15 UEFA Champions League Finalists Who Played For Newcastle

Newcastle United supporters can only dream of ever seeing the Magpies playing in the Champions League final as Barcelona and Juventus fans prepare for European football's premier match on Saturday. The Spanish and Italian champions meet at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Saturday night in what promises to be a classic encounter - and unfortunately no players or managers connected with Newcastle United Football Club will be present. But, although the Magpies have never even come close to reaching European football's showpiece event themselves, there have been a whole host of players, managers and coaches down the years who have experienced the Champions League (or European Cup) final firsthand with other clubs. The European Cup rebranded itself as the "Champions League" back in 1992, and since then several players who represented Newcastle have, at some point in their career, played in a Champions League final or been a member of squad who has done. Some of them have been lucky enough to lift the Champions League trophy, while others unfortunately lost Europe's showpiece event. So here are 15 former Newcastle United players, managers and coaches who played in the Champions League final, or at the very least were part of a squad who did...