| EUROPEAN | The UEFA _ Football Championship (8) |
| EUROPA | UEFA ___ League; football tournament contested annually by many teams (6) |
| EURO | The ...., informal name for the UEFA European Football Championship (4) |
| QUARESMA | Ricardo -, Besiktas winger who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final (8) |
| BIERHOFF | Oliver, German ex-striker who scored Germany's golden goal in the UEFA Euro 1996 final (8) |
| VILLARRE | Which team will Chelsea face in the Uefa Super Cup in Belfast on Wednesday? (10) |
| ATHLETIC | Wigan ___ , football team that won the 2013 FA Cup (8) |
| ERIKSSON | Sven-Goran _, football manager battling cancer (8) |
| SPARTANS | Blyth ____, football team from Northumberland founded in 1899 (8) |
| DOWN | Gaelic football club that last won the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in 1994 (4) |
| BOWL | US Football championship, The Super ... |
| NORTHEND | Preston ____, football team founded in 1880 and nicknamed The Lilywhites (5,3) |
| ROCK | Which player goes into today's final as the top points scorer in this year's gaelic football championship? (4) |
| STAGG | Coach for whom the NCAA Division III Football Championship is named |
| MCGEE | Which manager led Offaly to a famous victory in the 1982 All-Ireland Gaelic football championship? (5) |
| PETECARROLL | Coach who won both a college football championship (with USC) and a Super Bowl (with the Seahawks) |
| SWITZERLAND | Country that hosted the Women's Euro 2025 football championship (11) |
| CUPTIE | Football championship match |
| SUPERB | Excellent winger dismissed by US football championship |
| SUPERBOWL | American football championship (5,4) |
