FC Barcelona Trivia
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50 free FC Barcelona trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Futbol Club Barcelona was started in 1899 by a Swiss called Hans Gamper who placed a newspaper advert asking for players, and it grew into the club that calls itself 'more than a club': owned by its members, wrapped up in Catalan identity, and decorated with 29 league titles, 32 Copas del Rey and five European Cups. Johan Cruyff built its Dream Team, La Masia produced Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, and Pep Guardiola's side won fourteen trophies in four years. This quiz runs from the Gimnasio Solé meeting and the Copa Macaya through the Royal March protest of 1925, the 11-1 of 1943, the five cups of 1952, Kubala's seven goals, the Di Stéfano saga, Cruyff's son Jordi, the Elephant Blau rebels, the piglet's head thrown at Figo, Rivaldo's bicycle kick, the treble of 2009 and the sextuple that followed, the Remontada against PSG, Neymar's world-record exit, Messi's free-transfer departure, and Hansi Flick's back-to-back titles. There are questions on the crest, the colours, the anthem and the culers too. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for the pub.
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Q 01How did Joan Gamper recruit Barcelona's founders?
Magazine advert
Magazine advert. His notice in the sports magazine Los Deportes on 22 October 1899 invited football enthusiasts to come forward, and within weeks those who answered met in a gym to found the club.
Q 02What nationality was FC Barcelona's founder Joan Gamper, born Hans Gamper?
Swiss
Swiss. He had already helped found FC Zürich at home, and served as its first captain, before he moved to Barcelona and set about starting another club.
Q 03What is Barcelona's famous motto?
Més que un club
Més que un club, Catalan for 'More than a club'. Narcís de Carreras is credited with coining it on taking office as president in 1968, casting Barça as a symbol of Catalan identity under Franco's dictatorship.
Q 04Barcelona's nickname Blaugrana refers to what?
The shirt colours
The shirt colours. Blau and grana are Catalan for blue and deep red; by the club's own account the Witty brothers, two early players, proposed the rugby colours of their old English school.
Q 05Who owns FC Barcelona?
Its members
Its members. The socis, as they are known, elect the president themselves, and because the club is a registered association it has no shares for an investor to buy.
Q 06Which nickname did Barcelona fans earn for backsides hanging over a ground's wall?
Culers
Culers. As the story goes, crowds at the Carrer Indústria ground spilled onto the top of its wall, and people in the street saw a row of rears, culs in Catalan.
Q 07Which Barcelona forward did Real Madrid's own fans applaud after his two solo goals in a 3–0 win in 2005?
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho. He twice ran through Madrid's defence at the Bernabéu, and home fans stood to applaud a Barcelona player there for the first time since Diego Maradona in 1983.
Q 08Which trophy, won in 1902, was FC Barcelona's first piece of silverware?
The Copa Macaya
The Copa Macaya. Founder Joan Gamper captained the side to it, a year after Barça had lost the first edition to Hispania, the club that organised the tournament.
Q 09Which Englishman became FC Barcelona's first full-time coach in 1917?
Jack Greenwell
Jack Greenwell. He had played for the club since 1912, in its first great team, before founder Joan Gamper asked him to swap the pitch for the bench.
Q 10What did FC Barcelona's crowd do in 1925 that led Spain's dictatorship to close the ground?
Jeered the Royal March
Jeered the Royal March. Fans booed Spain's anthem, then applauded God Save the King from a visiting British Royal Marines band, and the regime forced Joan Gamper to give up the presidency.
Q 11Besides Barcelona and Real Madrid, which club has never been relegated?
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao. All three were among the league's founding clubs in 1929; Barça won that first title, then waited until 1945 for its second.
Q 12Which FC Barcelona president was killed by rebel soldiers in August 1936?
Josep Sunyol
Josep Sunyol. Also a left-wing Catalan member of parliament, he was visiting Republican troops north of Madrid when rebel soldiers arrested him and shot him without trial.
Q 13Under Franco, FC Barcelona was forced to adopt which Spanish-language name?
Club de Fútbol Barcelona
Q 21Who became FC Barcelona's first elected president in 1978?
Josep Lluís Núñez
Josep Lluís Núñez. A construction magnate with no previous link to the club, he stayed 22 years and let stars such as Maradona and Romário go rather than meet their wage demands.
Q 22Barcelona won its first Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 by beating which club 4–3 after extra time?
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf. More than 30,000 fans travelled from Catalonia to watch Barça win it in extra time, the club's first trophy in a UEFA competition.
Q 23Which Barcelona landmark is an old Catalan farmhouse that once housed the club's young players?
La Masia
Club de Fútbol Barcelona. Franco's regime banned non-Spanish names, so the English-style 'Football Club' had to go, and the crest lost its Catalan flag too; the old name returned only in the 1970s.
Q 14By what score did Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the second leg of their 1943 cup semi-final?
11–1
11–1. Barça had won the first leg 3–0 at Les Corts, and the club alleged that its players were intimidated before the return in Madrid.
Q 15Which Hungarian forward, signed by Barcelona in 1950, later scored seven goals in a single league game?
László Kubala
László Kubala. He had fled communist Hungary in the back of a truck in 1949; his seven came in a 9–0 rout of Sporting Gijón in 1952.
Q 16A stoppage-time equaliser in 2009 put Barcelona into the Champions League final at which club's expense?
Chelsea
Chelsea. The shot from outside the box, deep in stoppage time, was Barcelona's only one on target all night; it made it 1–1 at Stamford Bridge and sent Barça through on away goals.
Q 17Which player's disputed 1953 transfer, claimed by both Barcelona and Real Madrid, inflamed their rivalry?
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano. A FIFA-backed ruling had him alternating seasons between the two clubs; Barcelona gave up its claim instead, and he led Madrid to five straight European Cups.
Q 18Which club beat Barcelona 3–2 in the 1961 European Cup final?
Benfica
Benfica. Barça had just ended Real Madrid's run of five straight titles by knocking them out in the first round, only to lose the final in Bern.
Q 19From which club did Barcelona sign Johan Cruyff for a world-record fee in 1973?
Ajax
Ajax. Cruyff led Barça to its first league title in fourteen years in his first season, beating Real Madrid 5–0 in their own stadium on the way.
Q 20What Catalan name did Barcelona star Johan Cruyff give his son, born in 1974?
Jordi
Jordi. It is the name of Catalonia's patron saint, and officials under Franco wanted the Spanish form Jorge on the register, but the Cruyffs kept the Catalan name anyway.
La Masia. The old farmhouse became a dormitory for Barcelona's young players in 1979; the academy has since moved to modern premises but kept the name.
Q 24From which club did Barcelona sign Diego Maradona for a world-record £5 million in 1982?
Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors. A tackle broke his ankle in his second season, and after a mass brawl at the 1984 cup final in front of Spain's king, Barça sold him to Napoli.
Q 25Who beat Terry Venables' Barcelona on penalties in the 1986 European Cup final?
Steaua București
Steaua București. Their goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam saved all four Barcelona penalties in the shoot-out in Seville, and the Romanians won it 2–0.
Q 26What name is given to the 1988 revolt in which Barcelona's players demanded their president's resignation?
The Hesperia mutiny
The Hesperia mutiny. It is named after the Barcelona hotel where the squad signed a note asking the president to resign, in a row over who should pay tax on their image contracts.
Q 27Whose extra-time free kick won Barcelona the 1992 European Cup final against Sampdoria at Wembley?
Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman. His free kick finally gave Barça the European Cup, after the club had lost the finals of 1961 and 1986.
Q 28Which 1990s protest group opposing Barcelona's president was co-founded by future president Joan Laporta?
L'Elefant Blau
L'Elefant Blau, 'the Blue Elephant'. Formed after Johan Cruyff was sacked as coach in 1996, it forced a no-confidence vote in 1998 and lost, but Laporta won the presidency in 2003.
Q 29Which Brazilian striker scored 47 goals in 49 games in his only season at Barcelona, 1996–97?
Ronaldo
Ronaldo. At 20 he scored the winner in the Cup Winners' Cup final, then left for Inter Milan that summer for a world-record fee when talks over a new contract collapsed.
Q 30Besides coins and a whisky bottle, what was thrown at Real Madrid's Luís Figo at Camp Nou in 2002?
A piglet's head
A piglet's head. Figo had left Barcelona for Real Madrid two years earlier, and so much was thrown as he tried to take a corner that the referee halted the match.