Uefa Champions League Theme Song -

Die Meister, Die Besten, Les grandes équipes, The champions! The masters, the best, the great teams, the champions! Modern Refinement

In the early 1990s, UEFA sought a way to elevate the competition's prestige and move football away from its association with hooliganism at the time. Inspired by the "Three Tenors" success at the 1990 World Cup, they commissioned Britten to create a classical, anthemic piece that felt like a "major event". UEFA Champions League Theme Song

The original Handel piece was based on the biblical anointing of King Solomon, traditionally used for the coronation of British monarchs. This regal history gave the new football anthem an immediate sense of grandeur and authority. Die Meister, Die Besten, Les grandes équipes, The champions