The 2004–05 UEFA Cup was the 34th edition of the UEFA Cup. The format of the competition had changed from previous seasons, replacing that from the previous one after the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999; an extra qualifying round was introduced, as was a group phase after the first round. The group stage operated in a single round-robin format consisting of eight groups of five teams, each team plays two games at home and two away and the top three finishers of each group progress to the knock-out round, joining the eight third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage.
The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting CP, in whose home stadium the match was played. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition. The match was refereed by Graham Poll.
Valencia were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Steaua București in the Round of 32 after dropping out of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage.
Association team allocation A total of 145 teams from 51 of 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup (the exception being Kazakhstan which had no clubs meeting licensing requirements). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–6 and 16–21 each had three teams qualify. Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualify. Associations 9–15 and 22–52 (except Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Andorra and San Marino) each had two teams qualify. Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), Andorra and San Marino had only one team that qualified.
Moreover, the following teams also qualified for the competition: 24 teams eliminated from the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the UEFA Cup. 3 teams advancing from the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup were transferred to the UEFA Cup. 3 associations had one additional team qualify via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.
Association ranking For the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2003 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1998–99 to 2002–03.
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below: – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Intertoto Cup – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking
+Association ranking for 2004–05 UEFA CupRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes175.5393262.311358.340451.132543.468636.782735.5834833.498930.37521028.9911128.5001227.9501326.2501424.5831523.9991623.37531721.6251821.041RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes1919.83132019.5752118.6652218.62522317.5912417.3752513.6652612.9572712.7902810.165299.332307.208316.665325.832335.666344.333353.998363.498RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes373.4972383.416393.331402.998412.165422.165432.0001441.8312451.665461.498471.332481.165491.165500.5000510.0001520.000
Distribution The following was the access list for this season.
+Access list for 2004–05 UEFA CupRoundTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from the previous roundTeams transferred from Champions League or Intertoto CupFirst qualifying round(50 teams) 2 domestic league champions from Andorra and San Marino 21 domestic cup winners from associations 29–52 (except Kazakhstan, Andorra and San Marino) 24 domestic league runners-up from associations 25–52 (except Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Andorra and San Marino) 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankingSecond qualifying round(64 teams) 17 domestic cup winners from associations 12–28 9 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–24 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21 25 winners from first qualifying roundFirst round(80 teams) 11 domestic cup winners from associations 1–11 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8 (league cup winners for France) 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (league cup winners for England) 32 winners from second qualifying round 16 losers from Champions League third qualifying round 3 winners from UEFA Intertoto Cup finalsGroup stage(40 teams) 40 winners from first roundKnockout stage(32 teams) 8 group winners from group stage 8 group runners-up from group stage 8 group third-placed teams from group stage 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage
Due to the UEFA Cup title holder (Valencia) qualifying for the Champions League via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made: The cup winners of association 11 (Belgium) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the second qualifying round. The cup winners of association 25 and 26 (Slovakia and Romania) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Due to the failure of any club from Kazakhstan to obtain a UEFA licence, the following changes to the access list were made: The cup winners of association 27 and 28 (Hungary and Cyprus) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up LC: League Cup winners Nth: League position PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position) IC: Intertoto Cup FP: Fair play CL: Relegated from the Champions League GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Round of 32 ValenciaTH Olympiacos Fenerbahçe Shakhtar Donetsk Panathinaikos Ajax Dynamo Kyiv CSKA Moscow First round Zaragoza Auxerre Heerenveen Maccabi Haifa Athletic Bilbao Sochaux AZ GAK Sevilla Châteauroux Heart of Midlothian Wisła Kraków Lazio AEK Athens Beşiktaş Red Star Belgrade Parma Egaleo Standard Liège Djurgårdens IF Udinese Panionios PAOK Dinamo București Newcastle United Sporting CP Benfica Ferencváros Middlesbrough Nacional Rangers HIT Gorica Millwall Braga Trabzonspor Shelbourne VfB Stuttgart Marítimo Club Brugge Villarreal VfL Bochum Utrecht Baník Ostrava Schalke 04 Alemannia Aachen Feyenoord Basel Lille Second qualifying round Dunfermline Athletic Maccabi Petah Tikva Partizan Rijeka Gençlerbirliği Austria Wien Železnik IF Elfsborg Beveren Superfund Budućnost Banatski Dvor Hammarby IF Sigma Olomouc Rapid Wien Bodø/Glimt Brøndby Slavia Prague Lech Poznań Stabæk AaB Wil Legia Warsaw Odd Grenland Artmedia Bratislava Servette Amica Wronki Litex Lovech Steaua București Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Terek Grozny Levski Sofia Újpest Metalurh Donetsk Zenit Saint Petersburg CSKA Sofia AEK Larnaca Bnei Sakhnin Rubin Kazan Dinamo Zagreb First qualifying round Dukla Banská Bystrica Tbilisi Birkirkara Portadown Oțelul Galați Modriča Maxima Marsaxlokk F91 Dudelange Honvéd Željezničar Banants Etzella Ettelbruck Omonia Žalgiris Shirak B36 Maribor Ekranas Total Network Solutions B68 Primorje ÍA Haverfordwest County Shamkir Haka FH Vaduz Qarabağ Allianssi Sloga Jugomagnat Partizani Pennarossa Ventspils Sileks Dinamo Tirana FC Santa Coloma Liepājas Metalurgs Shakhtyor Soligorsk Levadia Tallinn Östers IF Nistru Otaci BATE Borisov TVMK Illichivets Mariupol Tiraspol Longford Town Glentoran Mika Dinamo Tbilisi Bohemians
Notes
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+Schedule for 2004–05 UEFA CupPhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst qualifying round25 June 200415 July 200429 July 2004Second qualifying round30 July 200412 August 200426 August 2004First round27 August 200416 September 200430 September 2004Group stageMatchday 15 October 200421 October 2004Matchday 24 November 2004Matchday 325 November 2004Matchday 41–2 December 2004Matchday 515–16 December 2004Knockout stageRound of 3217 December 200416–17 February 200524 February 2005Round of 1610 March 200516–17 March 2005Quarter-finals18 March 20057 April 200514 April 2005Semi-finals28 April 20055 May 2005Final18 May 2005 at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
First round
Group stage
Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order: Cumulative goal difference in group matches. Total goals scored in group matches. Away goals scored in group matches. Higher number of UEFA coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Alan Shearer Newcastle United117662 Liédson Sporting CP812773 Roland Kollmann GAK7551 Cacau VfB Stuttgart77505 Bonaventure Kalou Auxerre610386 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit Saint Petersburg5450 Patrick Kluivert Newcastle United5452 Santiago Ezquerro Athletic Bilbao5525 Erik Meijer Alemannia Aachen5682 Júlio Baptista Sevilla5700
See also 2004–05 UEFA Champions League 2005 UEFA Super Cup 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
External links
2004–05 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website Official Site Results at RSSSF.com All scorers 2004–05 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round 2004/05 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive) Inaugural group stage draws closer – 2004/05 UEFA Cup group stage seeding pots