Saint-Étienne Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. Employees of which Saint-Étienne-based company founded the club in 1919?
  2. In which year did the club turn professional and adopt the name Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne?
  3. What nickname did the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard earn for its ferocious atmosphere?
  4. In which year did the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard first open?
  5. Which club beat Saint-Étienne in the 1976 European Cup final?
  6. The 1976 European Cup final was staged at which stadium?
  7. In Saint-Étienne folklore, what were the cursed 'poteaux carrés' of the 1976 final?
  8. In the 1975-76 European Cup quarter-final, Saint-Étienne lost the first leg 2-0 away, then won 3-0 after extra time at Geoffroy-Guichard to knock out which side?
  9. Which Liverpool substitute scored the late goal that eliminated Saint-Étienne in their 1977 European Cup quarter-final at Anfield?
  10. In the 1974-75 European Cup, Saint-Étienne lost a first leg 4-1 away yet advanced with a 5-1 extra-time win at home. Who was the opponent?
Answers — round 1
  1. The Casino grocery group — The club began life as the Amicale des employés de la Société des magasins Casino — even the green shirts nod to the grocer's colours.
  2. 1933 — Professional status arrived in 1933, and with it the AS Saint-Étienne name.
  3. Le Chaudron (the Cauldron) — The heat and noise made it 'le Chaudron' — the Cauldron — also dubbed 'l'enfer vert', the green hell.
  4. 1931 — It opened on 13 September 1931, on land bought by the man whose name it bears.
  5. Bayern Munich — Bayern won 1-0 to complete a hat-trick of consecutive European Cups.
  6. Hampden Park — Glasgow's Hampden Park hosted the final on 12 May 1976.
  7. The square-section goalposts and crossbar that twice denied Les Verts — Bathenay's drive and Santini's header both struck the old square woodwork and bounced clear — round posts, fans swear, would have seen them in.
  8. Dynamo Kyiv — Dynamo Kyiv, home of reigning Ballon d'Or holder Oleg Blokhin, were overturned on a legendary European night.
  9. David Fairclough — 'Supersub' David Fairclough struck six minutes from time to settle one of Anfield's most famous nights.
  10. Hajduk Split — Yugoslav champions Hajduk Split were the victims of the first great European comeback in Saint-Étienne.

Round 2

  1. Saint-Étienne reached the 1976 European Cup final by edging which Dutch club 1-0 on aggregate in the semi-final?
  2. The day after losing the 1976 European Cup final, the squad was celebrated by roughly 100,000 people. Where?
  3. Which 1976 record became the supporters' anthem during the European run, selling millions of copies?
  4. How many French league titles did Saint-Étienne win during their golden era, from the late 1950s to the early 1980s?
  5. How many times did Saint-Étienne lift the Coupe de France between 1962 and 1977?
  6. Saint-Étienne's last league title of the golden era came in which year?
  7. Which Saint-Étienne forward scored an astonishing 68-metre goal away at Metz in October 2021?
  8. In which year did Saint-Étienne complete the first league-and-Coupe de France double in club history?
  9. By what nickname was 1970s Saint-Étienne forward Dominique Rocheteau known?
  10. Which future three-time Ballon d'Or winner joined Saint-Étienne from Nancy in 1979?
Answers — round 2
  1. PSV Eindhoven — A single home goal beat PSV, and a 0-0 draw in Eindhoven sealed the spot in the final.
  2. Down the Champs-Élysées in Paris — The beaten finalists paraded down the Champs-Élysées and were then received by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
  3. 'Allez les Verts' — Monty's 'Allez les Verts', with its 'Qui c'est les plus forts ?' refrain, swept France in 1976.
  4. 10 — Ten championships — a French record haul that stood until PSG finally passed it in the 2020s.
  5. 6 — Six cups in fifteen years — the first in 1962, the last in 1977.
  6. 1981 — The 1980-81 championship proved the final league crown of the great era.
  7. Wahbi Khazri — Tunisia's Wahbi Khazri lobbed the keeper from inside his own half — at 68 metres, the longest-range Ligue 1 goal since Opta began tracking in 2006.
  8. 1968 — The 1967-68 season brought both the championship and the cup — a club first.
  9. L'Ange Vert (the Green Angel) — His flowing curls and elegant dribbling earned Rocheteau the 'Green Angel' tag.
  10. Michel Platini — Platini wore the green from 1979 to 1982 before his legendary move to Juventus.

Round 3

  1. Who won the first African Footballer of the Year award in 1970 while starring for Saint-Étienne?
  2. Which striker of the golden era finished as Saint-Étienne's all-time record goalscorer?
  3. Who captained Saint-Étienne in the 1976 European Cup final?
  4. Which Yugoslav goalkeeper was Saint-Étienne's number one in the 1976 European Cup final?
  5. Which defender spent his entire 17-season professional career at Saint-Étienne, captaining the club for over a decade before retiring in 2020?
  6. Who managed Saint-Étienne to the 1976 European Cup final, having taken charge in 1972 aged just 33?
  7. Which coach delivered Saint-Étienne's first French championship, in 1956-57?
  8. Which coach, who had earlier masterminded Stade de Reims' golden generation, took charge of Saint-Étienne in 1967?
  9. Which manager led Saint-Étienne to the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue, the club's first major trophy since the golden era?
  10. Who scored the only goal as Saint-Étienne beat Rennes in the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue final?
Answers — round 3
  1. Salif Keïta — Malian striker Salif Keïta — 'La Panthère Noire' — had arrived in 1967 and terrorised French defences.
  2. Hervé Revelli — Hervé Revelli led the line through the golden years, scoring around 175 league goals for the club; his brother Patrick also starred.
  3. Jean-Michel Larqué — Midfield general Jean-Michel Larqué wore the armband, and later became one of France's best-known football commentators.
  4. Ivan Ćurković — Ivan Ćurković, signed from Partizan in 1972, was the safe pair of hands behind the golden-era defence.
  5. Loïc Perrin — Loïc Perrin's 470 games all came in green; his farewell was the 2020 Coupe de France final, where he was sent off for a foul on Kylian Mbappé.
  6. Robert Herbin — Robert Herbin, nicknamed 'Le Sphinx', stepped straight from the pitch into the dugout in 1972 and built the club's greatest side.
  7. Jean Snella — Jean Snella, in the first of his spells in charge, made ASSE champions of France for the first time.
  8. Albert Batteux — Albert Batteux arrived in 1967 and kept the silverware flowing at his second great club.
  9. Christophe Galtier — Christophe Galtier, in charge from 2009 to 2017, later won a Ligue 1 title with Lille.
  10. Brandão — Brandão struck in the 18th minute at the Stade de France for a 1-0 win.

Round 4

  1. Which teenage centre-back did Saint-Étienne sell to Arsenal in 2019 for around £27 million?
  2. Which centre-back joined Chelsea from Saint-Étienne in January 2014, staying on loan at ASSE for the rest of that season?
  3. Which striker left Saint-Étienne for Borussia Dortmund in July 2013?
  4. In 1980, Saint-Étienne sold which star forward to Paris Saint-Germain?
  5. Which Dutchman, a World Cup finalist in 1974 and 1978, signed for Saint-Étienne in 1979?
  6. The scandal that erupted in April 1982 and ended Roger Rocher's 21-year presidency involved what?
  7. Saint-Étienne's 18-year stay in the top flight ended in 2022 after a play-off shoot-out defeat at Geoffroy-Guichard against which club?
  8. Which Canadian businessman's Kilmer Sports Ventures bought Saint-Étienne in June 2024?
  9. Which club became Saint-Étienne's fierce derby rivals after the sides first met in 1951?
  10. Which ultras group, founded in 1991, made Geoffroy-Guichard's Kop Nord its home?
Answers — round 4
  1. William Saliba — Saliba was loaned straight back to ASSE for the 2019-20 season before heading to London.
  2. Kurt Zouma — Chelsea paid around £12 million for the 19-year-old Kurt Zouma.
  3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — The Gabon international blossomed at ASSE before becoming one of Europe's deadliest strikers in Germany.
  4. Dominique Rocheteau — Rocheteau left the Verts for the capital in June 1980.
  5. Johnny Rep — Winger Johnny Rep arrived from Bastia in 1979 and became a huge favourite at ASSE.
  6. A hidden 'caisse noire' fund making undeclared payments to players — The slush-fund affair revealed undeclared cash used to keep star players; Rocher resigned and was later jailed.
  7. Auxerre — Both legs finished 1-1; Auxerre won the shoot-out 5-4 and furious home fans invaded the pitch.
  8. Larry Tanenbaum — Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of Toronto-based MLSE, completed the takeover days after ASSE won promotion back to Ligue 1.
  9. Olympique Lyonnais — Barely 50 km separate the two cities, and the Rhône-Alpes derby grew into one of French football's fiercest fixtures.
  10. Magic Fans — The Magic Fans (1991) took the north end; the Green Angels (1992) later settled in the south.

Round 5

  1. When Saint-Étienne opened the Musée des Verts in December 2013, it became France's first what?
  2. Geoffroy-Guichard hosted a famous 1998 World Cup round-of-16 tie in which David Beckham was sent off. Who were the two teams?
  3. Which Saint-Étienne defender was knocked unconscious by Harald Schumacher's challenge in France's 1982 World Cup semi-final?
  4. Before coaching France to 1998 World Cup glory, which manager had won five league titles as a Saint-Étienne player?
Answers — round 5
  1. Museum dedicated to a single football club — No French club had its own dedicated museum before the Musée des Verts opened inside Geoffroy-Guichard.
  2. England and Argentina — Michael Owen's wonder goal lit up a 2-2 thriller; Argentina won on penalties after Beckham saw red for kicking Simeone.
  3. Patrick Battiston — Battiston, an ASSE player from 1980 to 1983, lost teeth and suffered vertebrae damage in Seville — yet no foul was given.
  4. Aimé Jacquet — Aimé Jacquet spent 1960-73 as an ASSE midfielder before masterminding France's 1998 triumph.

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