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Why Liverpool, having won the Champions League, could only defend the title by exception?

Liverpool Football Club won the 2004-2005 Champions League, but finished only fifth in the English Premier League, despite the fact that at that time England had the maximum possible four places in the Champions League. UEFA rules allowed the club to defend the title in the main European tournament, even if it did not break into it through the national championship, but the English Football Association categorically refused to deprive the 4th-place Everton of the right to participate and give it to Liverpool. Under public pressure, UEFA made an exception and allowed Liverpool to play from the very first qualifying round. The club successfully passed the selection and became a member of the group stage of the League. In 2013, UEFA changed the regulations, increasing the maximum places from one country to five in the event of a recurrence of such collisions.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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