Ball IQFootball Managers Quiz
Free football managers trivia with explained answers — Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho, Guardiola and the great gaffers who shaped the game from the dugout.
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What the Managers quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans, across the topics that decide a real Managers expert:
Champions & title races
Every winner and the races that went down to the wire.
Players & legends
The stars and record-breakers who defined the Managers.
Managers
The great bosses and the dynasties they built.
Trophies & records
Top scorers, appearances, transfers and all-time bests.
Famous matches
Iconic games, comebacks and unforgettable goals.
History & eras
Founding stories, golden eras and how it all evolved.
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Pep Guardiola's Man City won four consecutive Premier League titles — in which seasons?
- 2018-21
- 2020-23
- 2019-22
- 2021-24
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Answer: 2021-24
City's four straight titles came in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 — the first team in English top-flight history to win four in a row.
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Which Argentine coach guided Athletic Bilbao to the 2012 Europa League and Copa del Rey finals?
- Marcelo Bielsa
- Mauricio Pochettino
- Diego Simeone
- Jorge Sampaoli
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Answer: Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo 'El Loco' Bielsa took charge of Athletic from 2011 to 2013.
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Which veteran coach led Bayern to their historic 2013 treble before handing the reins to Pep Guardiola?
- Louis van Gaal
- Jupp Heynckes
- Ottmar Hitzfeld
- Hansi Flick
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Answer: Jupp Heynckes
Heynckes' side swept the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League in a near-flawless 2012-13 campaign.
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Which manager took unfancied Villarreal to the Champions League semi-finals in 2005-06?
- Manuel Pellegrini
- Unai Emery
- Riquelme
- Marcelino
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Answer: Manuel Pellegrini
The Chilean coach — who'd later manage Manchester City — took the Yellow Submarine to the semis.
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Which coach led Athletic Bilbao's dominant, title-winning side of the early 1980s?
- Luis Fernández
- Ernesto Valverde
- Javier Clemente
- Marcelo Bielsa
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Answer: Javier Clemente
Javier Clemente masterminded consecutive league titles and a cup double in the 1980s.
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Which Welshman became Fulham manager at 32 in 2003 — one of the youngest permanent Premier League managers of his era — before later managing Wales?
- Giggs
- Mark Hughes
- Chris Coleman
- Craig Bellamy
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Answer: Chris Coleman
Coleman took charge of Fulham in April 2003, staying until 2007. He later managed Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals.
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Who is the youngest permanent manager in Premier League history, appointed by Brighton in 2024 aged 31?
- Andre Villas-Boas
- Fabian Hurzeler
- Graham Potter
- Gianluca Vialli
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Answer: Fabian Hurzeler
A German coach poached after winning promotion to the Bundesliga.
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As of the 2025-26 season, how many English managers had ever won the Premier League title?
- 0
- 3
- 1
- 2
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Answer: 0
No English manager had won the Premier League since it began in 1992; Howard Wilkinson (Leeds, 1991-92) was the last Englishman to win the old First Division.
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Which Mexican coach led Atlético to Champions League qualification in 2008, ending an 11-year absence from the competition?
- Gregorio Manzano
- Quique Sánchez Flores
- Javier Aguirre
- César Luis Menotti
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Answer: Javier Aguirre
'El Vasco' Aguirre steered a Forlán-led side back among Europe's elite.
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Herbert Chapman successfully lobbied London Underground in 1932 to rename which station in the club's honour?
- Drayton Park
- Finsbury Park
- Highbury & Islington
- Gillespie Road
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Answer: Gillespie Road
Chapman got Gillespie Road renamed simply 'Arsenal' — still the only Tube station named after a football club, a marketing masterstroke decades ahead of its time.
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Which Serie A manager guided Napoli's 2022-23 historic title — their first in 33 years?
- Sarri
- Gattuso
- Spalletti
- Ancelotti
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Answer: Spalletti
Spalletti's Napoli, inspired by Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia, clinched the 2022-23 Scudetto with a draw at Udinese — their first league title since the Maradona era in 1989-90.
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Bobby Robson managed clubs in how many different countries?
- 5
- 6
- 3
- 4
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Answer: 4
England (Ipswich, Newcastle), Netherlands (PSV), Portugal (Sporting, Porto), Spain (Barcelona) — four club countries.
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Which managerial duo are behind the tactical theory of 'positional play'?
- Guardiola and Klopp
- Sacchi and Capello
- Clough and Taylor
- Cruyff and Michels
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Answer: Cruyff and Michels
Johan Cruyff developed the ideas and Rinus Michels implemented them — the foundation of modern positional play.
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Jose Mourinho famously lived in a hotel during his time as Manchester United manager — which one?
- Midland Hotel
- Hilton Manchester
- Radisson Blu
- The Lowry Hotel
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Answer: The Lowry Hotel
An iconic 5-star hotel on the banks of the River Irwell, named after a Salford painter.
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The Zenit side that beat Rangers in the 2008 UEFA Cup final was managed by which former Rangers boss?
- Dick Advocaat
- Walter Smith
- Paul Le Guen
- Graeme Souness
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Answer: Dick Advocaat
Dutchman Dick Advocaat, Rangers manager from 1998 to 2001, was in charge of Zenit that night.
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Which bowler-hatted Englishman built Athletic Bilbao's dominant side of the late 1920s and early 1930s?
- Fred Pentland
- Ferdinand Daučík
- Ronnie Allen
- Howard Kendall
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Answer: Fred Pentland
Fred Pentland, nicknamed 'El Bombín' (the bowler hat), delivered multiple league titles and cups.
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Brian Clough won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest in two consecutive years — 1979 and 1980. Which club had he left to achieve this?
- Derby County
- Leeds United
- Brighton
- Hartlepools
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Answer: Leeds United
Famously his 44-day spell at the Yorkshire club he never wanted to manage.
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What nationality was Helmut Benthaus, who arrived at Basel in 1965 as player-coach and stayed for seventeen years?
- Swiss
- Dutch
- German
- Austrian
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Answer: German
The German shaped Basel's great late-1960s and 1970s side before leaving for VfB Stuttgart in 1982.
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Has any manager ever held both the Brazil and England national team head coach jobs?
- No one has
- Yes — Carlos Alberto Parreira
- Yes — Bobby Robson
- Yes — Ron Greenwood
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Answer: No one has
England has appointed non-English managers including Sven-Göran Eriksson, Fabio Capello and Thomas Tuchel — none of whom has managed Brazil.
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Which manager guided Deportivo La Coruña to a shock Champions League semi-final in 2004 — eliminating AC Milan?
- Lucas Alcaraz
- Arsenio Iglesias
- Victor Fernández
- Javier Irureta
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Answer: Javier Irureta
Spanish coach who led the Galicia club to four consecutive Champions League appearances in the early 2000s.
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About the Managers quiz
Great teams are built in the dugout, and this free quiz is all about the managers who shaped the game. Sir Alex Ferguson's 26 years and 13 league titles at Manchester United. Arsène Wenger's Invincibles. José Mourinho announcing himself as "the Special One" after winning the 2004 Champions League with Porto. The tacticians, motivators and dynasty-builders whose names became shorthand for an era.
It spans the philosophies as much as the trophies. Pep Guardiola's tiki-taka treble at Barcelona and his record-breaking Manchester City. Carlo Ancelotti collecting Champions League titles like no manager before him. Jürgen Klopp's heavy-metal football. And the older masters — Brian Clough taking unfashionable Nottingham Forest to back-to-back European Cups, Arrigo Sacchi's AC Milan, Rinus Michels and Total Football.
The questions range from the famous — who managed England as its first foreign coach, who succeeded Ferguson at United — to the deep cuts about specific title wins, club tenures and tactical firsts. It's a category for fans who watch the touchline as closely as the pitch.
Each answer comes with the context behind it, so you finish knowing the story, not just the name. Play the free sample below, then the full Managers bank in the Ball IQ app.
Ball IQ has 453 Managers questions — 110 easy, 251 medium and 92 hard.