Club Records Quiz Questions & Answers

196 Club Records football trivia questions, each with the verified answer and explanation. Tap any question for the full breakdown, or play the live quiz.

How many Premier League titles has Manchester United won?

As of the end of the 2024-25 season, how many English top-flight league titles has Liverpool won in total?

How many consecutive Scottish league titles did Celtic win from 1966 to 1974?

How many La Liga titles has Real Madrid won?

Which Italian club has won the most Serie A titles?

Answer: Juventus

Which club won the treble (domestic league, cup and Champions League) in 1999?

Answer: Manchester United

What is the record points total for a Premier League season?

Which club has won the FA Cup the most times?

Answer: Arsenal

What is the record number of goals scored in a single Premier League season by a player?

Which club held the longest unbeaten Premier League run (49 games)?

Answer: Arsenal

How many goals did Alan Shearer score in the Premier League?

How many Manchester United appearances did Ryan Giggs make?

How many Serie A goals did Francesco Totti score for Roma?

What was the points tally of Arsenal's 'Invincibles' in the 2003-04 Premier League?

Which club won 11 consecutive Bundesliga titles from 2013 to 2023?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Which club won the first Leicester City Premier League title season?

Answer: 2015-16

What were Leicester City's odds to win the Premier League at the start of 2015-16?

How many Premier League titles has Blackburn Rovers won?

What is the record victory in a Premier League match?

How many Premier League goals did Wayne Rooney score for Manchester United?

What is the Bundesliga record for most goals scored in a single season by a player?

How many goals did Lionel Messi score in La Liga for Barcelona?

How many goals did Cristiano Ronaldo score for Real Madrid in all competitions?

Who holds the record for most Premier League appearances?

Answer: Gareth Barry

How many goals did Thierry Henry score for Arsenal in all competitions?

How many consecutive Serie A titles did Juventus win starting from 2012?

What is the most goals scored by a team in a Premier League season?

How many consecutive Scottish Premiership titles did Rangers win between 1989 and 1997?

How many goals did Francesco Totti score for Roma in his career?

Which club set the Bundesliga unbeaten record of 40 games in 2023-24?

Answer: Bayer Leverkusen

How many goals did Didier Drogba score for Chelsea?

What is the record number of goals conceded in a Premier League season by Derby County?

How many hat-tricks did Alan Shearer score in the Premier League?

How many times did Barcelona win La Liga under Pep Guardiola (2008-2012)?

Which club holds the record for most Primeira Liga (Portugal) titles?

Answer: Benfica

How many Premier League goals did Robbie Fowler score for Liverpool?

How many La Liga goals did Alfredo Di Stéfano score for Real Madrid?

How many times has Real Madrid won the FIFA Club World Cup?

What is the record number of consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League?

How many FA Cup wins does Manchester United have?

Which club holds the record for most appearances in English top-flight football?

Answer: Everton

How many goals did Ruud van Nistelrooy score for Manchester United?

What is the record number of league titles won by Bayern Munich consecutively?

As of the end of the 2024-25 season, how many Premier League titles has Liverpool won?

What is Chelsea's record Premier League points tally in a single season?

How many goals did Raúl score for Real Madrid in all competitions?

Who was the first player to score 100 Premier League goals?

Answer: Alan Shearer

How many times did Juventus lose a Champions League final?

How many times has Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup?

How many titles did Pep Guardiola win as Barcelona manager?

As of the end of the 2024-25 season, which two English clubs are level on the most all-time top-flight league titles, with 20 each?

Answer: Manchester United and Liverpool

How many times has Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1?

Which club scored the most goals in a single Premier League season?

Answer: Manchester City

How many times has Everton won the FA Cup?

How many La Liga seasons did Real Madrid go unbeaten from kick-off?

Which club holds the record for the highest ever attendance in the FIFA World Cup?

Answer: Brazil (Maracanã)

How many hat-tricks did Cristiano Ronaldo score for Real Madrid in La Liga?

How many times has Bayern Munich won the DFB-Pokal (German Cup)?

How many goals did Gabriel Batistuta score for Fiorentina?

Manchester United was founded in 1878 under what original name?

Answer: Newton Heath LYR

In what year did Newton Heath officially change its name to Manchester United?

Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munitions workers under what original name?

Answer: Dial Square

In what year did Arsenal move into the Emirates Stadium, replacing their old home at Highbury?

West Ham United were founded in 1895 as the works team of which company?

Answer: Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company

West Ham United's nickname 'the Irons' derives directly from which source?

Answer: The club's original name, Thames Ironworks

Who became British football's first £1 million player in February 1979?

Answer: Trevor Francis

Which club did Trevor Francis score the winning goal for in the 1979 European Cup final, shortly after becoming Britain's first £1 million transfer?

Answer: Nottingham Forest

Which club, founded in 1857, is recognised by FIFA as the world's oldest existing football club?

Answer: Sheffield FC

Real Madrid was founded in March 1902 under which name?

Answer: Madrid Football Club

In what year did King Alfonso XIII grant Madrid FC the right to use the title 'Real' (Royal)?

Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium first opened its doors in what year?

FC Barcelona was founded in November 1899 by a Swiss businessman named:

Answer: Joan Gamper

In what year did Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium officially open?

Cristiano Ronaldo's 2009 move from Manchester United to Real Madrid set a new world record transfer fee of approximately what amount?

Answer: 94 million euros (£80m)

Neymar's 2017 transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, which broke the world transfer record, was for what fee?

Answer: 222 million euros

Gareth Bale's 2013 transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid broke the world transfer record, surpassing the fee previously paid for which player?

Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Athletic Bilbao's policy of fielding only Basque-born or Basque-developed players has been in place since which year?

Juventus was founded in 1897 by students of which Turin school?

Answer: Massimo d'Azeglio Lyceum

Juventus adopted their famous black-and-white striped shirts after being inspired by the colours of which English club?

Answer: Notts County

AC Milan was founded in December 1899 under what original name?

Answer: Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club

Inter Milan was formed in 1908 when a group of members broke away from AC Milan over a disagreement about what issue?

Answer: Whether to field foreign players

San Siro stadium was inaugurated in September 1926 with a match in which Inter beat Milan by what scoreline?

Diego Maradona's 1984 transfer to Napoli set a world record transfer fee, the second time he had personally broken that record. Which earlier move of his had also set a world record?

Answer: Boca Juniors to Barcelona in 1982

Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by breakaway members of which type of parent club?

Answer: A gymnastics club (MTV 1879)

Borussia Dortmund, founded in 1909, took its name 'Borussia' directly from what source?

Answer: A local brewery

Paris Saint-Germain was formed in 1970 through the merger of Stade Saint-Germain and which other club?

Answer: Paris FC

Olympique de Marseille adopted its 'Olympique' name, referencing the ancient Greek Olympic Games, in which year?

Amsterdam club Ajax, founded in 1900, took its name from which figure of Greek mythology?

Answer: A warrior who fought at Troy, renowned for his strength

Feyenoord was founded in Rotterdam in 1908 under what original name, before adopting its permanent name in 1912?

Answer: Wilhelmina

Benfica was founded in February 1904, initially merging with a gymnastics group later that year to take on the club's current name. What was Benfica's original founding name?

Answer: Sport Lisboa

FC Porto was founded in 1893 by a local businessman in which trade?

Answer: Port wine merchant

Sporting Clube de Portugal was officially founded, under the name it still carries today, in what year?

Brazilian club Flamengo was originally founded in 1895 as what type of sports club, years before it had a football team?

Answer: A rowing club

Boca Juniors fans are nicknamed 'Xeneizes' in reference to which immigrant community that settled in the La Boca neighbourhood?

Answer: Genoese (Italian)

River Plate earned the nickname 'Los Millonarios' in the early 1930s after breaking the Argentine transfer record to sign which player?

Answer: Bernabe Ferreyra

Pele signed his first professional contract with Santos FC in 1956 at what age?

Chelsea FC was founded in March 1905 at a meeting held in which venue?

Answer: The Rising Sun pub

Newcastle United's 'Magpies' nickname stems from their black-and-white striped kit, which was adopted as their regular home colours in which year?

Notts County, recognised as the world's oldest professional football club, was founded in what year?

Which club is nicknamed 'The Red Devils' and plays its home matches at Old Trafford?

Answer: Manchester United

Which club is nicknamed 'The Reds' and plays its home matches at Anfield?

Answer: Liverpool

Which club is nicknamed 'The Gunners' and plays its home matches at the Emirates Stadium?

Answer: Arsenal

Arsenal played at which stadium for 93 years before moving to the Emirates Stadium in 2006?

Answer: Highbury

Which club is nicknamed 'The Blues' and plays its home matches at Stamford Bridge?

Answer: Chelsea

Which club is nicknamed 'The Citizens' (or 'Cityzens') and plays its home matches at the Etihad Stadium?

Answer: Manchester City

Which club is nicknamed 'Spurs' and moved into a new stadium in 2019, replacing the old White Hart Lane on the same site?

Answer: Tottenham Hotspur

Which club is nicknamed 'The Toffees' and plays its home matches near Liverpool's Anfield, historically at Goodison Park?

Answer: Everton

Which club is nicknamed 'The Hammers' and plays its home matches at the London Stadium?

Answer: West Ham United

Real Madrid's home stadium is named after which former club president, who oversaw its construction and the club's rise in the mid-20th century?

Answer: Santiago Bernabeu Yeste

Barcelona's home stadium, one of the largest in Europe, is called what?

Answer: Camp Nou

AC Milan and Inter Milan share which famous stadium in Milan, also known as the San Siro?

Answer: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Bayern Munich's home stadium, opened for the 2006 World Cup, is called what?

Answer: Allianz Arena

Borussia Dortmund's home stadium, famous for its 'Yellow Wall' standing terrace, is called what?

Answer: Signal Iduna Park

Paris Saint-Germain's home stadium, located in the west of Paris, is called what?

Answer: Parc des Princes

In which year was Manchester United founded, originally under the name Newton Heath LYR Football Club?

In which year did Newton Heath officially change its name to Manchester United?

Liverpool Football Club was founded in 1892 after a dispute at which other Merseyside club, from which Liverpool split?

Answer: Everton

Chelsea Football Club was founded in 1905 specifically to play at which stadium, which had already been built?

Answer: Stamford Bridge

Real Madrid was founded in 1902 under the name Madrid Football Club. In which year was the 'Real' (Royal) title granted by King Alfonso XIII?

AC Milan was founded in 1899 by which English expatriate, originally as a cricket and football club?

Answer: Herbert Kilpin

Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by a group of footballers who split from which existing Munich gymnastics club?

Answer: MTV Munich

Which English club, founded in 1862, is recognized as the oldest football league club still playing in the professional English pyramid?

Answer: Notts County

Which club's 1966-67 European Cup win made them the first British club to win the trophy?

Which club became the first English club to win the European Cup, in 1968, beating Benfica in the final at Wembley?

Answer: Manchester United

Liverpool won the European Cup four times in an eight-year span (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984), establishing the club as England's most successful in Europe. Who managed the 1984 triumph?

Answer: Joe Fagan

The 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus at Heysel Stadium in Brussels was marred by a stadium disaster that killed how many people, mostly Juventus fans?

Following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985, English clubs were banned from European competitions for how many years?

Answer: Five years

The Hillsborough disaster in 1989, one of English football's greatest tragedies, occurred during an FA Cup semi-final involving Liverpool and which other club?

Answer: Nottingham Forest

How many Liverpool supporters ultimately died as a result of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, following a long campaign for justice that revised the original death toll?

Manchester United's squad, along with journalists and staff, was involved in a fatal plane crash on takeoff during a refuelling stop, returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade in 1958. In which city did the crash occur?

Answer: Munich, West Germany

How many people died in the 1958 Munich air disaster involving the Manchester United squad, including players, staff and journalists?

Which Manchester United manager survived the 1958 Munich air disaster and rebuilt the club over the following decade, winning the European Cup in 1968?

Answer: Matt Busby

Which club is nicknamed 'the Old Lady' (La Vecchia Signora), reflecting its long and storied history in Italian football?

Answer: Juventus

Which club is nicknamed 'the Rossoneri' (red and blacks) due to its traditional kit colours?

Answer: AC Milan

Which club is nicknamed 'the Nerazzurri' (black and blues) due to its traditional kit colours?

Answer: Inter Milan

Which club is nicknamed 'the Blaugrana' (blue and garnet) due to its traditional kit colours?

Answer: Barcelona

Which club is often referred to as 'Los Blancos' (the whites) due to its all-white home kit?

Answer: Real Madrid

Which club is known as 'the Merengues', a nickname reflecting the same all-white colour scheme as its 'Los Blancos' identity?

Answer: Real Madrid

Which club is nicknamed 'die Roten' (the reds) in Germany, playing in a red home kit?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's most successful clubs, is nicknamed 'Xeneizes' in reference to the neighbourhood's early Italian immigrants from which city?

River Plate, Boca Juniors' fierce Buenos Aires rivals, are nicknamed 'Los Millonarios' (the millionaires) due to what historical reputation?

Answer: Their history of high-profile, expensive player signings in the 1930s

The Boca Juniors vs River Plate fixture, one of the world's fiercest football rivalries, is known by what name?

Answer: El Superclasico

Which two Madrid clubs contest a fixture known as the 'Madrid Derby'?

Answer: Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid

Which two Milan clubs contest a fixture known as the 'Derby della Madonnina', named after a statue atop Milan Cathedral?

Answer: AC Milan and Inter Milan

Which two Manchester clubs contest a fixture known simply as the 'Manchester Derby'?

Answer: Manchester United and Manchester City

Which two Liverpool clubs contest the 'Merseyside Derby'?

Answer: Liverpool and Everton

Which two Scottish clubs are collectively known as the 'Old Firm', contesting Glasgow's most famous football rivalry?

Answer: Celtic and Rangers

Which club is the most successful in the history of the Copa Libertadores (South America's Champions League equivalent), with a record number of titles as of 2023?

Answer: Independiente of Argentina

Which Uruguayan club won the first-ever Copa Libertadores in 1960, beating Olimpia of Paraguay in the final?

Answer: Peñarol

Which club won the Copa Libertadores in both 2019 and 2022, becoming a dominant Brazilian force in South American club football?

Answer: Flamengo

Pele spent almost his entire career at which Brazilian club, winning multiple national and state titles before a brief spell in the USA?

Which American football club did Pele join in 1975, helping to popularize the sport in the United States during the twilight of his career?

Answer: New York Cosmos

Diego Maradona's move from Barcelona to Napoli in 1984 was, at the time, a world-record transfer fee. Which trophies did he help Napoli win for the first time in the club's history?

Answer: The Serie A title (1987, 1990) and the UEFA Cup (1989)

In which year did Diego Maradona transfer from Barcelona to Napoli for a then-world-record fee?

Which club did Cristiano Ronaldo join from Sporting CP in 2003, beginning the first major phase of his career?

Answer: Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo's 2009 transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid was, at the time, a world-record transfer fee. Approximately how much was the fee?

Answer: Around 80 million pounds (roughly 94 million euros)

Neymar's 2017 transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain broke the world transfer record. Approximately how much was the fee?

Answer: 222 million euros

Which club did Kylian Mbappe join on a free transfer in 2024 after his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expired?

Answer: Real Madrid

Which club signed Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, a deal that included a release clause reportedly under 60 million euros?

Answer: Manchester City

Which manager led Chelsea to their first Premier League title in 2004-05, and later returned to manage the club on multiple further occasions?

Answer: Jose Mourinho

Which manager won the Premier League with Chelsea in his very first season in English football, in 2009-10, also completing the club's first-ever domestic double?

Answer: Carlo Ancelotti

Which manager won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012 despite being an interim caretaker manager for only a few months?

Answer: Roberto Di Matteo

Which club is nicknamed 'the Foxes', reflecting the traditional emblem of Leicestershire?

Answer: Leicester City

Which club is nicknamed 'the Seagulls', reflecting the coastal English city where the club is based?

Answer: Brighton & Hove Albion

Which club is nicknamed 'the Villans', a simple reference to the club's own name?

Answer: Aston Villa

Which club is nicknamed 'the Yellow Submarine', reflecting their traditional yellow home kit and the famous Beatles song?

Answer: Villarreal

Which club is nicknamed 'the Canaries', reflecting their traditional yellow-and-green kit colours?

Answer: Norwich City

Which club is nicknamed 'the Trotters', an old nickname with disputed origins linked to the club's early players?

Answer: Bolton Wanderers

Which club is nicknamed 'the Tractor Boys', reflecting the agricultural heritage of the surrounding region?

Answer: Ipswich Town

Which club is nicknamed 'the Magpies', reflecting the club's traditional black-and-white striped kit?

Answer: Newcastle United

Which club is nicknamed 'the Baggies', a nickname with debated origins possibly linked to workers carrying tools in bags?

Answer: West Bromwich Albion

Which club is nicknamed 'the Potters', reflecting the pottery industry historically associated with the club's home city?

Answer: Stoke City

Which club is nicknamed 'the Cottagers', reflecting the name of the club's home stadium?

Which club is nicknamed 'the Bees', a simple reference in keeping with the club's crest?

Answer: Brentford

Which club is nicknamed 'the Terriers', reflecting the club's crest featuring the dog breed?

Answer: Huddersfield Town

Which club is nicknamed 'the Eagles', reflecting the club's crest?

Answer: Both Crystal Palace and Benfica share this nickname

Which country hosts the closest rivalry fixture known as the 'Klassiker' in club football, contested by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund?

Answer: Germany

Which two Spanish clubs contest 'El Clasico', one of the biggest rivalries in world football?

Answer: Real Madrid and Barcelona

Which two clubs contest the Seville derby, one of Spanish football's fiercest local rivalries?

Answer: Sevilla and Real Betis

Which two Portuguese clubs, alongside Sporting CP, form the country's traditional 'Big Three' in football?

Answer: Benfica and Porto

Which country's top-flight football pyramid features the fixture known as the 'Derby della Capitale', contested by Roma and Lazio?

Which two Dutch clubs, alongside Feyenoord, form the country's traditional 'big three' in football?

Answer: Ajax and PSV Eindhoven

Which Brazilian club won the first-ever official South American club title in continental competition history, the 1948 South American Championship of Champions?

Answer: Vasco da Gama

Which club won the first FIFA Club World Championship (the forerunner to the modern Club World Cup) in 2000, hosted in Brazil?

Answer: Corinthians

Which club won the newly-expanded, 32-team FIFA Club World Cup in its first edition under that format, in 2025?

Answer: Chelsea

Which club won the FIFA Club World Cup (in its earlier, smaller annual format) a record five times between 2000 and 2020?

Answer: Real Madrid

Which English club is nicknamed "The Gunners"?

Answer: Arsenal

Which club plays its home matches at Anfield?

Answer: Liverpool

Which club plays its home matches at Old Trafford?

Answer: Manchester United

Which club plays its home matches at the Camp Nou?

Answer: Barcelona

Which club plays its home matches at the Santiago Bernabéu?

Answer: Real Madrid

Which two clubs share the San Siro stadium in Milan?

Answer: AC Milan and Inter Milan

Which German club plays its home matches at the Allianz Arena?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Which club is nicknamed "Los Blancos"?

Answer: Real Madrid

Which English club is nicknamed "The Magpies"?

Answer: Newcastle United

Which club plays its home matches at the Etihad Stadium?

Answer: Manchester City

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