Football Pub Quiz Questions: 4 Ready-Made Rounds with Answers

Here are 32 football pub quiz questions with answers, split into four rounds of eight, plus three tie-breakers and tips for hosting the night. Every answer is a settled fact up to the end of the 2024-25 season, so nothing will be overturned by a result next weekend. Read the questions out as they are, or mix them with your own.

Key takeaways

• Four rounds of eight questions fill about an hour of quizzing, plus marking time.
• Mix easy and hard questions in every round, so no table switches off.
• Use a number question for the tie-break, where the closest answer wins.
• Stick to settled facts: avoid current squads, transfer rumours and live title races.

How to run a football pub quiz night

A good quiz night runs on a few simple rules. Tell teams these before round one and you’ll avoid most arguments.

1. Teams of up to six. Bigger teams make it too easy and too loud.
2. Phones away. Ask teams to keep phones face down on the table. One rule, enforced fairly, keeps it honest.
3. One point per answer. For two-part answers, give a point only when both parts are right.
4. Swap and mark. Teams swap answer sheets after each round and mark each other’s while you read the answers.
5. The quizmaster’s answer stands. Have a source ready for disputes and decide quickly.

Read every question twice, slowly, and give about 30 seconds per question. For more ideas on keeping a game balanced, see our guide to a football quiz for friends.

Round 1: Grounds and nicknames

1. Which club plays its home games at Signal Iduna Park? — Borussia Dortmund
2. Which English club is nicknamed “The Toffees”? — Everton
3. Which Scottish club’s fans call their team “The Bhoys”? — Celtic
4. Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş are all based in which city? — Istanbul
5. Which Portuguese club plays at the Estádio da Luz? — Benfica
6. Which club has played its home games at the Allianz Arena since 2005? — Bayern Munich
7. Which club is nicknamed “The Magpies” and plays at St James’ Park? — Newcastle United
8. La Bombonera is the home of which Argentine club? — Boca Juniors

Round 2: Numbers

1. How far is the penalty mark from the goal line? — 11 metres (12 yards)
2. How long is each half of extra time? — 15 minutes
3. In 2022, football’s lawmakers made it a permanent option for competitions to allow how many substitutions per team? — Five
4. How many clubs play in a Bundesliga season? — 18
5. How many men’s World Cups had Germany won by the end of the 2024-25 season? — Four (1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014)
6. How many teams took part in Euro 2024? — 24
7. How many European Cups and Champions Leagues has AC Milan won? — Seven
8. In which year did the Premier League’s first season kick off? — 1992

Round 3: Transfers and firsts

1. Paris Saint-Germain paid a world-record €222 million for Neymar in 2017. Which club did he leave? — Barcelona
2. Which club signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting CP in 2003? — Manchester United
3. Jude Bellingham joined Borussia Dortmund in 2020. Which English club did he leave? — Birmingham City
4. Which club did Zinedine Zidane leave to join Real Madrid in 2001? — Juventus
5. Who became the first player sent off in a World Cup final, for Argentina in 1990? — Pedro Monzón
6. Which country won Euro 2016, beating hosts France in the final? — Portugal
7. Which country became the first to win back-to-back European Championships, in 2008 and 2012? — Spain
8. Which country won Euro 1992 after being called up late to replace Yugoslavia? — Denmark

Halfway through and your teams want something tougher? Swap in a few from our hardest football trivia questions.

Round 4: Around the world

1. Which country won the 2024 Copa América, beating Colombia in the final? — Argentina
2. Which country won the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Sydney? — Spain
3. Which hosts won the Africa Cup of Nations played in early 2024? — Côte d’Ivoire
4. Which club won the 2024-25 Europa League, beating Manchester United in Bilbao? — Tottenham Hotspur
5. Which club won the 2024-25 Conference League final against Real Betis? — Chelsea
6. Which club won Serie A in 2024-25 under Antonio Conte? — Napoli
7. Which club won La Liga in 2024-25 in Hansi Flick’s first season? — Barcelona
8. The Eredivisie is the top league of which country? — The Netherlands

Tie-breakers: closest answer wins

1. In which year was FIFA founded in Paris? — 1904
2. How many goals were scored in the 51 matches of Euro 2024, not counting shoot-outs? — 117
3. In which year was the first FA Cup final played? — 1872

Tips for writing your own football quiz questions

If you want to add a round of your own, these rules keep it fair.

• One answer only. “Who scored for Liverpool in the final?” fails if two players did. Add the year, the opponent or the minute.
• Settled facts only. A question about the current top scorer can be wrong by the time you read it. Ask about finished seasons and say which one.
• Say it out loud first. Long names, accents and numbers can be misheard. If a question needs reading three times, rewrite it.
• Balance the round. Two easy, four medium and two hard questions per eight is a good mix.
• Vary the topics. Spread questions across leagues, national teams, players, grounds and records, so one table of Premier League fans can’t sweep the night.

You’ll find another 30 checked questions in our football quiz questions with answers if you want a fifth round.

Football pub quiz team names

A good team name is half the fun. A few that quizmasters will groan at:

• Quiz Ferdinand
• Expected Ghouls
• Offside Trappers
• Clean Sheet Thinkers
• The Invincibles (Disputed)
• Tiki-Taka Tactics

Keep the quiz going after the pub

When the night is over, the arguments usually aren’t. GolVix lets you carry on with the same friends from your phones: create a room, share the five-digit code, and everyone gets the same question at the same moment, with a short “Why?” explanation after each answer.