General Awareness

Football Tournaments and Awards

1,909 Questions

Football tournaments and awards cover historical goals, captains, coaches, and records from events like the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Champions League. These sports facts are standard in SSC, banking, and railways exams. Test your knowledge of famous players and tournament outcomes.

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Football Tournaments and Awards Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who was the youngest goal scorer?

  1. Louis Ronaldo

  2. Pele

  3. Christiano Ronaldo

  4. Roberto Bagio
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Brazil's Pelé became the youngest goal scorer in World Cup history at 17 years and 239 days during the 1958 tournament in Sweden, scoring against Wales in the quarterfinal. This record still stands.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who won the golden boot in 2010 world cup?

  1. Lionel Messi

  2. Asamoah Gyan

  3. Diego Forlan

  4. Thomas Mueller
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Germany's Thomas Müller won the 2010 World Cup Golden Boot with 5 goals and 3 assists. Diego Forlán, David Villa, and Wesley Sneijder all scored 5 goals but had fewer assists, so Müller won on the tiebreaker.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

who was the player transferred at the highest price in 2010?

  1. javier hernandez

  2. thiery henry

  3. joe cole

  4. david villa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

David Villa was the most expensive transfer of 2010, moving from Valencia to Barcelona for e40 million. He scored 21 goals in his first season. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 2009 transfer was larger, and Thierry Henry moved to MLS (New York Red Bulls), not a high-fee European transfer. Joe Cole joined Liverpool on a free transfer; Javier Hernandez moved to Manchester United for less.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who scored the first English Premier League Goal and to which team did he belong to ?

  1. Michael Cormack, Leeds United

  2. Brian Deane,Sheffield United

  3. Josh Michafran, Nottingam Forest

  4. Thomas Wriggler, Arsenal F.C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Brian Deane scored the first-ever Premier League goal for Sheffield United against Manchester United in the 1992-93 season opener. The goal came in the 5th minute of the match. This is a well-documented piece of Premier League history and the claimed answer is correct.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Manager of the year 1997-1998 EPL season ?

  1. Sir Alex Ferguson

  2. Sir Bobby Robson

  3. Arsene Wenger

  4. Kenny Dalglish
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Arsene Wenger won the Manager of the Year award for the 1997-1998 Premier League season, his first full season in England when Arsenal won the league title. This was a remarkable achievement. The claimed answer is correct.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

wayne rooney is from

  1. argentenia

  2. england

  3. italy

  4. spain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Wayne Rooney is from England and is one of the most famous English footballers of his generation. He played for Manchester United and Everton, and was the captain of the England national team, making him England's all-time leading scorer.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Evra : Clichy :: Baines :

  1. Ferdinand

  2. Terry

  3. Sagna

  4. Bale
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The pattern pairs left-backs from rival clubs: Patrice Evra (Manchester United) : Gael Clichy (Arsenal) :: Leighton Baines (Everton) : Gareth Bale (Tottenham). Each pair represents left-backs from North London (Arsenal-Tottenham) and North West (United-Everton) rivalries. Bale, though later became an attacker, was primarily a left-back during his early Spurs career when this analogy would have been current.