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2004–05 UEFA Cup

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Also known as UEFA Cup 2004-05, 2004-05 UEFA Cup

34th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

Key facts

Dates
13 July 2004 – 18 May 2005
Champions
CSKA Moscow (1st title)
Runners up
Sporting CP
Goals scored
573 (2.6 per match)
Attendance
3,701,901 (16,827 per match)
Top scorer s
Alan Shearer (Newcastle United), 11 goals

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
sports season
Image
Jose-Alvalade-Stadion in Lissabon.jpg
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Commons category
UEFA Cup 2004-05
topic's main category
Category:2004–05 UEFA Cup
number of participants
145
statistical leader
Alan Shearer
number of matches played/races/starts
306
sports season of league or competition
UEFA Europa League
point in time
2004-01-01
edition number
34
start time
2004-07-13
end time
2005-05-18
participating team
PFC CSKA Moscow
number of points/goals/set scored
909
native label
2004–05 UEFA Cup
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Encyclopedic overview

The 2004–05 UEFA Cup was the 34th edition of the UEFA Cup. The format of the competition had changed from previous seasons, replacing that from the previous one after the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999; an extra qualifying round was introduced, as was a group phase after the first round. The group stage operated in a single round-robin format consisting of eight groups of five teams, each team plays two games at home and two away and the top three finishers of each group progress to the knock-out round, joining the eight third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage.

The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting CP, in whose home stadium the match was played. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition. The match was refereed by Graham Poll.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2004–05 UEFA Cup” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.