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7 Portugal Football quizzes and 85 Portugal Football trivia questions.
1.
  Portuguese Football    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowledge about Portuguese soccer and learn about the most famous Portuguese players. If you're Portuguese, this is surely very easy for you.
Average, 10 Qns, PedroKurt, Jan 16 04
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PedroKurt
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  Portugal at Euro 2008    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Quiz about the Portuguese team in the European Championship 2008. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, carla7, Jun 27 08
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carla7
478 plays
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  Portuguese Soccer    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
For all you 2001 Portuguese Soccer lovers! Have fun!
Average, 25 Qns, jfm, Jun 26 08
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jfm
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  Eusebio!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about Portuguese soccer player, Eusebio.
Difficult, 10 Qns, danrreis, May 18 07
Difficult
danrreis
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  Portuguese Football Players Nicknames    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Although not as usual as in South American countries, some Portuguese players do get nicknames. Try to guess who's who. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, rolling-murray, Oct 30 08
Average
rolling-murray
372 plays
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  Sporting Clube Portugal    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sporting Clube Portugal is a Portuguese soccer team.
Easier, 10 Qns, spyplane, Dec 15 04
Easier
spyplane
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  Do You Know Who?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you think you know Portuguese football? Let's put it to test!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, tonyvalente, Aug 21 07
Very Difficult
tonyvalente
558 plays
trivia question Quick Question
In February 2001, a former chairman of Benfica was arrested for having committed a fraud regarding a player's transfer. What is his name?

From Quiz "Portuguese Soccer"




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Portugal Football Trivia Questions
1. Hungarian coaches gave a lot to early Portuguese football, which was the first National Champion in 1938/39?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Mihaly Siska

Mihaly Siska came very young to Portugal, defended FC Porto nets for many years, and after ending his playing career, he took over the helm of the northern Portuguese biggest club to win the titles in 1938/39 and 1939/40.

2. How many goals did Eusebio score with the Portuguese National team?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: 41

He played in 64 matches.

3. In which city do Sporting play their home games?

From Quiz Sporting Clube Portugal

Answer: Lisbon

Sporting play in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Sporting are one of three "big teams" in Portugal. The others being FC Porto and Benfica.

4. What is the official name of the Portuguese club internationally known as Sporting Lisbon?

From Quiz Portuguese Soccer

Answer: Sporting Clube de Portugal

Although the club is internationally known as Sporting Lisbon, there is no reference to the city it comes from in its official name. In Portugal, it is simply known as Sporting.

5. Not only the Hungarians played a big part in the Portuguese football history. From England also came a great influence. Who was the first coach to win three consecutive titles in the First Division?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Randolph Galloway

Robert Kelly was the first English to become Portuguese champion, coaching Sporting in 1946/47, nevertheless, Sir Randolph Galloway was the first ever coach, in Portugal, to obtain three titles, between '51 and '53.

6. How many goals did Eusebio score against North Korea in the 1966 World Cup quarterfinals?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: 4

Portugal won the game 5-3 after trailing 3-0.

7. What stadium did Sporting move to in 2003?

From Quiz Sporting Clube Portugal

Answer: Alvalade XXI

It was opened in August 2003. Alvalade XXI was built for the UEFA European football championship 2004. It was the first of 10 stadiums for EURO 2004.

8. Who was the first Portuguese playing in Manchester United?

From Quiz Portuguese Football

Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Figo was never in Manchester United, although he stated his sympathy for the English club. Eusébio and Coluna are old Benfica's and Portuguese stars. These oldies were never in Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo took Beckham's number 7 red shirt in 2003.

9. Other than Sporting, Porto and Benfica, which team has managed to win the Portuguese League title during the 20th century?

From Quiz Portuguese Soccer

Answer: Belenenses

Belenenses was the only football club other than the '3 Big' to have won this particular title. They were champions in 1946. Boavista won their first championship in 2001.

10. Glory days took over Portuguese football in the 1960s. Benfica was European champion in '61 and in '62, and the national side was third in the 1966 World Championship. Which magic coach led Benfica to the two European titles?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Bela Guttmann

All the coaches above were National Champions with Benfica. Two Hungarian, two South American. But, Bela Guttmann was the one to win the European Cup, twice, in 1961 and 1962. After the second European cup, he cursed Benfica, saying they would never win another European trophy. After over 10 finals, they still didn't. Even in his second spell at Benfica, he didn't regain any title, indoors or in Europe.

11. How many appearances did Eusebio have with Sl Benfica?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: 301

He played with them from 1960-1975.

12. What's the main colour of Sporting's jersey?

From Quiz Sporting Clube Portugal

Answer: Green

Green and White stripes like Celtic Glasgow. The others Sporting jerseys were green and yellow.

13. Which team won the Portuguese League title in the year 2000?

From Quiz Portuguese Soccer

Answer: Sporting

... after 18 years without doing so!

14. Everybody knows that historically Benfica is the biggest Portuguese club, but who was the first team to enter a European competition?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Sporting Lisbon

The first ever European cup was held in 1955/56 and Sporting CP (aka Sporting Lisbon) lost to Partizan, 5-8 on aggregate.

15. How many goals did Eusebio score with Sl Benfica in Portuguese league matches?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: 317

When he retired, he was Benfica's all-time leading scorer.

16. When Sporting won the Portuguese Championship in 2002, it marked how many Portuguese Championships for them?

From Quiz Sporting Clube Portugal

Answer: 18

They won their 18th in 2002. The 17th was in 2000. Benfica had 30 titles, FC Porto 20, Boavista and Belenenses one each, at that time.

17. Figo was once named World Player of the Year by FIFA, on the 17th December 2001. He shined in Barcelona and Real Madrid. Which was his club in Portugal before all that?

From Quiz Portuguese Football

Answer: Sporting

Real Madrid's number 10 declared that it was his wish to finish his career in Sporting, his heart team, where he started in 1989 with 17 years old.

18. What was the only European cup (Champions League, Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Cup) that was not won by a Portuguese team during the 1960s, 70s and 80s?

From Quiz Portuguese Soccer

Answer: UEFA Cup

19. Portugal always had good strikers, but who was the first to be the top goalscorer solo in the First Division for two consecutive years?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Francisco Rodrigues

In both the seasons, Francisco Rodrigues representing Vitória Setúbal, topped the scoring table in front of Peyroteo, one of the famous five violins, in 1943/44 with 28 goals and in 1944/45 with 21 goals.

20. What was the first team Eusebio played for in the U.S.?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: Boston Minutemen

He played in 8 games and scored two goals.

21. In 2002, who was the topscorer of Sporting CP in the Portuguese League?

From Quiz Sporting Clube Portugal

Answer: Jardel

Jardel scored 42 goals, and won the Golden Boot (European topscorer). Also won five times the best scorer in the Portuguese league.

22. How many European cups (Champions League, Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Cup) did Portuguese clubs win during the 1960s, 70s and 80s?

From Quiz Portuguese Soccer

Answer: 4

Benfica won the European Champions Cup (former designation of the Champions League) in 1961 and 1962, Sporting won the Cup Winners Cup in 1964 and Porto won the European Champions Cup in 1987.

23. Portuguese football is not only made with the three big teams. Which team had the worst record in the First Division, scoring only 2 points in their only presence at the highest division?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Casa Pia

Casa Pia only scored two points, one win, in 14 matches. It happened in the first ever First Division championship, in the season 1938/39.

24. How many times was Eusebio the leading goals scorer in the Portuguese first soccer division?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: 7

He won them in 1964-1973.

25. Fernando Couto, Luís Figo, Simão, and Quaresma. Which of them has not played in Barcelona?

From Quiz Portuguese Football

Answer: They all have

Luis Figo, Fernando Couto and Vitor Baia played in Barcelona at the same time, and won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup (1996/97), now extinguished. Simão left Sporting (1996/99) to play in Barcelona two seasons, and then moved to Benfica (2001) in a controversial transfer. Quaresma left Sporting after 2002/03 season and joined Ronaldinho in Barcelona.

26. In which stadium did the final of the 1987 European Champions Cup, won by Porto, take place?

From Quiz Portuguese Soccer

Answer: Prater, Wien

27. Portugal played the first international matches against Spain, four games, four defeats, but got to score two goals. Who scored the first ever goal for the Portuguese national side?

From Quiz Do You Know Who?

Answer: Alberto Augusto

Alberto Augusto scored Portugal's first ever international goal, to Spanish best ever goalie, Zamora, so it should have had a special pleasure for him. Portugal only beat Spain at their 13th encounter.

28. How many goals did Eusebio score while wearing Benfica's jersey?

From Quiz Eusebio!

Answer: 727

He played in 715 matches while wearing their jersey.

29. Where is the Sporting academy?

From Quiz Sporting Clube Portugal

Answer: Alcochete

Alcochete is located 20 minutes south of Lisbon. The Sporting's academy is mainly responsible by the quality of youth teams of Sporting.

30. Porto won the UEFA Cup in 2002/03. Against which team was it?

From Quiz Portuguese Football

Answer: Celtic

Probably the best season ever by Porto. They won the Portuguese Championship and Cup. In Sevilla, names like Deco, Derlei, and Mourinho were solidified in Europe. Mourinho (coach) and Paulo Ferreira (right defender) were elected by the UEFA site as being part of the best 2003 European football team. Other players like Deco (2nd best midfielder, right behind Zidane) and Ricardo Carvalho (center defender, 3rd behind Nesta and Paolo Maldini) where in evidence too.

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