### Clue: Leader of men stepped up with German champions (8)
### Answer: DORTMUND 
 ### Explanation: Definition: champions
A charade of DORTM, a reversal ('up' in a down light) of M ('leader of **M**en') plus TROD ('stepped'); plus UND ('with German' – but it needs the replacement of 'with' by AND before translation, unless there is similar usage in German).