The qualifying rounds for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League began on 12 July 2005. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

Teams

First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 24 June 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Summary

<section begin=Q1 /> Title-holders [Liverpool](https://bliptext.com/articles/liverpool-f-c), as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower in the 2004 [UEFA ranking](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa-coefficients), were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the second qualifying round. Though they finished fifth in the [Premier League](https://bliptext.com/articles/premier-league) in [2004–05](https://bliptext.com/articles/fa-premier-league-2004-05) (at the time, only four teams from an association were allowed to compete in the Champions League), Liverpool were granted a special exemption by [UEFA](https://bliptext.com/articles/uefa) as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round, and were drawn against [TNS](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-new-saints-f-c) in that round.

Matches

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate. Artmedia Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate. Neftçi won 4–1 on aggregate. Rabotnički won 6–1 on aggregate. Anorthosis won 2–1 on aggregate. Sheriff Tiraspol won 6–1 on aggregate. FBK Kaunas won 8–2 on aggregate. Liverpool won 6–0 on aggregate. Haka won 3–2 on aggregate. KF Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate. Shelbourne won 6–2 on aggregate. F91 Dudelange won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 24 June 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Summary

<section begin=Q2 /> The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17–26, and six second–placed teams from countries ranked 10–15 were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.

Matches

Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate. Brøndby won 5–1 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 5–1 on aggregate. Vålerenga IF won 5–1 on aggregate. Thun won 3–2 on aggregate. Anorthosis won 3–2 on aggregate. Artmedia Bratislava won 5–4 on aggregate. CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate. Malmö FF won 5–4 on aggregate. Steaua București won 4–1 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–1 on aggregate. Rapid Wien won 9–3 on aggregate. Partizan won 2–0 on aggregate. Debrecen won 8–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 29 July 2005 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Summary

<section begin=Q3 /> The 14 winners from the second qualifying round, six champions from countries ranked 11–16, three second–placed teams from countries ranked 7–9, six third–placed teams from countries ranked 1–6, and three fourth–placed teams from countries ranked 1–3 were drawn to play 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the group stage and losers advancing to the first round of the [UEFA Cup](https://bliptext.com/articles/2005-06-uefa-cup).

Matches

Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate. Real Betis won 3–2 on aggregate. 1–1 on aggregate; Club Brugge won on penalties. Manchester United won 6–0 on aggregate. Villarreal won 4–2 on aggregate. Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate. Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate. Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate. 0–0 on aggregate; Artmedia Bratislava won on penalties. Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate. Udinese won 4–2 on aggregate. Thun won 4–0 on aggregate. Internazionale won 3–1 on aggregate. Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate. Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate. Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.