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Round 1

  1. In 1923, Union's forerunner SC Union Oberschöneweide reached the German championship final. Which club beat them 3‑0?
  2. Union won the 1968 FDGB-Pokal, the East German cup, beating which club 2‑1 in the final?
  3. Union reached the FDGB-Pokal final again in 1986 but were thrashed 5‑1. Who beat them?
  4. Which Stasi-backed club, winner of ten DDR-Oberliga titles in a row from 1979 to 1988, was Union's bitter East Berlin rival?
  5. Union reached the 2001 DFB-Pokal final as a third-tier Regionalliga side. Who beat them 2‑0 in the final?
  6. On their way to the 2001 DFB-Pokal final, Union won their semi-final on penalties against which club?
  7. Who was Union's head coach on the 2000‑01 run to the DFB-Pokal final and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga?
  8. Union's cup final run earned a 2001‑02 UEFA Cup place. Which Bulgarian club knocked them out of that competition?
  9. Union won the first-ever 3. Liga title in 2008‑09. Which club finished runner-up that season?
  10. Uwe Neuhaus led Union from the Regionalliga to the 2. Bundesliga between 2007 and 2014. Which club did he take over in 2015 and win the 3. Liga with in 2015‑16?
Answers — round 1
  1. Hamburger SV — SC Union Oberschöneweide lost the 1923 German championship final 3-0 in Berlin.
  2. FC Carl Zeiss Jena — Union beat FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2-1 in the 1968 FDGB-Pokal final.
  3. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig — Lokomotive Leipzig won the 1986 East German cup final 5-1 against Union.
  4. BFC Dynamo — BFC Dynamo, patronised by Stasi chief Erich Mielke, won ten straight titles; Union were the working-class alternative in East Berlin.
  5. Schalke 04 — Schalke 04 won the 2001 final 2-0 at Berlin's Olympiastadion.
  6. Borussia Mönchengladbach — Union drew 2-2 with Borussia Mönchengladbach after extra time and won the shoot-out 4-2.
  7. Georgi Vasilev — Bulgarian coach Georgi Vasilev was in charge from 1999 to October 2002.
  8. Litex Lovech — After beating Finland's Haka, Union went out to Litex Lovech.
  9. Fortuna Düsseldorf — Fortuna Düsseldorf finished second and went up automatically; Paderborn finished third and went through the play-off.
  10. Dynamo Dresden — Dynamo Dresden named Neuhaus as coach in April 2015. He took charge that summer and won the 3. Liga in 2015-16.

Round 2

  1. Cult captain Torsten 'Tusche' Mattuschka spent 2005 to 2014 at Union. Which club did he join when he left?
  2. Sascha Lewandowski, appointed Union coach in 2015, had earlier been joint head coach with Sami Hyypiä at which club?
  3. Urs Fischer, appointed Union coach in 2018, had won back-to-back Swiss league titles with which club?
  4. In May 2019, Union won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time, going through on away goals in the relegation play-off against which club?
  5. Which punk singer recorded Union's club anthem 'Eisern Union' in 1998?
  6. Croatian midfielder Damir Kreilach joined Union in 2013. Which MLS club did he sign for in early 2018?
  7. US striker Bobby Wood spent 2015‑16 with Union in the 2. Bundesliga. Which Bundesliga club did he sign for in May 2016?
  8. Austrian right-back Christopher Trimmel, later Union's captain, joined the club in 2014 from which club?
  9. Union Berlin's first ever Bundesliga match, in August 2019, ended in a 4‑0 home defeat. Who were the opponents?
  10. Union Berlin's first Bundesliga win came at home in August 2019, when they won 3‑1. Who did they beat?
Answers — round 2
  1. Energie Cottbus — Mattuschka moved to Energie Cottbus in 2014 and played there until 2016.
  2. Bayer Leverkusen — Lewandowski and Hyypiä shared the Bayer Leverkusen job in 2012-13.
  3. FC Basel — Fischer won the Swiss Super League with FC Basel in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
  4. VfB Stuttgart — Union drew 2-2 in Stuttgart and 0-0 at home, so they went up on away goals.
  5. Nina Hagen — Nina Hagen, the East Berlin-born 'godmother of punk', recorded the anthem in 1998.
  6. Real Salt Lake — Kreilach left Union for Real Salt Lake in February 2018.
  7. Hamburger SV — Wood signed a four-year deal in May 2016, straight after his one season at Union.
  8. Rapid Wien — Trimmel played for Rapid Wien from 2008 to 2014 before he moved to Union.
  9. RB Leipzig — RB Leipzig won 4-0 at the Alte Försterei on 18 August 2019.
  10. Borussia Dortmund — Union beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Alte Försterei on 31 August 2019.

Round 3

  1. Union won the first Bundesliga Berlin derby against Hertha BSC 1‑0 in November 2019. Who scored the late penalty?
  2. Urs Fischer left Union Berlin in November 2023 after more than five years in charge. Who replaced him?
  3. In January 2024, Union Berlin's head coach was banned for three matches after shoving which Bayern Munich player in the face?
  4. Bo Svensson was appointed Union Berlin coach in summer 2024. Which Bundesliga club had he managed before that?
  5. Steffen Baumgart took over from Bo Svensson as Union Berlin coach. Which Bundesliga club had Baumgart managed from 2021 to 2023?
  6. Uwe Neuhaus coached Union from 2007 to 2014. Which club did he lead to the Bundesliga as 2. Bundesliga champions in 2020?
  7. Max Kruse joined Union Berlin in 2020. Which Turkish club had he just left?
  8. Union Berlin sold Taiwo Awoniyi in summer 2022 for what was then a club-record fee. Which Premier League club bought him?
  9. Which goalkeeper spent the 2020‑21 season at Union Berlin on loan from Liverpool?
  10. Robin Gosens joined Union Berlin in summer 2023 as they prepared for the Champions League. Which club sold him?
Answers — round 3
  1. Sebastian Polter — Sebastian Polter came off the bench and scored a late penalty to give Union the first top-flight Berlin derby.
  2. Nenad Bjelica — The Croatian Nenad Bjelica took over in November 2023 and was let go before the end of that season.
  3. Leroy Sané — Union's coach pushed Leroy Sané in the face on the touchline during Bayern's 1-0 win and was banned for three games.
  4. Mainz 05 — The Dane Bo Svensson managed Mainz 05 from January 2021 until he left in November 2023.
  5. 1. FC Köln — Baumgart, known for his flat cap, managed 1. FC Köln from 2021 until December 2023.
  6. Arminia Bielefeld — Neuhaus won the 2019-20 2. Bundesliga title with Arminia Bielefeld. At Union he won the first 3. Liga title in 2009.
  7. Fenerbahçe — Kruse left Fenerbahçe in 2020 and joined Union. He moved on to Wolfsburg in January 2022.
  8. Nottingham Forest — Awoniyi moved to newly promoted Nottingham Forest for a fee of about 20 million euros. Union had first signed him from Liverpool.
  9. Loris Karius — Loris Karius joined Union on loan in 2020-21. Taiwo Awoniyi also came on loan from Liverpool that season.
  10. Inter Milan — Gosens moved from Inter to Union in 2023. Leonardo Bonucci also arrived that summer, from Juventus.

Round 4

  1. Union Berlin's first ever Champions League match was a 1‑0 defeat at Real Madrid in September 2023. Who scored the stoppage-time winner?
  2. Union Berlin were knocked out of the 2022‑23 Europa League in the round of 16. Which club eliminated them?
  3. Union Berlin avoided the relegation play-off on the final day of 2023‑24 with a late 2‑1 home win. Who did they beat?
Answers — round 4
  1. Jude Bellingham — Jude Bellingham scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the Bernabéu.
  2. Union Saint-Gilloise — After a 3-3 draw in Berlin, Union Saint-Gilloise won the second leg 3-0 in Brussels. Union had beaten Ajax in the knockout play-off round.
  3. SC Freiburg — Union beat Freiburg 2-1 in Christian Streich's last match as Freiburg coach. Union finished 15th and Bochum went into the play-off.

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