Süper Lig Quiz

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1. In the 2020-21 Champions League group stage, Demba Ba scored a famous breakaway goal as which Turkish club beat Manchester United 2-1?

   • Beşiktaş
   • İstanbul Başakşehir
   • Trabzonspor
   • Galatasaray
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   Answer: İstanbul Başakşehir

   Başakşehir stunned United in Istanbul in November 2020, with Ba running from the halfway line to open the scoring.

2. Whose 1996 goal at Old Trafford gave Fenerbahçe a 1-0 win that ended Manchester United's decades-long unbeaten European home record?

   • Aykut Kocaman
   • Tayfun Korkut
   • Saffet Sancaklı
   • Elvir Bolić
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   Answer: Elvir Bolić

   Elvir Bolić scored the 1996 goal that ended United's unbeaten European home run at Old Trafford.

3. The heated Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray rivalry is popularly known by which name?

   • The Old Firm
   • The Bosphorus Clásico
   • The Intercontinental Derby
   • The Eternal Derby
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   Answer: The Intercontinental Derby

   The Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray fixture is known as the Intercontinental Derby.

4. Which Portuguese winger, famed for his 'trivela' crosses, won Süper Lig titles with Beşiktaş in 2016 and 2017?

   • Bruma
   • Rafa Silva
   • Nani
   • Ricardo Quaresma
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   Answer: Ricardo Quaresma

   Quaresma became a Beşiktaş cult hero, bending outside-of-the-boot deliveries during the back-to-back title years.

5. Robin van Persie scored twice in a November 2016 home derby win over Galatasaray; what was the final score?

   • 4-2
   • 2-1
   • 2-0
   • 3-1
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   Answer: 2-0

   Van Persie's double earned Fenerbahçe a 2-0 derby win over Galatasaray in November 2016.

6. Which Anatolian club stunned Turkish football by pipping Fenerbahçe to the 2009-10 Süper Lig title on the final day?

   • Sivasspor
   • Bursaspor
   • Kayserispor
   • Gaziantepspor
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   Answer: Bursaspor

   Bursaspor's 2009-10 triumph made them only the second champion from outside Istanbul at that time.

7. Which Süper Lig club is nicknamed the 'Black Eagles' (Kara Kartallar)?

   • Gençlerbirliği
   • Fenerbahçe
   • Trabzonspor
   • Beşiktaş
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   Answer: Beşiktaş

   Black-and-white-clad Beşiktaş have been known as the Black Eagles for a century.

8. The 2020-21 Süper Lig title was decided on goal difference, with Beşiktaş edging which club after both finished on 84 points?

   • Galatasaray
   • Trabzonspor
   • Başakşehir
   • Fenerbahçe
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   Answer: Galatasaray

   Beşiktaş and Galatasaray both ended 2020-21 on 84 points, with Beşiktaş champions on goal difference.

9. Who managed Beşiktaş to back-to-back Süper Lig titles in 2015-16 and 2016-17?

   • Sergen Yalçın
   • Abdullah Avcı
   • Slaven Bilić
   • Şenol Güneş
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   Answer: Şenol Güneş

   Şenol Güneş won consecutive championships with Beşiktaş before taking the Turkey national team job.

10. Beşiktaş are backed by which famous supporters' group, known for its anarchist-style 'A' in its logo?

    • Genç Fenerbahçeliler
    • UltrAslan
    • Teksas
    • çArşı
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    Answer: çArşı

    çArşı, named after the Beşiktaş market district, is the club's legendary fan group; UltrAslan follow Galatasaray.

11. After the 2011 match-fixing scandal, Fenerbahçe were barred from the 2011-12 Champions League and replaced in the draw by which Turkish club?

    • Trabzonspor
    • Bursaspor
    • Galatasaray
    • Beşiktaş
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    Answer: Trabzonspor

    Trabzonspor replaced Fenerbahçe in the 2011-12 Champions League draw.

12. Beşiktaş's 10-0 league win over Adana Demirspor in October 1989 was played at which stadium?

    • İnönü Stadium
    • Şeref Stadium
    • Ali Sami Yen Stadium
    • Atatürk Olympic Stadium
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    Answer: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

    The 10-0 rout was staged at Ali Sami Yen Stadium, the home ground of rivals Galatasaray.

13. Which former Fenerbahçe striker managed the club to the 2010-11 Süper Lig title?

    • Ersun Yanal
    • Zico
    • Christoph Daum
    • Aykut Kocaman
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    Answer: Aykut Kocaman

    Club legend Aykut Kocaman coached Fenerbahçe to the dramatic 2010-11 championship; Yanal won the 2013-14 title later.

14. Who was Fenerbahçe's Brazilian head coach for the famous 1996 Champions League win at Old Trafford?

    • Carlos Alberto Parreira
    • Zico
    • Sebastião Lazaroni
    • Vanderlei Luxemburgo
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    Answer: Sebastião Lazaroni

    Sebastião Lazaroni managed Fenerbahçe for the 1996 win at Old Trafford.

15. Alex de Souza inherited the Fenerbahçe captaincy after which player left for German side 1. FC Köln?

    • Selçuk Şahin
    • Emre Belözoğlu
    • Gökhan Gönül
    • Ümit Özat
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    Answer: Ümit Özat

    Alex became captain following Ümit Özat's departure to 1. FC Köln.

16. In which year did the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismiss Trabzonspor's appeal to be awarded the 2010–11 Süper Lig title?

    • 2016
    • 2019
    • 2022
    • 2013
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    Answer: 2019

    CAS rejected the claim in July 2019, ruling there was no provision to hand the title to the runners-up.

17. Which 1950s Fenerbahçe forward, nicknamed 'Ordinaryüs', is honoured with a statue near the club's Kadıköy home?

    • Zeki Rıza Sporel
    • Can Bartu
    • Cemil Turan
    • Lefter Küçükandonyadis
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    Answer: Lefter Küçükandonyadis

    Lefter Küçükandonyadis, the 'Ordinaryüs' (Professor), was Fenerbahçe's great post-war idol and an early Turkish export to Europe.

18. Which Turkish club reached the 2012-13 Europa League semi-finals, narrowly losing to eventual finalists Benfica?

    • Galatasaray
    • Beşiktaş
    • Fenerbahçe
    • Trabzonspor
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    Answer: Fenerbahçe

    Fenerbahçe won the home leg 1-0 but went down 3-2 on aggregate to Benfica in the 2013 semi-final.

19. As of the end of the 2024-25 season, Fenerbahçe's most recent Süper Lig title had come in which season?

    • 2010-11
    • 2018-19
    • 2013-14
    • 2016-17
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    Answer: 2013-14

    Fenerbahçe won the 2013-14 championship under Ersun Yanal and then endured a long title drought.

20. Lefter Küçükandonyadis represented Turkey at which World Cup?

    • 1962
    • 1966
    • 1954
    • 1950
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    Answer: 1954

    Lefter played for Turkey at the 1954 World Cup.

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