Also in June 2011, Russian UEFA Women's Champions League contenders WFC Rossiyanka announced a plan to play in bikinis in a bid to boost attendances.

UEFA announced that the club will officially rename the elite stadium.

UEFA president Michel Platini has announced that the possibility of 11-12 different countries hosting the tournament will be given serious consideration in a vote.

On 28 May 2010, UEFA announced that Euro 2016 will be hosted by France.

The State Administration of Railway transport of Ukraine announced its intent to buy 7 Pendolinos for the UEFA Euro 2012 in 2008, but did not have the financing yet.

The following venues for future UEFA Super Cups have been announced:

Ljungberg was captain of the Swedish national team until he announced his international retirement after UEFA Euro 2008.

In August 2006, the CAS ruled again that Gibraltar had to be allowed as a full UEFA and FIFA member, and on 8 December 2006, it was announced that Gibraltar had become a provisional member of UEFA.

Later, in 2007, in a FIFA. com interview, Baía said: "(...) It's kind of strange because I was voted as being the best goalkeeper in Europe in the 2003 / 04 season and a few days before the squad for UEFA EURO 2004 was announced I'd won the Portuguese championship and the UEFA Champions League and even then I wasn't called up.

Still later ( March 24 ), it was reported that Hoyzer had told investigators that the gambling ring he was involved with had access to UEFA's referee assignments for international matches and Champions League and UEFA Cup fixtures several days before UEFA publicly announced them.

On April 1, 2011 UEFA and FIFA announced the suspension of the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with immediate effect.

Barbarez announced on 14 December 2009 that he wanted to coach the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team to the UEFA Euro 2012.

Subsequently, UEFA had the maximum four clubs represented by any one country from England in the group stages, and despite being the start of the 2005 / 06 season Collina announced his retirement soon after the game.

On 3 April 2008, it was announced that he would be rested for the remainder of the season, Spurs having been knocked out of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and unable to qualify for the Champions League through the League.

During UEFA Euro 2004, he announced his refusal to play for Barça as long as Frank Rijkaard was in charge, incurring the interest of many other clubs.

Shelbourne announced on 29 March 2007 that they would not be applying for a UEFA licence to compete in the 2007 – 08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.

In February 2003, after embarrassing performances of the team during UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying, Kežman announced that he retired from the national jersey.

On June 21, 2010, following France's winning bid for UEFA Euro 2016, Marseille announced that the stadium would receive another renovation ( a roof and an increase in capacity from 60, 031 to 67, 000 ), making it a UEFA Elite Stadium.

It has been announced that the Amsterdam Arena will host the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final.

Whilst on 17 April 2007, UEFA's Executive Committee formally decided against expansion in 2012, Platini indicated in June 2008 that UEFA will increase participation from 16 to 24 teams in future tournaments, starting from 2016.

After 15 consecutive Super Cups being played at Stade Louis II in Monaco between 1998 and 2012, from 2013 onwards, the Super Cup will be played at various stadiums ( similar to the finals of the Champions League and the Europa League ), starting with the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, which is scheduled to be played at Eden Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.

He finished his second run as a Liverpool player with a UEFA Champions League runners-up medal, although he was not named in either the starting eleven or the seven substitutes.

Manchester United has had both of these types of captains ; Roy Keane was the club captain on and off the pitch from 1997 to 2005 as he was a regular in the starting eleven, but his successor Gary Neville while nominally club captain from 2005 to 2010 had made few first team appearances due to injuries and in his absence other players ( Rio Ferdinand or vice-captain Ryan Giggs ) were chosen to skipper the team on the field, such as in the 2008 ( Ferdinand was captain as he was in the starting XI, while Giggs was a substitute ) and 2009 UEFA Champions League Finals, respectively.

After a bright start, in which the Mestalla outfit picked up 14 out of a possible 18 points and beat Porto to lift the UEFA Super Cup, Valencia went into a slump starting in October.

To meet all requirements of the UEFA for being able to organize the Euro 2016 football championship, the authorities will undertake major reconstruction works on this stadium starting from early 2011.

Wilhelmsson scored his first goal for Depor on 1 March 2008, in a 2 – 1 home win against Sevilla FC, and finished the season firmly established in the side's starting XI – he would start in 13 of his league appearances – as the Galicians eventually finished ninth and qualified to the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Gaining his first cap in 2001, Wilhelmsson represented Sweden at UEFA Euro 2004, Euro 2008 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, featuring in every one of the national team's four games in the latter tournament, and starting in two.

He established himself as a key member of the national team starting XI during the UEFA Euro 2004 Championship after replacing captain Fernando Couto in the heart of Portugal's defence after the opening game defeat against Greece.

Tiago first came to prominence at Sporting de Braga, being cast into the Minho side's starting XI at the age of just 19, and helping with 27 games as it finished in 4th place in 2001, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Ferguson overtook David Narey's record for the number of European appearances made whilst playing for a Scottish club, by starting in a UEFA Cup match against Werder Bremen.

A starting player in the UEFA Cup final and mid-game substitute in the Champions League final, Alenichev scored on both: against Celtic he scored the second goal, following a pass from Deco, and against AS Monaco he closed the scoreline with a powerful volley shot following a deflected through cross from Derlei.

On 22 May 2010, he was in Inter's starting line-up in the UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich, which Inter won 2 – 0.

In a UEFA Cup match against Lazio in November 2004, both Downing and Zenden were in the starting line-up.

After a few years during which their experience in European cups was limited, Rapid is starting to perform better, and, for the third time in the post-war history, in 2005 – 2006, due to UEFA Cup rules relaxation, the team has reached the spring, upper-level, phases of the European competitions, up to the quarter-finals.

On 28 November, in a UEFA Champions League match at Liverpool, Porto lost 4 – 1, with him having a subpar performance and subsequently losing the starting place to veteran Pedro Emanuel, a situation which was aggravated in his second year with the signing of Rolando ( he would only play in the penultimate league game ).

McManaman made his debut on 14 September 2003 in a 4 – 1 win over Aston Villa at the City of Manchester Stadium, and quickly showed good early form, with the club starting with a run of wins and progressing in the UEFA Cup, with McManaman hailed by Keegan to great hype, but by Christmas that year, results had fallen, the team languished and ended the season, well out of European contention, and McManaman injured again.

After a decent performance, Plašil returned to Monaco at the start of the 2003 season and for the next four years he was a regular in the starting team and even enjoyed his finest moment in the 2003 – 04 season when the principality side reached the final of the UEFA Champions League.

After his return, he also featured in the club's victorious run in the UEFA Champions League, starting in the home leg of the quarterfinal tie against Juventus FC, but did not appear in the squad list of 18 for the final itself.

He was an instrumental player in Barcelona's 2005 – 06 UEFA Champions League victory, being in the starting line-up of the 2005 – 06 UEFA Champions League against his old club Arsenal F. C., having played every Champions League match for Barcelona that season.

In 2004 – 05, Betis finished in fourth position and qualified to the UEFA Champions League, also adding the season's Copa del Rey, but Denílson was only a fringe player now, starting in just three games in only 290 minutes of play.

Four days later he was named in the starting line-up in the UEFA Cup Final against Deportivo Alavés in Dortmund.