Calcio Quiz!

By: Francesco | July 8th, 2009

With most news being transfer rumors now and calcio being in a lull period, I thought this would be an interesting thing to do. I call it Calcio Quiz! (name stolen from an iPhone application. My apologies if the creator is reading this), and I’ll test your knowledge of the calcio world with random questions that I made up. Now I know that we live in a world of technology where all these answers can be researched on the internet, but I encourage you to answer the questions just using your good old-fashioned brain to make it more challenging and to see which one of you readers really knows his calcio knowledge. Post your answers in the comments section (no stealing people’s answers either!) and I’ll make the deadline 1 week. So next Wednesday, July 15, I’ll reveal the answers and we’ll see who knows their stuff. Questions after the jump.

1) Name two clubs that have won a Scudetto and are now playing in divisions below Serie B.

2) Before the first official Serie A was formed in 1929, how was a club crowned “Campioni D’Italia”?

3) Besides Fiorentina, name another Italian team that wears purple.

4) Name a set of brothers currently playing in Italian football.

5) Name one of the few clubs in Italy that wear orange.

6) True or False – A Mexican player has played in Serie A.

7) In what year did the FIGC finally allow the kit manufacturer to put their brand logo on the national team jersey?

8) Which former Italy U-21 striker played for the Venezuela senior national team?

9) A good number of Japanese players have tried showing their stuff in Serie A. Name 3.

10) True or False – A first team player cannot play with the Primavera side.

11) What is the lowest division of the Italian football pyramid?

12) What is the name of the youngest youth team Italian clubs have?

13) Besides Roma, the Sensi family owned another Italian club. Who where they?

14) What was the name of the eccentric former Perugia owner who now lives in exile in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic?

15) Name two clubs who have finished second in Serie A but have never actually won the Scudetto.

16) What was Fiorentina’s name when they played in Serie C2?

17) What club caused all the controversy in 2003 that allowed Fiorentina to skip Serie C1 and go directly to Serie B based on “sporting merit”?

18) Besides Milan, name another club that has red and black striped kits.

19) Who scored the Italian national team’s 1000th goal?

20) Which stadium is the newest in Italy?

21) True or false – San Marino has 3 club teams that play in the Italian league system.

22) What did famed Roman club Lodigiani change their name to?

23) Inter is represented by a snake. Juventus by a zebra. What animal represents Napoli?

24) Which two active Serie A players have the best success rate when it comes to scoring penalty kicks?

25) Name 3 players from the 1982 World Cup winning squad that became managers.

26) What club did Juventus almost sell a young Alessandro Del Piero to?

27) How many clubs has Roberto Baggio played for?

28) Name the first Italian player to play in the Bundesliga.

29) Name an Italian player that has played in Japan.

30) Name an Italian player that has played in the United States.

31) What is the famous slow-motion replay called that all Italian analysis shows use to go over missed calls and incidents?

32) Which stadium in Italy can hold the most people?

33) What is the famous Italian sports newspaper printed on pink paper?

34) What was the name of the controversial ref who was in charge of the 2002 Round of 16 match against South Korea?

35) Name 3 players that have been sent off for Italy in a World Cup.

36) In what year did Italy win their first and only European Championship?

37) Which active player is currently the highest on the Serie A all-time goalscorers list?

38) What Italian player was nicknamed “Il Soldatino”?

39) What Italian player was nicknamed “Il Principe”?

40) What was Fabrizio Ravanelli’s trademark goal celebration?

41) True or False – Roberto Mancini played for Italy in a World Cup.

42) Which team holds the record for most games unbeaten in Serie A (58)?

43) Which player scored 188 goals in Serie A and was known for his unique stand-still penalty stance?

44) Who was the starting Milan goalkeeper throughout the ’90’s that never made even one appearance with the national team?

45) Who did Roberto Baggio score his 200th Serie A goal against?

46) Who was Italy’s top scorer at Euro 2004?

47) Besides Jose Mourinho, name another foreign manager that has won a Scudetto in Serie A.

48) Name 2 players (besides Pirlo, Seedorf, Vieri, and Ronaldo) that have played for Milan and Inter.

49) Name a goalkeeper that has scored in a Serie A game.

50) Which Italian player is the only Italian ever to be the top scorer in Spain’s La Liga?

OK, you have a week to answer! Enjoy!