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2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	14 September 2004 – 25 May 2005
Teams	32 (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (5th title)
Runner-up	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	335 (2.68 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (8 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool FC, who beat AC Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool's captain, Steven Gerrard, was named as UEFA's Footballer of the Year for his key role in the final and throughout the Champions League season. The final is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament.

As it was their fifth European Cup title, Liverpool kept the trophy and received the UEFA badge of honour. A new trophy was made for the 2005–06 season.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
KR Reykjavík	2–2(a)	Shelbourne	2–2	0–0
Skonto	7–1	Rhyl	4–0	3–1
Flora Tallinn	3–7	ND Gorica	2–4	1–3
Linfield	0–2	HJK Helsinki	0–1	0–1
Pobeda	2–4	Pyunik	1–3	1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Jeunesse Esch	2–0	0–1
WIT Georgia	5–3	HB Tórshavn	5–0	0–3
Sliema Wanderers	1–6	FBK Kaunas	0–2	1–4
Široki Brijeg	2–2(a)	Neftchi Baku	2–1	0–1
Gomel	1–2	KF Tirana	0–2	1–0

Second qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pyunik	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	0–1
APOEL	3–4	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–2
Rosenborg	4–1	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	2–0
Young Boys	2–5	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	0–3
ND Gorica	6–2	Copenhagen	1–2	5–0
Neftchi Baku	0–2	CSKA Moscow	0–0	0–2
Žilina	0–2	Dinamo Bucureşti	0–1	0–1
HJK Helsinki	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	0–1
Skonto	1–4	Trabzonspor	1–1	0–3
Club Brugge	6–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0	4–0
KF Tirana	3–3(a)	Ferencváros	2–3	1–0
Hajduk Split	3–4	Shelbourne	3–2	0–2
Djurgårdens IF	2–0	FBK Kaunas	0–0	2–0
WIT Georgia	2–11	Wisła Kraków	2–8	0–3

Third qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grazer AK	1–2	Liverpool	0–2	1–0
Juventus	6–3	Djurgårdens IF	2–2	4–1
Ferencváros	1–2	Sparta Prague	1–0	0–2(aet)
Rosenborg	5–3	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	3–2(aet)
Bayer Leverkusen	6–2	Baník Ostrava	5–0	1–2
CSKA Moscow	3–2	Rangers	2–1	1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–3	Club Brugge	4–1	2–2
Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	Trabzonspor	1–2	2–0
Red Star Belgrade	3–7	PSV	3–2	0–5
Dinamo Bucureşti	1–5	Manchester United	1–2	0–3
Basel	2–5	Internazionale	1–1	1–4
Benfica	1–3	Anderlecht	1–0	0–3
Shelbourne	0–3	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	0–3
PAOK	0–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–3*	0–1
ND Gorica	0–9	Monaco	0–3	0–6
Wisła Kraków	1–5	Real Madrid	0–2	1–3

• The first leg finished 1:2 to Maccabi Tel-Aviv but was awarded 0–3 against PAOK for fielding a suspended player.

Group stage

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams will advance to the third round of the UEFA Cup.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Monaco	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	12
Liverpool	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10
Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
Deportivo La Coruña	6	0	2	4	0	9	−9	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11
Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11
Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
Roma	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	5	1	0	6	1	+5	16
Bayern Munich	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10
Ajax	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	6	4	1	1	17	8	+9	13
Manchester United	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11
Fenerbahçe	6	3	0	3	10	13	−3	9
Sparta Prague	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	2	4	0	11	6	+5	10
PSV	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10
Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
Rosenborg	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
Barcelona	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6
Celtic	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internazionale	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14
Werder Bremen	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
Valencia	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
Anderlecht	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
Porto	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2	8
CSKA Moscow	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7
Paris Saint-Germain	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5

Knockout stage

	First knockout round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Manchester United	0	0	0
	Milan	1	1	2
							Milan	2	3	5
							Internazionale	0	0	0
	Porto	1	1	2
	Internazionale	1	3	4
													Milan (a)	2	1	3
												PSV	0	3	3
	Werder Bremen	0	2	2
	Lyon	3	7	10
							Lyon	1	1	2(2)
							PSV (p)	1	1	2(4)
	PSV	1	2	3
	Monaco	0	0	0
																		Milan	3(2)
																			Liverpool (p)	3(3)
	Barcelona	2	2	4
	Chelsea	1	4	5
							Chelsea	4	2	6
							Bayern Munich	2	3	5
	Bayern Munich	3	0	3
	Arsenal	1	1	2
													Chelsea	0	0	0
												Liverpool	0	1	1
	Liverpool	3	3	6
	Bayer Leverkusen	1	1	2
							Liverpool	2	0	2
							Juventus	1	0	1
	Real Madrid	1	0	1
	Juventus (aet)	0	2	2

First knockout round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2(aet)
Liverpool	6–2	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	3–1
PSV	3–0	Monaco	1–0	2–0
Bayern Munich	3–2	Arsenal	3–1	0–1
Barcelona	4–5	Chelsea	2–1	2–4
Manchester United	0–2	Milan	0–1	0–1
Werder Bremen	2–10	Lyon	0–3	2–7
Porto	2–4	Internazionale	1–1	1–3

First leg

2005-02-22	Real Madrid	1 – 0	Juventus	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Helguera  31'	(Report)

2005-02-22	Liverpool	3 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 40,950 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	L. García  15' Riise  35' Hamann  90+3'	(Report)	França  90+3'

2005-02-22	PSV	1 – 0	Monaco	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 31,225 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
	Alex  8'	(Report)

2005-02-22	Bayern Munich	3 – 1	Arsenal	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Pizarro  4'  58' Salihamidžić  65'	(Report)	Touré  88'

2005-02-23	Barcelona	2 – 1	Chelsea	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 96,650 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	M. López  67' Eto'o  73'	(Report)	Belletti  33' (o.g.)

2005-02-23	Werder Bremen	0 – 3	Lyon	Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 36,925 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
		(Report)	Wiltord  9' Diarra  77' Juninho  80'

2005-02-23	Manchester United	0 – 1	Milan	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 67,150 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
		(Report)	Crespo  78'

2005-02-23	Porto	1 – 1	Internazionale	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 38,180 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	R. Costa  61'	(Report)	Martins  24'

Second leg

2005-03-08	Milan	1 – 0	Manchester United	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 79,100 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
	Crespo  61'	(Report)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

2005-03-08	Lyon	7 – 2	Werder Bremen	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 38,925 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Wiltord  8'  55'  63' Essien  17'  30' Malouda  60' Berthod  80' (pen.)	(Report)	Micoud  32' Ismaël  57' (pen.)

Lyon won 10–2 on aggregate.

2005-03-08	Chelsea	4 – 2	Barcelona	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 42,450 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Guðohnsen  8' Lampard  17' Duff  19' Terry  76'	(Report)	Ronaldinho  27' (pen.)  38'

Chelsea won 5–4 on aggregate.

2005-03-09	Monaco	0 – 2	PSV	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 15,125 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)
		(Report)	Vennegoor of Hesselink  26' Beasley  69'

PSV Eindhoven won 3–0 on aggregate.

2005-03-09	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 3	Liverpool	BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Krzynówek 88'	(Report)	L. García  28'  32' Baros  67'

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

2005-03-09	Arsenal	1 – 0	Bayern Munich	Highbury, London Attendance: 35,450 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
	Henry 66'	(Report)

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

2005-03-09	Juventus	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Real Madrid	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 68,850 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Trézéguet  75' Zalayeta  116'	(Report)

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

2005-03-15	Internazionale	3 – 1	Porto	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 65,275 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Adriano  6'  63'  87'	(Report)	J. Costa  69'

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	2–1	Juventus	2–1	0–0
Lyon	2–2(2–4p)	PSV	1–1	1–1
Chelsea	6–5	Bayern Munich	4–2	2–3
Milan	3–0	Internazionale	2–0	1–0

First leg

2005-04-05	Liverpool	2 – 1	Juventus	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Hyypiä  10' L. García  25'	(Report)	Cannavaro  63'

2005-04-05	Lyon	1 – 1	PSV	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,200 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Malouda  12'	(Report)	Cocu  79'

2005-04-06	Milan	2 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Stam  45+1' Shevchenko  74'	(Report)

2005-04-06	Chelsea	4 – 2	Bayern Munich	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
	J. Cole  4' Lampard  60'  70' Drogba  81'	(Report)	Schweinsteiger  52' Ballack  90+3'

Second leg

2005-04-12	Bayern Munich	3 – 2	Chelsea	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Pizarro  65' Guerrero  90' Scholl  90+5'	(Report)	Lampard  30' Drogba  80'

Chelsea won 6–5 on aggregate.

2005-04-12	Internazionale	0 – 1	Milan	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		(Report)	Shevchenko  30'

Match forfeited. Milan were awarded a 3–0 win.

Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

2005-04-13	Juventus	0 – 0	Liverpool	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		(Report)

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

2005-04-13	PSV	1 – 1 (aet)	Lyon	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Alex  50'	(Report)	Wiltord  10'

		Penalties
	Robert Beasley Bouma Ooijer van Bommel	4 – 2	Abidal Ben Arfa Essien Juninho

Lyon 2–2 PSV on aggregate. PSV won 4–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	0–1	Liverpool	0–0	0–1
Milan	(a)3–3	PSV	2–0	1–3

First leg

2005-04-26	Milan	2 – 0	PSV	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Shevchenko  42' Tomasson  90'	(Report)

2005-04-27	Chelsea	0 – 0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
		(Report)

Second leg

2005-05-03	Liverpool	1 –0	Chelsea	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	L. García  4'	(Report)

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

2005-05-04	PSV	3 – 1	Milan	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Park  9' Cocu  65'  90+2'	(Report)	Ambrosini  90+1'

Milan 3–3 PSV. Milan won on away goals.

Final

As winners of the competition, Liverpool Football Club went on to represent Europe at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.

2005-05-25 20:45 EET	Milan	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 70,025 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Maldini  1' Crespo  39'  44'	(Report)	Gerrard  54' Šmicer  56' Alonso  60'

		Penalties
	Serginho Pirlo Tomasson Kaká Shevchenko	2 – 3	Hamann Cissé Riise Šmicer

UEFA Champions League 2004-05 Winners
Liverpool F.C. Fifth Title

See also

• 2005 UEFA Super Cup
• 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

External links

• 2004-05 season at UEFA website
• European Club Results at RSSSF

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