It's by a British composer named, of all things, Tony Britten. The piece is, erm, influenced heavily by Handel's Zadok the Priest.
ESPN showed all the words to the hymn 2 years ago during halftime of the Lazio-Leeds match. I have the words written out if you would like for me to post them.
YES, PLEASE. I promise not to hate Man U as much if you do it. Seriously, the ads every year with the soccer ball with the team names and crests and the images of the Final then Champion hoisting the huge Cup inside and with the hymn are the best ads I've ever seen Especially this year with ZZ's volley. Ha, it does sound like "Lasagnaaaa".
These are the official lyrics to the song ... We'll build a competition from which you can't get knocked out, As long as you're Real, United or your chairman's got clout, It'll be the same old teams again and again, At least four from Italy, England and Spain. It's all part of our great master plan you must see, To get lots of money selling the rights to TV, The fans may get bored of all these meaningless games, but it's all advertising space for the big brand names. No room for your Belgians, Swedes or East Europeans But we'll stil call the winners...... The Champions!
Here are the lyrics the theme song. It is written in English, French, and German. Ce sont les meilleures equipes Es sind die allerbesten Mannschaften The main event Die Meister Die Besten Les grandes equipes The champions Une grande reunion Eine grosse sportliche Veranstaltung The main event Ils sont les meilleures Sie sind die Besten These are the champions Die Meister Die Besten Les grandes equipes The champions