Liverpool FC Trivia
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49 free Liverpool FC trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Liverpool Football Club was born out of a rent dispute. When Everton walked out of Anfield for Goodison Park in 1892, landowner John Houlding was left with an empty ground and started a new club to fill it, fielding a first team made up entirely of Scots. Since then the Reds have collected twenty league titles, six European Cups and a record ten League Cups, built a mythology around Bill Shankly's Boot Room and the Kop, and survived two of football's worst tragedies. This quiz walks the whole story: the team of Macs, the first title in 1901, the all-red strip that Shankly tried out on Ron Yeats, Bob Paisley's nine seasons and the one domestic trophy he never won, Joe Fagan's 1984 treble, Heysel and Hillsborough, the 1989 title lost on goals scored, Istanbul 2005, the Gillett and Hicks years, Fenway Sports Group, Klopp's 99-point champions and Arne Slot's twentieth title. There are questions on kit makers and sponsors, the Spion Kop, Match of the Day's first edition and the striker on the Sgt. Pepper cover. 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 01Which club did Liverpool beat in the 2001 UEFA Cup final?
Alavés
Alavés lost 5-4 to a golden goal in extra time, as Liverpool completed a treble of cup competitions.
Q 02Which club's departure from Anfield led directly to Liverpool's founding?
Everton
Everton moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rising rent, leaving Anfield's owner with an empty stadium.
Q 03Who owned the land at Anfield and founded the club in 1892?
John Houlding
John Houlding, a brewer and later Lord Mayor of Liverpool, remained the club's chairman until his death in 1902.
Q 04The all-Scottish first Liverpool side earned what nickname?
The team of Macs
The 'team of Macs' got its name because manager John McKenna recruited the players on a scouting trip to Scotland.
Q 05Which manager led Liverpool to their first league title after winning three with Sunderland?
Watson
Tom Watson won the title in 1901 and again in 1906, and his 19 years in charge make him Liverpool's longest-serving manager.
Q 06Who beat Liverpool 1–0 in the club's first FA Cup final in 1914?
Burnley
Burnley's Bert Freeman scored the only goal at Crystal Palace, and King George V presented the trophy.
Q 07Which goalkeeper is the club's longest-serving player?
Elisha Scott
Elisha Scott served 21 years, from 1913 to 1934, and starred in the 1922 and 1923 title sides.
Q 08Anfield's record crowd of 61,905 came for a 1952 FA Cup tie against which club?
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers drew that crowd on 2 February 1952, and even today's expanded Anfield holds fewer.
Q 09A 1958–59 FA Cup loss to which non-league side preceded Bill Shankly's appointment?
Worcester City
Worcester City, then a Southern League side, won 2-1 in the third round in January 1959.
Q 10Which Liverpool goalkeeper scored a 95th-minute header to beat West Brom in May 2021?
Alisson Becker
Alisson Becker's header from Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner was the first goal by a Liverpool goalkeeper in the club's 129-year history.
Q 11Who beat Liverpool in the 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup final?
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 after extra time at Hampden Park, with goals from Sigfried Held and Reinhard Libuda.
Q 12Who replaced Bill Shankly as manager when he retired in 1974?
Bob Paisley
Bob Paisley, Shankly's former assistant, won 20 trophies in nine seasons, including three European Cups.
Q 13In which city did Liverpool win their first European Cup, in 1977?
Rome
Rome's Stadio Olimpico hosted the 3-1 win, and Liverpool lifted the trophy in the same stadium again in 1984.
Q 21Which manager won the 2001 treble of FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup?
Gérard Houllier
Gérard Houllier arrived as co-manager in 1998, and in October 2001 he fell ill at half-time during a match and needed heart surgery.
Q 22Liverpool beat which club on penalties in the Champions League final in Istanbul?
AC Milan
AC Milan led 3-0 at half-time, but Jerzy Dudek saved from Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout.
Q 23Which American pair bought the club in February 2007?
George Gillett and Tom Hicks
George Gillett and Tom Hicks's deal valued the club and its debts at £218.9 million, and a High Court ruling forced them to sell in 2010.
Q 14Which defender became the world's most expensive when Liverpool signed him from Southampton in January 2018?
Virgil van Dijk
Virgil van Dijk cost £75 million, a world record for a defender until Harry Maguire's move in 2019.
Q 15Who managed Liverpool to the 1984 treble of League, League Cup and European Cup?
Joe Fagan
Joe Fagan did it in his first season, becoming the first manager of an English club to win a treble.
Q 16Who were Liverpool's opponents at the 1985 European Cup final at Heysel?
Juventus
Juventus won 1-0 with a Michel Platini penalty, after 39 spectators died in a crush before kick-off.
Q 17Who became Liverpool's player-manager in 1985?
Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish won the Double in his first season, scoring the title-clinching goal himself on the final day.
Q 18The 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough was against which club?
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest were the opponents again when the tie was replayed at Old Trafford, and Liverpool won 3-1.
Q 19Which inquiry's findings after Hillsborough paved the way for all-seater stadiums?
The Taylor Report
The Taylor Report, by Lord Justice Taylor, led to all-seater grounds, and Anfield's Kop was rebuilt with seats in 1994.
Q 20On what tiebreaker did Liverpool lose the 1988–89 title in the final minute of the season?
Total goals scored
Michael Thomas's late goal left both sides level on points and goal difference, the only English title ever settled on total goals scored.
Q 24John Henry, whose group bought Liverpool in 2010, also owns which baseball team?
Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox owner John Henry's Fenway Sports Group is named after the team's Fenway Park, and it paid about £300 million.
Q 25Who managed the 2013–14 side that scored 101 goals and finished second?
Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers's side, powered by Luis Suárez's 31 goals, finished just two points behind Manchester City.
Q 26Whom did Liverpool beat 2–0 in the 2019 Champions League final?
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur lost in Madrid, after Mohamed Salah's early penalty and a late Divock Origi goal.
Q 27Which club did Liverpool beat 1–0 to win their first FIFA Club World Cup in 2019?
Flamengo
Flamengo lost to Roberto Firmino's extra-time goal in Qatar, as Liverpool won the Club World Cup for the first time.
Q 28Liverpool clinched the 2019-20 title when which club beat Manchester City?
Chelsea
Chelsea's 2-1 win on 25 June 2020 handed Liverpool the title with a record seven games left, ending a 30-year wait for a league crown.
Q 29Who managed Liverpool to a record-equalling twentieth league title in 2025?
Arne Slot
Arne Slot won it in his first season, and the 20th title drew Liverpool level with Manchester United's record.
Q 30What colours did Liverpool wear in their first seasons before switching to red in 1896?
Blue and white quarters
Blue and white quarters were worn until 1896, and Bill Shankly brought in the all-red strip in 1964.