Champions League Trivia

184+ Best Champions League Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: August 30th, 2023

Are you a true champion of Champions League knowledge? Dive into this collection of trivia questions to test your expertise and see if you can claim the title of ultimate football trivia nerd!

European Cup/Champions League Clubs and Managers

Question: What was the first British club to appear in the European Cup?

Answer: Hibernian

Question: What was the name of the manager who won the European cup in 1981?

Answer: Bob Paisley

Question: What was the nationality of the Leeds United manager in the 2000-01 UEFA Champions League?

Answer: Irish

Question: What was the nationality of the Real Madrid manager in the 1999-2000 Champions League?

Answer: Welsh

Question: What was the score after full time in the 2005 Final in Istanbul?

Answer: 3-3

Question: What year did a Spanish club win their nation their first European Cup since 1966?

Answer: 1992

Question: When Chelsea won the 2012 Champions League Final it prevented which 4th-placed Premier League team from qualifying in the following year?

Answer: Tottenham Hotspur

Question: When did Manchester United win the treble, memorably coming back from a goal down in the UEFA Champions League Final?

Answer: 1999

Question: Where was the 1987 European Cup final hosted?

Answer: Vienna

Question: Which away team scored three goals at Old Trafford in the 1993-94 Champions League?

Answer: Galatasaray

Question: Which club won both European Cup finals it appeared in?

Answer: Nottingham Forest

Question: Which country did not have a representative in the 1966-67 European Cup Semi-finals?

Answer: Spain

Question: Which country was not represented in the 1973-74 European Cup quarter-finals?

Answer: Greece

Question: Which defender netted in the 2002 Final to draw Bayer Leverkusen level with Real Madrid?

Answer: Lucio

Question: Which Dutch team had to qualify for the group stages of the 97-98 Champions League?

Answer: Feyenoord

Question: Which English club began the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League season as title holders?

Answer: Chelsea

Question: Which English footballer played against Nottingham Forest in the 1979-80 European Cup final?

Answer: Kevin Keegan

Question: Which European Cup was not won by the defending champion?

Answer: 1979

Question: Which former Newcastle player scored for A.C. Milan in the 2005 Champions League penalty shoot-out against Liverpool?

Answer: Jon Dahl Tomasson

Question: Which former winners were initially excluded from the 2008-09 tournament?

Answer: Porto

Question: Which French team did Manchester United beat in the last 16 of the 2006-07 tournament?

Answer: Lille

Question: Which future Man City player scored twice for Bayern Munich against Feyenoord in 2001-02?

Answer: Roque Santa Cruz

Question: Which German team finished bottom of their group in the 2002-03 UEFA Champions League group stage?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Question: Which goalkeeper won two European Cup titles with Nottingham Forest?

Answer: Peter Shilton

Question: Which Hungarian-born player never played for Barcelona in the European Cup?

Answer: Lajos Csordas

UEFA Champions League Teams Trivia

Question: Which team won the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final?

Answer: Manchester United

Question: Which team won the European Cup unbeaten in 1980-1981?

Answer: Liverpool

Question: Which was the only team to win all six of their Group stage matches in the 2011-12 Champions League?

Answer: Real Madrid

Question: Who did Glasgow Celtic beat in the play-offs in the 2013-14 Champions League, to qualify for the Group stage?

Answer: Shakhter Karagandy

Question: Who did Manchester United beat in the 98/99 Champions League Quarter Final?

Answer: Inter Milan

Question: Who did Manchester United play in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final?

Answer: Barcelona

Question: Who is the only player to score in 16 different Champions League seasons?

Answer: Giggs

Question: Who knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League in 2004-05?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Question: Who knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League in 2008-09?

Answer: Manchester United

Question: Who knocked Rangers out of the 1997-98 Champions League?

Answer: IFK Göteborg

Question: Who missed a penalty for Arsenal against Bayern Munich?

Answer: Mesut Ozil

Question: Who scored a hat-trick for Barcelona against Celtic?

Answer: Neymar

Question: Who scored a hat-trick for Manchester United in the 2000-01 Champions League?

Answer: Andy Cole

Question: Who scored a hat-trick for Viktoria Plzeň in their home game against Nomme Kalju?

Answer: Pavel Horvath

Question: Who scored an injury time equalizer for Manchester United against Juventus in the 98-99 Semi Final?

Answer: Ryan Giggs

Question: Who scored an own goal against Bayern Munich in the 98-99 Quarter Final?

Answer: Uwe Rösler

Question: Who scored Chelsea's second goal at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League 2014 quarter-Final against Paris St-Germain?

Answer: Demba Ba

Question: Who scored the only goal in the 1983 Final between Juventus and Hamburg?

Answer: Felix Magath

Question: Who scored the winning goal for Bayern Munich in their 1-0 win at Viktoria Plzeň?

Answer: Mario Mandzukic

Question: Who scored the winning goal for Manchester United in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final?

Answer: Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Question: Who scored the winning goal for Paris Saint-Germain in their 2-1 win over Olympiacos?

Answer: Edinson Cavani

Question: Who scored two goals for Bayern Munich in their 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzeň?

Answer: Franck Ribery

Question: Who was the best scorer for Inter in the 1963-64 European Cup with 7 goals?

Answer: Sandro Mazzola

Question: Who was the first Englishman to win the UEFA Champions League with a foreign club?

Answer: Steve McManaman

Question: Who was the first player ever to score in a penalty shootout in the European Cup?

Answer: Klaus-Dieter Sieloff

UEFA Champions League Players and Clubs Trivia

Question: How many UEFA Champions League winners medals did Nicky Butt win?

Answer: 1

Question: In the 2009-10 Champions League which was the only Group A team not to lose during the Group stage?

Answer: Bordeaux

Question: In the 2012 CL Semi-finals what was the aggregate score in the tie between Chelsea and Barcelona?

Answer: 3 - 2

Question: In which city did Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties to win the 2008 Champions League?

Answer: London

Question: Lionel Messi scored how many goals in Barcelona's 7-1 home win against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League Round of 16?

Answer: Five

Question: Lukas Podolski played in the 2013-14 Champions League for Premier League side Arsenal, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Germany

Question: Nichoals Bentner played in the 2013-14 Champions League for Premier League side Arsenal, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Danish

Question: Partizan Belgrade, who have competed in the UEFA Champions League, are a team from which country?

Answer: Serbia

Question: Paul Lambert won the Champions League playing for which German club?

Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Question: Rafael Benítez managed which club to UEFA Champions League glory?

Answer: Liverpool

Question: Ryan Giggs has made more UEFA Champions League appearances than any other player. For which club did he play all those games?

Answer: Manchester United

Question: Steve Gerrard played in the Champions League for which English club?

Answer: Liverpool

Question: The 1999 Champions League Final - Which of these players was suspended for the Final?

Answer: Roy Keane

Question: The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, who partnered Andy Cole?

Answer: Dwight Yorke

Question: The 2009-10 Champions League quarter-Finalists Bordeaux and Lyon are from which country?

Answer: France

Question: The Bernabéu is the home of which regular UEFA Champions League side?

Answer: Real Madrid

Question: Tony Adams played in the Champions League for which English club?

Answer: Arsenal

Champions League Winners and Managers Trivia

Question: Who was the leading scorer of the 1957-58 European Cup?

Answer: Alfredo Di Stéfano

Question: Who was the leading scorer of the 1979-80 European Cup?

Answer: Søren Lerby

Question: Who was the manager of the Champions League winners in 2008?

Answer: Alex Ferguson

Question: Who was the Manchester United manager for the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final?

Answer: Alex Ferguson

Question: Who was the top goal scorer in the Champions League for Manchester United in 2002-03?

Answer: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Question: Who was the top goal scorer in the Champions League for Real Madrid in 1999-2000?

Answer: Raul

Question: Who was the top Spanish scorer in the 1979-1980 European Cup season?

Answer: Santillana

Question: Who were Scottish League Champions in 1983 - for the first time in their history?

Answer: Dundee United

Question: Who were the defending team of the European Cup trophy in the 1992-1993 season?

Answer: Barcelona

Question: Who were the winners of the Champions League in 2000?

Answer: Real Madrid

Question: Who won 2009 UEFA Champions' League?

Answer: Barcelona

Question: Who won the 2008 - 2009 UEFA Champions League?

Answer: Barcelona

Question: Who won the Champions League in 2009 for Barcelona and then in 2010 for Inter?

Answer: Etoo

Champions League Teams and Players Trivia

Question: Which is the only country to have two cities that each had two clubs in the European Cup Semi-finals?

Answer: Scotland

Question: For which club did Salomon Kalou play in the 2012-13 Champions League?

Answer: Lille

Question: Which Italian player was never top scorer of the European Cup?

Answer: Claudio Gentile

Question: Which Manchester United Player was sent off in a 2010 CL quarter Final match against Bayern Munich?

Answer: Rafael

Question: Which player scored 4 goals for CSKA Sofia in the 1956-57 European Cup?

Answer: Ivan Petkov Kolev

Question: Which player scored the only goal in the Semi-finals match of the 1962-63 European Cup between Rangers and Milan on May 1st, 1963?

Answer: Alan Gilzean

Question: Which player was labeled as the hero of Liverpool's 2005 UEFA Champions League win after saving two penalties in the shootout?

Answer: Jerzy Dudek

Question: Which Portuguese team played in the first ever Champions League in 1992-1993?

Answer: Porto

Question: Which region, now a part of a larger country, did have a representative in the first European Cup?

Answer: Saarland

Question: Which Scottish team played in the 1998-99 First Qualifying Round?

Answer: Celtic

Question: Which Swedish player led Feyenoord in scoring with 7 goals in the 1969-70 European Cup?

Answer: Ove Kindval

Question: Which team beat Barcelona in the 2010 Champions League Semi-finals?

Answer: Inter Milan

Question: Which team defeated Real Madrid 3-0 in the second leg of the 1955-56 quarter-finals?

Answer: Partizan

Question: Which team did Borussia Dortmund beat 4-3 on aggregate in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Semi-finals?

Answer: Real Madrid

Question: Which team did Borussia Dortmund beat in the last sixteen?

Answer: Zenit Saint Petersburg

Question: Which team did Dinamo Zagreb beat 5-0 away in the 2nd qualifying round?

Answer: Fola Esch

Question: Which team did Liverpool eliminate in the third qualifying round of the Champions League at the start of the 2004-05 season?

Answer: GAK

Question: Which team eliminated Club Brugge from the 1978-79 European Cup?

Answer: Wisla Krakow

Question: Which team finished bottom of Group B?

Answer: Copenhagen

Question: Which team lost to Bayern Munich in the 2013 Champions League Final?

Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Question: Which team participated in the 1976-77 European Cup despite not winning its national championship?

Answer: Bayern Munich

Question: Which team played in the Champions League after an absence of five years?

Answer: Steau Bucharest

Question: Which team represented Portugal in the 1956-57 European Cup?

Answer: FC Porto

Question: Which team represented Scotland in the 1958-59 European Cup?

Answer: Hearts

Question: Which team was not eliminated in the second round of the 1975-76 European Cup?

Answer: Dinamo Kyiv

Question: Which team won the 1967 European Cup Final?

Answer: Celtic

Champions League Other Teams and Players Trivia

Question: Against which team did Claudio Susler score 5 goals in the first round of the 1978-79 European Cup?

Answer: Valleta

Question: Anderlecht, who have appeared in the UEFA Champions League, are from which country?

Answer: Belgium

Question: As of 2012/13 season, how many Czech players have won the European Cup / Champions League?

Answer: 4

Question: As of 2013, how many different English clubs have played in a European Cup Final?

Answer: 7

Question: As of 2013, how many times has Aston Villa won the European Cup / Champions League?

Answer: 1

Question: As of 2013, which of these players has scored the most Champions League goals?

Answer: Alessandro Del Piero

Question: At which stage of the Champions League were Real Madrid knocked out in 2006-07?

Answer: Last Sixteen

Question: AZ have played in the Champions League. Which country are they from?

Answer: Netherlands

Question: Between 2007-2009 which team went a record 25 games unbeaten in the Champions League?

Answer: Manchester United

Question: Brøndby, who have played in the UEFA Champions League, come from which country?

Answer: Denmark

Question: Carlos Tevez played in the 2013-14 Champions League for Italian side Juventus, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Argentinian

Question: Cristiano Ronaldo played in the 2013-14 Champions League for Real Madrid, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Portuguese

Question: Eden Hazard played in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League for Chelsea, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Belgian

Question: For which club did Christian Eriksen play in the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League?

Answer: Ajax

Question: For which club did Jesús Navas play in the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League?

Answer: Sevilla

Champions League Winners and Medals Trivia

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Adriano win?

Answer: 1

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Aitor Karanka win?

Answer: 3

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Benni McCarthy win?

Answer: 1

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Carlos Tévez win?

Answer: 1

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Claude Makélélé win?

Answer: 1

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Jaap Stam win?

Answer: 1

Question: How many Champions League Winners / European Cup Winners Medals did Owen Hargreaves win?

Answer: 2

Nationalities in Champions League Trivia

Question: Cristiano Ronaldo played in the 2013-14 Champions League for Real Madrid, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Portuguese

Question: Carlos Tevez played in the 2013-14 Champions League for Italian side Juventus, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Argentinian

Question: Eden Hazard played in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League for Chelsea, but what is his nationality?

Answer: Belgian

Question: Franck Ribéry played in the 2013-14 Champions League for German side Bayern Munich, but what is his nationality?

Answer: French

Question: Gaël Clichy played in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League for Manchester City, but what is his nationality?

Answer: French

Question: How far did a Spanish side get to in the 1979-1980 European Cup?

Answer: Semi-finals

Question: Approximately what percentage of people living in Hawaii speak Japanese?

Answer: 17%

Champions League Statistics Trivia

Question: How many different players scored for Dinamo Tblisi in their 6-1 win over EB/Streymur?

Answer: 5

Question: How many different players scored for Feyenoord in the European Cup game against Olympiacos Nicosia played on September 15th 1971?

Answer: 5

Question: How many East European teams withdrew from the first round of the 1968-69 European Cup?

Answer: 5

Question: How many English Sides were in the Quarter Final of the 1984-1985 European cup season?

Answer: One

Question: How many European Cup goals did Alfredo Di Stéfano score for Real Madrid from 1955-60?

Answer: 36

Question: How many goals did Barry Town concede in the 2nd Qualifying Round in 2001-02?

Answer: Nine

Question: How many goals did Celtic score in their two meetings against Finnish champion Kokkolan Palloveikot in the 1970-71 European Cup?

Answer: 14

Question: How many goals did Deco and Pena score between them when Porto won 8-0 in 2001-02?

Answer: Seven

Question: How many goals did Viktoria Plzeň score in their three home games in the group stages?

Answer: 2

Question: How many goals were scored in the 1986/1987 European Cup season?

Answer: 163

Question: How many matches were played in the 1986-1987 European Cup?

Answer: 57

Question: How many nations accounted the first 25 European Cup championships?

Answer: 7

Question: How many points did Manchester City earn from their three away games in the group stages?

Answer: 9

Question: How many Spanish teams reached the last sixteen in 2003-04?

Answer: Four

Question: How many straight European Cup titles were won by Real Madrid after the competition was founded?

Answer: 5

Question: How many teams compete in the Group stage of the UEFA Champions League?

Answer: Thirty-two

Question: How many teams entered the 1983-1984 European Cup?

Answer: 32

Question: How many teams entered the 1985-1986 European Cup?

Answer: 31

Question: How many teams participated in the first-ever European Cup?

Answer: 16

Question: How many teams took part in the group stages of the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League?

Answer: 32

Question: How many times did Ajax and A.C. Milan play each other in the 1995 Champions League?

Answer: 3

Question: How many times did Stade de Reims appear in the European Cup finals?

Answer: 2

Question: How many total goals did Ajax score in the 1973-74 European Cup?

Answer: 1