Bundesliga Quiz

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1. In which year did Hamburg SV finally get relegated from the Bundesliga after 55 years?

   • 2016
   • 2017
   • 2018
   • 2019
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   Answer: 2018

   HSV were the only club ever-present in the Bundesliga since its 1963 founding, but a 2-1 win over Mönchengladbach on the final day of 2017-18 wasn't enough to survive — ending a 55-year run.

2. Hamburger SV play at which stadium — also a 2006 World Cup host venue?

   • Volksparkstadion
   • Veltins-Arena
   • Signal Iduna Park
   • Olympiastadion
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   Answer: Volksparkstadion

   HSV play at Volksparkstadion (57,000 capacity, opened 1953). Hosted 2006 WC games + Euro 1988 games.

3. What is Bayer Leverkusen's nickname — earned from decades of near-misses?

   • Das Team
   • Die Roten
   • Neverkusen
   • Die Werkself
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   Answer: Neverkusen

   The 'Neverkusen' tag stuck after 2001-02, when Leverkusen lost the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League final all in one season — a famous treble of runner-up finishes.

4. Which Bundesliga club did Jadon Sancho join on loan from Manchester United in January 2024?

   • Dortmund
   • Leverkusen
   • Bayern Munich
   • RB Leipzig
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   Answer: Dortmund

   Sancho rejoined his former club Dortmund on loan in January 2024, helping them reach the UCL final.

5. Which Bundesliga club is nicknamed 'Die Fohlen' (The Foals)?

   • Eintracht Frankfurt
   • Borussia Mönchengladbach
   • Leverkusen
   • Hamburger SV
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   Answer: Borussia Mönchengladbach

   This Rhineland club earned the nickname for their young, energetic side of the 1970s, which won five Bundesliga titles (1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977).

6. Which Bayern Munich forward broke the Bundesliga single-season assists record with 21 in 2019-20 — during the treble-winning campaign?

   • Leroy Sané
   • Lewandowski
   • Kingsley Coman
   • Thomas Müller
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   Answer: Thomas Müller

   Müller broke De Bruyne's record (set at Wolfsburg in 2014-15) on Matchday 30 vs Leverkusen and finished the season with 21 — a joint record across Europe's top 5 leagues with Messi in La Liga.

7. Which Bundesliga goalkeeper won the World Cup Golden Glove in 2014 — voted the best keeper of the tournament?

   • Trapp
   • Leno
   • Neuer
   • ter Stegen
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   Answer: Neuer

   Manuel Neuer's sweeper-keeper performances anchored Germany's title run. Lionel Messi took the Golden Ball as best overall player.

8. Xabi Alonso retired from playing in 2017 — which was his final club?

   • Liverpool
   • Bayern Munich
   • Real Sociedad
   • Real Madrid
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   Answer: Bayern Munich

   Alonso ended his career at Bayern Munich, playing his final match on 20 May 2017 — a 4-1 home win over Freiburg — after spells at Real Sociedad, Liverpool and Real Madrid.

9. Former Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka plays for which national team?

   • Switzerland
   • Albania
   • Germany
   • Austria
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   Answer: Switzerland

   Born in Basel to an ethnic Albanian family from Kosovo, Xhaka chose Switzerland and captains the national team — its record cap-holder — while brother Taulant played for Albania.

10. Which Bundesliga club has the nickname Die Werkself — The Factory Eleven?

    • Leverkusen
    • Wolfsburg
    • Borussia Monchengladbach
    • Mainz
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    Answer: Leverkusen

    A Rhineland club whose 'Factory Eleven' nickname comes from their long-running corporate ownership.

11. Which Bundesliga club is nicknamed 'Die Adler' (The Eagles), with a black eagle on its crest?

    • Hertha Berlin
    • Schalke
    • Hamburg
    • Eintracht Frankfurt
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    Answer: Eintracht Frankfurt

    Based in a Hesse financial hub; the eagle is also the city's heraldic symbol.

12. Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga in 2012-13 with how many points — a league record?

    • 96
    • 100
    • 95
    • 91
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    Answer: 91

    Bayern won the league by 25 points clear of Dortmund — the largest gap in Bundesliga history.

13. Which club became the only newly-promoted team to ever win the Bundesliga — in the 1997-98 season?

    • 1. FC Kaiserslautern
    • Energie Cottbus
    • Hansa Rostock
    • Dynamo Dresden
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    Answer: 1. FC Kaiserslautern

    Kaiserslautern, managed by Otto Rehhagel, were promoted from 2. Bundesliga in 1997 and immediately won the top flight — a feat never repeated.

14. The largest ever Bundesliga attendance was 88,075 — at which stadium?

    • Allianz Arena
    • Volksparkstadion Hamburg
    • Olympiastadion Berlin
    • Signal Iduna Park
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    Answer: Olympiastadion Berlin

    The record stands from 26 September 1969, when 88,075 watched Hertha Berlin beat Cologne 1-0 at the Olympiastadion — a Bundesliga attendance mark never since broken.

15. In what year did Borussia Dortmund last win the Champions League?

    • 1993
    • 2001
    • 1995
    • 1997
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    Answer: 1997

    Dortmund beat holders Juventus 3-1 in the 1997 final in Munich, with Lars Ricken famously chipping Peruzzi seconds after coming on as a substitute — their only European Cup to date.

16. Pep Guardiola's first Bundesliga season with Bayern Munich (2013-14) saw his side secure the title with a record 7 games still to play — but ended when Bayern lost to which club?

    • Augsburg
    • Mainz
    • Hamburg
    • Wolfsburg
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    Answer: Augsburg

    Bayern's 53-game unbeaten run (matchday 10 of 2012-13 to matchday 28 of 2013-14) ended with a 1-0 loss to Augsburg on 5 April 2014.

17. Which match produced the first-ever goal in the Bundesliga, in August 1963?

    • Hamburg vs Dortmund
    • Cologne vs Preußen Münster
    • Bayern Munich vs Dortmund
    • Werder Bremen vs Borussia Dortmund
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    Answer: Werder Bremen vs Borussia Dortmund

    Timo Konietzka scored after 58 seconds for Dortmund at Werder Bremen on the opening day.

18. Which club finished bottom of the inaugural 1963-64 Bundesliga season?

    • Preußen Münster
    • Tasmania Berlin
    • Saarbrücken
    • Borussia Neunkirchen
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    Answer: Saarbrücken

    1. FC Saarbrücken finished last in the first Bundesliga season and were relegated.

19. Which Bundesliga club has been relegated the most times in the league's history?

    • Schalke
    • Nuremberg
    • Cologne
    • Kaiserslautern
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    Answer: Nuremberg

    Der Club's ninth relegation came in 2019 — a Bundesliga record — and the most infamous was in 1969, when Nürnberg went down just a year after winning the 1967-68 title, the first reigning champions to be relegated.

20. Who did RB Leipzig beat to win their first ever DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 2022?

    • Leverkusen
    • Dortmund
    • Freiburg
    • Bayern Munich
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    Answer: Freiburg

    Reduced to ten men in Berlin, Leipzig came from behind to draw 1-1 through Christopher Nkunku, then won the shoot-out 4-2 to claim the club's first major trophy.

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