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Portuguese Soccer Trivia Quiz

For all you 2001 Portuguese Soccer lovers! Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by jfm. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
jfm

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
29,813

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

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Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

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

Sporting Futebol Clube

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sporting Clube de Lisboa

Portugal Sporting Clube

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Question 2 of 25

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

Belenenses

Vitoria de Setubal

Boavista

Vitoria de Guimaraes

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Question 3 of 25

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

Sporting

Belenenses

Porto

Benfica

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Question 4 of 25

4. 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? Hint

European Super Cup

Champions League

UEFA Cup

Cup Winners Cup

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Question 5 of 25

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

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Question 6 of 25

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

Olympic Stadium, Rome

Arena, Amsterdam

Prater, Wien

Wembley, London

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Question 7 of 25

7. What was the name of Sporting's home stadium during the 1990s? Hint

Estadio das Antas

Estadio Jose Roquette

Estadio do Sporting

Estadio Jose de Alvalade

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Question 8 of 25

8. What is the name of the player who missed a penalty in the penalty shoot-out of the Champions League final match between Benfica and PSV Eindhoven? Hint

Veloso

Alvaro

Mozer

Bento

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Question 9 of 25

9. In February 2001, a former chairman of Benfica was arrested for having committed a fraud regarding a player's transfer. What is his name? Hint

Jorge Goncalves

Jose Capristano

Manuel Vilarinho

Joao Vale e Azevedo

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is the name of the goalkeeper, playing for Sporting in 2001, was considered to be one of their best ever best of all times?

Answer: (two words, or just surname - watch your spelling)

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Question 11 of 25

11. What is the name of the player, who played for the Portuguese National Team in the 2000 European Championship, but never played in Portugal in the First Division? Hint

Nuno Gomes

Pauleta

Rui Costa

Fernando Couto

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which of these players have played for Sporting? Hint

Michel Preud'homme and Luis Figo

Luis Figo and Nuno Gomes

Peter Schmeichel and Nuno Gomes

Peter Schmeichel and Luis Figo

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who scored the two goals that allowed Porto to defeat Bayern Munchen in the 1987 European Champions Cup final game? Hint

Madjer and Futre

Madjer scored twice

Futre and Juary

Madjer and Juary

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Question 14 of 25

14. When did the Portuguese National Team progressed to the Semi-Finals of the European Championships: their first two? Hint

1984 and 1996

1984 and 2000

1996 and 2000

1988 and 2000

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Question 15 of 25

15. When the Portuguese National Team progressed to the Semi-Finals of the European Championships (their first two), they lost on both occasions to ______ ? Hint

France

Italy

The Netherlands

Spain

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Question 16 of 25

16. In the Euro 2000, the Portuguese National Team defeated the German and English sides by ___________ ? Hint

3-2, in both games

3-1 and 3-2, respectively

3-0 and 3-2, respectively

3-1, in both games

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which team was defeated by Portugal in the Euro 2000 Quarter Finals? Hint

Turkey

Bulgaria

Belgium

Spain

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Question 18 of 25

18. Which of these players have played for Sporting, Porto, and Benfica throughout their professional careers? Hint

Paulo Futre and Fernando Mendes

Fernando Mendes and Rui Aguas

Paulo Futre and Paulo Sousa

Rui Aguas and Fernando Gomes

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Question 19 of 25

19. The 1996 Portuguese Cup final, Benfica v Sporting 3-1, was tragically famous because __________ ? Hint

it was abandoned

the referee suffered an heart attack, dying on his way to the hospital

a Sporting supporter was hit by a flare, dying instantaneously

the goalkeeper for Benfica punched the referee in the face after being shown the red card

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Question 20 of 25

20. Who used to play for Benfica and moved to the Italian club Fiorentina, following a brilliant performance in the Euro 2000? Hint

Nuno Gomes

Karel Poborsky

Rui Costa

Pauleta

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who used to play for Porto and then moved to Turkey to play for Galatasaray, after being the top goalscorer in Division 1 for a couple of years in a row? Hint

Nuno Gomes

Hakan Sukur

Georghe Hagi

Mario Jardel

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who started his professional career at Sporting and moved to Barcelona at the end of the 1998-99 season? Hint

Simao Sabrosa

Emmanuel Ammunike

Luis Figo

Rui Costa

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Question 23 of 25

23. He's Portuguese and has been considered the 2000 Best Player in the World by the renowned French Football Magazine 'France Football': Hint

Sergio Conceicao

Zinedine Zidane

Luis Figo

Rui Costa

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Question 24 of 25

24. Only one of these four statements is true: which of these four was the best performance ever achieved by the Portuguese National Team in a World Cup? Hint

3rd place, 1966

3rd place, 1974

Quarter Finalist, 1978

Quarter Finalist, 1970

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which won the right to host the 2004 European Championship? Hint

Portugal

Spain

Austria

Hungary

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

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.

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

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.

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

Answer: Sporting

... after 18 years without doing so!

4. 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?

Answer: UEFA Cup

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

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.

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

Answer: Prater, Wien

7. What was the name of Sporting's home stadium during the 1990s?

Answer: Estadio Jose de Alvalade

8. What is the name of the player who missed a penalty in the penalty shoot-out of the Champions League final match between Benfica and PSV Eindhoven?

Answer: Veloso

9. In February 2001, a former chairman of Benfica was arrested for having committed a fraud regarding a player's transfer. What is his name?

Answer: Joao Vale e Azevedo

10. What is the name of the goalkeeper, playing for Sporting in 2001, was considered to be one of their best ever best of all times?

Answer: Peter Schmeichel

11. What is the name of the player, who played for the Portuguese National Team in the 2000 European Championship, but never played in Portugal in the First Division?

Answer: Pauleta

Pauleta is currently playing for Bordeaux, in the French League.

12. Which of these players have played for Sporting?

Answer: Peter Schmeichel and Luis Figo

Luis Figo started his professional career at Sporting, and Peter Schmeichel joined Sporting in the summer of 1999, after having won the European Champions League for ManU.

13. Who scored the two goals that allowed Porto to defeat Bayern Munchen in the 1987 European Champions Cup final game?

Answer: Madjer and Juary

14. When did the Portuguese National Team progressed to the Semi-Finals of the European Championships: their first two?

Answer: 1984 and 2000

15. When the Portuguese National Team progressed to the Semi-Finals of the European Championships (their first two), they lost on both occasions to ______ ?

Answer: France

3-2 in the Euro 1984 Semi Final, and 2-1 in the Euro 2000 Semi-Final, both after extra time.

16. In the Euro 2000, the Portuguese National Team defeated the German and English sides by ___________ ?

Answer: 3-0 and 3-2, respectively

In the Euro 2000 First Stage, Portugal also defeated Romania by 1-0.

17. Which team was defeated by Portugal in the Euro 2000 Quarter Finals?

Answer: Turkey

18. Which of these players have played for Sporting, Porto, and Benfica throughout their professional careers?

Answer: Paulo Futre and Fernando Mendes

You don't get to see many who have achieved this!

19. The 1996 Portuguese Cup final, Benfica v Sporting 3-1, was tragically famous because __________ ?

Answer: a Sporting supporter was hit by a flare, dying instantaneously

20. Who used to play for Benfica and moved to the Italian club Fiorentina, following a brilliant performance in the Euro 2000?

Answer: Nuno Gomes

21. Who used to play for Porto and then moved to Turkey to play for Galatasaray, after being the top goalscorer in Division 1 for a couple of years in a row?

Answer: Mario Jardel

22. Who started his professional career at Sporting and moved to Barcelona at the end of the 1998-99 season?

Answer: Simao Sabrosa

23. He's Portuguese and has been considered the 2000 Best Player in the World by the renowned French Football Magazine 'France Football':

Answer: Luis Figo

24. Only one of these four statements is true: which of these four was the best performance ever achieved by the Portuguese National Team in a World Cup?

Answer: 3rd place, 1966

25. Which won the right to host the 2004 European Championship?

Answer: Portugal

Source: Author jfm

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