Football fans, this is your moment. If your mates spend most of the year looking blankly while you talk about the beautiful game, a pub quiz is one way to guarantee they'll be interested in what you have to say.

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You can put your football knowledge – and theirs – to the test with our trivia quiz, covering everything from legendary players to historic moments.

Challenge your friends and see who comes out on top as the ultimate football aficionado, or use our questions to form the basis of your very own quiz.

And once you’re done, why not try our TV pub quiz, film pub quiz, music pub quiz or sport pub quiz for size? Plus there's many, many more quizzes available as part of our bumper general knowledge pub quiz.

Football quiz questions

  1. Which English club was the first to win the European Cup in 1968?
  2. Who is the all-time top scorer for the German national team?
  3. Who is the youngest player to ever score in a men's World Cup tournament?
  4. Which club did Jürgen Klopp manage before joining Liverpool?
  5. Which player holds the record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League season?
  6. Which country hosted the 1982 FIFA World Cup?
  7. Which player has won the most FIFA Women's World Player of the Year awards?
  8. In what year did the UEFA Cup change its name to the UEFA Europa League?
  9. Which player was known as "Il Divin Codino" (The Divine Ponytail)?
  10. England's women have won the last two European Championships in 2025 and 2022. Which nation won it previously in 2017?
  11. Which club has won the most FA Cup titles?
  12. Which manager won the UEFA Champions League three times in a row with Real Madrid from 2016 to 2018?
  13. Which country won the first-ever men's FIFA World Cup in 1930?
  14. Who scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history?
  15. Who is the only goalkeeper to have won the Ballon d'Or?
  16. Which club has won the most Scottish Premiership titles?
  17. In which year did the "Golden Goal" rule come into effect in football?
  18. Which club did Thierry Henry play for before joining Arsenal?
  19. Who was the first African player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award?
  20. Which team has won the most Women's Super League titles?
  21. Who was the manager of the Liverpool team that won the UEFA Champions League in 2005, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to win on penalties?
  22. Which team is nicknamed "The Baggies"?
  23. Which two players have won the FIFA World Cup as both captain and manager?
  24. Which country won the men's UEFA European Championship in 2004, causing one of the biggest upsets in tournament history?
  25. In which season was the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system first introduced in the Premier League?
  26. Which Italian referee was known for his strict enforcement of the rules and was often referred to as the "Policeman of the Pitch"?
  27. Which club holds the record for the most consecutive promotions in English football, climbing from the fourth to the first division in just four seasons?
  28. Who is the oldest outfield player to have ever appeared in a Premier League match?
  29. In which year did the Republic of Ireland national team make their first appearance in the men's FIFA World Cup?
  30. Mohamed Salah has won the joint-most Premier League Player of the Month awards alongside two other players: Name one of them. (Maximum one point)
  31. Which stadium is known as "The Theatre of Dreams"?
  32. Which player has scored the most goals in a single men's FIFA World Cup tournament?

Football quiz answers

  1. Manchester United
  2. Miroslav Klose
  3. Pelé
  4. Borussia Dortmund
  5. Erling Haaland
  6. Spain
  7. Marta
  8. 2009
  9. Roberto Baggio
  10. Netherlands
  11. Arsenal
  12. Zinedine Zidane
  13. Uruguay
  14. Sadio Mané
  15. Lev Yashin
  16. Rangers
  17. 1993
  18. AS Monaco
  19. George Weah
  20. Chelsea
  21. Rafael Benítez
  22. West Bromwich Albion
  23. Franz Beckenbauer and Didier Deschamps
  24. Greece
  25. 2019/20
  26. Pierluigi Collina
  27. Swansea City
  28. Teddy Sheringham
  29. 1990
  30. Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero
  31. Old Trafford
  32. Just Fontaine

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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.

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