Champions League Quiz

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1. What was the final score of the 1967 European Cup final?

   • Celtic 3-1 Inter Milan
   • Celtic 1-0 Inter Milan
   • Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan
   • Celtic 2-0 Inter Milan
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   Answer: Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan

   Inter led through a Mazzola penalty before Gemmell and Chalmers turned it around for Celtic.

2. Atlético beat Chelsea 4-1 in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup thanks to a hat-trick from which striker?

   • Diego Costa
   • Radamel Falcao
   • Arda Turan
   • Adrián López
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   Answer: Radamel Falcao

   Falcao's three first-half goals stunned the reigning European champions in Monaco.

3. In the 1970s Bayern pulled off a feat only Real Madrid and Ajax had managed before: winning the European Cup three years running. Which years?

   • 1972, 1973, 1974
   • 1974, 1975, 1976
   • 1976, 1977, 1978
   • 1975, 1976, 1977
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   Answer: 1974, 1975, 1976

   Captained by Franz Beckenbauer, the hat-trick was sealed with a 1-0 win over Saint-Étienne in Glasgow in the final year.

4. Which legendary Scottish manager won the European Cup with Celtic in 1967 — the first British club to lift the trophy?

   • Bob Paisley
   • Matt Busby
   • Jock Stein
   • Bill Shankly
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   Answer: Jock Stein

   Stein's 'Lisbon Lions' — all born within 30 miles of Glasgow — beat Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon.

5. The 2018 Europa League final, which Marseille lost, was staged in which French city?

   • Lyon
   • Nice
   • Marseille
   • Paris
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   Answer: Lyon

   The final was held at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon — painful ground for Marseille to lose on.

6. Anderlecht lost the 1984 UEFA Cup final on penalties to which English club?

   • Tottenham Hotspur
   • Ipswich Town
   • Nottingham Forest
   • Arsenal
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   Answer: Tottenham Hotspur

   Tottenham won the shootout after a 2-2 aggregate draw.

7. Zinedine Zidane won the Champions League as both player and manager with Real Madrid — how many TOTAL CL titles does he have?

   • 4
   • 5
   • 6
   • 3
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   Answer: 4

   Zidane has 4 total CL titles: 1 as a player (2002, Glasgow, famous volley vs Leverkusen) + 3 as manager (2016, 2017, 2018 — only manager with 3 in a row).

8. Which club did PSV beat to win the 1988 European Cup?

   • Benfica
   • Bayern Munich
   • Real Madrid
   • Steaua Bucharest
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   Answer: Benfica

   PSV beat Portugal's Benfica in the final; Real Madrid were eliminated in the semi-finals.

9. Who was the first British manager to reach a UEFA Champions League final after the year 2000?

   • Harry Redknapp
   • David Moyes
   • Sir Bobby Robson
   • Sir Alex Ferguson
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   Answer: Sir Alex Ferguson

   Ferguson led Man United to the 2008 final in Moscow — winning it — and reached three more (2009, 2011, as well as 1999).

10. Anderlecht won their first European trophy, the 1976 Cup Winners' Cup, by beating which English club 4-2?

    • Manchester United
    • West Ham United
    • Liverpool
    • Leeds United
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    Answer: West Ham United

    They defeated West Ham 4-2 in the final.

11. Manchester City reached their first-ever Champions League final in 2021, losing 1-0 to which club?

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

    Chelsea beat City in the 2021 final in Porto thanks to a Kai Havertz goal, denying City European glory until 2023.

12. Which Dutch player was the centrepiece of Ajax's 1995 UCL win and went on to star at Juventus?

    • Seedorf
    • Kluivert
    • Overmars
    • Davids
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    Answer: Davids

    Edgar Davids joined Juventus in 1997 and won three Serie A titles there.

13. PSV Eindhoven won the 1988 European Cup under Guus Hiddink — which Spanish giant did they eliminate in the semi-final on away goals?

    • Real Madrid
    • Atlético Madrid
    • Barcelona
    • Valencia
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    Answer: Real Madrid

    English clubs were banned from European competition after Heysel, while PSV drew 1-1 at the Bernabéu and held on for a 0-0 at home to advance.

14. Bayern Munich went unbeaten across the entire 2019-20 Champions League campaign — how many goals did they score in 11 games?

    • 43
    • 47
    • 45
    • 41
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    Answer: 43

    Hansi Flick's Bayern won all 11 games — the first perfect Champions League campaign — including an 8-2 demolition of Barcelona before Kingsley Coman's header sank PSG in the Lisbon final.

15. The 1987-88 Champions' Cup was won by PSV on penalties — who did they beat in the final?

    • Ajax
    • Anderlecht
    • AC Milan
    • Benfica
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    Answer: Benfica

    Hans van Breukelen saved from Veloso as Guus Hiddink's side won the shootout 6-5 after a goalless draw in Stuttgart — capping a treble season in which PSV reached the final on away goals in both the quarter-final and semi-final.

16. Which Nigerian forward won the UEFA Champions League with Ajax in 1995 — coming on as a substitute in their 1-0 final win over AC Milan?

    • Daniel Amokachi
    • Nwankwo Kanu
    • Finidi George
    • Jay-Jay Okocha
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    Answer: Nwankwo Kanu

    He went on to win Olympic gold captaining Nigeria in 1996, then lifted three FA Cups in England with Arsenal and Portsmouth.

17. Which two Real Madrid players scored late goals — in the 82nd and 88th minutes — at the Bernabéu as Los Blancos beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the 2013 UCL semi-final second leg, falling short 4-3 on aggregate?

    • Özil & Higuaín
    • Di María & Modrić
    • Ronaldo & Bale
    • Benzema & Ramos
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    Answer: Benzema & Ramos

    Despite the furious late rally, Dortmund held on to reach the all-German final at Wembley, where they lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich.

18. City won their first major European trophy back in 1970. Which competition was it?

    • UEFA Cup
    • European Cup
    • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
    • European Cup Winners' Cup
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    Answer: European Cup Winners' Cup

    Under Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison, City beat Gornik Zabrze in the final, capping a golden era that also brought the 1968 league title and 1969 FA Cup.

19. Who provided the corner that Ramos headed in to level the 2014 Champions League final in the 93rd minute?

    • Isco
    • Di María
    • Bale
    • Modric
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    Answer: Modric

    Luka Modric delivered the in-swinger from the right that Ramos rose to meet. Real then ran riot in extra time to win 4-1 and clinch La Decima.

20. In which year did AC Milan famously beat Barcelona 4-0 in the Champions League final?

    • 1993
    • 1994
    • 1989
    • 1990
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    Answer: 1994

    1994 — Fabio Capello's Milan destroyed Cruyff's Barcelona 'Dream Team' with goals from Massaro (2), Savićević and Desailly.

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