Pumas UNAM Quiz
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Pumas midfielder Manuel Negrete's famous scissor-kick goal at the 1986 World Cup came against which country?
WhyNegrete volleyed in after a one-two with Javier Aguirre in a 2-0 round-of-16 win over Bulgaria. Fans voted it the World Cup's greatest goal in a 2018 FIFA poll. -
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Pumas' home ground, the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, was the main stadium of which Summer Olympics?
WhyThe stadium in Ciudad Universitaria hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Games, including Bob Beamon's long jump. -
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Which Argentine striker joined Pumas on loan in early 2004 and finished as a Clausura 2004 top scorer with 16 goals as they won the title?
WhyBruno Marioni arrived from Tenerife. Pumas later bought him outright, and he was also top scorer of the 2005 Copa Sudamericana. -
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Bora Milutinović's Pumas won the 1980-81 league title by beating which reigning champions in the final?
WhyPumas lost the first leg 1-0 and won the second 4-1 at Ciudad Universitaria (4-2 on aggregate). It was Hugo Sánchez's last game for the club before he left for Spain. -
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Starting in 1990-91, how many consecutive Primera División Golden Glove awards did Jorge Campos win as a Pumas goalkeeper?
WhyCampos won the Golden Glove every season from 1990-91 to 1994-95, all of them with Pumas. -
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Hugo Sánchez's trademark somersault goal celebration was a tribute to which relative?
WhyHis sister Herlinda Sánchez competed in gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and he credited her for his acrobatic skills. -
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Luis García, Pumas' top scorer in the 1990-91 title season, scored both of Mexico's goals in a 1994 World Cup win over which team?
WhyMexico beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in Orlando, with García scoring both goals. He had scored 26 league goals in 1990-91. -
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In their first Copa Sudamericana, in 2005, Pumas recorded a 4-0 result over which Argentine side in the semi-finals?
WhyAfter a 3-0 win over Corinthians in the quarter-finals, Pumas beat Vélez Sarsfield 4-0 in the semi-finals. They then lost the final to Boca Juniors on penalties. -
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Before he became Pumas coach in 1977, how had Bora Milutinović first arrived at the club in 1972?
WhyBora played 93 league games in midfield for UNAM between 1972 and 1976, then coached them from 1977 and later took Mexico to the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals. -
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Who coached Pumas to the Guard1anes 2020 final after Míchel resigned just days before the season began?
WhyAndrés Lillini was named interim coach, was confirmed after a strong start, and took Pumas to the final, which they lost to León. -
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Defender Joaquín Beltrán, a Pumas regular from 1996 to 2006 and a winner of both 2004 titles, left after contract talks failed. Which club did he join next?
WhyBeltrán signed for Necaxa for the Apertura 2006 after a decade at Ciudad Universitaria. -
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When Hugo Sánchez left Pumas for Spain in 1981, which club did he join?
WhyHe joined Atlético Madrid after the 1980-81 title win and won his first Pichichi there before moving across the city to Real Madrid in 1985. -
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Pumas completed their 2004 double by beating which club in the Apertura 2004 final?
WhyPumas won the first leg 2-1 at Ciudad Universitaria and went on to beat Monterrey for their fifth league title. -
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When Jorge Campos broke into Pumas' first team in 1988, he asked to play as a striker. Which goalkeeper was ahead of him at the time?
WhyAdolfo Ríos was Pumas' first-choice goalkeeper, so Campos played up front and scored 14 league goals in his first full season. -
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Pumas beat Club América on away goals in the 1990-91 final. Whose free kick won the second leg at Ciudad Universitaria?
WhyAmérica won the first leg 3-2. Ricardo 'Tuca' Ferretti's free kick won the return leg 1-0, and it was his last game as a player. -
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Which coach led Pumas to both the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the 1990-91 league title?
WhyMiguel Mejía Barón, a product of the club's early cantera, coached Pumas from 1988 to 1991 and later managed Mexico. -
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Pumas beat Pachuca in extra time in the Clausura 2009 final. Who scored the 107th-minute winner?
WhyPablo Barrera got past two sliding tackles on the right and scored, making it 3-2 on aggregate for Pumas' sixth league title. -
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Claudio Suárez left Pumas in 1996 for which club, where he won the Verano 1997 title?
WhySuárez joined Guadalajara for the 1996 Apertura and won the league with them in Verano 1997. He later moved to Tigres. -
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While playing for Pumas, Hugo Sánchez completed a UNAM degree in which subject?
WhySánchez earned a dental surgery degree from UNAM while in the first team, though he never practised as a dentist. -
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Which coach, brought in during Pumas' first Primera División season (1962-63) to save them from relegation, is credited with launching the club's famous 'cantera' youth system?
WhyRenato Cesarini took over a bottom-placed side and kept them up. He then set up the integrated youth development system that became known as the cantera. -
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Guillermo Vázquez, promoted from assistant in 2010, led Pumas to the Clausura 2011 title by beating which club in the final?
WhyAfter a 1-1 first leg, Pumas won 2-1 at home, with academy product Javier Cortés scoring the winner for their seventh league title. -
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Which Pumas idol's transfer to Club América for the 1969-70 season inflamed the Clásico Capitalino, after he had said publicly that he did not want to go?
WhyEnrique Borja threatened to stop playing over the sale, but he was persuaded to join and became an América idol. -
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Which club did Pumas beat in the final to win the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup?
WhyPumas won the final 3-1 at Ciudad Universitaria (4-2 on aggregate) against the Cuban club and went through the whole tournament unbeaten. -
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The 'Goya' chant heard at every Pumas home game is traditionally said to take its name from what?
WhyIn the 1940s, students at the National Preparatory School in central Mexico City shouted 'Goya!' when they skipped class for the nearby Cine Goya. The cry became the university's cheer. -
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Pumas academy graduate Claudio Suárez, who won 177 caps for Mexico, was known by which nickname?
Why'The Emperor' won the 1990-91 title with Pumas and was at the club from 1988 to 1996. -
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The slopes of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario carry the unfinished mural 'La universidad, la familia y el deporte en México'. Which artist led it?
WhyDiego Rivera led the work on the stadium's outer slopes, and it was left unfinished when he died. -
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Who coached Pumas to back-to-back league titles in the Clausura 2004 and Apertura 2004?
WhyHugo Sánchez's Pumas became the first back-to-back champions of the short-tournament era and also won the 2004 Campeón de Campeones. -
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Pumas won the Copa Interamericana against Nacional of Uruguay after a deciding third match in May 1981. In which city was that play-off played?
WhyEach side won its home leg 3-1, so a play-off was staged at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where Pumas won 2-1.
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Club Universidad was founded on 2 August 1954 to represent the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and played its first professional game away at Monterrey that September, in the Segunda División. The step up came with the 1961-62 second-tier title, and the first Primera División season, 1962-63, nearly ended straight back down: Renato Cesarini took over a side in last place, kept it up, and then built the integrated youth system that became known as the cantera. The name Pumas came from Roberto 'Tapatío' Méndez, the university's coach from 1946 to 1964, whose team talks compared his players to the big cat; the blue and gold were a tribute to Notre Dame. Home is the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Ciudad Universitaria, main stadium of the 1968 Olympics, where Bob Beamon made his long jump, with Diego Rivera's mural on its outer slopes left unfinished at his death. And every home game carries the 'Goya!' cry, traditionally traced to Preparatoria students in the 1940s shouting it as they skipped class for the nearby Cine Goya.
The rivalry with Club América took its edge early. Enrique Borja, a Pumas idol, was sold across the city for 1969-70 after saying publicly he did not want to go; he threatened to stop playing, was talked round, and became an América idol instead. Bora Milutinović arrived in 1972 as a midfielder, played 93 league games before 1976 and coached the club from 1977. Hugo Sánchez came through in the same years, finished a UNAM degree in dentistry while in the first team, and turned somersaults after his goals in honour of his sister Herlinda, a gymnast at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. His last game for the club was the 1980-81 final against reigning champions Cruz Azul: lost 1-0 away, won 4-1 at Ciudad Universitaria, 4-2 on aggregate, and then he left for Atlético Madrid. Earlier that year the Copa Interamericana against Nacional of Uruguay went to a third match after each side won 3-1 at home, and Pumas took the play-off 2-1 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in May 1981.
Miguel Mejía Barón, a product of the early cantera, coached the next great side from 1988 to 1991. Pumas went through the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup unbeaten and won the final 3-1 at home against Pinar del Río of Cuba, 4-2 on aggregate. Jorge Campos broke into the first team in 1988 with Adolfo Ríos ahead of him in goal, so he asked to play up front and scored 14 league goals in his first full season; from 1990-91 he won five straight Golden Gloves as a goalkeeper, all of them at Pumas. Claudio Suárez, 'El Emperador', later capped 177 times by Mexico, was at the club from 1988 until he left for Guadalajara in 1996. Luis García scored 26 league goals in 1990-91 and both of Mexico's in a 2-1 win over the Republic of Ireland at the 1994 World Cup. That season ended with the final every Pumas fan knows: América won the first leg 3-2, with García and David Patiño scoring the away goals, and Ricardo 'Tuca' Ferretti's free kick won the return 1-0 at Ciudad Universitaria. Pumas took the title on away goals, and it was Ferretti's last game as a player.
The wait for the next one lasted until 2004, when Hugo Sánchez came back as coach and won the Clausura and the Apertura, the first back-to-back champions of the short-tournament era, plus the Campeón de Campeones. Bruno Marioni, on loan from Tenerife, scored 16 in the Clausura, and the Apertura final against Monterrey began with a 2-1 win at home. Defender Joaquín Beltrán, a regular from 1996, won both before leaving for Necaxa in 2006. In 2005, their first Copa Sudamericana, Pumas beat Corinthians 3-0 in the quarter-final second leg and Vélez Sarsfield 4-0 in the semi, then lost the final to Boca Juniors on penalties. The sixth title came in the Clausura 2009 under Ferretti, when Pablo Barrera beat two sliding tackles to score in the 107th minute at Pachuca for 3-2 on aggregate. The seventh followed in Clausura 2011, with Guillermo Vázquez, promoted from assistant, beating Morelia 2-1 at home after a 1-1 first leg, academy product Javier Cortés scoring the winner. In Guard1anes 2020, Andrés Lillini went from emergency interim, named after Míchel resigned days before the season, to a final that was lost to León. Every answer here explains itself.
Pumas UNAM quiz answers, explained
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Pumas midfielder Manuel Negrete's famous scissor-kick goal at the 1986 World Cup came against which country?
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Bulgaria. Negrete volleyed in after a one-two with Javier Aguirre in a 2-0 round-of-16 win over Bulgaria. Fans voted it the World Cup's greatest goal in a 2018 FIFA poll.
Pumas' home ground, the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, was the main stadium of which Summer Olympics?
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1968. The stadium in Ciudad Universitaria hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Games, including Bob Beamon's long jump.
Which Argentine striker joined Pumas on loan in early 2004 and finished as a Clausura 2004 top scorer with 16 goals as they won the title?
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Bruno Marioni. Bruno Marioni arrived from Tenerife. Pumas later bought him outright, and he was also top scorer of the 2005 Copa Sudamericana.
Bora Milutinović's Pumas won the 1980-81 league title by beating which reigning champions in the final?
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Cruz Azul. Pumas lost the first leg 1-0 and won the second 4-1 at Ciudad Universitaria (4-2 on aggregate). It was Hugo Sánchez's last game for the club before he left for Spain.
Starting in 1990-91, how many consecutive Primera División Golden Glove awards did Jorge Campos win as a Pumas goalkeeper?
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Five. Campos won the Golden Glove every season from 1990-91 to 1994-95, all of them with Pumas.
Hugo Sánchez's trademark somersault goal celebration was a tribute to which relative?
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His sister, an Olympic gymnast. His sister Herlinda Sánchez competed in gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and he credited her for his acrobatic skills.
Luis García, Pumas' top scorer in the 1990-91 title season, scored both of Mexico's goals in a 1994 World Cup win over which team?
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Republic of Ireland. Mexico beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in Orlando, with García scoring both goals. He had scored 26 league goals in 1990-91.
In their first Copa Sudamericana, in 2005, Pumas recorded a 4-0 result over which Argentine side in the semi-finals?
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Vélez Sarsfield. After a 3-0 win over Corinthians in the quarter-finals, Pumas beat Vélez Sarsfield 4-0 in the semi-finals. They then lost the final to Boca Juniors on penalties.
Before he became Pumas coach in 1977, how had Bora Milutinović first arrived at the club in 1972?
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As a first-team midfielder. Bora played 93 league games in midfield for UNAM between 1972 and 1976, then coached them from 1977 and later took Mexico to the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals.
Who coached Pumas to the Guard1anes 2020 final after Míchel resigned just days before the season began?
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Andrés Lillini. Andrés Lillini was named interim coach, was confirmed after a strong start, and took Pumas to the final, which they lost to León.
Defender Joaquín Beltrán, a Pumas regular from 1996 to 2006 and a winner of both 2004 titles, left after contract talks failed. Which club did he join next?
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Necaxa. Beltrán signed for Necaxa for the Apertura 2006 after a decade at Ciudad Universitaria.
When Hugo Sánchez left Pumas for Spain in 1981, which club did he join?
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Atlético Madrid. He joined Atlético Madrid after the 1980-81 title win and won his first Pichichi there before moving across the city to Real Madrid in 1985.
Pumas completed their 2004 double by beating which club in the Apertura 2004 final?
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Monterrey. Pumas won the first leg 2-1 at Ciudad Universitaria and went on to beat Monterrey for their fifth league title.
When Jorge Campos broke into Pumas' first team in 1988, he asked to play as a striker. Which goalkeeper was ahead of him at the time?
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Adolfo Ríos. Adolfo Ríos was Pumas' first-choice goalkeeper, so Campos played up front and scored 14 league goals in his first full season.
Pumas beat Club América on away goals in the 1990-91 final. Whose free kick won the second leg at Ciudad Universitaria?
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Ricardo Ferretti. América won the first leg 3-2. Ricardo 'Tuca' Ferretti's free kick won the return leg 1-0, and it was his last game as a player.
Which coach led Pumas to both the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the 1990-91 league title?
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Miguel Mejía Barón. Miguel Mejía Barón, a product of the club's early cantera, coached Pumas from 1988 to 1991 and later managed Mexico.
Pumas beat Pachuca in extra time in the Clausura 2009 final. Who scored the 107th-minute winner?
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Pablo Barrera. Pablo Barrera got past two sliding tackles on the right and scored, making it 3-2 on aggregate for Pumas' sixth league title.
Claudio Suárez left Pumas in 1996 for which club, where he won the Verano 1997 title?
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Guadalajara. Suárez joined Guadalajara for the 1996 Apertura and won the league with them in Verano 1997. He later moved to Tigres.
While playing for Pumas, Hugo Sánchez completed a UNAM degree in which subject?
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Dentistry. Sánchez earned a dental surgery degree from UNAM while in the first team, though he never practised as a dentist.
Which coach, brought in during Pumas' first Primera División season (1962-63) to save them from relegation, is credited with launching the club's famous 'cantera' youth system?
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Renato Cesarini. Renato Cesarini took over a bottom-placed side and kept them up. He then set up the integrated youth development system that became known as the cantera.
Guillermo Vázquez, promoted from assistant in 2010, led Pumas to the Clausura 2011 title by beating which club in the final?
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Morelia. After a 1-1 first leg, Pumas won 2-1 at home, with academy product Javier Cortés scoring the winner for their seventh league title.
Which Pumas idol's transfer to Club América for the 1969-70 season inflamed the Clásico Capitalino, after he had said publicly that he did not want to go?
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Enrique Borja. Enrique Borja threatened to stop playing over the sale, but he was persuaded to join and became an América idol.
Which club did Pumas beat in the final to win the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup?
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Pinar del Río. Pumas won the final 3-1 at Ciudad Universitaria (4-2 on aggregate) against the Cuban club and went through the whole tournament unbeaten.
The 'Goya' chant heard at every Pumas home game is traditionally said to take its name from what?
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A cinema near the old Preparatoria. In the 1940s, students at the National Preparatory School in central Mexico City shouted 'Goya!' when they skipped class for the nearby Cine Goya. The cry became the university's cheer.
Pumas academy graduate Claudio Suárez, who won 177 caps for Mexico, was known by which nickname?
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El Emperador. 'The Emperor' won the 1990-91 title with Pumas and was at the club from 1988 to 1996.
The slopes of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario carry the unfinished mural 'La universidad, la familia y el deporte en México'. Which artist led it?
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Diego Rivera. Diego Rivera led the work on the stadium's outer slopes, and it was left unfinished when he died.
Who coached Pumas to back-to-back league titles in the Clausura 2004 and Apertura 2004?
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Hugo Sánchez. Hugo Sánchez's Pumas became the first back-to-back champions of the short-tournament era and also won the 2004 Campeón de Campeones.
Pumas won the Copa Interamericana against Nacional of Uruguay after a deciding third match in May 1981. In which city was that play-off played?
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Los Angeles. Each side won its home leg 3-1, so a play-off was staged at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where Pumas won 2-1.
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