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

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

21 February 2006 (2006-02-21)

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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

8 March 2006 (2006-03-08)

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 78,577

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven	0–1	Lyon
	Report	Juninho 65'

21 February 2006 (2006-02-21)

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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

8 March 2006 (2006-03-08)

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 37,901

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Lyon won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid	0–1	Arsenal
	Report	Henry 47'

21 February 2006 (2006-02-21)

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Arsenal	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

8 March 2006 (2006-03-08)

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,487

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica	1–0	Liverpool
Luisão 84'	Report

21 February 2006 (2006-02-21)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 63,702

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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

8 March 2006 (2006-03-08)

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 42,744

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Benfica won 3–0 on aggregate.

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

22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,372

Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

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

7 March 2006 (2006-03-07)

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 19,828

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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

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

22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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

7 March 2006 (2006-03-07)

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 40,226

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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

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

22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 39,521

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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

7 March 2006 (2006-03-07)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 98,436

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

22 February 2006 (2006-02-22)

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 46,663

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Internazionale	1–0	Ajax
Stanković 57'	Report

14 March 2006 (2006-03-14)

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 48,489

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Benfica	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

28 March 2006 (2006-03-28)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 64,395

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

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

5 April 2006 (2006-04-05)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 89,875

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

28 March 2006 (2006-03-28)

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,472

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Juventus	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

5 April 2006 (2006-04-05)

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 46,031

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Arsenal won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Lyon	0–0	Milan
	Report

29 March 2006 (2006-03-29)

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,313

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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

4 April 2006 (2006-04-04)

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 78,894

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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

29 March 2006 (2006-03-29)

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 49,165

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Villarreal	1–0	Internazionale
Arruabarrena 58'	Report

4 April 2006 (2006-04-04)

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 21,700

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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

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

Milan	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Giuly 57'

18 April 2006 (2006-04-18)

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 76,883

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Barcelona	0–0	Milan
	Report

26 April 2006 (2006-04-26)

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 95,661

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Barcelona won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Arsenal	1–0	Villarreal
Touré 41'	Report

19 April 2006 (2006-04-19)

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,438

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Villarreal	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

25 April 2006 (2006-04-25)

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 21,237

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2006 UEFA Champions League final

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

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

17 May 2006 (2006-05-17)

20:45

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 79,610^[2]

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)