2004–05 UEFA Champions League
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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]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | Qualifying: 13 July – 25 August 2004 Competition proper: 14 September 2004 – 25 May 2005 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 72 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Liverpool (5th title) |
Runners-up | Milan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 125 |
Goals scored | 333 (2.66 per match) |
Attendance | 4,945,419 (39,563 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 8 goals |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → |
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.
Porto were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Milan's cross-city rival Internazionale in the first knockout round.
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]
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–49 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
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:
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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]
- The champions of association 10 (Turkey) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
- The champions of association 16 (Austria) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Cyprus) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
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First qualifying round (20 teams) |
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Second qualifying round (28 teams) |
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Third qualifying round (32 teams) |
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Group stage (32 teams) |
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Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
- Notes
- ^ Kazakhstan (KAZ): 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League champions Irtysh Pavlodar failed to obtain UEFA licence, along with other Kazakhstani clubs.[9]
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[10]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying | First qualifying round | 25 June 2004 | 13–14 July 2004 | 21 July 2004 |
Second qualifying round | 27–28 July 2004 | 4 August 2004 | ||
Third qualifying round | 30 July 2004 | 10–11 August 2004 | 24–25 August 2004 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 26 August 2004 (Monaco) |
14–15 September 2004 | |
Matchday 2 | 28–29 September 2004 | |||
Matchday 3 | 19–20 October 2004 | |||
Matchday 4 | 2–3 November 2004 | |||
Matchday 5 | 23–24 November 2004 | |||
Matchday 6 | 7–8 December 2004 | |||
Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 17 December 2004 | 22–23 February 2005 | 8–9 March 2005[Note] |
Quarter-finals | 18 March 2005 | 5–6 April 2005 | 12–13 April 2005 | |
Semi-finals | 26–27 April 2005 | 3–4 May 2005 | ||
Final | 25 May 2005 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul |
- Notes
- ^ Internazionale home game in the Round of 16 was rescheduled to one week later (15 March 2005) due to venue clash with AC Milan.