Association Football Trivia Thread
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Okay, none of you could suss my question about the maximum wage. But watching the League One play-off between Preston and Swindom, it was said that Paul Gallagher (of Blackburn and Leicester fame) is the first player to make 100 appearances for a club whilst on loan.
He's still contracted to Leicester but this is his third long term loan spell at Preston.
He's still contracted to Leicester but this is his third long term loan spell at Preston.
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Liverpool is correct.
Their special dispensation for failing to qualify for the Champions League in 2004/05 despite winning the competition was to gain an extra place in the preliminary rounds and start from scratch. They beat TNS of Wales, Kaunas of Lithuania, and Sofia of Bulgaria before entering the group stage with Chelsea, Betis and Anderlecht. Topping the group, they lost in the first knockout round against Benfica.
AC Milan, and Italy, is not correct.
However, the other team to do this feat did so in the 2005/06 Champions League at the same time as Liverpool.
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I know the team but I can't remember the name.
I remember some team from Eastern Europe tore Celtic a new hole in Gordon Strachan's first game and made the group stage. That was the second qualifying round at the time so they must have been in the first.
I know this is true but the name was something I just can't recall. At a guess I'll say Slavia Prague.
I remember some team from Eastern Europe tore Celtic a new hole in Gordon Strachan's first game and made the group stage. That was the second qualifying round at the time so they must have been in the first.
I know this is true but the name was something I just can't recall. At a guess I'll say Slavia Prague.
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I too like obscure minnows but sadly none of those is the right answer. But for underdog's sake, I think Nicosia is the only one of those to have ever made it through to the group stages; in 2011/12 they even made it through to the quarter finals knocking out Lyon. But they didn't start at the first qualifying round.
Very warm.
But not them.
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Artmedia - who I think are very broken at the moment.
There's only been four occasions where a national team has held both the trophy for being champions of its confederation (UEFA European Championship, Copa America, African Cup of Nations, OFC Nations Cup, Gold Cup and Asian Cup) and the World Cup.
Name those teams and the year of the World Cup they won.
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Artmedia Bratislava it was.
They beat Kairat Almaty in round one, then beat Celtic in round two in a classic 5-4 game; 5-0 at home before surviving 4-0 away. In the third round they beat Partizan Belgrade on penalties before entering the group stages with Inter Milan, Rangers and Porto.
Incredibly, they didn't finish bottom of the group and leapfrogged Porto to 3rd place courtesy of a 3-2 win in Portugal from being 2-0 down.
But that was it for Artmedia. The sponsors pulled out in a year or two despite numerous successes and the team has undergone several name changes since then before explulsion from the Slovak top flight; FC Artmedia Bratislava (2004), FC Artmedia Petržalka (2007), MFK Petržalka (2009), FC Petržalka 1898 (2010), FC Petržalka akadémia (2014). They currently play village football in the Slovak fifth division but are looking to 'merge' (purchase) with a team in the second division.
France in 1998 (World Cup) and 2000 (UEFA) is one of them. Spain in 2008 (UEFA), 2010 (World Cup) and 2012 (UEFA) is another.
Not too sure on the others. Must be the CONMEBOL.
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(but we'll only count it as two of the four)
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Hmm. I'm going to go left field and say Uruguay. They could well have won the South American Confederations Cup sometime between 1930-1937. Back when that tournament started it was once a year.
If not Uruguay it must be Brazil and Argentina; they are so far ahead in terms of Confederations Cup wins. Can't think of years right now.
If not Uruguay it must be Brazil and Argentina; they are so far ahead in terms of Confederations Cup wins. Can't think of years right now.
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You'd be surprised by how often these three teams win the World Cup, but not Copa America...
Argentina won what eventually became the Copa in 1929, then Uruguay the World Cup in 1930, then the next Copa was 1935 which Uruguay also won... but Italy had taken the WC in 1934.
The next South American WC win was Uruguay again in 1950, with Brazil as 1949 Copa winners succeeded by Paraguay in 1953.
Brazil won the WC in 1958, either side of Argentina winning the Copa in 1957 AND 1959 - and when Brazil retained the WC in 1962, Bolivia won the next Copa in 1963. Brazil won the WC again in 1970, but the two Copas either side were 1967 (won by Uruguay) and 1975 (won by Peru).
Argentina had another go in 1978, but Peru's 1975 win above and then Paraguay winning in 1979 stopped the double. And for Argentina again in 1986, Uruguay stopped them by winning in 1983 and defending it in 1987.
Brazil in 1994? Nope, 'Cos Argentina won Copa in 1993 and Uruguay in 1995...
I think what we can take from this is that the Copa America is bloody stupid. They're playing one right now, but then there'll be another next year.
IN THE USA, which isn't even a chuffin' CONMEBOL nation...
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Not a clean sweep - there's still one left, 'cos I need a team and a World Cup year, but you may have already named the team...
But yes, Germany won Euro 72 and then the World Cup in 1974 to become the first team to do it:
Germany: Euro (1972), WC (1974)
France: WC (1998), Euro (2000)
Spain: Euro (2008), WC (2010)
Spain: WC (2010), Euro (2012)
One left - and it's after France but before Spain...
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And is... Colombia won the 2001 Copa after Brazil had won two in a row (1997, 1999), so they didn't go into WC2002 holding the confederation title, but after winning in Japan they went back and took the randomly-scheduled 2004 Copa to be, amazingly, the first time a South American team had ever held both...
Germany: Euro (1972), WC (1974)
France: WC (1998), Euro (2000)
Brazil: WC (2002), Copa (2004)
Spain: Euro (2008), WC (2010)
Spain: WC (2010), Euro (2012)
Weird, innit?
