Bundesliga Trivia
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58 free Bundesliga trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
The Bundesliga was created in Dortmund in 1962 and kicked off in August 1963, later than the other big European leagues but with its own character: standing terraces, cheap tickets, the highest crowds in football and a rule that keeps clubs in the hands of their members. This quiz covers the league's whole history, from 1. FC Köln's first title and Bayern's exclusion from the founding sixteen, through Tasmania Berlin's dreadful season, the 1971 bribery scandal, Kaiserslautern's title as a promoted club and Bayern's eleven in a row, to Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten championship under Xabi Alonso. There are questions on the Meisterschale and its 'salad bowl' nickname, the Torjägerkanone, the 50+1 rule and its exceptions, the Revierderby and Der Klassiker, and the record holders: Gerd Müller's 365 goals, Robert Lewandowski's 41 in a season and five in nine minutes, Charly Körbel's 602 appearances, Thomas Müller's 178 assists, Manuel Neuer's clean sheets and Udo Lattek's eight titles as a coach. If you want the continental picture, our Champions League quiz picks up where this one leaves off. About a third of the questions are easy for anyone who follows German football, a third are medium and the rest are for people who know which goalkeeper scored 26 penalties. Every answer is checked against the league's reference and record pages, and each question carries its source.
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Q 01Which Bayern coach's 1998 rant featured 'Ich habe fertig'?
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni was tearing into his own players, including Mehmet Scholl and Mario Basler, in broken German.
Q 02Which Bayern legend joined Bayern's youth ranks after a boyhood clash with the rival team he had planned to join?
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer was struck by an opposing player in a youth tournament match, so he joined Bayern instead.
Q 03Which 1962 World Cup result helped spur West Germany to create the Bundesliga?
A 1-0 quarter-final loss to Yugoslavia
A 1-0 quarter-final loss to Yugoslavia in Chile added to calls for a national league, and the DFB voted the Bundesliga in weeks later.
Q 04Which founding Bundesliga club was expelled in 1965 for illegal player payments?
Hertha BSC
Hertha BSC had paid players extra to move to the walled-in city, and it took three seasons in the regional league to win promotion back.
Q 05Which club was relegated in 1969, a year after winning its only Bundesliga title?
1. FC Nürnberg
1. FC Nürnberg's coach Max Merkel let much of the title-winning squad go, and the rebuilt side went down.
Q 06Bayern missed the founding Bundesliga in 1963 partly because which rival had just won the Oberliga Süd?
1860 Munich
1860 Munich went straight in as Oberliga Süd champions and won the 1966 title, a year after Bayern finally came up.
Q 07Which coach won the Bundesliga in 2011 and 2012, before Bayern's 11-title run?
Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Klopp's side also thrashed Bayern 5-2 in the 2012 cup final to win the double, a year before losing the Champions League final to them.
Q 08Whose 89th-minute winner sealed Bayern's 11th straight Bundesliga title in 2023?
Jamal Musiala
Jamal Musiala's winner came while the leaders were losing 2-1 at home, so Bayern took the title after starting the day second.
Q 09What is the colloquial nickname of the Meisterschale, the Bundesliga champions' trophy?
Salad bowl
Salad bowl is the Meisterschale's nickname; it replaced the Viktoria trophy, which vanished during the war and resurfaced only after reunification.
Q 10Which stadium's panels glowed red, blue or white depending on which team was playing?
Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena was built for two tenants, so it glowed red for Bayern, blue for the other club and white for Germany, until the second tenant left in 2017.
Q 11The Bundesliga's '50+1 rule' requires which group to hold a majority of a club's voting rights?
The club's own members
The club's own members must keep 50% plus one vote, so outside investors can buy shares but cannot take control.
Q 12Which England forward won the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979 while playing in the Bundesliga?
Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan moved from Liverpool in 1977 and two seasons later helped his new club win the Bundesliga title.
Q 13Which was the last founding club to be relegated for the first time, in May 2018?
Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV had played every Bundesliga season until then, and it took them seven seasons in the second tier to get back, in 2025.
Q 21VfL Wolfsburg's only Bundesliga title, in 2008-09, came under which coach?
Felix Magath
Felix Magath had already agreed to join a rival club before Wolfsburg clinched the title, so he left the new champions that summer.
Q 22Who scored a record 365 Bundesliga goals, all for Bayern?
Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller joined Bayern while they were still in the second tier, and his goals helped them win promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965.
Q 23Who was the Bundesliga's first top scorer, with 30 goals in 1963-64?
Uwe Seeler
Uwe Seeler turned down a rich offer from Inter Milan to stay at his club, and fans called him 'Uns Uwe'.
Q 14Which club had the worst-ever Bundesliga season in 1965-66, winning just two of its 34 games?
Tasmania Berlin
Tasmania Berlin were admitted only two weeks before kick-off after other clubs declined, then went a record 31 games without a win.
Q 15Which club's president exposed the 1971 Bundesliga bribery scandal by playing a tape at his 50th birthday party?
Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach's Horst-Gregorio Canellas set off an inquiry that punished 52 players, two coaches and six officials.
Q 16Which club won the 1977-78 Bundesliga after finishing level with Mönchengladbach on 48 points?
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln edged it despite Gladbach's 12-0 final-day win, under Hennes Weisweiler, the coach who had built that Gladbach side.
Q 17Which two East German clubs went straight into the Bundesliga in 1991, after reunification?
Dynamo Dresden and Hansa Rostock
Dynamo Dresden and Hansa Rostock split that season: Dresden survived, but Hansa went down after a single year in the Bundesliga.
Q 18Which club is the only one to win the Bundesliga in the season immediately after promotion, in 1997-98?
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern had been relegated two seasons earlier, and on their first day back they won 1-0 away at the defending champions, Bayern.
Q 19Which nickname did Bayer Leverkusen earn in 2002 by finishing second in the league, the cup and the Champions League?
Neverkusen
Neverkusen was finally shaken off in 2024, when Leverkusen won their first league title without losing a game.
Q 20Who coached Bayer Leverkusen to their first title in 2023-24, the first unbeaten Bundesliga season?
Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso's side also won the cup, and their 51-game unbeaten run ended only in the Europa League final against Atalanta.
Q 24Which Bayern substitute scored five goals in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in September 2015?
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski came on at half-time with Bayern 1-0 down, and all five goals came in under nine minutes.
Q 25Who scored 36 goals in 2023-24, the most ever in a debut Bundesliga season?
Harry Kane
Harry Kane still ended that season without a trophy, and his first came when Bayern won the 2024-25 title.
Q 26Who holds the record for Bundesliga appearances, 602, all for Eintracht Frankfurt?
Charly Körbel
Charly Körbel won the UEFA Cup and four German cups with Frankfurt, yet in 19 seasons he never won the league title.
Q 27Which coach has taken charge of the most Bundesliga matches?
Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel later led outsiders Greece to the Euro 2004 title, one of the greatest shocks in European football.
Q 28Which coach has won the most Bundesliga titles, eight?
Udo Lattek
Udo Lattek had never coached a club side before Bayern hired him in 1970, which made him a controversial choice.
Q 29Which two Bayern players each had a record 13 Bundesliga titles as of 2025-26?
Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer
Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer: Müller reached 13 in 2025 and left for Vancouver, and Neuer matched him in April 2026.
Q 30Which goalkeeper scored 26 Bundesliga goals, all from penalties?
Hans-Jörg Butt
Hans-Jörg Butt once scored a penalty and was still jogging back when an opponent scored straight from the restart, from the halfway line.