The KNVB was against professional football and players who went abroad and were paid there were suspended from the Dutch national team. On the same day, the players are also presented to the public and there are numerous festivities. So countries that were placed in the same pot could not play against each other. The automatic place given to the defending champion, FC Barcelona in this case, is not used, as Barcelona, as champions, had already qualified through their national league. Because of this unused direct place, the champion of the 10th country (Celtic FC from Scotland) got direct access to the group stage, and the champion of the 16th country (Maccabi Haifa from Israel) went directly to the third qualifying round. PSV and RSC Anderlecht have automatically qualified for the group stage (first round) as Dutch and Belgian champions in 2005/06. The Trofeu Joan Gamper is the official opening of the football season for FC Barcelona.
Due to the arrival of the Juventus defense duo Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram to FC Barcelona, Rodri's playing opportunities decreased sharply and he left for Deportivo de La Coruña on a free transfer. At the end of the season, Rodri also had playing opportunities in the competition again due to suspensions and injuries of regular defenders such as Carles Puyol, Rafael Márquez and José Edmílson. In the 2012/13 season he secured a base place under Gerardo Martino. Since 2012, Celta has played stable in the top tier after playing five seasons in the second tier. The first race on the circuit was a Formula 1 competition on November 18, 2012 and was won by Lewis Hamilton. He has been playing as a central defender or defensive midfielder for Rayo Vallecano since 2012. The young defender played in the friendly matches against CD Banyoles and UE Figueres. There he only played one league game in six months when the Catalan came on as a substitute against Real Zaragoza just before time.
Originally, the four Italian participants would be Juventus, AC Milan, Internazionale and AC Fiorentina. After the football scandal in Serie A, Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio Roma were found guilty on July 25 by the Italian Football Federation, which also banned Fiorentina and Juventus from European football. In 2006, former referee Angelo Bonfrisco spoke some telling words about the referees and their appointees: 'In Italian football you learn to fear and respect the big clubs. The coefficient comes from the 2006 UEFA Club Rankings. This number is used to distribute the clubs in the lottery. See 1996 European Football Championship qualification for the main article on this subject. The numbers 1 to 6 play in a knock-out system for the championship. The previous national coach, Roberto Donadoni, had not forced a contract extension because he had not reached the semi-finals at the 2008 European Football Championship with the national team. In November 2008, Lippi remained unbeaten for the 31st consecutive time with Italy. The defending champion in 2006/07 was FC Barcelona, who defeated Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at the Stade de France in Paris. Barcelona was eliminated in the eighth finals by Liverpool FC and can therefore not extend the title.