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The Right Honourable
The Lord Saidani
CBE ONZ
The Right Honourable The Lord Saidani CBE ONZ
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 November 2032; Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Amir Othman Saidani; 23 March 1995 (age 29); Hillingdon, London, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Glasgow University
Occupation	Football manager ; Politician
Current team
Team information
Current team	Everton (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2013–2015	Glasgow University
2014–2015	Celtic (academy coach)
2015–2018	New Zealand
2017–2022	New York Red Bulls
2022–	Everton
2024–2026	France
2028–2032	England

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Champions Cup Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

In the draw for the Quarter Finals, the 4 group winners were seeded, and the 4 group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the semi-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 16				Semi-Finals	Final

Brent Dragons	3	3	6

Edinburgh	1	2	3
				Brent Dragons

				South West Warriors
South West Warriors	2	2	4

Stade Lille	0	4	4
					Brent Dragons

					Bristol Rangers
Clube Montpellier	2	4	6

Newport Falcons	1	2	3
				Clube Montpellier

				Bristol Rangers
Bristol Rangers	3	4	7

Helsingborgs	0	2	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brent Dragons	6–3	Edinburgh	3–1	3–2
South West Warriors	4-4	Stade Lille	2-0	2–4
Clube Montpellier	6–3	Newport Falcons	2–1	4–2
Bristol Rangers	7–2	Helsingborgs	3–0	4–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brent Dragons		South West Warriors
Clube Montpellier		Bristol Rangers

Final

24 May 2014

19:45 WEST

Brent Dragons	v	Bristol Rangers
Ramos 90+3' Bale 110' Marcelo 118' Ronaldo 120' (pen.)		Godín 36'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Referee:

Taras Yarmalenkov

Euro Super Cup Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

In the draw for the Round of 16, the 6 group winners along with the top 2 3rd place Group finishers from the Champions Cup were seeded, and the 6 group runners-up along with the bottom 2 3rd place Group finishers from the Champions Cup were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the quarter finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quater Finals

Semi Finals

Final

1

Internacional Guimarães

16

Krylia Samara

Euskal Club

8

Euskal Club

9

FK Jagodina

Krylia Samara

Malmo SC

5

Glasgow Rangers

12

Rennes PAC

Glasgow Rangers

Malmo SC

4

Malmo SC

13

Sheffield

6

Royal Kingston Knights

11

PAC Tomsk

Royal Kingston Knights

Oslo PK

3

Moscow City Sports Club

14

Oslo PK

Royal Kingston Knights

Real Gijón

7

Šumadija Kragujevac

10

Klubb Bodø

Šumadija Kragujevac

Real Gijón

2

Leeds Valiant

15

Real Gijón

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internacional Guimarães	3–4	Krylia Samara	2–2	1–2
Euskal Club	6-3	FK Jagodina	4-2	2–1
Glasgow Rangers	8–1	Rennes	5–0	3–1
Malmo SC	4–0	Sheffield	3–0	1–0
Royal Kingston Knights	7–1	PAC Tomsk	4–1	3–0
Moscow City Sports Club	3-5	Oslo PK	2-2	1–3
Šumadija Kragujevac	5–2	Klubb Bodø	1–0	4–2
Leeds Valiant	3–5	Real Gijón	2–3	1–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brent Dragons	6–3	Edinburgh	3–1	3–2
South West Warriors	4-4	Stade Lille	2-0	2–4
Clube Montpellier	6–3	Newport Falcons	2–1	4–2
Bristol Rangers	7–2	Helsingborgs	3–0	4–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brent Dragons		South West Warriors
Clube Montpellier		Bristol Rangers

Final

24 May 2014

19:45 WEST

Real Madrid	4–1	Atlético Madrid
Ramos 90+3' Bale 110' Marcelo 118' Ronaldo 120' (pen.)		Godín 36'

Millenium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee:

Artur Morias

Amir Saidani

Amir Othman Saidani, Baron Saidani, CBE ONZ (born 23 March 1995) is a British football manager and Labour politician. He is currently manager of Premier League club Everton. On 7th November 2032 he was created a life peer, taking the title Baron Saidani, of Park Royal in the London Borough of Brent and Walton in the County of Lancashire.

His career began managing the New Zealand national football team after first working within the youth set up at Celtic and the first team at Glasgow University. He took the team to the 2017 Confederations Cup in which he triumphed against many other established squads, also making him the youngest manager to ever win a major competition. He then moved to the MLS managing New York Red Bulls winning 4 MLS Cups, as well as breaking the record points haul in the MLS Supporters Shield in his unbeaten season (2018-19). He rose to further success with the winning of 3 North American Champions League titles and became the first North American side to win the FIFA Club World Cup. He moved to current side Everton in 2022 and has become the youngest winner of the Premier League as well as the first English manager to win the competition, his side broke a 25 year point record set by Chelsea in 2004/05 Season.

His involvement in Politics started at his time in Glasgow University becoming president of the GU Labour Society, He has consistently during his footballing career been a vocal supporter of Socialist Politics and became an advisor the New Zealand Government Sports Ministry. Since returning to the UK in 2022 he has been a prominent supporter of the Labour Party and gave several speeches in the successful 2022 General Election. He was appointed a life peer in November 2032. He came out as gay in 2020, becoming the first gay football manager, and the most prominent gay sports person in the UK.

Personal life

Saidani met his husband The Hon. Nicholas Leigh, born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, when they were students in Glasgow, and the couple married in 2020. Their first child, daughter Niamh, was born through surrogacy in 2021 in New York and they had their first son, Youness in 2024 in London.

Nicholas is the son of Conservative peer The Lord Leigh of Gainsborough, he is brother of Tamara Leigh MP and Permanent Secretary to the Department for International Development Dame Natalia Leigh.

Through his parentage Nicholas is a relation of the House of Golitsyn on his fathers side and a great great grandson of Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Lady Ottoline Morrell on his mothers side. He is a direct descendant from the Empress of Russia Catherine II and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, a sister of King George III.

Saidani has three siblings, a maternal half brother; Sam Merrett MP and two sister, a paternal half sister Aida, and a full sister Nadia.

Widely known for his strong personality, refined dress sense Saidani has experienced fame outside of football circles, featuring in European advertisement campaigns for New Balance, Red Bull, Braun, Jaguar and Adidas, amongst others.

Amir has been widely renowned for his academic achievements and has written books on the juxtaposition of sport and socialism and as has been given honorary doctorates from the University of Wellington, New York University and the University of Bristol.

Baron Saidani topped the 2021 Rainbow List and has been widely celebrated for his work in removing the stigmatism of homosexuality in sport and has been seen as a catalyst for a wider number of comings out in the sport.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record

As of match played 8 October 2042

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Glasgow University	10 September 2013	25 July 2015	60	55	5	0	091.7
New Zealand	26 July 2015	21 July 2018	43	26	7	10	060.5
New York Red Bulls	18 December 2017	16 June 2022	232	146	64	22	062.9
Everton	17 June 2022	Present	1,250	852	277	121	068.2
France	21 July 2024	12 July 2026	29	23	4	2	079.3
England	16 July 2028	16 July 2032	51	36	10	5	070.6
Total			1,665	1,138	367	160	068.3

Honours

Managerial

New Zealand

New York Red Bulls

MLS Cup: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
U.S. Open Cup: 2018, 2020, 2021
MLS Eastern Conference: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
MLS Supporters' Shield: 2019, 2021
North American Champions League: 2018, 2021, 2022
FIFA Club World Cup: 2021

Everton

Premier League: 2022–23, 2024–25, 2025–26, 2026–27, 2027-28, 2028-29, 2029-30, 2030-31, 2031-32, 2033-34, 2034-35, 2035-36,
FA Cup: 2024, 2025, 2028, 2032
EFL Cup: 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2030, 2033, 2037
Community Shield: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2030, 2031, 2034, 2035
UEFA Champions League: 2027-28, 2028-29, 2029-30, 2032-33,
UEFA Super Cup: 2028, 2029, 2030, 2033
FIFA Club World Cup: 2028, 2029, 2030, 2033

England

FIFA World Cup: 2030

Individual

FIFA World Coach of the Year: 2017, 2021, 2025, 2026, 2027
Premier League Manager of the Year: 2022–23, 2024–25, 2025–26, 2026–27
Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2022, March 2023, January 2024, January 2025, August 2025, December 2025, August 2026, September 2026, October 2026, November 2026
MLS Coach of the Year: 2018, 2021
World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2017, 2021, 2025, 2026, 2027
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award: 2017, 2021, 2027
English Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2027
European Coach of the Season: 2026–27
LMA Manager of the Year: 2022–23, 2025–26, 2026–27

Others

Honorary member of the Order of New Zealand
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	MF	BRA	Neto (captain)
4	DF	GER	Alex Nlend
5	DF	URU	Juan Cabrera (vice-captain)
6	FW	ENG	Alan Bradshaw
7	FW	ENG	Massingue Dimande
8	FW	ENG	Scott Taylor
9	FW	USA	Patrick Gjertsen
10	FW	ESP	Rufino Simón
11	FW	AZE	Kamran Abbasov
13	GK	BRA	Caio Fernando
14	MF	BRA	Jefferson
15	DF	BRA	Israel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	NOR	Mads Evensen
18	MF	ENG	Lucas
19	FW	ENG	Alex Gill (third-captain)
20	DF	BRA	Arraial
21	MF	BRA	Tinguinha (fourth-captain)
22	DF	POR	Paulo Damil
23	GK	ENG	Jonah Potton
24	DF	ALB	Dardan Morina (on loan from Burnley)
28	MF	GER	Manfred Oenning
30	DF	FRA	Serge Bastide
35	DF	BRA	Vitor

Management team

Position	Name
Director of Football	Milan Vieco
First Team Manager	The Lord Saidani
Assistant First Team Manager/Head Coach	Bryant Lazaro
Assistant Head Coach	Peter Hybella
Assistant Head Coach	Mikael Rynell
Coach	Michael Ballack
	Lukasz Czajka
	Erik Dahlin
	Peter Enckelman
	Benny Hillgsmann
	André Laurito
	Alexander Mantlik
	Thomas Olsson
	Juan Carlos Ortiz
	Are Tronseth
	Fernando Velasco
Head Fitness Coach	Hans Erik Ramberg
Fitness Coach	Albert Altarrabia
	Alessando Buccolini
	Raz Meshulam
Head Goalkeeping Coach	Txemi Talledo
Goalkeeping Coach	Andri Ottesen
Goalkeeping Coach	Dean Thornton
Academy Director	Juampe
U-21 Team Manager	Roy Bakkelund
U-21 Assistant Team Manager	Jan Warming
U-18 Team Manager	Kristian Skov
U-18 Assistant Team Manager	Mihail Mihaylov

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain
Arsenal	Cristian Campestrini	Jaroslac Benes
Brentform	Edgar Urquizo	Kamil Vavak
Burnley	Luke Fyfield	Chris Villareal
Cardiff	Francisco Ramos	Rhys Hill
Chelsea	Marco Russ	James Bennett
Crystal Palace	Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson	Florin Sălăgean
Everton	Amir Saidani	Tinguinha
Liverpool	Nemanja Vidic	Daniel Knutsen
Manchester City	Angelo Palombo	Rômulo
Manchester United	Juan Carlos Medina	Alex
Newcastle	Josué Castillejos	José Juan
Norwich	Antonio Nocerino	Preben Røed
Reading	Luke Williams	Jonathan Lattanzi
Sheffield Wednesday	Neil Lindley	Johan Dumont
Southampton	Eddie Munnelly	Thiaguinho
Swansea	Davy Klaassen	Nicolas Serrano
Tottenham	Marquinhos Santos	Tommaso Borrelli
West Bromwich Albion	José Manuel Juardo	Guilherme
West Ham United	Hugo Viana	Leonardo
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Matt Elliott	Nenad Davidov