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| Event | 2004–05 UEFA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 18 May 2005 | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio José Alvalade,Lisbon | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Daniel Carvalho(CSKA Moscow)[1][2] | ||||||
| Referee | Graham Poll (England)[3] | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,085[4] | ||||||
| Weather | Fair 19 °C (66 °F) 54%humidity[5] | ||||||
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The2005 UEFA Cup final was the final match of the2004–05 UEFA Cup, the 34th season of theUEFA Cup,UEFA's second-tier clubfootball tournament. The match was contested bySporting CP andCSKA Moscow on 18 May 2005; CSKA won the match 3–1. Sporting CP opened the scoring in the first half from full-backRogério, beforeAleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half.Yuri Zhirkov would give the Russian side the lead nine minutes after CSKA's equalising goal, and the Moscow outfit would close out the scoring 15 minutes from the end after a quick CSKA counterattack sawVágner Love become the youngest player to score in a UEFA Cup final at the age of 20 years, 341 days,[6] firing the ball past Sporting goalkeeperRicardo to give the Russian side a first UEFA Cup trophy.[7][8][9][10][11] It was also the first European trophy won by a Russian club, in what was the first final sinceDynamo Moscow—then part of theRussian SFSR of the Soviet Union—lost the1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final, and the first European title for a side from what was the Soviet Union sinceDynamo Kyiv, now part ofUkraine, won the1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final.
The match was played at theEstádio José Alvalade – home ground of finalists Sporting CP – inLisbon, Portugal.[12] Until then, it was the third European football final to be held in Portugal, after the1967 European Cup final, which was held in another venue in theLisbon District, theEstádio Nacional inOeiras,[13][14] and the1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final, which was held at theold Estádio da Luz in the city.[15]
TheEstádio José Alvalade was announced as the final venue on 5 February 2004, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting inNyon, Switzerland.[16][17]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
 Sporting CP | Round |  CSKA Moscow | |||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Initial phase | Qualifying phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bye | Second qualifying round |  Neftçi | 2–0 | 0–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | ||||
 Rapid Wien | 2–0 | 2–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) | First round | Third qualifying round |  Rangers | 3–2 | 2–1 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage (UC,CL) | Opponent | Result | |||||
| Bye | Matchday 1 | Porto | 0–0 (A) | ||||||
 Panionios | 4–1 (H) | Matchday 2 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 2–0 (H) | |||||
 Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–0 (A) | Matchday 3 |  Chelsea | 0–2 (A) | |||||
| Sochaux | 0–1 (H) | Matchday 4 | Chelsea | 0–1 (H) | |||||
| Newcastle United | 1–1 (A) | Matchday 5 | Porto | 0–1 (H) | |||||
| N/A | Matchday 6 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3–1 (A) | ||||||
| Group D third place | Final standings | Group H third place | |||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
 Feyenoord | 4–2 | 2–1 (H) | 2–1 (A) | Round of 32 | Benfica | 3–1 | 2–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | |
| Middlesbrough | 4–2 | 3–2 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Round of 16 |  Partizan | 3–1 | 1–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | |
| Newcastle United | 4–2 | 0–1 (A) | 4–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Auxerre | 4–2 | 4–0 (H) | 0–2 (A) | |
| AZ | 4–4 (a) | 2–1 (H) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) (A) | Semi-finals |  Parma | 3–0 | 0–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | |
| Sporting CP | 1–3 | CSKA Moscow |
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