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Football Quiz: who knows the game better?

Ten football questions, the same for you and your friend: World Cups, legends, famous clubs, the rules of the game and women’s football. Four answers, twenty seconds each. More right answers wins. Free.

  • 2–4 players
  • About 3 min
  • Watchable live
  • Free, no sign-up

Challenge a friend

Start the game, then send the link. The first person to accept plays you.

Players
Level
The questions

Links stay open 48 hours after the last move.

A football resting on the penalty spot of a green pitch, four answer cards beside it, the right one ticked

Football trivia from every continent

Who won the first World Cup? Which country hosted the first one in Africa? How far is the penalty spot from the goal? Football is the world’s game, and this quiz treats it that way: questions about the men’s and women’s World Cups, the Euros, the Copa América and the Africa Cup of Nations, legends from Pelé to Marta, famous clubs and derbies, and the Laws of the Game. Your friend gets exactly the same ten questions, and the bigger football brain wins.

Every question was checked against at least two reliable sources by two independent checkers, and only facts that can never change made it in: no current squads, no records an active player could still break. The bank holds 525 questions, translated into all the languages of the site. In the United States you may call it a soccer quiz: same game, same ten questions.

How to play Football Quiz

Pick a level and send the link

Easy, mixed or hard, and surprise questions or the quiz of the day. You can play first and send the beatme.link link as a target, or send it right away.

Twenty seconds per question

Tap Start and the first question appears with four answers. Pick one before the bar runs out. The clock runs on our server, so there’s no time to look it up.

See the right answer

After each answer the right one lights up green, and the next question follows. The questions get a little harder towards the end.

Compare your answers

When you’re both done, more right answers wins. With the same score, the faster total time wins. Then go through all ten questions side by side.

What the questions are about

  • The World Cup: every tournament from Uruguay 1930 to today, the winners, the hosts, the great finals and the goals people still talk about.
  • Tournaments and clubs: the Euros, the Copa América, the Africa Cup of Nations, the Asian Cup, the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, famous clubs, nicknames and derbies.
  • Legends: Pelé, Maradona, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Zidane, Ronaldo, Weah, Marta and the coaches who changed the game.
  • The game: the Laws of the Game, how football began, positions, tactics like Total Football and tiki-taka, and words like hat-trick and Panenka.
  • Football nations: the proudest moments of Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, France, Turkey, Vietnam, the United States and more.
  • Women’s football: the Women’s World Cup since 1991, the Olympics, the Euros and the players who made history.

Three levels

Easy is for anyone who has watched a World Cup. Mixed starts easy and ends with a couple of hard ones. Hard is for real fans. At most three questions come from one topic, so every quiz is a real mix.

Fair for both players

Both players get the same questions in the same order with the same answers. A question only reaches your page when you open it, and its right answer only after you’ve answered, so nobody can peek. Your friend’s answers stay hidden until you’ve answered the same question yourself.

Football Quiz FAQ

Can I play a football quiz with a friend online for free?

Yes. Start a quiz on this page, send the link, and your friend plays in their browser. Free, no app and no account.

Are the answers up to date?

The quiz only asks about things that can’t change: finished tournaments, past finals, retired legends, the Laws of the Game. So an answer is never out of date because of last weekend’s match or a new record.

Is it football or soccer?

Both: it’s the same game. The questions are about association football, which Americans call soccer, not American football.

How many questions are there?

525, and every quiz picks ten of them at random. With rematches on the same link you get new questions each round.

What is the quiz of the day?

Everybody who starts a quiz of the day on the same day gets the same ten questions for that level, so you can compare with friends, family or your five-a-side team.

Can three or four play, and do we have to play at the same time?

No. Play first and send the link, or send it right away. Your friend can answer whenever they like; the link stays open for 48 hours. Up to four can play: pick 3 or 4 players when you start and send the link to your group; everyone gets the same questions.

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