Interviews are not permitted during the match on the field of play itself or in its immediate vicinity.
Pre-match, half-time and post-match interviews with each team can take place at the stadium as follows:
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Each team must make its head coach or a key player available for a pre-match interview with the HB and the main audiovisual rights holder from its country, as determined by UEFA. This interview takes place between their arrival at the stadium and the end of the warm-up; the timings must be agreed by the team and UEFA. Any additional pre-match interviews are subject to the agreement of the team.
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Half-time interviews may be conducted with the head coach, the assistant coach or players, subject to their agreement.
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Each team must make one player available for a super-flash interview with the HB or the main audiovisual rights holder from its country, as determined by UEFA. The player of the match must also be made available for an additional super-flash interview in front of a dedicated backdrop, if applicable. These interviews take place immediately after the final whistle on or next to the pitch. Any additional super-flash interviews are subject to the agreement of the team.
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Flash interviews and indoor studio interviews are obligatory and take place after the match. Each team must provide three interviews with the main audiovisual rights holder of its country, two interviews with each of the other unilateral audiovisual rights holders, and one interview with each of the audiovisual rights holders operating in any multilateral flash interview positions. The head coach must be available for at least four of the above interviews, if requested, including at least one with an audiovisual rights holder operating in a multilateral flash interview position. The players made available for the above interviews must include the UEFA player of the match. Teams must ensure that the head coach and players are available for these interviews within 15 minutes of the end of the match.
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Players selected for doping controls may conduct post-match interviews upon approval of the UEFA doping control officer and provided that the player is escorted by a chaperone appointed by the UEFA doping control officer.
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If a team's head coach is suspended for the match, or is sent off during the match, the team may choose to make the assistant coach available for the post-match interviews instead of the head coach.
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Teams must fulfil interview requests from audiovisual rights holders before conducting interviews with their national associations' own media platforms.
The official post-match UEFA press conferences at the match stadium are coordinated by UEFA and must start no later than 20 minutes after the final whistle. Both teams are obliged to make their head coach and the player of the match available for the press conference. If the head coach is suspended for the match, or is sent off during the match, the team may choose to make the assistant coach available for the post-match press conference instead of the head coach.
After the match, a mixed zone must be set up between the team dressing rooms and the team transport area. This area – accessible only to coaches, players and representatives of the media – is divided into areas with different access points, as determined by UEFA. Each team must provide a minimum of three players who have participated in the match to conduct interviews in each section of the mixed zone.
After the match, teams are responsible for ensuring that all players who have won official UEFA awards (including, for example, the player of the match or player of the tournament) attend the relevant official event, ceremony, interviews, press conference or presentation.