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UEFA Champions League
anthem: lyrics,
background, facts
Thursday 30 July 2020
Who wrote it? What is it called? What
are the lyrics? Get all the key
information here.
The Champions League anthem
The Champions League anthem
What is the UEFA Champions
League anthem?
Known to set the hearts of many of the world's
top footballers aflutter, the UEFA Champions
League anthem accompanies the ceremony at
the start of all games in the competition, and is
also played in the opening and closing
sequences of all UEFA Champions League
broadcasts.
Does it have an official title?
No. UEFA Champions League anthem will do
fine.
Who wrote and performed the
original UEFA Champions League
anthem?
The music, which cannot be bought or legally
downloaded from any website, was written by
British composer Tony Britten, a graduate of the
Royal College of Music. Britten was
commissioned in 1992 to devise a piece in the
style of George Frideric Handel, and the iconic
recording of his work is performed by the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the
Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Chorus.
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What are the Champions League
anthem lyrics?
Violinist David Garrett serenades the trophy ahead of
the 2012 final in Munich
AFP via Getty Images
The lyrics mix elements from the three official
UEFA languages: English, French and German.
Ce sont les meilleures équipes
Es sind die allerbesten Mannschaften
The main event
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
Une grande réunion
Eine grosse sportliche Veranstaltung
The main event
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
Ils sont les meilleurs
Sie sind die Besten
These are the champions
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
© The Music Agency 1992
What do players think of the UEFA
Champions League anthem?
What the anthem mean…
What the anthem means to me - Lionel Messi
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon
Buffon, who
has heard the anthem more than most, said: “It’s
always emotional to hear the Champions
League anthem.”
Cristiano Ronaldo was captured on video
singing along to the tune ahead of a UEFA
Champions League quarter-final against Atlético
in spring 2015.
Lionel Messi told [Link] it is an important
song for him, explaining: "It's actually pretty nice
when you walk out onto the pitch and you listen
to it. You then know it’s a different match. It
reminds you how special and important this
competition is."
Dortmund forward Erling Braut Haaland used
the anthem as his wake-up call on his alarm
clock, explaining: "I wake up to it every day – it's
the last song I'm tired of. I always get a perfect
start to the day." More recently, he posted a
video on Instagram of him listening to the
anthem in his car.
Paris’ Kylian Mbappé cheekily posted a video
of him lifting a tiramisu out of his fridge while
listening to the song.
Who has sung the anthem at past
UEFA Champions League finals?
Since 2009, several artists have performed the
anthem live at the final, with opera singer
Andrea Bocelli appearing ahead of the 2009,
2016 and 2017 deciders.
Mariza gets ready to perform the anthem ahead of the
2014 decider
Getty Images
2009, Rome
Rome: Andrea Bocelli (operatic tenor)
2010, Madrid
Madrid: Juan Diego Flórez (operatic
tenor)
2011, London
London: All Angels (classical crossover
group)
2012, Munich
Munich: Jonas Kaufmann (operatic
tenor) and David Garrett (violinist)
2013, London
London:
2014, Lisbon
Lisbon: Mariza (fado singer)
2015, Berlin
Berlin: Nina Maria Fischer (operatic
soprano) and Manuel Gómez Ruiz (operatic
tenor)
2016, Milan
Milan: Andrea Bocelli (operatic tenor)
2017, Cardiff
Cardiff: Andrea Bocelli (operatic tenor)
2018, Kyiv
Kyiv: 2Cellos (cello duo)
2019, Madrid
Madrid: Asturia Girls (electric string
quartet)
2020, Lisbon:
Lisbon:
2021, Porto: Marshmello
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