Best 50 football quiz questions, trivia and answers

Any time is a good time for a quiz and even better if that happens to be a football themed quiz!

The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of people into lockdown across the world and virtual quizzes with family or friends on Zoom, Skype and Google Hangouts have become a fun way to spend time together.

So, quizmasters, whether it’s a virtual effort, or when it’s all over, a classic pub quiz, here are 50 of the best football quiz questions to bamboozle even the brightest football brains.

Contents

1. Premier League quiz questions
2. World Cup quiz questions
3. Bizarre football quiz questions
4. Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi quiz questions
5. Champions League quiz questions

Premier League quiz questions

1. Which player scored the fastest hat-trick in the Premier League?
2. Which player, with 653 games, has made the most Premier League appearances?
3. Three players share the record for most Premier League red cards (8). Who are they?
4. With 260 goals, who is the Premier League’s all-time top scorer?
5. When was the inaugural Premier League season?
6. Which team won the first Premier League title?
7. With 202 clean sheets, which goalkeeper has the best record in the Premier League?
8. How many clubs competed in the inaugural Premier League season?
9. Which three players shared the Premier League Golden Boot in 2018-19?
10. The fastest goal scored in Premier League history came in 7.69 seconds. Who scored it?

Answers:

1. Sadio Mane (2 minutes 56 seconds for Southampton vs Aston Villa in 2015)
2. Gareth Barry
3. Patrick Vieira, Richard Dunne and Duncan Ferguson
4. Alan Shearer
5. 1992-93
6. Manchester United
7. Petr Cech
8. 22
9. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane
10. Shane Long (for Southampton vs Watford in 2018-19)

World Cup quiz questions

1. There have been two World Cup trophies. What was the name of the first?
2. Which country won the first ever World Cup in 1930?
3. Which country has won the most World Cups?
4. Three countries have won the World Cup twice. Can you name them?
5. Which country has appeared in three World Cup finals, but never won the competition?
6. The 2026 World Cup will be hosted across three different countries. Can you name them?
7. In which World Cup did Diego Maradona score his infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal?
8. The record number of World Cup goals is 16, scored by who?
9. Three people have won the World Cup as a player and as a coach. Mario Zagallo, Didier Deschamps and… can you name the third?
10. Two English players have won the World Cup Golden Boot. Who are they?

Answers:

1. Jules Rimet Trophy / Victory
2. Uruguay
3. Brazil
4. Argentina, France and Uruguay
5. Netherlands
6. United States, Canada and Mexico
7. Mexico 1986
8. Miroslav Klose
9. Franz Beckenbauer
10. Gary Lineker (1986) and Harry Kane (2018)

Bizarre football quiz questions

1. Which Swedish footballer once had a clause inserted into his Premier League contract that prohibited him from travelling into space?
2. Which Ballon d’Or-winning footballer had a galaxy named after them in 2015?
3. Can you name the former Germany international who went on to become a professional wrestler in the WWE?
4. Which former England internationals reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart with the 1987 song ‘Diamond Lights’?
5. The England Euro ’96 song ‘Three Lions’ was a hit by which comedy double act?
6. Which former Tottenham manager has competed in the Dakar Rally?
7. What was the name of the hotel Jose Mourinho lived in when he managed Manchester United?
8. Which Spanish club’s nickname is Los Colchoneros, which translates to English as ‘The Mattress Makers’?
9. English rock star Elton John was twice the owner of which football club?
10. Rangers tried to sign which superstar after Alex McLeish was alerted to his ability through popular video game Football Manager?

Answers:

1. Stefan Schwarz
2. Cristiano Ronaldo – Galaxy Cosmos Redshift 7 (CR7)
3. Tim Wiese
4. Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle (as ‘Glenn and Chris’)
5. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner
6. Andre Villas-Boas
7. The Lowry Hotel
8. Atletico Madrid
9. Watford
10. Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi quiz questions

1. Messi has spent his entire professional career at Barcelona, but what was his schoolboy team?
2. Which Portuguese team did Ronaldo play for before signing for Manchester United?
3. Ronaldo is synonymous with the No.7, but what other number did he wear at Real Madrid?
4. Messi famously retired from international duty in which year before reversing his decision?
5. Ronaldo exclaims which word when celebrating a goal?
6. Messi wore the No.30 at the start of his Barca career and is now No.10. What other number has he worn for the club?
7. Which Portuguese island off the coast of Africa, which also shares its name with a cake, is Ronaldo from?
8. Messi has won a record number of Ballon d’Or awards – how many? 
9. Ronaldo helped Portugal win the European Championship in which year?
10. Which German multinational sportswear company is Messi an ambassador for?

Answers:

1. Newell’s Old Boys
2. Sporting
3. No.9
4. 2016 (after Copa America final loss)
5. “Si!” (Spanish for ‘Yes!’)
6. No.19
7. Madeira
8. Six Ballon d’Or awards
9. 2016
10. Adidas

1. Which club has won the most Champions League titles?
2. Who is the only player to win the Champions League with three different clubs?
3. Three people have won the Champions League a record three times as manager. Who are they?
4. In which season was the European Cup rebranded as the Champions League?
5. Which team was the first from the UK to win the European Cup?
6. The Champions League has been won only once by a team from Romania. Can you name them?
7. Liverpool have won six Champions Leagues and Manchester United have won three, but who are England’s third most successful team in the competition with two titles?
8. Who is the Champions League’s top goalscorer of all time?
9. Which player holds the record for number of Champions League appearances?
10. Which player holds the record for most Champions League winners’ medals?

Answers:

1. Real Madrid (13)
2. Clarence Seedorf (Ajax, Real Madrid, AC Milan)
3. Bob Paisley, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane
4. 1992-93
5. Celtic (1966-67)
6. Steaua Bucharest (now FCSB)
7. Nottingham Forest (1978-79 and 1979-80)
8. Cristiano Ronaldo
9. Iker Casillas (177)
10. Francisco Gento (six titles with Real Madrid)