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 UEFA Champions League
| Why did Partizan Belgrade change their club colours from red to black and white? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
They played in communist red but after the fall of Communism they changed to black and white after beating Juventus. (They ditched the red because the army side had disbanded., The President of the club was a huge Newcastle United fan., Black and white was voted as the new colours by the fans.). Partizan have won their national title (Yugoslavian then Serbian) on 18 occasions, and their only appearance in a European final came when they lost to the 'YE-YEs' of Real Madrid in 1966.
| Who won UEFA Champions League final in 2002? | Champions League Finals (spyplane) |
Real Madrid. Real Madrid beat Leverkussen 2-1 with a beautiful goal by Zidane. This was the Spaniard's 9th win in the European Cup/Champions League.
| Who won UEFA Champions League final in 2001? | Champions League Finals (spyplane) |
Bayern Munchen. Bayern Munchen beat Valencia in shoot out. This was the 2nd final lost in a row for Valencia - they lost in 2000 to Real Madrid. Oliver Kahn was the hero of the game.
| Who won the UEFA Champions League final in 2004? | Champions League Finals (spyplane) |
FC Porto. FC Porto beat Monaco 3-0. This made 2 consecutive European titles for FC Porto. In the previous season they won the UEFA Cup when they beat Celtic 3-2 in the final, played at Seville.
| Who won the Champions League final in 1995? | Champions League Finals (spyplane) |
Ajax Amsterdam. Ajax Amsterdam beat AC Milan 1-0. Kluivert scored the only goal. Ryjkaard played in this final for Ajax after playing several years for the losing finalists, AC Milan.
| Who won Champions League final in 2000? | Champions League Finals (spyplane) |
Real Madrid. Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0. This was the 8th occasion that the Spanish giants had won the European Cup/Champions League.
| Who won Champions League final in 1999? | Champions League Finals (spyplane) |
Manchester United. Manchester United beat Bayern Munchen 2-1. Sheringham and Solskjaer scored the two Manchester United goals in injury time, to give Manchester United an unprecedented Treble (Bayern Munich had been leaduing 1-0 since the 5th minute).
They became the first team to win the domestic Double (League Championship and FA Cup) and teh European Cup/Champions League in the same season. This was their 2nd win - they had previously won the European Cup in 1968, when they became the first English team to win the European Cup.
| Who was the topscorer in the competition? | Champions League 2006-07 (michaelessien) |
Kaka. He scored a massive 10 goals in total in just 13 matches.
| Who was the referee of the match? | 2001 Champions League Final (roberto_baggio) |
Dick Jol. It was the Dutch referee Z.G. Dick Jol. In FIFA Club World Championship 2000 final between Vasco da Gama and Corinthians (0-0 ft, 0-0 aet, 3-4 ps) it was also Jol the referre.
| Who was the referee of the final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich in the 1998-99 season? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Pierluigi Collina. Pierluigi Collina, a very talented referee, was the referee of the match between Manchester United and Bayern Munich.
| Who scored the 7th penalty for Bayern Munich and made it 5-4 before the missed penalty of Pelegrino? | 2001 Champions League Final (roberto_baggio) |
Tomas Linke. Andersson had missed the 4th, Effenberg had scored the 5th and Lizarazu had scored the 6th. Bayern ended their 25 year wait to reclaim the title they last won in 1976.
| Whilst Arsenal were winning the English League Championship in 1989 and 1991, another team called Arsenal were winning their domestic title at the same time. Which country was this Arsenal from? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Lesotho. The Lesotho Champions of 1989 and 1991 were named Arsenal after a coaching trip, by Arsenal staff in 1961 spawned the current club.
| Which Turkish club became the first team from that nation, to play a match in a different country? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Galatasary. During the conflict of the 1912 Balkan War, Gala travelled to Transylvania to play Kalosvar, now Cluj-Napoca.
| Which stadium hosted the final of when the Heysel tragedy occur? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Heysel Stadium. The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final of when the Heysel tragedy occurred. The match was Juventus vs Liverpool and saw Juventus winning 1-0.
| Which Spanish side became the first team in LA LIGA (Spanish top division) to remain unbeaten at home through an entire league campaign? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Celta Vigo. Vigo achieved this feat in the 1970/71 season, earning them the nickname, 'The Giantkillers'.
| Which Russian Olympic Champion trained the Dynamo Kiev players in the 1970s? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Valeriy Borzov. The 1972 Olympic 100 metres Champion trained the Kiev squad for a number of years during the 1970s. In fact, one player in particular, the famous Oleg Blokhin ran the 100m in 11 seconds dead just 0.46 seconds slower than Borzov's gold medal run.
| Which player scored the decisive goal for Manchester United fans and the heart-breaking goal for the Bayern Munich fans in the 1999 Champions League final? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Ole Gunner Soskjaer. Ole Gunner Soskjaer scored the goal for Manchester United to win the trophy in the last three minutes. It was regarded by the fans as the greatest three minutes in the Champions League history.
| Which Italian side had the English St George's flag in its club emblem? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
AC Milan. AC Milan were formed in 1899 by a group of Englishmen, who christened the team as Milan Cricket and Football Club. It's why they are known as Milan and not Milano. In the club emblem, the St Georges cross is in the second half of the badge with the black and red stripes in the other half.
| Which goalkeeper was the star of the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League season? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Jens Lehmann. Jens Lehmann from Arsenal survived until the final without conceding any goal. During the final, he was sent off and also became the first player to be sent off in a UEFA Champions League final.
| Which English club made history in 1999, when they fielded an entire starting eleven with no British players involved? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Chelsea. December 1999 saw Chelsea play Southampton with a line up void of any British players. This was the first time to ever happen in the English Premiership.
| Which club dominated the first era of the UEFA Champions League? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Real Madrid. The Champions League started in 1955 and Real Madrid dominated until 1960. After, Benfica took charge in 1961.
| Which city hosted the first ever UEFA Champions League final? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Paris. Paris hosted the first ever UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims-Champagne. The stadium was Parc des Princes in Paris. After that year, Madrid hosted the final in the Bernabeu.
| Which Champions League final was the first ever to have an extra time? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
Real Madrid vs AC Milan. Real Madrid vs AC Milan was the third Champions League final and the first to host an extra time. It finished 3-2 in extra time for Real Madrid.
| What was unique about VFB Stuttgart player Robert Schlienz, who was a prolific goalscorer during the 1950s? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
He played for his country and club having lost an arm in a car accident.. Amazingly he played for club and country with an arm missing.
| What strange routine did Ajax of Amsterdam insist that their club Physiotherapist Bennie Muller, had to carry out before every game during the early 1970s? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
He would have to wear his lucky ski hat. His ski hat was a must along with a supply of special Osseworst Sausage from a Kosher butcher in Beethovenstraat, which he had to purchase.
| What do rival fans of Deportivo La Coruna of Spain, call Depo supporters as the ultimate insult? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Turcos. Rivals fans call Deportivo fans "Turcos" meaning to insult, but the Depo fans have know adopted the name. It is why you can see many Turkish flags displayed in the Riazor stadium.
| The Stade Louis II stadium opened in 1985, was home to which club? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Monaco. Prince Rainier opened Monaco's new stadium with a capacity of just over 15,000 in 1985. The award winning Parisian architect Henri Pottier, built it to withstand earthquakes of upto 7.5 on the Richter scale.
| The first ever player to get sent off in a UEFA Champions League final was David Beckham at Manchester United? | UEFA Champions League History (kaung30) |
False. A very surprising statistic, nobody had ever got sent off in a Champions League final until the 2005-06 season when Jens Lehmann was sent off because of tackling a player.
| The Champions League final was held in which Greek city? | Champions League 2006-07 (michaelessien) |
Athens. The attendance that day was 74,000.
| The attendance of the game was about _______ ? | 2001 Champions League Final (roberto_baggio) |
74,000. Around 74,000 fans were at the final (some sources give the official attendance as 80,000), but many more watched from their TVs.
| Sparta Prague had a famous player from their past who ended up as the then Czechoslavakia's leading goalscorer at the 1934 World Cup Finals. His feat in fact was to be leading scorer for the tournament in which no Czech player had emulated up to the 2002 World Cup finals. Which star of Czech football was it? | UEFA Champions League Nonsense (doomed) |
Oldrich Nejedly. Nejedly scored five times during the 1934 finals held in Italy.
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