Grêmio Quiz: From 1903 to the Arena
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense were founded in Porto Alegre in September 1903, after Cândido Dias da Silva handed over his own ball so that an exhibition match in the city could be finished; he is remembered as the club's founder.
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Which manager led Grêmio to the 1995 Copa Libertadores?
WhyScolari's 1993-96 spell in Porto Alegre brought the 1994 Copa do Brasil, the 1995 Libertadores and the 1996 Brazilian title. -
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Grêmio's 2017 Libertadores-winning coach had also lifted the trophy as a Grêmio player in 1983. Who is he?
WhyRenato Portaluppi — Renato Gaúcho — the first Brazilian to win the Libertadores as both player and coach. -
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In which year was Grêmio's Estádio Olímpico Monumental inaugurated?
WhyIt opened on 19 September 1954 and remained Grêmio's home until the Arena took over in 2012. -
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Grêmio's second Copa Libertadores, in 1995, was won against which Colombian club in the final?
WhyGrêmio won the first leg 3-1 at the Olímpico and drew 1-1 in Medellín against Atlético Nacional. -
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Who captained Grêmio in the 1983 Copa Libertadores final, lifting the trophy with blood streaming down his face?
WhyUruguayan centre-back Hugo De León, cut above the eye at the Olímpico, is the defining image of Grêmio's 1983 triumph. -
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Grêmio took the 1983 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by beating which holders of the European Cup?
WhyHamburg had won the 1982-83 European Cup; Grêmio beat them 2-1 after extra time at Tokyo's National Stadium on 11 December 1983. -
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Who finished as top scorer of the 1995 Copa Libertadores with 12 goals, then left Grêmio for Porto the following year?
WhyMário Jardel's 12 goals carried the 1995 run; he joined Porto in 1996 and went on to win four Portuguese top-scorer awards there. -
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Which coach led Grêmio to the 2001 Copa do Brasil, won 5-3 on aggregate against Corinthians?
WhyTite, long before his Corinthians and Brazil years; the decisive 3-1 was won at the Morumbi. -
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Grêmio won their third Copa Libertadores in 2017. Which Argentine club did they beat over two legs in the final?
WhyGrêmio won 1-0 at the Arena and 2-1 away at Lanús, 3-1 on aggregate, for their first Libertadores since 1995. -
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Grêmio finished the 2023 Brasileirão as runners-up in Luis Suárez's only season at the club. Which club finished above them as champions?
WhyPalmeiras took it by two points, 70 to Grêmio's 68; Botafogo had led for months before collapsing. -
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Grêmio won the very first Copa do Brasil, in 1989. Which club did they beat in the final?
WhyGrêmio came through the inaugural 1989 competition unbeaten and beat Sport 2-1 in the decisive leg on 2 September. -
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Everton 'Cebolinha' left Grêmio in 2020 for a reported €20m. Which club bought him?
WhyBenfica, a year after he scored in Brazil's 3-1 Copa América final win over Peru. -
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Grêmio's 2-1 extra-time win over Hamburg in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup final was settled by two goals from which player?
WhyRenato Portaluppi — Renato Gaúcho — scored in the 37th minute and again at the start of extra time, and was named man of the match. -
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Anderson scored the late winner in the 'Batalha dos Aflitos' as a teenager. Which European club did he move to in January 2006, before Manchester United signed him in 2007?
WhyHe went to Porto, where a broken leg cost him most of a season, and United bought him from there in 2007. -
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Grêmio's first Campeonato Brasileiro title, in 1981, was decided in a two-legged final against which club?
WhyGrêmio won the first leg 2-1 at the Olímpico through two Paulo Isidoro goals, then won at the Morumbi on 3 May 1981 for a 3-1 aggregate. -
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Who was Grêmio's manager for the 1983 Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup double?
WhyValdir Espinosa, who died in 2020, built the 4-3-3 that turned the young Renato Portaluppi loose down the right. -
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Which man, who handed over his own ball so that the 1903 exhibition match in Porto Alegre could be finished, is remembered as Grêmio's founder?
WhyCândido Dias da Silva is honoured as the club's founder. Miller, Cox and Nobiling were pioneers of the game in São Paulo and Rio, not in Porto Alegre. -
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Which ground was Grêmio's home from 1904 until the Olímpico Monumental opened fifty years later?
WhyThe Estádio da Baixada, opened in 1904 in the Moinhos de Vento district, staged the first Gre-Nal and served the club for half a century. -
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Grêmio were relegated from Série A for the third time in the club's history, having also gone down in 1991 and 2004. In which season?
WhyThe 2021 season, after churning through several coaches; they came straight back up as Série B runners-up in 2022. -
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Grêmio opened the Arena do Grêmio in December 2012 with a friendly against the German club they had beaten in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup final. Which club?
WhyHamburg lost 2-1 again — the same scoreline as the Tokyo final in 1983. -
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Grêmio won the Copa do Brasil for a fifth time in 2016, 4-2 on aggregate. Which club did they beat in the final?
WhyA 3-1 win at the Mineirão and a 1-1 draw at home did it; the second leg was pushed back to December. -
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Which Grêmio player was voted best player of the 2017 Copa Libertadores and then named El País' South American Footballer of the Year?
WhyLuan scored eight goals in that campaign, including one in the second leg of the final in Argentina. -
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The 2005 'Batalha dos Aflitos' — a wild Série B decider that Grêmio won 1-0 away while finishing with several players sent off — was played against which club?
WhyGrêmio won at Náutico's Estádio dos Aflitos in Recife on 26 November 2005, a teenage Anderson scoring, and went up as Série B champions. -
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After a 1-1 draw at the Arena, Grêmio were beaten 5-0 in the second leg of the 2019 Copa Libertadores semi-final. Who knocked them out?
WhyFlamengo's 5-0 at the Maracanã sent them to the final, which they won against River Plate. -
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Douglas Costa spent his youth years at Grêmio. Which club did he join in January 2010 for his first move to Europe?
WhyShakhtar paid about €6m; Bayern and Juventus came later, and he was back at Grêmio in 2021. -
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Grêmio won the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana on penalties. Which Argentine club did they beat over the two legs?
WhyIndependiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana winners: 1-1 on aggregate, then 5-4 on penalties in Porto Alegre. -
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How did the first Gre-Nal derby, played in July 1909, finish?
Why10-0 on 18 July 1909, still the heaviest win the derby has ever produced. Internacional, founded that April, had asked Grêmio to be their first opponents. -
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Grêmio reached the 2007 Copa Libertadores final and lost both legs. Which club beat them?
WhyBoca won 3-0 at La Bombonera and 2-0 in Porto Alegre — 5-0 on aggregate, with Riquelme man of the match in both legs. -
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Which defender, playing his club football for Grêmio, started every match of Brazil's 1970 World Cup win?
WhyLeft-back Everaldo Marques da Silva played all six games in Mexico; the others were in that same squad but played their club football elsewhere. Everaldo died in a car crash in 1974. -
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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense was founded in which year?
WhyThe club was founded in Porto Alegre in September 1903; city rivals Internacional followed six years later, in 1909. -
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Grêmio won their first Copa Libertadores in 1983, beating which Uruguayan club in the final?
WhyA 1-1 draw at the Centenário was followed by a 2-1 win over Peñarol at the Olímpico, with Caio and César scoring. -
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Lucas Leiva was voted the Brasileirão's best player in 2006 while at Grêmio. Which club signed him the following year?
WhyLiverpool paid around €6m in 2007; he spent ten years at Anfield before moving to Lazio. -
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Which club signed Arthur from Grêmio in 2018, a year after he won the Libertadores, for a reported €31m?
WhyBarcelona; two years later he went to Juventus in the swap that brought Miralem Pjanić the other way. -
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Ronaldinho Gaúcho left Grêmio in 2001 for which European club?
WhyHe joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 after a drawn-out transfer dispute, and only moved on to Barcelona in 2003.
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City rivals Internacional followed six years later, in April 1909, and asked Grêmio to be their first opponents. That first Gre-Nal, on 18 July 1909, finished 10-0 to Grêmio, still the heaviest win the derby has ever produced. From 1904 the club played at the Estádio da Baixada in the Moinhos de Vento district, which staged that derby and served Grêmio for half a century until the Estádio Olímpico Monumental opened on 19 September 1954.
The early 1980s are where this quiz gets serious. Everaldo Marques da Silva, a left-back playing his club football at Grêmio, started all six of Brazil's matches at the 1970 World Cup before dying in a car crash in 1974. Grêmio's first Campeonato Brasileiro came in 1981, a two-legged final against São Paulo settled by two Paulo Isidoro goals at the Olímpico and a win at the Morumbi on 3 May for a 3-1 aggregate. Then came 1983: a 1-1 draw with Peñarol at the Centenário, a 2-1 win at the Olímpico through Caio and César, and Hugo De León lifting the Copa Libertadores with blood streaming down his face. Valdir Espinosa's 4-3-3 turned a young Renato Portaluppi loose down the right, and in Tokyo on 11 December Renato scored twice — in the 37th minute and at the start of extra time — to beat European champions Hamburger SV 2-1 and take the Intercontinental Cup.
The trophies kept coming. Grêmio came through the inaugural Copa do Brasil in 1989 unbeaten and beat Sport Recife 2-1 in the decisive leg on 2 September. Luiz Felipe Scolari's spell in Porto Alegre from 1993 to 1996 brought the 1994 Copa do Brasil, the 1995 Libertadores — 3-1 at home and 1-1 in Medellín against Atlético Nacional, with Mário Jardel's 12 goals making him the tournament's top scorer before he left for Porto — and the 1996 Brazilian title. Tite won the 2001 Copa do Brasil 5-3 on aggregate against Corinthians long before his own Corinthians and Brazil years. The club has also been a conveyor belt to Europe: Ronaldinho Gaúcho to Paris Saint-Germain in 2001, Anderson to Porto in January 2006 after his late winner in the Batalha dos Aflitos at Náutico, Lucas Leiva to Liverpool in 2007, Douglas Costa to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010, Arthur to Barcelona for a reported €31m in 2018 and Everton 'Cebolinha' to Benfica in 2020.
There have been falls as well. Boca Juniors won both legs of the 2007 Libertadores final, 5-0 on aggregate with Riquelme man of the match twice; Flamengo's 5-0 at the Maracanã ended the 2019 semi-final; and relegation came in 2021, a third drop after 1991 and 2004, answered by promotion as Série B runners-up in 2022. In between, Grêmio beat Atlético Mineiro 4-2 on aggregate for a fifth Copa do Brasil in 2016, beat Lanús 3-1 over two legs for a third Libertadores in 2017 under Renato Portaluppi — the first Brazilian to win it as both player and coach — added the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana on penalties against Independiente, and finished the 2023 Brasileirão two points behind Palmeiras in Luis Suárez's only season. Play the quiz, see how much of it you knew, and read the explanation behind every answer.
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Which manager led Grêmio to the 1995 Copa Libertadores?
Luiz Felipe Scolari. Scolari's 1993-96 spell in Porto Alegre brought the 1994 Copa do Brasil, the 1995 Libertadores and the 1996 Brazilian title.
Grêmio's 2017 Libertadores-winning coach had also lifted the trophy as a Grêmio player in 1983. Who is he?
Renato Portaluppi. Renato Portaluppi — Renato Gaúcho — the first Brazilian to win the Libertadores as both player and coach.
In which year was Grêmio's Estádio Olímpico Monumental inaugurated?
1954. It opened on 19 September 1954 and remained Grêmio's home until the Arena took over in 2012.
Grêmio's second Copa Libertadores, in 1995, was won against which Colombian club in the final?
Atlético Nacional. Grêmio won the first leg 3-1 at the Olímpico and drew 1-1 in Medellín against Atlético Nacional.
Who captained Grêmio in the 1983 Copa Libertadores final, lifting the trophy with blood streaming down his face?
Hugo De León. Uruguayan centre-back Hugo De León, cut above the eye at the Olímpico, is the defining image of Grêmio's 1983 triumph.
Grêmio took the 1983 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by beating which holders of the European Cup?
Hamburger SV. Hamburg had won the 1982-83 European Cup; Grêmio beat them 2-1 after extra time at Tokyo's National Stadium on 11 December 1983.
Who finished as top scorer of the 1995 Copa Libertadores with 12 goals, then left Grêmio for Porto the following year?
Mário Jardel. Mário Jardel's 12 goals carried the 1995 run; he joined Porto in 1996 and went on to win four Portuguese top-scorer awards there.
Which coach led Grêmio to the 2001 Copa do Brasil, won 5-3 on aggregate against Corinthians?
Tite. Tite, long before his Corinthians and Brazil years; the decisive 3-1 was won at the Morumbi.
Grêmio won their third Copa Libertadores in 2017. Which Argentine club did they beat over two legs in the final?
Lanús. Grêmio won 1-0 at the Arena and 2-1 away at Lanús, 3-1 on aggregate, for their first Libertadores since 1995.
Grêmio finished the 2023 Brasileirão as runners-up in Luis Suárez's only season at the club. Which club finished above them as champions?
Palmeiras. Palmeiras took it by two points, 70 to Grêmio's 68; Botafogo had led for months before collapsing.
Grêmio won the very first Copa do Brasil, in 1989. Which club did they beat in the final?
Sport Recife. Grêmio came through the inaugural 1989 competition unbeaten and beat Sport 2-1 in the decisive leg on 2 September.
Everton 'Cebolinha' left Grêmio in 2020 for a reported €20m. Which club bought him?
Benfica. Benfica, a year after he scored in Brazil's 3-1 Copa América final win over Peru.
Grêmio's 2-1 extra-time win over Hamburg in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup final was settled by two goals from which player?
Renato Gaúcho. Renato Portaluppi — Renato Gaúcho — scored in the 37th minute and again at the start of extra time, and was named man of the match.
Anderson scored the late winner in the 'Batalha dos Aflitos' as a teenager. Which European club did he move to in January 2006, before Manchester United signed him in 2007?
FC Porto. He went to Porto, where a broken leg cost him most of a season, and United bought him from there in 2007.
Grêmio's first Campeonato Brasileiro title, in 1981, was decided in a two-legged final against which club?
São Paulo. Grêmio won the first leg 2-1 at the Olímpico through two Paulo Isidoro goals, then won at the Morumbi on 3 May 1981 for a 3-1 aggregate.
Who was Grêmio's manager for the 1983 Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup double?
Valdir Espinosa. Valdir Espinosa, who died in 2020, built the 4-3-3 that turned the young Renato Portaluppi loose down the right.
Which man, who handed over his own ball so that the 1903 exhibition match in Porto Alegre could be finished, is remembered as Grêmio's founder?
Cândido Dias da Silva. Cândido Dias da Silva is honoured as the club's founder. Miller, Cox and Nobiling were pioneers of the game in São Paulo and Rio, not in Porto Alegre.
Which ground was Grêmio's home from 1904 until the Olímpico Monumental opened fifty years later?
Estádio da Baixada. The Estádio da Baixada, opened in 1904 in the Moinhos de Vento district, staged the first Gre-Nal and served the club for half a century.
Grêmio were relegated from Série A for the third time in the club's history, having also gone down in 1991 and 2004. In which season?
2021. The 2021 season, after churning through several coaches; they came straight back up as Série B runners-up in 2022.
Grêmio opened the Arena do Grêmio in December 2012 with a friendly against the German club they had beaten in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup final. Which club?
Hamburger SV. Hamburg lost 2-1 again — the same scoreline as the Tokyo final in 1983.
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Grêmio won the Copa do Brasil for a fifth time in 2016, 4-2 on aggregate. Which club did they beat in the final?
Atlético Mineiro. A 3-1 win at the Mineirão and a 1-1 draw at home did it; the second leg was pushed back to December.
Which Grêmio player was voted best player of the 2017 Copa Libertadores and then named El País' South American Footballer of the Year?
Luan. Luan scored eight goals in that campaign, including one in the second leg of the final in Argentina.
The 2005 'Batalha dos Aflitos' — a wild Série B decider that Grêmio won 1-0 away while finishing with several players sent off — was played against which club?
Náutico. Grêmio won at Náutico's Estádio dos Aflitos in Recife on 26 November 2005, a teenage Anderson scoring, and went up as Série B champions.
After a 1-1 draw at the Arena, Grêmio were beaten 5-0 in the second leg of the 2019 Copa Libertadores semi-final. Who knocked them out?
Flamengo. Flamengo's 5-0 at the Maracanã sent them to the final, which they won against River Plate.
Douglas Costa spent his youth years at Grêmio. Which club did he join in January 2010 for his first move to Europe?
Shakhtar Donetsk. Shakhtar paid about €6m; Bayern and Juventus came later, and he was back at Grêmio in 2021.
Grêmio won the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana on penalties. Which Argentine club did they beat over the two legs?
Independiente. Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana winners: 1-1 on aggregate, then 5-4 on penalties in Porto Alegre.
How did the first Gre-Nal derby, played in July 1909, finish?
Grêmio 10-0 Internacional. 10-0 on 18 July 1909, still the heaviest win the derby has ever produced. Internacional, founded that April, had asked Grêmio to be their first opponents.
Grêmio reached the 2007 Copa Libertadores final and lost both legs. Which club beat them?
Boca Juniors. Boca won 3-0 at La Bombonera and 2-0 in Porto Alegre — 5-0 on aggregate, with Riquelme man of the match in both legs.
Which defender, playing his club football for Grêmio, started every match of Brazil's 1970 World Cup win?
Everaldo. Left-back Everaldo Marques da Silva played all six games in Mexico; the others were in that same squad but played their club football elsewhere. Everaldo died in a car crash in 1974.
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense was founded in which year?
1903. The club was founded in Porto Alegre in September 1903; city rivals Internacional followed six years later, in 1909.
Grêmio won their first Copa Libertadores in 1983, beating which Uruguayan club in the final?
Peñarol. A 1-1 draw at the Centenário was followed by a 2-1 win over Peñarol at the Olímpico, with Caio and César scoring.
Lucas Leiva was voted the Brasileirão's best player in 2006 while at Grêmio. Which club signed him the following year?
Liverpool. Liverpool paid around €6m in 2007; he spent ten years at Anfield before moving to Lazio.
Which club signed Arthur from Grêmio in 2018, a year after he won the Libertadores, for a reported €31m?
Barcelona. Barcelona; two years later he went to Juventus in the swap that brought Miralem Pjanić the other way.
Ronaldinho Gaúcho left Grêmio in 2001 for which European club?
Paris Saint-Germain. He joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2001 after a drawn-out transfer dispute, and only moved on to Barcelona in 2003.
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