UEFA Champions League 2012-13 Trivia Quiz

Answer: 54

The teams which automatically qualified for the group stage of the Champions League were comprised of the following:

The reigning title holders
The league champions from the associations ranked 1-12 in the UEFA rankings
The league runners-up from the associations ranked 1-6 in the UEFA rankings
The third-placed teams in the league from the associations ranked 1-3 in the UEFA rankings.

Answer: 3

The teams in question were: Montpellier (France), Malaga (Spain), FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark). Of these, only Malaga qualified for the knockout stages, winning group C ahead of AC Milan (Italy), Zenit St Petersburg (Russia) and Anderlecht (Belgium). Malaga managed to reach the quarter-final, where they were eliminated by Borussia Dortmund (Germany).

Both Montpellier and Nordsjaelland finished bottom of their respected groups, with the Danish side suffering heavy 5-2 and 6-1 losses to Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) and Chelsea (England) respectively.

Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Group D contained three previous winners of the competition in Ajax (1995), Borussia Dortmund (1997) and Real Madrid (1998, 2000 and 2002). The other side in the group, Manchester City, had qualified for the tournament as champions of England.

Madrid were arguably favourites to top the group, but instead it was Germany's Borussia Dortmund who finished in top spot, winning four games and drawing two, away to Real Madrid and Manchester City. City were perhaps the most disappointing in the group, finishing bottom and failing to win any games.

Answer: Claudio Pizarro

All four of the players listed scored in Bayern's victory, but it was Pizarro who scored a first half hat-trick as Bayern led 5-0 at half-time. Salomon Kalou scored the consolation goal for the French side.

Answer: Chelsea

Despite finishing on equal points with Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, and with a superior goal difference (16-10 vs. 12-8), it was Shakhtar who progressed to the last 16 thanks to having scored more goals away from home in their head-to-head matches (Shaktrar defeated Chelsea 2-1 in Ukraine, with Chelsea winning the return fixture 3-2).

In consolation, by finishing third in the group, Chelsea qualified for the knockout stage of the UEFA Europa League, which they went on to win, defeating Benfica in the final.

Answer: Nani

The first leg of the tie had finished 1-1 in Madrid. United went ahead early in the second half of the return leg thanks to a Sergio Ramos own goal, and looked to be control of the game, when Nani went into a high challenge with Real's Arvalo Arbeloa.

Despite Nani's eyes appearing to be focussed entirely on the ball, Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir adjudged the challenge to be dangerous and issued a straight red card. Madrid took full advantage of their extra man and won the game 2-1, to progress 3-2 on aggregate. Real's manager, Jose Mourinho, admitted after the game that he believed the best team had lost.

Answer: Wesley Sneijder

Wesley Sneijder won the Champions League with Inter Milan of Italy in 2010. He scored Galatasaray's second. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Real. He had previously played in the 2008 and 2009 finals with Manchester United, winning in 2008. Emmanuel Eboue equalised for Galatasaray in the second half. He had featured in the 2006 final for Arsenal, who lost 2-1 to Barcelona. Didier Drogba scored Galatasaray's third. Drogba scored for Chelsea in the 2012 final against Bayern Munich in normal time, and then converted the winning penalty as Chelsea won 4-3 on penalties.

Although Galatasaray won the second leg, they had already lost the first leg 3-0 in Madrid, and were eliminated 5-3 on aggregate.

Answer: Barcelona

Barcelona had won the UEFA Champions League in 2009 and 2011, and had reached at least the semi-final stage since 2007-08. They faced Bayern Munich, who had lost in the 2010 and 2012 finals. Bayern dominated the tie, winning 4-0 in the first leg in Munich, and 3-0 in the return leg in Barcelona.

In the other semi-final, Borussia Dortmund defeated Real Madrid 4-1 in the first leg in Dortmund, and lost 2-0 in Madrid, winning the tie 4-3 on aggregate.

Answer: France

Real Madrid and Valencia from Spain were first to achieve this feat in 2000. Italy's AC Milan and Juventus were next in 2003. Manchester United and Chelsea from England met in the 2008 final.

Answer: Real Madrid

Real Madrid defeated Juventus 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League final. Juventus won the competition in 1996, Dortmund won in 1997 and Manchester United won in 1999. Heynckes had also led Bayern to the final of the Champions League in 2012, but they lost to Chelsea on penalties.

Heynckes left Bayern following their win in the 2013 final, and did not manage another team until he returned to the German club for the 2017-18 season. He subsequently retired after that one season.