Uefa Champions League Official Theme Song May 2026
Did you know the iconic UEFA Champions League theme was actually inspired by a piece written for a Royal Coronation in 1727? Composer Tony Britten adapted Handel’s Zadok the Priest back in ’92, and the rest is football history.
The famous crescendo features the lines: "Die Meister! Die Besten! Les grandes équipes! The champions!" . UEFA Champions League Official Theme Song
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The anthem is an adaptation of George Frideric Handel’s a choral piece written for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Britten famously "pinched" a rising string phase from Handel and built his own Handelian-style melody around it. Anthem Facts UEFA Champions League Official Theme Song