The team captain of a football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband.
A captain's armband with FIFA's "My Game is Fair Play" slogan printed on it
United States captain Abby Wambach (left, in red) and England captain Steph Houghton (right, in white) shake hands before kickoff, 2015
Francesco Totti, Roma captain, lifting the 2007–08 Coppa Italia
James Milner, vice-captain of Liverpool from 2015-2023. As depicted in the image, vice-captains serve as their team's captain when the regular captain is not included in the starting eleven, or if, during a game, the captain is substituted or sent off.
The 2012 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match which took place on Saturday, 19 May 2012 between Bayern Munich of Germany and Chelsea of England at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The match was to decide the winner of the 2011–12 season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament. Bayern were making their ninth appearance in the competition's final, having won four and lost four, most recently losing in 2010. Chelsea were appearing in their second final, having lost their first in 2008.
The Allianz Arena in Champions League final livery
Didier Drogba scored the equalising goal and the winning penalty.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel watching the penalty shoot-out with US President Barack Obama, French President François Hollande, European Union President José Manuel Barroso and others during the G8 summit.