# 2005 UEFA Cup final

The 2005 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first half from full-back Rogério, before Aleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half. Yuri Zhirkov would give the Russian side the lead nine minutes after CSKA's equalising goal, and the Moscow outfit would close out the scoring 15 minutes from the end after a quick CSKA counterattack saw Vágner Love become the youngest player to score in a UEFA Cup final at the age of 20 years, 341 days, firing the ball past Sporting goalkeeper Ricardo to give the Russian side a first UEFA Cup trophy.
The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade – home ground of finalists Sporting CP – in Lisbon, Portugal, on 18 May 2005. Until then, it was the third European football final to be held in Portugal, after the 1967 European Cup Final, which was held in another Lisbon venue, the Estádio Nacional, and the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which was held at the Estádio da Luz.

## Venue

José Alvalade Stadium was announced as the final venue on 5 February 2004, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Sporting CP | Sporting CP | Sporting CP | Sporting CP | Round | Round | CSKA Moscow | CSKA Moscow | CSKA Moscow | CSKA Moscow |
| UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | | | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Initial phase | Qualifying phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Neftçi | 2–0 | 0–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| Rapid Wien | 2–0 | 2–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) | First round | Third qualifying round | Rangers | 3–2 | 2–1 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage (UC, CL) | Group stage (UC, CL) | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Matchday 1 | Matchday 1 | Porto | 0–0 (A) | 0–0 (A) | 0–0 (A) |
| Panionios | 4–1 (H) | 4–1 (H) | 4–1 (H) | Matchday 2 | Matchday 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | Matchday 3 | Matchday 3 | Chelsea | 0–2 (A) | 0–2 (A) | 0–2 (A) |
| Sochaux | 0–1 (H) | 0–1 (H) | 0–1 (H) | Matchday 4 | Matchday 4 | Chelsea | 0–1 (H) | 0–1 (H) | 0–1 (H) |
| Newcastle United | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) | Matchday 5 | Matchday 5 | Porto | 0–1 (H) | 0–1 (H) | 0–1 (H) |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Matchday 6 | Matchday 6 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) |
| Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Final standings | Final standings | Group H third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 13 2 Porto 6 8 3 CSKA Moscow 6 7 4 Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 Source: | Group H third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 13 2 Porto 6 8 3 CSKA Moscow 6 7 4 Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 Source: | Group H third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 13 2 Porto 6 8 3 CSKA Moscow 6 7 4 Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 Source: | Group H third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Chelsea 6 13 2 Porto 6 8 3 CSKA Moscow 6 7 4 Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 Source: |
| Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | Group D third place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Newcastle United 4 10 2 Sochaux 4 9 3 Sporting CP 4 7 4 Panionios 4 3 5 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 Source: RSSSF | | | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Feyenoord | 4–2 | 2–1 (H) | 2–1 (A) | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Benfica | 3–1 | 2–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
| Middlesbrough | 4–2 | 3–2 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Partizan | 3–1 | 1–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| Newcastle United | 4–2 | 0–1 (A) | 4–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Auxerre | 4–2 | 4–0 (H) | 0–2 (A) |
| AZ | 4–4 (a) | 2–1 (H) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) (A) | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Parma | 3–0 | 0–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| Sporting CP | CSKA Moscow |
| GK | 76 | Ricardo |
| RB | 37 | Rogério | | 80' |
| CB | 22 | Beto |
| CB | 14 | Joseph Enakarhire |
| LB | 15 | Miguel Garcia |
| CM | 26 | Fábio Rochemback |
| CM | 28 | João Moutinho | | 88' |
| RW | 10 | Ricardo Sá Pinto | | 73' |
| AM | 8 | Pedro Barbosa (c) | 14' |
| LW | 11 | Rodrigo Tello |
| CF | 31 | Liédson |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Nélson |
| DF | 4 | Ânderson Polga |
| DF | 23 | Rui Jorge |
| DF | 27 | Custódio |
| MF | 45 | Hugo Viana | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Marius Niculae | | 73' |
| FW | 17 | Roudolphe Douala | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| José Peseiro ||
| GK | 35 | Igor Akinfeev |
| CB | 24 | Vasili Berezutski |
| CB | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich (c) |
| CB | 6 | Aleksei Berezutski |
| RM | 15 | Chidi Odiah |
| CM | 22 | Evgeni Aldonin | 86' |
| CM | 25 | Elvir Rahimić |
| LM | 18 | Yuri Zhirkov |
| AM | 7 | Daniel Carvalho | 82' |
| CF | 11 | Vágner Love |
| CF | 9 | Ivica Olić | 67' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Veniamin Mandrykin |
| MF | 2 | Deividas Šemberas | 82' |
| MF | 8 | Rolan Gusev | 86' |
| MF | 10 | Osmar Ferreyra |
| MF | 19 | Juris Laizāns |
| FW | 17 | Miloš Krasić | 67' |
| FW | 40 | Aleksandr Salugin |
| Manager: ||
| Valery Gazzaev ||
| Man of the Match: Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moscow) Assistant referees: Michael Tingey (England) Glenn Turner (England) Fourth official: Steve Bennett (England) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |