2005–06 UEFA Champions League knockout 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 first matches of the round of 16 were played on 21 February 2006 and the final was played on 17 May 2006 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France.^[1]

Qualified teams

Key to colours
Seeded in round of 16 draw
Unseeded in round of 16 draw

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Juventus	Bayern Munich
B	Arsenal	Ajax
C	Barcelona	Werder Bremen
D	Villarreal	Benfica
E	Milan	PSV Eindhoven
F	Lyon	Real Madrid
G	Liverpool	Chelsea
H	Internazionale	Rangers

Bracket


Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Real Madrid	0	0	0

Arsenal	1	0	1
				Arsenal	2	0	2

				Juventus	0	0	0
Werder Bremen	3	1	4

Juventus (a)	2	2	4
								Arsenal	1	0	1

								Villarreal	0	0	0
Ajax	2	0	2

Internazionale	2	1	3
				Internazionale	2	0	2

				Villarreal (a)	1	1	2
Rangers	2	1	3
												17 May – Saint-Denis
Villarreal (a)	2	1	3
												Arsenal	1

												Barcelona	2
PSV Eindhoven	0	0	0

Lyon	1	4	5
				Lyon	0	1	1

				Milan	0	3	3
Bayern Munich	1	1	2

Milan	1	4	5
								Milan	0	0	0

								Barcelona	1	0	1
Benfica	1	2	3

Liverpool	0	0	0
				Benfica	0	0	0

				Barcelona	0	2	2
Chelsea	1	1	2

Barcelona	2	1	3

Round of 16

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	2–3	Barcelona	1–2	1–1
Real Madrid	0–1	Arsenal	0–1	0–0
Werder Bremen	4–4 (a)	Juventus	3–2	1–2
Bayern Munich	2–5	Milan	1–1	1–4
PSV Eindhoven	0–5	Lyon	0–1	0–4
Ajax	2–3	Internazionale	2–2	0–1
Benfica	3–0	Liverpool	1–0	2–0
Rangers	3–3 (a)	Villarreal	2–2	1–1

Matches

22 February 2006

Chelsea	1–2	Barcelona
Motta 59' (o.g.)	Report	Terry 71' (o.g.) Eto'o 80'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 39,521

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

7 March 2006

Barcelona	1–1	Chelsea
Ronaldinho 78'	Report	Lampard 90+2' (pen.)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 98,436

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

21 February 2006

Real Madrid	0–1	Arsenal
	Report	Henry 47'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

8 March 2006

Arsenal	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,487

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

22 February 2006

Werder Bremen	3–2	Juventus
Schulz 39' Borowski 87' Micoud 90+2'	Report	Nedvěd 73' Trezeguet 82'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

7 March 2006

Juventus	2–1	Werder Bremen
Trezeguet 65' Emerson 88'	Report	Micoud 13'

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 40,226

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

4–4 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.

21 February 2006

Bayern Munich	1–1	Milan
Ballack 23'	Report	Shevchenko 58' (pen.)

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

8 March 2006

Milan	4–1	Bayern Munich
Inzaghi 8', 47' Shevchenko 25' Kaká 59'	Report	Ismaël 35'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 78,577

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

21 February 2006

PSV Eindhoven	0–1	Lyon
	Report	Juninho 65'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

8 March 2006

Lyon	4–0	PSV Eindhoven
Tiago 26', 45+4' Wiltord 71' Fred 90'	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 37,901

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Lyon won 5–0 on aggregate.

22 February 2006

Ajax	2–2	Internazionale
Huntelaar 16' Rosales 20'	Report	Stanković 49' Cruz 86'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 46,663

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

14 March 2006

Internazionale	1–0	Ajax
Stanković 57'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 48,489

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

21 February 2006

Benfica	1–0	Liverpool
Luisão 84'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 63,702

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

8 March 2006

Liverpool	0–2	Benfica
	Report	Simão 36' Miccoli 89'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 42,744

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

22 February 2006

Rangers	2–2	Villarreal
Løvenkrands 22' Peña 82' (o.g.)	Report	Riquelme 8' (pen.) Forlán 35'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,372

Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

7 March 2006

Villarreal	1–1	Rangers
Arruabarrena 49'	Report	Løvenkrands 12'

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 19,828

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

3–3 on aggregate; Villarreal won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	2–0	Juventus	2–0	0–0
Lyon	1–3	Milan	0–0	1–3
Internazionale	2–2 (a)	Villarreal	2–1	0–1
Benfica	0–2	Barcelona	0–0	0–2

Matches

28 March 2006

Arsenal	2–0	Juventus
Fàbregas 40' Henry 69'	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,472

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

5 April 2006

Juventus	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 46,031

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Arsenal won 2–0 on aggregate.

29 March 2006

Lyon	0–0	Milan
	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,313

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

4 April 2006

Milan	3–1	Lyon
Inzaghi 25', 88' Shevchenko 90+3'	Report	Diarra 31'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 78,894

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

29 March 2006

Internazionale	2–1	Villarreal
Adriano 7' Martins 54'	Report	Forlán 1'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 49,165

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

4 April 2006

Villarreal	1–0	Internazionale
Arruabarrena 58'	Report

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 21,700

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

2–2 on aggregate; Villarreal won on away goals.

28 March 2006

Benfica	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 64,395

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

5 April 2006

Barcelona	2–0	Benfica
Ronaldinho 19' Eto'o 89'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 89,875

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	1–0	Villarreal	1–0	0–0
Milan	0–1	Barcelona	0–1	0–0

Matches

19 April 2006

Arsenal	1–0	Villarreal
Touré 41'	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,438

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

25 April 2006

Villarreal	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 21,237

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

18 April 2006

Milan	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Giuly 57'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 76,883

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

26 April 2006

Barcelona	0–0	Milan
	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 95,661

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Barcelona won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 17 May 2006 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.

17 May 2006

20:45

Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal
Eto'o 76' Belletti 80'	Report	Campbell 37'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 79,610^[2]

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

References

^ "Champions League 2005/2006 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

2005-06 season at UEFA website

[1] "Champions League 2005/2006 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[attendance-2] "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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