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.

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.

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