High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Liverpool F.C. qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League by a special dispensation from UEFA. Although they were eligible to compete as champions of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, the FA had instead awarded the fourth and final English place in the competition to Liverpool`s local rivals Everton F.C., since Everton finished fourth in the 2004–05 FA Premier League and Liverpool had finished fifth. The public reaction to this controversial decision prompted UEFA to make a one-off exception for Liverpool and amend the qualification criteria for the Champions League to prevent a recurrence.