# 2005–06 UEFA Cup

The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the UEFA Cup, was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was refereed by Herbert Fandel. Middlesbrough sealed their place in the final on the back of two dramatic comebacks. In the quarter-finals they beat FC Basel of Switzerland 4–3 on aggregate (after losing the first leg 2–0 and being 1–0 down in the second leg, they scored 4 goals), this put them into the semi-final to face Steaua București. The first leg finished 1–0 to Steaua, and the second leg (at the Riverside Stadium again) finished 4–2 (after being 2–0 down). Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year.
CSKA Moscow were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

## Association team allocation

113 teams qualified directly for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup from 52 UEFA associations. An additional three teams qualified via the UEFA Fair Play league, while 27 further teams qualified at various stages from the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Below is the final qualification scheme for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup:
* Associations 1–6 each have 3 teams qualify, with the exception of England (2) who have 2 teams
* Associations 7–8 each have 4 teams qualify
* Associations 9–15 each have 2 teams qualify
* Associations 16–20 each have 3 teams qualify
* Associations 21–49 each have 2 teams qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein (43) who have 1 team
* Associations 50–52 each have 1 team qualify
plus
* Winner of previous years' tournament
* 3 UEFA Fair Play entries
* 3 winners of the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
* 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
* 8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage

### Association ranking

| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | Notes |
| 1 | Spain | 79.851 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
| 2 | England | 62.153 | 3 | −1(CLTH) +1(UCL) |
| 3 | Italy | 59.186 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
| 4 | Germany | 49.489 | 3 | +1(UCL) +2(UIC) +1(FP) |
| 5 | France | 48.326 | 3 | +3(UCL) +1(UIC) |
| 6 | Portugal | 42.333 | 3 | |
| 7 | Greece | 34.748 | 4 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 34.081 | 4 | |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 33.075 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 10 | Turkey | 32.291 | 2 | |
| 11 | Scotland | 32.125 | 2 | |
| 12 | Belgium | 28.875 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 13 | Switzerland | 22.375 | 2 | +2(UCL) |
| 14 | Ukraine | 22.125 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 15 | Norway | 21.900 | 2 | +2(UCL) +1(FP) |
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | Notes |
| 16 | Poland | 21.750 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
| 17 | Israel | 21.249 | 3 | |
| 18 | Austria | 21.125 | 3 | |
| 19 | Serbia and Montenegro | 20.165 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 19.998 | 3 | +1(UCL) |
| 21 | Russia | 19.916 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 22 | Denmark | 17.450 | 2 | +1(UCL) +1(FP) |
| 23 | Croatia | 17.375 | 2 | |
| 24 | Sweden | 16.716 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 25 | Hungary | 15.290 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 26 | Romania | 14.790 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 27 | Slovakia | 12.832 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 28 | Slovenia | 9.165 | 2 | |
| 29 | Cyprus | 8.998 | 2 | +1(UCL) |
| 30 | Moldova | 6.832 | 2 | |
| 31 | Latvia | 5.998 | 2 | |
| 32 | Finland | 5.874 | 2 | |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.499 | 2 | |
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams |
| 34 | Georgia | 4.999 | 2 |
| 35 | Macedonia | 4.830 | 2 |
| 36 | Lithuania | 4.165 | 2 |
| 37 | Belarus | 3.582 | 2 |
| 38 | Iceland | 3.332 | 2 |
| 39 | Malta | 3.331 | 2 |
| 40 | Republic of Ireland | 3.164 | 2 |
| 41 | Armenia | 2.831 | 2 |
| 42 | Wales | 2.332 | 2 |
| 43 | Liechtenstein | 2.000 | 1 |
| 44 | Albania | 1.831 | 2 |
| 45 | Northern Ireland | 1.665 | 2 |
| 46 | Estonia | 1.665 | 2 |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 1.498 | 2 |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 1.165 | 2 |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 0.832 | 2 |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 0.666 | 0 |
| 51 | San Marino | 0.000 | 1 |
| 52 | Andorra | 0.000 | 1 |

#### Notes

* (CLTH): Berth vacated due to being taken by the UEFA Champions League title holders.
* (UCL): Teams transferred from the Champions League.
* (UIC): Additional berths for the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup winners.
* (FP): Additional Fair Play berth (Germany, Norway, Denmark).

### Distribution

Each association enters a certain number of teams to the UEFA Cup based on its league coefficient. Through domestic competitions (national championships and cups and league cups in certain countries) an association may qualify up to four teams. The following amendments were made to the 2005–06 qualification scheme:
* The defending UEFA Cup holder CSKA Moscow already qualified for the 2nd qualifying round, which means that the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 25th and 26th associations on the ranking list (Hungary and Romania) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
* Because Liverpool entered the first qualifying round of the Champions League as title holders, the first UEFA Cup entrant of 11th and 12th associations on the ranking list (Scotland and Belgium) will gain direct access to the first round of the UEFA Cup.
* In Kazakhstan, only Kairat obtained a UEFA licence for the 2005–06 season. The other teams from Kazakhstan were not allowed to compete. Therefore, the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 27th and 28th countries on the ranking list (Slovakia and Slovenia) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
* In Serbia and Montenegro, the cup winner Železnik was replaced by OFK Beograd because they did not obtain a UEFA licence.
* In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the cup winner Sarajevo was replaced by Široki Brijeg, and 2nd in the league Zeljeznicar was replaced by Žepče, because they did not obtain a UEFA licence.
| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League | Teams transferred from Intertoto Cup |
| First qualifying round (50 teams) | 2 league winners from associations 51 and 52 21 cup winners from associations 29–49 24 runners-up from associations 25–42 and 44-49 3 entries through UEFA Fair Play | | | |
| Second qualifying round (62 teams) | 17 cup winners from associations 13–28 9 runners-up from associations 16–24 11 third-place finishers from associations 9–20 | 25 winners from the first qualifying round | | |
| First round (80 teams) | 12 national cup winners from associations 1–12 2 third-place finishers from associations 7–8 5 fourth-place finishers from associations 4–8 7 fifth-place finishers from associations 1 and 3–8 2 sixth-place finishers from associations 1 and 3 1 League Cup winners from association 2 1 current UEFA Cup holder | 31 winners from the second qualifying round | 16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round | 3 winners of the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| Group stage (40 teams) | | 40 winners from the First Round | | |
| Knockout phase (32 teams) | | 24 top-three finishers from the group stage | 8 entries from UEFA Champions League group stage | |

### 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 :
| Real Betis (CL GS) | Schalke 04 (CL GS) | Club Brugge (CL GS) | Rosenborg (CL GS) |
| Udinese (CL GS) | Lille (CL GS) | Thun (CL GS) | Artmedia Bratislava (CL GS) |
| First round ||||
| CSKA Moscow (CW) | Rennes (4th) | Willem II (CR) | Wisła Kraków (CL Q3) |
| Espanyol (5th) | Strasbourg (LC) | Baník Ostrava (CW) | Partizan (CL Q3) |
| Sevilla (6th) | Vitória de Setúbal (CW) | Galatasaray (CW) | CSKA Sofia (CL Q3) |
| Osasuna (CR) | Braga (4th) | Hibernian (3rd) | Lokomotiv Moscow (CL Q3) |
| Bolton Wanderers (6th) | Vitória de Guimarães (5th) | Germinal Beerschot (CW) | Brøndby (CL Q3) |
| Middlesbrough (7th) | AEK Athens (3rd) | Everton (CL Q3) | Malmö FF (CL Q3) |
| Sampdoria (5th) | Skoda Xanthi (4th) | Monaco (CL Q3) | Debrecen (CL Q3) |
| Palermo (6th) | PAOK (5th) | Sporting CP (CL Q3) | Steaua București (CL Q3) |
| Roma (CR) | Aris (CR) | Slavia Prague (CL Q3) | Anorthosis Famagusta (CL Q3) |
| Hertha BSC (4th) | AZ (3rd) | Basel (CL Q3) | Hamburger SV (IC) |
| VfB Stuttgart (5th) | Feyenoord (4th) | Shakhtar Donetsk (CL Q3) | Marseille (IC) |
| Bayer Leverkusen (6th) | Heerenveen (5th) | Vålerenga (CL Q3) | Lens (IC) |
| Auxerre (CW) | | | |
| Second qualifying round ||||
| Teplice (3rd) | Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (CW) | Red Star Belgrade (2nd) | Midtjylland (3rd) |
| Beşiktaş (4th) | Legia Warsaw (3rd) | Zeta (3rd) | Rijeka (CW) |
| Dundee United (CR) | Wisła Płock (4th) | OFK Beograd (4th) | Inter Zaprešić (2nd) |
| Genk (3rd) | Maccabi Tel Aviv (CW) | Levski Sofia (CW) | Djurgårdens IF (CW) |
| Zürich (CW) | Maccabi Petah Tikva (2nd) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3rd) | Halmstads BK (2nd) |
| Grasshopper (3rd) | Ashdod (3rd) | Litex Lovech (4th) | Sopron (CW) |
| Metalurh Donetsk (3rd) | Austria Wien (CW) | Krylia Sovetov Samara (3rd) | Dinamo București (CW) |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) | GAK (2nd) | Zenit Saint Petersburg (4th) | Dukla Banská Bystrica (CW) |
| Brann (CW) | Superfund (4th) | Copenhagen (2nd) | Publikum (CW) |
| Tromsø (4th) | | | |
| First qualifying round ||||
| Ferencváros (2nd) | Žepče (12th) | Longford Town (CW) | Flora (3rd) |
| Rapid București (3rd) | Locomotive Tbilisi (CW) | Cork City (2nd) | Pétange (CW) |
| Žilina (2nd) | Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd) | Mika (CW) | Etzella Ettelbruck (2nd) |
| Domžale (2nd) | Bashkimi (CW) | Banants (3rd) | Baku (CW) |
| Omonia (CW) | Vardar (2nd) | Carmarthen Town (CW) | Khazar Lankaran (2nd) |
| APOEL (2nd) | Ekranas (2nd) | Rhyl (2nd) | B36 (2nd) |
| Nistru Otaci (CW) | Atlantas (3rd) | Vaduz (CW) | NSÍ (CR) |
| Dacia Chișinău (3rd) | MTZ-RIPO Minsk (CW) | Teuta (CW) | Sant Julià (1st) |
| Ventspils (CW) | BATE Borisov (2nd) | Elbasani (2nd) | Domagnano (1st) |
| Liepājas Metalurgs (2nd) | Keflavík (CW) | Portadown (CW) | Viking (FP) |
| MYPA (CW) | ÍBV (2nd) | Linfield (2nd) | Mainz 05 (FP) |
| Allianssi (2nd) | Birkirkara (CW) | TVMK (2nd) | Esbjerg (FP) |
| Široki Brijeg (3rd) | Hibernians (3rd) | | |

#### Notes

* ^ Serbia and Montenegro (SCG): 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup winners Železnik failed to obtain UEFA licence and was replaced by league 4th-placed club OFK Beograd, as Cup runners-up Red Star Belgrade already qualified to UEFA Cup through league position.
* ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): 2004–05 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup winners Sarajevo and league runners-up Željezničar failed to obtain UEFA licenses and were replaced by two highest-placed teams that obtained them — Široki Brijeg (Cup runners-up and league 3rd-placed team) and Žepče (12th-placed team).
* ^ Kazakhstan (KAZ): 2004 Kazakhstan Cup winners Taraz and league runners-up Irtysh failed to obtain UEFA licences. Since no other team was able to obtain a licence as well, Kazakhstan was not represented in UEFA Cup.

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
Schedule for 2005–06 UEFA Cup :
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 24 June 2005 | 14 July 2005 | 28 July 2005 |
| Qualifying | Second qualifying round | 29 July 2005 | 11 August 2005 | 25 August 2005 |
| First round | First round | 26 August 2005 (Monaco) | 15 September 2005 | 29 September 2005 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 4 October 2005 | 20 October 2005 | 20 October 2005 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 4 October 2005 | 3 November 2005 | 3 November 2005 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 4 October 2005 | 24 November 2005 | 24 November 2005 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 4 October 2005 | 30 November – 1 December 2005 | 30 November – 1 December 2005 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 4 October 2005 | 14–15 December 2005 | 14–15 December 2005 |
| Knockout stage | Round of 32 | 16 December 2005 | 15–16 February 2006 | 23 February 2006 |
| Knockout stage | Round of 16 | 16 December 2005 | 9 March 2006 | 15–16 March 2006 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 17 March 2006 | 30 March 2006 | 6 April 2006 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 17 March 2006 | 20 April 2006 | 27 April 2006 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 17 March 2006 | 10 May 2006 at Philips Stadion, Eindhoven | 10 May 2006 at Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |

## Qualifying rounds
### First qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Southern–Mediterranean region |||||
| Bashkimi | 4–1 | Žepče | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Birkirkara | 0–6 | APOEL | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Sant Julià | 0–10 | Rapid București | 0–5 | 0–5 |
| Teuta | 3–4 | Široki Brijeg | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Elbasani | 1–1 (a) | Vardar | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Omonia | 6–0 | Hibernians | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Domagnano | 0–8 | Domžale | 0–5 | 0–3 |
| Central–East region |||||
| Ferencváros | 2–3 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Banants | 4–3 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0–6 | BATE Borisov | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Vaduz | 2–1 | Dacia Chișinău | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Baku | 2–3 | Žilina | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Mainz 05 | 4–0 | Mika | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Nistru Otaci | 5–2 | Khazar Lankaran | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Northern region |||||
| Longford Town | 3–5 | Carmarthen Town | 2–0 | 1–5 |
| Ekranas | 1–2 | Cork City | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| ÍBV | 2–3 | B36 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Allianssi | 4–1 | Pétange | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Linfield | 2–2 (a) | Ventspils | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| NSÍ | 0–6 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Etzella Ettelbruck | 0–6 | Keflavík | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Portadown | 1–3 | Viking | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| TVMK | 1–2 | MYPA | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rhyl | 4–4 (a) | Atlantas | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Esbjerg | 7–2 | Flora | 1–2 | 6–0 |
* ↑ The Baskimi v Žepče first leg match was awarded 3–0 to Baskimi.

### Second qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Southern–Mediterranean region |||||
| Inter Zaprešić | 1–7 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Bashkimi | 0–11 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–5 | 0–6 |
| Dinamo București | 4–3 | Omonia | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| OFK Beograd | 2–2 (a) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| APOEL | 3–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Litex Lovech | 2–2 (a) | Rijeka | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Vaduz | 1–6 | Beşiktaş | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| Rapid București | 4–1 | Vardar | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Publikum | 1–3 | Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Zeta | 2–5 | Široki Brijeg | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Ashdod | 3–3 (a) | Domžale | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Central–East region |||||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 4–0 | BATE Borisov | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Sopron | 1–5 | Metalurh Donetsk | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Grasshopper | 3–3 (a) | Wisła Płock | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Nistru Otaci | 0–3 | GAK | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Žilina | 3–4 | Austria Wien | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Superfund | 3–3 (a) | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 2–3 | Teplice | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 4–1 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Banants | 2–8 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–4 | 0–4 |
| Legia Warsaw | 1–5 | Zürich | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Northern region |||||
| Halmstads BK | 5–3 | Linfield | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Midtjylland | 4–3 | B36 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Brann | 2–0 | Allianssi | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 2–6 | Genk | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Rhyl | 1–3 | Viking | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| MYPA | 2–2 (a) | Dundee United | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Copenhagen | 4–0 | Carmarthen Town | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Mainz 05 | 4–0 | Keflavík | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 1–1 (a) | Cork City | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Esbjerg | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Tromsø | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| APOEL | 1–4 | Hertha BSC | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Auxerre | 2–2 (a) | Levski Sofia | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Baník Ostrava | 2–5 | Heerenveen | 2–0 | 0–5 |
| Basel | 6–0 | Široki Brijeg | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–2 | CSKA Sofia | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 4–2 | Malmö FF | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4–2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Brøndby | 3–2 | Zürich | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 (a) | Braga | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 6–2 | Midtjylland | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo București | 5–2 | Everton | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Feyenoord | 1–2 | Rapid București | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Teplice | 1–3 | Espanyol | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Germinal Beerschot | 0–0 (1–4 p) | Marseille | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Grasshopper | 4–1 | MYPA | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| GAK | 0–7 | Strasbourg | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 4–0 | Wisła Kraków | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Halmstads BK | 4–4 (a) | Sporting CP | 1–2 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Hamburger SV | 2–1 | Copenhagen | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–5 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 6–6 (a) | AZ | 5–3 | 1–3 |
| Lens | 5–3 | Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Litex Lovech | 3–2 | Genk | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5–4 | Partizan | 0–2 | 5–2 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–0 | Skoda Xanthi | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Monaco | 5–1 | Willem II | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Palermo | 6–1 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| PAOK | 3–3 (a) | Metalurh Donetsk | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Rennes | 3–1 | Osasuna | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Roma | 5–1 | Aris | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Sevilla | 2–0 | Mainz 05 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 6–1 | Debrecen | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Brann | 3–5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Slavia Prague | 4–1 | Cork City | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Tromsø | 2–1 | Galatasaray | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Vålerenga | 1–6 | Steaua București | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | Domžale | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Viking | 2–2 (a) | Austria Wien | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–2 | Sampdoria | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | AEK Athens | 0–0 | 1–0 |

## 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | HSV | SLA | VIK | CSS |
| 1 | Monaco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | — | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Viking | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | — | — |
| 5 | CSKA Sofia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAL | ESP | LOK | BRØ | MPT |
| 1 | Palermo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Espanyol | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | — |
| 4 | Brøndby | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | | 1–2 | — | 0–4 | — | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STE | RCL | BSC | SAM | HBK |
| 1 | Steaua București | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–0 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Lens | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | — | — |
| 5 | Halmstads BK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | | — | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MID | AZ | LIT | DNI | GRA |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Litex Lovech | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Grasshopper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | — | 2–3 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STR | ROM | BSL | RSB | TRO |
| 1 | Strasbourg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Roma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Basel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | — | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | Tromsø | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OM | LS | HVN | CSM | DB |
| 1 | Marseille | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | — |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | | — | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAP | SHK | STU | PAOK | REN |
| 1 | Rapid București | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | PAOK | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | | — | — | 1–2 | — | 5–1 |
| 5 | Rennes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | ZEN | BOL | BJK | VIT |
| 1 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Hertha BSC | Hertha BSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rapid București | Rapid București | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rapid București (a) | Rapid București (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thun | Thun | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hamburger SV | Hamburger SV | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburger SV | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | Rapid București | Rapid București | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Steaua București (a) | Steaua București (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Steaua București | Steaua București | 3 | 0 | 3 | Steaua București | Steaua București | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Real Betis (a.e.t.) | Real Betis (a.e.t.) | 2 | 1 | 3 | Real Betis | Real Betis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AZ | AZ | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Steaua București | Steaua București | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Basel | Basel | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | 1 | 1 | Basel | Basel | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Litex Lovech | Litex Lovech | 0 | 0 | 0 | Strasbourg | Strasbourg | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Strasbourg | Strasbourg | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | Basel | Basel | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| VfB Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Middlesbrough (a) | Middlesbrough (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | Middlesbrough (a) | Middlesbrough (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Club Brugge | Club Brugge | 1 | 1 | 2 | Roma | Roma | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 May – Eindhoven | 10 May – Eindhoven | 10 May – Eindhoven |
| Roma | Roma | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | 0 |
| Udinese | Udinese | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sevilla | Sevilla | 4 |
| Lens | Lens | 0 | 1 | 1 | Udinese | Udinese | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Artmedia Bratislava | Artmedia Bratislava | 0 | 0 | 0 | Levski Sofia | Levski Sofia | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Levski Sofia | Levski Sofia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Levski Sofia | Levski Sofia | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Slavia Prague | Slavia Prague | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Palermo (a) | Palermo (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Palermo | Palermo | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Espanyol | Espanyol | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Lille | Lille | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Sevilla (a.e.t.) | Sevilla (a.e.t.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 0 | 2 | Lille | Lille | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sevilla | Sevilla | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sevilla | Sevilla | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Sevilla | Sevilla | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Bolton Wanderers | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Marseille | Marseille | 0 | 2 | 2 | Marseille | Marseille | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rosenborg | Rosenborg | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 32

The top three teams from each group were joined by the eight teams that finished third in their groups in the Champions League.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Litex Lovech | 0–2 | Strasbourg | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 (a) | Middlesbrough | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Prague | 2–2 (a) | Palermo | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Heerenveen | 2–3 | Steaua București | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–3 | Sevilla | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–2 | Marseille | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Hertha BSC | 0–3 | Rapid București | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Basel | 2–1 | Monaco | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Udinese | 3–1 | Lens | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Rosenborg | 1–4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Club Brugge | 2–4 | Roma | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 5–1 | Espanyol | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Lille | 3–2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Thun | 1–2 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Real Betis | 3–2 | AZ | 2–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Artmedia Bratislava | 0–3 | Levski Sofia | 0–1 | 0–2 |

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rapid București | 3–3 (a) | Hamburger SV | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Basel | 4–2 | Strasbourg | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–2 (a) | Roma | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Steaua București | 3–0 | Real Betis | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Palermo | 1–3 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Marseille | 1–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Udinese | 1–2 | Levski Sofia | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Lille | 1–2 | Sevilla | 1–0 | 0–2 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sevilla | 5–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Basel | 3–4 | Middlesbrough | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Rapid București | 1–1 (a) | Steaua București | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2–4 | Schalke 04 | 1–3 | 1–1 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Schalke 04 | 0–1 | Sevilla | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Steaua București | 3–4 | Middlesbrough | 1–0 | 2–4 |

### Final

The final was played on 10 May 2006 at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
| 1 | Matías Delgado | Basel | 7 | 992 |
| 2 | Nicolae Dică | Steaua București | 6 | 1157 |
| 2 | Mark Viduka | Middlesbrough | 6 | 667 |
| 2 | Javier Saviola | Sevilla | 6 | 669 |
| 2 | Frédéric Kanouté | Sevilla | 6 | 727 |