2004–05 UEFA Champions League explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Champions League
Year:2004–05
Size:275px
Dates:Qualifying:
13 July – 25 August 2004
Competition proper:
14 September 2004 – 25 May 2005
Num Teams:Competition proper: 32
Total: 72
Champion Other: Liverpool
Count:5
Second Other: Milan
Matches:125
Goals:335
Attendance:4945419
Top Scorer:Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
8 goals
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason: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, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool 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, played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament.[1] [2] [3]

As it was their fifth European Cup title, Liverpool were awarded the trophy permanently, and received the UEFA Badge of Honour.[4] [5] A new trophy was made for the 2005–06 season. As winners of the competition, Liverpool went on to represent UEFA at the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.

Porto were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Milan's cross-city rival Internazionale in the first knockout round.

Association team allocation

A total of 72 teams from 48 of the 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league, Andorra and San Marino). Kazakhstan also did not participate this year as none of their clubs were able to obtain UEFA license. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]

Association ranking

For the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2003 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1998–1999 to 2002–03.[7]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
175.539align=center rowspan=34
262.311
358.340
451.132align=center rowspan=33
543.468
636.782
735.583align=center rowspan=92
833.498
930.375
1028.991
1128.500
1227.950
1326.250
1424.583
1523.999
1623.375align=center rowspan=31
1721.625
1821.041
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1919.831align=center rowspan=181
2019.575
2118.665
2218.625
2317.591
2417.375
2513.665
2612.957
2712.790
2810.165
299.332
307.208
316.665
325.832
335.666
344.333
353.998
363.498
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
373.497align=center rowspan=61
383.416
393.331
402.998
412.165
422.165
432.0000
441.831align=center rowspan=61
451.665
461.498
471.332
481.165
491.165
500.500align=center rowspan=30
510.000
520.000

Distribution

Since the title holders (Porto) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, and the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, while no team from Kazakhstan was admitted, the following changes to the default access list are made:[8]

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 29–49 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 17–28
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 6 champions from associations 11–16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
  • 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 1–10 (including title holders Porto)
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[9]

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingFirst qualifying round25 June 200413–14 July 200421 July 2004
Second qualifying round27–28 July 20044 August 2004
Third qualifying round30 July 200410–11 August 200424–25 August 2004
Group stageMatchday 126 August 2004
(Monaco)		14–15 September 2004
Matchday 228–29 September 2004
Matchday 319–20 October 2004
Matchday 42–3 November 2004
Matchday 523–24 November 2004
Matchday 67–8 December 2004
Knockout phaseRound of 1617 December 200422–23 February 20058–9 March 2005
Quarter-finals18 March 20055–6 April 200512–13 April 2005
Semi-finals26–27 April 20053–4 May 2005
Final25 May 2005 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
Notes

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.

Third qualifying round

Group stage

See main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League 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.

Maccabi Tel Aviv made their debut appearance in the group stage.

Group H

Knockout phase

See main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League knockout stage.

Final

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played
1 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United8528
2 Adriano Internazionale7548
Roy Makaay Bayern Munich702
4 Sylvain Wiltord Lyon6606
Hernán Crespo Milan612
Andriy Shevchenko Milan869
7 Ivan Klasnić Werder Bremen5431
Obafemi Martins Internazionale510
Tuncay Fenerbahçe525
Didier Drogba Chelsea688
Thierry Henry Arsenal720
Michael Essien Lyon930
Luis García Liverpool972

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4582357.stm Why it was the greatest cup final
  2. http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_2519687,00.html Reds take European crown
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/may/26/match.acmilan Grit, spirit and the ultimate glory
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)
  5. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA Champions League . Union of European Football Associations . 22 . 19 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040624221555/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19071.pdf. 24 June 2004 .
  6. Web site: UEFA Country Ranking 2003.
  7. Web site: Country coefficients 2002/03. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  8. Web site: 2006/07 UEFA Champions League list of participants. UEFA.com . 19 November 2006.
  9. Web site: UEFA European Football Calendar 2004/2005 . Bert Kassies.

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