The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the

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, was won by

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, beating

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in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at

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, in

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of Switzerland 4–3 on aggregate (after losing the first leg 2–0 and being 1–0 down in the second leg, they scored 4 goals), this put them into the semi–final to face Steaua București. The first leg finished 1–0 to Steaua, and the second leg (at the

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again) finished 4–2 (after being 2–0 down). Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Association team allocation

113 teams qualified directly for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup from 52 UEFA associations. An additional three teams qualified via the UEFA Fair Play league, while 27 further teams qualified at various stages from the

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and the

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. Below is the final qualification scheme for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup: *Associations 1–6 each have 3 teams qualify, with the exception of England (2) who have 2 teams *Associations 7–8 each have 4 teams qualify *Associations 9–15 each have 2 teams qualify *Associations 16–20 each have 3 teams qualify *Associations 21–49 each have 2 teams qualify, with the exception of Liechtenstein (43) who have 1 team *Associations 50–52 each have 1 team qualify plus *Winner of previous years' tournament *3 UEFA Fair Play entries *3 winners of the

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*16 losers from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round *8 third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage

Association ranking

;Notes *(CLTH): Berth vacated due to being taken by the UEFA Champions League title holders. *(UCL): Teams transferred from the Champions League. *(UIC): Additional berths for the

winners. *(FP): Additional Fair Play berth (Germany, Norway, Denmark).

Distribution

Each association enters a certain number of teams to the UEFA Cup based on its league coefficient. Through domestic competitions (national championships and cups and league cups in certain countries) an association may qualify up to four teams. The following amendments were made to the 2005–06 qualification scheme: *The defending UEFA Cup holder CSKA Moscow already qualified for the 2nd qualifying round, which means that the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 25th and 26th associations on the ranking list (Hungary and Romania) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. *Because

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entered the first qualifying round of the Champions League as title holders, the first UEFA Cup entrant of 11th and 12th associations on the ranking list (Scotland and Belgium) will gain direct access to the first round of the UEFA Cup. *In Kazakhstan, only Kairat Almaty obtained a UEFA licence for the 2005–06 season. The other teams from Kazakhstan were not allowed to compete. Therefore, the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 27th and 28th countries on the ranking list (Slovakia and Slovenia) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. *In

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, the cup winner

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was replaced by

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because they did not obtain a UEFA licence. *In

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, the cup winner

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was replaced by

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, and 2nd in the league Zeljeznicar was replaced by Žepče, because they did not obtain a UEFA licence.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * TH: Title holders * CW: Cup winners * CR: Cup runners-up * LC: League Cup winners * Nth: League position * PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position) * IC: Intertoto Cup * FP: Fair play * CL: Relegated from the Champions League ** GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage ** Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round ;Notes

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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First round

Group stage

Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order: #Cumulative goal difference in group matches #Total goals scored in group matches #Away goals scored in group matches #Higher number of

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points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations)

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 32

The top three teams from each group were joined by the eight teams that finished third in their groups in the Champions League.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

External links

2005–06 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
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