to 2002–03.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: RankAssociationCoeff.Teams175.5394262.311358.340451.1323543.468636.782735.5832833.498930.3751028.9911128.5001227.9501326.2501424.5831523.9991623.37511721.6251821.041RankAssociationCoeff.Teams1919.83112019.5752118.6652218.6252317.5912417.3752513.6652612.9572712.7902810.165299.332307.208316.665325.832335.666344.333353.998363.498RankAssociationCoeff.Teams373.4971383.416393.331402.998412.165422.165432.0000441.8311451.665461.498471.332481.165491.165500.5000510.000520.000
Distribution Since the title holders (Porto) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, and the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, while no team from Kazakhstan was admitted, the following changes to the default access list are made: The champions of association 10 (Turkey) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage. The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Cyprus) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundFirst qualifying round(20 teams)20 champions from associations 29–49 (except Liechtenstein)Second qualifying round(28 teams)12 champions from associations 17–28 6 runners-up from associations 10–1510 winners from the first qualifying roundThird qualifying round(32 teams)6 champions from associations 11–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–314 winners from the second qualifying roundGroup stage(32 teams)10 champions from associations 1–10 (including title holders Porto) 6 runners-up from associations 1–616 winners from the third qualifying roundKnockout phase(16 teams)8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage
Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
Group stage Valencia Arsenal Lyon Porto TH Barcelona Chelsea Paris Saint-Germain Ajax Milan Werder Bremen Panathinaikos Celtic Roma Bayern Munich Olympiacos Fenerbahçe Third qualifying round Deportivo La Coruña Liverpool PSV Eindhoven Basel Real Madrid Bayer Leverkusen Rangers Dynamo Kyiv Juventus Monaco Anderlecht Maccabi Haifa Internazionale PAOK Baník Ostrava GAK Manchester United Benfica Second qualifying round Trabzonspor Maccabi Tel Aviv Lokomotiv Plovdiv Žilina Club Brugge Wisła Kraków Hajduk Split Dinamo București Sparta Prague CSKA Moscow Djurgårdens IF Ferencváros Young Boys Red Star Belgrade Copenhagen APOEL Shakhtar Donetsk Rosenborg First qualifying round HIT Gorica Široki Brijeg Shelbourne Flora HJK Kaunas Sliema Wanderers Linfield Skonto KR Pyunik Jeunesse Esch Sheriff Tiraspol Pobeda Rhyl HB WIT Georgia Gomel Tirana Neftçi Notes
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round25 June 200413–14 July 200421 July 2004Second qualifying round27–28 July 20044 August 2004Third qualifying round30 July 200410–11 August 200424–25 August 2004Group stageMatchday 126 August 2004(Monaco)14–15 September 2004Matchday 228–29 September 2004Matchday 319–20 October 2004Matchday 42–3 November 2004Matchday 523–24 November 2004Matchday 67–8 December 2004Knockout phaseRound of 1617 December 200422–23 February 20058–9 March 2005Quarter-finals18 March 20055–6 April 200512–13 April 2005Semi-finals26–27 April 20053–4 May 2005Final25 May 2005 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul Notes
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round Summary
Second qualifying round Summary
Third qualifying round Summary
Group stage
16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams will advance to the third round of the UEFA Cup.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order: Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches. Total goals scored in all group matches. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.
Maccabi Tel Aviv made their debut appearance in the group stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout phase
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United85282 Adriano Internazionale7548 Roy Makaay Bayern Munich7024 Sylvain Wiltord Lyon6606 Hernán Crespo Milan612 Andriy Shevchenko Milan8697 Ivan Klasnić Werder Bremen5431 Obafemi Martins Internazionale510 Tuncay Fenerbahçe525 Didier Drogba Chelsea688 Thierry Henry Arsenal720 Michael Essien Lyon930 Luis García Liverpool972 Squad of the season UEFA's Technical Study Group selected the following 21 players for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Team of the Tournament.
PlayerTeam Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Petr Čech Chelsea Jerzy Dudek Liverpool Jamie Carragher Liverpool John Terry Chelsea Paolo Maldini AC Milan Sami Hyypiä Liverpool Alessandro Nesta AC Milan Cafu AC Milan Kaká AC Milan Mark van Bommel PSV Eindhoven Michael Ballack Bayern Munich Steven Gerrard Liverpool Andrea Pirlo AC Milan Juninho Pernambucano Lyon Frank Lampard Chelsea Ronaldinho Barcelona Samuel Eto'o Barcelona Adriano Inter Milan Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan Park Ji-sung PSV Eindhoven
See also 2004–05 UEFA Cup 2005 UEFA Super Cup 2005 FIFA Club World Championship 2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup
Notes
References
External links
2004–05 All matches – season at UEFA website 2004–05 season at UEFA website European Club Results at RSSSF 2004–05 List of participants