After the final round of the group stage of the UEFA Cup, it became known that Donetsk "Shakhtar" advanced to the next round from first place. The current holder of the UEFA Cup, Moscow CSKA, was also eliminated, dropping to third place behind the Dutch "Heerenveen".
Group E
"Strasbourg" (France) - "Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia and Montenegro) - 2:2 Goals: Basta 34, Djokaj 64, Gameiro 79, 90+4
"Roma" (Italy) - "Basel" (Switzerland) - 3:1 Goals: Taddei 14, Totti 45, Nonda 49, Petrich 78.
Standings: 1. STRASBOURG - 8. 2. ROMA - 7. 3. BASEL - 6. 4. Crvena Zvezda - 4. 5. Tromso - 3.
Group F
"Heerenveen" (Holland) - "Levski" (Bulgaria) - 2:1 Goals: Ivanov 52, Samaras 54, Hanssen 90
"Marseille" (France) - "Dinamo" (Romania) - 2:1 Goals: Cesar 39, Delfim 45+1, Niculescu 52
Standings: 1. MARSEILLE - 9. 2. LEVSKI - 6. 3. HEERENVEEN - 5. 4. CSKA - 4. 5. Dinamo Bk - 4.
Group G
"Stuttgart" (Germany) - "Rapid" (Romania) - 2:1 Goals: Gomez, 20; 37 (2:0) - Burdujan, 80 (2:1)
PAOK (Greece) - "Rennes" (France) - 5:1 Goals: Rocha 4 - own goal, Christodoulopoulos 38, 89, Briand 70, Yasumis 79, Salpingidis 83 - from a penalty.
Standings: 1. SHAKHTAR - 9. 2. RAPID - 9. 3. STUTTGART - 9. 4. PAOK - 3. 5. Rennes - 0.
Group H
"Guimaraes" (Portugal) - "Besiktas" (Turkey) - 1:3 Goals: Toraman 9, Saganowski 12, Yula 18, Toraman 60
"Bolton" (England) - "Sevilla" (Spain) - 1:1 Goals: N Gotty 65, Adriano 74
Standings: 1. SEVILLA - 7. 2. ZENIT - 7. 3. BOLTON - 6. 4. Besiktas - 4. 5. Guimaraes.