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The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 12 July 2005.
The 2006 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match between Barcelona of Spain and Arsenal of England at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, France, on Wednesday, 17 May 2006. It was the final match of the 2005–06 season of Europe's primary cup competition, the UEFA Champions League.
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
The 2005 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and AC Milan of Italy at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul , Turkey on 25 May 2005.
The knockout stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup began on 15 February 2006, and concluded with the final at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on 10 May 2006.The final phase involved the 24 teams that finished in the top three in each group in the group stage and the eight teams that finished in third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
The knockout stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League featured the 16 teams who finished in the top two positions in each of the eight groups in the group stage.It was played as a single-elimination tournament, with ties in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals played over two legs.
The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 13 September and 7 December 2005. ... Group winners and runners-up advanced to the first ...
The competition became the UEFA Champions League in 1992, [1] with Belgian Raymond Goethals leading French club Marseille to success that season. Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to have won the tournament more than three times, winning five in total.