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1. Colo-Colo is one of the so-called "Big Three" in Santiago, but who or what is the club named after?
2. In 1971, Chelsea beat Real Madrid to become the fourth English club to win the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, they won it for a second time, the only English club to do so. Which German side did they beat?
3. Besiktas was the first of Istanbul's "Big Three" clubs to win the Turkish football championship.
4. Cruz Azul was founded in 1927 in the city of Jasso, eventually moving to Mexico City in 1971. On its foundation it was a works team at a factory making which product?
5. In 2011, New York Cosmos played its first match in more than 25 years, when it was invited to take part in a testimonial match against which English club?
6. In 2018, Al Assiouty, an Egyptian Premier League team based in Cairo, changed its name to what iconic symbol of the country?
7. AEK Athens is one of the major clubs in Greece's capital, but its name contains a reference to which city outside Greece?
8. Lokomotiv Tashkent was the first Uzbek club to reach the knockout stages of the AFC Champions League
9. Despite the club's name, Partick Thistle have not played in Partick for over a century. In which area of Glasgow is the club actually based?
10. In 2015, Madrid club Rayo Vallecano purchased a club playing in the North American Soccer League, then the second tier of football in the USA. In which state capital was it located?
11. Montevideo Wanderers was the first club other than Penarol or Nacional to win the Uruguayan league title
12. In 1993, Sao Paulo became the first Brazilian club in thirty years to win a second consecutive Intercontinental Cup title. Who did they beat to do so?
13. In 1960, Kolkata-based club Mohammedan SC became the first Indian side to win an international trophy, when it won the Gold Cup, a competition instituted by which Asian nobleman?
14. In February 1996, Velez Sarsfield became the second club from Buenos Aires to complete the CONMEBOL treble, when they won the Copa Interamericana. To win it they beat a club from which country?
15. Lima-based Deportivo Municipal won the Peruvian championship in their first ever season.
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