UEFA opens doors to celebrate 60th birthday

Patrick Müller, Pascal Zuberbühler and Grégory Coupet will be the guest stars as an action-packed open day in Nyon on 4 October marks UEFA's 60th birthday.

From 09.00 to 16.00CET, members of the public are invited to join UEFA at the Stade de Colovray in Nyon – opposite UEFA headquarters – for a celebration of European football. Visitors will be given their own personal entrance pass as a memento of the event, as well as a special 60th birthday T-shirt, and there will be lots of other prizes to be won. Snacks and drinks will also be provided.

"UEFA is proud to be based in Nyon," said UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino. "By managing the Colovray sports centre, the home of FC Stade Nyonnais, we are not just supporting local football, we are contributing to sport in general. We are delighted to be welcoming visitors from Nyon and the surrounding area to the House of European Football and the Colovray sports centre on Saturday 4 October. We look forward to telling them all about our work as European football's governing body and celebrating our 60th birthday with them."

The public will have a unique opportunity to look around the UEFA campus. Visitors will start in the House of European Football, where they can watch a special UEFA film entitled '60 years of UEFA'. They will then proceed to the famous match command centre, where guests can experience all the emotion and tension of matchdays. They will also get the chance to check out the trophy room, where they will be able to touch and photograph the various cups.

However, life at UEFA is about far more than just the UEFA Champions League, cups and trophies. Plenty of other important work goes on at UEFA on a daily basis. A series of stands dotted around the premises will explain UEFA's various areas of activity, such as social responsibility, the training of referees, grassroots football and coaching, matchday ceremonies, women's football, the HatTrick assistance programme for national associations, the KISS knowledge-sharing initiative, finance, competitions, communication, IT, the fight against doping, marketing and PR, and operations.

Football workshops will be run for players of both genders and all levels of ability. Children will also have the opportunity to meet the mascots from different UEFA European Championships and rub shoulders with football stars of the past such as 81-times capped Switzerland defender Müller, former Swiss international goalkeeper Zuberbühler and celebrated ex-Olympique Lyonnais and France No1 Coupet.