Commissioned from and written by Tony Britten in 1992, this is the song that is performed before every Champions League game. The music is adapted from Handel’s Zadok the Priest, a coronation anthem
It uses lyrics in French, German, and English to honor UEFA’s three official languages.The music is...
[Verse 1]
Ce sont les meilleures équipes
Es sind die allerbesten Mannschaften
The main event
[Chorus]
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
[Verse 2]
Une grande réunion
Eine große sportliche Veranstaltung
The main event
Ils sont les meilleurs
Sie sind die Besten
These are the champions
[Chorus]
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
UEFA Champions League Anthem was written by Tony Britten.
UEFA Champions League Anthem was produced by Tony Britten.
Uefa-champions-league released UEFA Champions League Anthem on Wed Aug 19 1992.
Tony Britten says:
It’s terrible to have to admit it, but at the time … the Champions League job was just another job. I had a commercials agent, who pitched the marketing people. [UEFA] said they wanted something anthemic, so she played them all sorts of things, and they picked on Handel.