Champions League team of the week named by UEFA including Newcastle United star

There were plenty of contenders for the official UEFA Champions League team of the week after this midweek action.

The sixth round of matches in the top European competition.

All 36 clubs competing, with nine matches on Tuesday and then nine on Wednesday.

When it comes to games that might have produced these contenders, did the BayArena serve up any contenders…?

Eddie Howe’s side with an excellent second half performance that deserved more than the eventual 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.

What about the individuals though?

One Newcastle United star from Wednesday night’s match making this official UEFA Champions League team of the week.

Official UEFA Champions League announcement – 11 December 2025:

‘Champions League Team of the Week: Matchday 6

Eleven different clubs are represented in the all-star team of UEFA Champions League Matchday 6 selected by the UEFA Technical Observer Group (Which has an experienced observer watching each match and is supported in its selections by the UEFA Game Insight Unit in Nyon, Switzerland).

Unai Simón, Athletic Club
His ‘goals prevented’ metric read 1.77 after his key saves helped earn Athletic a point as they became the first team to stop holders Paris Saint-Germain from scoring in this season’s competition.

Jules Koundé, Barcelona
Dominated his right side of the pitch and was a major attacking threat with his running in behind – a threat underlined by his two goals in the comeback win against Frankfurt.

Dávid Hancko, Atlético de Madrid
Scored a goal against PSV and defended with intelligence and discipline – excelling with his positioning as he covered and protected the space around – on top of using the ball well when playing forward.

Mohammed Salisu, Monaco
Won the majority of his duels and made eight clearances to help Monaco earn a third clean sheet of the league phase in their narrow win against Galatasaray.

Nico O’Reilly, Manchester City
On top of scoring his first Champions League goal, O’Reilly showed formidable speed, power and tactical intelligence against Real Madrid – from his driving runs forward to his defensive work versus Rodrygo.

Richard Ríos, Benfica
With his well-timed runs, the influential Colombian hit Benfica’s first goal against Napoli and laid on the second, on a night when he covered a lot of ground and led Benfica’s aggressive press to good effect.

Charles De Ketelaere, Atalanta
His second goal in as many Champions League games proved to be Atalanta’s winner against Chelsea, the Belgian having already teed up Gianluca Scamacca’s headed equaliser.

Lennart Karl, Bayern München
The Bayern teenager scored one goal against Sporting CP, had another disallowed and exhibited his precocious technical powers, notably with his ability to play between the lines.

Noni Madueke, Arsenal
A constant danger on the right wing, he showcased his ball-carrying ability with his spectacular opening goal against Club Brugge and then showed good anticipation for his second as he recorded his first double in the Champions League.

Mason Greenwood, Marseille
After showing his link-up skills in the lead-up to Igor Paixão’s goal, Greenwood then delivered two clinical finishes of his own to secure OM’s win at Union SG.

Anthony Gordon, Newcastle
His clinical conversion of a penalty gave Newcastle their opening goal at Leverkusen and he also set up Lewis Miley’s strike with his trickery on the wing and an excellent cross.’