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Here are 30 hard soccer trivia questions with answers, in four sets: the World Cup, the Champions League, legends and records, and Arab and Asian soccer. Read each one, lock in your answer, then tap “Reveal answer.” Every answer comes with a short note so you learn the story, not just the name.
Playing with friends? Split into two teams, pick a ref to read the questions in turn, and give a point for every right answer. Get 20 or more without help and your soccer knowledge is elite.
What makes a soccer question hard?
A hard question is not trivia nobody knows — it is something a real fan knows but has to dig for. So we picked famous moments and fixed records: the first champion, the fastest goal, the biggest win, the first Arab team to reach each milestone. Each set runs from easier to harder, so don’t relax if the first few come quickly. In Hajma, the hardest questions are worth 600 points and the easiest 200.
Hard World Cup questions
1. Who won the first World Cup in 1930?Reveal answerHide
Uruguay — at home, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final.
2. Before Kylian Mbappé, who scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final?Reveal answerHide
Geoff Hurst — for England against West Germany in 1966.
3. How many goals did Just Fontaine score at the 1958 World Cup?Reveal answerHide
13 — still the record for a single tournament.
4. Who scored the fastest goal in World Cup history?Reveal answerHide
Turkey’s Hakan Şükür — 11 seconds in, against South Korea in 2002.
5. What was the score of Brazil vs. Germany in the 2014 semifinal?Reveal answerHide
Germany won 7–1 in Belo Horizonte.
6. Which was the first Arab and African team at a World Cup?Reveal answerHide
Egypt — at the 1934 tournament in Italy.
7. Which was the first Arab team to reach a World Cup semifinal?Reveal answerHide
Morocco — at Qatar 2022.
8. Which World Cup did Kuwait play in?Reveal answerHide
1982 in Spain — their only appearance so far.
9. Who beat Argentina 2–1 in their first game of the 2022 World Cup?Reveal answerHide
Saudi Arabia — and Argentina went on to win the tournament.
10. Who scored Spain’s winner in the 2026 World Cup final?Reveal answerHide
Ferran Torres — in extra time, for a 1–0 win over Argentina.
Hard Champions League questions
11. Who won the first European Cup in 1956?Reveal answerHide
Real Madrid — 4–3 against Stade de Reims in Paris.
12. Who is the Champions League’s all-time top scorer?Reveal answerHide
Cristiano Ronaldo — 140 goals.
13. Which coach has won the most Champions League titles?Reveal answerHide
Carlo Ancelotti — 5 (two with Milan, three with Real Madrid).
14. Which club lost the 2005 final after leading 3–0 at halftime?Reveal answerHide
Milan — to Liverpool in Istanbul, on penalties.
15. What is the biggest win in a Champions League final?Reveal answerHide
Paris Saint-Germain 5–0 Inter — the 2025 final in Munich.
16. Which English club won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980?Reveal answerHide
Nottingham Forest — under Brian Clough.
17. Who scored Real Madrid’s winner against Liverpool in the 2022 final?Reveal answerHide
Vinícius Júnior — 1–0 in Paris.
18. How many Champions League finals have Juventus lost?Reveal answerHide
7 — a record, against just two wins.
Legends and records
19. Who is the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d’Or?Reveal answerHide
Lev Yashin — the Soviet keeper, in 1963.
20. How many Ballon d’Or awards has Lionel Messi won?Reveal answerHide
8 — the last in 2023, a record.
21. Who won the first Ballon d’Or in 1956?Reveal answerHide
England’s Stanley Matthews.
22. Which team went a full Premier League season unbeaten?Reveal answerHide
Arsenal — 2003–04, with 26 wins and 12 ties.
23. Who won the shock 2015–16 Premier League title?Reveal answerHide
Leicester City — under Claudio Ranieri.
24. Which team stunned everyone to win Euro 2004?Reveal answerHide
Greece — beating hosts Portugal 1–0 in the final.
25. Who scored the famous “Hand of God” goal?Reveal answerHide
Diego Maradona — against England in the 1986 quarterfinals.
Arab and Asian soccer
26. Which nation has won the most Asian Cups?Reveal answerHide
Japan — 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011).
27. Who won back-to-back Asian Cups in 2019 and 2023?Reveal answerHide
Qatar.
28. How many Gulf Cups have Kuwait won?Reveal answerHide
10 — a record, the last in 2010.
29. Which Algerian scored a backheel in the 1987 European Cup final?Reveal answerHide
Rabah Madjer — for Porto against Bayern Munich.
30. Which Arab team reached the 1994 round of 16, helped by Saeed Al-Owairan’s famous goal against Belgium?Reveal answerHide
Saudi Arabia — in their first World Cup.
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Done already? Hajma’s library has thousands more, sorted by difficulty: try hard soccer questions, very hard questions, the records bank, or start gentler with easy soccer questions if you are playing with beginners.
For the full numbers behind these answers, read the World Cup’s all-time top scorers and the clubs with the most Champions League titles. For new game ideas, see 12 soccer quiz challenges.
