made to the 2005–06 qualification scheme: The defending UEFA Cup holder CSKA Moscow already qualified for the 2nd qualifying round, which means that the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 25th and 26th associations on the ranking list (Hungary and Romania) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Because Liverpool entered the first qualifying round of the Champions League as title holders, the first UEFA Cup entrant of 11th and 12th associations on the ranking list (Scotland and Belgium) will gain direct access to the first round of the UEFA Cup. In Kazakhstan, only Kairat Almaty obtained a UEFA licence for the 2005–06 season. The other teams from Kazakhstan were not allowed to compete. Therefore, the first UEFA Cup entrant of the 27th and 28th countries on the ranking list (Slovakia and Slovenia) will gain direct access to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. In Serbia and Montenegro, the cup winner Železnik was replaced by OFK Beograd because they did not obtain a UEFA licence. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the cup winner FK Sarajevo was replaced by Široki Brijeg, and 2nd in the league Zeljeznicar was replaced by Žepče, because they did not obtain a UEFA licence. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 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 Notes Qualifying rounds First qualifying round |- !colspan="5"|Southern-Mediterranean region |- |- !colspan="5"|Central-East region |- |- !colspan="5"|Northern region |- |} Second qualifying round |- !colspan="5"| Southern-Mediterranean region |- |- !colspan="5"|Central-East region |- |- !colspan="5"|Northern region |- |} First round |} Group stage Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order: Cumulative goal difference in group matches Total goals scored in group matches Away goals scored in group matches 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) Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage