UEFA Women's Cup Returns to Germany Russian First in Lisbon
7.0 5 Supplement UEFA Women’s Cup returns to Germany 03 Russian first in Lisbon 04 Liverpool’s amazing comeback 05 UEFA Champions League revenue distribution 06 No 39 – July 2005 COVER IN THIS ISSUE Liverpool win the UEFA Champions League 05 Steven Gerrard holds aloft the European UEFA Champions League revenue distribution 06 Cup. Following in the illustrious foot- Turbine Potsdam steps of Real Madrid, Ajax Amsterdam, win the UEFA Women’s Cup 03 Special Olympics Football Week 10 Bayern Munich and AC Milan, the trophy First doping control officers seminar 12 is now Liverpool’s for keeps, after their CSKA Moscow fifth victory in the competition. win the UEFA Cup 04 News from member associations 17 PHOTO: EMPICS RecentEditorial landmarks and future challenges In football, the month of July is often a good time to reflect on the past season and look forward to the next. Looking back, we have just seen two immensely exciting and goal-filled club competition finals which, apart from being perfectly executed, also produced two firsts: the first ever Russian victory in the fifty- year history of the UEFA club competitions when CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup in Lisbon, and on the other side of Europe, the first ever UEFA Champions League final to be held on Turkish soil, with the honour of host city bestowed on Istanbul. In April, the UEFA Executive Com- mittee, meeting in Tallinn, declared its intention to award finals to more “new” countries in the future. In contrast, the WOMEN’S EURO 2005 has been taking place in the birthplace of football and setting new benchmarks in terms of organisation, public interest and media coverage of women’s foot- ball in Europe.
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