The ultimate Euro 2016 quiz: 51 questions for 51 matches

Answer all 51 questions correctly to win an imaginary trophy. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

1. Who were the last country to win the tournament as hosts?

   1. Italy

   2. Spain

   3. France

   4. No hosts have won the Euros

2. Which of the 24 teams hasn't been beaten in over a year?

   1. Germany

   2. England

   3. Spain

   4. Northern Ireland

3. What do Gerd Müller, Horst Hrubesch and Oliver Bierhoff have in common?

   1. They were Germany (or West Germany) captains when they won the Euros

   2. They have scored in finals for Germany but were all born in Switzerland

   3. They all won European Championships but never played in the World Cup

   4. They have the only three players to have scored twice in Euro finals

4. Only one final has been decided by a replay. Who won it?

   1. Soviet Union in 1960

   2. Spain in 1964

   3. Italy in 1968

   4. Czechoslovakia in 1976

5. Complete the sequence: Jürgen Klinsmann, Didier Deschamps, Theodoros Zagorakis …

   1. Carles Puyol

   2. Xavi Hernández

   3. Sergio Ramos

   4. Iker Casillas

6. Which clubs are the most represented in the Euro 2016 squads, with 12 players each?

   1. Barcelona and Real Madrid

   2. Liverpool and Juventus

   3. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur

   4. Sevilla and Internazionale

7. Which of the 24 competing countries has the northernmost point?

   1. Sweden

   2. Russia

   3. Iceland

   4. Northern Ireland

8. Which of the 24 managers at Euro 2016 won the tournament as a player?

   1. Antonio Conte

   2. Vicente del Bosque

   3. Lars Lagerbäck

   4. Didier Deschamps

9. Not all of the previous winners will be playing in France this summer. Which tournament's champions have qualified for Euro 2016?

   1. Euro 1988

   2. Euro 1992

   3. Euro 2000

   4. Euro 2004

10. Two finals have been won by golden goals. Oliver Bierhoff scored Germany's winner at Wembley in 1996. Who scored the extra-time winner in 2000?

    1. David Trezeguet

    2. Sylvain Wiltord

    3. Robert Pirès 

    4. Emmanuel Petit

11. England played six matches in total at Euro 1988 and Euro 1992. How many of them did they win?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

12. Who played in a European Championship final when only 19 years and 150 days old?

    1. Nani

    2. Pedro

    3. Mario Balotelli

    4. Cristiano Ronaldo

13. Which of these Marios did not score three goals at Euro 2012?

    1. Mario Gómez

    2. Mario Mandzukic

    3. Mario Balotelli

    4. Mario Götze

14. Which team have experienced an upwards trajectory in their three appearances at the Euros, having reached the group stage in 1996, the quarter-finals in 2000 and the semi-finals in 2008?

    1. Turkey

    2. Austria

    3. Switzerland

    4. Czech Republic

15. Which country has hosted the Euros on their own and with another co-host?

    1. Switzerland

    2. Austria

    3. Belgium

    4. Sweden

16. Spain conceded one goal at Euro 2012. Who scored it?

    1. Antonio Di Natale

    2. Mario Balotelli

    3. Cristiano Ronaldo

    4. Antonio Cassano

17. Who performed the official theme song of Euro 96 at the opening ceremony in Wembley?

    1. Simply Red

    2. Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and the Lightning Seeds

    3. Fat Les

    4. Ant & Dec

18. Who is the only Englishman to have scored an own goal at a European Championship?

    1. Glen Johnson

    2. Phil Neville

    3. Gareth Barry

    4. Joe Hart

19. What was unusual about the semi-final between Greece and Czech Republic at Euro 2004?

    1. There were five red cards, the most in Euros history

    2. The referee had to be substituted at half-time due to cramp

    3. It was decided by a silver goal

    4. It finished with a penalty shootout in which only one player scored

20. If it was Gerd Müller in 1972, Dieter Müller in 1976 and Marco van Basten in 1988, who was it in 1996?

    1. Jürgen Klinsmann

    2. Davor Suker

    3. Hristo Stoichkov

    4. Alan Shearer

21. Two brothers will be facing each other in the group stage. For which two countries do they play?

    1. Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

    2. Albania and Switzerland

    3. Croatia and Czech Republic

    4. Russia and Slovakia

22. With 67 goals from 143 appearances, Robbie Keane goes to Euro 2016 as most prolific goalscorer in international football. How many goals has he scored at a European Championship finals?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Three

    4. Five

23. How many of the 23 England players picked for Euro 2012 are back in the squad this year?

    1. Four

    2. Seven

    3. 10

    4. 13

24. Who captained Denmark to their title in 1992?

    1. Peter Schmeichel

    2. Lars Olsen

    3. Brian Laudrup

    4. John Jensen

25. Which country has the youngest squad at Euro 2016?

    1. Wales

    2. England

    3. Northern Ireland

    4. France

26. Which of these pundits has played at a European Championship?

    1. Ian Wright

    2. Lee Dixon 

    3. Danny Mills

    4. Pat Nevin

27. When did England last go out of the finals without suffering defeat in a penalty shootout?

    1. 2012

    2. 2004

    3. 2000

    4. 1992

28. England finished third at Euro 1968, their debut tournament. How many teams contested the finals?

    1. Three

    2. Four

    3. Six

    4. Eight

29. Which of the 24 countries at Euro 2016 has the smallest population?

    1. Wales

    2. Northern Ireland

    3. Slovakia

    4. Iceland

30. Which manager's playing career was curtailed by a knee injury sustained when he fell out of a tree while rescuing a cat?

    1. Chris Coleman

    2. Leonid Slutsky

    3. Roy Hodgson

    4. Marcel Koller

31. Five teams are playing at their first Euros: Iceland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Wales and which other country?

    1. Albania

    2. Slovenia

    3. Bosnia and Herzegovina

    4. Norway

32. Which of these teams is led by a manager who played for that country?

    1. Republic of Ireland

    2. Switzerland

    3. Russia

    4. Northern Ireland

33. Which of the 24 managers has been in his job the longest?

    1. Vicente del Bosque, Spain

    2. Joachim Löw, Germany

    3. Roy Hodgson, England

    4. Erik Hamrén, Sweden

34. Only four countries took part in the first finals, in 1960. How many of them still exist with the same name?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

35. Which two stadiums hosted the four games played at Euro 64?

    1. Camp Nou and Santiago Bernabéu

    2. Parc de Princes and Stade de France

    3. Wembley and Old Trafford

    4. Stadio Olimpico and Stadio Comunale

36. Ashley Williams is one of only two Wales squad members who plays for a Welsh club. Who is the other?

    1. Neil Taylor

    2. Simon Church

    3. Ben Davies

    4. Sam Vokes

37. Who is the all-time top scorer in the European Championship?

    1. Alan Shearer

    2. Thierry Henry

    3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

    4. Michel Platini

38. Which host venue is the furthest north?

    1. Stade Pierre-Mauroy

    2. Parc Olympique Lyonnais

    3. Stade de France

    4. Parc des Princes

39. How many of the players in England's 23-man squad were alive during Euro 1996?

    1. 23

    2. 22

    3. 19

    4. 17

40. The Euro 1988 final is largely remembered Marco van Basten's spectacular volley but who scored Holland's other goal in the final?

    1. Ruud Gullit

    2. Erwin Koeman

    3. Ronald Koeman

    4. Frank Rijkaard

41. Which player has been in the Spain squad for the last five tournaments – from 2000 until 2016?

    1. Fernando Torres

    2. Iker Casillas

    3. Xavi

    4. Sergio Ramos

42. Who became the oldest player to have appeared at a European Championship when he turned out at Euro 2000 aged 39 years and 91 days?

    1. Dino Zoff

    2. Lothar Matthäus

    3. Jens Lehmann

    4. Oliver Kahn

43. Who was the top scorer in qualifying for Euro 2016 with 13 goals?

    1. Kyle Lafferty

    2. Robert Lewandowski

    3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

    4. Thomas Müller

44. Who won Uefa's player of the tournament award at Euro 1996?

    1. Alan Shearer

    2. Matthias Sammer

    3. Teddy Sheringham

    4. Paul Gascoigne

45. In which tournament did Spain last lose a European Championship match?

    1. Euro 2012

    2. Euro 2008

    3. Euro 2004

    4. Euro 2000 

46. Who scored England's only goal at Euro 1992 (in their 2-1 defeat to Sweden)?

    1. Paul Merson

    2. Alan Shearer

    3. David Platt

    4. Gary Lineker

47. How many countries have won back-to-back titles?

    1. None

    2. One

    3. Two

    4. Three

48. Two players hold the record for having played in the most matches (16) at the Euros. Who are they?

    1. Edwin van der Sar and Lilian Thuram

    2. Xavi and Zinedine Zidane

    3. Cesc Fàbregas and Andrés Iniesta 

    4. Iker Casillas and Fernando Torres

49. Complete the sequence: Italy, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, West Germany … ?

    1. Sweden

    2. Portugal

    3. Greece

    4. England

50. Who managed a team at the Euros at the age of 73 years and 93 days?

    1. Cesare Maldini

    2. Rinus Michels

    3. Giovanni Trapattoni

    4. Otto Rehhagel

51. England have faced four teams in penalty shootouts at European Championships – against which side have they won?

    1. Italy

    2. Spain

    3. Portugal

    4. Germany

Solutions

1:C - In 1984, when Michel Platini scored nine goals in five matches and France beat Spain in the final., 2:D - That's 12 fixtures over 440 days., 3:D - In 1972, 1980 and 1996., 4:C - They beat Yugoslavia 2-0.  , 5:D - The men who lifted the trophy from 1996 until 2008. , 6:B - The Liverpool players represent Belgium, England and Germany. , 7:B - At 81 degrees north, of course. , 8:D - Conte's Italy lost to Deschamps's France in the Euro 2000 final., 9:C - Holland, Denmark and Greece didn't make it but France did. , 10:A - For France against Italy., 11:A - And they didn't qualify for Euro 1984., 12:D - Ronaldo set the record for Portugal in Portugal in 2004. , 13:D - He scored a very important winner two years later though., 14:A - So it'll be the final this summer and they'll win it in 2020., 15:C - Belgium hosted Euro 1972 and co-hosted Euro 2000 with the Netherlands. , 16:A - Spain went 1-0 down to Italy in their first match, before recovering to draw 1-1. They didn't concede a goal for the rest of the tournament. , 17:A - Apparently it was called We're In This Together. , 18:A - In England's 3-2 win over Sweden at Euro 2012. , 19:C - Traianos Dellas scored the winner for Greece in the first period of extra-time., 20:D - Shearer was the top scorer at Euro 1996 with five goals. , 21:B - The Xhaka family moved from Kosovo to Switzerland before Taulant and Granit were born., 22:A - He has scored a record 23 in qualifying and, in fairness, the Republic of Ireland have only qualified for two tournaments – in 1988 and 2012., 23:A - Joe Hart, Wayne Rooney, Jordan Henderson and James Milner., 24:B - Jensen and Kim Vilfort scored the goals as they beat Germany 2-0 in the final. , 25:B - The Republic of Ireland has the oldest squad., 26:D - Nevin played for Scotland at Euro 1992. Despite scoring 15 goals in the 1995-96 Premier League season, Wright wasn't picked in England's squad for Euro 1996., 27:C - And that was because of a 89th-minute penalty conceded by Phil Neville against Romania. , 28:B - Italy won the tournament but only once they had beaten the Soviet Union in the semi-finals by the toss of a coin., 29:D - Iceland is home to roughly 330,000 people, making it around the same size as Coventry or Leicester., 30:B - Speaking of the injury, Slutsky said: 'I got the injury at 19 when I was climbing a tree looking for a neighbour's cat. I ended up as a hero in my village because I saved the cat. Unfortunately, I also fell out of the tree and injured my knee.', 31:A - This will be Albania's first major international tournament (although they did win the 1946 Balkan Cup). , 32:D - Michael O'Neill, who started his career at the mighty Coleraine aged only 15, won 31 caps for Northern Ireland., 33:B - Löw took the Germany job on 12 July 2006, three days after Germany had finished third at the World Cup., 34:B - Names and borders have changed for the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia but France – the hosts in 1960 – has remained in the same shape since 1947., 35:A - Spain hosted and won the tournament., 36:A - Williams and Taylor both play for Swansea City. , 37:D - And all nine of those goals came at Euro 1984 – France didn't qualify for Euro 1980 or 1988., 38:A - The stadium in Lille is about the same latitude as Exeter. , 39:B - A few of them were very young – Dele Alli was only three months old – and Marcus Rashford was just a twinkle in his father's eye., 40:A - It was a decent header but had nothing on Van Basten's., 41:B - Whether or not he is their best goalkeeper remains up for debate, 42:B - Three goalkeepers – Gábor Király, Shay Given and Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson – could break that record this summer., 43:B - It's an impressive tally but his name doesn't fit the banner: 'Liberté, Egalité, Lafferté.', 44:B - In fairness, Germany did win the thing., 45:C - They haven't lost in the tournament since Portugal beat them in Portugal., 46:C - At least they did better at Euro 96., 47:B - Spain in 2008 and 2012., 48:A - Van der Sar represented Holland for 1,535 minutes between Euro 1996 and Euro 2008., 49:A - Sweden complete the list of hosts from 1972 until 1992., 50:C - And that team was Republic of Ireland in 2012., 51:B - At Euro 1996.

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