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Whether you call it football, soccer, or the round ball game, the Asian sport is here. Try kicking a goal with these quizzes!
27 Asian Soccer quizzes and 378 Asian Soccer trivia questions.
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1.
  AFC Asian Cup: 2007    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It is all about the 2007 AFC Asian Cup trivial statistics, teams and players. There were surprises and with full of entertainment. Have fun! Good luck!
Difficult, 10 Qns, kaung30, Sep 14 07
Difficult
kaung30
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  Asian Football Teams    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Each question gives you the names of three Asian football teams, past and present, all from the same country. Match the nations to the teams. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Aug 18 23
Easier
kyleisalive editor
Aug 18 23
75 plays
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  Middle Eastern Football Teams   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Each question gives you the names of three Middle Eastern football teams, past and present, all from the same country. Match the nations to the teams. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jan 06 23
Average
kyleisalive editor
Jan 06 23
48 plays
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  Asian Cup 2004: Review    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Did you watch any of the matches in the 2004 Asian Cup? How much can you remember? Take this quiz to find out. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, hews, Aug 09 09
Average
hews
400 plays
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  Far East Soccer Players    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Far East countries, mainly Japan, South Korea and China, are among the soccer newcomers that are contesting the traditional European and South American "Great Powers".
Tough, 10 Qns, mrhoujr84, Jul 28 04
Tough
mrhoujr84
496 plays
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  Japanese Footballers in Europe    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about footballers from Japan who have played in Europe in the last couple of decades.
Tough, 10 Qns, Frontale, Apr 29 11
Tough
Frontale
123 plays
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  Singapore National Football Team    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A short quiz about the Lions squad. Know more about this Southeast Asian team!
Average, 10 Qns, malaun, Jul 03 08
Average
malaun
269 plays
8.
  The Indian Football League    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about the Indian Football League.
Tough, 10 Qns, ff501998, Jul 10 07
Tough
ff501998
725 plays
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  Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I give the nickname of the club, and you have to give me the clubs name.
Tough, 10 Qns, persianprince, Jun 27 08
Tough
persianprince
132 plays
10.
  Bahrain : 2004 Asian Cup    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Bahrain made to the semis of the Asian Cup in 2004. Here's a quiz about their 2004 campaign.
Tough, 10 Qns, persianprince, Jun 27 08
Tough
persianprince
178 plays
trivia question Quick Question
In 1982 Australia were upstaged in qualifying by which regional neighbour?

From Quiz "Australian WC Qualifying Campaigns"




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  Welcome to China Soccer    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The Chinese soccer league turned pro in 1994. If you are one of those who care, check and see how much you know about it.
Tough, 15 Qns, mrhoujr84, Jul 10 07
Tough
mrhoujr84
296 plays
12.
  Korea's 2002 World Cup Campaign    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A challenging quiz pre-dominately about the Korean National team players and its miraculous run at the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan.
Tough, 10 Qns, skg, Jul 10 07
Tough
skg
419 plays

Asian Soccer Trivia Questions
1. What was ASEAN Football Championship formerly known as?

From Quiz Singapore National Football Team

Answer: Tiger Cup

The former name was Tiger Cup, before it was renamed in 2006. The new name is more suitable since the tournament involves Southeast Asian countries. Singapore won the Southeast Asian championship in 1998, 2004, and 2007. The recent success was in Thailand when they dramatically beat the Thais 3-2 on aggregate, after winning 2-1 in the Final 1st leg in Singapore.

2. Which club is known is 'The Wolves'?

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: Muharraq

Muharraq, the most popular football club with over 25 league titles and more than 15 Cup titles, in Bahrain are known as Al Dtheab meaning 'The Wolves.' It is also known as 'Al Sheik Al Andeya Al Khaleejiya' meaning 'The Oldest Club in the Gulf'.

3. Which Brazilian footballer played in the Indian Football League in 2002?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: Jose Ramirez Baretto

Jose Ramirez Baretto was the only Brazilian playing in India.

4. Who was the Singapore captain from 2003-2007?

From Quiz Singapore National Football Team

Answer: Aide Iskandar

Aide Iskandar was named the skipper until he retired in 2007. In the year 2008, during the World Cup qualifying campaign, the captain's armband went to Singapore striker Indra Sahdan. Nazri Nasir was the Singapore captain from 1997-2003. Lionel Lewis was a standby skipper, meaning if the captain and the vice-captain of the team were not in the starting lineup, he wears the armband.

5. Which club is known Al Qalaa Al Safraa meaning 'The Yellow Castle'?

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: Al Ahli

Al Ahli belong to the Bahaarna people of the island mainland.

6. Which city has won the most league titles in the first decade of the Chinese professional league?

From Quiz Welcome to China Soccer

Answer: DaLian

DaLian ShiDe, earlier known as DaLian WanDa, won 7 of 9 league titles since the start of the Chinese professional league. The City's devotion to this sport earned them the name "Football (soccer) City".

7. The younger leader of Japanese midfield, Junichi Inamoto, found himself a place with Fulham after sitting out the season as a gunner. What's the first Premier League team he joined after he left the Japanese club Gamba Osaka?

From Quiz Far East Soccer Players

Answer: Arsenal

Born on Sep. 18, 1979, Inamoto's ability to play has really shocked everybody after he moved to Fulham. Sir Wenger would surely regret, for letting go of this talented young player.

8. Which club did the Brazilian player Baretto play for in 2002?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: Mohun Bagan

Baretto played for Bengal giants Mohun Bagan.

9. As a 25-year veteren, "King Kazu" Kazuyoshi Miura was still playing at 44 years old. However, he only had two short spells in Europe, one in Croatia for Croatia Zagreb and another in Italy. Which Serie A team did he play for?

From Quiz Japanese Footballers in Europe

Answer: Genoa

Miura was the oldest player in the Japanese professional league system. His 25-year old career has seen him play in not only his native Japan, but also Brazil, Italy, Croatia, and even Australia. In March 2011, he starred for the J-League 11 in the earthquake charity match against the Japanese national team where he scored a goal.

10. Which Club is known as Ashab Al Saada meaning the 'Friends of Joy'?

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: Riffa

Riffa is a club having more than 5 league and cup titles.

11. Another talented Japanese midfielder this time, he played for Italian Serie A club Reggina in Season 02/03. His name is Shunsuke Nakamura. Because of his role on the field, his fans called him the Japanese what?

From Quiz Far East Soccer Players

Answer: Baggio & Bagio

The Japanese Baggio, Forza Nakamura! Nakamura, along with Nakata and Inamoto, made up the fearful midfield of the Japanese national team. He started out playing for the Japanese Club Yokohama F. Marinos.

12. Baichang Bhutia became the first Asian player to score a goal in the Football League (England). Which English club did he play for ?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: Bury FC

Baichang Bhutia, the Indian captain, had a small stint with English club Bury FC. He wore jersey number 10 and become the first Asian player to score a goal in the Football League, when he scored in the 1999-00 season: he scored at home against Chesterfield on April 15th, 2000 (the match ended in a 1-1- draw).

13. Which player who played in the 1980s and 1990s era, earned the most caps for Singapore?

From Quiz Singapore National Football Team

Answer: Malek Awab

Malek Awab earned 121 caps for Singapore in total. He played alongside Fandi Ahmad, Abbas Saad, and V. Sundramoorthy in a team that won the 1994 Malaysia Cup.

14. Which club players are known as 'The Persians'?

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: Manama

This is mainly because this club was opened and was always owned by a Persian. This club wone only one league title in the 20th century.

15. He played for Dutch Club Feyenoord. Born on Sep. 27, 1979, he started out playing for Japanese Club Reds Diamonds Urawa. What's his name?

From Quiz Far East Soccer Players

Answer: Ono & Shiji Ono & Shinji Ono & Shinji & Shiji

Another promising star for Japan. Some regarded him as the best midfielder after Hidetoshi Nakata. He can play every position in midfield. Ono became an acknowledged star at Feyernood Rotterdam at the age of 22.

16. Which Indian club did Baichang Bhutia play for in 2002?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: Mohun Bagan

Bhutia initially played for East Bengal before moving on to Bury FC. For the 2002-2003 season, Bhutia has signed up with Mohun Bagan.

17. Which player was banned from playing football for any club, after a violent misconduct against his national teammate, Daniel Bennett?

From Quiz Singapore National Football Team

Answer: Noh Alam Shah

He was banned for 1 year in 2008 after punching Daniel in a Singapore Cup final match. Daniel was unconcsious until the next day when he was brought to the hospital. This meant that Alam Shah could not represent any club worldwide and his country for a year.

18. 'The Old Warrior' is also known as which club?

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: Al Busaiteen

Al Busaiteen is a team that made a remarkable improvement in 2007, surprising everyone after defeating Al Ahli to make it to the Golden Square.

19. Song Chong-gug, an unselfish South Korean midfielder, played for what club along with Piere Van Hooijdonk?

From Quiz Far East Soccer Players

Answer: Feyernood Rotterdam

Born on Fed. 20, 1979, Song's arrival certainly improved the midfield defense for Feyernood Rotterdam. He is known for making excellent plays on defense, and not afraid of taking shots when he is open. Spotted two fantastic Asian players, Song and Ono, the club's scout has great eyes.

20. Footballing legend Pele once came to India in September 1977 with his club and played against Mohun Bagan. Which club did Pele come with?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: NY Cosmos

Pele was squad member of Cosmos when the came to Calcutta and played against Mohun Bagan. The match finished 2-2.

21. Nicknamed at one point the "Japanese Blond Bomber", which Japanese player had an unsuccessful stint in Serbia with Red Star Belgrade?

From Quiz Japanese Footballers in Europe

Answer: Takayuki Suzuki

Suzuki was signed to Belgrade mostly due to fact Toyota was Belgrade's major sponsor. Even though he had successful stints in his home country with Kashima Antlers, he also had another failed spell in Europe before his time with Belgrade when he played in Belgium for KRC Genk.

22. In 2007, which player was the youngest Singapore player to earn a senior cap?

From Quiz Singapore National Football Team

Answer: Hariss Harun

Harun became the youngest ever player to don the national jersey as he came on in the second half in a friendly against North Korea. He was only 16 years 7 months and 5 days old.

23. Which club is known as 'The United'.

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: Al Ittihad

Al Ittihad are known as 'The United' because their team's name means unity.

24. This player from BeiJing Hyundai (GuoAn) signed a deal with Bundesliga club Munchen 1860 in 2002. Who is he?

From Quiz Welcome to China Soccer

Answer: Shao JiaYi

Shao, the leftie from BeiJing, was bought by Munchen 1860 wishing to replace the team's former leader Thomas Haessler.

25. Bundesliga Club Hamburg SV brought in this Japanese 2002 player of the year, hoping that he would play well with Sergej Barbarez. This player is Naohiro Takahara. What position does he play?

From Quiz Far East Soccer Players

Answer: Striker

If you have so far believed that the far east countries only had good midfielders, you are WRONG! Born on June 4, 1979, Takahara's striker instinct helped him on his move to Hamburg SV. He made a name playing for Japanese U-19 national team and is known for his highly productive scoring.

26. Who is the Indian Mohun Bagan player who Pele praised during his tour of India?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: Habib

Habib, coach of Mohammedan Sporting in 2002, was a fine player in his days and was praised by Pele. He coached India and was playing of Mohun Bagan when Pele came to India.

27. One of the biggest names in Japanese football history is Hidetoshi Nakata. Which English Premier League team was Nakata loaned out to in his final year as a professional player?

From Quiz Japanese Footballers in Europe

Answer: Bolton Wanderers

Nakata is one of the very few Japanese players who have won a major title in Europe. He played a big part in Roma's 2001 Serie A title win, as well as winning the Coppa Italia with Parma a year later. Nakata was also the only Japanese player to make Pele's FIFA 100 in 2004.

28. Which club is known as The Falcons?

From Quiz Bahraini Clubs and Nicknames

Answer: East Riffa

East Riffa are neighbours to Riffa, and are their biggest rivals. They won a double in their first year in the Premier League.

29. What are the jersey colours of club East Bengal?

From Quiz The Indian Football League

Answer: Yellow and Red

The East Bengal jersey has yellow and red stripes and black shorts.

30. Yasuhiko Okudera was the first Japanese player to ply his trade in Europe in the 1970s. Which German team did Okudera start his European career with?

From Quiz Japanese Footballers in Europe

Answer: FC Koln

Okudera was the first for many milestones in not only Japanese football, but Asian football. He was the first Japanese player to win a major title in Europe with winning both the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal with Koln in 1978. He was also the first Japanese player to score in the European Cup, scoring in the 1979 semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

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