Q 01/05

Which Bayern coach's 1998 rant featured 'Ich habe fertig'?

A) Ottmar Hitzfeld

B) Erich Ribbeck

C) Giovanni Trapattoni

D) Søren Lerby

Answer · why

C) Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Trapattoni was tearing into his own players, including Mehmet Scholl and Mario Basler, in broken German.

Q 02/05

Which Bayern legend joined Bayern's youth ranks after a boyhood clash with the rival team he had planned to join?

A) Paul Breitner

B) Franz Beckenbauer

C) Georg Schwarzenbeck

D) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Answer · why

B) Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer was struck by an opposing player in a youth tournament match, so he joined Bayern instead.

Q 03/05

Which 1962 World Cup result helped spur West Germany to create the Bundesliga?

A) A 3-1 final loss to Brazil

B) Elimination by Chile in the group

C) A 1-0 quarter-final loss to Yugoslavia

D) A 4-0 defeat to Hungary

Answer · why

C) 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 04/05

Which founding Bundesliga club was expelled in 1965 for illegal player payments?

A) Preußen Münster

B) Hertha BSC

C) Karlsruher SC

D) Werder Bremen

Answer · why

B) 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 05/05

Which club was relegated in 1969, a year after winning its only Bundesliga title?

A) Eintracht Braunschweig

B) Karlsruher SC

C) Alemannia Aachen

D) 1. FC Nürnberg

Answer · why

D) 1. FC Nürnberg

1. FC Nürnberg's coach Max Merkel let much of the title-winning squad go, and the rebuilt side went down.