UEFA release cool Champions League pronunciation guide | OneFootball

Ever wondered how you’re really supposed to say Saúl Ñíguez? Want to impress your friends with your pronunciation of Łukasz Piszczek?

Well today is your lucky day, because the good people at UEFA have produced an interesting pronunciation guide for the teams and players set to feature in this season’s Champions League.

Here are some of the best ones …

AEK ATHENS (Ike A-thenz)

Ezequiel Ponce – Eh-se-kee-el Pon-say André Simões – An-dray See-moyss

AJAX (Eye-axe)

Václav Černý – Vats-lav Chair-knee Matthijs de Ligt – Ma-tie-ss de Licht Lasse Schöne – Lesser Shoo-ner

ATLÉTICO (At-LAY-tee-co)

Antoine Griezmann – An-twan Gree-ez-man Koke – Ko-kay Saúl Ñíguez – Sa-ool Nyee-geth

BARCELONA (Bar-sell-owe-nah)

Ivan Rakitić – Ra-key-titch

BAYERN MÜNCHEN (By-ern Moon-shun)

Joshua Kimmich – Yo-zoo-ah Kim-ikh Robert Lewandowski – Le-van-dov-ski James Rodríguez – Ha-mess Rod-rEE-geth

BENFICA (Ben-fee-kah)

Ljubomir Fejsa – Lyoo-boh-mihr Face-ah João Filipe – Ju-wow Fee-lee-pee Jona – Joan-ice Andrija Živković – An-dree-ar Jeev-ko-vitch

CLUB BRUGGE (Club Bru-kher)

Benoit Poulain – Ber-nwah Poo-lan Thibault Vlietinck – Tee-boh Flee-tin

CRVENA ZVEZDA (Ser-vay-na zvay-zda)

Goran Čaušić – Chow-shitch Branko Jovičić – Yovvy-chitch

CSKA MOSKVA (Tsess-kah Moskva)

Igor Akinfeev – Ak-in-fay-yev Alan Dzagoev – Tsa-goy-ev

DORTMUND

Mario Götze – Gert-ser Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cash Peesh-check Christian Pulišić – Police-sick (not pronounced the usual Croatian way) Marco Reus – Royce Julian Weigl – Yoo-lee-an Vye-gull

GALATASARAY (Ga-la-tass-a-rye)

Ahmet Çalık – Ark-met Chall-uk Muğdat Çelik – Moo-day Chell-ik Sinan Gümüş – Ger-moosh Selçuk İnan – Sel-chook Ee-nan

HOFFENHEIM (Hoff-en-hime)

Ermin Bičakčić – Be-chack-chitch Pavel Kadeřábek – Ka-der-zha-bek Håvard Nordtveit – Haw-var Nort-vet Ádám Szalai – Ah-dam Sall-oy

INTER MILAN (In-tair Mee-lan)

Radja Nainggolan – Rad-ya Nine-go-lon Milan Škriniar – Shkrinny-ar Šime Vrsaljko – She-may Ver-sal-ko

JUVENTUS (Yoo-ven-tus)

Emre Can – Em-ray Jan Paulo Dybala – Dee-ba-lah Miralem Pjanić – Pee-ah-nitch Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Schen-snee

LIVERPOOL

Simon Mignolet – See-mon Min-yo-lay Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Sha-cheery

LOKOMOTIV MOSKVA (Lock-oh-mot-eev Moskva)

Benedikt Höwedes – Her-veh-dess Grzegorz Krychowiak – Gregorz Crick-ovvy-ack

LYON (Lee-on)

Houssem Aouar – Ow-arr Fernando Marçal – Mar-sal

MANCHESTER CITY

Kevin De Bruyne – De Bruh-nah İlkay Gündoğan – Ilk-eye Gun-doe-wan Gabriel Jesús – Jay-zooss Aymeric Laporte – Em-rick

MANCHESTER UNITED

Eric Bailly – Eh-reec By-yee David de Gea – De Hayer Victor Lindelöf – Linda-love Anthony Martial – Mar-see-a

MONACO (Mon-ah-co)

Jean-Eudes Aholou – Jon Erd Owl-oo Danijel Subašić – Sooba-shitch

NAPOLI (Nah-po-lee)

Vlad Chiricheş – Kiri-kesh Marek Hamšík – Ham-sheek Elseid Hysaj – El-say-eed Hoo-sigh Lorenzo Insigne – In-seen-yer Kévin Malcuit – Mal-kwee Piotr Zieliński – Zhee-el-een-ski

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (Pah-ree San-Jer-man)

Layvin Kurzawa – Kur-zha-va Thomas Meunier – Tom-ah Mur-nee-ay Adrien Rabiot – Ad-ree-an Rab-yo

PLZEŇ (Pl-zen-yuh)

Jan Kovařík – Ko-var-jeek Jan Kopic – Kop-its

PORTO (Poor-too)

Diogo Leite – Jogo Leych

PSV EINDHOVEN (Pay-ess-vay Eye-nd-hoh-ven)

Eloy Room – Rome Jeroen Zoet – Yer-own Zoot

REAL MADRID (Ray-al Ma-dreed)

Dani Ceballos – They-baye-oss Toni Kroos – Crows

ROMA (Roh-mah)

Edin Džeko – Jecko Cengiz Ünder – Jen-giss Oon-dah

SCHALKE (Shall-ker)

Ralf Fährmann – Fair-man Cedric Teuchert – Toych-hurt Mark Uth – Oot

SHAKHTAR

Bruno Dentinho – Den-cheen-yo Taison – Tie-sun

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Toby Alderweireld – Al-der-vay-reld

VALENCIA (Bal-en-thee-ah)

Francis Coquelin – Caw-ker-lan Gonçalo Guedes – Gon-salo Gair-jiss Daniel Wass – Vess

YOUNG BOYS

Guillaume Hoarau – Gee-ome O-wa-ro Djibril Sow – So Gregory Wüthrich – Voo-trikh