Four teams of continental greats are set to feature in the first Ultimate Champions Tournament, which will be contested at the Champions Festival on Khreschatyk in Kyiv from 16:00-20:00 local time on Friday 25 May – the eve of the UEFA Champions League final.Ultimate Champions games have been a highlight in the build-up to past UEFA Champions League finals, but this season even more big names are involved, with four teams competing rather than two. A host of players who have graced Europe's top club competition will feature in Real Madrid and Liverpool legends sides, a UEFA Champions League Legends team
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Real Madrid and Liverpool meet in Kyiv final
Two of European club football's most famous names will meet at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium as Real Madrid CF look to lift the trophy for the 13th time – and the third season in a row – by overcoming a Liverpool FC side in a first final for 11 years and seeking their sixth European Cup overall.• Victory in Kyiv would make Real Madrid the fourth team to claim three successive European crowns – and the first to do it twice, following their victories in the first five European Cup finals between 1956 and 1960. AFC Ajax (1971–73) and FC Bayern München (1974–76) are the
Apply now for Champions League final tickets
The ticket application window for the 2018 UEFA Champions League final in Kyiv has opened today exclusively on UEFA.com. You have until 14.00CET on Thursday 22 March to apply.APPLY FOR TICKETS As usual, fans and the general public are being allocated the majority of the tickets for the final, which will be played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv on Saturday 26 May, kicking off at 20:45CET (21:45 local time). Full details of pricing and distribution will follow on Friday morning.For the sales process on UEFA.com, tickets will not be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Instead, in case demand
Women’s Champions League draw: Lyon-Barcelona in last eight
UEFA Women's Champions League holders Lyon will be up against Barcelona in March's quarter-finals after the draw for the rest of the competition was made in Nyon.Quarter-finals: 21/22 & 28/29 March1 Montpellier (FRA) v Chelsea (ENG)2 Wolfsburg (GER) v Slavia Praha (CZE)3 Manchester City (ENG) v Linköping (SWE)4 Lyon (FRA, holders) v Barcelona (ESP)Semi-finals: 21/22 & 28/29 April1 Montpellier/Chelsea v Wolfsburg/Slavia2 Man. City/Linköping v Lyon/BarcelonaFinal: 24 May – Valeriy Lobanovskiy Dynamo Stadium, KyivSemi-final 1 v Semi-final 2
Nice eliminate Ajax, Young Boys upset Dynamo Kyiv
THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND SECOND LEGSLeague routeAjax 2-2 Nice (agg: 3-3, Nice win on away goals)CSKA Moskva 1-0 AEK (agg: 3-0)İstanbul Başakşehir 2-0 Club Brugge (agg: 5-3)Plzeň 1-4 FCSB (agg: 3-6)Young Boys 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg: 3-3, YB win on away goals ) Champions routeAPOEL 4-0 Viitorul (agg: 4-1)BATE 2-1 Slavia Praha (agg: 2-2, Slavia win on away goals)FH 0-1 Maribor (agg: 0-2)København 4-1 Vardar (agg: 4-2)Legia Warszawa 1-0 Astana (agg: 2-3)Ludogorets 3-1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (agg: 3-3, Beer-Sheva win on away goals )
Champions League starts: First qualifying winners
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season is under way with Alashkert, Hibernians and now Linfield among the first qualifying round first-leg winners.Just 24 days on from Real Madrid lifting the trophy in Cardiff, and with under 11 months to go until the 2018 final in Kyiv, the action began when Armenia's Alashkert beat Andorra's Santa Coloma 1-0 through Uros Nenadovich's goal. Later on Tuesday, Trepça '89 made Kosovo's debut in a UEFA men's club football competition but despite a Fiton Hajdari goal they lost 2-1 to Víkingur in the Faroe Islands. Hibernians of Malta defeated Estonian challengers FCI Tallinn 2-0 while
Champions League starts: Road to Kyiv begins in Yerevan
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season begins on Tuesday when the first qualifying round kicks off.Just 24 days on from Real Madrid lifting the trophy in Cardiff, and with little under 11 months to go to the 2018 final in Kyiv, action begins at 17:00CET when Armenia's Alashkert welcome FC Santa Coloma to Yerevan. When these teams met last season a 0-0 draw in Andorra was followed by a 3-0 win for Alashkert. Later on, four teams make their UEFA Champions League debuts as Gibraltar's Europa travel to The New Saints, FCI Talllinn of Estonia go to Hibernians and Víkingur, who