Top scorers Champions League, Europe 2004/2005

The winning top scorer in Champions League (UCL), Europe during the season 2004/2005 was Ruud van Nistelrooy with 8 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

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UCL best goal scorers 2004/2005

Below is the final top scorer list for the Champions League 2004/2005, including the 24 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age GoalsGoals
1. Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manchester United
Netherlands
28
8
2. Adriano
Inter
Brazil
23
7
  Roy Makaay
Bayern München
Netherlands
30
7
4. Andriy Shevchenko
Milan
Ukraine
28
6
  Hernan Crespo
Milan
Argentina
29
6
  Sylvain Wiltord
Lyon
France
31
6
7. Didier Drogba
Chelsea
Ivory Coast
27
5
  Ivan Klasnic
Werder Bremen
Croatia
25
5
  Luis Garcia
Liverpool
Spain
26
5
  Michael Essien
Lyon
Ghana
22
5
  Obafemi Martins
Inter
Nigeria
20
5
  Thierry Henry
Arsenal
France
27
5
  Tuncay Sanli
Fenerbahce
Turkey
23
5
14. Baruch Dego
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel
23
4
  Claudio Pizarro
Bayern München
Peru
26
4
  Frank Lampard
Chelsea
England
26
4
  Javier Saviola
Monaco
Argentina
23
4
  John Terry
Chelsea
England
24
4
  Luis Figo
Real Madrid
Portugal
32
4
  Nilmar
Lyon
Brazil
20
4
  Raúl
Real Madrid
Spain
27
4
  Ronaldinho
Barcelona
Brazil
25
4
  Samuel Eto'o
Barcelona
Cameroon
24
4
  Sergei Semak
CSKA Moscow
Russia
29
4
The age of the players is when the season ended at 25 May 2005

Scored hat-tricks in Champions League, season 2004/2005

In total there were 8 scored hat-tricks during the season 2004/2005 in Champions League, Europe. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Adriano
Inter
Inter - Porto 3-1
Tue 15 march 2005
3
6', 63', 87'
Sylvain Wiltord
Lyon
Lyon - Werder Bremen 7-2
Tue 8 march 2005
3
8', 55', 64'
Tuncay Sanli
Fenerbahce
Fenerbahce - Manchester United 3-0
Wed 8 december 2004
3
47', 62', 90'
Sergei Semak
CSKA Moscow
Paris Saint-Germain - CSKA Moscow 1-3
Tue 7 december 2004
3
28', 64', 71'
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manchester United
Manchester United - Sparta Prague 4-1
Wed 3 november 2004
4
14', 25', 60', 90'
Ivan Klasnic
Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen - Anderlecht 5-1
Tue 2 november 2004
3
2', 16', 79'
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United
Manchester United - Fenerbahce 6-2
Tue 28 september 2004
3
18', 29', 54'
Roy Makaay
Bayern München
Bayern München - Ajax 4-0
Tue 28 september 2004
3
28', 44', 51'

25 May 2005 was the last match day for this season in Champions League, The league kicked off 14 September 2004. More information and the winning top scorers in Champions League between the seasons 1999/2000-2023/2024 here.