2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage

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The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took take place between 14 September and 8 December 2004. The group stage featured teams qualified by their league positions and others who had come through qualifying.

Seeding structure[edit]

The 32 teams were divided into four pots.[1] Pot 1 comprised the previous year’s title holders Porto and the top seven clubs in the team ranking. Pot 2 contained the following eight clubs in the rankings and likewise for Pots 3 and 4. Each group contained one team from each pot. A team’s seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.[2][3]

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.

During the group stage, each team plays the other three teams in their group twice (home and away or at an alternative venue). The top two teams with the most points or who meet the tie-breaking criteria progress to the first knockout round. The third placed side entered the UEFA Cup in 2005.

Tie-breaking criteria[edit]

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.

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

With Dynamo Kyiv leading 1–0, the match was abandoned at half-time after referee Anders Frisk was hit by an object thrown from the crowd. UEFA awarded Dynamo Kyiv a 3–0 win and ordered Roma to play their next two European games behind closed doors.[7]

Group C[edit]

Notes

Group D[edit]

Group E[edit]

Group F[edit]

Group G[edit]

Group H[edit]

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches from 2 November 2004, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 20 October 2004.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Europe’s élite wait on draw”. UEFA.com. 26 August 2004.
  2. ^ “Champions League 2004-05 UEFA coefficients”. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
  3. ^ “UEFA Club Ranking 2004”. Bert Kassies.
  4. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. ^ “Dynamo awarded Roma win”. BBC Sport. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ^ “Dynamo awarded Roma win”. BBC Sport. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  8. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  11. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  12. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  13. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). “UEFA Champions League 2004–05”. RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

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