2005–06 UEFA Cup
Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid București 3-3 ( a ) Hamburg 2-0 1-3
Basel 4-2 Strasbourg 2-0 2-2
Middlesbrough 2-2 ( a ) Roma 1-0 1-2
Steaua București 3-0 Real Betis 0-0 3-0
Palermo 1-3 Schalke 04 1-0 0-3
Marseille 1-2 Zenit St. Petersburg 0-1 1-1
Udinese 1-2 Levski Sofia 0-0 1-2
Lille 1-2 Sevilla 1-0 0-2
Knockout stage -- Round of 16
The 2005-06 UEFA Cup season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough F.C. in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was refereed by Herbert Fandel. Middlesbrough sealed their place in the final on the back of two dramatic comebacks. In the quarter finals they beat FC Basel of Switzerland 4-3 on aggregate (after losing the first leg 2-0 and being 1-0 down in the second leg, they scored 4 goals), this put them into the semi-final to face Steaua București. The first leg finished 1-0 to Steaua, and the second leg (at the Riverside Stadium again) finished 4-2 (after being 2-0 down). Sevilla went on to defend the trophy the following year. CSKA Moscow were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.