2004–05 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League featured the 16 teams that had finished in the top two of each of the eight groups in the group stage and lasted from 22 February to 25 May 2005.

The final pitted four-time European Cup winners Liverpool of England against six-time winners Milan of Italy. After Milan went 3–0 up in the first half, Liverpool scored three goals in the space of six second-half minutes before winning the match 3–2 on penalties in what has since become known as the "Miracle of Istanbul."^[1]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Format

The knockout stage followed a simple, single-elimination format, with the ties in each round (except for the final) being played over two legs, with whichever team scored the most goals over the course of the two legs progressing to the next round. In the case of both teams scoring the same number of goals over the two legs, the winner was determined by whichever team scored more goals in their away leg. If the teams could still not be separated, a period of extra time lasting 30 minutes (split into two 15-minute halves) was played. If the scores were still level after extra time, the winner was decided via a penalty shoot-out. As in every season of the competition, the final was played as a single match at a neutral venue, which in 2005 was the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

Qualified teams

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

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Monaco	Liverpool
B	Bayer Leverkusen	Real Madrid
C	Juventus	Bayern Munich
D	Lyon	Manchester United
E	Arsenal	PSV Eindhoven
F	Milan	Barcelona
G	Internazionale	Werder Bremen
H	Chelsea	Porto

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Manchester United	0	0	0

Milan	1	1	2
				Milan	2	3	5

				Internazionale	0	0	0
Porto	1	1	2

Internazionale	1	3	4
								Milan (a)	2	1	3

								PSV Eindhoven	0	3	3
Werder Bremen	0	2	2

Lyon	3	7	10
				Lyon	1	1	2 (2)

				PSV Eindhoven (p)	1	1	2 (4)
PSV Eindhoven	1	2	3

Monaco	0	0	0
												Milan	3 (2)

												Liverpool (p)	3 (3)
Barcelona	2	2	4

Chelsea	1	4	5
				Chelsea	4	2	6

				Bayern Munich	2	3	5
Bayern Munich	3	0	3

Arsenal	1	1	2
								Chelsea	0	0	0

								Liverpool	0	1	1
Liverpool	3	3	6

Bayer Leverkusen	1	1	2
				Liverpool	2	0	2

				Juventus	1	0	1
Real Madrid	1	0	1

Juventus (aet)	0	2	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	1–2	Juventus	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Liverpool	6–2	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	3–1
PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Monaco	1–0	2–0
Bayern Munich	3–2	Arsenal	3–1	0–1
Barcelona	4–5	Chelsea	2–1	2–4
Manchester United	0–2	Milan	0–1	0–1
Werder Bremen	2–10	Lyon	0–3	2–7
Porto	2–4	Internazionale	1–1	1–3

22 February 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Real Madrid	1–0	Juventus
Helguera 31'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 72,304

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

9 March 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Juventus	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Real Madrid
Trezeguet 75' Zalayeta 116'	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 58,956

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Juventus won 2–1 on aggregate.

22 February 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Liverpool	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen
García 15' Riise 35' Hamann 90+2'	Report	França 90+3'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 40,942

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

9 March 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Liverpool
Krzynówek 88'	Report	García 28', 32' Baroš 67'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

22 February 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Monaco
Alex 8'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 31,225

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

9 March 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Monaco	0–2	PSV Eindhoven
	Report	Vennegoor of Hesselink 26' Beasley 69'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 15,523

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 3–0 on aggregate.

22 February 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Bayern Munich	3–1	Arsenal
Pizarro 4', 58' Salihamidžić 65'	Report	Touré 88'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

9 March 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Arsenal	1–0	Bayern Munich
Henry 66'	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,463

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.

23 February 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Barcelona	2–1	Chelsea
M. López 67' Eto'o 73'	Report	Belletti 33' (o.g.)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 96,560

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

8 March 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Chelsea	4–2	Barcelona
Guðjohnsen 8' Lampard 17' Duff 19' Terry 76'	Report	Ronaldinho 27' (pen.), 38'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 41,515

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Chelsea won 5–4 on aggregate.

23 February 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Manchester United	0–1	Milan
	Report	Crespo 78'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 67,112

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

8 March 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Milan	1–0	Manchester United
Crespo 61'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 79,103

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

23 February 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Werder Bremen	0–3	Lyon
	Report	Wiltord 9' Diarra 77' Juninho 80'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 36,923

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

8 March 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Lyon	7–2	Werder Bremen
Wiltord 8', 55', 63' Essien 17', 30' Malouda 60' Berthod 80' (pen.)	Report	Micoud 32' Ismaël 57' (pen.)

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 38,922

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Lyon won 10–2 on aggregate.

23 February 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Porto	1–1	Internazionale
R. Costa 61'	Report	Martins 24'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 38,177

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

15 March 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Internazionale	3–1	Porto
Adriano 6', 63', 87'	Report	J. Costa 69'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 70,560

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	2–1	Juventus	2–1	0–0
Lyon	2–2 (2–4 p)	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Chelsea	6–5	Bayern Munich	4–2	2–3
Milan	5–0	Internazionale	2–0	3–0^[C]

^
Match was abandoned after 72 minutes as Milan led 1–0 due to flares thrown onto the pitch by Internazionale fans, one of which struck Milan goalkeeper Dida.^[2] UEFA awarded Milan a 3–0 win (5–0 aggregate) and ordered Internazionale to play their next four European games behind closed doors.^[3]

5 April 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Liverpool	2–1	Juventus
Hyypiä 10' García 25'	Report	Cannavaro 63'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 41,216

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

13 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Juventus	0–0	Liverpool
	Report

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 55,464

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Liverpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

5 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Lyon	1–1	PSV Eindhoven
Malouda 12'	Report	Cocu 79'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,178

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

13 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

PSV Eindhoven	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Alex 50'	Report	Wiltord 10'
Penalties
Robert Beasley Bouma Ooijer Van Bommel	4–2	Abidal Ben Arfa Essien Juninho

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 35,100

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

2–2 on aggregate; PSV Eindhoven won on penalties.

6 April 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Chelsea	4–2	Bayern Munich
J. Cole 4' Lampard 60', 70' Drogba 81'	Report	Schweinsteiger 52' Ballack 90+3' (pen.)

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 40,253

Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

12 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Bayern Munich	3–2	Chelsea
Pizarro 65' Guerrero 90' Scholl 90+5'	Report	Lampard 30' Drogba 80'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Chelsea won 6–5 on aggregate.

6 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Milan	2–0	Internazionale
Stam 45+1' Shevchenko 74'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 78,958

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

12 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Internazionale	0–1 Awarded 0–3	Milan
	Report	Shevchenko 30'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 82,734

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Milan won 5–0 on aggregate. Match was abandoned after 72 minutes as Milan lead 1–0 due to flares thrown onto the pitch by Internazionale fans, one of which struck Milan goalkeeper Dida.^[4] UEFA awarded Milan a 3–0 win (5–0 aggregate) and ordered Internazionale to play their next four European games behind closed doors.^[5]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	0–1	Liverpool	0–0	0–1
Milan	3–3 (a)	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	1–3

27 April 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Chelsea	0–0	Liverpool
	Report

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 40,497

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

3 May 2005

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Liverpool	1–0	Chelsea
García 4'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 42,342

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Liverpool won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 April 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Milan	2–0	PSV Eindhoven
Shevchenko 42' Tomasson 90'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 74,655

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

4 May 2005

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

PSV Eindhoven	3–1	Milan
Park 9' Cocu 65', 90+2'	Report	Ambrosini 90+1'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 35,100

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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

Final

The final was played on 25 May 2005 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

25 May 2005

21:45 EEST

Milan	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Maldini 1' Crespo 39', 44'	Report	Gerrard 54' Šmicer 56' Alonso 61'
Penalties
Serginho Pirlo Tomasson Kaká Shevchenko	2–3	Hamann Cissé Riise Šmicer

Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 69,000^[6]

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Notes

^ CET (UTC+1) for matches to 15 March 2005, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 5 April 2005.

References

^ Wilson, Paul; Oliver, Brian; Mochlinski, Kaz (29 May 2005). "The miracle of Istanbul". The Observer. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "Milan move into last four". UEFA. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "Inter handed stadium ban and fine". BBC Sport. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "Milan move into last four". UEFA. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "Inter handed stadium ban and fine". BBC Sport. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

2004-05 season at UEFA website

[cnote_C] 
Match was abandoned after 72 minutes as Milan led 1–0 due to flares thrown onto the pitch by Internazionale fans, one of which struck Milan goalkeeper Dida.^[2] UEFA awarded Milan a 3–0 win (5–0 aggregate) and ordered Internazionale to play their next four European games behind closed doors.^[3]

[2] CET (UTC+1) for matches to 15 March 2005, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches from 5 April 2005.

[1] Wilson, Paul; Oliver, Brian; Mochlinski, Kaz (29 May 2005). "The miracle of Istanbul". The Observer. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

[3] "Milan move into last four". UEFA. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[4] "Inter handed stadium ban and fine". BBC Sport. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[5] "Milan move into last four". UEFA. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[6] "Inter handed stadium ban and fine". BBC Sport. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[attendance-7] "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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