Free La Liga trivia questions with explained answers.
Spanish football has given the game some of its greatest teams, players and rivalries, and this free La Liga quiz covers all of it. Real Madrid and Barcelona — the two superpowers whose Clásico is the biggest club fixture in world football — plus Atlético Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla and the upsets that broke the duopoly.
Messi runs through it: his record 474 La Liga goals, the Pichichi awards, and the Barcelona side that played the most admired football of its generation under Pep Guardiola, winning the treble in 2009. On the other side, Real Madrid's record 36 league titles, the Galácticos, and the Cristiano Ronaldo era. The quiz also remembers the romance — Deportivo La Coruña's stunning title in 2000, Valencia's two crowns in three seasons, Atlético breaking through under Diego Simeone.
Questions cover champions and top scorers, famous Clásicos, managers and the moments that defined seasons — from the obvious (which club has won La Liga most) to the hard ones about specific title races and record transfers. Difficulty builds from easy to deep so every level of fan gets tested.
As always, each answer carries a short explanation, so a miss still teaches you something. Try the free sample below, then play the full La Liga bank in the Ball IQ app.
Ball IQ has 225 La Liga questions — 52 easy, 88 medium and 85 hard.
20 sample questions. Tap “Show answer” to reveal the answer and the story behind it.
What is Barcelona's nickname?
Answer: Blaugrana
Blaugrana means "blue and garnet" in Catalan, referring to Barcelona's iconic shirt colours; the club is also known as Barça.
Who is Barcelona's all-time top scorer in La Liga?
Answer: Messi
Messi scored 474 La Liga goals for Barcelona between 2004 and 2021, also the all-time record for the competition.
Which club has won La Liga the most times?
Answer: Real Madrid
Real Madrid hold the record with 36 La Liga titles, ahead of Barcelona's 29; they once won five in a row twice (1961-65 and 1986-90).
Who won La Liga's Pichichi top scorer award the most times?
Answer: Lionel Messi
Messi won the Pichichi eight times across his Barcelona career.
Who is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history?
Answer: Lionel Messi
Messi netted 474 La Liga goals for Barcelona (2004-2021), comfortably clear of Cristiano Ronaldo's 311.
Jude Bellingham won the La Liga title in his debut season at Real Madrid — in which year?
Answer: 2023-24
Bellingham scored 19 league goals in 2023-24, sealing the La Liga and Champions League double in his first Madrid season and the league's Player of the Season award.
Which La Liga club plays at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium?
Answer: Sevilla
Sevilla have won the Europa League a record seven times.
Who scored the iconic winning volley for Real Madrid in the 2002 Champions League final?
Answer: Zidane
Zidane's left-foot volley against Bayer Leverkusen is considered one of the greatest goals ever scored.
Who won the La Liga Pichichi Trophy in 2014-15 with 48 goals — his third top-scorer crown at Real Madrid?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo
Messi finished second with 43, while Neymar added 22 for Barcelona's treble-winning MSN trident.
Athletic Bilbao have never been relegated from La Liga — but they only sign certain players. What is their unique policy?
Answer: Only players from the Basque Country or trained there
Athletic Bilbao's cantera policy only admits players born in or developed in the Basque Country, yet they are one of just three clubs (with Real Madrid and Barcelona) never relegated from La Liga since its 1929 founding.
Which La Liga player has won the most Pichichi awards — with 8 career top-scorer titles?
Answer: Lionel Messi
Messi won 8 Pichichi awards: 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 (5 consecutive from 2016-21). Set record of 50 LL goals in 2011-12.
Which La Liga club won the 2023-24 title — their 36th overall, clinched with four games to spare after Girona beat Barcelona?
Answer: Real Madrid
Ancelotti's side, inspired by Bellingham's debut season, lost just once all league campaign on their way to reclaiming the crown from Barcelona.
How many times did Cristiano Ronaldo win La Liga with Real Madrid?
Answer: 2
Ronaldo won La Liga twice with Real Madrid — in 2012 and 2017 — across his nine years at the club.
Which La Liga club is based in the Canary Islands?
Answer: Las Palmas
Las Palmas are from the island of Gran Canaria — one of only a few Spanish clubs based off the mainland.
In which year did Barcelona famously beat Real Madrid 5-0 in El Clásico at Camp Nou — known as 'La Manita'?
Answer: 2010
José Mourinho's first Clásico as Madrid boss in November 2010 ended in a 5-goal Barcelona rout under Guardiola.
Which La Liga club was founded by Swiss businessmen in 1899 — making them one of Spain's oldest?
Answer: Barcelona
Swiss-born Joan Gamper (born Hans Gamper) placed an advert in Los Deportes and founded FC Barcelona at a Gimnasio Solé meeting in November 1899.
Who kept goal for Barcelona in the 2014-15 Champions League and Copa del Rey runs?
Answer: Ter Stegen
Ter Stegen played the Champions League and Copa del Rey ties, while Claudio Bravo was the league keeper (winning the Zamora Trophy) as Barcelona completed the 2014-15 treble.
Real Madrid's record La Liga victory is 11-2 (Feb 1960) — against which club?
Answer: Elche
Real Madrid thrashed Elche 11-2 on 7 February 1960, with Pepillo scoring five and Puskás four — still their record La Liga win.
Which player made the most La Liga appearances in 2023-24?
Answer: Modric
At 38, Modric started fewer games but still racked up the most La Liga outings of the quartet in 2023-24 as Real Madrid won the title — Benzema had left for Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad the previous summer.
What shirt number did Luka Modrić wear when he first joined Real Madrid in 2012?
Answer: 19
Modric wore 19 from his 2012 arrival from Tottenham until 2017, when he switched to the No. 10 after James Rodriguez left for Bayern Munich.