2005 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election
The election result was a landslide victory for the Left Front. The Left Front, with 71.63% of the votes cast, won all 28 seats that were up for election. 21 seats went to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), 4 seats for NSPT, one seat to the Communist Party of India, one seat for RSP and one seat to the All India Forward Bloc.


2005 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election
The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra was the second largest party with 13.22% vote share and Indian National Congress emerged as a third-largest party in the election with 12.70% of the votes.


2005 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2005 Tro-Bro Léon was the 22nd edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 17 April 2005. The race was won by Tristan Valentin.


2005 Trophée des Champions
The 2005 Trophée des Champions was a football match held at Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre on 27 July 2005, that saw 2004–05 Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais defeat 2005 Coupe de France winners AJ Auxerre 4–1.


2005 Trophée Éric Bompard
The 2005 Trophée Éric Bompard was the fourth event of six in the 2005–06 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy in Paris on November 17–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2005–06 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Ravensburger Waltz.


2005 Trophée Éric Bompard
The competition was named after the Éric Bompard company, which became its chief sponsor in 2004.


2005 Troy Trojans football team
=The 2005 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Trojans played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference.


2005 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 2005 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Their home stadium, the Louisiana Superdome, was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and forced the Green Wave to play the entire season on the road. They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by head coach Chris Scelfo.


2005 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 2005 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Steve Kragthorpe. They played home games at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the West Division of Conference USA.


2005 Turkish Cup Final
The 2005 Turkish Cup Final was a football match played on 11 May 2005 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. It was the final and deciding match of the 2004–05 Türkiye Kupası (Turkish Cup).


2005 Turkish Cup Final, Match details
Man of the match: Hakan Şükür (Galatasaray) Referee:  Serdar Tatlı Assistant referees: Ekrem Kan Erhan SönmezFourth referee: Fırat Aydınus


2005 Turkish Grand Prix
The 2005 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 21 August 2005 at Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Turkey. It was the fourteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship and the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix.


2005 Turkish Grand Prix
The 58-lap race was won by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Räikkönen took his fifth victory of the season after starting from pole position and leading every lap. Räikkönen's Colombian teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, ran second until he collided with a backmarker and then ran wide in the closing laps, allowing Spaniard Fernando Alonso through in his Renault.


2005 Turkish Grand Prix
With five races remaining, Alonso led the Drivers' Championship by 24 points from Räikkönen, while Renault's lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship was nine points.


2005 Turkish Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom six teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 October 2005 at the Istanbul Park circuit.


2005 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.


2005 Tuscan regional election
The Tuscan regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.


2005 Tuscan regional election
Incumbent Claudio Martini (Democrats of the Left) defeated Alessandro Antichi (Forza Italia) by a landslide.


2005 Tuscan regional election, Electoral law
Tuscany uses for the first time its own legislation of 2004 to elect its Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and close lists.


2005 Tuscan regional election, Electoral law
In this system parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Tuscany.


2005 Tuscan regional election, Electoral law
The number of the councillors rose to 65 from 50.


2005 Tuscan regional election, Results
2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its second consecutive term, Claudio Martini, supported by the center-left coalition.


2005 Tuscan regional election, Results
If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant increase in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Democrats of the Left in coalition with other parties in The Olive Tree, increased of more than one hundred thousand preferences. The election was also the test for a list that led, within two years, to the national foundation of a new political entity, the Democratic Party.


2005 Tuscan regional election, Results
Like 1995 election, Communist Refoundation Party run lonely with its candidate.


2005 Tuvalu A-Division
The 2005 Tuvalu A-Division (also known as the 2005 National Provident Fund Championship League) is the fifth season of association football competition in Tuvalu. The champions were Nauti FC.


2005 Tuvalu A-Division
Football in Tuvalu is played at club and national team level. The Tuvalu national football team draws from players in the Tuvalu A-Division; the national team competes in the Pacific Games and South Pacific Games. The national team is controlled by the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA).


2005 Tuvalu A-Division, Clubs
All listed teams apparently represent atolls, with the exception of Amatuku (an island on Funafuti atoll); the atolls Nukulaelae and Niulakita apparently did not enter.


2005 Twenty20 Cup
The 2005 Twenty20 Cup was the third Twenty20 Cup competition for English and Welsh county clubs. The finals day took place on 30 July at The Oval, and was won by the Somerset Sabres.


2005 Twenty20 Cup Final
The 2005 Twenty20 Cup Final was a cricket match between Somerset County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club played on 30 July 2005 at The Oval in London. It was the third final of the Twenty20 Cup, which was the first domestic Twenty20 competition between first-class sides. It was the first occasion on which either side had reached the final; Lancashire had reached the semi-finals in 2004, but for Somerset it was the first time they had progressed further than the group stage of the competition.


2005 Twenty20 Cup Final
After winning the toss, Lancashire captain Mark Chilton opted to bat first. Before the start of play, the game had been reduced to 16 overs-a-side. Lancashire scored 114 runs in their batting overs, but lost regular wickets. Their innings was held together by Australian batsman Stuart Law, who top-scored for the county, accruing 59 runs. In their response, Somerset only lost three wickets, and during an innings dominated by the batting of Graeme Smith, reached their winning target with 11 balls remaining.


2005 Twenty20 Cup Final, Match, Summary
Rain delayed the start of the match by an hour, and shortened it to a 16 over-per-side contest. Lancashire captain Mark Chilton opted to bat first having won the toss, but the rain made conditions difficult for the Lancashire openers. In the first over, Mal Loye was dropped by Richard Johnson off the bowling of Andrew Caddick, before four balls later being caught by the same combination. Caddick collected his second wicket in his next over, having the England international Andrew Flintoff caught by Ian Blackwell.


2005 Twenty20 Cup Final, Match, Summary
Andrew Symonds began to bring Lancashire back into the match, but he was run out by a direct hit from Wes Durston for 12. Johnson then claimed two wickets in two balls to get rid of Dominic Cork and Glen Chapple, placing Somerset into what Jenny Thompson of ESPNcricinfo described as "a dominant position" over Lancashire, who were 41 for 5. Stuart Law gave his side a chance, playing a sensibly paced innings to score 59 runs, but the wickets of Chapple, for 9, and Andrew Crook, for 15, both fell before Law himself was run out from the last ball of the innings.


2005 Twenty20 Cup Final, Match, Summary
In their response, Somerset batted sensibly, knowing what they had to chase. Flintoff bowled aggressively, and claimed the early wickets of Marcus Trescothick, caught by the wicket-keeper for 10, and Matthew Wood, bowled for 22. Blackwell was out shortly after, caught by Law off the bowling of Gary Keedy, but at the other end, Smith remained steady. Wood had given the innings a boost by scoring four consecutive boundaries before his dismissal, and that allowed Smith and James Hildreth to bat patiently, although Smith's boundary-scoring drew comparisons to Viv Richards and Ian Botham. Smith and Hildreth built an unbeaten 53-run partnership, and won the match with eleven balls to spare. Smith was named man of the match for his captaincy and his score of 64 not out.


2005 U-18 Junior World Cup
The 2005 U-18 Junior World Cup was an ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia between August 9, 2005 and August 14, 2005. The venues used for the tournament were Zimní Stadion in Břeclav and Zimny Stadion in Piešťany. Canada defeated the Czech Republic 5-3 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Finland defeated Russia to capture the bronze medal.


2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place on January 9–16, 2005 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.


2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2005 World Championships, 2005 Four Continents Championships, and 2005 World Junior Championships.


2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Houston, Texas in the United States. The event was played on outdoor clay courts and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It was the 37th edition of the tournament and was held from April 18 to April 25, 2005. First-seeded Andy Roddick won the singles tournament.


2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Martín García /  Luis Horna 6–3, 6–4


2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
James Blake and Mardy Fish were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.


2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martín García and Luis Horna.


2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2005 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open, held June 16–19 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.


2005 U.S. Open (golf)
Michael Campbell won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods; third-round leader and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen collapsed on the final day. It was the second of three U.S. Opens at the course, which first hosted in 1999, when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death in an aviation accident. Six years was the shortest gap between U.S. Opens at the same site since 1946. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.17 million.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), History of U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2
It was only the second U.S. Open at Pinehurst, because of past concerns of high temperatures and its distance from a major populated area. At the first in 1999, Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open (and third major) in one of the most remarkable U.S. Open victories ever. He trailed playing partner Phil Mickelson by one stroke as they played the 16th hole, where he made an amazing 25-foot (8 m) putt for par while Mickelson missed his from 7 feet (2 m).


2005 U.S. Open (golf), History of U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2
Stewart birdied 17 to take the lead and holed a 15-foot (5 m) par putt on 18 in one of the most dramatic finishes ever. After helping the U.S. regain the Ryder Cup in late September, he died in a plane crash a month later at age 42. Stewart was honored at the 2005 edition with a silhouette of his 1999 victory pose on the flag of the 18th green, also captured in a bronze statue overlooking the 18th green.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), History of U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2
Following a restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the U.S. Open returned for a third time in 2014.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Ernie Els (4,9,10,16), Jim Furyk (16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,16)


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (9,16), David Toms (9,16)


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (9,16), Tim Clark (16), Chris DiMarco (9,16), Steve Flesch (9), Jay Haas (9,16), Tim Herron (16), Spencer Levin, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama (9,16)


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (16), Stewart Cink (16), Darren Clarke (10,16), John Daly (16), Carlos Franco, Sergio García (10,16), Mark Hensby (16), Zach Johnson (16), Jerry Kelly (16), Davis Love III (16), Kenny Perry (16), Rory Sabbatini (16), Adam Scott (16), Scott Verplank (16)


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Ángel Cabrera (13,16), Paul Casey, Stephen Gallacher, Pádraig Harrington (16), David Howell (16), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16), Thomas Levet, Graeme McDowell (16), Nick O'Hern (16), Ian Poulter (16), Lee Westwood (16)


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Thomas Bjørn, Fred Couples, Charles Howell III, Tom Lehman, Peter Lonard, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Field, Past champions in the field
All seven former champions in the field made the cut.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round
Qualifiers Olin Browne and Rocco Mediate had the first round lead at Pinehurst No. 2 . While Masters champion Tiger Woods battled to an even-par 70 and two time winner Ernie Els ground out a 71. Retief Goosen launched his title defense with a three-birdie 68 for a three-way tie for third, 2004 Masters winner Phil Mickelson returned a 69 after holing a 20-foot birdie putt at the last and world number two Vijay Singh opened with a 70.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Two-time champion Retief Goosen shared the lead in the U.S. Open second round after most of the field struggled on Friday. Trailing by one at the start of the day, he carded an even-par 70 for 138, level with overnight leader Olin Browne and unheralded Jason Gore. Gore, who missed the cut in his only previous U.S. Open appearance in 1998, vaulted up the leaderboard late in the day with a five-birdie 67. South Korea's K. J. Choi (70) and Australian Mark Hensby (68) were tied for fourth at one under.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
World number two Vijay Singh was a further shot back in a four-way share of sixth after a second successive 70, alongside Spaniard Sergio García and New Zealand's Michael Campbell, who fired matching 69s, and England's Lee Westwood, after a 72. Of the other big names, Tiger Woods was one over after a 71, while Phil Mickelson (77) and Ernie Els (76) just made the halfway cut which fell at eight-over 148. Nine players finished under par after the opening round but only five were still in red figures after day two.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Every (+8), Moore (+8), Kuehne (+10), List (+13), Denham (+14), Putnam (+15), Williams (+18), Soero (+20).


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round
Retief Goosen took a three-shot lead after the U.S. Open third round on Saturday. The world number five recovered from a double-bogey six at the 13th with three birdies in the last five holes for 69 and 207 (–3), the only one to end the day in red figures. Tied for second at even-par 210 were Goosen's playing partner Olin Browne and Jason Gore, both carding 72s. Michael Campbell, another qualifier, registered a 71 to share fourth place at one-over 211 with Mark Hensby (72). David Toms, the 2001 PGA champion, was a further shot back after a 70 while Tiger Woods recorded a 72 to finish in a four-way tie for seventh at three over.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Michael Campbell held off a charging Tiger Woods to clinch his only major title by two shots on Sunday. The 36-year-old Campbell, four off the pace overnight, collected four birdies and three bogeys to close with a one-under-par 69, the best of the day. Woods, who had been chasing his 10th career major, rallied from a bogey-bogey start and reeled off four birdies in the last nine holes to secure second place with a matching 69. He missed an eight-footer (2.5 m) for par on 16 and three-putted for bogey on 17.


2005 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Sergio García and South Africa's Tim Clark both carded 70 to tie for third at five over, level with Mark Hensby who registered a 74. Retief Goosen, three strokes clear overnight, threw away his chance of a third U.S. Open title by dropping six shots in the first nine holes. Five more bogeys after the turn led to a dismal 81 (+11) and a share of 11th place at eight-over 288. Jason Gore ballooned to a 14-over 84 to tie for 49th while Olin Browne returned an 80 for a share of 23rd. David Toms shot a 77 to finish tied for 15th. Ernie Els fired his lowest score of the week, a level-par 70 earning him a share of 15th at nine-over 289 while Phil Mickelson returned a 74 to finish at 12 over in a tie for 33rd.


2005 U.S. Open Cup
The 2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through September, 2005, open to all soccer teams in the United States.


2005 U.S. Open Cup
The Los Angeles Galaxy won their second Open Cup championship with a 1–0 victory over FC Dallas at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.


2005 U.S. Open Cup
Although two Major League Soccer sides played in the final, the tournament featured several runs by underdogs. The Des Moines Menace of the Premier Development League beat two USL First Division teams to reach the Fourth Round. The Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division beat three MLS teams in succession to reach the semifinals. The Rochester Raging Rhinos continued to play to record crowds and beat the MetroStars before losing in a shootout to the Chicago Fire. Four of the tournament's final 15 games went to overtime.


2005 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.


2005 U.S. Women's Open
The 2005 U.S. Women's Open was the 60th U.S. Women's Open, held June 23–26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. The par-71 course was set at 6,749 yards (6,171 m), at an average elevation over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.


2005 U.S. Women's Open
Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her only major (and only LPGA) title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel, both teenage amateurs from the United States. In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20 feet (6 m) past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from 8 feet (2.4 m). Lorena Ochoa made four birdies on the back nine and led with one hole remaining, but made a quadruple-bogey on the 72nd hole to finish four strokes behind.


2005 U.S. Women's Open
Pressel, 17, held a share of the 54-hole lead, with Karen Stupples and amateur Michelle Wie, age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-old Paula Creamer and Young Jo.


2005 U.S. Women's Open
This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted three U.S. Opens (1938, 1960, 1978) and two PGA Championships (1941, 1985).


2005 UAB Blazers football team
The 2005 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the 15th team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who served his 11th season in the positions. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their tenth season at the I-A level, and seventh affiliated with a conference with a record of 5–6 (3–5 C-USA).


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400
The 2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on March 13, 2005 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested at 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 3rd race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
The UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was run on Sunday, March 13, 2005 and is run over 267 laps of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
Ryan Newman started on the pole. Greg Biffle soon took over. The 1st caution came out on lap 12 when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. touched Brian Vickers coming into turn 1. Bobby Labonte and Ricky Rudd were also involved. All 4 cars were out of the race. The racer estates on lap 20 and Kurt Busch had the lead, only for Biffle took it again soon afterwards.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
Newman then got up to within 0.5 seconds of Biffle, and the lead remained for a long green-flag run; this would end on lap 59 when Robby Gordon's engine blew up, bringing out the 2nd caution. Sterling Marlin stayed out to lead a lap but at the restart, Newman was led over by Travis Kvapil and Greg Biffle in 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Shortly after the restart, a crash occurred on lap 65, when Matt Kenseth nudged the back of Elliott Sadler's car; this would bring out the 3rd caution. Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart were also involved, though the latter's car only received minor damage.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
The race restarted came on lap 70 with Newman taking the lead, having Kvapil, Jimmie Johnson, and Biffle behind him. On lap 77, Kenseth went a lap behind after a tire went down as a result of his crash with Sadler earlier.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
Lap 86 brought out the 4th caution when Jason Leffler, trying to get onto pit road, got pushed by Ken Schrader. Most drivers pitted, with Kasey Kahne ending up in the lead from Newman and Kvapil. Ku. Busch was leading from Johnson and Biffle when the 6th caution came out on lap 126. An error in the pits, however, saw Kvapil drop to 23rd place.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
Jimmie Johnson took the lead on lap 147. On lap 175, the 7th caution flew for debris, with Johnson still out in front. Newman took the green from Johnson, Busch, and Biffle. Trouble occurred when Scott Riggs brought out the eighth caution with 74 laps to go, with Sadler getting the free pass.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
Newman, Johnson, and Joe Nemechek led at the restart, with Johnson swiftly regaining the lead. Debris brought out yet another caution with 62 laps to go. Newman and Johnson battled for the lead at the restart. With 44 to go, Hermie Sadler crashed into the inside wall bringing out another caution with Johnson leading over Gordon. The battle resumed with 39 laps left. Newman got into the back of Gordon with 34 laps to go, which caused them to lose 3 positions.


2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Summary
With 15 to go, Jimmie Johnson had got a 1.5-second lead over Kyle Busch, who was 5 seconds ahead of Ku. Busch. An error by Johnson lost him 0.8 seconds, but he then extended his lead again, and he won from the Busch brothers.


2005 UAW-Ford 500
The 2005 UAW-Ford 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race that took place on October 2, 2005 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It was the 29th race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the third in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. Dale Jarrett of Robert Yates Racing would win the race.


2005 UAW-Ford 500
Until the 2008 Aaron's 499, this was the last time a Hendrick Motorsports car did not win at Talladega.


2005 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2005 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC).


2005 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2005 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his thirteenth year and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season as co-champion of the GWFC, with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 4–1 GWFC). This was the 36th consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record. The Aggies outscored their opponents 217–184 for the season.


2005 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft.


2005 UCF Golden Knights football team
The 2005 UCF Golden Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary, in his second season with the team. It was their first year in Conference USA, in the East Division.


2005 UCF Golden Knights football team
After going 0–11 in 2004, their final season in the Mid-American Conference, and O'Leary's first season as head coach, many did not expect much from UCF in its first C-USA season. After losing their first two non-conference games, the Golden Knights broke the nation's longest losing streak at the time, 17 games, by defeating Marshall for their first C-USA victory. From there, UCF would go 7–1 in-conference to win the East Division and host the first C-USA Championship, which they lost, 44–27, to Tulsa.


2005 UCF Golden Knights football team
The Golden Knights also earned their first bowl invitation, going to the Hawaii Bowl against Nevada, the Western Athletic Conference co-champions. UCF fought the Wolf Pack hard and pushed the game to overtime, before a missed PAT lost the game for UCF, 49–48. Wide receiver Brandon Marshall was named co-MVP of the game.


2005 UCI Africa Tour
The 2005 UCI Africa Tour was the first season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 16 February 2005 with the Tour d'Egypte and ended on 2 October 2005 with the Tour du Sénégal. Tiaan Kannemeyer of South Africa was crowned as the 2005 UCI Africa Tour champion.


2005 UCI Africa Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2005 UCI America Tour
The 2005 UCI America Tour was the first season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 8 January 2005 with the Vuelta al Táchira and ended on 17 September 2005 with the Univest Grand Prix.


2005 UCI America Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Edgardo Simón of Argentina was crowned as the 2005 UCI America Tour champion.


2005 UCI America Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2005 UCI America Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2005 UCI Asia Tour
The 2005 UCI Asia Tour was the first season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 16 January 2005 with the Tour of Siam and ended on 19 September 2005 with the Tour de Hokkaido. Andrey Mizurov of Kazakhstan was crowned as the 2005 UCI Asia Tour champion.


2005 UCI Asia Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2005 UCI Asia Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2005 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2005 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Sankt Wendel, Germany from Saturday January 29 to Sunday January 30, 2005.


2005 UCI Europe Tour
The 2005 UCI Europe Tour was the first season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 10 February 2005 with the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise and ended on 13 October 2005 with the Giro del Piemonte. Murilo Fischer of Brazil was crowned as the 2005 UCI Europe Tour.


2005 UCI Europe Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2005 UCI Europe Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2005 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings
There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.


2005 UCI Juniors Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The women's time trial of the 2005 Junior Road World Championships cycling event took place on 12 August in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 14.00 km long and 44 cyclists participated in the race.


2005 UCI Juniors World Championships – Women's road race
The women's road race at the 2005 UCI Juniors World Championships cycling event took place on 14 August in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 70.00 km long. 82 cyclists participated in the race and 75 finished.


2005 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The 2005 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Livigno, Italy from 31 August to 4 September 2005. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 16th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 20th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.


2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup included four disciplines: marathon, cross-country, downhill and 4-cross.


2005 UCI Oceania Tour
The 2005 UCI Oceania Tour was the first season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 18 January 2005 with the Tour Down Under and ended on 30 January 2005 with the Tour of Wellington.


2005 UCI Oceania Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Robert McLachlan of Australia was crowned as the 2005 UCI Oceania Tour champion.


2005 UCI Oceania Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2005 UCI ProTour
The 2005 ProTour was the first year of the newly introduced UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races. In certain ways the ProTour replaced the UCI Road World Cup series of one-day races, which in 2004 was won by one-day specialist Paolo Bettini for the third time in a row. The beginning of the ProTour saw difficult negotiations with the organizers of the Grand Tours, the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.


2005 UCI ProTour, Spring classics
Following tradition, Team CSC had a strong showing in the early season, with a commanding control of the season opener Paris–Nice, placing American Bobby Julich on the top step of the General classification, combining his strong prologue individual time trial performance and good placing in the Mont Faron queen stage. Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi shed some weight over the winter and built up a strong base to win the classic Milan–San Remo convincingly, leading to speculation that he will be the undisputed Italian team leader for the World Cycling Championship in Madrid later in the season.


2005 UCI ProTour, Spring classics
Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen of Quick-Step–Innergetic showed that he was the strongest kasseinfretter, or cobble-eater, by winning both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix cobbled classics, propelling him to the top of the UCI ProTour rankings and thus earning him the white leaders jersey.


2005 UCI ProTour, Spring classics
As the spring classics campaign continues, Bettini was plagued with injuries, but fellow one-day specialist Danilo Di Luca of Liquigas–Bianchi found his best form in years and won the Tour of the Basque Country race. With his confidence boosted, he topped his form with wins in both La Flèche Wallonne and the Amstel Gold Race, leading many to speculate that he would also win the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. However, Jens Voigt committed himself to long breakaways in both la Flèche and Liège, and in the later race was joined by Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov. Together they managed to keep the peloton behind, and Voigt was beaten in the final sprint by Vinokourov.


2005 UCI ProTour, Grand tours
Having earned the ProTour white leader's jersey, Di Luca further increased his lead with a stage win and fourth place in the general classification of the 2005 Giro d'Italia, joining Gilberto Simoni of Lampre–Caffita in igniting the queen mountain stage of Sestriere. The same race also saw Damiano Cunego, who finished at the top UCI ranking last year, fall ill. In the end, the descending skills and strong form of Paolo Savoldelli earned him the maglia rosa in Milan.


2005 UCI ProTour, Grand tours
The 2005 Tour de France again brought Lance Armstrong to the win, extending his record for consecutive Tour wins to 7. Despite promises of igniting the race with the trio of Jan Ullrich, Andreas Klöden and Vinokourov, the T-Mobile Team failed to wrestle the race control from Armstrong's Discovery team, and allegations flew abound of internal dispute within the team. Instead Ivan Basso showed himself as a main contender, though he never seemed to pressure Armstrong.


2005 UCI ProTour, Grand tours
As in the previous editions, Armstrong's team launched a vicious attack on an early mountain stage to discourage other contenders from pursuing the top podium. Spanish racer Alejandro Valverde of Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne showed that he is a serious contender for the future by not only staying with Armstrong, but by sprinting away to win the stage at the finale. However, both Valverde and green jersey contender Tom Boonen were forced to quit due to injuries.


2005 UCI ProTour, Grand tours
The Vuelta brought an exciting race in which Denis Menchov was able to stave off attacks by Roberto Heras and his strong Liberty Seguros–Würth team until the closing days of the race. A choreographed attack by Liberty Seguros climbers, and Heras' thrilling ride down a treacherous descent, finally won him the leader's jersey. However, a doping scandal erupted two months after the Vuelta. Urine samples taken from Heras after the final time trial proved to be positive for EPO. Heras was stripped of what had been his record-setting fourth win, and Menchov was elevated to first place.


2005 UCI ProTour, World championships
Belgian Tom Boonen had the confidence of the entire Belgian team, and won in style in Madrid. Petacchi, despite being the favorite, claimed to have suffered from a cold, and could not keep in contention as the peloton ascended the last climb before the finale. Valverde, having taken the Spanish team leadership after the injury of Óscar Freire, overcame his own injury to finish second, his second podium placing in race that tactically was not well-suited to his style.


2005 UCI ProTour, World championships
The finale brought an exciting race as Paolo Bettini, having regained his form, was unleashed a little too late by Italian selector Franco Ballerini and nearly stayed away with Vinokourov in the closing meters of the race.


2005 UCI ProTour, Summer and Autumn Classics
Having been left off the Tour de France lineup, Erik Zabel decided to join fellow sprinter Petacchi in the newly formed Team Milram. As his last race with the T-Mobile team, Zabel took the sprinters classic Paris–Tours to end his career in style.


2005 UCI ProTour, Summer and Autumn Classics
Smarting from his disappointment at the World Championships, Bettini won Züri-Metzgete convincingly, with a 40-km solo attack in the rain that was almost derailed by his chain dropping off his chainring after his first acceleration. Proving that he is a better climber than ever before, he won the climbers classic Giro di Lombardia in a three-way sprint with Gilberto Simoni and Fränk Schleck.


2005 UCI ProTour, 2005 ProTour Points System, Team Rankings
Team classification winner got 20 points, second 19, third 18 etc. Wildcard teams didn't score points, but ProTour teams didn't move up either. For example, no team received 20 points in Vuelta as team competition was won by Comunidad Valenciana.


2005 UCI Road World Championships
The 2005 UCI Road World Championships took place in Madrid, Spain, between September 19 and September 25, 2005. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.


2005 UCI Road World Championships
The Men's road race saw Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen winning.


2005 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
These are the results for the 2005 UCI Road World Championships bicycle race road race. The men's elite race was held on Sunday September 25, 2005 in Madrid, Spain, over a total distance of 273 kilometres. Despite several rumours before the race that some Belgian cyclists would ride for Davitamon–Lotto team mate Robbie McEwen, the Belgian squad did work together and their leader Tom Boonen (of the opposing Quick-Step–Innergetic team) won the race.


2005 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Final classification
5 riders did not start the race although on the official list of participants, while 52 riders started but did not finish the race.


2005 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's Individual Time Trial at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships was held on the second day of the event. Australian Michael Rogers took his third straight crown as TT World Champion, after winning in 2003 in Hamilton (Canada) and in 2004 in Bardolino (Italy).


2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The women's road race of the 2005 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 24 September in Madrid, Spain. The race was 127.8 km long and was won by the German rider Regina Schleicher in a bunch sprint.


2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships took place over a distance of 21.9 kilometres (13.6 miles) in Madrid, Spain on 21 September 2005.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Los Angeles, United States from March 24 to March 27, 2005.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500m Time Trial was one of the 6 women's events at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Los Angeles, United States.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
18 Cyclists from 14 countries were due to participate in the contest, Christin Muche of Germany did not start. The Final was held on March 24 at 19:35.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's Points Race was one of the 6 women's events at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Los Angeles, United States.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
15 Cyclists from 15 countries participated in the race. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race, Final
The Final and only race was run at 18:45 on April 14. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25 km with 10 sprints.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's Scratch is one of the 6 women's events at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Los Angeles, United States.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
16 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, Final
The Final and only race was run at 14:30 on March 27. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2005 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 2005 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the eighth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. It was contested over eleven rounds; in addition to the races in 2004, there was the return of the New Zealand World Cup and the GP of Wales. Oenone Wood won her second consecutive overall title.


2005 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2005 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall, and were third in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 6–2 record. The Bruins were invited to play in the Vitalis Sun Bowl vs. Northwestern on December 30, 2005. After giving up 22 unanswered points in the first quarter, the Bruins came back to win 50–38. The team was ranked #16 in the final AP Poll and #13 in the final Coaches Poll.


2005 UCLA Bruins football team, Pre-season
UCLA was ranked #24 by Lindy's and #19 by Blue Ribbon in the pre-season polls.


2005 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
On June 10, 2010, the NCAA found that Reggie Bush was ineligible for college athletics during the 2005 season, and USC was forced to vacate all wins from that year.


2005 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl
UCLA overcame a 22–0 deficit to Northwestern in the first quarter to win 50–38.


2005 UEC European Track Championships
The 2005 European Track Championships were the European Championships for track cycling, for junior and under-23 riders. They took place in Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2005 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 May 2005. Liverpool, who had won the competition four times, were appearing in their sixth final, and their first since 1985. Milan, who had won the competition six times, were appearing in their second final in three years and tenth overall.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final
Each club needed to progress through the group stage and knockout rounds to reach the final, playing 12 matches in total. Liverpool finished second in their group behind 2004 runners-up AS Monaco and subsequently beat Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Chelsea to progress to the final. Milan won their group ahead of Barcelona and faced Manchester United, Inter Milan and PSV before reaching the final.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final
Milan were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead within the first minute through captain Paolo Maldini. Milan striker Hernán Crespo added two more goals before half-time to make it 3–0. In the second half Liverpool launched a comeback and scored three goals in a dramatic six-minute spell to level the scores at 3–3, with goals from Steven Gerrard, Vladimír Šmicer and Xabi Alonso. The scores remained the same during extra time, and a penalty shoot-out was required to decide the champions.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final
The score was 3–2 to Liverpool when Andriy Shevchenko's penalty was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek. It was Liverpool's fifth European Cup, which meant they were awarded the trophy permanently and the right to wear a multiple-winner badge. Liverpool's comeback gave rise to the final being known as the Miracle of Istanbul, and is regarded as one of the greatest finals in the history of the tournament.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final
Teams qualified for the Champions League group stage, either directly or through three preliminary rounds, based on both their position in the preceding domestic league and the strength of that league. Each club needed to progress through the group stage and knockout rounds to reach the final, playing 12 matches in total. Liverpool finished second in their group behind 2004 Champions League runners-up AS Monaco. In Liverpool's final group stage match against Olympiacos on 8 December, Steven Gerrard scored a 25-yard half volley in the 86th minute to send the club through to the knockout round.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final
A strike that saw co-commentator Andy Gray exclaim, "Oh, you beauty!! What a hit son! What a hit! ", Gerrard stated it was his most important, if not his best, goal for Liverpool to date. In the knockout rounds, Liverpool beat Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Chelsea to progress to the final. The winning goal in the semi-final scored by Luis García was dubbed a ghost goal by Chelsea manager José Mourinho. He did however recognise the atmosphere generated by Liverpool fans in the match: "I felt the power of Anfield, it was magnificent."


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final
Milan won their group ahead of Barcelona and faced Manchester United, Inter Milan and PSV before reaching the final. Liverpool entered the competition in the third qualifying round after finishing fourth in the 2003–04 FA Premier League. They faced Austrian side Grazer AK and won the first leg 2–0 at Graz after two goals from captain Steven Gerrard. They lost the second leg 1–0 at Anfield but progressed to the group stage by virtue of winning the tie 2–1 on aggregate. Milan entered the competition in the group stage after winning Serie A. The group stages were contested as eight double round-robin groups of four teams, the top two qualifying for the knockout stages. Knockout ties were decided based on home and away matches.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
The final was held at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, it was the first time a European final had been held in Turkey. There were reservations about holding the final in Turkey but UEFA chief executive, Lars-Christer Olsson was satisfied by the assurances of the Turkish authorities: "The conditions there are the same, generally, as for all countries and they have given guarantees, this is important, especially since their experiences last autumn. We have also asked for additional investments in the infrastructure around the stadium and they have agreed to this, too."


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
This was the Liverpool's sixth final and it was their first appearance since the 1985 European Cup Final, when they lost 1–0 to Juventus and were subsequently banned from European competition for six years due to the Heysel Stadium disaster. They had previously won the European Cup on four occasions in 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1984. The match was Milan's tenth appearance in the final. They had won on six occasions (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003), and lost three times (1958, 1993, 1995). In total the teams had participated in 14 finals between them.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
Prior to the game, Milan were assured of entering the Champions League the following season after finishing second in Serie A. Liverpool meanwhile had failed to finish in the top four in the Premier League, and had to win the final to enter the competition the following season. Even if they did win the match, they were not assured of a place after UEFA failed to confirm whether they would allow Liverpool to defend the championship. The Football Association supported Liverpool, stating, "We have already submitted a written request to have an additional place, should they win the Champions League". Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti said "I think a team that wins should have the right to defend it but we may just do the English federation a favour and solve this."


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
Each team was allocated 20,000 tickets for the final, out of a total of 69,000. 14,400 tickets were made available to the general public, with half of those allocated through a ballot on UEFA's website, and the other half reserved for Turkish fans by the Turkish Football Federation. The final 14,600 tickets were distributed to UEFA's "football family", consisting of UEFA officials, national football associations, commercial partners and broadcasters. Hotel rooms in the city were scarce, with the 100,000 available quickly booked by travel agents and fans. At least 30,000 Liverpool fans made the trip to Istanbul, but only 20,000 were expected to have tickets. The BBC reported early arrivals were lively but there was no violence and the mood between the two fans was friendly.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
Milan were regarded as favourites and their team included many players who had experienced success in the competition. The most notable was captain Paolo Maldini, who had won the competition four times previously, all with Milan, and Clarence Seedorf who had won the competition three times with three clubs. Liverpool had been considered underdogs throughout the competition, but had beaten more favoured opposition, including Juventus and Chelsea, to reach the final. Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez acknowledged this: "Maybe Milan are favourites, but we have confidence, and we can win".


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger felt Liverpool would win the match: "I fancy Liverpool as Milan look jaded physically and certainly mentally, by losing the [Serie A] title, I think they have never had a better chance than now to beat Milan." Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher was not so optimistic, stating that the Liverpool side were not as good as the one that had won the 2001 UEFA Cup Final: "No disrespect to the squad we have got now but it is obvious we are not as strong as we were when we won the UEFA Cup in 2001. Back then we had a settled team and that season when we went into games against Barcelona and Roma, we always felt we were as good as them."


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
Milan were expected to field a 4–4–2 formation, and there was much speculation about who would partner Andriy Shevchenko in attack. Filippo Inzaghi and Jon Dahl Tomasson were touted, but it was expected that on-loan striker Hernán Crespo would be chosen. This was echoed by Milan manager Ancelotti: "I will not say if he will play from the start, but he will definitely play." Liverpool were also expected to adopt a 4–4–2 formation. Dietmar Hamann was expected to start ahead of Igor Bišćan, and when questioned over whether Djibril Cissé or Milan Baroš would start as main striker, Benítez replied, "Both are good enough, maybe both can play, why not?"


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up
The referee for the final was Manuel Mejuto González, who led an all-Spanish crew of officials. His assistant referees were Oscar Martínez Samaniego and Clemente Ayete Plou, and the fourth official was Arturo Daudén Ibáñez. Mejuto González was only the third Spanish referee to officiate a European Cup final, following Manuel Díaz Vega in 1996 and José María Ortiz de Mendíbil in 1969.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half
Liverpool fielded a 4–4–1–1 formation, with the surprise inclusion in the squad being Harry Kewell, who played just behind Milan Baroš, who himself had been picked ahead of Djibril Cissé. The inclusion of Kewell meant Dietmar Hamann was left on the substitutes' bench and Xabi Alonso and Steven Gerrard started in the centre of midfield. Milan fielded a 4–4–2 diamond formation, with Hernán Crespo preferred to Jon Dahl Tomasson and Filippo Inzaghi, who was not included in the match day squad. Liverpool lined up in their red home kit, whilst Milan wore a changed strip of all white. Liverpool won the toss and kicked off.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half
Milan scored within the first minute of the match after captain Paolo Maldini volleyed in an Andrea Pirlo free kick that had been conceded by Djimi Traoré. The goal made Maldini the oldest scorer in the history of the competition. Liverpool responded almost immediately; John Arne Riise, who was picked out by a corner kick from Steven Gerrard, hit a volley from the edge of the penalty box. His shot was cleared only for Gerrard to cross in from the right wing, which Sami Hyypiä headed towards goal producing a save out of Dida.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half
Milan almost extended their lead in the 13th minute, after Crespo's header was cleared off the goal line by Luis García. A few minutes later, Liverpool made a substitution after Harry Kewell picked up a groin injury; he was replaced by Vladimír Šmicer. Soon after, Kaká passed through to Andriy Shevchenko who put his shot past Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek, but Shevchenko was adjudged to have been in an offside position and the goal did not stand.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half
Shevchenko had another chance to score a few minutes later; after being played onside by Traore, his shot was saved by Dudek after he came under pressure from the Liverpool defence. Luis García had two chances to score following Shevchenko's shot; the first shot from the edge of the penalty area went well over the crossbar and after he was headed through by Baroš his next shot went wide. Straight after this attack, Crespo went through on goal only to be flagged for offside. Almost immediately after this, Liverpool had a penalty claim turned down after Alessandro Nesta allegedly handballed. Milan countered and scored; Kaka dribbled the ball into the Liverpool half and passed to Shevchenko, who passed to Crespo at the far post to score and make it 2–0. Minutes later, Crespo extended Milan's lead with a chip over Dudek after Kaka provided the assist to make it 3–0.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half
At the start of the second half, Liverpool made a substitution with Dietmar Hamann replacing Steve Finnan and also changed to a 3–5–2 formation to reduce the deficit, with Riise and Šmicer on the flanks, Alonso and Hamann as holding midfielders and Gerrard playing as an attacking midfielder. Liverpool had the best chance early on with Xabi Alonso sending an effort from 35 yards (32 m) narrowly past Milan's right hand post. Two minutes later, Shevchenko forced a save from Dudek with a strong free-kick from just outside the Liverpool box.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half
A minute after this, Liverpool scored through captain Gerrard, who connected with Riise's cross and lofted a header past Dida. Soon afterwards, Liverpool scored again as Šmicer beat Dida with a long-range shot into the bottom left-hand corner to leave Liverpool a goal behind. Three minutes after Šmicer's goal, Liverpool were awarded a penalty, after Gerrard made a run into the Milan box for Baros' lay-off and was brought down by Gennaro Gattuso. Xabi Alonso's penalty was saved, but he scored from the rebound to equalise for Liverpool. Milan and Liverpool had chances to take the lead after this, but Clarence Seedorf and Riise failed to score.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half
Milan almost took the lead in the 70th minute, after Dudek dropped a low cross towards Shevchenko, whose effort was cleared off the line by Traore. Gerrard then had a chance to score but he sent his shot over the crossbar. About ten minutes later García could not control a pass from Gerrard which led to a Milan attack, Crespo played the ball back to Kaka, whose subsequent shot was blocked by Jamie Carragher.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half
A number of substitutions were made before the end of full-time with Liverpool replacing Milan Baroš with Djibril Cissé, while Milan replaced Hernán Crespo and Clarence Seedorf with Jon Dahl Tomasson and Serginho respectively. Milan had the last chance before full-time but Kaka failed to direct Jaap Stam's header towards goal, meaning the final would go to extra time for the 13th time in the competition's history.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Extra time
Liverpool kicked off the first half of extra time. Pirlo had a chance in the early stages, but he put his shot over the crossbar. Tomasson came close in the later stages of the first period of extra time, but he could not make contact with the ball. Šmicer required treatment for cramp towards the end of the first period, as a number of Liverpool players felt fatigued. Liverpool had the most of the early exchanges after winning two corners, but could not score. Shortly afterwards, Milan made their final substitution, replacing Gennaro Gattuso with Rui Costa.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Extra time
The best chance of the second half of extra time came in the 117th minute (three minutes from penalties) when Shevchenko shot at goal. Dudek saved, only for it to rebound back out to Shevchenko, who again shot from under 3 yards (2.7 m), which Dudek saved again, pushing the shot over the bar. Liverpool had one last chance at the end of extra time, but John Arne Riise's free kick was blocked, and following this the referee signalled the end of extra time, which meant a penalty shoot-out would decide the championship.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Penalties
Liverpool and Milan had each won their last European Cups after winning penalty shoot-outs, and it was also the second time in three years that the final would be decided this way - previously, in the 2003 all-Italian final at Old Trafford, Milan had defeated Juventus 3–2. Milan were first to take a penalty, but Serginho – who had taken Milan's first penalty in 2003 and scored - shot over the crossbar after attempts from Dudek to distract him, which mimicked Bruce Grobbelaar's "spaghetti legs" antics during the shootout in the 1984 final against Roma.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Penalties
Dietmar Hamann took Liverpool's first penalty and, despite having a broken toe, he scored to put Liverpool 1–0 up. Andrea Pirlo was next for Milan, and his penalty was saved by Dudek who dived low to his right. Cisse then scored his penalty to put Liverpool 2–0 up. Tomasson scored Milan's next penalty to make the score 2–1 in Liverpool's favour. Riise was next for Liverpool, but his penalty was saved by Dida. Kaká then scored the subsequent penalty to level the scores at 2–2. Šmicer took the next Liverpool penalty and scored with his eventual last competitive kick for Liverpool to put them on the brink of victory.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Penalties
Shevchenko, who had scored the decisive penalty against Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon in 2003, then had to score to keep Milan in the shootout. He hit his penalty straight down the middle of the goal and Dudek went down to his right, but blocked the shot with his left hand to give Liverpool a 3–2 win in the shoot-out.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Man of the Match: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)Assistant referees: Clemente Plou (Spain) Oscar Samaniego (Spain)Fourth official: Arturo Dauden Ibáñez (Spain)


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Clive Tyldesley commentary on ITV as Gerrard lifted the trophy.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Liverpool's triumph marked their fifth European Cup and the first by an English team since Manchester United had defeated Bayern Munich in the 1999 final in Barcelona. By winning the European Cup for a fifth time, Liverpool earned the privilege of wearing a multiple-winner badge and the right to keep the trophy (under normal competition rules, the winning club can keep the trophy for only 10 months, as they must deliver it to UEFA two months before the next year's final).


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Liverpool were given ownership of the trophy every winner had held aloft since 1995 (after Milan were permanently given the previous trophy after their fifth win in 1994). The 2005–06 participants competed for a new identical trophy. The rule to keep the trophy, which had been in effect since the 1968–69 season, was changed for the 2009–10 season so that the actual trophy remained with UEFA at all times. Liverpool became the fifth and final club to be given this honour after Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Milan – all of whom had either won at least five times (six in Real Madrid's case) or three times consecutively.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Liverpool celebrated their victory by parading the trophy around Liverpool in an open-top double-decker bus the day after the final. They were cheered by approximately 1 million supporters, with an estimated 300,000 fans located around St George's Hall – the final destination of the parade. Business experts estimated that one in five workers took time off following the victory. It was also estimated that Liverpudlians drank around 10,000 bottles of champagne after the match, with supermarket chain Sainsbury's stating: "We've never seen anything like it. We would usually expect to sell this much champagne at Christmas".


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez admitted after the match that the manner of his side's victory had stunned him and he stated: "My problem is that I don't have words to express the things that I feel at this moment". Praise for Liverpool also came from outside England, including from Argentine legend Diego Maradona, who said, "Even the Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup could not have staged a comeback with Milan leading 3–0... The English club proved that miracles really do exist. I've now made Liverpool my English team.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
They showed that football is the most beautiful sport of all. You knew they could defend, but the team showed they could play too and wrote a page in the history books. The match will last forever. The Liverpool supporters didn't let me go to sleep the night before. There were 10 of them to every three Milan supporters. They showed their unconditional support at half-time when they were losing 3–0 and still they didn't stop singing."


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
There's not one club in Europe with an anthem like "You'll Never Walk Alone." There's not one club in the world so united with the fans. I sat there watching the Liverpool fans and they sent shivers down my spine. A mass of 40,000 people became one force behind their team.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Benítez was also prepared to break up his winning side after the final with a number of players expected to leave the club to make way for new arrivals. One of those leaving was Vladimír Šmicer, who had scored Liverpool's second goal in Istanbul, and whose contract was known not to be renewed before the final, meaning he entered knowing the final was his last game for the club. Milan were similarly astonished at the manner in which they had lost the final.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Manager Carlo Ancelotti said, "We had six minutes of madness in which we threw away the position we had reached until then". The result compounded Milan's failure to win Serie A a week before the match. Milan's vice-president, Adriano Galliani, played down the loss, asserting: "Even if we come second in the league, and second in the Champions League, this is not a disastrous season for us". Captain Paolo Maldini was less optimistic, stating that the reverse was a "huge disappointment", but he added that Milan would accept the defeat and "go out with their heads high".


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Much discussion after the final centered on the future of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard who had been linked with a move to rivals Chelsea. Gerrard stated in the immediate aftermath of the victory, "How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this?" Media reports then quoted Gerrard as saying he wished to leave Liverpool, citing events that had occurred in the month after the Champions League victory as the reason.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
On 6 July, however, Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry released a statement confirming that Gerrard would remain at the club, and Gerrard signed a new four-year contract on 8 July. He ultimately never played for another club in Europe, as he departed for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer a decade later.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Despite winning the competition, Liverpool's place in next season's Champions League was still in doubt. Prior to the 2005 Champions League Final, The Football Association had decided on 5 May that only the top four finishers in the Premier League would qualify and Liverpool ended their domestic season in fifth place behind Everton. UEFA initially maintained that each country could only have four Champions League spots and suggested that the FA could nominate Liverpool instead of Everton.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Liverpool faced a three-week wait to discover if they would be allowed to defend their title as all previous winners of the competition had done. UEFA came to a decision on 10 June, confirming that both Everton and Liverpool would be able to compete in the Champions League; however, Liverpool were entered into the first qualifying round, and were given no "country protection"; meaning they could face another English club at any stage of the competition. The UEFA Executive Committee also amended the regulations for future competitions so that the holders would have the right to defend their title and therefore qualify automatically, though at the expense of the lowest placed team in those countries that had more than one qualifier.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
As champions, Liverpool faced CSKA Moscow (winners of the 2005 UEFA Cup Final) in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup, held on 26 August. Liverpool won the match 3–1 after extra time. Liverpool's victory in Istanbul also meant they qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship. Liverpool beat Deportivo Saprissa 3–0 in the semi-final, and played Copa Libertadores champions São Paulo in the final, losing 1–0.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
Both teams retained a number of players who played in this final for the rematch in the 2007 final in Athens, which Milan won 2–1. Many players who played in this game also played for their clubs' legends teams, Liverpool Legends and Milan Glorie, in Liverpool's 2019 Legends Game at Anfield; Robbie Fowler and Cissé put Liverpool 2–0 up before Pirlo and Giuseppe Pancaro brought Milan level. Gerrard then scored in the final minute of play to give Liverpool a 3–2 win. The match raised an estimated £1 million for the LFC Foundation.


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
It was the six minutes that shook the world. It was the six minutes that so stunned AC Milan that Carlo Ancelotti's devastated players threw away their losers' medals at the end. Orchestrated by the determination of Steven Gerrard, the tactical cunning of Rafa Benítez and the support of the fans who demanded that each player perform with pride in the shirt, these six minutes showed you should never give up. Even now, a familiar exhortation will go around Liverpool players or supporters when they walk through a storm. "Remember Istanbul".


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
In a 2011 poll conducted by UEFA.com, Dudek's double save from Shevchenko in the 117th minute was voted the greatest Champions League moment of all time, ahead of Zinedine Zidane's left-footed volley against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 final and Ole Gunnar Solskjær's injury-time winner against Bayern Munich in 1999 for Manchester United. On the second save from inside 3 yards, Dudek wrote in his autobiography: "They called the 2005 Champions League final the 'Miracle of Istanbul'. Well, this was my miracle. The save of my career. Of my life."


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match events
When asked to explain his saves after the game, an emotional Dudek said he took inspiration from Pope John Paul II (a fellow Pole and goalkeeper in his youth) who died in April, the month before the final. "I'm dedicating this to the memory of John Paul. I had contact with him during his life and I've felt the inspiration since his death. I can't account for it." Dudek dubbed it the "Hand of Pope", an allusion to Diego Maradona dubbing his infamous first goal in the 1986 World Cup quarter final the "Hand of God".


2005 UEFA Champions League Final, In popular culture
The 2014 British comedy movie One Night in Istanbul is set in Istanbul on the night of the final, and includes some footage from the match.


2005 UEFA Cup Final
The 2005 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The match was contested by Sporting CP and CSKA Moscow; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first half from full-back Rogério, before Aleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half.


2005 UEFA Cup Final
Yuri Zhirkov would give the Russian side the lead nine minutes after CSKA's equalising goal, and the Moscow outfit would close out the scoring 15 minutes from the end after a quick CSKA counterattack saw Vágner Love become the youngest player to score in a UEFA Cup final at the age of 20 years, 341 days, firing the ball past Sporting goalkeeper Ricardo to give the Russian side a first UEFA Cup trophy.


2005 UEFA Cup Final
The match was played at the Estádio José Alvalade – home ground of finalists Sporting CP – in Lisbon, Portugal, on 18 May 2005. Until then, it was the third European football final to be held in Portugal, after the 1967 European Cup Final, which was held in another Lisbon venue, the Estádio Nacional, and the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which was held at the Estádio da Luz.


2005 UEFA Cup Final, Venue
José Alvalade Stadium was announced as the final venue on 5 February 2004, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.


2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during 3–14 May. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the second time.


2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
For winning their semi-finals, Netherlands and Turkey qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Italy and Croatia meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Third place play-off
For winning the third place play-off, Italy qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Croatia missing out.


2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Those marked in bold have now been capped at full International level.


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was held in Northern Ireland between 18  and 29 July 2005.


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualifications
There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualifications
1. 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification2. 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Teams
The eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification
This article features the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification. Seven group winners qualified for the main tournament in Northern Ireland.


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Teams
1 best group third-place finisher from the first qualifying round


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification, Teams
3 teams received a bye for the first qualifying round


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
This article features the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. 25 teams (12 group winners, 12 group runners-up and the third placed team that performed best against the numbers 1 and 2 of its group) entered the elite qualification.


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Group 2
All matches were played in Ukraine. This group brought forth the best third placed team. Moldova performed best against group winners and runners-up Ukraine and Poland, achieving 4 points and a goal difference of +1 (1-0).


2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to participate in the tournament. Players' age as of 18 July 2005 – the tournament's opening day. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.


2005 UEFA Futsal Championship
The 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship was the 5th official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, between 14 February and 20 February 2005. Spain, the reigning FIFA World Champion, defeated Russia in the final, winning their third (with 1996 and 2001) UEFA Championship. The third place match was a repeat of the 2003 final, with Italy again defeating Ukraine, this time  3-1. Fernando Grana's opener in the 3rd place match helped him finish as top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals.


2005 UEFA Futsal Championship, Venues
The tournament played the majority of the matches in the 10,000 seat ČEZ Aréna in the city of Ostrava. The other arena used on the last day of group matches was the Sareza.


2005 UEFA Futsal Championship, Qualification
Twenty-eight nations took part in the qualifying round, with hosts Czech Republic automatically qualified.


2005 UEFA Futsal Championship, Qualification
Qualifying was played in two stages, with 8 sides competing in the preliminary round between 6–11 January 2004. The winners of the two groups progressed to join the other 26 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which took place between 27 January-1 February, there was seven groups of four with the first-placed teams advancing to the final tournament.


2005 UEFA Futsal Championship squads
This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship tournament held in Czech Republic.


2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Lens, Marseille, and Hamburg. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup.


2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg
1–1 on aggregate, CFR Ecomax Cluj won in a penalty shootout.


2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg
1–1 on aggregate, Sigma Olomouc won on away goals rule.


2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg
3–3 on aggregate, CFR Ecomax Cluj won on away goals rule.


2005 UEFA Regions' Cup
The 2005 UEFA Regions' Cup was the fourth UEFA Regions' Cup. It was held in Poland and won by the Basque Country team from Spain, which beat Bulgaria's South-West Sofia 1–0 in the final.


2005 UEFA Regions' Cup, Preliminary round
The eight teams in the preliminary round were drawn into two groups of four, with the fixtures for each group being played in the same country. Group East's matches were played in Romania and those for Group West were played in Slovenia. The two group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the intermediary round.


2005 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediary round
The 29 teams which went straight through to the intermediary round were joined by England's Mid-Cheshire, the Central team of Slovakia and the Romanian Dacia team. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:


2005 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediary round
The winners of each group qualified for the final tournament.


2005 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament
Poland was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played from 3 July to 9 July 2005.


2005 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament, Group stage
The eight intermediary group winners were drawn into two groups of four, with the two group winners advancing to the final.


2005 UEFA Super Cup
The 2005 UEFA Super Cup was an association football match between Liverpool of England and CSKA Moscow of Russia on 26 August 2005 at Stade Louis II, Monaco, the annual UEFA Super Cup contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Liverpool were appearing in the Super Cup for the fifth time, having won the competition in 1977 and 2001. CSKA Moscow were appearing in the Super Cup for the first time, the first Russian team to appear in the competition.


2005 UEFA Super Cup
The teams had qualified for the competition by winning the two seasonal European competitions. Liverpool won the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, defeating Italian team A.C. Milan 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the match had finished 3–3. CSKA Moscow won the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, beating Portuguese team Sporting CP 3–1.


2005 UEFA Super Cup
Watched by a crowd of 17,042, CSKA took the lead in the first half when Daniel Carvalho scored. Liverpool did not respond until the 82nd minute when substitute Djibril Cissé scored. The score remained 1–1 until the end of the 90 minutes to send the match into extra-time. Cissé scored again in the 103rd minute to give Liverpool the lead, which was later extended by Luis García. Liverpool held out until the end of extra-time to win the match 3–1, their third Super Cup win.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background
Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Super Cup as the reigning UEFA Champions League winners. They had won the Champions League beating A.C. Milan 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the match had finished 3–3. It would be Liverpool's fifth appearance in the Super Cup. They had previously won the competition in 1977 and 2001, beating Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich respectively. The two other appearances in 1978 and 1984 had resulted in losses to Anderlecht and Juventus respectively.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background
CSKA Moscow had qualified for the Super Cup as a result of winning the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. They had beaten Sporting CP 3–1 to become the first Russian team to win a European trophy. Therefore, they were making their first appearance in the competition and were the first Russian team to compete in the Super Cup.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background
Both sides had played several matches already, which was unusual as the Super Cup would normally have been the first significant match the two teams had played. Liverpool had been forced to enter the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, despite being champions. They had failed to finish in the top four during the 2004–05 FA Premier League, which would ensure Champions League qualification. UEFA granted them special dispensation to enter the competition as holders. Meanwhile, CSKA Moscow were in the middle of their domestic season. At the time of this match they were second in the 2005 Russian Premier League, seven points behind leaders Lokomotiv Moscow.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background
Both teams valued the competition, despite some commentators being dismissive of the match's importance. CSKA captain Sergei Ignashevich underlined his team's determined mood: "We know their players are very strong because they won the Champions League. But we are not thinking about individuals. We will only worry about ourselves and not them." Likewise Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was equally determined to be successful: "This is the opportunity to win another trophy. When you play against good teams you have to do your best. I am not thinking about the past and that we won the Champions League."


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background
CSKA and Liverpool had injury concerns ahead of the match. CSKA striker Ivica Olić, the top scorer in Russia at the time, was sidelined with a serious knee injury. However, fellow CSKA striker Vágner Love was said by manager Valery Gazzaev to have "no problems" over his leg injury. Liverpool were without injured duo Djimi Traoré and Peter Crouch. There was also doubt over whether their captain Steven Gerrard would play. The decision over whether his calf injury had healed sufficiently for the match was left to the last moment.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background
However, Gerrard was not deemed fit enough to play and was left out of the squad. The lead up to the match had been changed from the previous year. The UEFA Club Football Awards were incorporated into the draw for the group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League on the day before the match.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
CSKA kicked off, but Liverpool had the first chance of the match. Dietmar Hamann shot from 20 yards (18 m) but his shot was saved by CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. 11 minutes after the start of the match Luis García was put through on goal from a pass by Hamann, but before he could shoot, Akinfeev had smothered the ball. García was put through on goal again moments later from a Boudewijn Zenden pass but his shot went over the crossbar.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
Midway through the first-half, García found Fernando Morientes 25 yards (23 m) from goal with a pass, but Morientes' subsequent shot was saved by Akinfeev. At this point in the match, Liverpool were dominating possession but were unable to convert this into goals. With Liverpool dominating for the majority of the half, CSKA scored against the run of play. Midfielder Daniel Carvalho took the ball past Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina and put the ball into an open goal to give CSKA a 1–0 lead. It was not until the 36th minute that Liverpool created another goalscoring opportunity, however García and Steve Finnan both failed to score. Towards the end of the half, Zenden was shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Chidi Odiah.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
Liverpool kicked off the second half and five minutes into the half Liverpool defender Josemi was shown a yellow card for fouling Miloš Krasić. Liverpool's poor play in front of goal continued after the restart; Josemi had a chance to score, but his shot from the edge of the penalty area went over the crossbar. After the attack, Liverpool made the first substitution of the match; Florent Sinama Pongolle replaced Finnan. After just over an hour's play, a mix-up between Reina and Sami Hyypiä nearly contrived to present a goal to CSKA, before Hyypiä intervened to clear the ball.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
CSKA made their first substitution in the 66th minute with Deividas Šemberas replacing Yuri Zhirkov. Liverpool followed this by replacing Xabi Alonso with Mohamed Sissoko. Vágner Love had a chance to extend CSKA's lead in the 77th minute, but he was unable to control the ball after a high pass and lost possession. Despite their lead CSKA were negative in their play; they were punished when Liverpool replaced John Arne Riise with striker Djibril Cissé. Cissé made an immediate impact; he ran on to a pass from García.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
The pass was cleared by CSKA defender Sergei Ignashevich but it ricocheted off Cissé and left him with an open goal after Akinfeev had come off his line in an attempt to clear the ball. Cissé's goal meant the match was now drawn at 1–1 and with no further goals the match went into extra-time.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
CSKA kicked off the first half of extra-time. Five minutes into the half, Liverpool substitute Sinama Pongolle was booked. With two minutes of the half remaining, the ball was played into the centre of the CSKA half; Ignashevich misjudged the flight of the ball, which went over his head and fell to Cissé. His subsequent shot was saved by Akinfeev, but the ball rebounded to Cissé who scored to give Liverpool a 2–1 lead. The half was brought to an end with Liverpool leading for the first time in the match. Liverpool kicked off the second half of extra-time.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
CSKA had the first chance of the half, but Vágner Love's effort was easily saved by Reina. Liverpool responded midway through the half; Cissé's cross from the right side of the pitch was met by García, who scored. No further goals were scored and the referee blew for full-time with the final score 3–1 to Liverpool.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Adriaan Inia (Netherlands) Rob Meenhuis (Netherlands)Fourth official: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Post-match
Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez was happy with his players after they had come from behind to win the match: "It was a difficult game. We were controlling the game, passing the ball around and then we made a mistake and had to work really hard to get back. They played well, but I think we controlled the game. To score three goals is not easy. I can say that we are very happy now with this trophy. Now is the time to enjoy our victory." With five days of the transfer window left, Benítez refused to speculate on whether Liverpool would sign Michael Owen, stating, "I like good players, we have a lot of them here."


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Post-match
CSKA manager Valery Gazzaev praised his players despite their loss and hinted that injuries may have been a factor in the loss: "The game was satisfactory – we had followed the plan we set out, but still we made two mistakes. On the whole I think our team played very well but of course it is a shame we didn't win. We had a lot of good opportunities but we couldn't do it. Liverpool played as we expected – they played quite aggressively. We didn't feel uncomfortable but we made a couple of mistakes." Gazzaev rued the injuries his team suffered indicating there might have been a different outcome had certain players been fit.


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Post-match
Despite Cissé's two goals, there had been speculation linking Liverpool with re-signing Michael Owen, who had left the club for Real Madrid a year earlier. Liverpool fans had even chanted Owen's name during the match, singing, "There's only one Michael Owen." Cissé underlined the importance of scoring twice with speculation rife: "It is clear scoring two goals in the Super Cup is important for me, because there has been a lot of speculation about me of late and about my position within the club."


2005 UEFA Super Cup, Post-match
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher stated the importance of the two goals for Cissé: "Cissé wanted to prove a point – he wanted to show everyone what he can do and great credit to him. We're the players – it's up to us to play and the management decides which players we have." Carragher confirmed that Liverpool missed their captain Gerrard, but was delighted to win the match despite this.


2005 UEFA Women's Cup Final
The 2005 UEFA Women's Cup Final was a two-legged final match played on 15 and 21 May 2005 between Djurgårdens of Sweden and Turbine Potsdam of Germany. Turbine Potsdam won the final 5–1 on aggregate.


2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the holding of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Hungary from July 20–31, 2005. Russia won this edition of the competition in the final against France.


2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Participating teams
Eight national teams participated—seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus Hungary, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of four: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion.


2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Participating teams
A fifth-place playoff had to be made because Russia, host of the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, progressed to the semi-final. All semi-finalists of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualified to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.


2005 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
The 2005 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was the fifth UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup. It was held on 4–11 February in Turkey. The top four under-18 teams from Europe and Africa played in Kuşadası, Söke, Aydın and Ödemiş in the Aegean Region.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships
The 2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 8th edition, were held in Munich, Germany from 1 to 5 July 2005. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead, speed, and bouldering events.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Men
In men's lead, three climbers topped the route, and so their final standings were decided by their semifinal results.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Men
In men's bouldering, the 38-year-old veteran Salavat Rakhmetov sent all six problems in his first attempts in the final round, claiming the gold. Second place Kilian Fischhuber also sent all six problems, but needed two attempts more than Rakhmetov, while third place Gerome Pouvreau needed 13 attempts to top and 11 attempts to zone all six boulder problems.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Men
In men's speed, Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii won the gold medal, while Maksym Styenkovyy and Sergei Sinitcyn took second and third respectively.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Women
In women's lead, Angela Eiter dominated the competition by being the only climber topping the semifinal route and climbing six meters higher than the rest of the competition on the final route. Emily Harrington climbed to second place while 16-year-old Akiyo Noguchi claimed the bronze medal, her first medal in senior competition. The defending champion Muriel Sarkany placed 10th.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Women
In women's bouldering, Olga Shalagina had a clean run by topping all six boulder problems in her first attempts in the final round. Yulia Abramchuk and Vera Kotasova-Kostruhova sent five problems, separated by attempts. The 35-year-old Renata Piszczek from Poland finished 4th, ahead of Anna Stöhr.


2005 UIAA Climbing World Championships, Women
In women's speed, Olena Ryepko took the win, and Yurina Valentina and Edyta Ropek claimed second and third place respectively.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 80th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Westmead Hawk captured the public's imagination with his 'late charge' style of running and won the 2005 English Greyhound Derby. The Nick Savva trained greyhound was later voted as the Greyhound of the Year and Mark Wallis secured the Greyhound Trainer of the Year at the end of his maiden year as a trainer.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The 2005 Irish Greyhound Derby was considered to be one of the best in modern times with 'He Said So' winning the final that included Westmead Hawk, Droopys Marco and Irish Dog of the Year Droopys Maldini.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
Gaming International/BS Group closed  Milton Keynes Greyhound Stadium on Boxing Day despite earlier assurances that it would be rebuilt. The company had closed Bristol in 1997 in similar circumstances.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
Charlie Lister stopped Brian Clemenson from winning a fourth consecutive Trainers Championship. Robbie De Niro and Ballymac Kewell made the Scottish Greyhound Derby final unbeaten before the latter was withdrawn leaving Robbie De Niro hot favourite but the final saw dual Irish Greyhound Derby finalist Droopys Marco trained by Frazer Black win the £25,000 first prize.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News
Mick Wheble former Group Racing Manager for Northern Sports was awarded an MBE for services to greyhound racing and charity during the Queen's 2005 Birthday Honours.


2005 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News
Ernie Gaskin retired, with the kennels being taken over by his son Ernest Gaskin Jr. who retained the contract at Walthamstow Stadium, as did Mark Wallis who took over the Linda Jones Imperial Kennels. Linda was a two times champion trainer and had amassed 13 Category One successes before deciding to retire due to ill health.


2005 UK Championship
The 2005 UK Championship (called the 2005 Travis Perkins UK Championship for sponsorship purposes) was a professional snooker tournament and the 2005 edition of the UK Championship. It was held at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire, England from 5 to 18 December 2005. The competition was the second of six World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ranking events in the 2005–06 snooker season the first of the three Triple Crown events and the tournament's 29th edition. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.


2005 UK Championship
The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, who had won the previous year's event with a 10–1 win over David Gray in the final. Maguire reached the third round where he was defeated 8–9 to Steve Davis. Ding Junhui won the tournament, defeating six-time world champion Davis by ten frames to six (10–6) in the final for his second career ranking title. He was the first non-British and Irish person to win the UK Championship, the second youngest player to win it since Ronnie O'Sullivan triumphed in the 1993 competition. In the semi-finals Ding beat Joe Perry 9–4 and Davis defeated seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 9–6. The tournament's highest break of 145 was shared by Davis, John Higgins and Michael Holt. The UK Championship preceded the Malta Cup and followed the Grand Prix.


2005 UK Championship, Format
The UK Championship tournament was created and first played as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship in 1977 and was open to residents in the United Kingdom and holders of British passports. Seven years later all professional players were allowed to enter and snooker's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), granted the tournament ranking status. It is considered to be snooker's second most important ranking tournament behind the World Snooker Championship and is one of three of the sport's Triple Crown events.


2005 UK Championship, Format
The 2005 event was held between 5 and 18 December at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire, England. It was the second of six WPBSA ranking events of the 2005–06 snooker season, following the Grand Prix and preceding the Malta Cup. Held in October, the Grand Prix was won by John Higgins who defeated his rival Ronnie O'Sullivan nine frames to two (9–2) in the final. The defending UK Champion was Stephen Maguire, who had defeated David Gray 10–1 in the previous year's final. The 2005 UK Championship  was sponsored by builders' merchant and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins, and was broadcast by the BBC and Eurosport.


2005 UK Championship, Format
The tournament featured 48 participants with 16 seeded players, who were given a bye to the second round. The remaining 32 competitors were awarded by a three-round qualification tournament. The qualifying stage was played between players ranked 17 and those ranked lower for one of 16 places in the final stage between 31 October and 5 November at Pontin's Snooker Centre, Prestatyn, Wales. The matches were best-of-17 frames until the final. Ding Junhui, the China Open champion, beat Fergal O'Brien 9–4 in the third stage of qualifying. The other successful qualifiers included the likes of Ryan Day, Stuart Bingham and Mark Allen.


2005 UK Championship, Format, Prize fund
The tournament had a prize fund of £495,875, with £70,000 being awarded to the winner. Below is a breakdown of the prize money awarded.