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Round 1

  1. In which year was Stade Rennais founded?
  2. Rennes reached their first Coupe de France final in 1922. Which club beat them 2‑0?
  3. Rennes won their first Coupe de France in 1965 by winning a replay 3‑1 after a 2‑2 draw. Who did they beat?
  4. Rennes won their second Coupe de France in 1971 with a 1‑0 win in the final. Who did they beat?
  5. Rennes lost both the 2009 and the 2014 Coupe de France finals to the same Breton club. Which club?
  6. Rennes reached the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue final but lost it 1‑0. Who beat them?
  7. Rennes' home ground was renamed in 2015. What is it called now?
  8. Which French billionaire bought Rennes in 1998?
  9. Paul Le Guen managed Rennes from 1998 to 2001. With which club did he then win three Ligue 1 titles in a row?
  10. László Bölöni coached Rennes from 2003 to 2006. At which club had he earlier given Cristiano Ronaldo his first-team debut?
Answers — round 1
  1. 1901 — Stade Rennais was founded in March 1901. In 1904 it merged with FC Rennais and became Stade Rennais Université Club.
  2. Red Star — Red Star won the 1922 final 2-0. It was the middle of their three Coupe de France wins in a row, from 1921 to 1923.
  3. UA Sedan-Torcy — Rennes beat Sedan in the 1965 final. The first match ended 2-2 and Rennes won the replay 3-1.
  4. Olympique Lyonnais — Rennes beat Lyon 1-0 in the 1971 final, and André Guy scored the penalty that decided it.
  5. Guingamp — Guingamp won the 2009 final 2-1 while they were a Ligue 2 side, then beat Rennes again in 2014, this time 2-0.
  6. Saint-Étienne — Saint-Étienne beat Rennes 1-0 in the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue final. Brandão scored the goal.
  7. Roazhon Park — It was renamed Roazhon Park in 2015. Roazhon is the Breton name for Rennes. The other three are other Breton clubs' grounds.
  8. François Pinault — François Pinault bought the club in 1998, and his family holding company Artémis has owned it ever since.
  9. Olympique Lyonnais — Le Guen won the league with Lyon in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He later coached PSG from 2007 to 2009 and won the 2008 Coupe de la Ligue there, but no league title.
  10. Sporting CP — Bölöni was in charge of Sporting when the teenage Ronaldo broke into the first team in 2002. He moved to Rennes the following year.

Round 2

  1. Philippe Montanier became Rennes coach in 2013. Which Spanish club did he leave to take the job?
  2. Rennes appointed a new head coach in summer 2009. Which club had he managed for the previous four seasons?
  3. Christian Gourcuff coached Rennes between 2016 and 2017. Which Breton club is he best known for, after several long spells as its manager?
  4. Goalkeeper Petr Čech spent two seasons at Rennes. Which club did he join in 2004?
  5. Which Swiss striker was Ligue 1's top scorer in 2004⁠–⁠05, with 20 goals for Rennes?
  6. Rennes sold Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan in 2010 for a fee that was a club record for the buyer. Which club bought him?
  7. Ousmane Dembélé left Rennes in 2016 after one breakthrough season. Which club did he join?
  8. Defender Mikaël Silvestre began his career at Rennes. Which club did he join in 1998, a year before he moved to Manchester United?
  9. Rennes won the 2019 Coupe de France final on penalties after a 2‑2 draw. Who were their opponents?
  10. Who was the Rennes head coach when they won the 2019 Coupe de France?
Answers — round 2
  1. Real Sociedad — Montanier left Real Sociedad, whom he had just taken into the Champions League, and coached Rennes from 2013 until early 2016.
  2. Nice — He coached there from 2005 to 2009, then managed Rennes from 2009 to 2013.
  3. Lorient — Gourcuff had three spells at Lorient and took them from the lower divisions into Ligue 1. His son Yoann came through the Rennes academy.
  4. Chelsea — Čech joined Rennes from Sparta Prague in 2002 and moved to Chelsea in 2004.
  5. Alexander Frei — Frei finished 2004–05 as Ligue 1's top scorer with 20 goals and moved to Germany in 2006.
  6. Sunderland — Sunderland signed Gyan from Rennes in August 2010, shortly after his strong World Cup that summer.
  7. Borussia Dortmund — Dembélé joined Borussia Dortmund in 2016 and moved to Barcelona a year later.
  8. Inter Milan — Silvestre left Rennes for Inter in 1998 and joined Manchester United in 1999.
  9. Paris Saint-Germain — Rennes came from 2-0 down against PSG at the Stade de France and won the shootout 6-5, their first major trophy since 1971.
  10. Julien Stéphan — Julien Stéphan took over from Sabri Lamouchi in December 2018 and won the cup in his first season.

Round 3

  1. Who managed Rennes in the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue final?
  2. Rennes won the first leg 3‑1 but were knocked out of the 2018‑19 Europa League round of 16. Which club eliminated them?
  3. Which Russian club was in Rennes' group in their first Champions League group stage, in 2020‑21?
  4. Eduardo Camavinga left Rennes in August 2021. Which club signed him?
  5. Rennes signed winger Jérémy Doku in October 2020. Which club did they buy him from?
  6. Jérémy Doku left Rennes in summer 2023. Which club did he join?
  7. Raphinha spent one season at Rennes before leaving in October 2020. Which English club signed him?
  8. Yoann Gourcuff came through the Rennes academy. Which club did he join when he left Rennes in 2006?
  9. Teenage forward Mathys Tel left Rennes in summer 2022. Which club signed him?
  10. The coach who won Rennes the 2019 Coupe de France returned as head coach in November 2023. Who did he replace?
Answers — round 3
  1. Frédéric Antonetti — Frédéric Antonetti was in charge from 2009 to 2013. Philippe Montanier replaced him that summer and led Rennes to the 2014 Coupe de France final.
  2. Arsenal — Arsenal won the second leg 3-0 at the Emirates to go through 4-3 on aggregate.
  3. FC Krasnodar — Rennes had qualified by finishing third in the shortened 2019-20 Ligue 1 season, and finished bottom of the group.
  4. Real Madrid — Real Madrid signed the academy midfielder in August 2021.
  5. Anderlecht — Doku came through Anderlecht's academy, and Rennes paid a club-record fee for him at the time.
  6. Manchester City — Manchester City signed Doku in August 2023.
  7. Leeds United — Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds signed him, a year after he arrived in Brittany from Portugal.
  8. AC Milan — Gourcuff joined AC Milan in 2006. He only shone at Bordeaux later, from 2008.
  9. Bayern Munich — Bayern Munich signed Tel in July 2022, when he was 17.
  10. Bruno Génésio — Bruno Génésio had taken over in March 2021. When Génésio left in November 2023, the 2019 cup-winning coach came back.

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