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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 01In what year was FC Barcelona founded?
1899
Eleven players answered a newspaper advert and met at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November.
Q 02What nationality was founder Hans (Joan) Gamper?
Swiss
He placed an advertisement in Los Deportes declaring his wish to form a football club.
Q 03What is Barcelona's famous motto?
Més que un club
It means 'More than a club' and reflects the club's role as a symbol of Catalan identity.
Q 04Barcelona's nickname Blaugrana refers to what?
The shirt colours
Dark blue and garnet stripes were first worn against Hispania in 1900.
Q 05Who owns FC Barcelona?
Its members
Socis form an assembly of delegates, the club's highest governing body; shares cannot be bought.
Q 06The supporter nickname culer derives from a Catalan word meaning what?
Backside
Fans at the Camp de la Indústria sat with their rears hanging over the stand.
Q 07Who was the club's first president?
Walter Wild
Gamper did not take the presidency until 1908, when he stepped in to stop the club folding.
Q 08What was the club's first piece of silverware, won in 1902?
The Copa Macaya
It was the first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula.
Q 09Who became the club's first full-time coach in 1917?
Jack Greenwell
He is still the club's longest-serving manager, with nine years over two spells.
Q 10What did the crowd do in 1925 that got the ground closed for six months?
Jeered the Royal March
The protest against Primo de Rivera's dictatorship also cost Gamper the presidency.
Q 11In which year did Barcelona win the inaugural Spanish League?
1929
They are one of three founder members never relegated, with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.
Q 12Which club president was killed by Falangist soldiers in August 1936?
Josep Sunyol
He is remembered as the martyr of barcelonisme.
Q 13What name was imposed under Franco-era restrictions on non-Spanish names?
Club de Fútbol Barcelona
The Catalan flag was also removed from the crest until 1974.
By what score did Real Madrid win the second leg of the 1943 cup semi-final?
Q 21Who became the club's first elected president in 1978?
Josep Lluís Núñez
His presidency lasted 22 years and let Maradona, Romário and Ronaldo leave over wage demands.
Q 22Barcelona won their first Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 by beating whom 4–3 in Basel?
Fortuna Düsseldorf
More than 30,000 travelling fans watched it.
Q 23La Masia, the youth residence opened in 1979, was originally what kind of building?
A farmhouse
It stood on the land where the Camp Nou was built.
Q 24From which club did Barcelona sign Diego Maradona for a world-record £5 million in 1982?
11–1
Barcelona alleged police intimidation in the dressing room; nothing was ever proven.
Q 15Which Hungarian signed in 1950 later scored seven in one La Liga game?
László Kubala
His seven against Sporting Gijón in 1952 remain a La Liga record.
Q 16How many trophies did the 1951–52 'Barça de les Cinc Copes' win?
Five
It was the first Spanish side to win five in a season, including the Copa Latina and Copa Eva Duarte.
Q 17Which player's disputed 1953 transfer to Real Madrid inflamed the rivalry?
Alfredo Di Stéfano
FIFA's mediator proposed he alternate seasons between the two clubs; Barcelona sold their half-share.
Q 18Who beat Barcelona 3–2 in the 1961 European Cup final?
Benfica
Barça had become the first club to knock Real Madrid out of the competition that season.
Q 19From which club was Johan Cruyff signed for a world-record £920,000 in 1973?
Ajax
He said he could not play for a club associated with Franco, and named his son Jordi.
Q 20What did Cruyff name his son, endearing himself to Catalans?
Jordi
It is the Catalan form of George, the region's patron saint.
Boca Juniors
He won a Copa del Rey under César Luis Menotti before leaving for Napoli.
Q 25Who beat Terry Venables' Barcelona on penalties in the 1986 European Cup final?
Steaua București
The final was played in Seville.
Q 26What was the 1988 players' revolt against president Núñez known as?
The Hesperia mutiny
Luis Aragonés's side still won the Copa del Rey that season.
Q 27Whose free kick won the 1992 European Cup final against Sampdoria at Wembley?
Ronald Koeman
It was the first European Cup for the Dream Team.
Q 28Which protest group against Núñez was co-founded by future president Joan Laporta?
L'Elefant Blau
It formed in reaction to Cruyff's departure in 1996.
Q 29How many goals did Ronaldo score in 49 games under Bobby Robson in 1996–97?
47
Robson delivered a cup treble in his single season before Louis van Gaal arrived.
Q 30What was thrown at Luís Figo on his first return to Camp Nou with Real Madrid?
A piglet's head
A full bottle of whiskey came flying too; he had been the club's vice-captain.