2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage

Teams

The 32 teams were divided into four pots. Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

Notes

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 4.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

• Guerrero
• Yulu-Matondo
• Nedvěd
• Trezeguet

• Trezeguet
• Mutu
• Ibrahimović
• Demichelis

• Deisler
• Demichelis
• Ibrahimović
• Balaban

• Trezeguet
• Deisler
• Portillo
• Balaban
• Verheyen
• Kincl
• Hofmann

• Deisler
• Karimi
• Makaay
• Del Piero

• Kincl
• Del Piero
• Ibrahimović
• Portillo
• Pizarro

Group B

• Matušovič
• Sneijder
• Gilberto
• Bergkamp
• Ferreira

• Hodžić
• Rosenberg
• Ljungberg
• Pires

• Anastasiou
• Henry

• Lustrinelli
• Adriano
• Sneijder
• Anastasiou
• De Jong
• Boukhari
• Henry
• Van Persie

• De Jong
• M. Petráš
• Pires

Group C

• Iaquinta
• Deco
• Ronaldinho

• Ronaldinho
• Deco
• Felipe
• González
• Mantzios
• Klose

• Di Natale
• Felipe

• Van Bommel
• Eto'o
• Messi
• Klose
• Baumann
• Micoud
• Di Natale
• Schulz

• Charalambidis
• Iaquinta
• Candela
• Gabri
• Ronaldinho
• Larsson
• Borowski

• Ezquerro
• Iniesta
• Micoud
• Valdez
• Klose
• Frings
• Morris

Group D

• Miccoli

• Giggs
• Van Nistelrooy
• Simão

• Riquelme
• Fernandes

• Ačimovič
• Senna

• Guayre
• Geovanni
• Beto
• Scholes

Group E

• Kaká
• Shevchenko
• Alex
• Vennegoor of Hesselink

• Larsen
• Altıntop
• Seedorf
• Shevchenko
• Alex
• Appiah

• Fábio
• Márcio
• Appiah
• Lincoln
• Kurányi

• Kurányi
• Sand
• Farfán

• Shevchenko
• Kobiashvili

• Pirlo
• Kaká
• Poulsen
• Lincoln
• Cocu
• Farfán

Group F

• Carew
• Juninho
• Wiltord
• Lago
• Skjelbred
• Mavrogenidis
• Storflor

• Cris
• Raúl
• Soldado
• Kafes

• Woodgate
• Raúl
• Helguera
• Beckham
• Strand
• Juninho
• Govou
• Kafes

• Dorsin
• Guti
• Babangida
• Juninho
• Carew
• Diarra

• Guti
• Carew
• Helstad
• Rivaldo

• Benzema
• Fred
• Braaten
• Bulut
• Rivaldo
• Ramos

Group G

• Lampard
• Arzu
• Sinama Pongolle
• García

• Oliveira

• Cissé
• Drogba
• Carvalho
• J. Cole
• Crespo

• Morientes
• García
• Cissé
• Dani

• Crespo
• Carvalho

• Kompany

Group H

• Løvenkrands
• Pršo
• Kyrgiakos
• Pepe
• Cruz

• Pizarro
• González
• Diego
• P. Petráš
• Kozák
• Borbély

• Materazzi
• McCarthy

• Cruz
• Almeida
• Borbély
• Kozák
• Pršo
• Thompson

• López
• McCormack
• Figo
• Adriano

• Løvenkrands
• Adriano

Notes

References

References

1. (25 August 2005). "Old and new meet in Monaco". UEFA.
2. "Club coefficients 2005". UEFA.
3. "Pari senza emozioni nello stadio vuoto".