Their favorite team is still going for it in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Slovak football club MSK Źilina is in one of the really tough groups together with Chelsea FC, Olympique de Marseille and FC Spartak Moskva. But even if the players won’t make it, at least a lot of their supporters can say they got really close to the trophy. It was on tour through Slovakia for an entire week, stopping in Źilina, Banská Bystrica, Poprad, Prešov, Košice, Trnava and Bratislava
Good luck to MSK Źilina! Their fans are great.

If we are all very lucky, there will be a live stream on Facebook directly from the press conference of the Trophy Tour main-event in Vienna on 14 October at 11:00 a.m. And this gentleman will be there!
We will keep you informed. Better start checking in on our Facebook fan page for the very latest blogger news from the tour.

See it shining in the back?… After stop-overs in Wroclaw, Kraków and Poznán, the Trophy had Warsaw under its spell for an entire weekend. At the press conference, which could be followed as a live stream on our Facebook fan page, Luís Figo made very clear that UEFA Champions League fans will have only two more chances to get really close to the Trophy (and himself). One in Bratislava and one in Vienna. Fortunately, there will be additional stop-overs on the way to these main-events. Find out when and where by checking our tour schedule.
Here, Luís Figo is sitting next to Josef Mlynarczyk, Polish goalie for FC Porto during their trophy victory in 1987, and Alicja Kornasiewicz of Bank Pekao.

They spent a week with the UEFA Champions League Trophy, and with the people who came to see it. Watch our German blogger team’s highlight video. Those of you who couldn’t make it to Munich still have a chance to catch up with the Trophy in Warsaw, Bratislava and Austria. Find dates and program details here. Enjoy the video!

While the Trophy is truckin’ over to Poland after a fantastic week in Czech Republic, it is time to get you all involved in a little UEFA Champions League trivia! We have already seen an incredible line-up of football celebrities during the past two Trophy Tour  weeks. And there are more to come. Show us how much you know about some of these stars and their history with the Trophy. Let’s play “Who won when?”!

When did the following stars win the UEFA Champions League Trophy? Luís Figo. Cafu. Giovane Elber. Vladimir Smicer.

Which team did they win it with?

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“Good things come to those who wait.” they say. Now patience is finally paying off for all football-enthusiastic citizens of Prague. The UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour 2010 presented by UniCredit has reached their beautiful Old Town Square, and the Trophy Tour Village has opened its gates. Inside, the coveted icon of European club football is on display, and is for once within reach for the public. Visitors can get up on center stage and have a personal picture taken with the Trophy. The shiny object of desire is surrounded by lots of inspiring UEFA Champions League memorabilia. No wonder the line of eager visitors is long – but cheerful! Those who want to speed things up a little bit can book VIP access right here. But if one has waited for so many years, a few more minutes don’t really matter, or do they?