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Chelsea: The Mourinho Years Trivia Quiz

For all you Chelsea fans out there or even just fans of football for their 2005-06 season.

A multiple-choice quiz by cadruvid. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
cadruvid

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,415

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1457

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How many times did Liverpool and Chelsea play each other in season 05/06? Hint

Three

Four

Six

Five

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Question 2 of 10

2. From which club did Khalid "the cannibal" Boulharouz join Chelsea on 21Aug06? Hint

Werder Bremen

Kaiserslautern

Hamburg SV

Bayer Leverkusen

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Question 3 of 10

3. Did Mourinho buy Petr Cech?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the only person to score a hat-trick in all competitions for Chelsea in season 05/06? Hint

Metaja Kezman

Hernan Crespo

Didier Drogba

Eidur Gudjohnsen

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where did Chelsea officially become league champions in 04/05 when it became mathematically impossible for the 2nd place team to recover the points difference? Hint

The Reebok

White Hart Lane

The Valley

St. Andrews

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Question 6 of 10

6. Chelsea played out four extraordinary matches against Barcelona in Mourinho's first two seasons in charge, but how many own goals were scored in the matches? Hint

Two

None

One

Three

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who were the only English team to come away from Stamford Bridge with a victory? Hint

Arsenal

Charlton

Newcastle

Middlesborough

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was Jose Mourniho's worst ever result for Chelsea in the season? Hint

3-0

2-0

3-1

4-2

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who scored the only goal in the only league defeat of Mourinho's first season? Hint

Thierry Henry

Own Goal by Ricardo Carvalho

Nicholas Anelka

Alan Shearer

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Question 10 of 10

10. This man brought Mourinho to Stamford Bridge, what is Roman Abramovich's middle name? Hint

Ridkovich

Alexiev

Arkadievich

Kolyvanov

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many times did Liverpool and Chelsea play each other in season 05/06?

Answer: Five

Incredibly, Chelsea and Liverpool were drawn against each other in the group stages of the champions league as Liverpool were the fifth English team in the competition after winning it the previous year, yet only finishing fifth in the league. They also met twice in the league and in the FA Cup semi-final.

2. From which club did Khalid "the cannibal" Boulharouz join Chelsea on 21Aug06?

Answer: Hamburg SV

The nickname of "the cannibal" came from Boulharouz's reputation of "eating up" opposition attacks.

3. Did Mourinho buy Petr Cech?

Answer: No

It was in fact previous boss Claudio Ranieri, who bought the young Czech goalkeeper from Rennes, just three months before he left the job. He also bought Arjen Robben fom PSV at the same time.

4. Who was the only person to score a hat-trick in all competitions for Chelsea in season 05/06?

Answer: Eidur Gudjohnsen

His hat-trick came in Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of Blackburn Rovers. Gudjohnsen then left in the summer to arch-rivals Barcelona.

5. Where did Chelsea officially become league champions in 04/05 when it became mathematically impossible for the 2nd place team to recover the points difference?

Answer: The Reebok

The Reebok is of course the ground of Bolton Wanderers where Chelsea won 2-0, with both goals coming from Frank Lampard to seal their first league title for 50 years.

6. Chelsea played out four extraordinary matches against Barcelona in Mourinho's first two seasons in charge, but how many own goals were scored in the matches?

Answer: Three

The first own goal came in the first match at the Nou Camp where Juliano Beletti turned a Damien Duff cross into his own net. The other two came in the 2-1 victory of Barcelona at Stamford Bridge where both John Terry and Carlos Puyol scored at the wrong end. The first tie ended in a 5-4 victory for Chelsea, with the second being won 3-2 by Barcelona.

7. Who were the only English team to come away from Stamford Bridge with a victory?

Answer: Charlton

Although Charlton was the first team to come away with a victory after they beat Chelsea on penalties in the third round of the Carling Cup, the record books still show a draw as penalty knockouts do not count as a loss with the FA.

8. What was Jose Mourniho's worst ever result for Chelsea in the season?

Answer: 3-0

Middlesborough recorded a shock 3-0 victory against Chelsea in season 05-06 to give Jose Mourinho his heaviest defeat since leaving Porto.

9. Who scored the only goal in the only league defeat of Mourinho's first season?

Answer: Nicholas Anelka

It was away against Manchester City when Anelka scored from the penalty spot in a 1-0 win.

10. This man brought Mourinho to Stamford Bridge, what is Roman Abramovich's middle name?

Answer: Arkadievich

Roman Arkadievich Abramovich is the richest Russian in the world, second richest person living in Britain.

Source: Author cadruvid

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