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Free Sunderland quiz with explained answers — from six league titles and the 1973 FA Cup upset to Roker Park, the Stadium of Light and Kevin Phillips. Play free in your browser.
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Who scored the only goal as Sunderland won the 2021 EFL Trophy final?
The USA-born forward struck the winner at Wembley.
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In what year was Sunderland AFC founded?
The club began as a schoolteachers' association side in the late 1870s.
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Who managed Sunderland in the 2014 League Cup Final?
The Uruguayan also engineered that season's 'Great Escape' from relegation.
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Which early-20th-century Sunderland and England forward later became a famous football journalist with his own monthly magazine?
His name lived on in a hugely popular post-war football publication.
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Sunderland's great side of which decade was dubbed the 'Team of All the Talents'?
The nickname belonged to the dominant championship-winning team of Victorian times.
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Sunderland won the 2021 EFL Trophy, beating which club in the final?
The Wembley final was settled 1-0 against this Merseyside opponent.
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Sunderland set a divisional points record in 1998–99 with how many points?
Their First Division tally that season was a record for the division at the time.
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Sunderland won the league in 1913 but lost the FA Cup Final that year to which club, narrowly missing the Double?
A single goal from the Midlands side denied them the double in 1913.
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When Sunderland won the 1973 FA Cup, which division were they playing in?
Their triumph is celebrated as one of the great cup upsets by a non-top-flight side.
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Sunderland's record home attendance of 75,118 at Roker Park in 1933 came against which club?
The huge crowd packed in for an FA Cup tie against the East Midlands visitors.
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Popular goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen represented which country?
The keeper of the Reid era was a full international for his Scandinavian homeland.
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David Moyes's 2016–17 season at Sunderland ended in what?
His single full season saw the club drop out of the top flight.
What the Sunderland quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans, across the topics that decide a real Sunderland expert:
Club history
Founding, golden eras and the moments that shaped Sunderland.
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 Sunderland quiz
Sunderland, founded in 1879 and famous for their red-and-white stripes, are one of English football's grand old names with one of the game's most devoted followings. This free Sunderland quiz covers the whole story — the six league titles, the great cup days, the move from Roker Park to the Stadium of Light, and the modern rollercoaster made famous on Netflix.
The history runs deep. Sunderland have won the English league six times, the last in 1936, and lifted the FA Cup in 1937 (beating Preston North End) and again in 1973 — when, as a Second Division side, they stunned Leeds United in one of the competition's greatest upsets. Kevin Phillips won the European Golden Shoe in 1999-2000, and Peter Reid's side racked up a then-record 105 points to win the 1998-99 First Division. In 1997 the club left Roker Park for the Stadium of Light, built on the site of the former Wearmouth colliery.
Expect questions on the title-winning sides, the 1937 and 1973 cup runs, Roker Park and the Stadium of Light, Kevin Phillips, and the fierce Tyne–Wear derby with Newcastle United. Difficulty climbs from easy openers to genuinely hard deep cuts about record scorers and specific seasons.
Every question comes with a short explained answer, so even a miss teaches you the detail that makes it stick. Play the sample set below free in your browser, no sign-up needed. The full Sunderland quiz — plus daily challenges, leaderboards and multiplayer — is in the Ball IQ app.
Ball IQ has 40 Sunderland questions — 13 easy, 19 medium and 8 hard.