60 football quiz questions and answers (easy to hard)

Looking for football quiz questions and answers you can use tonight? Here are 60 of them, split into six rounds of ten: an easy warm-up, the Premier League, the World Cup, European football, legends and records, and a hard round for the people who know every scoreline since 1992.

Every answer is below its question, so you can read them out as they are or copy a round straight into your own quiz. The facts are historical on purpose, so they won't go stale the moment a manager gets sacked. We've also kept the difficulty fair: each round has a mix of questions most people will get and one or two that will split the room, so there's always something to argue about once the answers are read out. For more variety, our sports quiz questions cover everything from tennis to the Olympics.

Round 1: Easy football quiz questions

This is the round for the whole room, including the person who only came for the chips. Most teams should get eight or more. If you're running a hard round later in the night, this is the one that keeps everyone feeling clever beforehand.

1How many players does each team have on the pitch at kick-off?Use in quizUse

Answer:11(click to reveal)

2What colour card means a player is sent off?Use in quizUse

Answer:Red(click to reveal)

3Which country hosted the 2022 World Cup?Use in quizUse

Answer:Qatar (the first World Cup played in November and December)(click to reveal)

Moving it to winter avoided the desert summer heat, and it meant clubs had to pause their league seasons mid-way.

4Which country won the World Cup in 2022?Use in quizUse

Answer:Argentina(click to reveal)

5Which club plays its home games at Old Trafford?Use in quizUse

Answer:Manchester United(click to reveal)

Those two goals came in the space of about two minutes, in a match they had been losing 1-0.

6Which club plays at Anfield?Use in quizUse

Answer:Liverpool(click to reveal)

7How long is a standard football match, not counting stoppage time?Use in quizUse

Answer:90 minutes (two halves of 45)(click to reveal)

8Which London club plays at the Emirates Stadium?Use in quizUse

Answer:Arsenal(click to reveal)

9Which country has won the men's World Cup the most times?Use in quizUse

Answer:Brazil (five times)(click to reveal)

They won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, and they're the only team to have played at every tournament.

10In which country do Barcelona and Real Madrid play?Use in quizUse

Answer:Spain(click to reveal)

Round 2: Premier League quiz questions

Premier League quiz questions tend to split a room by age, so this round has a mix of 1990s, 2000s and 2010s moments. Nobody needs to know who's top of the table right now.

1In which season did the Premier League kick off?Use in quizUse

Answer:1992-93(click to reveal)

2Which club won the first Premier League title?Use in quizUse

Answer:Manchester United(click to reveal)

3Which club went through the whole of the 2003-04 league season without losing a game?Use in quizUse

Answer:Arsenal (the "Invincibles")(click to reveal)

They won 26 and drew 12 of their 38 games, and nobody has matched it in the Premier League era.

4Which Italian manager led a 5000-1 outsider to the title in 2015-16?Use in quizUse

Answer:Claudio Ranieri (with Leicester City)(click to reveal)

Bookmakers had offered 5000-1 before the season started, which made it one of the biggest shocks in sporting history.

5Who is the Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer?Use in quizUse

Answer:Alan Shearer (260 goals, per the Premier League)(click to reveal)

6Which striker scored the famous stoppage-time goal on the final day of 2011-12 that won the Premier League title?Use in quizUse

Answer:Sergio Aguero(click to reveal)

7That goal came in a 3-2 win against which west London side?Use in quizUse

Answer:Queens Park Rangers(click to reveal)

8Which club finished the 2007-08 season with just 11 points, the lowest total in Premier League history?Use in quizUse

Answer:Derby County(click to reveal)

They won one game all season, and were relegated with weeks to spare.

9Which Premier League club is nicknamed "The Toffees"?Use in quizUse

Answer:Everton(click to reveal)

10Which was the first club to reach 100 points in a Premier League season, in 2017-18?Use in quizUse

Answer:Manchester City(click to reveal)

They finished 19 points clear of the team in second.

Round 3: World Cup quiz questions

These World Cup quiz questions stick to history up to 2022, so they're safe to reuse for years. If your crowd loves this tournament, we've got a whole post of football World Cup quiz questions.

1Which country hosted the first World Cup in 1930, and won it?Use in quizUse

Answer:Uruguay(click to reveal)

2Who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final?Use in quizUse

Answer:Geoff Hurst(click to reveal)

It was the first hat-trick in a men's World Cup final.

3Which European country won the 2010 World Cup, the first held in Africa?Use in quizUse

Answer:Spain(click to reveal)

4Which Frenchman scored 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, a single-tournament record that still stands?Use in quizUse

Answer:Just Fontaine (source)(click to reveal)

5Which 17-year-old Brazilian scored in the 1958 final?Use in quizUse

Answer:Pelé(click to reveal)

6Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal in 1986 came against which team?Use in quizUse

Answer:England(click to reveal)

The same player scored again minutes later, in a solo run later voted the goal of the century.

7Which Italian defender was on the receiving end of Zinedine Zidane's headbutt in the 2006 final?Use in quizUse

Answer:Marco Materazzi(click to reveal)

It cost the sender a red card in his final game before retiring, and Italy went on to win on penalties.

8Brazil lost a 2014 semi-final on home soil by 7-1. Who beat them?Use in quizUse

Answer:Germany(click to reveal)

Five of the goals came in the first half hour.

9Which French forward scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final but still finished on the losing side?Use in quizUse

Answer:Kylian Mbappe(click to reveal)

10Which African nation became the first to reach a World Cup semi-final, in 2022?Use in quizUse

Answer:Morocco(click to reveal)

They knocked out Spain and Portugal on the way.

Round 4: European football and Champions League questions

From the Lisbon Lions to Istanbul, Europe has given us the best nights in the sport. These work well for fans of every club, since the answers aren't all English.

1Which club has won the most European Cup and Champions League titles?Use in quizUse

Answer:Real Madrid(click to reveal)

2In 2005, which English club came back from 3-0 down at half-time in the Champions League final in Istanbul?Use in quizUse

Answer:Liverpool (they beat AC Milan on penalties)(click to reveal)

Many fans still call it the Miracle of Istanbul.

3Which club scored twice in stoppage time to beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final?Use in quizUse

Answer:Manchester United(click to reveal)

4Who is the Champions League's all-time top scorer?Use in quizUse

Answer:Cristiano Ronaldo (140 goals, per the Analyst)(click to reveal)

5Which Scottish club became the first British side to win the European Cup, in 1967?Use in quizUse

Answer:Celtic (the "Lisbon Lions")(click to reveal)

6Which English club won the European Cup in both 1979 and 1980 under Brian Clough?Use in quizUse

Answer:Nottingham Forest(click to reveal)

7Which 100-1 outsiders won the 2004 European Championship?Use in quizUse

Answer:Greece(click to reveal)

They won all three of their knockout games 1-0.

8Which country beat the hosts in the final to win Euro 2016?Use in quizUse

Answer:Portugal(click to reveal)

9Which country beat England on penalties in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley?Use in quizUse

Answer:Italy(click to reveal)

It was the first time England had reached the final of a men's European Championship.

10Which country won Euro 1992 after being called up late to replace a disqualified team?Use in quizUse

Answer:Denmark (they stepped in for Yugoslavia)(click to reveal)

Round 5: Legends and records

Good for the "who's the greatest" arguments that always break out halfway through the quiz.

1Which player has won the most men's Ballon d'Or awards?Use in quizUse

Answer:Lionel Messi (eight)(click to reveal)

2Which goalkeeper is the only one to have won the Ballon d'Or?Use in quizUse

Answer:Lev Yashin(click to reveal)

He was nicknamed the "Black Spider" for his all-black kit. (in 1963)

3How many World Cups did Pelé win?Use in quizUse

Answer:Three (1958, 1962 and 1970)(click to reveal)

4Which goalkeeper holds the record for most England caps, with 125?Use in quizUse

Answer:Peter Shilton(click to reveal)

5Whose England goalscoring record did Harry Kane break in 2023?Use in quizUse

Answer:Wayne Rooney's(click to reveal)

6Who captained England when they won the World Cup in 1966?Use in quizUse

Answer:Bobby Moore(click to reveal)

7Which Dutchman gave his name to a famous turn and starred in the "Total Football" era?Use in quizUse

Answer:Johan Cruyff(click to reveal)

8Who is Arsenal's all-time record goalscorer?Use in quizUse

Answer:Thierry Henry (228 goals)(click to reveal)

A statue of him stands outside the Emirates Stadium.

9Which French forward famously kung-fu kicked a fan at Selhurst Park in 1995?Use in quizUse

Answer:Eric Cantona(click to reveal)

He was banned for eight months and given community service, but he came back and carried on winning titles.

10On which island was Cristiano Ronaldo born?Use in quizUse

Answer:Madeira(click to reveal)

Round 6: Hard football quiz questions

These hard football quiz questions are for the room that's already smirking. Expect a lot of 3 out of 10 scores, and some arguments about the rules.

1Who scored the first goal in Premier League history, for Sheffield United in August 1992?Use in quizUse

Answer:Brian Deane(click to reveal)

He scored with a header after five minutes.

2Which goalkeeper scored the longest goal in a competitive match, measured at 96.01 metres in 2021?Use in quizUse

Answer:Tom King (for Newport County, recognised by Guinness World Records)(click to reveal)

3Which Turkish striker scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, after 11 seconds in 2002?Use in quizUse

Answer:Hakan Sukur (in the third-place match against South Korea)(click to reveal)

4Which Everton striker scored a record 60 league goals in 1927-28?Use in quizUse

Answer:Dixie Dean (source)(click to reveal)

5A 1954 World Cup match finished 7-5, still the highest-scoring in the tournament's history. Which country scored the seven?Use in quizUse

Answer:Austria (against Switzerland)(click to reveal)

6Which player became the world's most expensive when he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 for 222 million euros?Use in quizUse

Answer:Neymar(click to reveal)

The fee triggered his release clause at Barcelona and is still the highest ever paid.

7Which country has won the most Africa Cup of Nations titles?Use in quizUse

Answer:Egypt (seven)(click to reveal)

Their last win came in 2010, and they won three in a row between 2006 and 2010.

8Which country won the first European Championship, in 1960?Use in quizUse

Answer:The Soviet Union (accept USSR)(click to reveal)

The tournament was called the European Nations' Cup then, and only four teams reached the finals.

9Which club won the first FA Cup, in 1872?Use in quizUse

Answer:Wanderers (the FA Cup is the oldest national football competition in the world)(click to reveal)

10Which Scottish club beat Bon Accord 36-0 in a 1885 Scottish Cup tie, the biggest win in senior football?Use in quizUse

Answer:Arbroath (source)(click to reveal)

Tips for running a football quiz round

Don't lose the non-fans. Put the easy round first, and spread questions about rules, countries and famous moments through the others. A third of any pub team usually can't name a Premier League goalkeeper, but they'll happily guess which country won the World Cup.

Pick a decade and stay with it. Teams of different ages will know different eras, and the older members will remember things the younger ones have only seen on YouTube. A mix helps, but a round of all 2020s transfers loses half the room.

Avoid anything with a short shelf life. Current league tables, managers and squad lists are out of date within weeks. Records and finals aren't.

Mix the question types. Ten straight "who scored" questions get dull. These rounds mix names, countries, clubs and numbers on purpose, and you can swap in a "which year" or "which stadium" question if your crowd leans one way.

Keep a tiebreaker ready. Football crowds are competitive, and a close finish needs settling. "How many goals were scored in total at the 2022 World Cup?" works well, because the nearest guess wins and it takes seconds.

Read the room on rivalries. A question about a famous Liverpool or Manchester United win will land very differently depending on who's sitting there. Spreading the answers across clubs and countries keeps it friendly.

Use a picture round. Club badges or stadium photos are easy to add, and they work for fans of any team. For a different sport, try our rugby quiz questions or Six Nations quiz questions.

When you're ready to run it, you can put these straight into a quiz with our free quiz creator, which gives you a big-screen scoreboard for the night.