3. 1. Recently, Barcelona's official website released a list of their most
prolific attacking trios. While the current trio topped the list, the
one in the bottom pic finished tenth. Who is the omitted forward?
9. 3. He was the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent at the 1948
Olympics. Of India’s performance while playing barefoot at the
tournament, he later recollected: “Princess Margaret told me how
impressed she was that we could give such a good account of
ourselves without boots.”
Post his playing career, he became a medical doctor and went on to
on to be appointed Director of Nagaland Health Services.
Name him.
12. 4. Abedi Pele was a legendary Ghanaian footballer. He won the
African Footballer of the Year award three years in a row. Two of his
sons are currently playing in the Premier League. Names?
15. 5. This club goes by the motto, "Ludere
Causa Ludendi" – to play for the sake
of playing, highlighting their ideals.
They are probably the amateur club
with the biggest stadium in the world?
The club and the stadium?
24. 8. Abdulah Gegic was a Yugoslav who
led Partizan to the final of the 1966
European Cup final.
He later went to manage another
country and proved hugely influential
there, guiding a host of upcoming
managers, and in the process he
earned the nickname of “football
professor” from that country’s press.
That country also gave him
citizenship. Which?
26. Turkey, he is credited with mentoring Fatih Terim, Mustafa Denizli,
Şenol Güneş amongst others.
27. 9. This is the oldest stadium in Spain, being in use since 1908. It takes
its name from fact that it is on the site of an old watermill. Which
team calls it home?
30. 10. This Kiwi forward saw his best
days at Werder Bremen for whom
he scored 59 goals over a six-year
spell. He is the only Kiwi to have top
scored in a single CL campaign.
He was named the Oceania
Footballer of the Century by the
Oceania Football Confederation.
Who?
42. 14. David Bettoni didn’t have
much of a career as a professional
footballer. He started at Cannes
and went on to play a for a string
of Italian club in and around Turin.
What job has brought him in the
limelight recently?
47. Ben Green, the man behind one of the most popular football podcasts.
48. 16. This elegant midfielder is an avid quizzer.
While he was playing for Ajax, he used to hold his own amongst
Holland’s most august football trivia experts, who used to converge
at an apartment in Amsterdam. Some of the members of the usual
gathering, the story goes, once shamed Nick Hornby with their
grasp of Arsenal’s history. Who be this quizzer midfielder?
#oneofus!
51. 17. Otto _______ was a decorated
German officer during both World
War I and World War II.
His nephew went on to win 11
league titles across two countries as
well as two Champions Leagues.
The nephew?
54. 18. Mulattos were not viewed kindly by Brazilians in the early days.
In 1914, Carlos Alberto, a mulatto, attempted to hide his skin colour
by applying rice powder on his face.
It ultimately led to one of the club's nicknames, pó de arroz, which
is the Portuguese for 'white powder'.
Which club?
57. 19. ______ is a literary term for Britain or England, often used
when referring to ancient or historical times. Some English as
well as Scottish clubs carry it is a suffix in their names. FITB.
63. 21. During the summer of 1983 a certain midfielder had offers
from Roma and Juventus, but he instead chose to play for a club
located in a city that borders Austria. However, Italian FA
opposed the deal, reasoning the transfer fee (4m) was too much
for a foreigner.
In protest the club’s supporters amassed in the city centre
holding up placards reading “_ ____ _ ______.” FITB.
65. “O Zico o Austria” (“Either Zico or Austria!”), because of their historical ties with
Austria, Udinese fans threatened to quit Serie A and move to the Austrian league.
66. 22. This panel by David Squires depicts a much parodied action from a
European Championship qualifying game. What happened?
68. Robin van Persie put one past his own goalkeeper in a Euro qualifier
against the Czech Republic, and became the butt of jokes.
69. 23. Sunil Gulati was born in Allahabad
and went on to earn earned his M.A.
and M.Phil. in economics at Columbia
University. If Wikipedia is to be
believed, he is a senior lecturer at his
alma mater.
To what post was he re-elected for a
record third four-year term in March
2014?
71. He is the president of the United States Soccer Federation
72. 24. This club is often derided as one
of the most racist in the world.
La Familia, a far-right, racist
supporters' group of the club, takes
great pride in the fact that no Arab
has ever played for the club – the
only Israeli Premier League to hold
the distinction.
Which club?
75. 25. This rather uninspiring China
international had an unremarkable six-
year spell at Manchester City.
During Chinese premiere Xi Jinping’s
visit to England last year, the defender
was surprisingly inducted to National
Football Museum’s hall of fame, which
prompted Daniel Taylor to write: “It all
feels highly unsatisfactory and, yes, Jozy
Altidore must be hoping President
Obama visits some time soon.” Name?
78. 26. He was the captain of the France national team at the 1930
World Cup, but later turned into a Nazi collaborator and was
arrested and executed for his atrocities during WWII. Id?
84. 28. This 1956 Olympic gold medalist
excelled in football, bandy and ice
hockey, and is considered one of the
best Russians ever in all of those sports.
For the greatest Russian athlete in the
20th century, he finished third behind
Lev Yashin and Alexander Karelin.
Id.
87. 29. This is Garry Birtles talking about something:“Every time I
watch Liverpool now I look for the flags on the Kop because there’s
a two-year gap in the dates. They go from ’77 and ’78 to ’81. And I
always think: ‘That’s us, that gap. We did that.’”
Who did what?
89. Garry Birtles was a forward for Nottingham Forest during their 1979
and 1980 European Cup triumphs.
90. 30. He was among the first footballers
to endorse products. At the height of
his prowess, his popularity was such
that a Brazilian company named, Lacta,
started a chocolate brand to cash on it,
and it remains one of the best selling
chocolate brands in Brazil and is widely
exported across the globe.
What’s the chocolate’s name?