Champions League: 2005-06 Trivia Quiz

Answer: 16

Barcelona defeated Werder Bremen 2-0 in Germany, and Udinese 4-1 in Camp Nou before traveling to Athens to face Panathinaikos. The final result in OAKA was 0-0. Two weeks later, Barcelona got their revenge by defeating Panathinaikos 5-0. The first goal was scored only 47 seconds after the game began.
The last two games were indifferent, because Barcelona had already qualified in the first place of the group.
In the 5th day of the group stage, Barcelona played against Werder Bremen in Camp Nou and won 3-1.
In the final day of the group stage, Barcelona defeated easily Udinese 2-0 in Italy.

Answer: Liverpool

Liverpool and Chelsea are the only teams ever that were in the same group although they were from the same country. This happened because Liverpool had won the UEFA CL in the season 2004-05, but finished fifth the same year in Premier League. The result was that Liverpool couldn't participate in the UEFA CL next season as an English team, but instead UEFA decided that they had to begin from the first qualifying round, not as an English team, but as the trophy holder.

Answer: None

Manchester United had never been eliminated so early in the competition. They won the Champions League in 1999 and made it many other times to the semi-finals and the quarterfinals.

Answer: Two

Liverpool and Artmedia Bratislava were those two teams. It was the first time that a team which began from the first qualifying round made it to the group stage.

Answer: 4-4, Juventus wins on away goals

Werder Bremen defeated Juventus 3-2 in the first game in Germany. In the second game, Juventus won 2-1 because of a mistake goalkeeper Tim Wiese (who was playing very well up to that moment) made in the last minutes. Thus, Juventus qualified to the quarterfinals, only to be eliminated by Arsenal.

Answer: 1-0 in Netherlands, 4-0 in France

Lyon had also faced Eindhoven in the quarterfinals of the previous season (2004-05). Both games had ended 1-1 and Eindhoven beat Lyon in the penalty shoot-out.

Answer: Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry scored a beautiful goal after passing several Real Madrid defenders. The second game ended 0-0, so Arsenal advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals for the third time in their history.

Answer: Villareal - Inter

Villareal lost 2-1 in Italy, but won 1-0 in Spain and advanced to the semi-finals. Villareal had faced Rangers in the phase of 16. Milan faced Barcelona in the semi-finals. Lyon and Inter didn't meet at all.

Answer: Three

The three teams were Juventus, Inter, and Milan. Only the last one advanced to the semi-finals. In season 02-03, the same three teams had advanced to the semi-finals. Milan had eventually won the cup then.

Answer: None of them had ever been to a Champions League semi-final before

Since none of them had ever been to a Champions League semi-final before, they couldn't have possibly won the cup. In season 1999-00 however, Arsenal had reached the UEFA Cup final. They played against Galatasaray and lost in the penalty shoot-out.