# 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round

The first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup was played from 15 to 29 September 2005, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.
All times are CET, as listed by UEFA.

## Teams

The following 80 teams participated in the first round.
* Key to colours
* Winners of first round advanced to group stage
| Team | Coeff. |
| CSKA Moscow | 34.469 |
| Roma | 73.191 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 65.166 |
| Feyenoord | 62.145 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 58.166 |
| Sporting CP | 55.739 |
| Monaco | 53.324 |
| Auxerre | 51.324 |
| Galatasaray | 50.872 |
| AEK Athens | 47.715 |
| Hertha BSC | 46.166 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 38.469 |
| Beşiktaş | 37.872 |
| AZ | 37.145 |
| Sevilla | 36.326 |
| Marseille | 36.324 |
| PAOK | 35.715 |
| Slavia Prague | 35.223 |
| Basel | 33.887 |
| Wisła Kraków | 32.929 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Middlesbrough | 32.864 |
| Partizan | 30.012 |
| Espanyol | 29.326 |
| Lens | 29.324 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 28.200 |
| Austria Wien | 27.208 |
| Heerenveen | 26.145 |
| GAK | 25.208 |
| Osasuna | 24.326 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 24.200 |
| Hamburger SV | 24.166 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 21.012 |
| Everton | 20.864 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 20.864 |
| Sampdoria | 20.191 |
| Palermo | 20.191 |
| Steaua București | 20.101 |
| Brøndby | 19.676 |
| Genk | 19.476 |
| Grasshopper | 18.887 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 18.469 |
| Teplice | 18.223 |
| Levski Sofia | 18.118 |
| Strasbourg | 17.324 |
| Rennes | 16.324 |
| Mainz 05 | 16.166 |
| Braga | 15.739 |
| Aris | 15.715 |
| Copenhagen | 15.676 |
| CSKA Sofia | 15.118 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 14.739 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 14.739 |
| Debrecen | 14.390 |
| Litex Lovech | 14.118 |
| Willem II | 13.145 |
| Halmstads BK | 13.076 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 12.715 |
| Viking | 12.665 |
| Hibernian | 12.476 |
| Dinamo București | 12.101 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 11.929 |
| Vålerenga | 11.665 |
| Germinal Beerschot | 10.476 |
| Baník Ostrava | 10.223 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 10.200 |
| Midtjylland | 8.676 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 8.469 |
| Rapid București | 8.101 |
| Brann | 7.665 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7.218 |
| Zürich | 6.887 |
| Tromsø | 6.665 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 6.118 |
| APOEL | 5.695 |
| Malmö FF | 5.076 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 4.695 |
| Domžale | 3.190 |
| Široki Brijeg | 2.365 |
| MYPA | 2.158 |
| Cork City | 1.375 |
Notes
* $^{TH}$ Title holders
* $^{Q2}$ Winners from the second qualifying round
* $^{CL}$ Losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
* $^{IC}$ Teams qualified via the Intertoto Cup

## Seeding

The 80 teams were split into eight groups of ten teams; five seeded teams and five unseeded teams.
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 4 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Auxerre PAOK Slavia Prague Hamburger SV Everton | Levski Sofia Copenhagen Dinamo București Metalurh Donetsk Cork City | Bayer Leverkusen Marseille CSKA Moscow Red Star Belgrade Grasshopper | Braga CSKA Sofia Germinal Beerschot Midtjylland MYPA | Feyenoord Sevilla Basel Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Sampdoria | Mainz 05 Vitória de Setúbal Hibernian Rapid București Široki Brijeg | VfB Stuttgart AZ Wisła Kraków Osasuna Steaua București | Rennes Vitória de Guimarães Vålerenga Krylia Sovetov Samara Domžale |
| Group 5 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 8 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Sporting CP Lokomotiv Moscow Middlesbrough GAK Palermo | Strasbourg Halmstads BK Skoda Xanthi Brann Anorthosis Famagusta | Roma Beşiktaş Partizan Heerenveen Genk | Aris Litex Lovech Baník Ostrava Maccabi Petah Tikva Malmö FF | Monaco Hertha BSC Espanyol Austria Wien Brøndby | Teplice Willem II Viking Zürich APOEL | Galatasaray AEK Athens Lens Shakhtar Donetsk Bolton Wanderers | Zenit Saint Petersburg Debrecen Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski Tromsø Lokomotiv Plovdiv |

## Summary

| 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 |

## Matches

Hertha BSC won 4–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.
Heerenveen won 5–2 on aggregate.
Basel won 6–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bolton Wanderers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
CSKA Moscow won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 3–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Marseille won 4–1 on penalties.
Grasshopper won 4–1 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 7–0 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 4–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Halmstads BK won on away goals.
Hamburger SV won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
6–6 on aggregate; AZ won on away goals.
Lens won 5–3 on aggregate.
Litex Lovech won 3–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Petah Tikva won 5–4 on aggregate.
Middlesbrough won 2–0 on aggregate.
Monaco won 5–1 on aggregate.
Palermo won 6–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; PAOK won on away goals.
Rennes won 3–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 2–0 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Tromsø won 2–1 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
VfB Stuttgart won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Viking won on away goals.
Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 1–0 on aggregate.