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UEFA release UCL 'how to pronounce' guide, check how many mistakes you've made!

  /  autty

So you've spotted the latest prodigy that Europe has to offer but when you go and show off your football knowledge to someone, you have no idea how to pronounce their name.

Well thankfully, UEFA have provided a handy guide on how to say every complicated team name and players ahead of this season's Champions League.

But there will be some names you have realised you have been pronouncing wrong for years.

Take Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri for example, you may have been pronouncing it Sher-dan Sha-keeree, but apparently it's Jer-dan Shat-cheery.

There are some easier ones, Eye-axe for Ajax and Yoo-ven-tus for Juventus.

One name that always looks hard to say is Grzegorz Krychowiak, UEFA say it's pronounced Gregorsh Crick-ovvy-ack.

Europe's elite competition kicks off on Tuesday, from the Premier League, Chelsea take on Valencia at home whilst holders Liverpool face the hardest match of their group when they travel to Naples to play Napoli.

Manchester City travel to Shakhtar on Wednesday whilst Spurs are on their way to Greece to play Olympiacos.

Check out the full list below:

AJAX (Eye-axe)

Carel Eiting – Eh-ting

Quincy Promes – Pro-mess

Dušan Tadić – Doo-shan Tad-itch

Donny van de Beek – Vonder-Bake

Hakim Ziyech – Zee-eck

ATALANTA

Martin de Roon – der-Own

Hans Hateboer – Hatta-boo-er

Simon Kjær – Kee-air

Mario Pašalić – Pa-shah-litch

Berat Xhimshiti – Jimsh-ittee

ATLÉTICO MADRID (At-LAY-tee-co)

João Félix – Joo-wow Fay-lish

Koke – Cokka

Saúl Ñíguez – Sow-ool Nee-gess

Ivan Šaponjić – Shap-on-yitch

Šime Vrsaljko – She-may Ver-sal-ko

BARCELONA (Bar-sell-owe-nah)

Antoine Griezmann – An-twan Gree-ez-man 

Clément Lenglet – Long-lay

Moussa Wagué – Wa-gay

BAYER LEVERKUSEN (By-er)

Charles Aránguiz – Aran-gweess

Lukas Hradecky – Hra-dets-key

Ramazan Özcan – Erz-janJoel 

Pohjanpalo – Po-yan-pah-lo

BAYERN MÜNCHEN (By-ern Moon-shun)

Jérome Boateng – Jeh-rom Bwa-teng

Mickael Cuisance – Kweez-onss

Robert Lewandowski – Levan-dovski

Daniels Ontužāns – On-too-jans

Ivan Perišić – Perish-itch

BENFICA (Ben-fee-ka)

Caio – Kye-oh

Ljubomir Fejsa – Lubo-meer Fay-sa

Andrija Živković – An-dree-a Jiv-kov-itch

BORUSSIA DORTMUND (Bo-rooss-ear)

Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cah Peesh-check

Marco Reus – Royce

Julian Weigl – Yool-yan Vye-gul

CHELSEA

César Azpilicueta – Az-pilly-kwetta

Michy Batshuayi – Batch-why

N’Golo Kanté – Con-tay

Christian Pulišić – Police-sick

Kurt Zouma – Zoom-er

CLUB BRUGGE (Cloob Brooger)

Brandon Meckele – Meck-eh-le

Simon Mignolet – See-mon Meen-yo-lay

Siebe Schrijvers – See-ber Skrivers

Thibault Vlietinck – Tee-bo Flee-tink

CRVENA ZVEZDA (Tser-vay-nah zvez-der)

Srdjan Babić – Serd-yan Bab-itch

Richmond Boakye – Bo-atch-yay

Miloš Degenek – Mil-osh

Dušan Jovančić – Doo-shan Yovan-chitch

Veljko Simić – Velly-ko Sim-itch

DINAMO ZAGREB (Dee-na-mo)

Izet Hajrović – High-ro-vitch

Luka Ivanušec – Ivan-oo-shets

Damian Kądzior – Kon-jaw

François Moubandje – Moo-ban-jay

Danijel Zagorac – Zago-rats

GALATASARAY

Adem Büyük – Boo-yook

Selçuk İnan – Sel-chook Ee-nan

Okan Kocuk – Co-chook

Şener Özbayraklı – Shenner Erz-by-rak-ler

GENK

Gaetan Coucke – Gay-tan Cooker

Patrik Hrošovský – Raw-shovski

Joakim Mæhle – Mah-ler

Jere Uronen – Yeh-ray Oo-ro-nen

Dries Wouters – Vow-ters

INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (Inter-nats-eon-ar-lay)

Stefan de Vrij – Duv-rye

Diego Godín – God-een

Milan Škriniar – Shkreen-yar

JUVENTUS (Yoo-ven-tus)

Federico Bernardeschi – Ber-nar-desk-ee

Juan Cuadrado – Wan Kwad-rard-o

Mattia De Sciglio – De Sheely-o

Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-check Sh-chens-nay

LIVERPOOL

Xherdan Shaqiri – Jer-dan Shat-cheery

Georginio Wijnaldum – Why-naldum

LOKOMOTIV MOSKVA (Lokomo-teev)

Vedran Ćorluka – Chor-loo-ka

Guilherme – Gil-yair-may

Benedikt Höwedes – Hoover-diss

Grzegorz Krychowiak – Gregorsh Crick-ovvy-ack

LOSC LILLE (Losc leel)

Luiz Araújo – Ar-ow-joh

Jérémy Pied – P-yay

Loïc Rémy – L-oik Ray-me

Adama Soumaoro – Soom-our-oh

Xeka – Shekka

LYON (Lee-on)

Houssem Aouar – Ow-ar (to rhyme with 'how are')

Fernando Marçal – Mar-sal

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde – Ren Adder-laid

Ciprian Tătăruşanu – Ship-ree-an Tata-roo-shah-noo

MANCHESTER CITY

João Cancelo – Joo-wow Can-say-lo

Kevin De Bruyne – De Brurner

İlkay Gündoğan – Eel-kye Gun-doe-wan

Gabriel Jesus – Jay-zooss

NAPOLI

Elseid Hysaj – Hoo-sigh

Lorenzo Insigne – In-seen-yay

Kevin Malcuit – Mal-kwee

OLYMPIACOS (Olimpy-ar-koss)

Daniel Podence – Po-dense

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

Idrissa Gueye – Gway

Layvin Kurzawa – Lay-van Kur-java

Thomas Meunier – Muh-nyay

RB LEIPZIG (Lie-pzig)

Matheus Cunha – Kun-ya

Emil Forsberg – Fors-berry

Péter Gulácsi – Goo-latch-ee

Konrad Laimer – Lime-er

REAL MADRID (Ray-al Ma-dreed)

Dani Carvajal – Carva-hal

Thibaut Courtois – Tee-bo Cor-twa

Toni Kroos – Crowss

SALZBURG (Salts-berg)

Erling Braut Håland – Hor-land

Dominik Szoboszlai – Sob-oss-lie

Cican Stankovic – Seet-san Stank-ov-itch

Albert Vallci – Val-chee

SHAKHTAR DONETSK

Dodô – DuduTaison – Tie-sun

Tetê – Tet-ay

SLAVIA PRAHA

Jan Bořil – Yan Bor-jill

Ondřej Kolář – Ond-ray Co-larj

Přemysl Kovář – Premmy-sil Co-varj

Petr Ševčík – Shev-chick

Nicolae Stanciu – Stan-choo

Ladislav Takács – Tock-arch

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Toby Alderweireld – Ol-der-vay-reld

Serge Aurier – Oh-ree-ay

Ryan Sessegnon – Sess-en-yon

VALENCIA (Balen-see-a)

Francis Coquelin – Coker-lan

José Gayà – Guy-ya

Gonçalo Guedes – Gon-sarlo Gair-diss

Daniel Parejo – Pa-ray-ho

Manu Vallejo – Val-ay-ho

Daniel Wass – Vess

ZENIT

Sebastian Driussi – Dree-oo-see

Yaroslav Rakits'kyy – Rack-its-key