The qualifying rounds for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup began on 14 July 2005. In total, there were two qualifying rounds which narrowed clubs down to 80 teams in preparation for the first round.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Teams
In total, 87 teams entered qualifying stage, which consisted of the following rounds: First qualifying round (50 teams): 50 teams which entered in this round. Second qualifying round (62 teams): 37 teams which entered in this round, and 25 winners of the first qualifying round.
The 31 winners of the second qualifying round advanced to the first round, joining 49 other teams.
In the qualifying rounds, UEFA divided the participating teams into three geographical regions: Northern, Central–East, and Southern–Mediterranean. Teams were then seeded within their respective regions, rather than being seeded among all participating teams of the round. This meant that a club potentially seeded in an open draw format could be unseeded in the regional system, or vice versa. The regional allocation of countries was generally as follows: Northern: Belgium, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Wales Central–East: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine Southern–Mediterranean: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey
However, UEFA could make exceptions to these allocations to ensure an even number of teams in each region.
Below were the participating teams of the qualifying rounds (with their 2005 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of second qualifying round advance to first round +Second qualifying roundTeamRegion Beşiktaş 37.872 Austria Wien 27.208 GAK 25.208 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 24.200 Red Star Belgrade 21.012 Genk 19.476 Maccabi Tel Aviv 19.218 Grasshopper 18.887 Zenit Saint Petersburg 18.469 Teplice 18.223 Levski Sofia 18.118 Legia Warsaw 16.929 Copenhagen 15.676 Litex Lovech 14.118 Halmstads BK 13.076 Dinamo București 12.101 Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski 11.929 Dundee United 10.476 Metalurh Donetsk 10.200 Djurgårdens IF 10.076 Midtjylland 8.676 Krylia Sovetov Samara 8.469 Superfund 8.208 Brann 7.665 Maccabi Petah Tikva 7.218 Ashdod 7.218 Zeta 7.012 OFK Beograd 7.012 Rijeka 6.980 Wisła Płock 6.929 Zürich 6.887 Tromsø 6.665 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6.118 Inter Zaprešić 5.980 Sopron 5.390 Publikum 4.190 Dukla Banská Bystrica 3.850+First qualifying roundTeamRegion Ferencváros 18.390 Mainz 05 16.166 Viking 12.665 Rapid București 8.101 Esbjerg 6.676 APOEL 5.695 Žilina 3.850 Ventspils 3.200 Domžale 3.190 Omonia 2.695 Vardar 2.485 Široki Brijeg 2.365 Žepče 2.365 Liepājas Metalurgs 2.200 MYPA 2.158 Allianssi 2.158 Nistru Otaci 2.090 Dacia Chișinău 2.090 Locomotive Tbilisi 2.035 Torpedo Kutaisi 2.035 Birkirkara 1.990 Ekranas 1.760 Atlantas 1.760 Keflavík 1.595 ÍBV 1.595 Bashkimi 1.485 Longford Town 1.375 Cork City 1.375 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1.347 BATE Borisov 1.347 Vaduz 1.320 Banants 0.990 Mika 0.990 Hibernians 0.990 Teuta 0.880 Elbasani 0.880 TVMK 0.825 Flora 0.825 Portadown 0.715 Linfield 0.715 Carmarthen Town 0.605 Rhyl 0.605 Pétange 0.550 Etzella Ettelbruck 0.550 Khazar Lankaran 0.440 Baku 0.440 B36 0.330 NSÍ 0.330 Sant Julià 0.000 Domagnano 0.000
Notes
First qualifying round The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 24 June 2005.
Seeding A total of 50 teams played in the first qualifying round. Prior to the draw, UEFA divided the teams into three regions, with each region containing seeded and unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Seeding of teams within each region was based on their 2005 UEFA club coefficients.
Southern–Mediterranean regionCentral–East regionNorthern regionSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
Summary
Southern–Mediterranean region
Bashkimi won 4–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 10–0 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Vardar won on away goals.
Omonia won 6–0 on aggregate.
Domžale won 8–0 on aggregate.
Central–East region
MTZ-RIPO Minsk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Banants won 4–3 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 6–0 on aggregate.
Vaduz won 2–1 on aggregate.
Žilina won 3–2 on aggregate.
Mainz 05 won 4–0 on aggregate.
Nistru Otaci won 5–2 on aggregate.
Northern region
Carmarthen Town won 5–3 on aggregate.
Cork City won 2–1 on aggregate.
B36 won 3–2 on aggregate.
Allianssi won 4–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Linfield won on away goals.
Liepājas Metalurgs won 6–0 on aggregate.
Keflavík won 6–0 on aggregate.
Viking won 3–1 on aggregate.
MYPA won 2–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Rhyl won on away goals.
Esbjerg won 7–2 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 29 July 2004.
Seeding A total of 62 teams played in the first qualifying round: 37 teams which entered in this round, and 25 winners of the first round. Prior to the draw, UEFA divided the teams into three regions, with each region containing two groups of seeded and unseeded teams in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. Seeding of teams within each region was based on their 2005 UEFA club coefficients.
Southern–Mediterranean Group 1Southern–Mediterranean Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededCentral–East Group 1Central–East Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseededNorthern Group 1Northern Group 2SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
Summary
Southern–Mediterranean region
Red Star Belgrade won 7–1 on aggregate.
Maccabi Petah Tikva won 11–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Lokomotiv Plovdiv won on away goals.
APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Litex Lovech won on away goals.
Beşiktaş won 6–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 4–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 5–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Domžale won on away goals.
Central–East region
Krylia Sovetov Samara won 4–0 on aggregate.
Metalurh Donetsk won 5–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Grasshopper won on away goals.
GAK won 3–0 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Zenit Saint Petersburg won on away goals.
Teplice won 3–2 on aggregate.
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–2 on aggregate.
Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.
Northern region
Halmstads BK won 5–3 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 4–3 on aggregate.
Brann won 2–0 on aggregate.
Genk won 6–2 on aggregate.
Viking won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; MYPA won on away goals.
Copenhagen won 4–0 on aggregate.
Mainz 05 won 4–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Cork City won on away goals.
1–1 on aggregate; Tromsø won 3–2 on penalties.
Notes
References
External links Qualifying Rounds Information Qualification and Seeding Information