Media accreditation opens for 2013 UEFA club competition finals

017 - Accreditation process also launched for the UEFA Under-21 Championship 2013 and the UEFA Congress in London

UEFA today announced the opening of the media accreditation application period for non-broadcast media and non-rights-holders for this season’s three club competition finals and the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Israel 2013.

• The 2013 UEFA Europa League Final will be played on Wednesday 15 May at 20.45 local time at Amsterdam ArenA.

• The 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League Final will be played on Thursday 23 May at 19.30 local time at Stamford Bridge in London.

• The 2013 UEFA Champions League Final will be played on Saturday 25 May at 19.45 local time at Wembley Stadium in London.

• The UEFA European Under-21 Championship Israel 2013 will take place from 5 to 18 June 2013.

Accreditation and media booking applications for the UEFA club competition finals must be inserted into FAME by midnight CET on Friday 3 May.

Non-broadcast media already registered with UEFA via the FAME portal must apply using https://media.fame.uefa.com.

Non-rights-holding broadcaster applicants must use the https://broadcasters.fame.uefa.com portal to apply for their accreditations and media bookings.

Media accreditation is also open for media wishing to attend the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress, to be held in London on 24 May 2013. Media representatives are requested to apply for accreditation via the FAME portal. Further details concerning the agenda of the UEFA Congress will be announced in a separate release.

For further information on accreditation matters, please contact UEFA’s media accreditation services unit by email to fame_accreditations@uefa.ch.