# 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup is the second stage of the competition proper. Group stage matches began on 21 October 2004 and concluded on 16 December 2004. The top three teams in each group progressed to the Round of 32, to be joined by the eight third-place finishers from the Champions League group stage.

## Teams

The group stage draw took place on 5 October 2004. The 40 teams were divided into five pots. Pot 1 comprised the top eight clubs in the team ranking. Pot 2 contained the following eight clubs in the rankings and likewise for Pots 3, 4 and 5. Each group contained one team from each pot. A team's seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.
* Key to colours
* Group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advanced to round of 32
Pot 1 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Lazio | 83.531 |
| Parma | 66.531 |
| Feyenoord | 65.247 |
| Newcastle United | 61.511 |
| AEK Athens | 51.467 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 47.331 |
| Club Brugge | 43.528 |
| Rangers | 42.600 |
Pot 2 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Villarreal | 42.350 |
| Auxerre | 34.947 |
| Schalke 04 | 34.331 |
| Sporting CP | 33.969 |
| Zaragoza | 33.350 |
| Beşiktaş | 32.656 |
| Benfica | 29.969 |
| Lille | 27.947 |
Pot 3 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Athletic Bilbao | 26.350 |
| Sevilla | 26.350 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 25.733 |
| Basel | 25.382 |
| Sochaux | 24.947 |
| Middlesbrough | 20.511 |
| Utrecht | 20.247 |
| GAK | 19.970 |
Pot 4 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Partizan | 18.655 |
| Steaua București | 17.881 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 17.600 |
| Heerenveen | 17.247 |
| Alemannia Aachen | 16.331 |
| Amica Wronki | 16.176 |
| Panionios | 15.467 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 14.300 |
Pot 5 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Ferencváros | 13.046 |
| Standard Liège | 12.528 |
| Egaleo | 11.467 |
| AZ | 11.247 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 9.572 |
| Beveren | 9.528 |
| Austria Wien | 8.970 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1.650 |

## Groups

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEY | SCH | BSL | FER | HOM |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Basel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | — | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Ferencváros | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATH | STE | PAR | BJK | STD |
| 1 | Athletic Bilbao | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Steaua București | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Parma | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | — |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | | 3–1 | — | — | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | | 1–7 | — | 2–1 | — | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DNI | ZAR | AUS | BRU | UTR |
| 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | — |
| 2 | Zaragoza | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | — |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | — | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEW | SOC | SCP | PAN | DTB |
| 1 | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–4 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | — |
| 4 | Panionios | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 5–2 |
| 5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | | — | 0–2 | 0–4 | — | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MID | VIL | PTZ | LAZ | EGA |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Villarreal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–0 | — | — | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Partizan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | — | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Lazio | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Egaleo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | | 0–1 | — | — | 2–2 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | AUX | GAK | RAN | AMC |
| 1 | AZ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Auxerre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 0–0 | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | GAK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–0 | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | — |
| 5 | Amica Wronki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | | 1–3 | — | — | 0–5 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STU | BEN | HVN | DZ | BEV |
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Benfica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | | — | — | 2–2 | — | 6–1 |
| 5 | Beveren | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | | 1–5 | 0–3 | — | — | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIL | SEV | AAC | ZEN | AEK |
| 1 | Lille | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Alemannia Aachen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | — | 2–2 | — |
| 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | 5–1 |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | — | — |