Braga Quiz
Test your SC Braga knowledge: the Arsenal-style kit, a stadium carved from a granite quarry, the 2011 Europa League final in Dublin and three Taça wins.
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Rúben Amorim left Braga in March 2020, only a few months after taking over the first team. Which club paid his release clause, reported at €10 million?
WhySporting paid the clause, and Amorim went on to win the league with them in 2020-21. -
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Jorge Jesus coached Braga in 2008–09. Which club did he join that summer?
WhyJesus left Braga in summer 2009 and won the league with his new club in his first season. He had coached Belenenses before Braga, and Sporting much later. -
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Before moving to the Estádio Municipal in 2003, Braga played their home games at which ground?
WhyBraga played at the Estádio 1.º de Maio until the new Euro 2004 stadium opened. The other three are other Portuguese clubs' grounds. -
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Jesualdo Ferreira, Braga coach in the mid-2000s, went on to win three consecutive Primeira Liga titles from 2007 to 2009 with which club?
WhyJesualdo Ferreira won the 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 titles with Porto. -
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Sérgio Conceição's Braga lost the 2015 Taça de Portugal final on penalties after a 2‑2 draw. Who beat them?
WhyBraga were 2-0 up, Sporting came back to 2-2 and then won the shootout. -
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Paulo Fonseca won the 2016 Taça de Portugal with Braga. Which club did he join straight afterwards?
WhyFonseca went from Braga to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2016. He had coached Porto before Braga, then Roma from 2019 and Lille from 2022. -
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Domingos Paciência, who led Braga to second place in 2009–10, made his name as a striker with which club?
WhyDomingos spent most of his playing career at Porto, with a spell at Tenerife in Spain. -
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Braga won their first Taça de Portugal in 1966 by beating which club in the final?
WhyBraga beat Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 in the 1965–66 final, the club's first major trophy. -
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Braga reached the 2011 Europa League final by beating which club on away goals in the semi-final?
WhyBraga lost 2-1 in Lisbon, then won 1-0 at home to go through on away goals. -
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Braga reached the 1998 Taça de Portugal final but lost 3–1 to which club?
WhyPorto beat Braga 3–1 in the 1997–98 final. -
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Which Portuguese architect designed Braga's Estádio Municipal, built for Euro 2004?
WhyEduardo Souto de Moura designed it and won the Pritzker Prize in 2011. Taveira designed Alvalade XXI and Salgado designed the Dragão. -
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Braga sold striker Vitinha in January 2023 for a fee reported at around €32 million. Which club bought him?
WhyVitinha joined Marseille midway through the 2022-23 season. -
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In the 2023‑24 Champions League group stage, Braga were drawn with Real Madrid, Napoli and which German club?
WhyUnion Berlin were in Group C on their Champions League debut. Braga finished third and dropped into the Europa League. -
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Éder, who later scored the winner in the Euro 2016 final, left Braga in 2015 to join which Premier League club?
WhyÉder joined Swansea in summer 2015, then moved on loan to Lille in January 2016. -
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Carlos Carvalhal's Braga won the 2021 Taça de Portugal final 2‑0 in Coimbra. Who did they beat?
WhyLucas Piazon and Ricardo Horta scored as Braga won 2-0 on 23 May 2021. -
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Winger Francisco Trincão left Braga in 2020 for a fee of around €31 million. Which club signed him?
WhyBarcelona agreed the deal in January 2020 and he joined that summer. Wolves only took him on loan from Barcelona later. -
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Eduardo was Braga's goalkeeper and Portugal's first choice at the 2010 World Cup. Which Italian club bought him that summer?
WhyEduardo joined Genoa in July 2010, straight after the World Cup. -
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On their way to the 2010–11 Champions League group stage, Braga knocked out which Scottish club in the third qualifying round?
WhyBraga beat Celtic 3–0 at home and lost 2–1 in Glasgow, then knocked out Sevilla in the play-off. -
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In the last 16 of the 2010–11 Europa League, Braga knocked out which English club?
WhyAlan's penalty won the first leg 1–0 in Braga, and the second leg at Anfield ended 0–0. -
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After leaving Braga in 2019, Abel Ferreira took charge of which Greek club before moving to Palmeiras?
WhyAbel managed PAOK in 2019-20, then left for Palmeiras in late 2020. -
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Paulo Fonseca's Braga won the 2016 Taça de Portugal final on penalties after a 2‑2 draw. Who did they beat?
WhyBraga led 2-0, André Silva pulled Porto level, and Braga won the shootout 4-2 at the Jamor. -
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In which year was SC Braga founded?
WhySporting Clube de Braga was founded on 19 January 1921. -
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After one season managing Braga (2011‑12), Leonardo Jardim moved to which Greek club?
WhyJardim took over Olympiacos in summer 2012, before later managing Sporting and Monaco. -
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Braga's Euro 2004 stadium, with stands on only two sides, was carved out of what?
WhyThe Estádio Municipal sits in the Monte Castro quarry, with bare rock behind one goal. -
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Braga's Minho derby is played against which club?
WhyBraga against Vitória de Guimarães is the Dérbi do Minho, between two cities about 20 km apart. -
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Which club beat Braga 4–0 in the 1982 Taça de Portugal final to complete a league and cup double?
WhyMalcolm Allison's Sporting beat Braga 4–0 in the 1981–82 final and won the double. -
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Braga lost the all-Portuguese 2011 Europa League final 1‑0. Which club beat them?
WhyRadamel Falcao headed the only goal as André Villas-Boas's Porto beat Domingos Paciência's Braga. -
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Braga's red shirts with white sleeves were adopted in imitation of which English club?
WhyThe Arsenal-style kit is why Braga fans and players are called the 'Arsenalistas'. -
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In which city did Braga lose the 2011 Europa League final to Porto?
WhyFalcao's header won the all-Portuguese final 1–0 in Dublin. Hamburg hosted the 2010 final, Bucharest 2012 and Amsterdam 2013.
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Sporting Clube de Braga was founded on 19 January 1921. The club's red shirts with white sleeves were copied from Arsenal, which is why Braga's fans and players are called the Arsenalistas. Their biggest local fixture is the Dérbi do Minho against Vitória de Guimarães, two cities about 20 km apart.
Braga played their home games at the Estádio 1.º de Maio until 2003, when they moved into the Estádio Municipal built for Euro 2004. The ground was designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura, who won the Pritzker Prize in 2011. It sits in the Monte Castro granite quarry, has stands on only two sides and has bare rock behind one goal.
The Taça de Portugal runs all through the club's history. Braga won their first major trophy in the 1965–66 final, beating Vitória de Setúbal 1–0. They lost the 1982 final 4–0 to Malcolm Allison's Sporting and the 1998 final 3–1 to Porto. In 2015 Sérgio Conceição's side led Sporting 2–0 and still lost on penalties. A year later Paulo Fonseca's Braga drew 2–2 with Porto at the Jamor and won the shootout 4–2, and in 2021 Carlos Carvalhal's team beat Benfica 2–0 in Coimbra.
In 2009–10 Domingos Paciência took Braga to second place behind Jorge Jesus's Benfica. The next season they knocked out Celtic and Sevilla to reach the Champions League group stage, where they lost 6–0 at Arsenal and beat them 2–0 at home. In the Europa League that same season they knocked out Liverpool and then Benfica on away goals, before Falcao's header gave Porto a 1–0 win in the Dublin final. The quiz also covers the coaches who used Braga as a stepping stone, including Jesus, Fonseca, Leonardo Jardim, Abel Ferreira and Rúben Amorim, and the players Braga sold on, such as Trincão to Barcelona and Vitinha to Marseille.
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Rúben Amorim left Braga in March 2020, only a few months after taking over the first team. Which club paid his release clause, reported at €10 million?
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Sporting CP. Sporting paid the clause, and Amorim went on to win the league with them in 2020-21.
Jorge Jesus coached Braga in 2008–09. Which club did he join that summer?
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Benfica. Jesus left Braga in summer 2009 and won the league with his new club in his first season. He had coached Belenenses before Braga, and Sporting much later.
Before moving to the Estádio Municipal in 2003, Braga played their home games at which ground?
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Estádio 1.º de Maio. Braga played at the Estádio 1.º de Maio until the new Euro 2004 stadium opened. The other three are other Portuguese clubs' grounds.
Jesualdo Ferreira, Braga coach in the mid-2000s, went on to win three consecutive Primeira Liga titles from 2007 to 2009 with which club?
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Porto. Jesualdo Ferreira won the 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 titles with Porto.
Sérgio Conceição's Braga lost the 2015 Taça de Portugal final on penalties after a 2‑2 draw. Who beat them?
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Sporting CP. Braga were 2-0 up, Sporting came back to 2-2 and then won the shootout.
Paulo Fonseca won the 2016 Taça de Portugal with Braga. Which club did he join straight afterwards?
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Shakhtar Donetsk. Fonseca went from Braga to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2016. He had coached Porto before Braga, then Roma from 2019 and Lille from 2022.
Domingos Paciência, who led Braga to second place in 2009–10, made his name as a striker with which club?
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Porto. Domingos spent most of his playing career at Porto, with a spell at Tenerife in Spain.
Braga won their first Taça de Portugal in 1966 by beating which club in the final?
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Vitória de Setúbal. Braga beat Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 in the 1965–66 final, the club's first major trophy.
Braga reached the 2011 Europa League final by beating which club on away goals in the semi-final?
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Benfica. Braga lost 2-1 in Lisbon, then won 1-0 at home to go through on away goals.
Braga reached the 1998 Taça de Portugal final but lost 3–1 to which club?
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Porto. Porto beat Braga 3–1 in the 1997–98 final.
Which Portuguese architect designed Braga's Estádio Municipal, built for Euro 2004?
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Eduardo Souto de Moura. Eduardo Souto de Moura designed it and won the Pritzker Prize in 2011. Taveira designed Alvalade XXI and Salgado designed the Dragão.
Braga sold striker Vitinha in January 2023 for a fee reported at around €32 million. Which club bought him?
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Marseille. Vitinha joined Marseille midway through the 2022-23 season.
In the 2023‑24 Champions League group stage, Braga were drawn with Real Madrid, Napoli and which German club?
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Union Berlin. Union Berlin were in Group C on their Champions League debut. Braga finished third and dropped into the Europa League.
Éder, who later scored the winner in the Euro 2016 final, left Braga in 2015 to join which Premier League club?
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Swansea City. Éder joined Swansea in summer 2015, then moved on loan to Lille in January 2016.
Carlos Carvalhal's Braga won the 2021 Taça de Portugal final 2‑0 in Coimbra. Who did they beat?
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Benfica. Lucas Piazon and Ricardo Horta scored as Braga won 2-0 on 23 May 2021.
Winger Francisco Trincão left Braga in 2020 for a fee of around €31 million. Which club signed him?
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Barcelona. Barcelona agreed the deal in January 2020 and he joined that summer. Wolves only took him on loan from Barcelona later.
Eduardo was Braga's goalkeeper and Portugal's first choice at the 2010 World Cup. Which Italian club bought him that summer?
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Genoa. Eduardo joined Genoa in July 2010, straight after the World Cup.
On their way to the 2010–11 Champions League group stage, Braga knocked out which Scottish club in the third qualifying round?
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Celtic. Braga beat Celtic 3–0 at home and lost 2–1 in Glasgow, then knocked out Sevilla in the play-off.
In the last 16 of the 2010–11 Europa League, Braga knocked out which English club?
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Liverpool. Alan's penalty won the first leg 1–0 in Braga, and the second leg at Anfield ended 0–0.
After leaving Braga in 2019, Abel Ferreira took charge of which Greek club before moving to Palmeiras?
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PAOK. Abel managed PAOK in 2019-20, then left for Palmeiras in late 2020.
Paulo Fonseca's Braga won the 2016 Taça de Portugal final on penalties after a 2‑2 draw. Who did they beat?
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FC Porto. Braga led 2-0, André Silva pulled Porto level, and Braga won the shootout 4-2 at the Jamor.
In which year was SC Braga founded?
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1921. Sporting Clube de Braga was founded on 19 January 1921.
After one season managing Braga (2011‑12), Leonardo Jardim moved to which Greek club?
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Olympiacos. Jardim took over Olympiacos in summer 2012, before later managing Sporting and Monaco.
Braga's Euro 2004 stadium, with stands on only two sides, was carved out of what?
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A granite quarry. The Estádio Municipal sits in the Monte Castro quarry, with bare rock behind one goal.
Braga's Minho derby is played against which club?
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Vitória de Guimarães. Braga against Vitória de Guimarães is the Dérbi do Minho, between two cities about 20 km apart.
Which club beat Braga 4–0 in the 1982 Taça de Portugal final to complete a league and cup double?
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Sporting CP. Malcolm Allison's Sporting beat Braga 4–0 in the 1981–82 final and won the double.
Braga lost the all-Portuguese 2011 Europa League final 1‑0. Which club beat them?
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FC Porto. Radamel Falcao headed the only goal as André Villas-Boas's Porto beat Domingos Paciência's Braga.
Braga's red shirts with white sleeves were adopted in imitation of which English club?
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Arsenal. The Arsenal-style kit is why Braga fans and players are called the 'Arsenalistas'.
In which city did Braga lose the 2011 Europa League final to Porto?
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Dublin. Falcao's header won the all-Portuguese final 1–0 in Dublin. Hamburg hosted the 2010 final, Bucharest 2012 and Amsterdam 2013.
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