Stage of a football competition in Europe
The first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup was played from 15 to 29 September 2005, which narrowed clubs down to 40 teams in preparation for the group stage.[ 1]
All times are CET , as listed by UEFA.
The following 80 teams participated in the first round.[ 2] [ 3]
Key to colours
Winners of first round advanced to group stage
Notes
TH Title holders
Q2 Winners from the second qualifying round
CL Losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
IC Teams qualified via the Intertoto Cup
The 80 teams were split into eight groups of ten teams; five seeded teams and five unseeded teams.[ 4]
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Seeded
Unseeded
Hertha BSC won 4–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Levski Sofia won on away goals.
Heerenveen won 5–2 on aggregate.
Basel won 6–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 4–2 on aggregate.
Bolton Wanderers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.
CSKA Moscow won 6–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 3–1 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate; Marseille won 4–1 on penalties.
Grasshopper won 4–1 on aggregate.
Strasbourg won 7–0 on aggregate.
Vitória de Guimarães won 4–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Halmstads BK won on away goals.
Hamburger SV won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
6–6 on aggregate; AZ won on away goals.
Lens won 5–3 on aggregate.
Litex Lovech won 3–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Petah Tikva won 5–4 on aggregate.
Middlesbrough won 2–0 on aggregate.
Monaco won 5–1 on aggregate.
Palermo won 6–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; PAOK won on away goals.
Rennes won 3–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 5–1 on aggregate.
15 September 2005 (2005-09-15 )
21:30
29 September 2005 (2005-09-29 )
20:30
Sevilla won 2–0 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 6–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Tromsø won 2–1 on aggregate.
Steaua București won 6–1 on aggregate.
VfB Stuttgart won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Viking won on away goals.
Sampdoria won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Qualifying phases First rounds / Play-offs Second round (1999–2004) Group stage (2004–2024) League phase (since 2024) Knockout / final phases
Note: Between the 1999–2000 and 2008–09 seasons, the competition was still known as the UEFA Cup. All seasons are included following the competition's absorption of the Cup Winners' Cup.
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