UEFA Champions League anthem is one of the most popular compositions of our time

Anthem of the UEFA Champions League: download ringtone, text and translation into Russian, as well as interesting facts

Even people far from football often learn the anthem of the Champions League from the first chords, and ardent fans of the main sport are experiencing special emotions, listening to this composition before each match for several decades.

When the music is written to the Hymn of the Champions League

It is quite difficult to predict the popularity and success of the melody, but with the arrangement of the composer Tony Britten on the work of George Friedrich Handel “Sadok the Priest”, dated 1727 (.) The organizers of the UEFA Champions League tournament clearly did not lose. The hymn recorded by the efforts of the Academic Church Choir and the Royal Symphony Orchestra has become almost the main sports melody in the world comparable to fame except with “We Are the Champions” from Queen.

The existing anthem of the Champions League was approved in 1992.

The text of the Champions League anthem and translation into Russian

It is noteworthy that, unlike the anthem of the Europa League, in Tony Britten's work there is a text (written in 1991), which many take for Latin or another dead language. In fact, the words are simply written at once in three languages ​​(French, German and English), as a academic choir, such a porridge really looks like an ancient prayer.

Original text of the Champions League anthem:

CE Sont Les Meilleures équipes
SIE SIND DIE ALLERBESSCHAFTEN
The Main Event!
Die Meister
DIE BESTEN
Les Grandes équipes
The Champions!
Une Grande Réunion
Eine Große Sportliche Vranstaltung
The Main Event!
ILS SONT LES Meilleurs
SIE SIND DIE BESTEN
These are the Champions!
Die Meister
DIE BESTEN
Les Grandes équipes
The Champions!
Die Meister
DIE BESTEN
Les Grandes équipes
The Champions!

Translation of the text of the Hymn of the Champions League into Russian:

These are the best teams (fr.),
These are the best teams (German),
The main event (English),

Champions (German),
The best (German),
Great teams (fr.),
Champions! (English)

Big meeting! (fr.),
Big sports event (German),
The main event (English)

They are the best (fr.)
They are the best (German),
They are champions! (English)

Champions (German),
The best (German),
Great teams (fr.),
Champions! (English)

Champions (German),
The best (German),
Great teams (fr.),
Champions! (English)