Fenerbahce have got Liverpool's place. There was a place there for them all along.
If the FA had nominated Liverpool instead of Everton, Fenerbahce would have been moved up because there would be one team less in the competition.
1) UEFA reserve a separate place in the draw (the TH spot, top seeds) for the Champions League winners so no club/country misses out by being bumped from the Champions League if a situation arises where a club wins the competition but fails to qualify domestically. As such there's no complications in "rejigging" the draw as suggested by many clueless journos as UEFA have already taken account of this situation.
TH = title holder (Liverpool in 2005 )
2) If the CL winners also qualify for the CL through their domestic league the TH spot is not utilised (though the club remains top seeded) and the qualifying clubs move up one place in the seedings and the draw with the following happening:
a) Fenerbahce, Champions of Turkey, progress from Qualifying Round 3 straight into the Group Stages.
b) Wisla Krakow, Champions of Poland move from QR2 to QR3
c) The Champions of Romania and Slovakia (yet to be determined) move from QR1 to QR2.
3) If the CL winners don't qualify domestically no problem, there's an extra place for that country and their CL winners take the TH place and the draw doesn't change, Fernebache et al staying in their respective place ... unless the club happens to come from Spain, Italy or England (the countries who already have four places) ... UEFA have one rule for 49 countries, and one for the other three.
4) In this case the country's FA can decide to bump their fourth place domestic team down into the UEFA Cup and allow the CL winners to take their place - it's not a set rule but entirely at the discretion of the FA concerned. The English FA has decided to nominate Everton.
5) The piece on the English FA's website in March 2004 re: Arsenal and Chelsea wasn't a press release but a Q&A some minnion at the FA website answered. In 2000 Madrid finished 5th in La Liga and won the CL and Spain used their discretion to bump 4th placed Zaragoza down to the UEFA Cup.
From uefa.com:
List of 2005/06 CL Qualifiers:
Pos Assoc. Grp UCL Q3 UCL Q2 UCL Q1
TH (1)
1 ESP CH RU N3 N4 (12)
2 ENG CH RU N3 N4
3 ITA CH RU N3 N4
4 GER CH RU N3 (9)
5 FRA CH RU N3
6 POR CH RU N3
7 GRE CH RU (18)
8 NED CH RU
9 CZE CH RU
10 TUR CH RU
11 SCO CH RU
12 BEL CH RU
13 SUI CH RU
14 UKR CH RU
15 NOR CH RU
16 POL CH (35)
17 ISR CH
18 AUT CH
19 SCG CH
20 BUL CH
21 RUS CH
22 DEN CH
23 CRO CH
24 SWE CH
25 HUN CH
26 ROU CH
27 SVK CH
28 SLO CH
29 CYP CH
30 MOL CH
31 LAT CH
32 FIN CH
33 BIH CH
34 GEO CH
35 MKD CH
36 LTU CH
37 BLS CH
38 ISL CH
39 MLT CH
40 IRL CH
41 ARM CH
42 WAL CH
43 LIE CH
44 ALB CH
45 NIR CH
46 EST CH
47 LUX CH
48 AZE CH
49 FAR CH
50 KAZ CH
