Dinamo Zagreb Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. Dinamo Zagreb won the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by beating which English club in the final?
  2. Marijan Čerček scored one of Dinamo Zagreb's goals in the 2-0 first-leg home win in the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final. Who scored the other?
  3. What was the aggregate score when Dinamo Zagreb won the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final?
  4. Dinamo Zagreb reached the 1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final, where they were beaten by which Spanish club?
  5. Davor Šuker left Dinamo Zagreb in 1991 to join which Spanish club?
  6. Who scored a hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in the 2021 Europa League round of 16?
  7. Which manager was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur when they lost 3-0 at Dinamo Zagreb in March 2021?
  8. Dinamo Zagreb won 4-0 in the 2019-20 Champions League group stage against which Italian club, who were making their debut in the competition?
  9. Dinamo Zagreb opened their 2022-23 Champions League campaign with a 1-0 home win over which English club?
  10. Which Arsenal forward was sent off as Dinamo Zagreb won 2-1 in the 2015-16 Champions League group stage?
Answers — round 1
  1. Leeds United — Leeds United, managed by Don Revie, were beaten over two legs in 1967 — Dinamo's greatest European night.
  2. Krasnodar Rora — Krasnodar Rora doubled Dinamo's lead just before the hour at Maksimir, after Čerček had opened the scoring in the first half.
  3. 2-0 — Dinamo won 2-0 at Maksimir and then held out for a 0-0 draw in the away leg to take the trophy 2-0 on aggregate.
  4. Valencia — Valencia won 4-1 on aggregate, taking the first leg 2-1 in Zagreb and the second 2-0 at the Mestalla.
  5. Sevilla — Šuker moved to Sevilla in 1991; his move to Real Madrid came five years later, in 1996.
  6. Mislav Oršić — Oršić scored twice in normal time and once more in extra time to turn the tie around 3-2 on aggregate.
  7. José Mourinho — Mourinho's Spurs had won the first leg 2-0 at home but were eliminated in Zagreb after extra time.
  8. Atalanta — Atalanta's first ever Champions League match ended in a 4-0 defeat at Maksimir in September 2019.
  9. Chelsea — The shock 1-0 defeat in Zagreb in September 2022 proved to be Thomas Tuchel's last match in charge — Chelsea sacked him the next day.
  10. Olivier Giroud — Giroud collected two bookings before half-time in Zagreb; Walcott pulled a goal back late for Arsenal.

Round 2

  1. In 1998-99 the Zagreb club reached the group stage of which competition for the first time in their history?
  2. Which Scottish club did the Zagreb side knock out in European qualifying in August 1998?
  3. Dinamo Zagreb reached the 2020-21 Europa League quarter-finals, where they were knocked out by which Spanish club?
  4. Which future Ballon d'Or winner left Dinamo Zagreb for Tottenham Hotspur in 2008?
  5. Luka Modrić spent a 2003-04 loan spell at which Bosnian club, where he was named the league's player of the year?
  6. Both Luka Modrić and Vedran Ćorluka spent the 2004-05 season on loan from Dinamo at which Croatian club?
  7. Which Dinamo Zagreb captain kicked a policeman during the 1990 riot at Maksimir, becoming a Croatian folk hero?
  8. Which Red Star Belgrade fan leader, later a notorious paramilitary commander, led the Delije at the 1990 Maksimir riot?
  9. Zvonimir Boban left Dinamo Zagreb in 1991 to join which Italian club?
  10. Which Dinamo Zagreb youth product left for Red Star Belgrade in 1987 after a coach declared he would eat his coaching diploma if the player ever made it?
Answers — round 2
  1. Champions League — They were drawn with Ajax, Porto and Olympiacos in the 1998-99 Champions League group stage.
  2. Celtic — Celtic won the first leg 1-0 at home but were beaten 3-0 in Zagreb to go out 3-1 on aggregate.
  3. Villarreal — Villarreal beat Dinamo home and away on their way to winning the 2021 Europa League.
  4. Luka Modrić — Modrić joined Spurs in 2008 and moved on to Real Madrid four years later, winning the Ballon d'Or in 2018.
  5. Zrinjski Mostar — Modrić was voted Bosnian Premier League Player of the Year at just 18 while on loan at Zrinjski Mostar.
  6. Inter Zaprešić — Inter Zaprešić finished second in Croatia in 2004-05 with both Modrić and Ćorluka on loan there.
  7. Zvonimir Boban — Boban's flying kick at an officer on 13 May 1990 made him a symbol of Croatian resistance to the Yugoslav regime.
  8. Željko Ražnatović 'Arkan' — Arkan led the Delije that day and went on to command the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav wars.
  9. AC Milan — Milan signed Boban in 1991 and immediately loaned him to Bari for a season before he became central to their midfield.
  10. Robert Prosinečki — Prosinečki left for Red Star and won the 1991 European Cup with them, making the remark famously wrong.

Round 3

  1. Dinamo Zagreb won the 1981-82 Yugoslav First League under which manager?
  2. Which Brazilian-born Croatia international left Dinamo Zagreb for Arsenal in 2007?
  3. Dinamo Zagreb signed Mario Mandžukić in 2007 from which Croatian club?
  4. Mario Mandžukić left Dinamo Zagreb in 2010 to join which German club?
  5. Mateo Kovačić left Dinamo Zagreb in January 2013 to join which Italian club?
  6. Which Spanish player left Barcelona's La Masia academy in 2014 to join Dinamo Zagreb at the age of 16?
  7. Which Dinamo Zagreb defender agreed a transfer in September 2020 but spent the whole 2020-21 season back at the club on loan before leaving?
  8. Vedran Ćorluka left Dinamo Zagreb in 2007 to join which English club?
  9. Dominik Livaković left Dinamo Zagreb in 2023 to join which Turkish club?
  10. Which goalkeeper, signed from Varteks in 1984, went on to make a club-record 802 official appearances for Dinamo Zagreb and was Croatia's first choice at the 1998 World Cup?
Answers — round 3
  1. Miroslav Blažević — Blažević led Dinamo to the 1981-82 title five points clear of Red Star — the club's first championship in 24 years.
  2. Eduardo — Rio-born Eduardo da Silva joined Dinamo's youth setup in 1999, took Croatian citizenship in 2002, and moved to Arsenal in 2007.
  3. NK Zagreb — Mandžukić cost Dinamo around €1.3 million from city rivals NK Zagreb in the summer of 2007.
  4. VfL Wolfsburg — Mandžukić joined Wolfsburg for around €7 million in 2010; his move to Bayern came two years after that.
  5. Inter Milan — Inter paid around €15 million for the 18-year-old Kovačić on deadline day in January 2013.
  6. Dani Olmo — Olmo made the unusual move from Barcelona to Zagreb in July 2014 in search of first-team football.
  7. Joško Gvardiol — Gvardiol joined Dinamo's academy aged eight and stayed for a final loan season, playing his last match for the club in May 2021.
  8. Manchester City — Ćorluka joined Manchester City in August 2007 and only moved on to Tottenham a year later.
  9. Fenerbahçe — Livaković joined Fenerbahçe in August 2023 for a fee of around €6.65 million.
  10. Dražen Ladić — Ladić played every match of Croatia's third-place run in 1998 and stayed with Dinamo until retiring in 2000.

Round 4

  1. Which supporters' group, founded in 1986, follows Dinamo Zagreb?
  2. Dinamo Zagreb's main ultras group took their name from a 1983 film starring which actor?
  3. Hajduk Split's famous supporters' group, founded in 1950, is known as what?
  4. Dinamo Zagreb's fiercest domestic rivalry, the Eternal Derby, is contested against which club?
  5. Which former Dinamo Zagreb forward captained Croatia in their first match of the modern era, against the USA in October 1990?
  6. Dinamo Zagreb's youth academy, founded in 1967, has traditionally been known by which name?
  7. Dinamo Zagreb, established in 1945, inherited the blue colours and nickname of which Zagreb club disbanded by the communist authorities?
  8. From February 1993 until 2000, Dinamo Zagreb played under which politically imposed name, never accepted by its fans?
  9. On 14 February 2000 the Zagreb club officially restored which name?
  10. Which Croatian president's government drove the 1990s renaming of Dinamo Zagreb, seeking a club name that reflected the new state?
Answers — round 4
  1. Bad Blue Boys — The Bad Blue Boys were formed on 17 March 1986 by around 16 members and occupy Maksimir's north stand.
  2. Sean Penn — The group named themselves after a 1983 American prison drama starring a young Sean Penn.
  3. Torcida — Torcida, founded in 1950, follow Hajduk; Grobari follow Partizan and Armada follow Rijeka.
  4. Hajduk Split — The Dinamo-Hajduk fixture is Croatian football's defining rivalry, splitting the country between Zagreb and Split.
  5. Zlatko Kranjčar — Zlatko Kranjčar, a Dinamo forward through the 1970s and early 80s, wore the armband at Maksimir on 17 October 1990.
  6. Hitrec-Kacian — The Hitrec-Kacian academy has produced Modrić, Kovačić, Ćorluka and Gvardiol among many others.
  7. 1. HŠK Građanski — Građanski, founded in 1911, were dissolved in 1945, and Dinamo took on their colours, nickname and support.
  8. Croatia Zagreb — The club played as Croatia Zagreb from February 1993 until 2000, a name its own supporters never accepted.
  9. Dinamo — After years of fan protest the club became Dinamo Zagreb again on 14 February 2000.
  10. Franjo Tuđman — Tuđman wanted 'a Croatian champion with a Croatian name' to represent newly independent Croatia.

Round 5

  1. Maksimir Stadium, later Dinamo Zagreb's home, was opened in 1912 by which Zagreb sports club?
  2. Dinamo Zagreb have traditionally played in which colour, giving rise to their nickname 'Modri'?
  3. Which Dinamo Zagreb striker scored Croatia's late equaliser against Brazil in the 2022 World Cup quarter-final?
  4. Dinamo Zagreb goalkeeper Dominik Livaković saved three penalties in a 2022 World Cup shootout against which team?
Answers — round 5
  1. HAŠK — HAŠK opened the Maksimir ground on 5 May 1912 with a wooden stand holding around 6,000 spectators.
  2. Blue — 'Modri' means 'the Blues'; royal blue has been the club's colour throughout its history.
  3. Bruno Petković — Petković's 117th-minute strike forced penalties, which Croatia won to reach the semi-finals.
  4. Japan — Livaković denied three Japanese takers in the round-of-16 shootout in Qatar to send Croatia through.

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