2004–05 UEFA Cup#First round

A total of 145 teams from 51 of 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup (the exception being Kazakhstan which had no clubs meeting licensing requirements). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–6 and 16–21 each had three teams qualify.
• Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualify.
• Associations 9–15 and 22–52 (except Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Andorra and San Marino) each had two teams qualify.
• Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), Andorra and San Marino had only one team that qualified.

Moreover, the following teams also qualified for the competition:

• 24 teams eliminated from the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the UEFA Cup.
• 3 teams advancing from the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup were transferred to the UEFA Cup.
• 3 associations had one additional team qualify via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

For the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2003 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1998–99 to 2002–03.{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method2/crank2003.html |title=UEFA Country Ranking 2003 |access-date=4 February 2025 |first=Bert |last=Kassies |publisher=UEFA European Cup Football}}

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:

• {{small|(UCL)}} – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• {{small|(IC)}} – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
• {{small|(FP)}} – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking

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The following was the access list for this season.{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/index2004.html |title=Year 2004/2005 |access-date=4 February 2025 |first=Bert |last=Kassies |publisher=UEFA European Cup Football}}

Due to the UEFA Cup title holder (Valencia) qualifying for the Champions League via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:

• The cup winners of association 11 (Belgium) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the second qualifying round.
• The cup winners of association 25 and 26 (Slovakia and Romania) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

Due to the failure of any club from Kazakhstan to obtain a UEFA licence, the following changes to the access list were made:

• The cup winners of association 27 and 28 (Hungary and Cyprus) entered the UEFA Cup second qualifying round instead of the first qualifying round.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:{{Cite web |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/qual2004.html |title=Qualification for European Cup Football 2004/2005 |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220031249/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2004.html |archive-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
• IC: Intertoto Cup
• FP: Fair play
• CL: Relegated from the Champions League
• GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
• Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

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{{Cnote2|Note SVN|Slovenia (SVN): league runners-up Olimpija Ljubljana failed to obtain UEFA license, as did another two club by table position. UEFA Cup spot was then given to 6th-placed Primorje.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/slov04.html|title=Slovenia 2003/04|website=www.rsssf.org}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note MDA|Moldova (MDA): Moldovan Cup winners Zimbru Chișinău failed to obtain UEFA license and were replaced by league 4th-placed club FC Tiraspol.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/302080|title=UEFA Cup ban for Georgian club Sioni|date=1 June 2004|website=ESPN FC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810181156/http://www.espnfc.com/story/302080/uefa-cup-ban-for-georgian-club-sioni|archive-date=10 August 2014}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note GEO|Georgia (GEO): league runners-up Sioni Bolnisi were banned by UEFA due to crowd violence in the domestic season's final match and were replaced by 4th-placed FC Tbilisi.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/FinancialFairPlay/02/32/60/65/2326065_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Club Licensing: 10 Years on... |publisher=UEFA |year=2015}}}}

{{Cnote2|Note KAZ|Kazakhstan (KAZ): 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League runners-up Tobol and 2003 Cup winners Kairat failed to obtain UEFA licences, along with all other Kazakhstani clubs, therefore Kazakhstan was not represented in Europe in 2004–05 season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fsk.kz/events.shtml?events%2F2k4%2F040617 |title=UEFA did not admit Kazakhstan clubs |access-date=10 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040810173357/http://www.fsk.kz/events.shtml?events%2F2k4%2F040617 |archive-date=10 August 2004 |url-status=live }}}}

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.{{cite web |url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/calendar2004.html |title=UEFA European Football Calendar 2004/2005 |publisher=Bert Kassies |access-date=31 January 2025}}

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{{main|2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage}}

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Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:{{cite web | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050405073702/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19070.pdf | archive-date=5 April 2005| title=Regulations of UEFA CUP 2004-05 | publisher=UEFA | url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/MediaServices/Regulations/index.html |url-status= dead}}

1. Cumulative goal difference in group matches.
2. Total goals scored in group matches.
3. Away goals scored in group matches.
4. Higher number of UEFA coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons (see paragraph 6.03 of the UEFA regulations).

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• 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
• 2005 UEFA Super Cup
• 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup

{{reflist}}

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• [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2004/matches/all/index.html 2004–05 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website]
• [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=2004/intro.html Official Site]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec200405.html Results at RSSSF.com]
• All scorers 2004–05 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2004/statistics/round=1975/players/type=topscorers/index.html protocols UEFA] + all scorers [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2004/statistics/round=1973/players/type=topscorers/index.html preliminary round]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100625232439/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2004/intro.html 2004/05 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)]
• [http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=241971.html Inaugural group stage draws closer] – 2004/05 UEFA Cup group stage seeding pots

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