UEFA Cup 2005–06

The UEFA Cup 2005-06 season was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough 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 Philips Stadium, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was refereed by Herbert Fandel. Middlesbrough sealed their place in the final on the back of two dramatic comebacks. In the quarter finals they beat FC Basel 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 Bucharest. The first leg finished 1-0 to Steaua, and the second leg (at the Riverside again) finished 4-2 (after being 2-0 down). Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

!colspan="5"|Southern-Mediterranean region
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-!colspan="5"|Central-East region
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-!colspan="5"|Northern region
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econd qualifying round

!colspan="5"|Southern-Mediterranean region
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-!colspan="5"|Central-East region
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-!colspan="5"|Northern region
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First round

Group stage

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 UEFA coefficient entering the competition.

Teams that have clinched a spot in the round of 32 are indicated in bold type.Teams that are eliminated are indicated in "italics".

Group A

Group D

Group G

Round of 32

The top 3 teams from each group were joined by the 8 teams which finished third in their groups in the Champions League.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

emi-finals

Final

footballbox
date = 10 May 2006
20:45 CEST
team1 = flagicon|ENG Middlesbrough
score = 0 – 4
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2005/round=2214/match=84102/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2 = Sevilla flagicon|ESP
goals1 =
goals2 = Fabiano goal|27
Maresca goal|78 goal|84
Kanouté goal|89
stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
attendance = 36,500
referee = Herbert Fandel flagicon|GER

ee also

*UEFA Champions League 2005-06
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=2005/intro.html Official Site]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200506.html#uefa Results at RSSSF.com]