Soccer Trivia Questions and Answers
39 soccer questions, from easy to hard, with the answers hidden until you tap. Every answer is a player, a club or a moment that FootyTracks wrote a song about, so each one opens the song and its lyrics. Sources: the stories behind the songs and the verified results of the 2026 World Cup.
Which two rivals of the same era never played on the same team?
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. One in Barcelona red, one in Madrid white, trading Ballon d'Ors for more than a decade, with thirteen of them between them and not one shared dressing room.Song: Messi vs Ronaldo
How many Ballon d'Ors has Lionel Messi won?
Eight, to go with a World Cup and the most assists ever recorded.Song: Messi vs Ronaldo
Who has scored the most career goals in football history?
Cristiano Ronaldo, with five Champions Leagues and 146 goals for Portugal in the same trophy cabinet.Song: Messi vs Ronaldo
Where was Cristiano Ronaldo born?
Funchal, on the island of Madeira, where his father was the kit man at the local club. At twelve he left his family for a trial in Lisbon and never moved back.Song: Young Ronaldo
Which manager signed Cristiano Ronaldo for Manchester United, and after what?
Sir Alex Ferguson, after Ronaldo tore United apart in a friendly for Sporting in August 2003.Song: Young Ronaldo
What shirt number does Jude Bellingham wear at Real Madrid, and whose was it?
Number 5, the number his idol Zinedine Zidane once wore.Song: Who Better Than Jude?
Which club retired Jude Bellingham's number 22?
Birmingham City, when he left at seventeen. He was the youngest player in the club's history.Song: Who Better Than Jude?
What does Bukayo Saka's name mean?
Adds to happiness, in Yoruba. He is the Hale End kid from Ealing who carries Arsenal's number seven.Song: Saka: Starboy To Man
Which number does Lamine Yamal wear at Barcelona?
The 10, the number Messi left behind at the club.Song: Lamine Yamal Song
How old was Lamine Yamal on his Barcelona debut?
Fifteen years and nine months, against Real Betis, making him the youngest player ever to wear the Barcelona shirt.Song: Lamine Yamal Song
What does Lamine Yamal's 304 celebration mean?
It is the postcode of Rocafonda in Mataro, the neighbourhood he grew up in.Song: Lamine Yamal Song
Which club sold Vinicius Jr to Real Madrid, and for how much?
Flamengo, for forty-five million euros, when he was sixteen. He pulled on the white shirt at eighteen.Song: Vinicius Jr Song
Vinicius Jr scored the winning goal in which two Champions League finals?
The 2022 final in Paris and the 2024 final at Wembley.Song: Vinicius Jr Song
Where did Kylian Mbappe grow up?
Bondy, outside Paris. He won the World Cup at nineteen and later moved from Paris to Real Madrid.Song: Mbappe Song
Mbappe scored a hat-trick in a final his team still lost. Which final?
The 2022 World Cup final, which France lost to Argentina.Song: Mbappe Song
Arsenal's 2025-26 Premier League title ended a wait of how many years?
Twenty-two years. The story of that title, from the Budapest heartbreak to lifting the trophy, is told in Declan Rice's own words in It's Not Done.Song: It's Not Done
Which Arsenal goalkeeper won three Premier League Golden Gloves in a row?
David Raya, who kept the back door shut as Arsenal ended the 22-year wait.Song: Buck Rogers But It's David Raya
How old was Martin Odegaard when he became Real Madrid's youngest-ever player?
Sixteen. He came on for Cristiano Ronaldo for thirty-three minutes against Getafe, and that was all he got before four years of loans at Heerenveen, Vitesse and Real Sociedad.Song: Odegaard to Odegod
Which club did Arsenal sign Gabriel Martinelli from, and for how much?
Ituano, for six million pounds, after Manchester United and Barcelona had both said no.Song: Goodbye Martinelli
Which Martinelli goal was voted Goal of the Season?
The sixty-seven yard run at Stamford Bridge.Song: Goodbye Martinelli
Which club did Leandro Trossard join when he left Arsenal?
Besiktas, after thirty-six goals and thirty-four assists in red and white.Song: Goodbye Leo
What did Christos Tzolis do on his Premier League debut?
Set up both opening goals in a 3-0 win over Coventry City, days after two assists in the Community Shield against Manchester City. Arsenal had paid Club Brugge 34 million pounds for him.Song: Quantum of Tzolis
Who is the most expensive British footballer of all time?
Morgan Rogers, who joined Chelsea from Aston Villa in July 2026 for a British-record 117 million pounds.Song: Roger That
Which academy released Morgan Rogers before his breakout?
Manchester City's. He broke out at Middlesbrough and grew under Unai Emery at Aston Villa.Song: Roger That
Whose nine years at Liverpool ended the summer Bradley Barcola arrived?
Mo Salah's. Barcola walked into a front line with Isak through the middle and Wirtz behind him.Song: Give Him a Yard
Whose decade in charge of Manchester City ended before the 2026-27 season?
Pep Guardiola's. City started the title race under a new manager.Song: Premier League Title Race 26/27
Which club did Gabriel Jesus leave to join Barcelona on deadline day?
Arsenal. He took a pay cut and pulled on the number nine Romario once wore.Song: Gabriel Jesus to Barcelona
How many seasons did Bernardo Silva spend at Manchester City?
Which manager was the first to win all three European club trophies?
Jose Mourinho, who won the Champions League with Porto, the treble with Inter and hit a hundred points at Real Madrid.Song: Mourinho Song
What did the press call Jose Mourinho before he was a manager?
The translator. He was the interpreter who sprinted down the Old Trafford touchline with Porto.Song: Mourinho Song
How many goals did Jude Bellingham score in his debut Real Madrid season?
Nineteen, in a season that ended with the La Liga and Champions League double, a Kopa Trophy, a Golden Boy award and third place in the Ballon d'Or.Song: Who Better Than Jude?
Where does Erling Haaland's cross-legged goal celebration come from?
Daily meditation, one of the habits in his famously extreme routine.Song: Haaland's Side Quests
How many calories a day does Erling Haaland's diet run to?
About 6,000, on an ancestral diet built on cow hearts and beef liver.Song: Haaland's Side Quests
What was Cristiano Ronaldo's greatest single season?
2007-08 at Manchester United: 42 goals, a knuckleball free kick past Portsmouth, a header in the Moscow rain in the Champions League final, and the first Ballon d'Or of his life.Song: Goodbye Cristiano Ronaldo
Who won the 2026 World Cup?
Spain, 1-0 against Argentina after extra time at MetLife Stadium on 19 July 2026. Forty more World Cup questions live at footytracks.com/world-cup-trivia.Song: Spain Are World Cup 26 Champions
Who scored the only goal of the 2026 World Cup final?
Ferran Torres in the 106th minute, finishing a Nico Williams header. Both men came on as substitutes.Song: Spain Are World Cup 26 Champions
Which two players did the 2026 final come down to?
Lionel Messi, thirty-nine, in his last dance, against Lamine Yamal, nineteen, the heir who wears the number ten Messi left behind at Barcelona.Song: Messi vs Yamal: The Final
Which nation became the smallest ever to reach the World Cup knockouts?
Cape Verde, on their debut, after holding Spain 0-0, drawing Uruguay 2-2 and Saudi Arabia 0-0.Song: Vozinha
Who knocked Brazil out of the 2026 World Cup?
Norway, 2-1 in the round of 16, with Erling Haaland scoring in the 79th and 90th minutes.Song: Haaland: Norway Anthem