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Free Parma quiz with explained answers — Scala's European nights, Buffon and Cannavaro, the Parmalat crash and the climb back from Serie D.
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Hernán Crespo left Parma in 2000 for which club, in what was then a world-record transfer fee?
Crespo's 2000 move from Parma to Lazio set a new world transfer record at the time.
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Which company, whose 2003 collapse plunged the club into crisis, bankrolled Parma during their golden era?
The dairy giant Parmalat, run by Calisto Tanzi, funded Parma from 1990 until its accounting scandal broke in 2003.
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Which manager led Parma to their first Coppa Italia and their first two European trophies?
Nevio Scala managed Parma from 1989 to 1996 and delivered the club's first major silverware, including the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup.
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Gianfranco Zola left Parma in November 1996 to join which English club?
Zola moved from Parma to Chelsea in November 1996 and was voted the Football Writers' Player of the Year that season.
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Parma's 1993 European final against Royal Antwerp was played at which stadium?
The 1993 Cup Winners' Cup final between Parma and Royal Antwerp was played at Wembley in London.
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Which manager guided Parma to their record second-place Serie A finish?
Carlo Ancelotti managed Parma from 1996 to 1998 and took them to second in Serie A in his first season, 1996-97.
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Fabio Cannavaro joined Parma in 1995 from which club?
Cannavaro came through Napoli's youth system and made his senior breakthrough there before moving to Parma in 1995.
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Which Ballon d'Or winner spent the 1995-96 season at Parma between two spells at Barcelona?
Hristo Stoichkov, the 1994 Ballon d'Or winner, left Barcelona for Parma in 1995 and returned to the Camp Nou a year later.
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Which Parma forward scored the goal that ended AC Milan's long unbeaten run in Serie A in March 1993?
Asprilla's finish gave Parma a 1-0 win in March 1993 and brought Milan's record-breaking unbeaten league sequence to an end.
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Parma's best Serie A finish is second place. In which season did they achieve it?
Parma finished runners-up to Juventus in 1996-97, the highest league placing in the club's history.
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Which manager led Parma to the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia double in 1999?
Alberto Malesani took charge in 1998 and won both the UEFA Cup and the Coppa Italia in his first season.
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How many Coppa Italia titles have Parma won?
Parma lifted the Coppa Italia in 1992, 1999 and 2002.
What the Parma quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans — soccer, if you're reading this in the US — across the topics that decide a real Parma expert:
Club history
Founding, golden eras and the moments that shaped Parma.
Players & legends
Cult heroes and record-breakers, past and present.
Managers
The bosses in the dugout and the trophies they won.
Trophies & honours
Every title, cup and big European night that counts.
Records & stats
Appearances, goals, transfers and all-time bests.
Iconic moments
Famous games, comebacks and unforgettable goals.
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About the Parma quiz
Parma play at the Stadio Ennio Tardini, their home since 1923, in the Emilia-Romagna city famous for its ham and its cheese — and for a decade in the 1990s they were one of the best teams in Europe. This free Parma quiz covers the whole arc: the Nevio Scala sides that won the club's first major trophies, the Parmalat money that funded them, the 2003 accounting scandal and the 2015 bankruptcy that sent the Crociati all the way down to Serie D, and the three straight promotions that brought them back to Serie A.
The trophies came in a rush. Scala, in charge from 1989 to 1996, won the 1992 Coppa Italia and then the 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup, beating Royal Antwerp 3-1 in the final at Wembley — and later that year Parma took the European Super Cup, facing AC Milan after holders Marseille were barred from taking part. The 1995 UEFA Cup was an all-Italian final against Juventus, settled by Dino Baggio scoring in both legs. Alberto Malesani then delivered a UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia double in his first season, 1999, Marseille beaten 3-0 in the final with Hernán Crespo, Enrico Chiesa and full-back Paolo Vanoli among the scorers. The one prize that never came was the league: Carlo Ancelotti's 1996-97 side finished second, still the best placing in Parma's history.
The squads were extraordinary. Gianluigi Buffon came through the youth system and made his Serie A debut in November 1995, aged 17, in a goalless draw with AC Milan; Fabio Cannavaro arrived from Napoli that same year and stayed seven seasons; Lilian Thuram came from Monaco in 1996. Add Faustino Asprilla — whose finish ended AC Milan's record unbeaten league run in March 1993 before he left for Newcastle United — Crespo, signed from River Plate and sold to Lazio in 2000 for what was then a world-record fee, Gianfranco Zola's mid-season move to Chelsea in 1996, a season of Hristo Stoichkov between two spells at Barcelona, and Hidetoshi Nakata, part of the 2002 Coppa Italia-winning squad. Arrigo Sacchi had managed here in the mid-1980s before Silvio Berlusconi took him to Milan. Then Parmalat collapsed, and in 2015 so did the club: refounded in Serie D with Scala as president, Serie D champions under former defender Luigi Apolloni, and back-to-back promotions under Roberto D'Aversa in 2017 and 2018 — captain Alessandro Lucarelli, who had stayed through the bankruptcy, wearing the armband for all three.
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