Official dates for Draws and matchs in All European Cups (including intertoto)

Dates released for 2004/05
Copyright © 2004 UEFA
The road to Istanbul for the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League final on 25 May next
year begins in earnest on 25 June when the first and second qualifying round
draws take place at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon.

Similar schedule
The UEFA Cup qualifying round draw will also take place in the same venue on the
same day as first step on the long road to the UEFA Cup final in Lisbon on 18
May 2005.

Separate ceremonies
The UEFA Cup format has been revamped for 2004/05 to include an innovative group
stage with eight groups of five teams before the winter break. As happened in
2003/04, Champions League and UEFA Cup matches will not always be played in the
same week.

Full list
The full list of club competition draws and match dates is listed below. Please
note that the times of the draws are provisional.


2004/05 UEFA club competitions draw schedule
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Date/Time Location Draw details
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25.06.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Champions League,
12:00CET Nyon First and second qualifying round draws
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25.06.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Cup,
14:00CET Nyon First qualifying round draw
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30.07.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Champions League,
12:00CET Nyon Third qualifying round draw
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30.07.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Cup,
14:00CET Nyon Second qualifying round draw
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26.08.2004 Grimaldi Forum, UEFA Champions League,
16:00CET Monaco Group stage draw
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27.08.2004 Grimaldi Forum, UEFA Cup,
13:00CET Monaco First round draw
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05.10.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Cup,
12:00CET Nyon Group stage draw
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17.12.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Champions League,
12:00CET Nyon First knockout round draw
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17.12.2004 UEFA HQ, UEFA Cup,
13:00CET Nyon First and second knockout round draw
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18.03.2005 UEFA HQ, UEFA Champions League,
12:00CET Nyon Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final draw
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18.03.2005 UEFA HQ, UEFA Cup,
13:00CET Nyon Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final draw
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2004/05 UEFA Champions League match calendar
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Stage Dates
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First qualifying round, 1st leg 14.07.2004
First qualifying round, 2nd leg 21.07.2004
Second qualifying round, 1st leg 28.07.2004
Second qualifying round, 2nd leg 04.08.2004
Third qualifying round, 1st leg 10 & 11.08.2004
Third qualifying round, 2nd leg 24 & 25.08.2004
Group stage, matchday 1 14 & 15.09.2004
Group stage, matchday 2 28 & 29.09.2004
Group stage, matchday 3 19 & 20.10.2004
Group stage, matchday 4 02 & 03.11.2004
Group stage, matchday 5 23 & 24.11.2004
Group stage, matchday 6 07 & 08.12.2004
First knockout round, 1st leg 22 & 23.02.2005
First knockout round, 2nd leg 08 & 09.03.2005
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 05 & 06.04.2005
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 12 & 13.04.2005
Semi-finals, 1st leg 26 & 27.04.2005
Semi-finals, 2nd leg 03 & 04.05.2005
Final (Istanbul, Turkey) 25.05.2005
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2004/05 UEFA Cup match calendar
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Stage Dates
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First qualifying round, 1st leg 15.07.2004
First qualifying round, 2nd leg 29.07.2004
Second qualifying round, 1st leg 12.08.2004
Second qualifying round, 2nd leg 26.08.2004
First round, 1st leg 16.09.2004
First round, 2nd leg 30.09.2004
Group stage, matchday 1 21.10.2004
Group stage, matchday 2 04.11.2004
Group stage, matchday 3 25.11.2004
Group stage, matchday 4 01 & 02.12.2004
Group stage, matchday 5 15 & 16.12.2004
First knockout round, 1st leg 16 & 17.02.2005
First knockout round, 2nd leg 24.02.2005
Second knockout round, 1st leg 10.03.2005
Second knockout round, 2nd leg 16 & 17.03.2005
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 07.04.2005
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 14.04.2005
Semi-finals, 1st leg 28.04.2005
Semi-finals, 2nd leg 05.05.2005
Final (Lisbon, Portugal) 18.05.2005
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2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup match calendar
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Stage Dates
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First round, 1st leg 19 & 20.06.2004
First round, 2nd leg 26 & 27.06.2004
Second round, 1st leg 03 & 04.07.2004
Second round, 2nd leg 10 & 11.07.2004
Third round, 1st leg 17 & 18.07.2004
Third round, 2nd leg 24.07.2004
Semi-finals, 1st leg 28.07.2004
Semi-finals, 2nd leg 04.08.2004
Finals, 1st leg 10.08.2004
Finals, 2nd leg 24.08.2004
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Out of interest, does anyone know what round the drop outs from the various stages of the champions league end up in for the new format UEFA cup?

UEFA CUP
1st Qualifying Round Jul-Aug involving 56 teams:
25 Cup Winners from countries ranked 25-49
25 second-placed teams from countries ranked 25-49
3 teams of the Fair Play competition
1 Cup Winner of Liechtenstein
2 champions of Andorra and San Marino

2nd Qualifying Round August involving 64 teams:
28 winners from 1st qualifying round
14 Cup Winners from countries ranked 11-24
9 second-placed teams from countries ranked 16-24
13 third-placed teams from countries ranked 9-21

Round 1 September involving 80 teams:
32 winners from the qualifying round
10 Cup Winners from countries ranked 1-10
2 third-placed teams from countries ranked 7-8
5 fourth-placed teams from countries ranked 4-8
8 fifth-placed teams from countries ranked 1-8
3 sixth-placed teams from countries ranked 1-3
16 teams eliminated from the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League
3 Intertoto teams
1 defending cup holder

Group stage Oct-Dec involving 8 groups of 5 teams each:
40 winners of the first round

Round 3 February involving 32 teams:
24 first-placed, second-placed, and third-placed teams from the group stage
8 third-placed teams from the group stage of the Champions League

Round 4 March involving 16 teams:

16 winners of the third round
Play-offs April-May involving 8 teams:
8 winners of the fourth round play the quarter finals

Cheers for that.

fair play eoinh, thats just the info i was wonderin about

uefa cup sounds more interestin now



when they play the group stage, are they all playing each other once or twice?

once i think

Yeah, there's five group stage match days and five teams in each group, I think.

Shelbourne will play one of the following teams in the first Qualifying Round of the Champions League ,ties to be played 14 and 21 July.

Apoel Nicosia Cyprus
Skonta Riga Latvia
HJK Helsinki Finland
Maribor Slovenia
FC Sheriff Moldova
Siroki Brijeg Bosnia
FC Sioni Georgia
Pobeda Prilep Macedonia
FBK Kaunas Lituania
FC Gomel Belarus
KR Reykjavik Iceland


From the Shels MB. Some very winnable matches there.