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Round 1

  1. The club's origin story begins with a priest, Lorenzo Massa, offering boys the safety of his parish yard in Almagro. What had he just seen nearly run one of them over in the street?
  2. Before the assembly of 1 April 1908 gave the club its name, the boys had been playing in the street under which name?
  3. Father Massa accepted the name San Lorenzo on the understanding that it honoured the Roman martyr Saint Lawrence and one other thing. What?
  4. The old Gasometro stood on Avenida La Plata, in the barrio the club has been identified with ever since. Which one?
  5. Why was the old ground on Avenida La Plata known as El Gasometro?
  6. San Lorenzo lost the old Gasometro in 1979, and for decades afterwards the Boedo site was occupied by a hypermarket belonging to which chain?
  7. The last match ever played at the old Gasometro, in December 1979, was a goalless draw against which club?
  8. Where does the nickname Los Cuervos come from?
  9. San Lorenzo's fiercest rivalry, often billed as the biggest neighbourhood derby in the world, is against which club, nicknamed El Globo?
  10. San Lorenzo won the 1968 Metropolitano, beating which side 2-1 after extra time in the final?
Answers — round 1
  1. A tram — A tram almost hit one of the boys playing on the corner of calle Mexico. Massa opened the Salesian parish yard to them instead, and the club was founded on 1 April 1908.
  2. Los Forzosos de Almagro — Los Forzosos de Almagro - roughly 'the strongmen of Almagro' - was the street team's name, and it was actually proposed at the founding assembly before being set aside.
  3. A battle fought in 1813 by San Martin's mounted grenadiers — The boys wanted to name the club after the priest himself. He only agreed once it was understood to honour the saint and the Combate de San Lorenzo of 1813, fought in Santa Fe province by San Martin's grenadiers.
  4. Boedo — Boedo. The name in the club's title is Almagro, but the ground and the club's soul settled a few blocks south in Boedo.
  5. Its bulk resembled the gas-holder tanks of the neighbouring gasworks — The huge wooden stands looked like the gas-storage tanks that stood nearby, so the terraces christened it the Gasometro.
  6. Carrefour — A Carrefour hypermarket sat on the land for decades. The club only recovered the site much later, after a long campaign to return to Boedo.
  7. Boca Juniors — 0-0 with Boca on 2 December 1979, remembered for Hugo Gatti saving a penalty. The ground was gone soon after.
  8. The black cassocks of the priests behind the club's founding — Crow is Argentine slang for a priest, from the black cassock. Rival terraces used it to mock the club's clerical origins, and San Lorenzo's fans took it as their own.
  9. Huracan — Huracan, from nearby Parque Patricios. The balloon against the cyclone - El Globo versus El Ciclon.
  10. Estudiantes de La Plata — Estudiantes de La Plata went ahead at River's ground before Veglio equalised and Fischer won it in extra time. That team went through the tournament unbeaten and is remembered as Los Matadores.

Round 2

  1. In August 1981 San Lorenzo went down to the second division for the first time, losing 1-0 on the decisive day to which club?
  2. How long did San Lorenzo actually spend in the second division after the 1981 relegation?
  3. In which year did San Lorenzo finally open the Nuevo Gasometro, ending 14 years without a ground of their own?
  4. The Nuevo Gasometro was inaugurated in December 1993 with a 2-1 win over which visiting club?
  5. Which forward finished as the Argentine first division's leading scorer in four straight seasons, from 1958 to 1961?
  6. In 1975 Hector 'Gringo' Scotta scored an extraordinary number of goals in the calendar year, a tally still unmatched in Argentine football fifty years on. How many?
  7. San Lorenzo's celebrated 1947 tour of Europe included a 6-1 win over the Spain national team in Madrid. Which forward was part of the Terceto de Oro that ran it?
  8. The 1995 Clausura ended a 21-year wait for a league title at San Lorenzo. Which coach delivered it?
  9. San Lorenzo won their first Copa Libertadores in 2014, beating a Paraguayan club over two legs in the final. Which one?
  10. Who scored the penalty that settled the second leg of the 2014 Copa Libertadores final at the Nuevo Gasómetro?
Answers — round 2
  1. Argentinos Juniors — Argentinos Juniors beat them 1-0 on 15 August 1981 - played at Ferro's ground, because San Lorenzo had no stadium of their own since the 1979 sale. They were the first of Argentina's big five to be relegated.
  2. One season — One season. They filled grounds all over Buenos Aires, broke attendance records in the division and sealed promotion as Primera B champions in November 1982.
  3. 1993 — December 1993. The Estadio Pedro Bidegain, named after a club president of the 1920s and 30s, was built out in the Bajo Flores - a long way from Boedo.
  4. Universidad Catolica of Chile — A friendly against Universidad Catolica of Chile opened the ground in front of around 40,000. The first competitive match there came the following March.
  5. Jose Sanfilippo — Jose Sanfilippo, the club's great goalscorer of the 1950s and early 60s, topped the scoring charts in 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961.
  6. 60 — 60 - thirty-two in the Metropolitano and twenty-eight in the Nacional, passing Arsenio Erico's 1937 mark of 47. Adidas sent him a golden boot for it.
  7. Rene Pontoni — Rene Pontoni, alongside Armando Farro and Rinaldo Martino. The other three named here were River men from La Maquina.
  8. Hector 'Bambino' Veira — Hector 'Bambino' Veira, himself a San Lorenzo player in the 1960s. It was the club's first championship since the 1974 Nacional, sealed in June 1995.
  9. Nacional — Nacional of Asunción, in the only Libertadores final they have ever reached. It finished 1-1 in Asunción and 1-0 in Buenos Aires.
  10. Néstor Ortigoza — Néstor Ortigoza converted from the spot on 35 minutes after a handball, and that one goal won the tie. Mauro Matos had scored in the first leg in Asunción.

Round 3

  1. Which manager was in charge when San Lorenzo won the Copa Libertadores in 2014?
  2. On the way to the 2014 Copa Libertadores title, San Lorenzo knocked out which Brazilian club in a penalty shoot-out?
  3. San Lorenzo reached the final of the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. Which European club beat them 2-0 to win it?
  4. Which club did San Lorenzo beat in the semi-final of the 2014 Club World Cup?
  5. San Lorenzo won the 2001 Copa Mercosur, their first title in a CONMEBOL competition, by beating which Brazilian club in the final?
  6. Which manager led San Lorenzo to both the Clausura 2001 league title and the 2001 Copa Mercosur?
  7. San Lorenzo won the very first edition of the Copa Sudamericana in 2002, thrashing which Colombian club 4-0 on aggregate in the final?
  8. Which manager won the 2007 Clausura with San Lorenzo, the club's first league title in six years?
  9. Juan Antonio Pizzi won the Torneo Inicial with San Lorenzo in December 2013, then left within weeks to manage which Spanish club?
  10. In mid-2012, two years before lifting the Copa Libertadores, San Lorenzo had to win a two-legged promoción play-off to keep their place in the Primera División. Which club did they beat?
Answers — round 3
  1. Edgardo Bauza — Edgardo Bauza took over at the start of 2014 and delivered the trophy within eight months. Pizzi had won the league title that qualified them, but left for Spain before the campaign began.
  2. Grêmio — Grêmio — 1-1 on aggregate, then 4-2 on penalties in Porto Alegre, with Sebastián Torrico saving twice. Cruzeiro were also eliminated by San Lorenzo that year, but on aggregate rather than penalties.
  3. Real Madrid — Real Madrid, through goals from Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale in Marrakesh.
  4. Auckland City — Auckland City, the Oceania champions, who took San Lorenzo to extra time before losing 2-1 to goals from Pablo Barrientos and Mauro Matos.
  5. Flamengo — Flamengo. It was 0-0 at the Maracanã and 1-1 in Buenos Aires, and San Lorenzo won 4-3 on penalties with goalkeeper Sebastián Saja saving two and scoring one.
  6. Manuel Pellegrini — Manuel Pellegrini, years before Villarreal, Málaga and Manchester City. The Mercosur was the club's first international trophy.
  7. Atlético Nacional — Atlético Nacional. San Lorenzo won 4-0 away in Medellín and then drew the home leg 0-0.
  8. Ramón Díaz — Ramón Díaz, in the first of his two spells at the club. The previous league title had come under Pellegrini in the Clausura 2001.
  9. Valencia — Valencia, leaving the newly crowned champions without a coach days after the title. Edgardo Bauza replaced him and won the Libertadores.
  10. Instituto — Instituto of Córdoba, beaten 2-0 away and held 1-1 at home. Carlos Bueno scored both goals in the first leg.

Round 4

  1. In 2014 San Lorenzo sold 19-year-old forward Ángel Correa to which club for a fee reported at around €7 million?
  2. Which Italian club signed Ezequiel Lavezzi from San Lorenzo in 2007?
  3. Pablo Zabaleta left San Lorenzo for Europe in 2005, three years before joining Manchester City. Which club did he join first?
  4. Which Dutch club signed centre-back Marcos Senesi from San Lorenzo in 2019 for a reported €7 million?
  5. In August 2020 San Lorenzo sold striker Adolfo Gaich to which Russian club?
Answers — round 4
  1. Atlético Madrid — Atlético Madrid. The deal was agreed in May 2014 but Correa stayed a San Lorenzo player until December; surgery to remove a heart tumour that June kept him out for six months and his Atlético debut did not come until August 2015.
  2. Napoli — Napoli paid a reported €5.6 million and Lavezzi became a cult hero there for five seasons before joining Paris Saint-Germain.
  3. Espanyol — Espanyol, who signed him from San Lorenzo shortly after he captained Argentina to the 2005 World Youth Championship.
  4. Feyenoord — Feyenoord, for whom the fee equalled a club record at the time. He later moved on to Bournemouth in 2022.
  5. CSKA Moscow — CSKA Moscow, on a five-year deal for a fee reported at around €8.5 million — one of the biggest sales in San Lorenzo's history.

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