2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League began on 12 July 2005. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

First qualifying round

Title-holders Liverpool, as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower on the 2004 UEFA ranking, were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the second qualifying round. Though they finished fifth in the Premier League in 2004–05 (usually only four English teams are allowed in), Liverpool was granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levadia	1–2	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	0–2
Kairat Almaty	3–4	Artmedia	2–0	1–4(aet)
Neftchi Baku	4–1	FH	2–0	2–1
Rabotnički	6–1	Skonto	6–0	0–1
Dinamo Minsk	1–2	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–1	0–1
Sliema Wanderers	1–6	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–4	0–2
Havnar Bóltfelag	2–8	FBK Kaunas	2–4	0–4
Liverpool	6–0	Total Network Solutions	3–0	3–0
Haka	3–2	Pyunik	1–0	2–2
ND Gorica	2–3	KF Tirana	2–0	0–3
Glentoran	2–6	Shelbourne	1–2	1–4
F91 Dudelange	4–1	Zrinjski Mostar	0–1	4–0 (aet)

First leg

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Second leg

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

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FBK Kaunas won 8–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Haka won 3–2 on aggregate.

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F91 Dudelange won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Rabotnički won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Anorthosis Famagusta won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Artmedia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Neftchi Baku won 4–1 on aggregate.

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KF Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Shelbourne won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17–26, and six second–placed teams from countries ranked 10–15 were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FBK Kaunas	1–5	Liverpool	1–3	0–2
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–5	Brøndby IF	0–2	1–3
Anderlecht	5–1	Neftchi Baku	5–0	0–1
Vålerenga IF	5–1	Haka	1–0	4–1
Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	Thun	2–2	0–1
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–2	Trabzonspor	3–1	0–1
Artmedia	5–4	Celtic	5–0	0–4
KF Tirana	0–4	CSKA Sofia	0–2	0–2
Malmö FF	5–4	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	2–2
Shelbourne	1–4	Steaua București	0–0	1–4
Rabotnički	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	0–2
F91 Dudelange	3–9	Rapid Wien	1–6	2–3
Partizan	2–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	1–0
Debrecen	8–0	Hajduk Split	3–0	5–0

First leg

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Second leg

Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Artmedia won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Vålerenga IF won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Steaua București won 4–1 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Brøndby IF won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Debrecen won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Rapid Wien won 9–3 on aggregate.

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Thun won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The 14 winners from the second qualifying round, six champions from countries ranked 11–16, three second–placed teams from countries ranked 7–9, six third–placed teams from countries ranked 1–6, and three fourth–placed teams from countries ranked 1–3 were drawn to play 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the group stage and losers advancing to the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wisła Kraków	4–5	Panathinaikos	3–1	1–4 (aet)
Real Betis	3–2	AS Monaco	1–0	2–2
Vålerenga IF	1–1 (3–4p)	Club Brugge	1–0	0–1
Manchester United	6–0	Debrecen	3–0	3–0
Everton	2–4	Villarreal	1–2	1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–4	Rangers	1–2	0–2
Steaua București	3–4	Rosenborg	1–1	2–3
Rapid Wien	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	1–0
Artmedia	0–0 (4–3 p)	Partizan	0–0	0–0 (aet)
CSKA Sofia	2–3	Liverpool	1–3	1–0
Sporting CP	2–4	Udinese	0–1	2–3
Malmö FF	0–4	Thun	0–1	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Internazionale	0–2	1–1
Basel	2–4	Werder Bremen	2–1	0–3
Brøndby IF	3–5	Ajax	2–2	1–3
Anderlecht	4–1	Slavia Prague	2–1	2–0

First leg

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Second leg

Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Partizan 0–0 Artmedia on aggregate. Artmedia won 4–3 on penalties.

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Thun won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Udinese won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Manchester United won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Club Brugge 1–1 Vålerenga IF on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–3 on penalties.

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Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Villarreal won 4–2 on aggregate.