# 2005–06 UEFA Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup began on 15 February 2006, and concluded with the final at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on 10 May 2006. The final phase involved the 24 teams that finished in the top three in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
Each tie in the final phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals are also equal, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If goals were scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, there would be a penalty shootout after extra time.
In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores had remained tied.

## Format

In the draw for the round of 32, matches were played between the winner of one group and the third-placed team of a different group, and between the runners-up of one group and the third-placed team from a Champions League group. The only restriction on the drawing of teams in the round of 32 was that the teams must not be from the same national association or have played in the same group in the group stages. From the round of 16 onwards, these restrictions did not apply.

## Qualified teams

The knockout stage involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as the winners, runners-up and third-placed teams of each of the eight groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.

### UEFA Cup group stage top-three teams

| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third-placed teams |
| A | Monaco | Hamburger SV | Slavia Prague |
| B | Palermo | Espanyol | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| C | Steaua București | Lens | Hertha BSC |
| D | Middlesbrough | AZ | Litex Lovech |
| E | Strasbourg | Roma | Basel |
| F | Marseille | Levski Sofia | Heerenveen |
| G | Rapid București | Shakhtar Donetsk | VfB Stuttgart |
| H | Sevilla | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Bolton Wanderers |

### Champions League group stage third-placed teams

| Group | Third-placed teams |
| A | Club Brugge |
| B | Thun |
| C | Udinese |
| D | Lille |
| E | Schalke 04 |
| F | Rosenborg |
| G | Real Betis |
| H | Artmedia Bratislava |

## 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.

### Summary

| 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 |

### Matches

Strasbourg won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Middlesbrough won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate; Palermo won on away goals.
Steaua București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–0 on aggregate.
Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 3–0 on aggregate.
Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.
Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 4–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 5–1 on aggregate.
Lille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Hamburger SV won 2–1 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.

## Round of 16
### Summary

| 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 |

### Matches

3–3 on aggregate; Rapid București won on away goals.
Basel won 4–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Middlesbrough won on away goals.
Steaua București won 3–0 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals
### Summary

| 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 |

### Matches

Sevilla won 5–2 on aggregate.
Middlesbrough won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Steaua București won on away goals.
Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

| 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 |

### Matches

Sevilla won 1–0 on aggregate.
Middlesbrough won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Final

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