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Daily 7 answers for 23 August 2026

Sunday, 23 August 2026. Seven questions, the same for everyone that day, with the reason each answer is right.

  1. Question 1 · Records
    Which player has been named in the FIFPro World XI the most times?
    MessiRonaldoIniestaBuffon
  2. Question 2 · UCL
    Roy Keane produced one of football's great captaincy performances in a 1999 Champions League semi-final, despite knowing what?
    He was being sold that summerA booking ruled him out of the finalHe had a broken footFerguson was about to drop him
    United came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in Turin; Keane's yellow card meant he would miss the final he was dragging his team toward, making the display all the more selfless.
  3. Question 3 · Records
    Which club is the only one to have won the English top-flight title without losing a single game in the 19th century?
    Aston VillaPreston North EndSunderlandLiverpool
    Preston North End were the original 'Invincibles', winning the inaugural 1888-89 Football League unbeaten and claiming the first English Double — a feat unmatched until Arsenal in 2003-04.
  4. Question 4 · Records
    Leeds United's record competitive win, 10-0, came in 1969 against which visiting European side?
    RosenborgVålerengaLyn OsloSK Brann
    Leeds thrashed Norwegian part-timers Lyn Oslo 10-0 in the 1969 European Cup.
  5. Question 5 · SerieA
    Which squad number did Alessandro Del Piero wear throughout his Juventus career?
    791011
    Del Piero inherited Juventus's No. 10 in 1995 from Roberto Baggio (and previously Platini), going on to become the club's all-time leading scorer with 290 goals.
  6. Question 6 · History
    In one of the FA Cup's great upsets in 1992, Wrexham beat which reigning league champions?
    ArsenalLiverpoolLeeds UnitedEverton
    Wrexham had finished bottom of the entire Football League the previous season, and won 2-1.
  7. Question 7 · UCL
    After their first Champions League group stage, Real Betis dropped into the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated by which Romanian club?
    Rapid BucharestSteaua BucharestDinamo BucharestCFR Cluj
    Finishing third in their CL group, Betis moved to the UEFA Cup and lost in the last 16 to Steaua Bucharest.
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