Palmeiras Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. Palmeiras are based in which Brazilian city?
  2. What are Palmeiras' traditional home colours?
  3. Palmeiras were founded in 1914 by immigrants from which country?
  4. Which club do Palmeiras face in the fixture known as the Derby Paulista?
  5. How many times had Palmeiras won the Copa Libertadores before the 2025 final?
  6. Which Brazilian club did Palmeiras beat 2-1 after extra time in the 2021 Copa Libertadores final?
  7. Abel Ferreira, the coach behind Palmeiras' back-to-back Libertadores titles, is from which country?
  8. Which Palmeiras forward finally joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2024, more than 18 months after the transfer was agreed?
  9. Which club did Palmeiras beat 1-0 to win the 2020 Copa Libertadores final?
  10. Who scored Palmeiras' extra-time winner in the 2021 Copa Libertadores final?
Answers — round 1
  1. São Paulo — The club was founded in 1914 in Brazil's largest city, and its arena stands in the western zone of it.
  2. Green and white — The shade is the reason supporters call the side Verdão and Alviverde.
  3. Italy — The club's original name honoured that community; it was dropped in 1942 under a wartime government decree.
  4. Corinthians — The two sides first met in 1917, and a 2010 Datafolha survey found 77% of Palmeiras fans in the city naming the other club as their biggest rival.
  5. 3 — The first came at the end of the 1990s, and the other two arrived back to back two decades later.
  6. Flamengo — Gabriel Barbosa levelled for the losing side in the 72nd minute to force the extra half-hour.
  7. Portugal — He made 234 Primeira Liga appearances as a right-back before injuries ended his playing career at 32.
  8. Endrick — He was not allowed to move abroad until he turned 18, so he stayed in Brazil and won two league titles first.
  9. Santos — Both finalists came from the same state, and the match was played at the Maracanã in front of just 5,000 people.
  10. Deyverson — He pounced on a defensive mistake in the 95th minute and was named man of the match.

Round 2

  1. Which Colombian club did Palmeiras beat on penalties to win their first Copa Libertadores in 1999?
  2. Which manager led Palmeiras to their first Copa Libertadores title in 1999?
  3. Palmeiras lost the 1999 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo to which European club?
  4. Which club beat Palmeiras in the final of the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup?
  5. Which club signed Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras in a deal announced in 2016?
  6. Palmeiras lifted the Copa do Brasil in 2012. What else happened to the club that same season?
  7. Which club did Palmeiras beat in the 2020 Copa do Brasil final?
  8. Roberto Carlos left Palmeiras in 1995 to join which club?
  9. Which goalkeeper spent his entire professional career at Palmeiras and won the 2002 World Cup with Brazil?
  10. Gustavo Gómez, Palmeiras' long-serving captain, represents which national team?
Answers — round 2
  1. Deportivo Cali — The tie finished 2-2 on aggregate and Palmeiras took the shootout 4-3 in the second leg at home.
  2. Luiz Felipe Scolari — The same coach lifted the World Cup with Brazil in 2002.
  3. Manchester United — The only goal came from the winning captain in the 35th minute, in what remains that club's sole Intercontinental Cup triumph.
  4. Chelsea — The final in Abu Dhabi went to extra time and was settled by a 117th-minute penalty awarded after a VAR review.
  5. Manchester City — He stayed in Brazil to finish the domestic season and only flew to England in January 2017.
  6. They were relegated to Série B — The cup was won unbeaten in July; by the closing rounds of the league in November the mood at the club had completely reversed.
  7. Grêmio — Palmeiras won 3-0 on aggregate over two legs played in early 2021, for their fourth title in the competition.
  8. Internazionale — He spent one season in Serie A before the move to Spain that defined his career.
  9. Marcos — CONMEBOL named him the outstanding player of the 1999 Copa Libertadores.
  10. Paraguay — He arrived on loan from AC Milan in 2018 and signed permanently in 2020.

Round 3

  1. Which Palmeiras winger scored against his future employers at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, shortly before completing his move to the Premier League?
  2. Which English club signed midfielder Danilo from Palmeiras in January 2023?
  3. Which ground did Palmeiras leave in 2010, before moving into their newly built arena?
  4. Which coach led Palmeiras to the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro title?
  5. Rivaldo left Palmeiras in 1996 for which Spanish club?
  6. Who scored Palmeiras' stoppage-time winner in the 2020 Copa Libertadores final?
  7. Which player, nicknamed 'O Divino', holds Palmeiras' record for most appearances?
  8. Which Palmeiras goalkeeper stepped up to convert the decisive penalty in the shootout that won the 2015 Copa do Brasil?
  9. Which goalkeeper was called into Brazil's 2016 Olympic squad after the Palmeiras keeper originally picked broke his elbow, and later joined Palmeiras himself?
  10. Which club did Palmeiras beat in the 2012 Copa do Brasil final?
Answers — round 3
  1. Estêvão — Nicknamed 'Messinho', he equalised from a tight angle in the quarter-final before Palmeiras went out.
  2. Nottingham Forest — The 21-year-old left after more than 140 Palmeiras appearances and a 2022 Brasileirão title.
  3. Estádio Palestra Itália — Also known as Parque Antártica, it was demolished so a modern arena could rise on the same site.
  4. Cuca — He took charge in March that year and delivered the club's first league crown since 1994.
  5. Deportivo La Coruña — He scored 21 league goals in his only season there before Barcelona signed him in 1997.
  6. Breno Lopes — A forward signed from Juventude only two months earlier headed in a cross from the right deep into added time.
  7. Ademir da Guia — He played for the club from 1961 to 1977, the years of the celebrated 'Academia' sides.
  8. Fernando Prass — He had never taken a penalty in his professional career before that moment.
  9. Weverton — He saved Nils Petersen's penalty in the shootout against Germany at the Maracanã, then signed for Palmeiras in December 2017.
  10. Coritiba — Palmeiras went through the whole competition unbeaten and took the final 3-1 on aggregate.

Round 4

  1. Which Greek club did Abel Ferreira manage immediately before taking the Palmeiras job in 2020?
  2. Palmeiras set a club record for points in a 38-game Brasileirão season in 2022. How many did they collect?
  3. Which club did Palmeiras beat to win the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana?
  4. Palmeiras eliminated which club on away goals in the 2021 Copa Libertadores semi-finals?
  5. Which club did Palmeiras beat in the 1998 Copa do Brasil final, the club's first title in that competition?
  6. Which 19-year-old Palmeiras centre-back was sold to a Premier League club for around £30m in January 2025?
Answers — round 4
  1. PAOK — He walked out three months into his second Greek season and was in Brazil within days.
  2. 81 — They won 23, drew 12 and lost only three, sealing the title with three rounds still to play.
  3. Athletico Paranaense — The two-legged tie finished 4-2 on aggregate, Palmeiras taking the home leg 2-0.
  4. Atlético Mineiro — Dudu's 68th-minute strike in Belo Horizonte cancelled out Eduardo Vargas' opener after a goalless first leg.
  5. Cruzeiro — The same two sides met again in the Copa Mercosul final later that year.
  6. Vitor Reis — The academy-produced defender had made only 18 league appearances for Palmeiras before signing a four-and-a-half-year deal in England.

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