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El Clásico Quiz

Real Madrid against Barcelona: the nights, the goals and the transfers that made the biggest rivalry in club football.

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16 curated football questions · every answer explained

  1. hard

    In the famous 2010‑11 season, Real Madrid and Barcelona met four times in 18 days across three competitions — which trophy did Real Madrid actually win in that run?

    WhyCristiano Ronaldo settled it with an extra-time header in Valencia's Mestalla.

  2. hard

    Before joining Real Madrid, Luís Figo's controversial 2000 transfer from Barcelona was enabled by a release clause that presidential candidate Florentino Pérez exploited. What was that buy-out clause set at?

    WhyPérez promised to refund club members if the deal fell through, betting everything on prying the playmaker from the Camp Nou.

  3. hard

    Which La Liga legend holds the record for scoring in six consecutive El Clásico matches, across 2011‑12 and 2012‑13?

    WhyCristiano Ronaldo scored in six consecutive Clásicos across the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, and no player has managed more against the eternal rival.

  4. hard

    Vinícius Júnior scored the 71st-minute opener as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2‑0 in the March 2020 Clásico. Who added the second goal in stoppage time?

    WhyMariano Díaz struck in the 92nd minute at the Bernabéu, sending Zinedine Zidane's side back to the top of La Liga.

  5. hard

    Barcelona won 6‑2 at the Bernabéu in May 2009. Which two players scored twice each for Barça?

    WhyThierry Henry and Lionel Messi both scored twice; Carles Puyol and Gerard Piqué got the others.

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FAQ

When was the first El Clásico?
Real Madrid and Barcelona first met in 1902, in the Copa de la Coronación. Barcelona won 3-1.
Is the El Clásico quiz free?
Yes. Play it here in your browser with no sign-up, or get the free Ball IQ app for thousands more questions and the daily games.

About this quiz

El Clásico is the meeting of Real Madrid and Barcelona, Spain's two most successful clubs and the biggest rivalry in club football. They first met in 1902, and since then the fixture has been played in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa and the Champions League.

This quiz is built from the matches people still talk about: the 5-0 at Camp Nou in 2010, the 6-2 at the Bernabéu in 2009, a Barcelona player being applauded by Real Madrid's own fans in 2005, a world-record transfer's return to Camp Nou in a white shirt, and the four Clásicos in 18 days in the spring of 2011.

Every question comes with a short explanation, so you finish knowing the story behind the answer. Play the set here for free; the La Liga quiz in the Ball IQ app goes much deeper.

11 football trivia questions & answers

Tap an answer to check it — instant right/wrong and the story behind it.

  1. By the end of the 2025‑26 season, who had scored the most El Clásico goals in history?

    Messi scored 26 goals in El Clasico matches over his career — more than any other player in the history of the fixture.

  2. Who scored the iconic winning goal in the 2014 Copa del Rey final for Real Madrid vs Barcelona, running round Bartra along the touchline and scoring in the 85th minute?

    Bale knocked the ball past Bartra, went round him off the pitch and scored in the 85th minute at Mestalla, after Bartra had headed Barcelona level.

  3. Which legendary Dutch player rejected a late Real Madrid approach to sign for Barcelona in 1973, saying he could not play for a club tied to Franco's regime?

    Johan Cruyff joined Barcelona from Ajax in 1973 for a world-record fee, turning down Real Madrid because he refused to play for a club linked to Franco's dictatorship.

  4. When Luis Figo returned to Camp Nou in a Real Madrid shirt in 2002, enraged Barça fans famously hurled what object onto the pitch?

    Figo's 2000 switch to Madrid made him football's 'Judas'; during the Nov 2002 Clásico a suckling pig's head (cochinillo) landed near his corner flag.

  5. Jude Bellingham scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to win his first Clasico in October 2023 - who had put Barcelona ahead?

    Gundogan scored his first Barcelona goal in the sixth minute; Bellingham replied on 68 minutes and again in stoppage time.

  6. On 19 November 2005, a Barcelona player did something so brilliant at the Bernabéu that even Real Madrid fans rose to applaud him. Who?

    Ronaldinho scored twice in a 3-0 win and Real Madrid's own fans rose to applaud him, the first Barcelona player to get that at the Bernabéu since Maradona.

  7. How many goals did Vinícius Júnior score in the first half of the 2024 Supercopa de España final against Barcelona?

    He struck on 7, 10 and 39 minutes (the last a penalty) in Riyadh, and Rodrygo added a fourth in the 4-1 win.

  8. Who managed Barcelona when they beat Real Madrid 5‑0 at Camp Nou in November 2010?

    Guardiola's side ran riot in José Mourinho's first Clásico as Real Madrid coach.

  9. Barcelona won 4‑3 at the Bernabéu in March 2014. Who scored a hat-trick for them?

    Two of Messi's three were penalties; Iniesta scored Barcelona's other goal.

  10. A stoppage-time winner at the Bernabéu in April 2017 was the scorer's 500th goal for Barcelona. What was the final score?

    Lionel Messi scored it and celebrated by holding his shirt up to the Real Madrid fans.

  11. Which Real Madrid player was sent off late in the 5‑0 Clásico defeat at Camp Nou in November 2010?

    Ramos was sent off in stoppage time after a foul on Messi, and shoved Puyol and Xavi on his way off.