Barefoot Football Quiz 2014 Finals

The Basics
Total of 5 Rounds
1. Written
2. Infinite Bounce I
3. List It I
4. Infinite Bounce II
5. List It II

Round 1
• 8 Questions on World Cup legends
• The first letter of each answer will
together make “BAREFOOT”.
• +5 for each correct
• Extra +10 if all correct

1. Id. the guy on the right and tell me what unique World Cup record does he hold ?

2. Which stadium has the honour of being the only one to have hosted
two FIFA World Cup Finals?

3. A crucial component in the Total
Football of Ajax and the Dutch
national team.
A versatile defender, who could play in
any position along the back four or
midfield. In ‘74, he primarily played at
left-back. By the ‘78 World Cup, he
had switched to playing as a sweeper
and wore the captain's armband in
Cruijff’s absence.
Who?

4. He is considered the best Chilean footballer of
all time, as well as one of the greatest defenders
ever to play the game. Was declared the best
defender at the ‘74 World Cup.
Beckenbauer once proudly proclaimed:
“I’m the European ________”
Name him.

5. He was part of the famed Brazilian
midfield at the 1982 FIFA World Cup,
playing alongside Zico, Sócrates and Éder.
Considered one of the best players in
Roma history, during his stay in the Italian
capital he developed a play boy
reputation, famously dated Ursula
Andress and a bevy of socialites.
Who?

6. On the morning of the ‘50 final Rio papers
had printed a photo of the Brazilian side with
the headline “Today, Brazil wins the World Cup”.
Uruguay’s fearless captain had other ideas; he
collected every one of those newspapers he
could and got his teammates to urinate on
them, he then proceeded to deliver one of the
greatest individual performances in a WC match
to win them the title.
Name the man.

7. Hristo Stoichkov scored 6 goals at the
‘94 World Cup leading Bulgaria to the
semi-final, his 6 goals were scored in 5
different matches. He shared the Golden
Boot with someone who scored his 6 in
only 2 matches.
Who was the other guy?

8. Nicknamed “The Rock”, he was
integral component of “catenaccio” at
both Helenio Herrera’s Gran Inter, as
well as the Azzuri. He effectively set
the template for the Italian defensive
stereotype: uncompromising and
unforgiving.
Represented the national side in ‘66,
’70, and ‘74 finals, and was part of the
side that lost the ‘70 final to the
irrepressible Brazilians.
Who is he?

Bora Milutinović, only manager to take four different teams beyond the first
round at a World Cup -- Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), United States(1994),
and Nigeria (1998).

Azteca, hosted the 1970 and the 1986 World Cup final

Oleg Salenko, 5 of which came in the game against Cameroon.

Bora Milutinović
Azteca
Ruud Krol
Elias Figueroa
Falcão
Obdulio Varela
Oleg Salenko
Tarcisio Burgnich

Round 2
• 18 Questions on Infinite Bounce
• + 10 for each correct
• No negatives
• Clockwise

1. Uwe Rösler (current Wigan manager)
played for Manchester City from 1994 to
1998, there he was the leading goal scorer
for three consecutive seasons.
Regarded a cult hero among the City
faithful, his cult status can primarily be
attributed to something that City fans
attribute one of his family members to.
What’s the story?

His grand father was part of Hitler’s Luftwaffe, and City fans attribute the
bombing of Old Trafford during WWII, which forced United to play at Maine
Road to him. (There is no truth to it).
They have this chant for the derby:
Nanananana, Uwe's granddad bombed the Stretford End!

2. Over the course of nine seasons he
played a total of 125 La Liga games, with
two clubs. He played his last season with
French side Arles-Avignon in 2011.
Perhaps, his most well known
“contribution” in football is being part of
a quote.
Who or quote?

Francisco Pavón
Florentino Perez’s “Zidanes y Pavones” policy - in which galacticos would play
alongside the Canteranos.

3. Fans of St Etienne believe they would have won the 1976 European Cup final
against Bayern Munich had “something” been normal in the stadium.
The French club recently paid €20,000 for that “something”, which is housed in
their museum that opened last December. After the purchase St Etienne president
Roland Romeyer quipped: “This is a very powerful symbol. They will be delivered
shortly and we'll have a little ceremony.”
What is it?

Hampden Park's iconic square posts.
Strikes by St Etienne's Dominique Bathenay and a Jacques Santini header hit the
woodwork at Hampden in that final against the Germans, which according to the
faithful would have gone in had they been normal. Bayern won 1-0.

4. Before hosting Chelsea he proclaimed “Let Abramovich compare his clothes
with mine then we can see whose suits are really expensive”, in the previous
round he snubbed Ajax president saying , “Why would I sit at the Ajax president's
table, he wears €200 shoes, mine cost €4,000.”
He once banned his team’s in-house DJ from playing Queen records on account of
Freddie Mercury's sexual orientation, owns a replica of the Last Supper, except
Jesus has morphed into him, and the disciples are his players.
Who? (Pics next)

Gigi Beccali, Steau Bucarest owner.

5. He (pic on the next slide) was a Mapuche (a group of indigenous inhabitants of
south-central Chile and south-western Argentina) leader in the early period of
the Arauco War (a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and
the Mapuche people).
In present times he has become a symbol of heroic courage, bravery, and wisdom
who fought and never surrendered to the Spaniards.
Chile’s only Copa Libertadores winning team is named after him and uses his
image on it’s crest. Name the club.

6. A true one-club man, he spent his
entire playing as well as coaching career
with Werder Bremen. He arrived
at Bremen's youth academy in 1972,
turning professional six years later. After
hanging his boots he started coaching the
team in 1999, and became one of the
longest-serving coaches in Bundesliga.
He finally stepped down in 2013 ending
the remarkable 41 year association which
began all the way back in 1972. Who?

7. He operated as a playmaker with superb passing ability and an excellent goal
scoring record, compiling 96 goals and 61 assists for PSG between 1982 and 1991,
also scored three hat tricks for the Yugoslav national team.
In 2010, he was voted PSG’s best player of all time and in 2012, the best foreign
player of the French league of all time by France Football magazine.
Name the man (pic next slide) who has successfully led Bosnia and Herzegovina to
their first ever World Cup qualification.

8. This Google doodle celebrates Leonidas’ 100th birthday and attributed to him the
invention of bicycle kick, even though Leonidas himself credited ‘X’ for it’s
invention and said that he merely perfected it. But in most of the non-Lusophone
part of South America the kick is widely referred to as ‘la chilena’ as they attribute
it’s origin and perfection to a Basque born Chilean ‘Y’.
Europeans however, have their own stories about it. Give me X and Y.
(Pics of X and Y follow).

Petronilho de Brito Ramón Unzaga

9. Conflicts such as the Crimean war, World War II, etc. resulted in the migration
of many families of this region out of their homes, majority of them went to
Chile, which is now home to their biggest contingent outside of homeland.
When Nicola Shahwan, a descendant himself living in Chile, was hired in 2002 to
take over as the coach of the national team, he brought with him a group of
descedent Chileans, like Roberto Bishara, Edgardo Abdala, Hernán Madrid and
Fransico Atura to play for the national team who qualified to represent them
according to FIFA’s regulation regarding ancestry. Which national team?

Palestine national football team

10. On 31st July, 1948, when 11 Indian men stepped into the Lynn Road Stadium
at the East London town to take on France, India made it’s international football
debut.
The result was 2-1 in favour of France, but could have been an Indian victory had
the Indian forwards converted the two penalties awarded to them.
Who was the scorer of India’s first ever international goal?

11. England international Charles Buchan had a
prolific fourteen-year spell with Sunderland during
which he became the club's all-time record goal
scorer with 209 goals, winning the league in 1913.
In Sept. of 1947, in the middle of the English
channel while returning from Brussels aboard a
boat with three other friends having watched
England beat Belgium 5-2 he came up with the idea
of starting which organisation?

The four men, all journalists; Charles Buchan, Messrs Cole, Roy Peskett, and Archie
Quick formalized the creation of Football Writers' Association, that night.

12. Regarded as the greatest Spanish water
polo player of all time, he ended with a Gold
at the ‘96 and Silver at ‘92 Olympic Games,
also winning the World Championships in
1998.
A close confidante of Pep Guardiola, he was
head of external relations at FC
Barcelona from 2008 to 2012, and since June
2013 holds the same position at Bayern
Munich. Who?

13. Jürgen Sparwasser’s intl. career was 49
matches long, during which he scored 14 goals.
Perhaps, he is most known for a single goal
which was exploited politically, but without any
personal gains, he later said: "Rumor had it I
was richly rewarded for the goal, with a car, a
house and a cash premium. But that is not
true."
Why was that goal so significant?

Sparwasser played for East Germany, and that goal dealt West Germany it’s only
defeat in an otherwise successful World Cup campaign of 1974.

14. He had decade long career with West Brom from 1928-1938. But his most
important work was to come post his playing career, Matt Busby made him his first
signing at Utd, appointing him as "chief coach" from 1946 until 1955, and later
assistant manager.
Under his scouting and training “Busby Babes” were raised, which included the
likes of Duncan Edwards and Bobby Charlton. After Munich tragedy, he
temporarily took over as manager while Busby recovered from his injuries.
Man Utd named in his honour the prize given to the best player in the club's youth
system. Who?(Pic follows).

15. In the 1986 European Cup final played between FC Barcelona and Steau
Bucarest both clubs were vying for their maiden European triumph.
The match went into a shootout and this man (pic on the next slide) saved
four consecutive penalty shots , becoming the first one to do so in an official
European competition. Steaua won the shootout 2–0, thus making them the
first and so far the only European champions from Romania.
Name the man.

15. The story goes that AC Milan were going to sign John
Barnes (top) from Watford but some confusion led to the
signing of his team mate(bottom) instead.
He spent a comical year in Italy, perhaps the reason why
his name was informally adopted and shared by an
anarchic cult spread over Europe and the Americas since
1994. The name first appeared in Bologna, when a
number of cultural activists began using it for staging a
series of urban and media pranks and to experiment with
new forms of authorship and identity.
Who is this accidental symbol of anarchy?

Luther Blissett (Luther Blissett Project, the adjacent pic was the personification of
the project)

17. Which Haka performing national team was the first ever from FIFA’s
Oceania Football Confederation to qualify for the semi finals of a FIFA event,
and which event?

Tahiti at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

18. Intercontinental Cups were a two legged affairs played between the European
and South American champions, unlike the current Club World Cup format.
Bayern Munich refused to play in 1974 citing scheduling problems, and Bob Paisley
flatly refused to field his Liverpool in 1977. Why were the reluctant to play?

Bayern were to play Independiente, whereas
Liverpool were to face Boca Juniors, Argentine
teams were notorious for their rough play.
The games in the first decade of the
Intercontinental Cup, were often nasty, even
violent, affairs mostly owing to the Argentine
teams.
(Milan’s Nestor Combin at the end of one
such match against Estudiantes.)

Round 3
The National Football League which
was launched in 1996 and lasted till
2007(has since been replaced by the
I League), saw 6 teams winning the
title. List all of them.
+5 for each.
Extra +10 for all correct.

JCT(1)
Mohun Bagan(3)
Salgaocar(1)
East Bengal (3)
Dempo(2)
Mahindra United(1)

Round 4
• 18 Questions on Infinite Bounce
• + 10 for each correct
• No negatives
• Anticlockwise

1. He was instrumental in Brazil’s ‘58 WC win. In the league game against
USSR, within a three minutes span, he had supplied three through balls to
initiate incredible moves. The third of which saw Vava open the scoring.
Gabriel Hanot, the founder of the European Cup, called them “the greatest
three minutes ever played”.
Who?
He is also credited with the coining of which three word phrase?

2. Inspired by kids playing with these makeshift balls in impoverished African
nations, Tim Jahnigen came up with the idea of making indestructible balls for
them. Initial funding for the project was provided by Sting so, to honor him the
project was named after one of his songs.
What’s it called?

One World Futbol Project, after “One World (Not Three)” written by Sting.

3. In 1971 after Rinus Michels’ departure from
Ajax, this Romanian was chosen as salary wise
he was the cheapest on a shortlist of 15. So
assured was he of his failure, that he bought a
return ticket from Bucharest.
In his first season, they won every competition
they entered to claim a treble. In his second,
they won the double.
He later made a seminal contribution to
French football. Who and what contribution?

Ștefan Kovács. Inspired by the former Romanian communist training
centers initiated the formation of Clairefontaine.

4. Fatih Terim got the sack after reports of him not
getting along with the Galatasaray board, Roberto
Mancini replaced him.
This is the second instance of Mancini being
appointed after a Terim sacking, incidentally the first
instance was Manicini’s managerial debut, he had
not as yet attained the necessary coaching badges to
become a manager, therefore needed special
dispensation from the authorities to take the post.
Where was it?

5. Named after this man, perhaps it is the only club in the world to be named after
an individual (who is not the founder of the club), which Central American club?

Club Deportivo Luis Ángel Firpo, named in honor of the man, who almost became
the first heavyweight champion of Latin descent.
Here’s him knocking Jack Dempsey out of the ring.

6. He was a key financial contributor in
the early years of Paris Saint-Germain,
and also served as the president in the
early years of the club. Proclaims himself
to be the "founder" of the club.
He is the one who designed PSG’s iconic
blue, red, blue shirt.
Name the man, synonymous with a
fashion label.

7. The competition was the idea of Ernst
Thommen, Ottorino Barassi and Stanley
Rous.
It is viewed as the predecessor to the UEFA
Cup, although it was not organised by UEFA.
Consequently, UEFA do not consider clubs'
records in this competition to be part of
their European record.
Name the competition dominated by
Spanish and English teams during it’s 16
years (1955-71) existence.

8. The only woman footballer to win the
Arjuna award.
Although, she cherishes the day she got a
job with Eastern Railways more than the
day she received the award from the
President in 1983.
Name her.

Shanti Mullick.
“Most girls get involved with football out of natural liking. Later, they realize
that a job is essential to keep the home fires burning”.

9. In 1899 Walther Bensemann, founded the International Football Club, the first
football club in southern Germany, was also involved in the creation of Eintracht
Frankfurt.
He was among the founding-fathers of the German Football Association, and
involved in organizing five matches between Germany and England between 1899
and 1901, which albeit not having any official status, are considered the
historically first international matches of any German national side.
He is better known for his contribution to football literature. How?

Founded Kicker, the most popular German football magazine.

10. A collaborative work of five journos Sam Kelly, Dan Edwards, Joel Richards,
Seba García, and Dan Colasimone. Theirs is the only Argentine football podcast in
English. What is it’s ‘punny’ name?

11. “It’s been the greatest thing I’ve ever done”.
Who, about this act of his?

Zvonimir Boban.
During a league match between Dinamo Zagreb, of Croatia, and Red Star
Belgrade, of Serbia during the tense days leading to Balkan wars, crowd trouble
led to mass brawls and the majority Serbs were allowed by the Serbian
policemen to run amok.
Boban couldn’t contain himself at the site of seeing a fallen Dinamo fan being
mercilessly beaten by the cops and responded thus.
"Here I was, a public face prepared to risk his life, career, and everything that
fame could have brought, all because of one ideal, one cause: the Croatian
cause."

12. This Scot architect worked on more than 40
stadiums during his lifetime including Highbury,
Ibrox, Stamford Bridge, Celtic Park,
Anfield, Hampden Park, Old Trafford, Villa
Park, Goodison Park, etc.
Simon Inglis’s biographical work on his life was
runner-up in the 2005 William Hill Sports Book of
the Year Award, the first time that a design-
related sports book had ever been shortlisted.
Name him.

13. Popularly known as El Virrey ("The Viceroy"), he was a prolific forward. FIFA
recognizes him as Argentina's top scorer in the history of first division football
as he finished with a total of 385 goals (206 in Argentina and 179 in France)
surpassing Alfredo Di Stefano (377 goals), Messi still has some way to go.
Still his other achievement somewhat “overshadows” even this amazing scoring
record. Who is he and what’s the other achievement?

Carlos Bianchi, the only manager with 4 Copa Libertadoes wins, 3 with Boca
Juniors, and 1 with Velez Sarsfield.

14. In the early 1990s AIFF started an U-21 national tournament to be
competed inter-state which has been held every year since. The trophy is
called The Dutta Ray, Trophy named after Mohan Dutta Ray, the then IFA
president.
What prompted the AIFF to start the tournament?

1992 Olympics onwards FIFA mandated male competitors must be under 23 years
old, with three over-23 players allowed per squad. The decision prompted AIFF to
start the tournament to select the probable squad to compete for the Barcelona
qualifiers.

15. A member of the Austrian Wunderteam of
the 1930s. It is estimated that he scored around
800 goals in all competitive matches, not
including friendly games, which puts him ahead
of Romario and Pele thus making him the all-
time most prolific scorer in football history.
IFFHS awarded him the "Golden Ball" as the
greatest goal scorer of the last century. Who?

16. Santiago Bernabeu was a fervent fan, the reason why their home ground, is a
miniature copy of Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. Alfredo Di Stefano chose them as
the first club of his coaching career after retiring in 1967. Barca legends Cesar
Rodriguez, and Ladislao Kubala also managed them at different times.
Their manager bearing a resemblance with Mourinho has been comically called
"The Special Two" and like Mou his team is not obsessed with ball possession,
cherish defensive organisation, and are very effective on quick counterattacks.
The team, and “The Special Two”(pic next slide)?

17. World's second tallest “traditional lighthouse”,
one of the oldest standing structures of its kind in
the world besides being an aid to night navigation
serves as a symbol for the city.
It lends it’s name to the derby whose supporters
apart from the usual social differences are divided
by the fact that one is the among oldest whereas
the other among the newest clubs in the country.
Which derby?

Derby della Lanterna (Derby of the Lighthouse).
Played between Genoa C.F.C. (estd. 1893) and U.C. Sampdoria (estd. 1946).

18. What was this ‘tifo’, a cheeky retort to?

To Borussia Dortmund's “On the path of the lost Champions League”, during the QF
against Malaga; Bayern fans replied “Still looking for this?” after winning the trophy.

Round 5
There have been 10 multiple winners
of the European Golden Boot/Shoe
award. List them all.
+5 for each.

Round 5
9 players have won multiple African
Footballer of the Year award.
List them all.
+5 for each.

Thanks folks.
You can reach me at quizwasi@gmail.com

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