How much do you know about Spanish football? #SpainQuiz
Are you a fan or a real football fanatic? Find out with this test and learn new facts so you can show off your knowledge of Spanish football to your friends.
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Correct! You’ve got off to a good start!The true veterans of the championship are FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic de Bilbao. They are the only teams that have always played in the first division since the tournament began in 1928.
That’s right! The two giants of Spanish football can boast the same number of trophies: 5. Did you know you can see Real Madrid’s trophies during the Tour of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium? For its part, in the FC Barcelona Museum you can see the 5 trophies that this club owns.
Fantastic, that’s right!He joined FC Barcelona in 1982 and Seville in 1992.
Goal!.... You’re right!Spain defeated the Netherlands with an extra time goal scored by Iniesta at the World Cup final in 2010 winning Spain their first World Cup. However, Fernando Torres scored in the final of the Eurocup 2008 against Germany and David Villa is Spain's all-time top goalscorer with 59 goals in 97 matches.
Well done!The nickname the K.O. Tournament is due to the fact that there are often some big surprises in the early stages of the competition, with lower ranked teams frequently knocking out teams from the first division. Up until a few years ago, these stages consisted of just one home game at the weaker team's club and the surprises were more frequent.
That’s right! That was easy, the paella is a delicious dish and you really should try it, for example in the Valencian Region. However, it’s not the nickname of any team.The “periquitos” support Espanyol and “leones” is the nickname of the Athletic de Bilbao fans. Other widely used nicknames include “culés”, for FC Barcelona fans; “merengues” or “vikingos”, for fans of Real Madrid; “indios” or "colchoneros" are the fans of Atlético de Madrid; “boquerones”, Málaga supporters; “armeros”, supporters of Eibar and “chés” for Valencia supporters.
Correct! The Argentinian star has broken all records in Spain.Messi has scored over 400 goals in La Liga. Cristiano Ronaldo is the second highest goalscorer ever with more than 300 goals. For his part, Zarra is the player who has won the “Pichichi” trophy the most times - five - and has scored 251 goals. Raúl left the Spanish Liga having scored 228 goals. Maradona only played for three seasons in Spain and scored 27 goals. Who is Pichichi? He was Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, an idol from Athletic de Bilbao over a century ago, but here scored much fewer goals.
That's the right answer!Camp Nou has capacity for approximately 100,000 people. Santiago Bernabéu can hold around 80,000. San Mamés has room for approximately 55,000 spectators.
Well done!And not just the once. The final of the Champions League 2013-14 featured two clubs from the same city for the first time, Real Madrid and Atlético. Two seasons later they repeated the showdown and in both cases Real Madrid were the winners.
That’s right! That's the right answer!Despite La Liga starting in 1929 only Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Athletic Club, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo de La Coruña, Sevilla and Real Betis have claimed victory at the championship.
That's the right answer!20 is the right answer! Even though only 10 clubs participated in La Liga for the first few years, the number progressively increased to reach the current 20 clubs, with the exception of the 1995-96 and 96-97 seasons when there were 22 clubs.
That’s right! That's the right answer!Both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have won the record number of 100 points in one single League. The “Blancos” achieved it in the 2011-12 season and the “Blaugranas” achieved the same score the following season.
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