Ball IQSpain Football Quiz
Test your knowledge of Spain's football — the 2010 World Cup, four European titles and La Roja's icons — with explained answers. Play free in your browser.
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What the Spain quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans, across the topics that decide a real Spain expert:
Career & clubs
Every club Spain played for and the moves in between.
Trophies & honours
Leagues, cups and the biggest nights of the career.
Goals & records
The milestones, the tallies and the records set.
International
The national-team story — tournaments, caps and glory.
Iconic moments
The goals and games fans will never forget.
Awards
Ballon d'Ors, Golden Boots and individual honours.
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Which La Liga club was founded by Swiss businessmen in 1899 — making them one of Spain's oldest?
- Real Madrid
- Atlético
- Valencia
- Barcelona
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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.
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Osasuna's stadium El Sadar is located in which Spanish city?
- Bilbao
- Pamplona
- San Sebastian
- Logrono
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Answer: Pamplona
El Sadar is Osasuna's home in Pamplona, capital of Navarre; the steep-standed ground reopened in 2021 after a major renovation and is one of La Liga's most intimidating atmospheres.
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Juventus lost the 2015 Champions League final in Berlin to which Spanish club?
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Atletico Madrid
- Sevilla
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Answer: Barcelona
Barcelona's MSN attack beat Juve 3-1 in Berlin, with Morata equalising briefly before Suarez and Neymar sealed it.
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Who is the all-time top scorer for the Spanish national team?
- Raúl
- Villa
- Torres
- Morata
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Answer: Villa
David Villa scored 59 goals for Spain, overtaking Raúl's 44 in 2011, and remains the country's record marksman after his 2008 Euro and 2010 World Cup triumphs.
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Aymeric Laporte represented France at youth level but switched to which senior national team?
- Portugal
- Belgium
- Spain
- Morocco
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Answer: Spain
Laporte won 51 youth caps for France but switched to Spain in 2021 after gaining citizenship, going on to win Euro 2024.
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Which country won the 1964 European Championship, beating the USSR 2-1 in the final on home soil in Madrid?
- Italy
- Spain
- Hungary
- Portugal
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Answer: Spain
Marcelino headed a late winner in front of Franco at the Santiago Bernabéu in this second edition of the tournament.
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How many goals did Spain score across all six games as they won Euro 2008?
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
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Answer: 12
Group: 4-1 Russia, 2-1 Sweden, 2-1 Greece (8). KO: 0-0 Italy (won pens), 3-0 Russia, 1-0 Germany (4). Total 12.
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Who scored Italy's only goal in the Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley — a curled 60th-minute effort before Spain equalised through Morata and Italy won on penalties?
- Chiesa
- Insigne
- Immobile
- Locatelli
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Answer: Chiesa
The 23-year-old Juventus forward scored 2 goals in total across the tournament, including this one that gave Italy the lead in their semi-final.
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Inter won the European Cup in 1964 and retained it in 1965. Which Spanish giants did they beat 3-1 in that first 1964 final?
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Atletico Madrid
- Valencia
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Answer: Real Madrid
Beating the all-conquering Real Madrid of the era in Vienna announced La Grande Inter as Europe's new force; they followed it by defeating Benfica in 1965.
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Which Spanish club won the Copa del Rey in 2004 (beating Real Madrid) and were then relegated from La Liga in 2013?
- Real Zaragoza
- Deportivo La Coruña
- Real Betis
- Sporting Gijón
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Answer: Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza beat Real Madrid 3-2 after extra time in the 2004 Copa del Rey final; they were relegated from La Liga in 2013.
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About the Spain quiz
Spain's football story is one of the great transformations in the sport — from nearly-men who flattered to deceive at tournament after tournament to the most dominant international side of a generation. Known as La Roja, they perfected a passing philosophy, tiki-taka, that mesmerised opponents and rewrote how the game could be won. For decades their gifted club players never translated to the national stage; then, in the span of four years, they collected everything worth collecting. This is a nation whose golden era set records that still stand, whose academies keep producing generational talent, and whose 2024 European crown proved the well has not run dry. From the Santiago Bernabéu to Soccer City to Berlin, few countries offer a richer, more quizzable arc — triumph, philosophy, and a conveyor belt of icons from Iniesta to Lamine Yamal.
The heart of the story is the run from 2008 to 2012, when Spain became the first team to win three consecutive major titles. It began at Euro 2008 in Vienna, where Fernando Torres' 33rd-minute goal beat Germany 1-0 and ended a 44-year trophy drought. Two years later came the summit: at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Andrés Iniesta's 116th-minute strike sank the Netherlands 1-0 after extra time, delivering Spain's first and only world title. Then Euro 2012 sealed the dynasty with the most emphatic final in the tournament's history, a 4-0 dismantling of Italy in Kyiv, with goals from Silva, Alba, Torres and Mata. Three finals, three trophies, one unmistakable identity — a team that owned the ball and, with it, the world.
Expect the full spread. Spain's four European Championships — 1964, 2008, 2012 and 2024 — are a record they now hold alone, and the quiz mines all of them, from Marcelino's header against the USSR to Mikel Oyarzabal's 86th-minute winner over England in Berlin. You'll be asked about David Villa, the all-time top scorer on 59 goals, and Sergio Ramos, the most-capped player with 180 appearances. There's Rodri's 2024 Ballon d'Or, the 2023 Nations League won on penalties against Croatia, the tiki-taka architects Xavi and Iniesta, and the new wave — Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams, Pedri — driving La Roja into the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico, as reigning European champions and among the favourites.
Every question comes with a short, explained answer, so you're not just testing what you know — you're picking up the context behind each fact, from why 2010 mattered to how the tiki-taka era reshaped the game. Play the sample set below free in your browser, no sign-up required. When you want more — 4,000+ questions spanning every nation, club and competition, a daily football word game, and multiplayer modes to test friends in real time — it's all in the Ball IQ app. Whether you lived through Iniesta's winner or you're discovering Lamine Yamal for the first time, there's a level here for every kind of Spain fan, from the casual supporter to the encyclopedia who still remembers Marcelino in 1964.