# 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League began on 12 July 2005. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

## Teams

* Key to colours
* Qualify for the group stage
* Eliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Manchester United | 110.864 |
| Internazionale | 101.191 |
| Panathinaikos | 70.715 |
| Villarreal | 58.326 |
| Sporting CP | 55.739 |
| Monaco | 53.324 |
| Ajax | 52.145 |
| Club Brugge | 50.476 |
| Rangers | 40.476 |
| Werder Bremen | 40.166 |
| Rosenborg | 36.665 |
| Slavia Prague | 35.223 |
| Real Betis | 34.326 |
| Basel | 33.887 |
| Wisła Kraków | 32.929 |
| Udinese | 30.191 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 28.200 |
| Everton | 20.864 |
Second qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Celtic | 63.476 |
| Anderlecht | 47.476 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 40.200 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 38.469 |
| Partizan | 30.012 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 21.218 |
| Steaua București | 20.101 |
| Brøndby | 19.676 |
| Rapid Wien | 15.208 |
| CSKA Sofia | 15.118 |
| Debrecen | 14.390 |
| Trabzonspor | 12.872 |
| Vålerenga | 11.665 |
| Hajduk Split | 10.980 |
| Thun | 6.887 |
| Malmö FF | 5.076 |
First qualifying round :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Liverpool | 115.864 |
| Artmedia Bratislava | 4.850 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 4.695 |
| HIT Gorica | 4.190 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4.035 |
| Haka | 3.158 |
| FH | 2.595 |
| Shelbourne | 2.375 |
| Zrinjski Mostar | 2.365 |
| Skonto | 2.200 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2.090 |
| Kaunas | 1.760 |
| Rabotnicki | 1.485 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1.347 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 0.990 |
| Pyunik | 0.990 |
| Tirana | 0.880 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 0.825 |
| Glentoran | 0.715 |
| Total Network Solutions | 0.605 |
| F91 Dudelange | 0.550 |
| Neftçi | 0.440 |
| HB | 0.330 |
| Kairat | 0.220 |

## First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 24 June 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Liverpool Artmedia Bratislava Anorthosis Famagusta HIT Gorica Dinamo Tbilisi Haka | FH Shelbourne Zrinjski Mostar Skonto Sheriff Tiraspol Kaunas | Rabotnicki Dinamo Minsk Sliema Wanderers Pyunik Tirana Levadia Tallinn | Glentoran Total Network Solutions F91 Dudelange Neftçi HB Kairat |

### Summary

Title-holders Liverpool, as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower in the 2004 UEFA ranking, were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the second qualifying round. Though they finished fifth in the Premier League in 2004–05 (at the time, only four teams from an association were allowed to compete in the Champions League), Liverpool were granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round, and were drawn against TNS in that round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Levadia Tallinn | 1–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Kairat | 3–4 | Artmedia Bratislava | 2–0 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Neftçi | 4–1 | FH | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Rabotnicki | 6–1 | Skonto | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 1–6 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| HB | 2–8 | Kaunas | 2–4 | 0–4 |
| Liverpool | 6–0 | Total Network Solutions | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Haka | 3–2 | Pyunik | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| HIT Gorica | 2–3 | Tirana | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Glentoran | 2–6 | Shelbourne | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| F91 Dudelange | 4–1 | Zrinjski Mostar | 0–1 | 4–0 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Artmedia Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.
Neftçi won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rabotnicki won 6–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–1 on aggregate.
Kaunas won 8–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.
Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.
Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shelbourne won 6–2 on aggregate.
F91 Dudelange won 4–1 on aggregate.

## Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 24 June 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Liverpool Celtic Anderlecht Dynamo Kyiv Lokomotiv Moscow Partizan Maccabi Haifa | Steaua București Brøndby Rapid Wien CSKA Sofia Debrecen Trabzonspor Vålerenga | Hajduk Split Thun Malmö FF Artmedia Bratislava Anorthosis Famagusta Tirana Dinamo Tbilisi | Haka Neftçi Shelbourne F91 Dudelange Rabotnicki Sheriff Tiraspol Kaunas |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

### Summary

The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17–26, and six second–placed teams from countries ranked 10–15 were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kaunas | 1–5 | Liverpool | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–5 | Brøndby | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Anderlecht | 5–1 | Neftçi | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Vålerenga | 5–1 | Haka | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | Thun | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 3–2 | Trabzonspor | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Artmedia Bratislava | 5–4 | Celtic | 5–0 | 0–4 |
| Tirana | 0–4 | CSKA Sofia | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Malmö FF | 5–4 | Maccabi Haifa | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Shelbourne | 1–4 | Steaua București | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Rabotnicki | 1–3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| F91 Dudelange | 3–9 | Rapid Wien | 1–6 | 2–3 |
| Partizan | 2–0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Debrecen | 8–0 | Hajduk Split | 3–0 | 5–0 |

### Matches

Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.
Vålerenga won 5–1 on aggregate.
Thun won 3–2 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
Artmedia Bratislava won 5–4 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 4–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 9–3 on aggregate.
Partizan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Debrecen won 8–0 on aggregate.

## Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 29 July 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Liverpool Manchester United Internazionale Panathinaikos Artmedia Bratislava Villarreal Sporting CP Monaco | Ajax Club Brugge Anderlecht Rangers Thun Werder Bremen Lokomotiv Moscow Rosenborg | Slavia Prague Real Betis Basel Wisła Kraków Udinese Partizan Shakhtar Donetsk Everton | Malmö FF Steaua București Brøndby Rapid Wien CSKA Sofia Debrecen Anorthosis Famagusta Vålerenga |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

### Summary

The 14 winners from the second qualifying round, six champions from countries ranked 11–16, three second–placed teams from countries ranked 7–9, six third–placed teams from countries ranked 1–6, and three fourth–placed teams from countries ranked 1–3 were drawn to play 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the group stage and losers advancing to the first round of the UEFA Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Wisła Kraków | 4–5 | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Real Betis | 3–2 | Monaco | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Vålerenga | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Club Brugge | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Manchester United | 6–0 | Debrecen | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Everton | 2–4 | Villarreal | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–4 | Rangers | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Steaua București | 3–4 | Rosenborg | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Rapid Wien | 2–1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Artmedia Bratislava | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Partizan | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| CSKA Sofia | 2–3 | Liverpool | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Sporting CP | 2–4 | Udinese | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Malmö FF | 0–4 | Thun | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–3 | Internazionale | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Basel | 2–4 | Werder Bremen | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Brøndby | 3–5 | Ajax | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Anderlecht | 4–1 | Slavia Prague | 2–1 | 2–0 |

### Matches

Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Club Brugge won 4–3 on penalties.
Manchester United won 6–0 on aggregate.
Villarreal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Artmedia Bratislava won 4–3 on penalties.
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
Udinese won 4–2 on aggregate.
Thun won 4–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.