Union Berlin Quiz
Union Berlin quiz: the 2001 cup final, Nina Hagen's anthem, promotion past Stuttgart in 2019 and a Champions League debut in Madrid. How Eisern are you?
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Union Berlin's first ever Champions League match was a 1‑0 defeat at Real Madrid in September 2023. Who scored the stoppage-time winner?
WhyJude Bellingham scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the Bernabéu. -
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In May 2019, Union won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time, going through on away goals in the relegation play-off against which club?
WhyUnion drew 2-2 in Stuttgart and 0-0 at home, so they went up on away goals. -
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Uwe Neuhaus led Union from the Regionalliga to the 2. Bundesliga between 2007 and 2014. Which club did he take over in 2015 and win the 3. Liga with in 2015‑16?
WhyDynamo Dresden named Neuhaus as coach in April 2015. He took charge that summer and won the 3. Liga in 2015-16. -
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Which Stasi-backed club, winner of ten DDR-Oberliga titles in a row from 1979 to 1988, was Union's bitter East Berlin rival?
WhyBFC Dynamo, patronised by Stasi chief Erich Mielke, won ten straight titles; Union were the working-class alternative in East Berlin. -
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Union Berlin were knocked out of the 2022‑23 Europa League in the round of 16. Which club eliminated them?
WhyAfter a 3-3 draw in Berlin, Union Saint-Gilloise won the second leg 3-0 in Brussels. Union had beaten Ajax in the knockout play-off round. -
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Cult captain Torsten 'Tusche' Mattuschka spent 2005 to 2014 at Union. Which club did he join when he left?
WhyMattuschka moved to Energie Cottbus in 2014 and played there until 2016. -
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Sascha Lewandowski, appointed Union coach in 2015, had earlier been joint head coach with Sami Hyypiä at which club?
WhyLewandowski and Hyypiä shared the Bayer Leverkusen job in 2012-13. -
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In 1923, Union's forerunner SC Union Oberschöneweide reached the German championship final. Which club beat them 3‑0?
WhySC Union Oberschöneweide lost the 1923 German championship final 3-0 in Berlin. -
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Steffen Baumgart took over from Bo Svensson as Union Berlin coach. Which Bundesliga club had Baumgart managed from 2021 to 2023?
WhyBaumgart, known for his flat cap, managed 1. FC Köln from 2021 until December 2023. -
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Max Kruse joined Union Berlin in 2020. Which Turkish club had he just left?
WhyKruse left Fenerbahçe in 2020 and joined Union. He moved on to Wolfsburg in January 2022. -
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On their way to the 2001 DFB-Pokal final, Union won their semi-final on penalties against which club?
WhyUnion drew 2-2 with Borussia Mönchengladbach after extra time and won the shoot-out 4-2. -
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In January 2024, Union Berlin's head coach was banned for three matches after shoving which Bayern Munich player in the face?
WhyUnion's coach pushed Leroy Sané in the face on the touchline during Bayern's 1-0 win and was banned for three games. -
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Urs Fischer, appointed Union coach in 2018, had won back-to-back Swiss league titles with which club?
WhyFischer won the Swiss Super League with FC Basel in 2015-16 and 2016-17. -
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Uwe Neuhaus coached Union from 2007 to 2014. Which club did he lead to the Bundesliga as 2. Bundesliga champions in 2020?
WhyNeuhaus won the 2019-20 2. Bundesliga title with Arminia Bielefeld. At Union he won the first 3. Liga title in 2009. -
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Urs Fischer left Union Berlin in November 2023 after more than five years in charge. Who replaced him?
WhyThe Croatian Nenad Bjelica took over in November 2023 and was let go before the end of that season. -
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Bo Svensson was appointed Union Berlin coach in summer 2024. Which Bundesliga club had he managed before that?
WhyThe Dane Bo Svensson managed Mainz 05 from January 2021 until he left in November 2023. -
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Who was Union's head coach on the 2000‑01 run to the DFB-Pokal final and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga?
WhyBulgarian coach Georgi Vasilev was in charge from 1999 to October 2002. -
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Robin Gosens joined Union Berlin in summer 2023 as they prepared for the Champions League. Which club sold him?
WhyGosens moved from Inter to Union in 2023. Leonardo Bonucci also arrived that summer, from Juventus. -
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Union Berlin's first ever Bundesliga match, in August 2019, ended in a 4‑0 home defeat. Who were the opponents?
WhyRB Leipzig won 4-0 at the Alte Försterei on 18 August 2019. -
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Union's cup final run earned a 2001‑02 UEFA Cup place. Which Bulgarian club knocked them out of that competition?
WhyAfter beating Finland's Haka, Union went out to Litex Lovech. -
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Austrian right-back Christopher Trimmel, later Union's captain, joined the club in 2014 from which club?
WhyTrimmel played for Rapid Wien from 2008 to 2014 before he moved to Union. -
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Union won the first-ever 3. Liga title in 2008‑09. Which club finished runner-up that season?
WhyFortuna Düsseldorf finished second and went up automatically; Paderborn finished third and went through the play-off. -
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Union reached the FDGB-Pokal final again in 1986 but were thrashed 5‑1. Who beat them?
WhyLokomotive Leipzig won the 1986 East German cup final 5-1 against Union. -
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Which punk singer recorded Union's club anthem 'Eisern Union' in 1998?
WhyNina Hagen, the East Berlin-born 'godmother of punk', recorded the anthem in 1998. -
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Union Berlin's first Bundesliga win came at home in August 2019, when they won 3‑1. Who did they beat?
WhyUnion beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Alte Försterei on 31 August 2019. -
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Union won the 1968 FDGB-Pokal, the East German cup, beating which club 2‑1 in the final?
WhyUnion beat FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2-1 in the 1968 FDGB-Pokal final. -
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Union Berlin sold Taiwo Awoniyi in summer 2022 for what was then a club-record fee. Which Premier League club bought him?
WhyAwoniyi moved to newly promoted Nottingham Forest for a fee of about 20 million euros. Union had first signed him from Liverpool. -
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US striker Bobby Wood spent 2015‑16 with Union in the 2. Bundesliga. Which Bundesliga club did he sign for in May 2016?
WhyWood signed a four-year deal in May 2016, straight after his one season at Union. -
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Union won the first Bundesliga Berlin derby against Hertha BSC 1‑0 in November 2019. Who scored the late penalty?
WhySebastian Polter came off the bench and scored a late penalty to give Union the first top-flight Berlin derby. -
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Which goalkeeper spent the 2020‑21 season at Union Berlin on loan from Liverpool?
WhyLoris Karius joined Union on loan in 2020-21. Taiwo Awoniyi also came on loan from Liverpool that season. -
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Union reached the 2001 DFB-Pokal final as a third-tier Regionalliga side. Who beat them 2‑0 in the final?
WhySchalke 04 won the 2001 final 2-0 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. -
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Croatian midfielder Damir Kreilach joined Union in 2013. Which MLS club did he sign for in early 2018?
WhyKreilach left Union for Real Salt Lake in February 2018. -
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Union Berlin avoided the relegation play-off on the final day of 2023‑24 with a late 2‑1 home win. Who did they beat?
WhyUnion beat Freiburg 2-1 in Christian Streich's last match as Freiburg coach. Union finished 15th and Bochum went into the play-off.
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Union's story starts long before the Bundesliga. In 1923 their forerunner, SC Union Oberschöneweide, reached the German championship final in Berlin, where Hamburger SV beat them 3-0. In East Germany, Union won the FDGB-Pokal in 1968 by beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2-1 in the final. They reached the final again in 1986, but 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig beat them 5-1. Their bitter East Berlin rivals were BFC Dynamo, the Stasi-backed club patronised by Erich Mielke that won ten DDR-Oberliga titles in a row from 1979 to 1988. Union were the working-class alternative.
In 2001 Union were a third-tier Regionalliga side, yet they reached the DFB-Pokal final under Bulgarian coach Georgi Vasilev. They drew 2-2 with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semi-final after extra time and won the shoot-out 4-2, then lost the final 2-0 to Schalke 04 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. That season also brought promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, and the cup run earned a 2001-02 UEFA Cup place. Union beat Finland's Haka in that competition before Litex Lovech knocked them out. Under Uwe Neuhaus, Union won the first-ever 3. Liga title in 2008-09, finishing ahead of runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf. Cult captain Torsten 'Tusche' Mattuschka played for the club from 2005 to 2014, and the club anthem 'Eisern Union' was recorded in 1998 by punk singer Nina Hagen.
Urs Fischer arrived in 2018 after winning back-to-back Swiss titles with FC Basel. In May 2019 he took Union into the Bundesliga for the first time. They drew 2-2 in Stuttgart and 0-0 at home in the relegation play-off against VfB Stuttgart, so they went up on away goals. Their first Bundesliga match, on 18 August 2019, was a 4-0 home defeat to RB Leipzig. Their first win came at the Alte Försterei on 31 August, 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund. In November 2019 Sebastian Polter came off the bench and scored a late penalty, and Union won the first Bundesliga Berlin derby against Hertha BSC 1-0.
Union then played in Europe. In the 2022-23 Europa League they beat Ajax in the knockout play-off round, then went out in the round of 16 to Union Saint-Gilloise. In summer 2023 Robin Gosens joined from Inter Milan and Leonardo Bonucci from Juventus. Union's first Champions League match was a 1-0 defeat at Real Madrid, where Jude Bellingham scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Fischer left in November 2023 and Nenad Bjelica replaced him. On the final day of 2023-24, Union beat SC Freiburg 2-1 to finish 15th and avoid the relegation play-off. Bo Svensson took over in summer 2024, and Steffen Baumgart followed him. Questions on players include Christopher Trimmel, Max Kruse, Loris Karius and Taiwo Awoniyi.
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Union Berlin's first ever Champions League match was a 1‑0 defeat at Real Madrid in September 2023. Who scored the stoppage-time winner?
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Jude Bellingham. Jude Bellingham scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the Bernabéu.
In May 2019, Union won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time, going through on away goals in the relegation play-off against which club?
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VfB Stuttgart. Union drew 2-2 in Stuttgart and 0-0 at home, so they went up on away goals.
Uwe Neuhaus led Union from the Regionalliga to the 2. Bundesliga between 2007 and 2014. Which club did he take over in 2015 and win the 3. Liga with in 2015‑16?
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Dynamo Dresden. Dynamo Dresden named Neuhaus as coach in April 2015. He took charge that summer and won the 3. Liga in 2015-16.
Which Stasi-backed club, winner of ten DDR-Oberliga titles in a row from 1979 to 1988, was Union's bitter East Berlin rival?
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BFC Dynamo. BFC Dynamo, patronised by Stasi chief Erich Mielke, won ten straight titles; Union were the working-class alternative in East Berlin.
Union Berlin were knocked out of the 2022‑23 Europa League in the round of 16. Which club eliminated them?
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Union Saint-Gilloise. After a 3-3 draw in Berlin, Union Saint-Gilloise won the second leg 3-0 in Brussels. Union had beaten Ajax in the knockout play-off round.
Cult captain Torsten 'Tusche' Mattuschka spent 2005 to 2014 at Union. Which club did he join when he left?
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Energie Cottbus. Mattuschka moved to Energie Cottbus in 2014 and played there until 2016.
Sascha Lewandowski, appointed Union coach in 2015, had earlier been joint head coach with Sami Hyypiä at which club?
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Bayer Leverkusen. Lewandowski and Hyypiä shared the Bayer Leverkusen job in 2012-13.
In 1923, Union's forerunner SC Union Oberschöneweide reached the German championship final. Which club beat them 3‑0?
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Hamburger SV. SC Union Oberschöneweide lost the 1923 German championship final 3-0 in Berlin.
Steffen Baumgart took over from Bo Svensson as Union Berlin coach. Which Bundesliga club had Baumgart managed from 2021 to 2023?
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1. FC Köln. Baumgart, known for his flat cap, managed 1. FC Köln from 2021 until December 2023.
Max Kruse joined Union Berlin in 2020. Which Turkish club had he just left?
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Fenerbahçe. Kruse left Fenerbahçe in 2020 and joined Union. He moved on to Wolfsburg in January 2022.
On their way to the 2001 DFB-Pokal final, Union won their semi-final on penalties against which club?
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Borussia Mönchengladbach. Union drew 2-2 with Borussia Mönchengladbach after extra time and won the shoot-out 4-2.
In January 2024, Union Berlin's head coach was banned for three matches after shoving which Bayern Munich player in the face?
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Leroy Sané. Union's coach pushed Leroy Sané in the face on the touchline during Bayern's 1-0 win and was banned for three games.
Urs Fischer, appointed Union coach in 2018, had won back-to-back Swiss league titles with which club?
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FC Basel. Fischer won the Swiss Super League with FC Basel in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
Uwe Neuhaus coached Union from 2007 to 2014. Which club did he lead to the Bundesliga as 2. Bundesliga champions in 2020?
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Arminia Bielefeld. Neuhaus won the 2019-20 2. Bundesliga title with Arminia Bielefeld. At Union he won the first 3. Liga title in 2009.
Urs Fischer left Union Berlin in November 2023 after more than five years in charge. Who replaced him?
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Nenad Bjelica. The Croatian Nenad Bjelica took over in November 2023 and was let go before the end of that season.
Bo Svensson was appointed Union Berlin coach in summer 2024. Which Bundesliga club had he managed before that?
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Mainz 05. The Dane Bo Svensson managed Mainz 05 from January 2021 until he left in November 2023.
Who was Union's head coach on the 2000‑01 run to the DFB-Pokal final and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga?
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Georgi Vasilev. Bulgarian coach Georgi Vasilev was in charge from 1999 to October 2002.
Robin Gosens joined Union Berlin in summer 2023 as they prepared for the Champions League. Which club sold him?
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Inter Milan. Gosens moved from Inter to Union in 2023. Leonardo Bonucci also arrived that summer, from Juventus.
Union Berlin's first ever Bundesliga match, in August 2019, ended in a 4‑0 home defeat. Who were the opponents?
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RB Leipzig. RB Leipzig won 4-0 at the Alte Försterei on 18 August 2019.
Union's cup final run earned a 2001‑02 UEFA Cup place. Which Bulgarian club knocked them out of that competition?
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Litex Lovech. After beating Finland's Haka, Union went out to Litex Lovech.
Austrian right-back Christopher Trimmel, later Union's captain, joined the club in 2014 from which club?
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Rapid Wien. Trimmel played for Rapid Wien from 2008 to 2014 before he moved to Union.
Union won the first-ever 3. Liga title in 2008‑09. Which club finished runner-up that season?
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Fortuna Düsseldorf. Fortuna Düsseldorf finished second and went up automatically; Paderborn finished third and went through the play-off.
Union reached the FDGB-Pokal final again in 1986 but were thrashed 5‑1. Who beat them?
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1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Lokomotive Leipzig won the 1986 East German cup final 5-1 against Union.
Which punk singer recorded Union's club anthem 'Eisern Union' in 1998?
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Nina Hagen. Nina Hagen, the East Berlin-born 'godmother of punk', recorded the anthem in 1998.
Union Berlin's first Bundesliga win came at home in August 2019, when they won 3‑1. Who did they beat?
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Borussia Dortmund. Union beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Alte Försterei on 31 August 2019.
Union won the 1968 FDGB-Pokal, the East German cup, beating which club 2‑1 in the final?
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FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Union beat FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2-1 in the 1968 FDGB-Pokal final.
Union Berlin sold Taiwo Awoniyi in summer 2022 for what was then a club-record fee. Which Premier League club bought him?
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Nottingham Forest. Awoniyi moved to newly promoted Nottingham Forest for a fee of about 20 million euros. Union had first signed him from Liverpool.
US striker Bobby Wood spent 2015‑16 with Union in the 2. Bundesliga. Which Bundesliga club did he sign for in May 2016?
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Hamburger SV. Wood signed a four-year deal in May 2016, straight after his one season at Union.
Union won the first Bundesliga Berlin derby against Hertha BSC 1‑0 in November 2019. Who scored the late penalty?
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Sebastian Polter. Sebastian Polter came off the bench and scored a late penalty to give Union the first top-flight Berlin derby.
Which goalkeeper spent the 2020‑21 season at Union Berlin on loan from Liverpool?
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Loris Karius. Loris Karius joined Union on loan in 2020-21. Taiwo Awoniyi also came on loan from Liverpool that season.
Union reached the 2001 DFB-Pokal final as a third-tier Regionalliga side. Who beat them 2‑0 in the final?
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Schalke 04. Schalke 04 won the 2001 final 2-0 at Berlin's Olympiastadion.
Croatian midfielder Damir Kreilach joined Union in 2013. Which MLS club did he sign for in early 2018?
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Real Salt Lake. Kreilach left Union for Real Salt Lake in February 2018.
Union Berlin avoided the relegation play-off on the final day of 2023‑24 with a late 2‑1 home win. Who did they beat?
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SC Freiburg. Union beat Freiburg 2-1 in Christian Streich's last match as Freiburg coach. Union finished 15th and Bochum went into the play-off.
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