Iconic Moments Quiz Questions & Answers

In which year did Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal occur?

Answer: 1986

What was the score in the 1960 European Cup final, considered one of the greatest matches ever?

Answer: 7-3

What year did the Munich air disaster occur?

Answer: 1958

In which year did the Hillsborough disaster occur?

Answer: 1989

In which year did England win the FIFA World Cup?

Answer: 1966

What is the 'Maracanazo' in football history?

Answer: Uruguay beating Brazil in 1950 WC

What was the half-time score in the 2005 Champions League final before Liverpool's comeback?

Answer: 3-0

In which year did Manchester United win the treble?

Answer: 1999

Who scored Manchester United's two goals in the 1999 Champions League final comeback?

Answer: Sheringham and Solskjaer

Which year did Zinedine Zidane score his famous volley in the Champions League final?

Answer: 2002

In which year was the first FA Cup final held?

Answer: 1872

In which year did Hungary famously beat England 6-3 at Wembley?

Answer: 1953

In what year did George Best win the Ballon d'Or?

Answer: 1968

What was the result of the 1994 World Cup final penalty shootout?

Answer: 3-2 (Brazil)

In which year did Juventus win their second Champions League?

Answer: 1996

What happened in the 1960 European Cup final at Hampden Park?

Answer: Real Madrid won 7-3

What year did the Bosman ruling change football's transfer market?

Answer: 1995

In which year did Antonín Panenka score his famous chipped penalty in a major final?

Answer: 1976

Which year did Eric Cantona make his infamous kung-fu kick incident?

Answer: 1995

In which year did the Bradford City stadium fire disaster occur?

Answer: 1985

What is the 'Miracle of Istanbul' in football?

Answer: Liverpool's comeback vs AC Milan in 2005 CL final

In which year did Pelé score his 1000th career goal?

Answer: 1969

What was Maradona's 'Goal of the Century' scored against?

Answer: England

In which year did Cameroon famously beat Argentina 1-0 at the World Cup?

Answer: 1990

What is 'Total Football' primarily associated with?

Answer: Dutch football under Johan Cruyff

In which year did Brazil first wear yellow, following the 1950 World Cup final loss?

Answer: 1954

What is 'La Décima' referring to in Spanish football?

Answer: Real Madrid's 10th European Cup/CL title

What is the 'Heysel Disaster' in football history?

Answer: A crowd crush killing 39 fans before the 1985 European Cup final

What year did the original Wembley Stadium close for demolition?

Answer: 2001

What year was the current Wembley Stadium (rebuilt) opened?

Answer: 2007

Who scored the first ever Premier League goal?

Answer: Brian Deane

In which year did Real Madrid win their third consecutive Champions League?

Answer: 2018

Who scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal in 1930?

Answer: Lucien Laurent

In which year was gegenpressing most prominently introduced to world football?

Answer: 2010-11

Which nation was the first to refuse to participate in the FIFA World Cup due to the inclusion of professional players?

Answer: England

What year did the European Champions Clubs' Cup (European Cup) first become the Champions League group format?

Answer: 1992

In which year did Zinedine Zidane retire from football?

Answer: 2006

Which team won the first FIFA Club World Cup (2000)?

Answer: Corinthians

In which country did the formation of the modern offside trap originate?

Answer: England

In which year did Real Madrid win their record 15th Champions League?

Answer: 2024

What year did David Beckham score from the halfway line for Manchester United?

Answer: 1996

What was 'El Clásico' when Barcelona beat Real Madrid 5-0 in 2010 notable for?

Answer: It decided the La Liga title

As of 2026, in which season did Juventus win Serie A for the 36th and most recent time?

Answer: 2019-20

In which year did Real Madrid last win 5 consecutive European Cups?

Answer: 1956-60

In which year did Barcelona complete an unprecedented sextuple under Pep Guardiola?

Answer: 2008-09

When was the first time a Champions League final went to extra time?

Answer: 1968

In the 2006 World Cup final, which Italian defender was headbutted in the chest by Zinedine Zidane, leading to Zidane's dismissal in extra time?

Answer: Marco Materazzi

Sergio Agüero's famous title-clinching goal for Manchester City, scored with virtually the last kick of the 2011-12 Premier League season, came against which club?

Answer: Queens Park Rangers

Goalkeeper Gordon Banks' famous 'Save of the Century', tipping a downward header over the crossbar, denied which Brazilian legend at the 1970 World Cup?

Answer: Pelé

Thierry Henry's blatant, uncalled handball assist for William Gallas's goal knocked which country out of World Cup qualification for the 2010 tournament?

Answer: Republic of Ireland

Frank Lampard's shot that clearly crossed the line but was not given as a goal, an incident credited with pushing FIFA toward goal-line technology, occurred in England's 2010 World Cup last-16 match against which team?

Answer: Germany

Luis Suárez was sent off for a deliberate goal-line handball in the dying seconds of extra time during Uruguay's 2010 World Cup quarter-final against which country?

Answer: Ghana

José Batista of Uruguay received what remains the fastest red card in World Cup history, sent off just 52 seconds into a 1986 group-stage match against which team?

Answer: Scotland

Colombian defender Andrés Escobar scored an own goal against the United States at the 1994 World Cup that contributed to Colombia's group-stage elimination. What tragically happened to him days after returning home?

Answer: He was murdered in Medellín

Marco Tardelli's iconic goal celebration, dubbed 'The Tardelli Scream', followed his goal in the final of which World Cup?

Answer: 1982

Johan Cruyff first showcased the dribbling move now known worldwide as the 'Cruyff Turn' during a 1974 World Cup group-stage match against which team?

Answer: Sweden

Which player scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, after just 11 seconds, for Turkey against South Korea in 2002?

Answer: Hakan Sukur

Which England goalkeeper was beaten by both of Diego Maradona's famous goals — the 'Hand of God' and the 'Goal of the Century' — in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final?

Answer: Peter Shilton

Which Colombian defender scored a tragic own goal at the 1994 World Cup that is widely believed to have led to his murder shortly after returning home?

Answer: Andres Escobar

Which player was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final for headbutting an opponent, in what became his final act as a professional footballer?

Answer: Zinedine Zidane

Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup was allowed to stand by the referee. Who was that referee?

Answer: Ali Bin Nasser

Which player scored what is often called football's 'Goal of the Century' just minutes after the Hand of God, dribbling past several England players in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final?

Answer: Diego Maradona

Which Cameroonian player, celebrating goals with a dance around the corner flag, became a fan favourite at the 1990 World Cup at age 38?

Answer: Roger Milla

Against which country did David Beckham score a famous stoppage-time free kick at Old Trafford in October 2001, securing England's automatic qualification for the 2002 World Cup?

Answer: Greece

Which England defender cleared a shot from Ukraine's Marko Devic at Euro 2012 that television replays suggested had already crossed the goal line, a controversy that helped accelerate goal-line technology's introduction?

Answer: John Terry

Which country's 'ghost goal' controversy in the 1966 World Cup final — a shot that bounced down off the crossbar — remains one of football's most debated refereeing decisions?

Answer: England's third goal against West Germany, scored by Geoff Hurst

Which Russian linesman's decision to award Geoff Hurst's disputed 1966 World Cup final goal has been debated for decades?

Answer: Tofiq Bahramov

Which Brazilian forward's baby-rocking goal celebration, performed with two teammates, became one of the enduring images of the 1994 World Cup?

Answer: Bebeto (with Romario and Mazinho)

Which country's players and staff refused to leave the pitch after a controversial defeat to Australia's 31-0 win in 2001 World Cup qualifying, the largest margin in international football history?

Answer: American Samoa

Archie Thompson scored a record 13 goals in a single international match, during Australia's 31-0 win over American Samoa in 2001. Which competition was this match part of?

Answer: 2002 World Cup qualifying (Oceania zone)

In a widely condemned 1982 World Cup match, West Germany and Austria played out a result late in the game that suited both teams for qualification, in a fixture nicknamed the 'Disgrace of what city'?

Answer: Gijon, Spain

Following the 'Disgrace of Gijon' controversy at the 1982 World Cup, FIFA changed the scheduling of which type of matches to prevent similar collusion?

Answer: The final two group-stage matches, now played simultaneously

Which Uruguayan forward was sent off for deliberately handling the ball on the goal line to deny Ghana a certain winning goal in the 2010 World Cup quarter-final?

Answer: Luis Suarez

Who missed the crucial penalty for Ghana after Luis Suarez's deliberate handball in the 2010 World Cup quarter-final, a moment of huge disappointment for African football?

Answer: Asamoah Gyan

Which vuvuzela-filled tournament, hosted in South Africa, popularized the plastic horn as a global symbol of football atmosphere?

Answer: The 2010 FIFA World Cup

Which manager's animated touchline behaviour, including his famous 'squeaky bum time' phrase, became legendary during his time at Manchester United?

Answer: Sir Alex Ferguson

Which manager described himself as 'the Special One' upon his arrival at Chelsea in 2004?

Answer: Jose Mourinho

Which club's 2003-04 Premier League 'Invincibles' season ended with an unbeaten 26-match winning streak spanning into the following season before it was ended by Manchester United?

Answer: Arsenal, whose 49-match unbeaten run ended at Old Trafford in October 2004

The end of Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten Premier League run in 2004 was followed by a post-match tunnel confrontation and a food fight, giving the match its nickname. What is that nickname?

Answer: The Battle of the Buffet

Which player's back-heeled assist and overall performance in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy is often cited as one of the greatest team goals ever, capped by Carlos Alberto's finish?

Answer: Pelé's pass to Carlos Alberto set up Brazil's fourth goal in the 1970 final

Which player scored a famous solo goal, dribbling from inside his own half past multiple defenders, for Newcastle United against Sheffield Wednesday in 1996, often ranked among the Premier League's greatest?

Answer: David Ginola

Which manager's Newcastle United side famously lost a 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League table during the 1995-96 season, eventually finishing runners-up to Manchester United?

Answer: Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan's post-match interview rant, saying 'I will love it if we beat them', is one of football's most replayed TV moments. Which manager was he referring to?

Answer: Sir Alex Ferguson

Which Dutch forward first demonstrated his signature feint move, a body-swerve now universally known as a technique named after him, on the world stage against Sweden at the 1974 World Cup?

Answer: Johan Cruyff

Fans of which national team set a Guinness World Record for the loudest football stadium roar, at a 2013 World Cup qualifier in Seattle?

Answer: United States

Which England striker was infamously sent off for kicking out at Argentina's Diego Simeone during the 1998 World Cup, becoming a target of public criticism back home?

Answer: David Beckham

Which England teenager scored a memorable solo goal against Argentina in the same 1998 World Cup match that saw Beckham sent off, announcing himself on the world stage?

Answer: Michael Owen

Which country's players were nicknamed the 'Miracle of Bern' team after their surprise 1954 World Cup win, a story later dramatized in a popular German film?

Answer: West Germany

Sergio Agüero's injury-time goal in 2012 won the Premier League title for which club?

Answer: Manchester City

Which player headbutted Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final?

Answer: Zinedine Zidane

Which England player scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final?

Answer: Geoff Hurst

Who missed the decisive penalty for Italy in the 1994 World Cup final shootout?

Answer: Roberto Baggio

Which player scored the "Hand of God" goal against England in 1986?

Answer: Diego Maradona