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1. Every team Celtic played in the UEFA Cup of 2002-03, had the letter 'V' in its name, except the team they played in the final.
2. Olympique de Lyon of France lost its opening League fixture to Lille 1-0 in 2003-04, meaning they had failed to win an opening day match for _____ seasons.
3. When the German Bundesliga was formed in 1963, Bayern Munich were not invited to compete as a foundation member, because they were not good enough.
4. After the relegationof Juventus in 2006, only one Italian side has never been relegated from the top division (Serie A). Who is it?
5. Which Russian Olympic Champion trained the Dynamo Kiev players in the 1970s?
6. Lokomotiv Moscow's red and white strip is modeled on which team?
7. Whilst Arsenal were winning the English League Championship in 1989 and 1991, another team called Arsenal were winning their domestic title at the same time. Which country was this Arsenal from?
8. The Stade Louis II stadium opened in 1985, was home to which club?
9. What do rival fans of Deportivo La Coruna of Spain, call Depo supporters as the ultimate insult?
10. PSV Eindhoven won the 2002-03 Dutch title, for the 17th time. What does the PSV part of the name actually mean?
11. Olympiakos set a Greek record for consecutive championships with how many?
12. Juventus first wore pink shirts as their home colours.
13. Which Turkish club became the first team from that nation, to play a match in a different country?
14. Panathinaikos are one of Greece's better European performers, and in 1987-88 they trailed 5-2 to Hungarian club Honved after the first leg. What was the score in the return leg in Athens?
15. What was unique about VFB Stuttgart player Robert Schlienz, who was a prolific goalscorer during the 1950s?
16. Manchester United have won three European trophies. Two being the European Champions Cup and one the now defunct Cup Winners Cup. Which three teams did they beat to win those trophies?
17. How many trophies did FC Porto win in 1987?
18. Real Madrid have been nicknamed after a Beatles hit.
19. Why did Partizan Belgrade change their club colours from red to black and white?
20. Lazio were deprived promotion in 1961-62 from Serie B to Serie A by one point, but what scenario occured in their promotion play-off match with Napoli, which saw the Naplese side go up instead?
21. Sparta Prague had a famous player from their past who was Czechoslavakia's leading goalscorer at the 1934 World Cup Finals. His feat in fact was to be leading scorer for the tournament in which no Czech player has emulated. Which star of Czech football was it?
22. Which English club made history in 1999, when they fielded an entire starting eleven with no British players involved?
23. Which Spanish side became the first team in LA LIGA (Spanish top division) to remain unbeaten at home through an entire league campaign?
24. Which Italian side had the St George flag of England in its club emblem?
25. What strange routine did Ajax of Amsterdam insist that their club physiotherapist, Bennie Muller, had to carry out before every game during the early 1970s?
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