Football quiz: the noughties

Chelsea were crowned champions of England on three occasions in the noughties. Photograph: Darren Walsh / Rex Features

1. Which player finished the 1999-2000 Premier League season as top scorer with 30 goals?

   1. Alan Shearer (Newcastle)

   2. Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)

   3. Andy Cole (Manchester United)

   4. Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)

2. 

   Australia broke the record for the largest win in a competitive international match when they beat American Samoa in a World Cup qualification match in April 2001. What was the score?

   1. 22-0

   2. 31-0

   3. 33-0

   4. 38-0

3. "They can't be monks - we don't want them to be monks, we want them to be football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level." Which manager, in 2002, said this of his ill-disciplined team?

   1. Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)

   2. Bobby Robson (Newcastle United)

   3. Peter Reid (Sunderland)

   4. Walter Smith (Everton)

4. Chelsea made five signings each costing £15m or more in the summer of 2003. Hernán Crespo, Juan Sebastián Verón, Claude Makélélé and Damien Duff were four of them. Who was the fifth?

   1. Joe Cole

   2. Scott Parker

   3. Didier Drogba

   4. Adrian Mutu

5. José Mourinho won the Champions League when his Porto side beat Monaco 3-0 in the 2004 final. Who was managing Monaco?

   1. Claude Puel

   2. Didier Deschamps

   3. Francesco Guidolin

   4. Jean Tigana

6. 

   "Liverpool won't win. I said at the start of the season Liverpool couldn't win the Champions League and I still don't think they will. Milan will win." Which Milan player said this before the 2005 Champions League final?

   1. Paolo Maldini

   2. Kaká

   3. Gennaro Gattuso

   4. Andriy Shevchenko

7. In 2006 Alan Shearer scored his final goal in professional football. Who was it against?

   1. Liverpool

   2. Sunderland

   3. Chelsea

   4. Everton

8. Who scored the only goal of the game as Spain beat Germany 1-0 to win the European Championship in 2008?

   1. Andrés Iniesta

   2. Xavi

   3. Fernando Torres

   4. David Villa

9. 

   On 2 May 2009 Barcelona met Real Madrid in a clásico that could have turned the La Liga title race into an incredibly tight battle with just four games to go. Instead, Barça ran riot to go seven points clear. What was the final score?

   1. Real Madrid 0-5 Barcelona

   2. Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona

   3. Real Madrid 1-5 Barcelona

   4. Real Madrid 3-6 Barcelona

10. Who won the European Golden Shoe (formerly known as the European Golden Boot) for finishing as Europe's top league goalscorer in 2010?

    1. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)

    2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

    3. Diego Milito (Internazionale)

    4. Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)

Solutions

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