Porto Quiz

Porto are the relentless engine of Portuguese football — founded in the northern port city in 1893, based since 2003 at the Estádio do Dragão, and crowned champions of Portugal more often than any other club. This free Porto quiz covers the whole story: the Fernando Gomes goal glut of the 1980s, the two European crowns, the five-in-a-row league dynasty of the 1990s, and the conveyor belt of South American talent bought cheap and sold on for fortunes. For a club from a country of barely ten million, Porto have punched at the very top of Europe for four decades, and they wear the nickname to match — Os Dragões, the Dragons, the fire-breathing beast on the crest. Their rivalry with Benfica and Sporting frames the domestic season, but Porto's real identity has always been European: cussed, well-drilled and forever ready to upset a bigger name. If you call them the Dragons, this quiz is for you.

The defining nights are unforgettable. Vienna, 27 May 1987: a European Cup final against Bayern Munich slipping away at 1-0 down until Rabah Madjer flicked in an outrageous backheel on 77 minutes, then teed up Juary to win it 2-1 and land Porto's first continental crown. Gelsenkirchen, 26 May 2004: José Mourinho's young, fearless side dismantling Monaco 3-0 through Carlos Alberto, Deco and Dmitri Alenichev — the night the 'Special One' was born, a week before he left for Chelsea. Around those came more silverware: the 2003 UEFA Cup, won 3-2 after extra time against Celtic in Seville, and the 2011 Europa League, a 1-0 win over Braga in an all-Portuguese final in Dublin, Radamel Falcao heading the winner in André Villas-Boas's treble season. Add Fernando Gomes's club-record 352 goals and two European Golden Shoes, and the five straight titles from 1994-95 to 1998-99 — a first for any Portuguese club — and the history runs deep.

Expect questions on the famous sell-on transfers — Deco to Barcelona in 2004, Falcao to Atlético Madrid for around €40 million in 2011, Hulk's big-money move to Zenit St Petersburg in 2012, James Rodríguez to Monaco for €45 million in 2013 — the model that turned the Dragão into Europe's smartest trading floor. The managers get their turn too, from Mourinho and Villas-Boas to Francesco Farioli, the debutant head coach who led Porto to a record 31st Primeira Liga title in 2025-26. You'll be asked about the iconic finals, the Intercontinental Cups of 1987 and 2004, the club's record league haul, and the cult heroes fans still sing about. Difficulty climbs from easy openers — who scored the 1987 backheel, which club Porto beat in the 2004 final — to genuinely hard deep cuts about specific scorelines, squad players and transfer fees. Casual fans and lifelong Super Dragões both get a proper test.

Every question comes with a short explained answer, so even when you miss one you pick up the detail that makes it stick — the exact minute of Madjer's backheel, or which club Porto sold a future Galáctico to. That's the Ball IQ way: the quiz teaches as it tests. Play the sample set below free in your browser, no sign-up needed. When you want the full Porto quiz — plus daily challenges, leaderboards and multiplayer — it's all in the Ball IQ app.

Ball IQ has 39 Porto questions — 0 easy, 24 medium and 15 hard.